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The Next Doctor Must Be Soon.
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The next doctor must be soon, Matt Smith is crashing and burning in my opinion, totally lacks any gravitas and is more like dooogie howser than the DOCTOR.
I nominate David Threlfall for the sake of the franchise, a serious proper actor with experience and a few years on the clock, someone we can believe is a 950 year old time lord, not some floppy haired teenager.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Threlfall
THRELFALL for WHO!
Writing Duties should be offered to Alan Moore, Michael Moorcock, Terry Pratchett, JK Rowling, and the other great Sci Fi.Fantasy writers of our time. the perception of Doctor Who as a kids programme has to be challenged..this is serious science fiction and deserves the best!
I nominate David Threlfall for the sake of the franchise, a serious proper actor with experience and a few years on the clock, someone we can believe is a 950 year old time lord, not some floppy haired teenager.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Threlfall
THRELFALL for WHO!
Writing Duties should be offered to Alan Moore, Michael Moorcock, Terry Pratchett, JK Rowling, and the other great Sci Fi.Fantasy writers of our time. the perception of Doctor Who as a kids programme has to be challenged..this is serious science fiction and deserves the best!
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It is the lousy scripts that are holding him back. The BBC should sack Moffatt and get him to make more "Chalk" instead.
At least take the trouble to do some research where you'll find that your statements of fact are in fact your own personal views and not shared by the majority!
A small tip for you, use the letters IMO liberally if you are going to spout this sort of stuff!
Never has, never should be!
He wasn't the one taking himself (or the show) too seriously...
but maybe if he actually had done this....
it might have worked
Sorry - I missed the inverted commas (as I had used in my earlier post...).
Can't disagree with this.
Even though it was a joke? So you must agree with the humour it was obviously delivered with?
Indeed, Moorcock is an absolute hack. He used to write his early stuff like Hawkmoon and Corum in a couple of days. His newer stuff, now that he isn't getting paid by the word, is dreadfully pretentious.
I am only sort of joking. Give me the early Elric of The Dreaming City over the later Revenge of the Rose or The Fortress of the Pearl any day. Corum and the second Hawkmoon (where he is turned into a woman) remain poor in my opinion.
Where is it stated, or even implied, that is was a joke?
lol I am not a huge fan of moorcock. But i'd rather read his shopping list than anything Rowling has to offer
Nothing is holding him back, least of all the scripts which in my opinion have generally been very good. And since the majority of the viewing public appear to agree, I doubt either Smith or Moffat are going anywhere anytime soon. I would, however, love to see another series of the very underrated Chalk.
For once I'm going to agree with tingramretro, but only to point out that the same applied to the RTD era. In both cases, the majority was/is happy with the Doctor and the scripts and only a very loud and vocal minority on Internet forums was/is unhappy, and makes this notion known in every possible thread.
Well, Chalk was rubbish... The joke is that the BBC should ask him to write more of the failed, poorly recieved sitcom over the successful, well received series 5.
If you can't see that, then I would wonder about your sense of humour!
The problem with the 5th series was pretty much like Series two for myself, there was some great stories in there (the 11th hour, The time of Angels/Flesh and Stone, Amy's choice, Vincent and the Doctor, The pandorica opens/The big bang) some so so stories (The Beast Below, The hungry Earth/Cold Blood, The Lodger) and one completely naff story (Victory of the Daleks) and I personally feel that it was down to the writers not too sure how to write for the character of the new doctor it' happen with Tennate's doctor as well, one minute he was an alien traveller then next thing you knew he was a jack the lad.
Personally I think Series 6a and b is going to be a better year. They have a consistent mould with the cast I think now the writers have a good grasp on the character's and from the Series 6 trailer alone it looks bloody brilliant
OK, take out the reference to Chalk and I agree with it, and I'm not joking!
I know... But I do find it unfortunate when people are disappointed with a show* they love.
I'm glad it hasn't happened to me though - and I'm not worried that it ever will (with one notable exception: new Buffy film!).
*or anything, really...
True! It could never stand up as one. Yes, there are great Sci-fi themes, but many are just excuses to scare kids and to have exciting FX shots.
If Doctor Who became a kids show it would lose its ness. And if it became an adult show it would lose its zaz of childhood. Its a family show. So it must keep kids entertained and adults entertained. And it can do that! A Christmas Carol. Brilliant! went down a treat. My ENTIRE family liked it. That's amazing! My family love different bits. Fun, ideas, 'coolness', the story (Big part actually. If the story isn't thought threw or is pants, its bad) But this one was good. Brill!
Doctor Who. The one Sci-fi where adults and kids can come together because they love the show. Not because kids want the adults to see and they don't want to or because kids don't have anything to watch so watch the parents shows.
Everybody loves Doctor Who!!!
So yes. It can never be completely serious Sci-fi. Who wants that? We want funny chases. The Doctor and Donna through the windows! Shark Sleighs! Elevator drops! Wilfred Mott! It's funny as heck but it can be serious, clever and deep enough to keep adults interested. What about the Fear of dying? The concentration camps in turn left? Child abuse? All there.
But Wilfred Mott.
So, to sum up. Doctor Who must stay fun and clever. Best of both Worlds!