Version of the tv movie blu ray in my head is like a little eight doctor boxset.

Tv movie, shada (that you can watch on your tv), night of the doctor. And whatever other media from audios and short novelizations.

Really try to compensate for the lack of eight doctor tv stories....

Well, I ordered my K-9: The Complete Series today. I have never seen any of it, so it will be fun when it arrives.

Full details and artwork for the TVM bluray release here:

http://www.doctorwho.tv/whats-new/ar...ands-on-bluray

Why are the Blu Ray releases so cheap to buy on E--y ? I just bought the Time of the Doctor + the other 11th Doctor Christmas specials for less than £3 You can get whole series for about a fiver if you look.

Looks like 'night of the doctors' on there.

Its a shame that shada isnt though.....

Night of the doctor is on the release. Already got it 3 times but a fourth copy may come in handy one day

I originally thought their might be some rights issue's or something being that they were two different productions, but since it now turns out the bluray is indeed having night of the doctor included, then obviously people who wanted it got their wish.

Personally I don't rate the Tv movie at all and already have night of the doctor on the day of the doctor disc.

Im a hugh eight doctor fan, who doesnt have any dr. Who dvds (sold them all for money.)

This is for me

Even at 15 quid it Just seems a bit overpriced for what amounts to just a rescale and extras that I already have. I'd probably pay about a tenner brand new 7 quid second hand. people may have been critical of the special editions and such releases like the extras free enemy/web spearhead blu Ray and animation less underwater menace but at least they gave us new episodes (in web and enemys case) and extras that hadn't been on disc before. This has neither of those things

Is there nothing new to blu ray then?

Other than the picture being upscaled and night of the Doctor being on it there is nothing new on the Doctor who movie blu Ray to make it worthy to upgrade. Shame really as they had a chance for something really special

I'm curious of how you ended up with that 3 times. The day of the Doctor DVD or blu/50th aniversary set and...

Tonight, I re-watched The Zygon Invasion/The Zygon Inversion.

Here is an example of where every single important character, except The Doctor, is female. Every single one. Watch the episodes and judge for yourself, but they all are. If it was not for The Doctor himself, there would not be a male presence in the episodes at all.


Male:

Little Boy: Dies
Daddy: Lives
Solders outside house (9): Dies
Soldier: (10 men): Dies
Street Man: Dies
Guards (2): Dies


Women:

Osgood: Dies
Other Osgood: Lives
Zygon Girl: Jemina: Dies
Zygon Girl: Charlotte: Dies
Kate Lethbridge-Stewart: Lives
Unit Assistant: JAC: Dies
Mommy: Lives
Unit Officer: Lives
Unit Operative: Lives
Evil Clara: Bonnie: Lives
Soldier: Lives
Soldier (Walst, Colonel): Lives
Sheriff: Lives
Soldiers (2): Dies


That makes the running total:

Men: 63
Men who die: 42

Women: 33
Women who die: 7


Let me know if any of my figures are wrong.

Original release, 50th anniversary set, off air copy.

The Tardis Library has Series Two (Blu-Ray) now set for, possibly, December. It is still unconfirmed. If it happens that way, though, Series 3 would be released on Blu-Ray before Series 2. How funny would that be? They still have the same dates for Series 3 and 4. That makes the list:


The TV Movie (Blu-ray): UK, September 19th, US: ?
Series Eight, Part One (DVD): US: September 20th
Weeping Angels (DVD): US: October 4th
The Complete Second Series (Blu-ray): US: ?
The Complete Third Series (Blu-ray): US: November 15th
Series Eight, Part Two (DVD): US: December 13th
The Complete Fourth Series (Blu-Ray): US: March 14th, 2017.

I received my copy of K-9: The Complete Series today. It should be interesting to watch since I have not seen a single episode of it before.

I gave up recording off air copies once they ditch Doctor Who Confidential.

So what else is due to be released now Damos Rising has been released?

I just re-watched the abortion that is Sleep No More. It reeks like 3 week old fish.

Anyways, the characters are:

Male:
Rasmussen: Already Dead, so we won't count him.
Chopra: Dies
Deep-Ando: Dies

Female: Nagata: Lives

? : 474 Grunt: Dies.
I am not sure if 474 Grunt is male or female. He/She/It is referred to by both the male and female pronouns during the episode. 474 has the body of a female (I think, if a fairly stout one), but the voice of a male. While 474 likes the male of Chopra, that means little in modern Doctor Who in terms of 474's gender. Thus, I will leave 474 out of the equation. Anyways, 474 dies.

That makes the total:

Men: 65
Men who die: 44

Women: 34
Women who die: 7


I don't mean to torture you with the slow roll-out of this re-watch, but I can only handle re-watching the episodes at a slow pace since they are so bad. I literally have friends who bought Series 9 on Blu-Ray but who stopped watching halfway through because it was so bad. They, and I, are not looking forward to Series 10.

Maybe you should write a paper on this and send it to the BBC.

It's been so long I've forgotten why you started this but... I expect it's an example of unconscious bias towards traditional gender based roles and not a deliberate choice.

If females generally fulfil the same roles as males, then logically you'd expect the death rates for males and females would be broadly similar. If females fulfil traditional roles, meaning they tend not to get involved in heavy action, as in the recent debate in the UK about women in front line military roles, you'd expect their death rate should be significantly lower than the men's.

There's an inconsistency there if the show is trying to be PC with male/female role equivalence.

Yes, I made that point earlier.

None of this proves it's a deliberate decision by the writers/producer and I doubt that it's significantly different than any other era of Doctor Who either.

It also doesn't spoil my viewing in the least as a) I never noticed and b) I generally care less about the men dying than the women anyway.

However, it is an interesting study

I have noticed this trend in modern TV/Cinema and it always breaks the fourth wall for me. Take Prometheus for example, you have 20+ men and two women. The men die like flies and guess who is standing (well, running) at the end? The two women. When I can say before the fight who will win or at the beginning of the movie who will survive, it removes all dramatic tension for me. And this has become so noticeable in Doctor Who that it damages the viewing experience for me. For example, in the Christmas episode with Santa Claus, I knew from the get-go that all of the women would live, but the only male would die. Thus, the tension and drama were ruined.

Also, they have replaced every single male of importance in the show (except The Doctor) with a female. Yet, the women almost never die. Clara doesn't die; she lives forever. The Master is now The Mistress. The Brigadier character is now his daughter. Even the lone Gallifrean male General must be killed and regenerate, wait for it, into a female. It has become a self-parody.

Anyways, I am waiting eagerly for Series 11. Series 10 barely interests me at all since the show-killing Moffat will still be at the helm.



P.S. You care less about the men dying than the women anyways? See, that is part of the problem, men are considered by modern media as expendable, as if we were worth almost nothing. On the other hand, despite the fact that we are supposed to be equal, women are considered smarter, better and we are supposed to care about them more. As a male, this bothers me greatly.

..urhm, incorrect?

Technically she doesnt die she probably never goes back. I mean why would you go back to the place to die.

Well she lives indefinitely, and what if she goes to the future and finds a way to not age. Like Spectrox, and bam she lives forever.