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Old 06-04-2016, 11:10
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An early Saturday teatime slot would be nice.
Woah are you sure, we don't want the whole Jeckyll and Hyde scenario again especially if it was made by BBC Three and for Young Adults.
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Old 06-04-2016, 19:41
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Woah are you sure, we don't want the whole Jeckyll and Hyde scenario again especially if it was made by BBC Three and for Young Adults.
I'm not afraid!
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Old 06-04-2016, 19:43
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I thought it was gonna be well Teenagers.... I had a very different image in my head indeed. They look like there in their 20s.
...they're
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Old 07-04-2016, 19:13
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So filming started a few days ago and will go on for about 5 months.

Once you add in Post Production I'm guessing an October/November start for the show.
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Old 07-04-2016, 19:42
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I can't wait to see it. At least we're not getting nothing this year, just a hiatus year like 2009 when we had The Sarah Jane Adventures. And if rumours are right about Peter Capaldi appearing in it...
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Old 07-04-2016, 20:06
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I can't wait to see it. At least we're not getting nothing this year, just a hiatus year like 2009 when we had The Sarah Jane Adventures. And if rumours are right about Peter Capaldi appearing in it...
Not really. In 2009 we had 4 episodes of doctor who itself, Torchwood children of earth, and the Sarah Jane adventures.

This year, there 1 episode of who at Christmas, and a solitary spin off mainly based for a young adult audience, and as such won't appeal to many.

So not really like 2009 at all.
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Old 07-04-2016, 20:22
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Not really. In 2009 we had 4 episodes of doctor who itself, Torchwood children of earth, and the Sarah Jane adventures.

This year, there 1 episode of who at Christmas, and a solitary spin off mainly based for a young adult audience, and as such won't appeal to many.

So not really like 2009 at all.
Yes, but Torchwood wasn't really suitable for children so they were missing out there and had even less.
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Old 07-04-2016, 20:46
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Not really. In 2009 we had 4 episodes of doctor who itself, Torchwood children of earth, and the Sarah Jane adventures.

This year, there 1 episode of who at Christmas, and a solitary spin off mainly based for a young adult audience, and as such won't appeal to many.

So not really like 2009 at all.
3 actually!

The End of Time part 2 was aired on Jan 1st 2010
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Old 07-04-2016, 20:58
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Yes, but Torchwood wasn't really suitable for children so they were missing out there and had even less.
Those children still had more who than we are getting this year, and the series of Sarah jane adventures. Plus I seem to recall that at one point at least the bbc were airing child friendly versions of torchwood episodes with the inappropriate scenes taken out (not entirely sure if they did it for the 2009 series though).

At any rate, multiple episodes of who and a spin off for the kids, and multiple episodes of who and a spin off for the adults was much better for both age ranges than just a solitary spin off aimed at the 'young adult' market, rather than either kids or adults, and a single who special that we have to wait until practically the end of the year for.

3 actually!

The End of Time part 2 was aired on Jan 1st 2010
Still 3 times the amount of who we are getting this year.
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Old 07-04-2016, 21:09
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Those children still had more who than we are getting this year, and the series of Sarah jane adventures. Plus I seem to recall that at one point at least the bbc were airing child friendly versions of torchwood episodes with the inappropriate scenes taken out (not entirely sure if they did it for the 2009 series though).
There was only so much they could remove though, it was still something you wouldn't let your 12 year old watch. Which was disappointing for some, particularly the first two series which tied into Doctor Who on multiple occasions.
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Old 08-04-2016, 01:14
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As Patrick Ness has stated before, it'll air on BBC1.
And, of course, the official reason (as repeated verbatim by forum fanboys) for its poor ratings will be that anyone who wanted to watch it will have already done so long ago online.

Meanwhile, the excuse by the same people for it not being #1 on the iPlayer is that it's not on a proper TV channel!

Cue Jon Pertwee theme tune cliff hanger shrill...
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Old 08-04-2016, 10:30
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Still 3 times the amount of who we are getting this year.
S4 finished at the start of July whereas S9 finished at the start of December, so that's an additional 5 months of "no Who" you have to add on to get a fair comparison
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Old 08-04-2016, 14:59
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Interesting tweet from Fady Elsayed. Looks like we're in for a surprise ....

https://twitter.com/iFadyElsayed/sta...72542885588992
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Old 08-04-2016, 15:18
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Katherine Kelly is fantastic, and I've been a bit in love with Fady Elsayed since he was so gawjus in Citizen Khan. Still not enough to make me watch this though.
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Old 08-04-2016, 15:34
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S4 finished at the start of July whereas S9 finished at the start of December, so that's an additional 5 months of "no Who" you have to add on to get a fair comparison
The 2008 Christmas special broke up the time between series 4 and the first 2009 special, with the same amount of gap as was regular at that time, because the series aired in spring/summer. So no hiatus anomaly there and nothing to 'add on'.

However you try and spin it, there has never been a time since the show returned that there has been a full 12 months between one episode of who and the next.
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Old 08-04-2016, 16:33
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Could The Shadow (The Armageddon Factor) be returning?
http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-...f-series-class
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Old 08-04-2016, 17:45
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Could The Shadow (The Armageddon Factor) be returning?
http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-...f-series-class
If the Macra can return, anyone can ...
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Old 08-04-2016, 22:08
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Looks like we're in for a surprise
In what way?
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Old 08-04-2016, 22:43
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The 2008 Christmas special broke up the time between series 4 and the first 2009 special, with the same amount of gap as was regular at that time, because the series aired in spring/summer. So no hiatus anomaly there and nothing to 'add on'.

However you try and spin it, there has never been a time since the show returned that there has been a full 12 months between one episode of who and the next.
But there was instead a series of long gaps.

5 months between S4 and TND. 4 months to POTD. 7 months to TWOM.

Between the end of S4 and TWOM were 2 episodes in 16 months.

S10 will be about 6 months later than it should be. If it had been scheduled to the S9 timetable, there would have been a 9 month gap between THORS and S10 anyway, due to the Christmas episode following directly behind the main series.
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Old 08-04-2016, 23:51
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Interesting tweet from Fady Elsayed. Looks like we're in for a surprise ....

https://twitter.com/iFadyElsayed/sta...72542885588992
Must've said something he shouldn't, as it's been deleted.
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Old 09-04-2016, 02:14
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The BBC has made a few so called spin off shows in the past and I feel this one has not a very good start with it being made for a closed down channel BBC Three is no longer a broadcasting channel at all not even a internet streaming channel, it just shows on a player that over time the shows may be broadcasted on the other three BBC channels with a BBC 3 logo flashed as it starts.

The Doctor Who spin off show should be made from using a better story line then just a school were the Doctor had his granddaughter school at for a time and Dalek's battle took place or were Clara worked between traveling with the Doctor.....

It should be like Torchwood or bring it back .

It could be a show using.....
"The Doctor's granddaughter", The Doctor Daughter " , " The Victorian gang of Madam Vastra, Strax & Jenny " or the Master / Missy .....

Also the BBC should use an asset like Doctor Who with more wisdom and book many seasons a head so that making the show is kept at a lower cost along with giving max time to sell the show around the world for TV & DVD every year ....
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Old 09-04-2016, 09:31
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Also the BBC should use an asset like Doctor Who with more wisdom and book many seasons a head so that making the show is kept at a lower cost along with giving max time to sell the show around the world for TV & DVD every year ....
Trust me, nearly all of us will agree with you on this. It frustrates me to no end to have an average of only about 6 or 7 episodes of my favorite TV show a year. For some reason, The BBC doesn't seem to ever want to feed The Goose That Lays The Golden Eggs. If you don't feed it, it can't lay the golden eggs! Feed the damn thing; procure the gold! This is not a difficult concept! LOL!
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Old 09-04-2016, 11:36
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The BBC has made a few so called spin off shows in the past and I feel this one has not a very good start with it being made for a closed down channel BBC Three is no longer a broadcasting channel at all not even a internet streaming channel, it just shows on a player that over time the shows may be broadcasted on the other three BBC channels with a BBC 3 logo flashed as it starts.

The Doctor Who spin off show should be made from using a better story line then just a school were the Doctor had his granddaughter school at for a time and Dalek's battle took place or were Clara worked between traveling with the Doctor.....

It should be like Torchwood or bring it back .

It could be a show using.....
"The Doctor's granddaughter", The Doctor Daughter " , " The Victorian gang of Madam Vastra, Strax & Jenny " or the Master / Missy .....

Also the BBC should use an asset like Doctor Who with more wisdom and book many seasons a head so that making the show is kept at a lower cost along with giving max time to sell the show around the world for TV & DVD every year ....
But the point of this series is that it's a Patrick Ness creation, by a leading author for the young adult market.

I doubt the BBC and Moff sat down and pondered spinoffs, before choosing Class and then getting Ness in to write it. This is a Ness creation, a new show effectively, that has been brought into the Who nethersphere.

The market for this series will include many people who don't watch Doctor Who, but like the idea or like his books
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Old 09-04-2016, 15:06
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Must've said something he shouldn't, as it's been deleted.
I think he did yeah.

Hopefully it was something interesting that will be revealed soon, whatever it was.
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