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I do have a soft spot for Matt's Doctor. When he was allowed to be funny, I think he was very funny. I actually think Matt's comedic skills were the best of all the Doctor's so far. And on reflection I think my phrasing was perhaps a little harsh. I guess I found the 11th Doctor less accessible, emotionally, than 9 and 10. But part of that was due to the fact that he had two companions on the trot (Amy and then Clara) who weren't created to be ordinary people but characters with an extraordinary tale of their own. And I think it works best when when there is an ordinary person (somelike like us) on board the TARDIS to draw out those more human interactions with the Doctor.
I do agree with your concerns about 12, however, and I do think this could continue to have a negative impact on the show. I guess we will find out in the Spring! I agree Clara's way of coming into the show wasn't as good and never took to her, although part of that comes down to Jenna in my opinion not being as good an actress as other companions. That's all opinion though. I do worry for the show at the moment though if its going down a more Classic Who route, its closing itself off more and more to people. Hopefully the next Doctor (which I hope comes with Chibnall) will be the breath of fresh air needed. They need to be fun and accessible.... |
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I do worry for the show at the moment though if its going down a more Classic Who route, its closing itself off more and more to people. Hopefully the next Doctor (which I hope comes with Chibnall) will be the breath of fresh air needed. They need to be fun and accessible....
I was SO upset when Clara stayed on at the end of "Last Christmas" and her continued presence (in my opinion) damaged season 9. I think the same for the 12th Doctor. I think the launch of the Chibnall era will stumble at the first step without a new Doctor. |
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Peter Capaldi is one of my favourite actors and, by all accounts, is a lovely bloke too. But I just don't think his incarnation has worked.
I was SO upset when Clara stayed on at the end of "Last Christmas" and her continued presence (in my opinion) damaged season 9. I think the same for the 12th Doctor. I think the launch of the Chibnall era will stumble at the first step without a new Doctor. I remember groaning too when I saw 'the Doctor AND Clara will return' for Series 9 thing too. It definitiely didn't help that series at all. There was nothing new to it. It's no surprise the promotional material came upon a stumbling block "same old, same old" or something on those lines, wasn't it? |
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Romance for me is the weakest kind of storytelling and is so often done because of its basic nature. Every time there is a man and a woman there is always the need for them to have something more. It's weak storytelling as it usually stops the characters growing and they enter a rut. It is much more difficult and rewarding to not follow the status quo.
Why not have more same-sex relationships? They're still a relatively new thing in the scope of it all that the industry still tiptoes around, but I also think there's a much wider potential for ideas in it. The ones we do see tend to be more layered and compelling because there's the added drama of social rejection, self-esteem, etc. which tends to make the characters feel ever so closer and unbreakable together. |
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Think you're somewhat overstating things there. It's not every time, you know that. Over-egging it like that hardly helps your argument.
You say its weak storytelling and its basic, but isn't that why people like to watch things grow like that? If its basic, its relatable therefore easier to connect with characters. I am not for one moment saying every character needs relationships, but they are there to reflect life's true aspects, one of which is love and relationships. Quite a lot of people are in them, so shouldn't that be reflected? In Doctor Who, its hardly ever got that much in the way of the show has it? The only one I can think where it was overdone was Clara and Danny in the Caretaker. That was overdone, but elsewhere its all slotted in perfectly and enhanced the story. |
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Why not have more same-sex relationships?
I'd rather not see smooching in Doctor Who, whether heterosexual or LGBTQABCDEFG. We only got a flaming Captain Jack because RTD believes in using his show running opportunities as a political and campaign tool when it comes to alternative sexualities. Classic Who was always neutral in this regard. Was never used to ram a minority viewpoint down the mainstream's throat - unless you count appreciation of cult/scifi tv. A recurring answer in this thread is bringing back cliffhanger episodes. Yes. Definitely. Also, New Who episodes seems much more smug and all wrapped up in a pretty little bow at the end. Strikes me as having similarities to The Simpsons after about Season 12 when Homer became self-aware of his stupidity and played up to it. Also missing from New Who: Quarries. Need more episodes set in a quarry, whether used a a quarry or as an alien landscape. That and a 6 episode story arc that involves the Doctor repeatedly running back and forth across a quarry from on side of battle to the other. |
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As the OP, I don't remember any same-sex relationships in Classic Doctor Who.
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I know! It's almost like society has changed in the past 27 years. Who'd have thought?
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Sexual relationship with a paving slab. Real family viewing....
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As the OP, I don't remember any same-sex relationships in Classic Doctor Who.
I'd rather not see smooching in Doctor Who, whether heterosexual or LGBTQABCDEFG. We only got a flaming Captain Jack because RTD believes in using his show running opportunities as a political and campaign tool when it comes to alternative sexualities. Classic Who was always neutral in this regard. Was never used to ram a minority viewpoint down the mainstream's throat - unless you count appreciation of cult/scifi tv. My fault for bringing it up though, I didn't realise that in 2016 same-sex relationships were still vexing for some. |
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What are the elements you think would be needed to make the new episodes as good as the Classics?
Give us alien planets. |
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Stop putting everything on modern day earth or spacestations.
Give us alien planets. |
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My two penneth.
I think casting the Doctor as a romantic lead at the beginning of New Who in 2005 was a great idea and a key reason the show became the hit it did, here and around the world. I think Christopher and David both filled that role brilliantly and delivered incarnations that took the audience on a heady, passionate adventure for five years. And I guess that's my point. I don't see the romance element necessarily as a 'will they/won't they' situation between the Doctor and his companion (it certainly wasn't that way with Donna). For me it's more about how the Doctor interacts with the audience. I think that, with David in particular, a whole section of the viewing public fell head of heels in love with his Doctor and actually still is. For me Matt's Doctor was more eccentric and emotionally closed, much more like a Classic Doctor, and Peter's Doctor even more so. The 12th incarnation feels much more like a Classic Doctor to me. I find a very strong similarity between Peter's Doctor and Tom Baker's Doctor, even down to how they sound. But my personal feeling is that a Classic style Doctor just isn't hit the mark with a modern TV audience. And I don't feel popularity and quality are mutually exclusive. The show has hit the mark with both since in first came back in 2005. I just don't see anything that makes me feel the quality of the show has increased, only that its popularity is reducing. |
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Some of the best classic Who episodes were Earthbound! Having said that, I'd love to see more alien planets or historical settings. I thought Moffat captured it pretty well with some of the episodes, in particular the opener of the last series which had quite a few planets. I still hold out hope for something like the Shadow Proclamation returning, it gave the show a big sense of scale.
The War Machines, Faceless ones, The Web of Fear, The Invasion, Robot, Terror of the Zygons, The Android Invasion, Seeds of Doom, Hand of Fear, Image of the Fendahl, City of Death, Black Orchid, The Awakening, Ressurection of the Daleks, Mark of the Rani, The Two Doctors and Ghost Light. That is not many at all, and what made these stories better is since modern day earth was rarely used it feels unique, and the fact that every one of those stories happens in completely different environments and settings. We aren't constricted in London and Cardiff. |
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Apart from the 3rd Doctor era very few stories were modern earth.
The War Machines, Faceless ones, The Web of Fear, The Invasion, Robot, Terror of the Zygons, The Android Invasion, Seeds of Doom, Hand of Fear, Image of the Fendahl, City of Death, Black Orchid, The Awakening, Ressurection of the Daleks, Mark of the Rani, The Two Doctors and Ghost Light. Survival is partly (mostly?) set on Modern Earth, at least half of Logopolis is and Battlefield though set a few years in the future would probably count as well (given that all the Pertwee earth stories were probably a few years in the future). |
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I wouldn't count Black Orchid (1920's) and Mark of the Rani (19th Century) as modern Earth.
Survival is partly (mostly?) set on Modern Earth, at least half of Logopolis is and Battlefield though set a few years in the future would probably count as well (given that all the Pertwee earth stories were probably a few years in the future). I have no idea why i put Mark as modern, the mind slips. Logopolis probably could be modern Earth as well, but i left it out similarly to Survival as i wouldn't call it an Earth story, it just happened to revolve around there from time to time. Forgot completely about Battlefield, that can join the list. |
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Apart from the 3rd Doctor era very few stories were modern earth.
The War Machines, Faceless ones, The Web of Fear, The Invasion, Robot, Terror of the Zygons, The Android Invasion, Seeds of Doom, Hand of Fear, Image of the Fendahl, City of Death, Black Orchid, The Awakening, Ressurection of the Daleks, Mark of the Rani, The Two Doctors and Ghost Light. That is not many at all, and what made these stories better is since modern day earth was rarely used it feels unique, and the fact that every one of those stories happens in completely different environments and settings. We aren't constricted in London and Cardiff. Plus the very first episode(If one counts it as a separate story, which in some ways it is)
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How about Planet Of Giants? The Stones Of Blood?Mawdryn Undead? Time Flight-(to a certain degree?) Arc Of Infinity?
Plus the very first episode(If one counts it as a separate story, which in some ways it is) ![]() |
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How about Planet Of Giants? The Stones Of Blood?Mawdryn Undead? Time Flight-(to a certain degree?) Arc Of Infinity?
Plus the very first episode(If one counts it as a separate story, which in some ways it is) ![]() |
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Classic Who was always neutral in this regard. Was never used to ram a minority viewpoint down the mainstream's throat - unless you count appreciation of cult/scifi tv.
Even aside from that, some of the most respected episodes - and, in fact, aspects of the Doctor's character as a whole - were about the right of the individual over that of the mainstream. From environmental campaigners, to faceless military, to the control of the media in suppressing individual thought. It seems odd to just focus on the kissing. |
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How about Planet Of Giants? The Stones Of Blood?Mawdryn Undead? Time Flight-(to a certain degree?) Arc Of Infinity?
Plus the very first episode(If one counts it as a separate story, which in some ways it is) ![]()
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33 out of 155 classic who episodes were set on modern day Earth.
New Who 44 out of 107 episodes modern day Earth. Simply Earth stories in general any era. I need to add a criteria, if more than half the story is on Earth, or an significant portion then i will count it. Classic Who- 63 out of 155 set on Earth. May have missed a couple. New Who- 85 out of 107 episodes on Earth, 80% of episodes! What i want is definitely more alien planets, the stats speak for themselves. |
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33 out of 155 classic who episodes were set on modern day Earth.
New Who 44 out of 107 episodes modern day Earth. Simply Earth stories in general any era. I need to add a criteria, if more than half the story is on Earth, or an significant portion then i will count it. Classic Who- 63 out of 155 set on Earth. May have missed a couple. New Who- 85 out of 107 episodes on Earth, 80% of episodes! What i want is definitely more alien planets, the stats speak for themselves. |
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Ah yes the first 3 and Silver Nemeais. Well actually I debate planet of the Giants mainly because they are so small it's like a new world. Time flight and infinity aren't earth stories, they just happen to be there for a period of time.
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Don't be daft, the first episode was set in the early sixties.
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