Doctor Who

adg211288 wrote: Escape the predictable format. The last three Doctor's have all done exactly three series and all regenerate in a Christmas special. Have Doctor's last longer or even shorter tenure's again like the old days and don't make them regenerate exactly the same time every cycle.

Agreed with this. I actually thought Capaldi was going to be the one to buck the trend since I'm sure it was initially announced that he'd be staying on after Moffat left and would do at least 4 series. With that said I'd like Whittaker to last at least three (providing she'd good in the role) otherwise it's going to look like the BBC letting haters have their way.

adg211288 wrote: Don't announce in advance when an actor (Doctor or companion) is leaving. Make it a surprise. Goes doubly for the Doctor: a regeneration would be much more dramatic if the audience didn't know it was coming or at least who was playing the next Doctor.

I don't mind so much with the companion characters but yeah, totally with you about The Doctor. Tennant really should have regenerated unexpectedly in The Stolen Earth.

adg211288 wrote: Keep the 13th Doctor's main companion female, otherwise they're just going to be accused of completely reversing the traditional roles in the series.

I have a feeling it will be a male companion and the BBC will get exactly those accusations.

To be honest I wish Bill was staying on. I don't think they developed her character much in a single season, but I guess they want to do it like when Moffat took over and have a complete clean slate with the main cast.

adg211288 wrote: Allow some older characters to return. Simm's Master was a bit of a missed chance IMO as I think he could have featured more integrally in the story. Many actors have gone on record as being open to returning and I'd be interested to see some characters again, such as Captain Jack Harkness, the Paternoster Gang, Martha & Micky, and perhaps even some past Doctor's.

Yeah I thought Simm's return could have been better. He seemed only there to fill in a little backstory regarding how he regenerated into Missy (which we didn't even get to see on screen), and to 'write off' the character, at least for a while.

As for returning characters, I'd like to see any of the past Doctor's return just to see how they react with their future female incarnation. I don't think it would be anything like The Master and Missy's meeting.

Just watched the debut of Series 11. 

I liked her. I was impressed with the episode overall. I'm looking forward to the next one.

Thought the end of this week's episode was rushed but that's my only real complaint about this season so far. Last week's episode was excellent. 

MorniumGoatahl wrote: To me the fact that people are complaining about it being PC - especially in regard to the racially diverse cast, shows that last week's Rosa episode was completely justified.

I thought last week's episode was rather poor to be honest. 

I agree that 9 was Capaldi's best series. Actually, the middle series of the last two Doctor's was my favourite. 6 was Smith's best as far as I'm concerned. For Tennant it's close between 3 and 4 though. Maybe 12 if it goes another will be Jodie's best series. 

Another good one last night. Those robots were actually bloody creepy and I'm never popping bubble wrap again. 

It's just been announced that the next showrunner of Doctor Who is... Russell T Davis.