Davies' return: A mainstream success or a tired damp squib?

[iank]

It sounds about right.

[Bernard Marx]

Out of curiosity, who recently voted for “yes” on this poll?

[Ludders II]

May 18, 2024 22:20:03 GMT Bernard Marx said:

Out of curiosity, who recently voted for “yes” on this poll?

Me.
Because I thought they'd lap up the return of Davies at the time. I had no idea he'd go so far with the PC stuff back then. And I wasn't here for the original poll, so I voted as I thought back then.

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People think Jodie Whittaker is going to be in next week's episode and is possibly the cowled figure who drops Ruby off at the church. Just shows that fans will take any little thing and run with it.

[zarius]

The rumoured Sea Devil spin-off gets a mention in next week's episode, as revealed in a clip shared on the podcast

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Mind linking it with a timestamp? I'm not watching that shit

[zarius]

May 19, 2024 10:38:39 GMT @theyakemperor said:

Mind linking it with a timestamp? I'm not watching that shit

0: 15

[cyberhat]

I'm sick of this show being overly forceful in showing you how they are embracing life. Your visiting Wales, not Mars. Imagine if people acted like that every time they got off at Rhyl Railway Station. Falling to their feet going "Oh my God I'm in WALES!!!!!! oh my God, Harry Secombe! Ruth Madoc!!!! I want to drop my trousers and pump the nearest coalmine!!! WAAAAAAAAAAALES!!!!!!!!!!!" Arseholes

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Honestly I'm just elated they're finally on Earth instead of poorly realised alien planets and space stations

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May 19, 2024 11:55:42 GMT zarius said:

May 19, 2024 10:38:39 GMT @theyakemperor said:

Mind linking it with a timestamp? I'm not watching that shit

0: 15

Oh shit you're right. I wonder if the Sea Devils might even appear in this episode. They're on the South Wales coast so it's possible. I lived there for a number of years and there is that vibe of something being a bit off.

[zarius]

Disney’s multimillion pound deal with the BBC to become the official home of Doctor Who outside the UK will be reviewed early next year.

The cash injection from the US streamer has seen budgets for the BBC sci-fi show soar from around £2million per episode to as much as £10million taking the show to a new level.

But the deal will run out after 26 episodes - which takes viewers through to the end of Ncuti Gatwa’s second full season next summer.

Negotiations will need to start ahead of any work beginning on Gatwa’s third run, likely to again fall under showrunner Russell T Davies.

The 26 episode partnership covers the three David Tennant specials from 2023, Ncuti's first Christmas special which aired last year, eight episodes in the first series, a second Christmas special for 2024, and eight episodes in 2025.

This is topped off with the five-episode spin-off Whoniverse series, The War Between The Land and the Sea, which will feature the Sea Devils.

www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/bridgerton-actress-nicola-coughlan-new-32756752

[rushy]

May 19, 2024 12:11:15 GMT cyberhat said:

I'm sick of this show being overly forceful in showing you how they are embracing life. Your visiting Wales, not Mars. Imagine if people acted like that every time they got off at Rhyl Railway Station. Falling to their feet going "Oh my God I'm in WALES!!!!!! oh my God, Harry Secombe! Ruth Madoc!!!! I want to drop my trousers and pump the nearest coalmine!!! WAAAAAAAAAAALES!!!!!!!!!!!" Arseholes

They all want to be "oh, look, rocks!". You'll never be "oh, look, rocks!"

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May 19, 2024 16:15:56 GMT zarius said:

Disney’s multimillion pound deal with the BBC to become the official home of Doctor Who outside the UK will be reviewed early next year.

The cash injection from the US streamer has seen budgets for the BBC sci-fi show soar from around £2million per episode to as much as £10million taking the show to a new level.

But the deal will run out after 26 episodes - which takes viewers through to the end of Ncuti Gatwa’s second full season next summer.

Negotiations will need to start ahead of any work beginning on Gatwa’s third run, likely to again fall under showrunner Russell T Davies.

The 26 episode partnership covers the three David Tennant specials from 2023, Ncuti's first Christmas special which aired last year, eight episodes in the first series, a second Christmas special for 2024, and eight episodes in 2025.

This is topped off with the five-episode spin-off Whoniverse series, The War Between The Land and the Sea, which will feature the Sea Devils.

www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/bridgerton-actress-nicola-coughlan-new-32756752

It's just such a weird idea for a spinoff. Why Sea Devils? They starred in the lowest rated episode of NuWho, one of the most loathed stories of the classic era, and an otherwise unremarkable Jon Pertwee outing that had to be headed by the Master because they were such a non-presence. 

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This video has 800 views in an hour. That should tell you all you need to know.

[cyberhat]

I hope an Ian Levine recon can beat Doctor Who in the ratings. That would amuse