Doctor Who v. Patrick Troughton

[ProfessorPeart]

Just finished watching the first special. I could watch Tennant be the Doctor until the end of time.

Pretty sure the writing crew is entirely different since Davies is back. This felt like a Tennant episode right out of the Tennant/Davies era. Just fantastic.

[ariich]

Cheesy as hell but a ton of fun.

[DoctorAction]

Great fun. And looked fantastic. The interior of the TARDIS is beautiful. Very much reminded me of the era when I watched it as a kid (Baker/Davidson). White, hexagonal centre console with perspex thingy.

[Jamesman42]

It looks like old seasons will not be on Disney+. Boo.

Seems like to catch up I have to buy them on Amazon.

I've been doing a run through from Season 1 with Eccleston on HBO. I think I would rank these modern day doctors/series:

Tennant - I think I most prefer companion Donna episodes
Smith - the entire River Song stuff is great, huge story arcs and touching moments
Eccleston - solid story arc, Rose is great
Whittaker - She's very likable, but the show is even more preachy and repetitive. Oh another Dalek or Cybermen episode.... again....
Capaldi - So hard to watch. Once the Impossible Girl stuff was over with Clara, it was a mess

I have only seen doctors 9-11, and the pilot for 12.

[jammindude]

Despite the writing flaws, Capaldi himself was often a joy to watch. His demeanor felt more like a classic doctor than anyone else, and his performance and interaction with Alex Kingston in the final River Song episode was absolutely incredible.

[ZirconBlue]

Despite the writing flaws, Capaldi himself was often a joy to watch. His demeanor felt more like a classic doctor than anyone else, and his performance and interaction with Alex Kingston in the final River Song episode was absolutely incredible.

I warmed up to Capaldi as time went on.  It has been said that Capaldi and Moffat had discussed Capaldi's Doctor being more of a grumpy Doctor.  So, the writers wrote him that way, but then Capaldi added extra grumpiness on top of that.  So, they ended up with a more cantankerous personality than intended.  The edges get filed off as he goes along.

[hefdaddy42]

I loved Capaldi as the Doctor.

I know that this new stuff is going to be on Disney+, but isn't the old stuff still on MAX?  Not the really old stuff, but from Eccleston - on.

[jammindude]

Despite the writing flaws, Capaldi himself was often a joy to watch. His demeanor felt more like a classic doctor than anyone else, and his performance and interaction with Alex Kingston in the final River Song episode was absolutely incredible.

I warmed up to Capaldi as time went on.  It has been said that Capaldi and Moffat had discussed Capaldi's Doctor being more of a grumpy Doctor.  So, the writers wrote him that way, but then Capaldi added extra grumpiness on top of that.  So, they ended up with a more cantankerous personality than intended.  The edges get filed off as he goes along.

I don’t know, riding in on a tank, playing a guitar, while wearing shades seemed exactly the opposite of cantankerous to me

[chknptpie]

Holy hell that Flux series was awful.

[hefdaddy42]

I know that this new stuff is going to be on Disney+, but isn't the old stuff still on MAX?  Not the really old stuff, but from Eccleston - on.

I checked last night.  The answer is yes, it's still on MAX.

[ZirconBlue]

Despite the writing flaws, Capaldi himself was often a joy to watch. His demeanor felt more like a classic doctor than anyone else, and his performance and interaction with Alex Kingston in the final River Song episode was absolutely incredible.

I warmed up to Capaldi as time went on.  It has been said that Capaldi and Moffat had discussed Capaldi's Doctor being more of a grumpy Doctor.  So, the writers wrote him that way, but then Capaldi added extra grumpiness on top of that.  So, they ended up with a more cantankerous personality than intended.  The edges get filed off as he goes along.

I don’t know, riding in on a tank, playing a guitar, while wearing shades seemed exactly the opposite of cantankerous to me

That sort of reinforces my point, as that happened in his second season, after he and the writers got on the same page.

[ProfessorPeart]

Man, we missed out. Davies said he was willing to ride with the Doctor Donna as long as those two wanted. He said if they committed to 12 episodes, he would've done 12 with them. Sadly, they only committed to the 3 we're getting. Better than nothing, but oh what could have been.

[ProfessorPeart]

Wow, so no spoilers, but was not expecting what we got in The Giggle. Davies really has brought the camp back to the show. Very interested in the future now.

[abydos]

I did not enjoy that, not one bit. It felt totally off for me. Didn't hate it, just didn't click with me on any level.

[jammindude]

Wow, so no spoilers, but was not expecting what we got in The Giggle. Davies really has brought the camp back to the show. Very interested in the future now.

Totally agree. That was the best of the 3 specials for me.

[DoctorAction]

Was just "fine" for me. My least favourite of the three. Nice to see Bonnie Langford again (despite the McCoy era driving Who into the ground break in the day).

Liked Doogie Howser's camp baddie and the new camp Doctor very much.