AIBU?
ChristmasFluff · 08/11/2018 18:28
I'm a huge Doctor Who fan, and it had been unreasonably upset that my son hated the second half of 11s tenure, and Moffat's writing increasingly pissed him off (tbf, I could see where he was coming from). He stopped watching not long after the 50th anniversary epi. Previously we had done conventions together, from when son was 6. I am overjoyed that he has really taken to this Doctor, is back with me watching the show, and has even said he'd do a convention to meet Jodi. And I love her too, I think she's really engaging already, even though she's still finding her feet.
There's always people moaning after a regeneration though. It's traditional. :-)
Oliversmumsarmy · 09/11/2018 09:01
The major problem isn't about the regeneration though
It is about the rank script, acting and set which are far more fundamental.
The change from it being a cult tv programme that could sustain a Christmas Day peak viewing to a children's tv programme that has had to be shunted off to a slot somewhere in the New Year.
Never mind it being shifted off the Saturday night slot
fuzzywuzzy · 11/11/2018 19:54
SoupDragon presumably the accent is panjabi as they’re all speaking in panjabi to each other in Pakistan, Prem says they speak really good panjabi for foreigners when they initially meet.
Then in England the grandma is speaking in English to her granddaughter.
Ruffina · 11/11/2018 19:59
Well that was heavy-handed.
I haven’t watched Dr Who for years until tonight. V disappointed. Without being a goodies and baddies in space yarn, it’s pointless. It can’t support anything more sophisticated.
You’d expect the stories to be more technically accomplished as time goes on, but not to become some sort of indulgent Play for Today.
Where was Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart?
mrwalkensir · 11/11/2018 20:00
yep - when they're speaking in non-English, the Tardis translates. And the whole original point of Dr Who was to teach about history. Few Brits seem to know about how awful partition was, let alone the huge contribution that Indians gave to the UK in WW2. Abut time this was episode
raisedbyguineapigs · 11/11/2018 20:20
Prince Harry said to someone that he'd like to put a marigold wreath down in remembrance of the Indian army's contribution to both world wars but that people would disapprove of it. Shows what the establishment thought and still thinks of people who fought and died in the name of the Empire.
LassWiADelicateAir · 11/11/2018 20:35
Where was Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart?
He died a while ago and they haven't recast the character
They cast Jemma Redgrave as his daughter Katie.
That was dire.
it's a children's programme and they're (for the first time) acknowledging partition and the WW2 contribution. How could they have done it better in a short programme?
Maybe held it over to a day which wasn't the centenary of the end of WWI?
I think it was pretty crass.
Amummyatlast · 11/11/2018 22:09
I said to DH this evening that it’s a shame the main cast are so awful, because the supporting actors are really good. He said it would have been better if it wasn’t a DW episode.
I love DW, but this is really killing it for me. Poor scripts, preachy, no depth, muted music and shit acting. They have the seeds of some good ideas (I liked the pting last week), but they can’t seem to pull it off.
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