Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
(Also less costuming with bubble wrap and spray paint).
Don't forget the wobbly walls.
And since they're no longer doing each story in four half-hour segments, there's less need to have tons of filler of the Doctor and his companion(s) running here and there, although they do still have a few minutes of it in most episodes. (I loved Donna Noble's line when she's describing life with the Doctor as "...running. There's a lot of running.")
Why would anyone spell my name iTa?
Maybe they think you're an Apple product?
Maybe they think you're an Apple product?
I am not paid enough to be Apple, let me tell you.
The "T" in iTa is creepy and weird and hanging its arms over the little "i" and "a". I don't like it.
They're trying to avoid saying eeda.
I was on a call today with someone WHOSE NAME RHYMES WITH MINE that pronounced it eye-ta.
PEOPLE. What's your problem?
Damn, I'm all covered in the cranky today.
Okay. Back to the flowchart.
My father used to watch Dr. Who and I recall seeing it (probably in the mid-80s) and being so appalled by the obviously cardboard-and-tinfoil special effects that I was not interested. I didn't realize that the cardboard-and-tinfoil special effects were in fact a great tradition to be cherished.
I didn't realize that the cardboard-and-tinfoil special effects were in fact a great tradition to be cherished.
There's a great spoof of Doctor Who that was done for Comic Relief in England called "Doctor Who and the Curse of the Fatal Death" with Rowan Atkinson as the Doctor, Julia Sawalha as his companion, Jonathan Price as the Master (his nemesis), and special cameos by Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant, Richard E. Grant, and Joanna Lumley, which celebrated every last cliche of the classic series, from the cheesy overacting, to the running, to the cheap costumes and set.
ETA: Which I only just found out now was written by Steven Moffat, who is the new showrunner!!
I just signed up for the JPMorgan Chase Corporate Challenge! And I'm definitely buying a CSA share.
...it's possible I'm gathering ammunition to throw at my doctor in case he is disappointed at my lack of weight loss.
Kathy, did you see the casting spoilers for the Sarah Jane Adventures I posed about it Spoilers Lite?
And since they're no longer doing each story in four half-hour segments, there's less need to have tons of filler of the Doctor and his companion(s) running here and there
Alternatively: there's not much time for world-building and exploration and suspense and surprise when you've got to wrap everything up in an hour.
One of the first things that bothered me about the new series was the one-hour format.