Sea Devils And Die: GeroniMoffat's Doctor Who In The 2010s

No, they only are when I mention them. In fact, Dan and I got a NO SPOILERS for referring even obliquely to the title of the Gaiman ep. It's enough to make you think there's a conspiracy.

― I said Omorotic, not homo-erotic (aldo), Friday, 8 April 2011 03:55

lol, because I was asleep at A QUARTER TO FOUR IN THE MORNING and not leaping onto the internet in case you took longer than nine minutes to reply? I accidentally read the last one of those titles while scrolling past, and I am indeed mildly annoyed about knowing it.

[and thus being able to draw inferences about characters and plots that might be in an episode TWO MONTHS AWAY, and which will have been built up to by SIX PREVIOUS EPISODES about which I know nothing. except that one's in puɐןɐɔıɹǝɯɐ]

a bunch of us ITT have said that we rly like avoiding reading anything about upcoming Who, and thus bringing a sense of fresh, childlike wonder to our viewing, because a) we are all sappy nostalgists about watching the show as kids and b) it is designed to reward that attitude so why not meet it halfway. it's about a way some people enjoy the show, that happens to not be the way others like and choose to enjoy the show - it's nothing personal about you!

you big nerdy mentalist you.

I've got your back here, I'm pretty much sticking to the "only what's just been on the screen" rule ITT - I only mentioned the prequel because it's not clear whether it's necessary or not. Jim, who posted it, was firmly in the camp you describe in your last paragraph for previous seasons.

I wasn't annoyed when I wrote what you quoted, there probably should have been a winky or something after it.

Er yeah I'm 100% hardcore butthurt spoilerphobe but c'mon, episode titles? Those things appear ON SCREEN in BIG LETTERS at the start of the episodes. And even then, I added a line to say "hey, these are episode titles" so that people could still choose to skip over them if they wanted to. "I tried to skip it and read it by accident bah" is...I dunno, nuts.

Apart from anything else, it's been common practice in previous Who threads to make the episode list the top post for a new season's thread.

blueski actually embedded the trailer. i can't believe he's not banned tbqh.

If you don't want to know anything at all about the upcoming series you probably shouldn't be reading the thread about the upcoming series. Nothing wrong with posting titles at all.

Those things appear ON SCREEN in BIG LETTERS at the start of the episodes.

Yes, five minutes INTO the episode you are already watching, not two months before

And even then, I added a line to say "hey, these are episode titles" so that people could still choose to skip over them if they wanted to.

I know, appreciated - hence trying to scroll past!

"I tried to skip it and read it by accident bah" is...I dunno, nuts.

my (deliberately here) extreme position is also exacerbated by being unable to get useful information out of the b33b at work, like launch dates and TX durations and.... ep titles, so seeing them bandied about for pre-screening discussion in the ~outside world~ rankles especially

(but, y'know, "mildly")

Apart from anything else, it's been common practice in previous Who threads to make the episode list the top post for a new season's thread.

and fuck that imo

but sorry to everyone who doesn't want to read this thread-clogging nonsense!

Just trying to imagine a season preview thread that contained absolutely zero preview information though.

"ooh, Doctor Who's coming back soon"
"hooray!"
"i love doctor who"
"i wonder what will happen in the new episodes"
"i have no idea!"
"me neither!"
"matt smith is great"
"is he still going to be in it?"
"who knows!?"
etc

POLL: What constitues a "spoiler"? JimD and aldo disagree. Take sides here!

Ha, yeah, I know I'm pro-speculation there, but speculation still needs to be based on something. And episode titles are the right kind of something, really.

Just trying to imagine a season preview thread

if you scroll up I think you'll find 97% of this thread is actually talking about the episodes after they've TXed

(loled at 3than's post in that linked thread, then loled again at ken's)

Ok then

Just trying to imagine a season preview thread discussion

episode titles have always been posted on who ilx threads in advance tho right? on that basis i'd say mentions of upcoming guest stars are also ok, at least if widely publicised.

it's worth noting that none of the above titles mention actual 'monsters' anyway (assuming The Black Spot isn't really a thing - that one actually sounds fake :/)

maybe under Moffat the titles do feel more important now tho, being increasingly 'arc'd up'

you all know amy dies in episode 2 right

really tho no Doctor/Amy/Rory is dead cliffhangers ever again ffs

Real answer: the Doctor is a replicant, Amy is a cylon, and Rory is the island.

That would make River a Visitor, right?

River = the Dominion

River is the smoking man

Haha, there's something written by somebody else since my last post I would get lynched for saying because it was in DWM and there have been a flurry of production team tweets about it. So much controversy (in the Who world) I very nearly posted about it.

Anyway, have one of these and all be friends together waiting for the new episodes.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5221/5561066862_bd9f19b89d.jpg

Tell you what I hate: walking around town and seeing posters for forthcoming films that GIVE AWAY THEIR FUCKING TITLES.

Has anyone else seen the prequel, and are we (or are we not) talking about it since it's only on the website and is not available outside of Britain? (See also trailers, including the US-only one)

we talked about it upthread

? I see talk about UK trailer 2 only.

isn't the prequel just the 2 minute clip i originally embedded (Tricky Dicky & Moffat-autopilot-but-still-awesome shenans)?

yes, I think so. and then there was a season trailer. AFAIK that's all that has been released, audio-visually.

There's more than one version of the Tricky Dicky film, there's a US only trailer that doesn't have anything from the one upthread on it, there's a different UK trailer after it and there is more than one edit of all the trailers (for a specific plot reason).

BBC America trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVAgyBOe84w

I like the Britisher trailer instead

But either way OMG EXCITED

River is the smoking man

― VegemiteGrrl, Friday, April 8, 2011 2:00 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark

irl lol

US trailer gives glimpses of some 'scarier' shit than the previous one but not much else of note

my real fear remains that their welcome upping of creepiness will just be hampered as usual by Gold's incessant cranked up orchestral shite

there's certainly a lot of characters holding guns in that trailer... whats worse, Moffat's guns-are-cool agenda or his pro-heteronormtaive agenda? (note I don't think he actually consciously has these agendas but its food for posts maybe)

^^ marvellously polite trolling

Rights holders are fucking idiots.

lol @ US-style voiceover. half-expecting "from the creator of Coupling..."

"The genius behind Press Gang brings you..."

? I see talk about UK trailer 2 only.

― I said Omorotic, not homo-erotic (aldo), Monday, 11 April 2011 00:22 (10 hours ago)

POTUS seemed to slip into Reagan caricature there momentarily. Also, the "monster in the White House" bit is a good lol.

― Esteban Buttezface (Leee), Monday, 28 March 2011 09:33 (2 weeks ago)

Looked like good old president Bill "Ike" Nixclinton.

― Threadkiller General (Viceroy), Monday, 28 March 2011 10:11 (2 weeks ago)

if it's set in present-times, there's another timeline crunch for aldo to annotate (though last series' reset button gives them a bunch of leeway)

― kris menace isn't even french (sic), Monday, 28 March 2011 10:52 (2 weeks ago)

OR DOES IT, HMM?

I am only going to lurk this year btw. Until I explode in a fit of pique.

― I said Omorotic, not homo-erotic (aldo), Monday, 28 March 2011 17:58 (2 weeks ago)

From the side, I thought it was President Logan from 24 at first.

― ailsa, Monday, 28 March 2011 20:59 (2 weeks ago)

Reel to reel tape recorder suggests nixon era, as does voice (kinda), nose.

― and the hint of parp (ledge), Monday, 28 March 2011 22:33 (2 weeks ago)

yeah, am sure it's meant to be Nixon if any real or real-world-analogue PUSA

― kris menace isn't even french (sic), Monday, 28 March 2011 22:35 (2 weeks ago)

I figured Logan in 24 was based on Nixon as well, so I wasn't far off.

― ailsa, Monday, 28 March 2011 22:37 (2 weeks ago)

also lol:

xp not watching it this year, staying out of thread &c.

― avant garde a clue (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 28 March 2011 21:05 (2 weeks ago)

you're an angry angry man

I am smiling when I type "lol"

And now a new new new BBC America trailer, and a CBBC trailer.

Murray Gold's Revamp of the Dr Who Theme

One week guys!!

:D

12 days for legally-minded mongrels

http://www.urlesque.com/2011/04/15/doctor-who-celebrity-tweets-american-accent/

Our pals at Buzzfeed managed to get a sit-down with the cast of Doctor Who, and they did what any respectable American would do -- got Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill to read asinine celebrity tweets in the best American accents they could muster. If you've ever wanted to hear The Doctor struggling with a Sarah Palin quote, this is probably your only chance. The highlight of the whole thing might be The Doctor's lovely companion misprouncing "Ghostface Killah." Instant classic!

grr the new episode was dangled in front of me on a hard drive this afternoon but I was not allowed to touch it

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