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1st trailer for Doctor Who Season 9
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APZonerunner
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Definitely some Skaro in there methinks. Hmm. Davros, Davros... get Julian Bleach in again, please.
infiniteloop
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CGI city looks like it's based on the Skaro city from the first Dalek episodes:
mugurumakensei
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Hopefully, Clara lasts through season 10. there's no world where there's enough Jenna Coleman.
ElRenoRaven
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So can't wait. Love the show. I was skeptical but was willing to give Capaldi a chance and he fucking nailed it. So I can't wait to see where they go this season.
Discotheque
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yeah Clara feels so played out. She really detracted from my enjoyment of the last season. Especially anything involving that basura relationship with danny pink
A shame since capaldi showed he has the potential to easily be the best of all the new doctors
A shame since capaldi showed he has the potential to easily be the best of all the new doctors
There were five words before that. How did you fail to absorb them?
Yeah Ben Wheatley's episodes in particular I thought looked really great.
Exterminieren
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She had a great storyline in Series 7 but once we found out about her it kinda went downhill, she a had a few good moments in Series 8 like Flatline which started to develop the character in a interesting way but I found the episode itself uninteresting.
It's my second favourite series after series 5. It's not without its clunkers (IMO episodes 5 and 10 are no good), but Capaldi/Coleman-chemistry is amazing, character work is good and with some real high highs.
About the trailer: Looks great! Even disregarding the cinematic aspect ratio that obviously won't be there for the final episodes this looks really well shot. Starts later than expected, but we'll just have to wait. Hopefully this means they'll have lots of time to work on CG. The footage here already looks promising in that area.
GustyGardens
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Looks great! Not really a fan of Maisie Williams, but that's not really that big of a deal. I need to watch the last series again, as I don't remember a lot of it.
anotherVegan
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Ignatz Mouse
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Half the cast of GoT has been in Doctor Who.
Amusing to see lots of "Series 8 was the best since series 5!". That says more about series 6 and 7 though. I think most fans will admit series 8 was still very hit-or-miss.
THAT SAID Trailer looks great, the visuals look fantastic in parts, interesting to see if Missy really is teaming up with the Doctor as it looks like. I like the look of the eyeless people, wonder if that's from Gatiss's episode.
I reckon Maisie Williams is playing someone we see in various guises throughout the series... at least that's the best explanation I can come up with thus far.
Oh, and Clara should have left at the end of the last series, sorry. I like her but she's in danger of outstaying her welcome, and if she gets one more stupid plotline where she's oh so important to the Doctor I may scream.
THAT SAID Trailer looks great, the visuals look fantastic in parts, interesting to see if Missy really is teaming up with the Doctor as it looks like. I like the look of the eyeless people, wonder if that's from Gatiss's episode.
I reckon Maisie Williams is playing someone we see in various guises throughout the series... at least that's the best explanation I can come up with thus far.
Oh, and Clara should have left at the end of the last series, sorry. I like her but she's in danger of outstaying her welcome, and if she gets one more stupid plotline where she's oh so important to the Doctor I may scream.
AHA-Lambda
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She was the only legit good thing last season apart from Capaldi =/
I'll agree on Clara though, absolutely sick of her.
Boooooooooo
Very hit and miss, erring more on miss for me.
Can't argue with that either, hated Matt Smith.
Ignatz Mouse
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8 was the best series since *4*.
Which tells you what I think of Matt Smith.
Which tells you what I think of Matt Smith.
Exterminieren
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Hello there, in the bottom left hand corner...
infiniteloop
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ha, nice
RadioHeadAche
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I agree. I love Peter Capald. His Doctor is wonderful.
peanutbutterlatte
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I could listen to Peter Capaldi dramatically monologue all day.
Obligatory "Maisie Williams is Susan" theory.
Ooh you edgy customer.
Series 4 was shit.
Obligatory "Maisie Williams is Susan" theory.
Ooh you edgy customer.
Series 4 was shit.
The Auxiliary
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I could do without Clara, but Capaldi's Doctor resonated with me on such a level that I could see him watch paint dry for forty minutes and still be entertained.
Spiritreaver
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I hate to be part of the crowd, but I'm over Clara too. I actually quite enjoyed her with Smith, but didn't like her in the last season at all. Really disliked the Danny stuff.
It's such a minor complaint though didn't ruin the season at all. I'm surprised at how quickly I've fallen for Capaldi's take too. SO EXCITED.
It's such a minor complaint though didn't ruin the season at all. I'm surprised at how quickly I've fallen for Capaldi's take too. SO EXCITED.
WadiumArcadium
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Looking goooooooood. Last series was the best since the fifth.
I'm a little mixed because you raise a good point, but I think Clara got bogged down by the Danny stuff. She's a great foil for Capaldi; better than she was for Smith, and their interactions are the highlights of Season 8 for me. Can't wait to see them together again.
But all the Danny stuff while acceptable, did make her the focus more often than necessary. She's not Rose or even Amy levels of Mary Sue yet, but they're stretching her a bit thin, I agree.
BuggyDClown
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99.999999% sure this is wrong but what if Maisie Williams is..
I would love nothing more.
The doctors daughter after a regeneration!
I would love nothing more.
peanutbutterlatte
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Naaaah. Moffat ain't touching that shit. Apart from the 50th, he's all about avoiding the RTD era. He seems to want to relive the Hartnell era, which is why
Susan
They have to keep Clara on until they finally conclude the arc of her becoming a thrill-addicted, selfish version of the Doctor. They build it up for three episodes only to have a red herring tease in the finale preview. Gawd damn Pink trampling all over her character development.
BuggyDClown
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Like I said, I know it's wrong but I would love it so much.
I doubt it...helps with the cinematic feel for the trailer I guess.
I was recently rewatching series 5 recently and I find it really weird that the writers in that series seemed to try pretty hard to keep the RTD era in mind (Amy not remembering the Daleks is a plot point), but subsequently the only thing they've kept is the designs for the Daleks and the Cybermen.
This is mainly because I have either nostalgia or love for the RTD era.
CloudyTuba
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I cant watch the video yet, so I got as far as "I can't believe Paul Mcgann..." and my heart jumped.
Damn you!
StopMakingSense
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There are so many GoT actor crossovers with Doctor Who it's ridiculous.
Wasnt Moffat the one who asked RTD to keep her alive in the first place? Could mean nothing but the idea is always out there!
it looked good but it seemed like an extension of the quality seen in series 5 onwards. this seems like that leap from the specials to series 5.
Ignatz Mouse
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Yeah, no.
I don't know what's "edgy" about hating Matt Smith's Doctor or the nonsense that prevailed through his run. Unless you think I only feel that way to impress some imaginary population that finds Doctor Who "cool" but only *specific* Doctor Who.
WrenchNinja
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I hope she is Susan
Susan would never refer to her grandfather that way.
A previous companion maybe. A previous incarnation of River we hadn't seen?
Psyched, and that's saying something, since I've been losing faith in Moffat since 5
Fine Ham Abounds
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Things happened and I missed the entire last half of Series 8 and I'm still waiting for it to pop up on Netflix, but I had to indulge and watch this. Love the hair 
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