Doctor Who (Series 8) [BBC]

[pmartin252]

What does anyone here think about the exciting news that the new series of Dr Who is starting in August, rather than waiting for the Autumn? I'm not sure that it's such a good idea. They tried this before in the 80's I think and it was a disaster - people would rather be out in the (ahem) sunshine that stuck at home watching the telly. What do you think?

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[JackRegan]

Anyone familiar with Peter's scripts will recognize the flavour of some of the dark humour he gives us as the Doctor.

He's a bit of a dark and broody Doctor, in many ways what you'd expect of Matt Smith's Doctor some years down the line.

There's lots of promise if the scripts are consistently up to speed.

 

[WalterWhite]

I was way more interested in the characters and their dialogue in 'Into the Dalek', rather than the actual plot which I think was a little weak. Definitely not the strongest Dalek-arc I've seen, but I did like what the Dalek saw in the Doctor. It presents an interesting question. Is this Doctor good? I really, really like this darker side of him. I feel that this season will center a lot around exploring him, not just the universe.
Also, yay for more character development for Clara!

Agreed. I love all the exploring-what-the-Doctor-is-REALLY-like stuff. I don't think any of the episodes so far this series have been particularly great from a plot point of view (or even a script point of view), but I think they get away with it because of Capaldi - he shines as the Doctor. I'm really glad that Clara's being given a little more room to develop her character too.