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Blue_Adept

(6,399 posts)
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 12:45 PM Dec 2017

BBC Releases Doctor Who Transformation Scene

With the Christmas special out there and the brouhaha getting underway from the usual quarters about changing the Doctor from a male container to a female container, the BBC has brought out the last five minutes of the episode for those that just want to see the transformation sequence and first minute or so of Jodi Whitaker taking on the role that Peter Capaldi has held for the last few years.

The actual transformation begins at three minutes in but the Capaldi stuff is solidly fun leading up to it.

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BBC Releases Doctor Who Transformation Scene (Original Post) Blue_Adept Dec 2017 OP
To those throwing a fit over the new Doctor... Archae Dec 2017 #1
The first scene hurple Dec 2017 #5
Well I can remember River Song belittling an earlier doctor csziggy Dec 2017 #6
No it wasn't. Capaldi and Smith both had trouble flying the TARDIS immediately after their change. phleshdef Dec 2017 #7
Exactly. Dr. Strange Dec 2017 #8
It isn't. Crunchy Frog Dec 2017 #9
May beee I will like the new doctor. TexasProgresive Dec 2017 #2
I Thought Capaldi Was a Good Doctor Leith Dec 2017 #3
He might have grown on me if I gave him a chance. TexasProgresive Dec 2017 #4
i wish he had stuck around for another showrunner MurrayDelph Dec 2017 #16
Capaldi is so far my favorite of all the Doctors. Crunchy Frog Dec 2017 #10
Super excited here romana Dec 2017 #11
Looks.fun Egnever Dec 2017 #12
BBC America has shown a Doctor WHO marathon the last few days. SharonClark Dec 2017 #13
This was a nice farewell episode for the old doctor Gothmog Dec 2017 #14
just watched it, great stuff! SPOILERS Takket Dec 2017 #15

Archae

(46,340 posts)
1. To those throwing a fit over the new Doctor...
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 12:50 PM
Dec 2017

Call the Waaaaahhhbulance.

I like the change.

Would like to see an episode where a couple of the Doctor's old companions meet the new one.

hurple

(1,306 posts)
5. The first scene
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 03:42 PM
Dec 2017

With the first female Doctor is a women can't drive joke.

That's exactly the insulting portrayal I was afraid of, which is why I was against a female Doctor. So, one strike so far.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
6. Well I can remember River Song belittling an earlier doctor
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 03:58 PM
Dec 2017

Saying the reason the Tardis made that odd noise was that he left the brakes on.

 

phleshdef

(11,936 posts)
7. No it wasn't. Capaldi and Smith both had trouble flying the TARDIS immediately after their change.
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 04:14 PM
Dec 2017

Capaldi's first words after he got done being excited about his new kidneys was to look at Clara and say "Do you know how to fly this thing?".

Dr. Strange

(25,921 posts)
8. Exactly.
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 04:20 PM
Dec 2017

The ongoing meme (especially with Capaldi's Doctor) is that you don't fly the TARDIS--you negotiate with her.

Crunchy Frog

(26,599 posts)
9. It isn't.
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 04:21 PM
Dec 2017

The regeneration energy literally blew up the TARDIS.

11th Doctor crashed the TARDIS right after regeneration, and 12th completely forgot how to fly it, and got it swallowed by a dinosaur.

I think you're grasping here.

TexasProgresive

(12,157 posts)
2. May beee I will like the new doctor.
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 01:09 PM
Dec 2017

A recent on maybe the most recent was just so wrong for me. I watched 3 episode and gave up on the doctor- Who? I couldn't wait for him to go.

edited to add - a new companion as well?

Leith

(7,813 posts)
3. I Thought Capaldi Was a Good Doctor
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 01:27 PM
Dec 2017

He was the most right for River, for example. It's just that Malcolm Tucker (The Thick of It) was just too memorable a character to not think of when watching him as The Doctor.

Here's a fun fact that I found out when I looked Capaldi up on imdb: in the movie World War Z, Capaldi played the W.H.O Doctor. That just seems like a very nice touch.

MurrayDelph

(5,300 posts)
16. i wish he had stuck around for another showrunner
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 11:40 PM
Dec 2017

Moffatt was an excellent writer when under someone else's control, but the story arcs under his control were execrable.

I hated the way Moffatt had Fonzied Clara into the lead character.

And they had only-recently managed to convince the sound and music department that they should not interfere with the dialog.

Crunchy Frog

(26,599 posts)
10. Capaldi is so far my favorite of all the Doctors.
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 04:32 PM
Dec 2017

I'm really excited about Jodie though. Can't wait to see her in her first proper episode.

About time they got a woman in the role.

 

Egnever

(21,506 posts)
12. Looks.fun
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 06:38 PM
Dec 2017

I started watching the doctor in the early 80s. Got my kid watching the new series two years ago. My wife made fun of me watching it but after sitting through a few episodes she started to get it.

Now she is a bigger fan than me!

Looking forward to the new doctor. Capaldi never really clicked for me. I loved David Tennant and Matt Smith and the girls who waited was really just a great chapter for me.

Looking forward to a new doctor and of course a new TARDIS!

SharonClark

(10,014 posts)
13. BBC America has shown a Doctor WHO marathon the last few days.
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 08:46 PM
Dec 2017

David Tennant has always been my favorite followed by Matt Smith, but Capaldi seemed to grow in the role and some of his stories were brilliant. My only complaint was that he wasn't Scottish enough.

I'm looking forward to the new doctor but I hope there are fewer Dalek and Cyberman stories, they've been done to death.

Takket

(21,600 posts)
15. just watched it, great stuff! SPOILERS
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 10:22 PM
Dec 2017

looks like the 13th doctor might only last a few minutes lol

"Hate is always foolish, and love is always wise"

love that line

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