Peter Capaldi Retrospective | Whoviana #2 | Doctor Who Podcast | Twelfth Doctor
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- Опубліковано 4 лис 2023
- Today, we're talking all things Capaldi! PLUS: Why do people think animation is easy? All that and more, in this episode of WHOVIANA!
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Hey everyone, I've decided this is the last episode of Whoviana. It's clear it's not what people want, they want my more generic UA-cam videos.
I've recorded a Jodie Whittaker Retrospective, but gonna leave that as private and not release it.
Thanks for the support for those who were into it! :)
I respect your decision, but wanted to share that I personally find it a shame. I hadn’t checked out The Five Doctors one because I still haven’t seen that story. I was looking forward to your uniquely comedic chaos vibe takes on stories that I had seen. Take care and all the best!
How are you going to give up so early?
This is a shame, I thought you'd be great as a podcast host ever since you were on Review of Death and really enjoyed the two episodes you had posted so far. A weekly podcast seems like a big commintment so I imagine it was disappointing not to get the response you wanted. Hope to see more fun projects like this in the future, and hope you are doing great
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i’d at least put the next one out and see, especially if it’s already been made.
Nooo these are great!
I find it funny when people say they fell off with Capaldi like those characteristics weren’t very present in the previous modern Doctors. In particular 9. I do think sadly a large part of it was that 12 wasn’t young and quirky. Makes You think how much people actually payed attention to the show they were watching.
Way too many people fell off when Capaldi came around. Allergic to peak I guess.
i really like 12 but i hate clara, she just gets worse and worse, by series 9 shes unbearable, danny pink was interesting, brought her down to earth a bit in s8 but s9 shes awful and the whole "me" thing is my most hated part of new who, s10 is *chefs kiss*
As far as I'm concerned Capaldi's era has aged wonderfully. Like a fine wine
I seem to have met a lot of people who stopped after David Tennant. Is that just emotional exhaustion? It makes me feel bad that they missed so much good stuff.
Capaldi was very rough at first and took a season or two to find his feet. Once he got on form, it was like having Tom Baker back (just go watch the War speech), but it was a long and bumpy road to get there. Moffat's too--clever-for-their-own-good plots didn't help.
@@owenrichards1418 A very rough road at first with flops such as Deep Breath, Listen, Mummy on the Orient Express, Flatline, Dark Water, Death in Heaven…
rip the only podcast I could sit through and enjoy
I love that Capaldi's Doctor was the first to get a multi-Master story, and the only Doctor whose first *and* last episodes feature another Doctor, even if Matt Smith in Deep Breath is literally Moffat begging fans of the quirky young exuberant Doctor to not give up on the old grump. And I love that Moffat gave Capaldi the gift of a Mondasian Cyberman story, and a damned good one at that.
I tried for years to get into Who because people told me I’d love it. I tried several times with Eccleston and his first episode. It took so many tries until I could finish the episode because it just wasn’t appealing for some reason.
It wasn’t until 2016 when someone posted Capaldi’s speech from the Zygon two-parter. His delivery blew me away. And then also, Jenna Coleman was in the scene twice as Clara and as the Zygon pretending to be her and I was taken aback by her beauty. So I thought I’d look her up to see where she started in the show, which led me to Matt Smith and the Asylum episode. He’ll in love with her and also Smith. Suddenly I thought, “I might like this show.”
I then thought, let em try an episode of this Tennant guy… blew me away. “OMG, am I fan?”
I went back to Eccleston and… nope, still couldn’t do it. So I went straight through, from Tennant to Capaldi, during all of 2016, and was caught up so I could start watching along with his new season. I had done it. Finally become a fan. I never had to live through the years of no Who because I was playing catch up.
After that new season was done, I did go back, and with a greater appreciation for the show, I was finally able to get through Eccleston and enjoy it. Now I’m working my way through the Collection BluRays, have bought way too much Who merchandise, and am a fully committed Whovian.
I love reading this in-depth story about becoming a fan. Also thank you for giving Eccleston so many chances😅
@@PandanaJim you’re welcome! I always defend Clara and 12 because without them, I wouldn’t even be on this post. And I definitely appreciate Eccleston much more now!
I love media with strong character development, so I love the Capaldi era. It has all my favorites: my fav Doctor, my fav companions, my fav Master, my fav TARDIS, my fav episode, my fav seasons. I love the stuff in Series 8 and 9 where the emphasis is on the Doctor and Clara's toxic love towards each other.
The same way Josh felt about Capaldi being announced is how I feel about the possibility of T'Nia Miller as the Doctor. I saw her in Haunting of Bly House and Fall of the House of Usher, and she's absolutely brilliant. She could pull off the dark side of the Doctor, but also the vulnerable side so well. If Nyssa pointed a gun at me and told me to cast the 16th(?) Doctor, I would choose her.
I started watching DW with Pertwee as a boy.
I skipped a lot of Colin Baker his first time round.
Capaldi is the only Doctor I can happily rewatch without wanting to skip episodes or scenes.
Mummy on the Orient Express is my favorite Capaldi episode and deerves its place in the top 3
Along with Nine, Twelve is my Doctor.
35:49 I think I agree. I'm not a big fan of Davison's era so the fact that Time Flight felt so different and kind of camp made it a very fun watch.
The most truthful and cutting comment ever made about the relation of other Timelords to humans was Missy's comment about the dog.
In 2015 I heard Moffat speak about the sunglasses and his reasoning was that every kid who has a pair of glasses can now be doctor who. I liked that a lot
"Heaven Sent" is a great story and shows how good actor Peter Capaldi is.
I was mixed on his run when this era came out, however retroactively when I was able to appreciate what 12's character journey was, it significantly rose up in my estimations, with both s8&10 being in my top 5 Modern seasons and Capaldi is now my favourite Modern Doctor.
Murray on the Orient express 😂
So glad you gave Father’s Day a shout out, it’s my favourite episode ever and nigh on perfection imo
I disagree with your idea of series nine showing a more wacky Doctor because of a BBC intervention. I think that it was a Moffat take on what the Sixth Doctor was supposed to be, an abrasive character that mellows and improve with time, giving us a great voyage into the Doctor's inner thoughts and feelings. If this is not Doctor Who enough, I don't know what it is.
I think the jump was too fast, it went from 0 to 100, that’s what I meant
in s8 he couldnt even hug then he went from that to joking and playing guitars and stuff, if you knew somebody who one day was grouchy and serious and next day the complete oppisite youd have them sectioned
I have every Doctor Who Collection Box Set proudly sitting, unopened, still wrapped, on my shelf. Very proud :)
16:11 I really want to see an episode called Murray On The Orient Express now. An older Jewish man gets turned around while buying some Matzo Ball Soup and wanders into the Tardis accidentally, ending up on an adventure with The Doctor on the famous train. The Matzo Balls will play into the solution of the episode.
Deep admiration for Peter Capaldi. He’s slowly etched his way into being my favorite. It is a shame a lot of fans stopped watching at this point.
I also had no idea that Simm as Razor. I knew he was in the 2 parter, but I somehow got it in my head that they had announced it was just an extended flashback.
Wow, I absolutely love Capaldi's final speech, but I do understand where you're coming from. Also, I now want to see "Murray on the Orient Express".
That was really good fun, Josh. Really enjoyed hearing your takes, just you and your microphone! I would love you to do more of these as you are always interesting!
I like the theory that his goofiness in series 9 was him over doing in on the "I am an idiot" thing. The lesson being that he does travels for fun, helping out when trouble finds him. He forgot that in series 8 and this was him over correcting and learned to tone it down at the end of the series, leading him to the perfectly balanced Twelve we get in 10. Believing this doesn't help me enjoy watching it, but at least I feel like I get how it fits the narrative.
I LOVE Whoviana it's totally up there with Batmanmarch ... Review of Death and the 50% Doctor Who guys. I hope you reconsider...give it a few more shows. At least up to the 60th Specials Totally agree with your views on Peter Capaldi. Great Doctor , maybe let down by some not so great scripts. As someone who has watched Doctor Who (at the age of 6) since 1963 I loved his portrayal of a classic Doctor with a modern edge. Not to mention he had one of the best TARDIS interiors. I look forward to what you present next but maybe sleep on your decision to shelve Whoviana.
How arrogant... I'm replying to my own comment. I was being selfish. You do you. Maybe rather than the stress of a regular "podcast" ,perhaps do a monthly long form piece in a similar style to Whoviana. In closing though I will say there's a lot of love in the comments. Whatever you decide we will all watch and enjoy
His final speech was amazing ahaha
14:45 No it was dead in the US as well. I’ve only met one Who fan that actually still kept up with the show in the years since
Kill the Moon has a lot of bad/wrong science and the silliest idea ever (the moon as an egg) but the final bit with Clara telling the Doctor to get out of her life is brilliantly acted and deeply felt. And yes, Oxygen is brilliant!
Peter Capaldi is my favourite Doctor, and weirdly his era was the first one I watched with friends (counter to your experience), because it was the year I went to Uni (literally about 3 episodes into s8). Sad to hear that Whoviana won't be continuing! I like the format, but understand if it ends up not being worth your time.
When I first started watching Doctor Who, Matt Smith was on his way out and Peter Capaldi was on his way in. I stuck with Peter’s Doctor and was very sad when he departed. He might not be my favorite Doctor (Patrick Troughton has that distinction), but I still consider him to be the best actor to ever take on the role.
Series 10 is definitely his best imo. Got rid of Clara brought in Bill and Nardole. Had mostly a run of good to great stories. And got the balance of 12s character right.
I took an animation course in College "for fun" while getting my degree in TV/Radio Production. I think it was the 2nd hardest class I took. My history & honors minors were a walk in the park, and folks thought I was fucking Galileo for finishing it - but that animation course - I still have nightmares from trying to book time in studio to finish hand drawn animations and learn Maya within a week, oh, and my horrid flash animations - they look more like a power point than anything.
TLDR: Animation is actually Hell on Earth, and anyone crazy enough to work on it deserves all the money.
Sorry to read you aren't continuing this series, I love your takes and as a fan from North America, it's nice to find folks from outside the UK sharing their love for Dr Who!
I think one of the main reasons I love doctor who so much is I could literally spend the rest of my life collecting, watching, reading and listening to it and probably still never have it fully complete, if I’m ever bored I’ll have something new to keep me entertained
It's interesting to hear your thoughts on AI. My take is this: It will become (Some could argue it already has in some areas) a powerful tool, but nothing more. A smartphone is also a powerful tool.
The ultimate endgame for me (As a non-talented/non-creative person but would love to create things) is to be able to direct AI as you talk about and use it to generate art/content that I otherwise wouldn't be able to fulfil alone. I don't think it should be looked as stealing/removing jobs, but more as an opportunity as a powerful tool for aid.
Capaldi is unquestionably my favorite modern Doctor. Classic born-and-raised, and he put his soul into it time and time again.
On the subject of maligned episodes, the classic episode Underworld is one of my favorites, and I will go back and watch it over a lot of others, horrible CSO and all! The Quest is the Quest!
Totally agree about Father's day, from the perspective of a revival as well it was a great way to show the audience some time travel rules. It also solidified the Doctor's authority, we'd all been along for a fun little jaunt with Rose and the Doctor and then you see that darker side of him and he really feels like a 900 year old timelord. Enjoying the pods so far, thank you!
Quite recently got talking with some people and it turned out two of them liked Doctor Who (which was quite a surprise to me here in ole Belgium). Even more surprising was that one of them told me Peter Capaldi was their favourite, and I love that, how a Doctor who had no presence whatsoever here was still able to be someone's favourite
How dare you ... I love Time Flight!
I haven't watched it since my youth, but I remember it being fun!
Rlly enjoyed these videos 😁
I don’t even remember In The Forest of the Night.
Is that the one where you need subtitles turned on to understand that the little girl crying about “The Forts” is actually saying thoughts?
When my Doctor Who tour guide, friend, and fellow youtuber Audrey and I rewatched a story from every doctor to celebrate the 50th, we both chose what we wanted to rewatch the most.
...we chose Time-Flight. It's the best level of ULTIMATE cheese yo. It makes us so happy (minus completely useless to the plot racist Master disguise)
I joined Doctor Who with the 50th anniversary special, so Capaldi was essentially my Doctor growing up, so I’ve got a lot of fondness and nostalgia for his era. Though looking back, series 8 was a bit challenging for 10 year old me. Having the main hero of the show being a bit of a cold hearted and cantankerous ass makes him a little hard to get attached to, though everything clicked for me once we got to Mummy on the Orient Express.
That’s probably why it’s so high on the DWM poll, it was the first time you felt like you could actually trust this incarnation. And then his “man that stops the monsters” speech in the following episode just sealed the deal.
Good review of the Peter Capaldi era! I really love Peter Capaldi as The Doctor and he is my second favorite Doctor in the new series. When I saw his debut story Deep Breath, I was looking forward what he has to bring to the table and when I saw The Doctor going up against the half-face man, I was like I love this Doctor. The dark direction I really liked because it felt like pure Doctor Who.
Sad to see that this podcast has ended. I saved this ep. to watch after I finished watching Capaldi’s last episode (today).
I grew up on classic Who; Capaldi is my favorite NuWho doctor (so far) outside of Christopher Eccleston.
Though I disliked the speechifying at the end, I cried when the 12th regenerated. I will go into Jodi’s run with no expectations, but am glad to know there’s at least one good ep. in her 1st season.
I also enjoyed “Robot of Sherwood” and “Father’s Day” (my Dad died when I was a child so I relate to Rose a little there).
I love your perspective on Who, great videos! And the full Karen image is hilarious, you could really pull of being a Karen for Halloween!
I get what you mean about Capaldi's Doctor making a bit of an about-turn towards wackiness in Series 9, but I think it's in ways that are still very much in keeping with Capaldi as an individual and performer? Like, Capaldi himself plays electric guitar and was in a band, so it makes sense to introduce that into the show, and he probably did say he wanted to bring elements of that into the show.
The Sonic sunglasses to my knowledge were because Capaldi had observed that this would mean that poorer fans whose parents couldn't afford a sonic screwdriver toy for the kid's birthday or Christmas but probably did have a pair of shades could still pretend to be The Doctor. It's a smart move and a kind one, as much as some of us might have found it a bit goofy.
I've got mixed feelings on The Doctor Falls vs. Twice Upon A Time as a finale. I think I do think of The Doctor Falls as his actual final story and Twice Upon A Time as a Coda. I'm very glad Twice Upon A Time exists, and I happen to quite like his last speech, but I also feel like if it had ended on The Doctor Falls, then I wouldn't have been going 'I wish he had another episode' (or at least, no more so than I was already). I also don't think it would have been what I instinctively reached for as an idea for his final story. So it's a weird feeling.
I don't feel like Bradley's version of The First Doctor is super faithful to Hartnell's, it definitely feels more like his own interpretation, but then if we wanted a copy then they should have just cast John Guilor or something.
Damn, I really enjoyed the first 2 episodes of this new podcast. Would have loved more
I'M SO GLAD SOMEONE ELSE LIKED ROBOT OF SHERWOOD!! You have like the exact same tastes in the show as me, it's nice to see someone who does haha.
I think animation is extremely easy so long as you don't want something to be good, high quality, watchable or meet any sort of expected quality standard
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@@JoshSnares I now need someone to animate the Daleks Masterplan using exclusively Pivot Stick figure Animator and having all the characters just be different basic stick figures
Josh Snares: the Whoinverse's saviour
I love how your podcast is VERY DELTA does Dr Who
For me, Troughton is the greatest Doctor of them all. Followed closely by Hartnell, Pertwee, McCoy and Capaldi. I really loved Capaldi's Doctor. I loved him when he was silly and I loved him when he was serious. I loved Series 9, but the ones I remember are the Zygon war and Heaven Sent / Hell Bent. The Robot of Sherwood, Face the Raven, Extremis, World Enough and Time / The Doctor Falls... These are terrific stories and terrific performances. (I think I liked Twice Upon a Time and Doctor Mysterio more than you did. I hatd Kill the Moon, not because of the spiders but because it was OTT silly.) In any run of stories, for any regeneration of the Doctor, there will be weaker stories or flubs or filler, things attempted but not quite pulled off. Still, I could watch Capaldi as the doctor all day long. I hear he's not keen to reappear on the show, but I hope that softens. Even Tom Baker eventually made a comeback, so I have hope we may not yet have seen the 12th's last appearance.
Shame that this is last whoviana. I feel this podcast was just starting to find its feet. But looking forward to what you do next.
hello Josh Snares long overdue retrospective of the 12th Doctor Big shoes to fill, Capaldi is Incredible in the "thick of It" as a ruthless Mover behind the scenes in Westmister it's such a Biting Satire played straight by a wonderful cast Must see and Capaldi can play Electric Guitar and he was in the Lair of the white Worm (Ken Russell The devils) Big Hugs
I originally did not think I would like Capaldi. It took a few episodes. The reason is simple. The only show I had seen him in was "The Musketeers" where he was the villain and that image was hard to shake.
Sorry i'm writing alot, but I think the 13th Doctor will get lots of love in years to come, well after Ncuti's 15th, and it itself becomes 'classic' .. New Fans as they grow and submerge into the Whoniverse, they'll like what is there, as it doesn't affect their future current Who, like the 6th Doctor gets fans now, these days :) xxxx
In the Forest of the Night also says don't medicate children
It annoyed me so much at the time when I'd bring doctor who up and my peers would say "he's too old, I want matt Smith back"
I'm sorry this hasn't worked out but, for what it's worth I really enjoyed them. Just as much as I enjoyed Capaldi (my favourite new series Dr) People have no appreciation for nice things
I really appreciated your comments on the animations!
Sorry to hear this is the last one, i’ve been enjoying these!
I am anti AI in things like art and conversation AI doesn’t have love or creativity it’s just what people told it to do like your content snares it’s not the best but we can all see you put your heart into it and it makes it special and I like it
After a rewatch he became my favourite nu-who doctor. Even the poor episodes he absolutely carries. No one since Tom baker has managed that so well imho
Class was a teen drama. And doctor who has never had a teen drama before or since. So many DW spin-offs start strong with their own identity but eventually devolve into just more doctor who so it's like what's the point? With k9 adventures, Sarah Jane adventures, class, doctor who, and Torchwood we had a really strong portfolio of shows for all age groups. Class is the only one that didn't end up as just more doctor who
Underworld is one of my fav classic Who stories. Not a popular choice to say the least. So, yeah each to their own.
Damn I just found your channel and love this, sucks to read you won’t be doing this style of video anymore :/
I've never felt so seen with your opinion about Twice Upon A Time ruining the gorgeous sendoff and sacrifice in WEAT/TDF
They think it's easy *because* they've never done it before. "Fifty minutes of animation? So what? The computer does it all for you!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I just finished the Capaldi era for the first time since broadcast, and I totally agree with you. Last Christmas is awesome but should have been Clara's exit. BUT I don't think Heaven Sent slaps as hard with a newer companion.
Also agree that Series 10 has the best overall vibes of the Capaldi years, but most of the stories aren't all that. WEAT does a lot of heavy lifting in that series.
Sad you're not doing any more of these, I would have loved to hear your Jodie thoughts.
People calling the animations "cartoons" has always bothered me and it's so vindicating to hear someone else come to the same conclusion that it's often used as belittlement. I've had my issues with some of the animations, I'm not crazy about how Hartnell looks in Galaxy 4 and think Frazer Hines' likeness was hit and miss for a while, but I'm so glad they exist and I find myself enjoying even the ones I'm less keen on visually. The "AnneMarie Walsh team" has consistently had a really appealing style and I hope they get around to some of my Hartnell favourites like The Myth Makers.
I've historically been less keen on the Big Finish Creative style (if that's right!) but after feeling initially disheartened I really enjoyed how The Abominable Snowmen looked, that was one of the big ones to get right for me as it's my favourite missing Troughton. I have a few pet peeves like Padmasambhava's design, the Yeti spheres sticking out a bit too much and the hay bed in Troughton's cell seeming to flicker but overall I got the sense they've come a long way, I'm hoping that if they're tackling The Smugglers it'll similarly show growth.
I didn't get to see the Underwater Menace animation at the BFI but I heard that it supposedly had 15 months of production which is such good news, Evil of the Daleks very much benefitted from the extra production time so it really bodes well, I have it pre-ordered but I'm trying to save it for Christmas so hopefully the wait is worth it, I'm sure it will be.
As for Capaldi, Series 9 and 2016 were absolutely my low point as a fan. I didn't like Dark Water/Death in Heaven, being a 13 year old when it went out I thought Santa showing up was way too kiddish and it made me feel I was starting to grow out of the show? So series 9 had to win me back, and I absolutely hated it, I still haven't rewatched any of it other than the two part finale. The Return of the Doctor Mysterio felt outright embarassing to watch, so waiting a full year for that left me feeling burnt, to the point where I'm almost surprised looking back I stuck around for Series 10. It was absolutely worth it in the end though, I adored it and it got me back on side, felt like everything I was missing, Bill is probably still my favourite revival companion, the Simm reveal and mondasian Cybermen were a lovely surprise, Missy's arc was brilliant after I had previously found the character a little annoying, and while I've since gained an appreciation for Series 8 I feel Capaldi's Doctor was just right in that final series and I was so heartbroken to learn it would be his last.
2016 wasn't all bad though, I'm fairly sure it's around then - if not then 2017 prior to Series 10's airing - that I watched Remembrance of the Daleks and The Five Doctors for the first time. It would be another couple years before the classic series took over completely for me, but that's when it got its hooks in deep.
Aw, you just started with these, they haven't gotten a chance to grow :(
I like these
I do love 12 and Speaking of people out side the government and beyond the police pls pls pls could we have one on ianto jones I feel this would be a nice topic to talk about here
Completely agree. "No stars... I hoped there be stars" is perfect final line. And then they go with that 20 minute monologue about pears and children hearing the Doctor's name and even though I absolutely love Capaldi I was all like "Just flippin' regenerate already". But I feel it's typical Moffat regeneration. He writes good end, good line, but then he continues to type. Eight Doctor holding the regeneration cup had perfect "Will it hurt?" "Yes" "Good.". Perfect. But then he namecheck all Big Finish people, salute them and says 'Physicial heal thyself', which sounds really forced and rehearsed. And in my opinion Matt Smith should regenerate as an old person right there on the tower, where he got new set of regenerations and started to burst with energy, destroying everything and goes "Love from Gallifrey, boys!". Scene. And then he regenerated after yet another 20 minutes monologue about change and rememberance. Please. I am so glad RTD is back, cause he wrote two really good send offs for the Doctor.
10's sendoff was overblown and drawn out. It's so dragged out that by the time the regeneration comes I was almost begging him to just do it. And in fairness to Moffat, don't forget Twice Upon a Time was a late addition, so it's quite likely the "I'd hoped there'd be stars" actually was planned to be 12's last line before Moff was forced into doing the Christmas special.
"Children are annoying" I can say that as a parent.
Sadly it was a major tipping point for me. I stuck with it until the very end of his last regular series - in fact I never even considered that not watching was even an option. But when Moffat spectacularly failed to deliver on that stupendous cliffhanger to World Enough and Time, I had finally had enough. New Who was such a rollercoaster of raised hopes that were then dashed, with the quality veering more wildly than the Eric Saward era, I was done at that point. I think I've just had to come to terms with the fact that I am a Classic series fan. That's where my heart truly belongs and I had to face that fact.
I dislike the 13th Doctor era, but not the Doctor herself, or most of the Companions. Just the stories, but there's a couple I want to re-watch, and the Fugitive Doctor and Power Of The Doctor are some of my favourite things from Who.
Chibnall’s run was a true trail of patience…one I happily tested myself with, bad story after bad story, unnecessary villain after poorly-handled historical hero, non-Doctory moment from The Doctor after dropped plot point. I’m proud to say I made it the whole way through…”Flux” and “Resolution of the Daleks” were the two best stories of the era…which doesn’t say much as the bar got set so low by this point…😵💫
Eras like this are good only as tests of fan patience, not much else…looking forward to Tennant’s 14th Doctor and Gatwa’s 15th, hoping the next female Doctor (PLEASE let there be another one) gets handled by RTD so we can see the full potential of such an incarnation when properly written for. Whittaker had a lot of potential, she reminded me of Davidson’s Fifth Doctor who IS one of my two “First Doctors” so, for me anyway, that was a plus, I just feel that Chibnall wrote for her very poorly…like he was one of those fans who think they know what makes good Doctor Who but really doesn’t. “Rosa” would’ve been an EXCELLENT pure historical but he had to throw in Krazlo just so it wouldn’t be…things like that and also having her regeneration episode be a multi-Doctor event just made her era much worse than it should’ve been. Don’t even get me started on “Timeless Child” 🤮
But…I did make it through…
It certainly wasn’t for the faint of heart…😵💫
There are some of her stories that I do recommend, however, just to see how it COULD have been better…
First is “Rosa”, just forget the Krazlo scenes and you have a WONDERFUL pure historical adventure that sheds some nice light on the story of Rosa Parks and the start of the Civil Rights movement in the US.
Second would be “It Takes You Away”, which makes interesting use of parallel dimensions to tell a neat story about a parent’s love for their children, while also giving Graham some much-needed closure after the death of Grace…and let me highlight Graham for a moment. Series 11 Graham was just SUCH a wonderful character, an older person who doesn’t fully get the world he finds himself in yet also delivers pretty much ALL of The Doctor’s technobabble, he’s honestly the best part of Series 11. I honestly just LOVED him and kinda wish Bradley Walsh could’ve been The Doctor because he just captured the character beautifully…except he was a companion so, kinda odd…but still, a treat to watch and one should watch Series 11 just for him…😅😁
Third, of course, is “Flux”. This was Chibnall trying to bring back the Classic Who serial format and, while producing it during COVID-19 made it not as good as it could’ve been, there are definitely some fun moments and, overall, it does kinda work…had Series 13 been a full series of “Flux” we could’ve had a real masterpiece of Who on our hands. I applaud the effort, even as outside circumstances hampered it somewhat.
Finally, “Resolution of the Daleks”…time loop stories are just fun and seeing both sides of this story figuring out what’s going on and strategizing within the time loop, making The Doctor’s plans fail when they otherwise wouldn’t have, it definitely kept it exciting…
I also want to give a huge shoutout to the written fanfic from this era. Not sure if they’re still there but the BBC website did have a number of 13th Doctor fanfics that were VERY well written and showed the relationship between The Doctor and her “fam” in a much better way than the show tended to do. If you don’t like Whittaker’s Doctor, these fanfics may well change your mind…
I personally LOVED her Doctor…just wish she could’ve been written better than she generally was…my two cents…😅😁
I know this is the last ep but this pod was amazing (i never liked 12 much but Clara was my fav companion the acting was great don't get me wrong it is just not for me)
does anyone know the song that plays at 8:16?
Hiya that is a shame i was looking forward to having a good dr who podcast to listen to at work. i also live in Adelaide where do you normally buy your Dr Who dvds from HBHIFI sux these days? Take care
Were you actually able to choose that the UA-cam ads came up on "after this message from our sponsors" or is UA-cam just trying to make me laugh on its own? 😂
Yeah I can choose hahaha
I miss when the doctor was a sooky grumpo shmumpo even tennant was a grump sometimes.
I loved Capaldi. He was a very old school Doctor. Not a teen girls masturbatory fantasy.
Twice Upon A Time is the only story I ever felt the urge to fan edit. And thankfully I did. Just to remove 1's Bigotry.
Don't ruin my boi the 1st Doctor.
I thought Oxygen was pretty good, but I had a hard time buying the setup. On the other hand, I also enjoyed Kill the Moon precisely because of its unbelievable setup. So I'm a man of contradictions.
I got into Doctor Who when Series 8 was airing. I started by watching some Series 7 reruns. I really hated Capaldi in his first season since Matt Smith was my favorite Doctor. I would say how Peter Capaldi is the worst Doctor, and how Matt Smith should come back. By the time Twice Upon a Time aired, Capaldi was my second favorite Doctor, and I was desperate for him not to leave.
I don't really know how to feel about the animation section of the discussion. I am also an animator and as much as I know how hard and arduous animating can be, I couldn't help but feel that some of the Doctor Who animations seemed of sub-optimal quality.
I like the Pting episod. t's a space gremlin bottle episode. It's stupid schlock and the pting is horrifyingly adorable, and isn't dead at the end of the by the way. Leave it alone.
The Capaldi era was the first time I've ever fallen asleep watching TV despite being wide awake when the episode started. I think the show had just lost it's spark for me, which in retrospect was starting to happen in Series 6 and whatever happened there just got worse when the creative team went "Hey, remember when the Doctor regenerated into an asshole who repelled viewers like the plague? What if we did that but slightly better!"
I get why people like this era as a throwback to classic but it never scratched the itch I want scratched from classic and I couldn't get into it
Peter Capaldi is peak Doctor Who for me. I fell off around Season 6 when it originally aired. I only began to catch up with my wife near the time of Jodie Whittaker’s debut so missed all of Capaldi’s era. I’m mixed on Chibnall (very mixed) but the gap in quality was even more apparent as by the time his first episodes were airing we were also in the midst of catching up on the Capaldi era, who was slowly but surely becoming my favourite Doctor with some of my favourite Who episodes. Just an era with a perfect blend of what I love about classic and new Who.
Yeah, I thought 'Mummy' was meh.. I didn't 'get' the later love of it.
I watched the capaldi era and could never fully get into it even though I loved capaldi's doctor. It's something about the atmosphere, I dislike the chalkboard scenes, and something about the pacing. It's just a lot less easy to watch for some reason.
I have no idea why people don't like robot of sherwood
You should never go full karen!
Are you my murray?
Capaldis first episode is tonally sooooo weird. Like he's great, and the overall story is great. But the weird slapstick comedy shoved into it made no sense at all. Like, series 8 as a whole is such a weird series.
You need a co-host
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@@JoshSnares Please do reconsider. Perhaps a funny robot dog or a talking penguin.
Peter Capaldi’s worst episode imo is Listen. It’s not just his worst, it think it’s the worst since the reboot in 06.
As an actor, Peter Capaldi is great. Loved him in Torchwood
But I really did not like his Doctor. IMHO, the doctor thinks that humans have great potential, most of his companions are middle class people
But in this era, he thinks humans are stoopid, they have soup for brains. This attitude just did not gel with me
I watched the entire Whittaker era, and the writing was the biggest problem. Things setup hardly ever paid off in a satisfying way that felt earnt. It was full of cool ideas that went nowhere. Flux didn't even feel the need to tell a coherent story. I don't think a female Doctor was the problem, I was up for it. I don't think Jodie was the right casting. I don't feel her gender was even utilised. in the same way Yaz as a policewoman and Ryan as a you tuber was irrelevant.
I can't stand Heaven Sent. It's so boring.
Sacrilege!
@@JoshSnares he just runs around a castle and talks to himself the whole episode! Nothing even remotely interesting happens
@@BooneBluemel That's exactly what's interesting, the character talking to himself. It's a character piece
@@matheusflores619 it sucks
@@BooneBluemel It doesn't suck, you just don't like it😅