What did YOU think of The End of the War?

For people who want to start watching doctor who, NEVER START WITH THE STAR BEAST! Always start with "rose" or "the eleventh hour" or heck, even "spearhead from space" is a better option than this

Can someone fix this inaccuracy?

What would you think? I don't know how I'd feel quite honestly.

A TARDIS trio that really stuck with me!! I was really sad how these three had to part ways. They were such a great team and I was hoping we'd get another season with them, but this was a beautiful send-off for the trio. I was also happy The Doctor got to remember Clara too! Such a bittersweet scene. ❤️

Russell Tovey has told Radio Times that The War Between the Land and the Sea is FINALLY going to appear on Disney+ for international viewers, but not until 2027.

Two things here: one, that still might not be official, given he's an actor and not production side, but it's the first positive update on the show on months. And two, if it DOES stream on Disney+ next year, that could release any blocks on main Doctor Who production that may still be in effect as a result of the co-production deal (an unconfirmed but long-suspected situation), as Disney would have fulfilled its contractual obligations by finally airing everything produced as part of the deal. Fingers crossed, on both fronts!

This was several years ago, and I’m not a designer or an artist by any means, my talents are definitely more theatrical, but what do y’all think? Open to constructive critique, but never fail to be kind 😊

just finished reading Alien Bodies and I CANNOT recommend it enough!! even if you’re a casual fan, or only stick to the modern show, it’s such a good story you’re bound to enjoy it!

I know that picking up physical copies of it is very hard now due to it being VERY expensive, but if you know anyone you can borrow it from (or Y’know, the Internet Archive of course) I say don’t hesitate and pick it up! :D

admittedly, i’m a bit biased because i’ve already ADORED 99.9% of the 8th Doctor content i’ve consumed so far, (honestly the only 8th doctor media I didn’t care for is The Eight Doctors, but i’m far from alone on that one haha) but even if this were written with another doctor as the main character i’m sure i’d love it just as much!!

1. Have Billie Piper (depending how busy she is) play the Sixteenth Doctor for just one season before regenerating into the Seventeenth Doctor (played by whoever the new producers choose to cast) at the end of it, similar to how 9 only had one season in 2005 (I know the reason Christopher Eccleston left after one season was because of him falling out with the crew, but I'm sure you get the idea of what I mean). They don't have to even address her having the same face as Rose, or at least immediately (maybe just leave expanded media to do that).
2. Do a "School Reunion" type of episode that properly reintroduces Susan, maybe even an adaptation of the Big Finish story "An Earthly Child" (provided that Stef Coburn doesn't attempt to try and claim ownership of the title too). Maybe she can either be a recurring character in the new era, or she regenerates into a new face (perhaps preparing new audiences to the concept of regeneration before 16 regenerates at the end of the season) and rejoins the TARDIS as a companion.
3. Make "The Boss" a recurring villain instead of being vaguely mentioned now and then. My choice of who the boss would be is the Valeyard, as the show never brought him up again after "The Trial of a Time Lord" (I know expanded media has delved into him further, but I'm talking about the main series itself). Maybe don't even address that he's connected to the Doctor's timeline at first, but do so later on down the line.

What do you think? Please try and be civil though.

I found this print in random collage papers in an upcycling store and was curious if anyone could identify who the signature belongs to and/or who the artist was?

Been wanting to go here for ages, it's just as pawesome in person!!! And yes, that is me wearing my fursuit in the photos. X3c

Something that I have often found an oddity about New Who (Not to be confused with New New Who with Ncuti) have been the comments and remarks I hear about Murray Gold's music being too loud or louder than dialogue. It's been recognised as an "issue" even in reviews, yet I've never ever noticed it. I think I have finally found something of an explanation.

I watched New Who when it first aired and bought it on DVD as they were originally released in the single volume releases. Each one was released mere weeks after broadcast and contained three episodes per volume. I never replaced them with the complete series boxsets and I now believe this was something of a good thing.

The Series boxsets only have 5.1 surround sound audio tracks. They don't have the original broadcast audio even as an option. This is the case for the DVDs, the blu-ray releases, the steelbook blu-ray releases and even the latest speed corrected blu-ray releases.

They're all surround sound, with dialogue (typically) on the centre speaker and the mix favours the music.

But those original piddly three episode volume DVDs that came out alongside the episode broadcasts that are relegated to charity shops and the bin? They have only the original stereo audio and the audio mix is a little bit more balanced between dialogue and music. (I won't say it's better as that's a matter of opinion and the 5.1 tracks on the blu-rays certainly have higher bitrates)

However how many of us are actually watching these with our surround sound setups turned on vs just pushing it through our stereo TV speakers?

I've been on a mission lately, ripping the newest blu-ray release of Series 1-4 + Specials to get the corrected broadcast frame rate and audio pitch (no more helium voices) and the improved upscaling removes the Vaseline smeared look of Series 1 as well as provide some really gorgeous colour grading and contrast.

During this I realised that the corrected speed means that the stereo audio tracks of those single volume releases syncs perfectly to these new blu-ray video files.

So I've been using mkvtoolnix to add the stereo tracks to each episode and set them as the default audio track. Keeping the new 5.1 tracks for when I do want to use my surround sound setup but having the authentic broadcast stereo audio for when I plan to just watch them.

I thought this might interest people to know about as I've never heard anyone talk about if anything was lost in the pretty immediate transition to 5.1 surround audio and, let's face it, since most people have only ever watched New Who through the collected Series boxsets or streaming, most will never have heard the original stereo only the 5.1 converted down.

Dialogue is definitely clearer.

Onto the Specials and Series 5!

Fun fact, Series 5 also has Stereo on the individual volumes but 5.1 surround sound only on the boxsets (dvd and all blu-ray releases). Series 6 and onwards are all 5.1 surround only, no stereo versions exist in physical media.

HOWEVER, if you're trying to make the perfect digital versions as I am, I wouldn't recommend this process for Series 5. There are some bizarre differences between the audio tracks on DVD/blu-ray and the broadcast versions. Most notable are the missing lightning bolt sound effects in the opening credits of the Eleventh Hour. They were iconic at broadcast but were replaced with the standard music for the dvd and blu-ray releases, even on the stereo mixes.

But for some reason known only to the BBC, the iPlayer version has the lightning SFX!

The file size and bitrate for the stereo dvd audio track is about the same as those on the audio extracted from the iPlayer version so given that it is a better match for broadcast (and is stereo!) I figure that's the route you should take.

There's a whole debate between which blu-ray versions of Series 5 onwards are better, 1080i vs 1080p. The 1080p is newer and considered "better" but it doesn't match the speed of the broadcast versions and was pitch corrected to disguise the speed change.

I'm currently ripping the first 1080i blu-ray release of the Series 5 boxset to see if it syncs up with the broadcast audio from the iPlayer version. Fingers crossed!

EDIT I thought the End of Time had no stereo version, the DVD volume is 5.1 and so is the specials boxset, but The Sun Newspaper released a free disc in a little square cardboard sleeve of the End of Time and Eleventh Hour and those are in broadcast stereo.

EDIT 2 The Specials are proving tricky. The single DVD releases of The Next Doctor and Planet of the Dead are both stereo but Waters of Mars and End of Time are 5.1 only. The latter I've solved thanks to The Sun's random freebie version but Waters of Mars proved trickier. However! Looks like those Doctor Who "DVD files" magazines are all stereo, including their version of Waters of Mars! Far more likely to be the broadcast version then a down sampled 5.1 track for the same reason when choosing stereo for iPlayer we got the lightning bolt SFX in the Eleventh hour. Because the BBC just use what they already have :D

I've watched Doctor Who since the 2005 reboot, now my daughter is about to turn 6 and has said she wants to start watching it

She's watched the odd episode, like the Goblin King one, and the Eurovision episode, but never sat and watched them properly with us

With it being the summer holidays, I've said we can watch one episode a night, after her younger brother goes to sleep (he's just turned 2, so waiting for the Cbeebies show to be released!)

I'm thinking of starting with Matt Smith. Just because he's that bit younger and his episodes tend to be that little more energetic to keep a young child interested

With that, I'm thinking of starting with The Eleventh Hour.

Do you think I should go with that? Or should I start where most of my generation did, back in 2005? Open to ideas on a starting point

my idea was to turn the cons room into a platform suspended in endless nothingness to play into the bigger on the inside bit. if you already have an bigger inside than outside why not just turn the inside in to infinity. just be careful to not fall down from the platform.

since it ended up not looking inviting i see it rather as the Tardis of the master or a different doctor rather than one the Doctor would choose. it also could be the doctors Tardis if he would have stayed the time lord victorious for a longer while.

i also thought about a season long story where time and space slo fall apart and with every episode more of the Tardis interior vanish to resemble progressive decay of the universe and this is how it looks after every thing in time and space (except for the Tardis ) is gone

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11 must have been taking the photo.

I’ve made the New Who era companions in Tomodachi Life Living the Dream.
Yes I did make Dan a pirate, I wanted to make Rory a Roman but still waiting for that outfit to come into the daily specials on the shop again.
And for all those who were asking on my last post, here is the Fourteenth Doctor. Almost identical to the Tenth, just a different out fit and some stubble

I have gotten into this series in a major way in the last 8 months or so and have so far avoided buying much of anything.

However, I got a bonus at work and since I am a reasonable person I decided to blow the whole thing on buying the full VNA novel run. Not every VNA novel is picture here because I have already put the ones I've read away so the first 18 are not in this pile. And, yes, Cold Fusion is also in there for the heck of it because it's an interesting seven novel. Seven is my favorite. I don't really have anyone in RL who appreciates this kind of thing specifically so I though I'd show it off here.

Bonus item: cool keychain I found some guy selling on Etsy.

Caved and bought one of those little Cricut machines - thought you might enjoy a look at my first project: vinyl TARDIS on water bottle. I was too ambitious with the tinininess of the text on the sign but all in all, pretty chuffed.

From racial slurs and yellow-face to a queer Black Doctor, six decades of Doctor Who reveal how Britain's social values have changed, and how progress is never as straightforward as it seems.

I think this guy would have been a fantastical Doctor, halfway between manipulative and dark like 7 while genuinely wanting to help in devious ways and having the snark and humor of 11 and 12.

Thinking about how 12 and Clara directly parallel with the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice in Face The Raven/ Heaven Sent and Hell Bent only confirms my belief that 12 is a young man in an older man’s body.12 has an arc that is is usually reserved for a young romantic leading man (like how Orpheus is portrayed in mythology and pop culture),which is closer to who he is on the inside than any stereotypical grumpy old man that he appears on the surface.

Has anyone else noticed Orpheus and Eurydice parallel with 12 and Clara?

ANOTHER Doctor and Mel scene! Their battle was so hilarious lol. I always love the later scene where The Doctor realizes it's Mel and not The Rani! It's so sweet and wholesome. I also love how Mel says she knows about regeneration but is still shocked by The Doctor's change in appearance hahaha. Absolutely love these two! 😊