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Looking forward to the new series but PLEASE MOFFAT CAN WE HAVE 2/3 PARTERS! i dont care that your daughter doesnt like to wait to see what happens, there are millions of fans out there who do.

 

I dont remember watching Black Orchid or the Sontaron Experiment and thinking - Wow 45 min is enough for a story lets not bother with long boring stories like Genesis of the Daleks, Talons of Weng Chung or The Invasion. There were only 4 stories of 45 minute length (not counting Mission to the Unknown) in the entire "Classic series" run. Even taking the new series format i'd rather have the full 3 parter of Utopia/Sound of Drums/Last of the Time lords then trying to cram all of it into 1 episode.

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I never understood why they did that anyway, they had a real soap opera like storyline designed for box set viewing and then a series full of individual episodes. Maybe they were just trying new things to keep the format fresh but the two polar opposites in two years running just seems odd.

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Below is extract from DWM in 2011 when he took over

 

"The big thing is, nothing in the next run is starting out as a two-parter. At this stage, everything is a single episode, and the only reason anything will become a two-parter is if we think it needs to be; not so much that the story is too long for 45 minutes, but if it feels as though there are two distinct stages to the story. I was looking at the facts and stats, and it's not true that the two-parters save us money. We've assumed it for years. They don't save us money at all. Not a penny. So what's the point in them? I want to be able to say, every week, we've got a big standalone blockbuster, and then a trailer that makes it look like nothing compared to what's going to happen next week! That's the form next year."

 

I am convinced that he did an interview where he said his daughter didnt like waiting a week for the end of the story but i cant find it at moment

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Samuel Anderson announced as recurring character Danny Pink for series 8. Facebook page immediately fills with responses along the lines of "If you needed a black, why didn't you just bring back Mickey?" Thankfully they've mostly been shouted down since.

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Ha yeah, he's been compared to Mickey simply because he's black. People really don't think do they?

 

I remember Moffat saying that his kids hates two parters, they used to get annoyed with them so he decided to make them all 'Blockbusters' every week. I think it was in the run up to Series 7.

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I am.

 

I was pretty ill at the time of the 50th and still went (when I probably really shouldn't have) and had a pretty wonderful time so I'm hoping to again.

 

Although I do wonder what it'll be like seeing a first episode for a new doctor in that kind of environment. Last time it was full of cheers and oohs and things, presumably that won't be so much the case this time.

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So, this is today. I would have loved to have gone to a cinema screening of the episode tonight but have other commitments which will necessitate an internet blackout until I can get to the Sky+ box. Really excited to find out what Capaldi will be like. Shame this will be Jenna Coleman's last series.

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I enjoyed the episode and thought Capaldi is pretty much spot on. Such potential for the show with him as the lead. I also, seemingly in the minority, avoided any spoilers beforehand so it was all a nice surprise for me. Loved the almost steampunk asthetic. Good start to the new series.

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So Capaldi's gonna be a ruthless bastard then, makes sense. Not sure on the Matt Smith cameo. I dunno if when trying to establish a new Doctor who's very different from the last one and looks a bit mean, if giving us a glimpse of the last one was so wise. I suppose it served it's purpose in why he appeared though.

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