The (Regenerated) Doctor Who Thread: Reverse the Polarity!

[Platypus Bureaucracy]

How does one introduce him/her/itself to the Doctor Who universe? Which one to watch first? How do we do Doctor Who memes?

Depends what you have access to. If you're in the UK, every post-2005 episode is currently on iplayer and Netflix. Start with Series 1 episode 1. Series 5 or or the current one, 11, would also be good points to jump in. Series 2 and 8 would be okay, but not ideal, since those introduce new Doctors but not entirely new supporting casts.

[Ruskland-Preuben]

How does one introduce him/her/itself to the Doctor Who universe? Which one to watch first? How do we do Doctor Who memes?

Depends what you have access to. If you're in the UK, every post-2005 episode is currently on iplayer and Netflix. Start with Series 1 episode 1. Series 5 or or the current one, 11, would also be good points to jump in. Series 2 and 8 would be okay, but not ideal, since those introduce new Doctors but not entirely new supporting casts.

I'm a Filipino though, and a crap ton of stuff there is restricted. They won't let us watch Iron Man 2 wtf man

[Astrolinium]

Depends what you have access to. If you're in the UK, every post-2005 episode is currently on iplayer and Netflix. Start with Series 1 episode 1. Series 5 or or the current one, 11, would also be good points to jump in. Series 2 and 8 would be okay, but not ideal, since those introduce new Doctors but not entirely new supporting casts.

I'm a Filipino though, and a crap ton of stuff there is restricted. They won't let us watch Iron Man 2 wtf man

You might be able to get it on Amazon? That's generally the international home of streaming Doctor Who now.

[Skylus]

THEY BROUGHT BACK THE ORIGINAL THEME SONG AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[The Xenopolis Confederation]

How does one introduce him/her/itself to the Doctor Who universe? Which one to watch first? How do we do Doctor Who memes?

I recommend you start with the first season of the new show. Just be prepared for pretty outdated effects.

[Philjia]

THEY BROUGHT BACK THE ORIGINAL THEME SONG AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Listening to it back I don't think the drums are an adequate substitute for a proper bass. What would have been really good is matching the Derbyshire melody with the Howell bassline, which are the two best versions of each.

[Skylus]

THEY BROUGHT BACK THE ORIGINAL THEME SONG AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Listening to it back I don't think the drums are an adequate substitute for a proper bass. What would have been really good is matching the Derbyshire melody with the Howell bassline, which are the two best versions of each.

Yeah

[Forsher]

THEY BROUGHT BACK THE ORIGINAL THEME SONG AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Listening to it back I don't think the drums are an adequate substitute for a proper bass. What would have been really good is matching the Derbyshire melody with the Howell bassline, which are the two best versions of each.

Do you have links?

For context: I didn't even notice the theme last night.

[Kannap]

"More like a sonic Swiss army knife, only without the knife. Only idiots carry knives."

My favorite line of the episode.

Great episode, I am absolutely in love. Jodie is adorable but still a totally badass Doctor. Fell in love with the companions immediately, even Grace. Was actually sad to her die at the end - cried during Graham's speech at the funeral - please keep letting this season hit me with emotional punches, I love a good cry. And - for the first time in I don't recall how long - the villain alien actually terrified me and despite knowing that the Doctor would figure things out and save [almost] everyone I was actually perplexed and worried that she wouldn't be able to fix it for a few minutes. Those are the kinds of villains we need, ones that terrify us.

But above all, more important than all else, fuck bicycles.

[Kannap]

Warping your new Companions into empty space.

That was a derp move. Good episode, though.

Inb4 all three companions die and all the trailers got us expecting one set of cast and an entirely new set of cast show up for episode three.

[Kannap]

Yeah last good one was David Tennents and the killer Christmas tree still liked Matt Smiths though I can't remember Peter Capaldi's which says a lot.

Yeah, the only memorable part about Twelve's first episode was Clara getting the times in her annoying face.

Best scene Clara was in during her entire run as the companion.

[Ameriganastan]

Listening to it back I don't think the drums are an adequate substitute for a proper bass. What would have been really good is matching the Derbyshire melody with the Howell bassline, which are the two best versions of each.

Do you have links?

For context: I didn't even notice the theme last night.

Yeah, I didn't really hear it either. Music was kind of quiet all episode, really.

[Philjia]

Listening to it back I don't think the drums are an adequate substitute for a proper bass. What would have been really good is matching the Derbyshire melody with the Howell bassline, which are the two best versions of each.

Do you have links?

For context: I didn't even notice the theme last night.

New theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC_dKg4kW8g
Delia Derbyshire's 1963 arrangement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75V4ClJZME4
Peter Howell's 1980 arrangement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2oCK89xxNQ

And because it's excellent and less well known, David Arnold's 2001 arrangement used in Eighth Doctor Big Finish stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVbUSkZdNkw

[Philjia]

Do you have links?

For context: I didn't even notice the theme last night.

Yeah, I didn't really hear it either. Music was kind of quiet all episode, really.

We've been conditioned by Murray Gold to expect really loud, overbearing scores.

[Ameriganastan]

New theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC_dKg4kW8g

Ooh, I like it. The drums are a nice touch.

Peter Howell's 1980 arrangement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2oCK89xxNQ

Do not like that, though. Seven is my favorite Doctor, but he got the absolute worst version of the theme song.

[Astrolinium]

THEY BROUGHT BACK THE ORIGINAL THEME SONG AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Listening to it back I don't think the drums are an adequate substitute for a proper bass. What would have been really good is matching the Derbyshire melody with the Howell bassline, which are the two best versions of each.

I mean, sure there's drums, but there's also a really heavy synthy bassline and I'm not sure how you're not hearing it.

[Forsher]

Listening to it back I don't think the drums are an adequate substitute for a proper bass. What would have been really good is matching the Derbyshire melody with the Howell bassline, which are the two best versions of each.

I mean, sure there's drums, but there's also a really heavy synthy bassline and I'm not sure how you're not hearing it.

Aren't you like a musician or something? Maybe you're just particularly good at isolating the sounds?

[Philjia]

Peter Howell's 1980 arrangement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2oCK89xxNQ

Do not like that, though. Seven is my favorite Doctor, but he got the absolute worst version of the theme song.

The Howell theme was used for the last series of Tom Baker's run, for all of Peter Davison's, and the first series of Colin Baker's. Sylvester McCoy got the Keff McCulloch arrangement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDK_2ZB4_xs

(Colin Baker's second series used a version arranged by Dominic Glynn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI-e5-lHFRs)

[The Huskar Social Union]

"‘Doctor Who’ Unleashes 8.2M Viewers & 40% Share For BBC One As Jodie Whittaker Takes Over Sci-Fi Franchise"

[Platypus Bureaucracy]

"‘Doctor Who’ Unleashes 8.2M Viewers & 40% Share For BBC One As Jodie Whittaker Takes Over Sci-Fi Franchise"

Not a huge surprise; a female Doctor was always going to get people tuning in out of curiosity if nothing else. The question is whether the ratings boost will last.

[The Huskar Social Union]

"‘Doctor Who’ Unleashes 8.2M Viewers & 40% Share For BBC One As Jodie Whittaker Takes Over Sci-Fi Franchise"

Not a huge surprise; a female Doctor was always going to get people tuning in out of curiosity if nothing else. The question is whether the ratings boost will last.

Indeed.

[Ameriganastan]

Yeah, no show is gonna maintain 8 million viewers weekly. It'll drop back to regular viewer number soon enough.

[Platypus Bureaucracy]

Yeah, no show is gonna maintain 8 million viewers weekly. It'll drop back to regular viewer number soon enough.

Well, going by Wikipedia, the earlier seasons generally got between 6 and 9 million per episode, with plenty getting above 8. There was a hefty drop around the start of Capaldi's second series, with most episodes getting between 4 and 6 million. I don't know nearly enough about TV ratings to say if that reflects an actual decline in the number of viewers or if it has something to do with how people were watching.

[Astrolinium]

I mean, sure there's drums, but there's also a really heavy synthy bassline and I'm not sure how you're not hearing it.

Aren't you like a musician or something? Maybe you're just particularly good at isolating the sounds?

My high school Music Theory teacher just felt the urge to laugh and doesn't know why, bless him. Idk, maybe it's your speakers or something but there's a pretty clear bass line to me.

EDIT: I'm thinking it might be that, which means an issue with the mix. Gave it a listen without headphones (my laptop speakers are shit) and when you're not getting as much bass from the speaker I can see how the line gets lost among the percussion.

[Earthbound Immortal Squad]

Yeah, the only memorable part about Twelve's first episode was Clara getting the times in her annoying face.

Best scene Clara was in during her entire run as the companion.

Please tell me your joking.