Klaus

Yeh, I think the BBC are still keen to make them but this is a result of BBC America pulling out so they need to find another partner before they can make any more. I thought it would have been odd as I know animation for The Web of Fear was done with a view to seeing how it could work for the more challenging stories. I think the ones remaining are those that will be harder to do on the current budget restrictions or are the less popular stories. I’m grateful to have the ones that we do have though as it’s helped fill in a lot of gaps and helps me experience more stories. I’ve seen all the surviving episodes but struggle to get away with the missing stories without something more visual. The Macra Terror has been one of my favourite stories of classic Who yet I know it was near the bottom of many people’s lists before the animation :lol:

I agree, I thought it was a brilliant concept! The execution was dire though - the mixed teams should put a stop to the brown and green :lol: I thought both apps were really dull but I think it is an example of where they are limited by the format. I can’t imagine they had the capacity/ability to create anything more engaging. That kind of feeds into the negativity points as sometimes they are criticised for something that is a result of not having the necessary tools at hand or the time required to do something properly!

Shut Off the Lights is yet another banger, so catchy and joyful!

Queen of chairs

Why does person choose to use own name

It’s a fun interactive format, that’s quite tense too. There’s a LOT of quiz shows on at the moment so it’s good to have one that has more interactivity with the answers rather than another standard Q&A with a pointless gimmick. The only issue it falls foul of not having easy to explain rules which is likely going to harm it but it is simple once you understand how it works! It’s good to see Ant & Dec finally present another show that isn’t Takeaway/BGT/I’m a Celeb.

I hope Take Care of You is at least on there, it did decent enough!

That logo I think it’s already an Apprentice classic! I agree that the firing was entirely unfair given he was actually against the logo and offered an alternative. I agree he was maybe too disruptive in his approach but it’s odd not to fire someone responsible for the logo. Having said that, I don’t think he’s a huge loss. So so happy to see it back. I adore it so much and it never gets old, especially with candidates like these…

It’s another collab with Wilkinson, there’s a teaser on her stories (gonna guess it’s called Here for You)! Shame that Through the Night isn’t getting a push but given the way that streaming services treat post-album singles, it might be better for her to sadly move on (summing up how ridiculous and frustrating ‘eras’ are in the modern music world!)

Updated figures are that Doctor Who has been streamed over 50m times over the past year, with Flux getting 7m streams so far!

oh wow, very excited!! My two favourite overlooked pop stars of recent years.

Really enjoyed that, definitely my favourite of the Dalek New Years trilogy. I love time loop/Groundhog Day stuff anyway but it allowed it to be more of a fun romp and stripped back after of the chaos of Flux. I think I’ll have to dive deeper on some of the plot points as I might have missed certain parts but it was definitely a lot of fun to watch. Absolutely loved Aisling Bea, she brought so much life to the episode and some really funny moments, definitely one of the best guest stars the show has had! Speaking of which, actually shook at Chibnall only having two proper guest stars (with an added cameo)! It really made all the difference and I wonder how other episodes this era would have been improved with a more stripped back guest cast. I was actually really surprised at there being such Thasmin development as it’s always been something that I thought Twitter just latched onto from nowhere, although I do wonder if it has become a thing because of that. I’m intrigued as to where it’s leading to given there’s only a couple of episodes left - maybe one of them sacrificing themselves for the other. Yaz has come into her own since Ryan/Graham left but I do still think some of the development could be more explicit. There’s stuff that she does in the background that shows more of her character, e.g. essentially beaming when the Doctor was standing up to the Dalek the first time they met tonight rather than being scared. It can be so subtle that you wonder if it’s just Mandip just taking things into her own hands… Was not expecting the Sea Devils to return! It was something heavily rumoured by fans for Series 12, so I again wonder if that came first or it was Chibnall’s intention all along :lol: It does make me laugh how Series 11 have no returning monsters but now Jodie has since come across Daleks, Cybermen, Sontarans, Weeping Angels, the Master, Judoon, Ood and now Sea Devils.

Always excited for Bastille but the messy release strategy of the era has really watered down the hype for me. Hoping Florence releases this year, it feels like the right timing!

!!!!!!!! Best Christmas present ever :ptingxmas:

:cheeseblock: We need too!!

Let’s do this soon :ptingxmas:

That was my first thought too! :lol:

RTD has confirmed (although rule no. 1 the showrunners lie x) that they’ve just started auditioning for the Fourteenth Doctor! He’s written a few of the episodes for the next series but confirmed the first episode of the new era will be the 60th anniversary episode.

The vinyl is being released in January so maybe they’ll push for something alongside that?

Doctor Who was the seventh most streamed boxset on iPlayer this year with 41.8m streams. The figures don’t include December so I’m sure this will miss out a significant proportion of streams for Flux!

No it won’t because it’s all comparative! Jodie had higher to fall from than Capaldi, ratings across the board are largely in a different place and it’s performing similarly on the weekly charts in terms of position. I’m not blinded that it’s not at it’s peak and that it could be doing better but it’s a drama that’s soon celebrating 60 years and has been on for 16 years in it’s current iteration, outlasting hundreds of shows during that time. It’s extremely rare for a drama to maintain high ratings. I think dramas like Silent Witness, Call the Midwife and Death in Paradise are the only ones really coming to mind but none of them have ever played a real part in pop culture. The ones in charge of actually making the decision have ordered an additional episode to be one of the centrepieces of their 100th birthday celebrations as well as preparing plans for the show for at least up to three more years. That’s a huge showing of confidence in the show. It just makes little sense to be so concerned at this stage in light of the BBC’s continued confidence in it. They’re literally making the decision, not anyone else :lol:

:ptingxmas: !!!!!