Doctor Who Season 15

[Celloo Deng 54,592]

SPOILERS AHEAD!

 

I'm surprised I haven't seen a thread discussing the regeneration of Ncuti Gatwa into Billie Piper already, correct me if I'm wrong. 

As you can tell by my avi, I'm super excited for this and can't wait to see what it's in store next. I'm an Eccleston/Tennant hoe and have admittedly dipped out of Doctor Who in recent years, returning instead to watching more of the classic eras (which I'm loving), and I adored the return of David Tennant and Catherine Tate a couple of years ago.

So I suppose I'm all for the return of Rose/Bad Wolf(/something else?) for the nostalgia of the DW era that I loved the most. However I'm seeing a lot of mixed reviews online which I also get, that it shouldn't have to rely on that nostalgia and instead keep moving the show forward.

I'll certainly be watching. What do Whovians here think?

 

Edited Sunday at 08:41 PM by Celloo Deng

[nATAH 47,363]

i haven't watched any of the season since the babies in space episode but i saw the news and i'm like... shook at how quick ncuti left?

but RTD is kinda giving one trick pony here...

[Celloo Deng 54,592]

Just now, nATAH said:

i haven't watched any of the season since the babies in space episode but i saw the news and i'm like... shook at how quick ncuti left?

but RTD is kinda giving one trick pony here...

His departure seems quite a surprise, like it might have been a last minute decision and so they got Billie in. But yeah, I love RTD so I hope he isn’t going to keep using nostalgia for viewers. I really hope this works out

[Nite 5,360]

Whatt, is that really happening? Eccleston was my favorite doctor and I adored it (on an insane tumblr level) until Moffat took over. Then I took a break and I haven't had the chance to watch much of S15 yet because it's so annoying to find in my country. Now I'll have to take a look!

I was not okay seeing Billie and Gaga are both in Wednesday S2, even if they never meet 

[Celloo Deng 54,592]

2 minutes ago, Nite said:

Whatt, is that really happening? Eccleston was my favorite doctor and I adored it (on an insane tumblr level) until Moffat took over. Then I took a break and I haven't had the chance to watch much of S15 yet because it's so annoying to find in my country. Now I'll have to take a look!

I was not okay seeing Billie and Gaga are both in Wednesday S2, even if they never meet 

Same, my level of obsession back then was off the scale, I used to go to the conventions and collect dvds and action figures 

Yesss I need to look into the Wednesday stuff more, it’s like my two teenage-years obsessions colliding!

[Nite 5,360]

2 minutes ago, Celloo Deng said:

Same, my level of obsession back then was off the scale, I used to go to the conventions and collect dvds and action figures 

Yesss I need to look into the Wednesday stuff more, it’s like my two teenage-years obsessions colliding!

Yes same, that's exactly how I felt, like I never thought those two would cross. I'm pretty sure my unfinished fanfictions are still out there  no regrets though, the community was amazing. 

I'll definitely watch this. The negativity on YT is sad to see when the 9 and 10 eras were so amazing. Ugh now I can't wait to see the companion 

[Zombiecat 16,288]

always loved billie as rose so may actually go back to watching again! 

I still rewatch the seasons with her and cathrine tate every now and then, love

[River 114,388]

@Celloo DengThe 2 seasons were hmm horrible, I didn't enjoy them at all.

It's like the writers of Sony's Spider-man villains universe + the writers of Riverdale wrote these seasons.

like it was totally dumb.

and Ncuti overact it, it was too dramatic, like he's crying almost every episode, pleaseee

The mystery around the mother ended in such a stupid way

like WHO THE F*CK POINTING LIKE THAT TO A F-CKING SIGN FOR WHATEVER REASON PLEASE

 

And this bi-regeneration nonsense is like  

And now like the Rani does it too, like what? is it dragon ball now that after goku is reaching a new super sayian level everybody does it as well???

 

out of ideas, just end the show

 

Nice to see Billie, but too little too late

[ROHKEUS 675]

I’m not against the idea tbh, I think it can be interesting. But given that bigeneration was so recent, and all throwbacks to RTD1 and classic villains (all of them so badly adapted) it feels too desperate. Though it seems is desperate times for the show, so I hope it really pays off. I hated when 13th regeneration happened, but I think it payed off, it actually made sense for what he was doing with the Doctor-Donna arc. But in the end a supervillain, the biggest threat blablabla was defeated by a silly game and the bigeneration didn’t bring anything interesting. Then at the end of each season (that had some really good episodes) again, classic villain, big, enormous, universe and reality shredding threat, defeated by some silly gimmick. 

I won’t give up on DW, I’ll always be there for the show, bc it has always been there for me throughout very hard times. But I hope BBC considers changing the dynamic of the writing. RTD bets on the past got older than the things that he tried to bring back.

She’s a great actress, if they explain it like the TARDIS did this to their regeneration bc of their channeling it to her core, so it gave the face of who looked to her core that time. I think she could address this and the necessity of letting go of the past even if it hurts and it’s so palpable. So she can run away from her past and from herself but in the end, she needs to address all she been through, all that she is, to keep going. Idk.