# Doctor Who Series 10 ongoing discussion (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 16, 2017, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-10-ongoing-discussion-open-spoilers/784543 "2017-04-16T03:38:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-10-ongoing-discussion-open-spoilers/784543/281 "2017-06-27T20:07:51Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > That is what I asked up thread and it seems like: > > They will hold off on the regeneration until the Christmas episode. > > Or not, and it will be awesomely shocking. if the regen _is_ this weekend, it’s hard to see how it could have remained secret, unless the new Doctor is someone who would be on set anyway. That would be a remarkable shock, so I guess Xmas it is ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-10-ongoing-discussion-open-spoilers/784543/282 "2017-06-28T08:53:25Z")
So the report that the new Doctor will be Kris Marshallis still unconfirmed? Personally I think they should completely mindfuck the viewers, kill off Bill and make Pearl Mackie the new Doctor. [Vector] _ **Oh yeah! Unpredictable!** _ [/Vector] Not really, but can you imagine? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-10-ongoing-discussion-open-spoilers/784543/283 "2017-06-28T11:22:00Z")
> [@TwoCarrotSnowman](#): > > Hi. My name is TwoCarrotSnowman, and I didn’t realise it was John Simm playing the Rasputin-like character until the big reveal. > > /Hangs head in shame. > > Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk Me neither. And the scenes with Bill and him were some of the best of the episode. ---
**Author:** ![TwoCarrotSnowman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twocarrotsnowman/32/15879_2.png) [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-10-ongoing-discussion-open-spoilers/784543/284 "2017-06-28T12:30:26Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Personally I think they should completely mindfuck the viewers, kill off Bill and make Pearl Mackie the new Doctor. > [Vector] > > _ **Oh yeah! Unpredictable!** _ > > [/Vector] > > Not really, but can you imagine? I was thinking the same thing. (Well, not the Vector bit). Or Nardole. 🙂 Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-10-ongoing-discussion-open-spoilers/784543/285 "2017-06-28T14:07:50Z")
Okay, I shouldn’t do this, and will probably lose my job for revealing this inside information, but The Doctor is going to regenerate nest week, and will be played by Keanu Reeves. Also, the appearance of the TARDIS will once again be tweaked, and will now look like an old-fashioned glass phone booth. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-10-ongoing-discussion-open-spoilers/784543/286 "2017-06-28T15:19:15Z")
Whoa. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-10-ongoing-discussion-open-spoilers/784543/287 "2017-06-28T15:50:54Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Me neither. Me neither. > [@](#): > > And the scenes with Bill and him were some of the best of the episode. Agreed. Bill getting all excited at the TV because the Doctor had a raised eyebrow and that means he blah blah blah and then the Master going, “He’s been doing that for a week.” Was enjoyable. ---
**Author:** ![TYphoonSignal8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e99b99/32.png) [@TYphoonSignal8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TYphoonSignal8)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-10-ongoing-discussion-open-spoilers/784543/288 "2017-06-29T07:17:24Z")
The Sun newspaper, for what it is worth, as at five days ago is setting odds on the next Doctor. NSFW, given it is The Sun. [Who is the new Doctor Who 2018, when was Jodie Whittaker announced and who else was in the running?](https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/2749348/next-doctor-who-odds-kris-marshall-peter-capaldi-phoebe-waller-bridge/) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-10-ongoing-discussion-open-spoilers/784543/289 "2017-06-29T12:59:24Z")
> [@TYphoonSignal8](#): > > The Sun newspaper, for what it is worth, as at five days ago is setting odds on the next Doctor. NSFW, given it is The Sun. [https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/2749348/next-doctor-who-odds-kris-marshall-peter-capaldi-phoebe-waller-bridge/](https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/2749348/next-doctor-who-odds-kris-marshall-peter-capaldi-phoebe-waller-bridge/) Kris Marshall is what I have been hearing for awhile, but I have also heard a rumor about that Phoebe lady. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Sanchez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@Rick\_Sanchez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Sanchez)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-10-ongoing-discussion-open-spoilers/784543/290 "2017-07-01T20:43:24Z")
Just seen the last episode. I reckon it might be a bit divisive, but I for one absolutely bloody loved it! Moffat’s 2 part finales often start strong and end weak. This time, it started strong, and ended with what may well be the best episode of the show in ten years. Fuck…my head’s still spinning. Absolute gold from start to finish IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Sanchez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@Rick\_Sanchez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Sanchez)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-10-ongoing-discussion-open-spoilers/784543/291 "2017-07-01T20:56:01Z")
> [@TYphoonSignal8](#): > > The Sun newspaper, for what it is worth, as at five days ago is setting odds on the next Doctor. NSFW, given it is The Sun. [https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/2749348/next-doctor-who-odds-kris-marshall-peter-capaldi-phoebe-waller-bridge/](https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/2749348/next-doctor-who-odds-kris-marshall-peter-capaldi-phoebe-waller-bridge/) It always amuses me when I see Tilda Swinton come up in these things. Yeah. Of course the next Doctor is going to be a fucking Hollywood A-Lister. Turns out she’s sick of starring in summer blockbusters, working with the Coen brothers and bringing home multi-million dollar pay checks every year, so she’s jacking it all in and relocating to Cardiff to do twice the work for a tenth of the salary and spend any spare time she might have left at comic book conventions. Because what movie star at the pinnacle of her industry _wouldn’t_ jump at the chance to do that? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-10-ongoing-discussion-open-spoilers/784543/292 "2017-07-01T21:45:06Z")
> [@Rick\_Sanchez](#): > > It always amuses me when I see Tilda Swinton come up in these things. Yeah. Of course the next Doctor is going to be a fucking Hollywood A-Lister. Turns out she’s sick of starring in summer blockbusters, working with the Coen brothers and bringing home multi-million dollar pay checks every year, so she’s jacking it all in and relocating to Cardiff to do twice the work for a tenth of the salary and spend any spare time she might have left at comic book conventions. Because what movie star at the pinnacle of her industry _wouldn’t_ jump at the chance to do that? 😃 Heh. It’s like how Chiwetel Ejiofor has been my favorite potential new Doctor since Tennant announced his departure, and how _Ten Years a Slave_ and\* Doctor Strange\* ruined all that. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-10-ongoing-discussion-open-spoilers/784543/293 "2017-07-01T21:45:11Z")
> [@Rick\_Sanchez](#): > > Just seen the last episode. I reckon it might be a bit divisive, but I for one absolutely bloody loved it! Moffat’s 2 part finales often start strong and end weak. This time, it started strong, and ended with what may well be the best episode of the show in ten years. Fuck…my head’s still spinning. Yeah, strong episode but I don’t believe for a moment that they will leave Master Missy dead. ---
**Author:** ![TwoCarrotSnowman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twocarrotsnowman/32/15879_2.png) [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-10-ongoing-discussion-open-spoilers/784543/294 "2017-07-01T22:07:54Z")
The Master is _never_ actually dead. I did like the vagueness about whether or not there was a regeneration between Simm and Gomez. Leaves things open. Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-10-ongoing-discussion-open-spoilers/784543/295 "2017-07-02T03:36:55Z")
Nothing like introducing a cast and then slaughtering them just as fans start to care about the characters. I guess the new show runner has a completely clean slate. The explosion scenes were terribly done. Very obvious effects in the ground that went off. I can’t think of the name. They launch stuntmen through the air. Intact bodies harmlessly flying through the air like rag doll. I didn’t see a single dismembered Cyber Man. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-10-ongoing-discussion-open-spoilers/784543/296 "2017-07-02T03:52:52Z")
Air Ram. Plate hidden with dirt. Stunt guy stands on it and gets thrown in the air. Lands on a crash mat. Runs on compress air. Very easy stunt to see in tv or low budget movies. Who probably had three or four guys and then replicated the scene to look like an army. [https://goo.gl/images/ReN6QR](https://goo.gl/images/ReN6QR) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fmRhZppa4LU/hqdefault.jpg "Martin Wilde Air Ram") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmRhZppa4LU) ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-10-ongoing-discussion-open-spoilers/784543/297 "2017-07-02T03:56:56Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Nothing like introducing a cast and then slaughtering them just as fans start to care about the characters. > > I guess the new show runner has a completely clean slate. > > The explosion scenes were terribly done. Very obvious effects in the ground that went off. I can’t think of the name. They launch stuntmen through the air. > > Intact bodies harmlessly flying through the air like rag doll. I didn’t see a single dismembered Cyber Man. Well, all this season, and especially this episode, Moffat has been hearkening back to classic _Who_ - the jelly babies, all the places the Doctor has beaten the Cybermen - maybe those were his homage to the iconically crappy effects? (Joking, of course. But only halfway…) Jeeze. Just when I was thoroughly sick of Moffat, he pulls off a fantastic episode like this. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-10-ongoing-discussion-open-spoilers/784543/298 "2017-07-02T04:00:02Z")
The story was great. I’m just deeply disappointed at the slaughter of the cast. Thats what made classic Who great. No matter what the odds the Doctor saved the day. The cast lived on. It’ll be interesting to see the all new cast next year. They’re rerunning the entire two hours now. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-10-ongoing-discussion-open-spoilers/784543/299 "2017-07-02T04:13:27Z")
Normally, BBC America does a same-day repeat of the DW. The episode they air at 8:00, they repeat at midnight. I’m watching at midnight now, but it’s last week’s episode. What’s that about? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-10-ongoing-discussion-open-spoilers/784543/300 "2017-07-02T04:24:08Z")
I was hoping they’d run the full two hour finale. But the guide shows Dirk Gently coming up. I hope that’s wrong. They always run a new episode twice during the night. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-10-ongoing-discussion-open-spoilers/784543.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-10-ongoing-discussion-open-spoilers/784543.md?page=16)