[Marsh.]

Jodie seems more like the Doctor in real life tbh. In interviews she's so funny and vibrant but in this it's all very pedestrian and rehearsed and bland.

Is it Chibnall?

[Ashley.]

Originally Posted by Braden

Would probably rank the episodes as follows:

Rosa
Arachnids in the UK
The Ghost Monument
The Woman Who Fell to Earth
The Tsuranga Conundrum

I think there's something really special about this era. The storytelling is nice and simple, the characters are great, and I'm glad I can keep track of an episode without feeling like my brain's going to explode.

I'm the complete opposite, I quite like a story to be challenging and thought-provoking. With this season so far, I don't feel as though there has been much to discuss in the way of interesting plots or storylines.

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Jodie seems more like the Doctor in real life tbh. In interviews she's so funny and vibrant but in this it's all very pedestrian and rehearsed and bland.

Is it Chibnall?

Yeah, I agree. It's a shame because his writing in past episodes was never this wooden or bland. I think he's just trying to shove every cliché he can into the series and it's slowly morphing into a parody show. Also I'm pretty sure we've had the obligatory "get off this planet, or you'll have me to deal with" scene in every episode so far. It's boring.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Ashley.

Yeah, I agree. It's a shame because his writing in past episodes was never this wooden or bland. I think he's just trying to shove every cliché he can into the series and it's slowly morphing into a parody show. Also I'm pretty sure we've had the obligatory "get off this planet, or you'll have me to deal with" scene in every episode so far. It's boring.

Yeah, that's my problem.

Someone on DS described it like Chibnall had 4 different Doctor scenes for Jodie and was repeating them for her in every episode in a different order.

The woman is not being served by the writing as she's being forced to perform the same things every week.

Simple is fine. But not this simple. I think people are confused, RTD's episodes weren't simple they just weren't as convoluted as Moffat's where he liked to play with the structure of the episode which would be confusing. Even if he had just a regular plot in a self contained episode, the writing would rise it up to give it depth or humour or pathos or just plain old entertainment. This is just bland. Chibnall's dialogue especially is so flat.

[Nicky91]

that tiny creature so tiny yet so dangerous


i agree with Marsh, the ryan character is a bit unnecessary


loved Graham what he said, when he had to deliver that one man's baby, i had watched call the midwife on the telly



next ep we're going to 1947 ok from the future to the past

[Scarlett.]

I do think Chibnall has taken on too many episodes this series, it needs more variety

[Jarrod]

The series started strong but that episode was weak. Every series has its weak episode and I think that was it.

Jodie should be allowed to just be herself, it's clear she's being controlled to a certain degree and it shouldn't be the case.

[Oliver_W]

Bradley Walsh is the best thing about it tbh. While I was kidding when I said he should be the Doctor, Graham is still the best character.

I quite liked this episode, but like the past couple it feels too long and padded, it doesn't need to 50 minutes it has.

[Marsh.]

I don't know how on earth you've given episode 5 green.

It was abysmal.

[Morgan.]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

I don't know how on earth you've given episode 5 green.

It was abysmal.

Idk it was just one of the ones that I watched the whole way through without getting up for my phone etc a few minutes in.

[Barry.]

Originally Posted by Blurryface

Idk it was just one of the ones that I watched the whole way through without getting up for my phone etc a few minutes in.

It was pretty good I agree. Some interesting characters too.

[Underscore]

1. Rosa
2. The Woman Who Fell to Earth
3. Arachnids in the UK
4. The Tsuranga Conundrum
5. The Ghost Monument

Change my mind

[Marsh.]

Oop

[Oliver_W]

1. Arachnids in the UK
2/3. The Tsuranga Conundrum/Rosa (can't quite decide which one's which)
4. Ghost Monument
5. Woman Who Fell To Earth

[Scarlett.]

I hear the second half of the series has more variety in writers, so here's hoping we see some different types of episodes.

[Marsh.]

Chris Chibnall is only writing the finale now apparently, so hopefully 6, 7, 8 and 9 have more to offer.

I'm really interested in the The Witchfinders with Siobhan Finneran and Alan Cumming.

[Scarlett.]

Nice! I think Chibnall was trying to follow in Moffat and RTD's footsteps by writing most of his first season's episodes, but I think he's better at showrunning than writing.

Doesn't help that RTD and Moffat were for the most part, the best writers on the show.

[Nicky91]

i'm interested for the ep with Mark Addy in it, i loved him as Hercules in Atlantis

[Strictly Jake]

Watched this last night

Firstly some of the words they keep using keep the flying over my head yes I get its probably for the sci final needs and I suppose it makes it educational but I miss some of the story when I'm trying to work out what has actually been said

The pregnant man? Wtf? Whose was that idea and they tried to make it all emotional, no its not, it's weird

The little alien that was basically stitch from lilo and stitch!? Like really

I just didn't like the episode it was watchable but rather meh

Is the episode on Sunday that is set in 1947 going to be an emotional one with it being set on remembrance Sunday?

Was it last year we had the one with the two opposing army playing football with each other episode because that was rather lovely and I'm hoping for that

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by ShakeyJake10

The pregnant man? Wtf? Whose was that idea and they tried to make it all emotional, no its not, it's weird

Chibbers seems to like reversing gender roles - UNIT was reintroduced in one of his stories, but the Brigadier is now a woman; Cyberwoman flipped the gender* of a long running villain - but that was so it could be the ex-lover of a gay guy, so that makes sense; I'm sure there's another I can't quite remember, and then we have the pregnant man.

And sure, Kate Stewart is great, but that doesn't make her a symptom of a limited writer.


*Both genders look the same as Cybermen, as seen by Bill in S10, and alt-Jackie Tyler and multiple other women in S2.

[Braden]

Would probably rank the episodes as follows:

Rosa
Arachnids in the UK
The Ghost Monument
The Woman Who Fell to Earth
The Tsuranga Conundrum

I think there's something really special about this era. The storytelling is nice and simple, the characters are great, and I'm glad I can keep track of an episode without feeling like my brain's going to explode.

[Gusto Brunt]

It's unbearably bad.

I was going to give Jodie a chance. But her acting - well lack of it because she's only playing herself - is dire.

The stories too politically correct. Dreary dull stuff, badly acted too.

Don't think I will watch next Sunday.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Gusto Brunt

The stories too politically correct.

Can you expand?

I don't understand what's too politically correct about it?

FYI, stories about or starring ethnic minorities are not themselves "politically correct" stories.

Political correctness refers to restricting speech, behaviour which can be seen to be discriminatory or bigoted.

So, what's politically correct about this series? The only time any of the above has happened has been the Rosa Parks episode. And I don't think anyone would call it "too politically correct" to say black people can sit where they like on a bus.

[Denver]

Imagine calling it political correctness when one episode had racial abuse in it

[Rob!]

Some people are actually moaning about political correctness being too precedent in the show because of a pregnant man

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Rob!

Some people are actually moaning about political correctness being too precedent in the show because of a pregnant man

Question is what on earth is politically correct about that?