The 'new' Dr Who

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GordonG Dec 2015 12:00pm, 28 Dec 2015 6,805 posts	0 GordonG i really enjoyed it. xmas editions are always a bit lighter and less serious. thought this one managed to be that while still neatly tying in to the 'real' DW storyline.
Tomsmum Jan 2016 7:04am, 23 Jan 2016 1,871 posts	0 Tomsmum bbc.co.uk How long until the next Dr Who??!
swittle Jan 2016 9:51am, 23 Jan 2016 36,806 posts	0 swittle All reassuringly backslapping. Self congratulation rarely produces innovation imo.
JK chameleon Jan 2016 12:07am, 24 Jan 2016 10,973 posts	0 JK chameleon So according to Digital Spy, Chibnall wrote Who episodes "42", "Hungry Earth/Cold Blood", "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship" and "The Power of Three". Not a great pedigree. Still, a year's break might rejuvenate things?
McGoohan Jan 2016 12:16am, 24 Jan 2016 21,086 posts	0 McGoohan I remember 42. It was alright I think. Dinosaurs on a Spaceship was a bit meh but I don't remember the other ones.
Badger Jan 2016 12:49am, 24 Jan 2016 6,715 posts	0 Badger He also did a lot of Torchwood, but not the best bits - Children of Earth was mainly Russell T Davies' work, and the first season was largely Chibnall's work, and not very good. Then again, he was lead writer on season 2 and it was way better. I thought the first season of Broadchurch was pretty good - ended up binge watching it right through, which I don't often do. I really hope he doesn't cock it up.
JK chameleon Jan 2016 12:51am, 24 Jan 2016 10,974 posts	0 JK chameleon I actually don't remember 42. Might rewatch it (thanks Netflix!). I actively didn't like Dinosaurs, Power of 3 bored me, and I wasn't a huge fan of the Silurian one. All of which makes me sound like I hate Who, but I love so many episodes, honest!
beebop Jan 2016 8:42pm, 24 Jan 2016 661 posts	0 beebop Will there be a year's break, though? The article says that his last series goes out in 2017 - doesn't say he won't have a penultimate series going out this year. Unless he's too busy with Sherlock, that is. When do we get more of that?
JK chameleon Jan 2016 10:35pm, 24 Jan 2016 10,975 posts	0 JK chameleon I'm not sure where I read it, but it said that they were bumping this years series to go out next year as there were lots of events going on this year (Olympics, probably some royal guff, etc)
Spleen Jan 2016 11:07am, 25 Jan 2016 1,330 posts	0 Spleen I barely remember any of those episodes other than Power of 3, which I quite liked. Mainly because of the bit where the sinister black cubes are used by humanity as paperweights and bookends, until they awake and wipe out a third of the population. So I expect the next series will be much like the previous ones, one or two really good episodes, the rest merely enjoyable and forgettable.