The Planet Karn

September 11, 2015 1:19 PM

An enemy is just a frend you don't really know yet. So the new series of Dr Who is fast approaching, here's the prologue. (Iplayer link here)
posted by biffa (34 comments total)

Capaldi's hair really seems to be going the full Pertwee
posted by brilliantmistake at 1:23 PM on September 11, 2015 [5 favorites]

And if you're wondering what he gives her, it's explained in the trailer for the 1st episode, here.
posted by blue_beetle at 1:56 PM on September 11, 2015

Doctor WTF.
posted by Coaticass at 2:49 PM on September 11, 2015

I'm not sure when it started, but I first noticed last week that BBC America has been showing The Thick Of It late at night, swears and all. It's quite amusing to see The Doctor cursing at politics.
posted by numaner at 3:09 PM on September 11, 2015 [1 favorite]

Dumb question, where does this program show? I don't have a TV.. Is there any way for me to watch the new Capaldi version in real time?
posted by bird internet at 3:23 PM on September 11, 2015

bird internet -- torrents show up in the usual places about 15 minutes after it airs in the UK. That's probably your best bet. It used to be possible to get a VPN that terminates in the UK, tricking the BBC website into letting you stream it. Not sure if that still works or not.
posted by nathan_teske at 3:29 PM on September 11, 2015 [1 favorite]

So.. I just started watching the reboot this week. Eccleston is already my favorite Doctor of all time, and I'm not even halfway through the first season! I'm a little sad knowing he won't stick around.
posted by echocollate at 3:39 PM on September 11, 2015 [4 favorites]

Thanks, Nathan, but are you saying that torrenting is my only option? For some reason I assumed getting a BBC subscription or something would be one of the choices...
posted by bird internet at 3:45 PM on September 11, 2015

ITunes and Amazon are both happy to sell you individual episodes or the whole season. Episodes drop at 3 am Sunday mornings, so I hear.
posted by rikschell at 4:03 PM on September 11, 2015 [1 favorite]

I still think Danny Pink was f-ing robbed.
posted by leotrotsky at 4:08 PM on September 11, 2015 [14 favorites]

We were pleased to discover that Netflix carries the new episodes, too.
posted by Gelatin at 4:15 PM on September 11, 2015 [1 favorite]

They named a planet after the guy who played Al on Home Improvement? Maybe some Time Lord can go back and prevent him from taking the Family Feud gig.
posted by oneswellfoop at 4:36 PM on September 11, 2015

His time as a pony has served him well.
posted by SPrintF at 4:46 PM on September 11, 2015 [2 favorites]

That hoodie has got to go.
posted by davros42 at 4:56 PM on September 11, 2015

I assumed the planet was named after either the 80s' most idiosyncratic bass player or an Emerson Lake and Palmer song. Welcome back, my friends, to the show that never ends, indeed.
posted by Grangousier at 5:00 PM on September 11, 2015 [2 favorites]

Karn dates back to the 70s. Brain of Morbius, y'all.
posted by immlass at 5:22 PM on September 11, 2015 [7 favorites]

Considering we're seeing Karn again after "Night of the Doctor," I would LOVE a modern-era "Two Doctors" episode with 8 and 12. They're both such enigmas to the audience and to themselves that I imagine we'd learn quite a bit from their interactions.

This is the first season of Doctor Who since Tennant that I haven't had to cover for an online outlet and I'm super excited that I get to remain spoiler-free and watch at my own pace. I thought season 8 was incredible and I can't wait to see what Capaldi does now that he's comfortable in the role.
posted by greenland at 6:43 PM on September 11, 2015 [3 favorites]

Netflix puts them up all at once a couple of months before the new season starts, so if you want to follow season 9, Netflix is not the way to go (at least in the US).
posted by rikschell at 7:05 PM on September 11, 2015

Meh, It looks like more of the new stuff and not a return to the old stuff. More disappointment.
posted by MrBobaFett at 7:20 PM on September 11, 2015 [1 favorite]

What does that even mean? At this point the old stuff can cover just about any point in the last 50 years depending on exactly what your taste is.
posted by wotsac at 7:38 PM on September 11, 2015 [4 favorites]

Old stuff means the original series. Stories that take at least 90 minutes to tell, in 30 minute segments. A Doctor who is an alien of a powerful race. Silurians that look like Silurians. etc.
posted by MrBobaFett at 8:13 PM on September 11, 2015

I'm not sure what that means either. Based on the information the BBC has already released it appears, at least in some ways, that the upcoming series will be closer to the classic show than any series since the show began. But, it is also clear that Moffat will be pushing the show in some very challenging directions. For what it is worth the first two episodes were screened in Cardiff earlier this week and the two non-spoiler reviews I read raved about them unreservedly.
posted by plastic_animals at 8:14 PM on September 11, 2015

The people giving those non-spoiler reviews, did they watch the original series before the reboot and love it? Did they hate the TV Movie that should be forgotten for all time? If not I can't really trust their reviews.
And they might not be bad. They might even be good by comparison to the new series. But I find it best to go in expecting the worst and then maybe I can be pleasently surprised sometimes when it's not awful.
posted by MrBobaFett at 8:24 PM on September 11, 2015

Depending on your tolerance, there are many ways to get it:
Legal: live tv, iTunes, Netflix
Geo-Restriction Removal: VPN or DNS shenanigans
Copyright infringement: Torrents and/or streams (eg: PopcornTime)
posted by blue_beetle at 8:38 PM on September 11, 2015

Moffat writes couples well, and I loved Danny Pink, and I am sad every time I think about him.
posted by angrycat at 4:41 AM on September 12, 2015

Karn dates back to the 70s. Brain of Morbius, y'all.

ELP, then.

Karn Evil 9, by the way.
posted by Grangousier at 5:27 AM on September 12, 2015 [1 favorite]

ELP, then.

That is too close to ELO.

We do not discuss Love and Monsters.

Eccleston is already my favorite Doctor of all time, and I'm not even halfway through the first season! I'm a little sad knowing he won't stick around.

It is okay.
There is another.
The moment has been prepared for.
(Don't scrimp on Sarah Jane or Torchwood.... er, but take into account suggestions on what to skip).
posted by Mezentian at 7:42 AM on September 12, 2015

Karn Evil is totally part of the Dr Who universe. Really any ELP album is a better Doctor Who soundtrack than pretty much anything by Murray Gold.

Yes Moffat does a pretty good job writing couples most of the time, which is why Coupling was good. It might be related to why his Doctor Who isn't great since it's not a show about couples. It's about history, space, and/or adventure.
posted by MrBobaFett at 11:50 AM on September 12, 2015

Those episode titles in full

1+2, 3+4, 7+8, 11+12 are all two-parters, cliff-hanger tastic!
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 9:25 AM on September 14, 2015

An entire season of stories without compression?

Woah.
posted by Mezentian at 5:38 AM on September 15, 2015

Well obviously they'll stick a limiter on the output bus.
posted by Grangousier at 4:02 PM on September 18, 2015 [1 favorite]

Every Single Doctor Who Story, Ranked from Best to Worst by someone who is very, very wrong about a lot of things.
posted by Mezentian at 1:57 AM on September 19, 2015

Not sure who can or cannot view the original video, but here's one that works for me, in case anyone else is having trouble.
posted by taz at 2:11 AM on September 20, 2015

Apparently:
Moffat denied an ancient fan rumour that there was a contractual duty to include the Daleks in each series of Doctor Who. My mother in law was Terry Nation's agent when he created the Daleks. Believe me there is no such clause in the contract.

So, now we know.
posted by Mezentian at 2:46 AM on September 26, 2015