9:09 onwards--what a great montage. I'm just amazed and enraptured every time I see these actors in these scenes (except Whittaker, who--for me--lacked any gravitas in the role.) Not that Ecclestone, Tennant, Smith and Capaldi's Doctors didn't have daft or fun moments, but they each had such terrific *range*, as well as writing to support them showing that range. And when they got serious, MAN, could you feel the weight of the hundreds of years the Doctor has lived. RTD2's era lacks the quality of writing, choosing to lecture from a pulpit instead of delivering compelling stories. And Gatwa's performance has been lightweight compared to most of his immediate predecessors (partly, I think, due to the writing and direction). I will add that Tennant's Fourteenth Doctor fell short of the mark as well, because although Tennant's portrayal was fantastic, the writing of the specials was soulless. Such a shame.
Thanks and I had to cut that down, there are so many great clips. The range was the thing, I remember the scene in The Doctors Daughter when she is killed, the emotion and conflict that flashes across Tennant's face in those moments is incredible. We'll never know with Jodie if she could have been better but I agree about the lack of gravitas, similarly with Ncuti
I didn't watch the series after the abysmal specials trilogy, because I knew how crap it would be after seeing my favourite doctor being bashed for being male, and a character stopping everything to check the pronouns of an alien XD, and then the weird shift to fantasy, where a big hammer can just casually duplicate a tardis. The wokery and poor plot scared me off, along with chuti's poor acting overall. I'm therefore not surprised that the new series was like this.
A very good decision, I would've been out after eps 1+2 but decided to do videos on it, and at times it was a painful watch. Funny the Doctor hasn't asked for anyone else's pronouns since.
Ironically I thought Ruby's character was a bright light for the show, and Millie Gibson proved herself a far better actor than the antics and melodramatic posturing of Ncuti Gatwa. the only episode I liked was the one (73 Yards) where the Doc was nowhere to be seen. But now she's gone.
9:09 onwards--what a great montage. I'm just amazed and enraptured every time I see these actors in these scenes (except Whittaker, who--for me--lacked any gravitas in the role.) Not that Ecclestone, Tennant, Smith and Capaldi's Doctors didn't have daft or fun moments, but they each had such terrific *range*, as well as writing to support them showing that range. And when they got serious, MAN, could you feel the weight of the hundreds of years the Doctor has lived.
RTD2's era lacks the quality of writing, choosing to lecture from a pulpit instead of delivering compelling stories. And Gatwa's performance has been lightweight compared to most of his immediate predecessors (partly, I think, due to the writing and direction). I will add that Tennant's Fourteenth Doctor fell short of the mark as well, because although Tennant's portrayal was fantastic, the writing of the specials was soulless. Such a shame.
Thanks and I had to cut that down, there are so many great clips. The range was the thing, I remember the scene in The Doctors Daughter when she is killed, the emotion and conflict that flashes across Tennant's face in those moments is incredible.
We'll never know with Jodie if she could have been better but I agree about the lack of gravitas, similarly with Ncuti
Yep, Dr. Who went into a TIME VOID and HE is never coming back.
I didn't watch the series after the abysmal specials trilogy, because I knew how crap it would be after seeing my favourite doctor being bashed for being male, and a character stopping everything to check the pronouns of an alien XD, and then the weird shift to fantasy, where a big hammer can just casually duplicate a tardis. The wokery and poor plot scared me off, along with chuti's poor acting overall.
I'm therefore not surprised that the new series was like this.
It's unfortunate, because a posh black guy could have been an amazing next Doctor. But instead we got this.
A very good decision, I would've been out after eps 1+2 but decided to do videos on it, and at times it was a painful watch.
Funny the Doctor hasn't asked for anyone else's pronouns since.
Ironically I thought Ruby's character was a bright light for the show, and Millie Gibson proved herself a far better actor than the antics and melodramatic posturing of Ncuti Gatwa. the only episode I liked was the one (73 Yards) where the Doc was nowhere to be seen. But now she's gone.
Oddly I think that one is one of the most popular of the series, which should tell them something