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dalesramblingsblog · 19 days

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Boom has, of course, reignited Kerblam! discourse, because we live in a cold and uncaring universe. So of course, I'm going to talk about it, because, again, apparently I don't know when to quit.

And look, if you like Kerblam!, I get it. Like genuinely, I do understand why people would like it more than me, taste varies and doctors differ as a wise man once said.

But I have seen at least one person try and push back against what they see as the undue focus on "The systems aren't the problem" by saying "Well, that scene comes before Kira has been killed by the System," to which I would like to humbly and with all the kindness in the world... no, it doesn't.

Like I don't want to come across as some sort of Ben Shapiro-esque "According to facts and logic..." edgelord because I have nothing but disdain for those fuckwits, but on a basic factual level you have made an incorrect claim about the episode. The scene in which Kira dies leads *directly* into the scene where the Doctor says "The systems aren't the problem." Ryan's first line in the scene is literally "Kira's dead." To say that the Doctor is unaware of Kira's death at the hands of the System when she says "The systems aren't the problem" is incorrect.

This isn't some unpardonable sin, and I don't wish to ascribe deliberate malice to this error because that does nobody any good and I'm sick and tired of fandom discourse. But, y'know, it's there, and it's weird.

Why can some people not just like Kerblam! without telling falsehoods about the episode in its defence, inadvertently or otherwise? It's OK to like things while also conceding that they have problems, but fandom in general tends to have some problems with this.

It's not enough to like Kerblam! even in spite of the fact that its politics might not be the most sound ever devised - and frankly, while I love it, Doctor Who has some recurrent ethical blind spots that severely limit how often it can truly be cast as anything within a million miles of "revolutionary" - no, Pete McTighe has to be the second coming of Karl Marx.

It's not enough to enjoy The Talons of Weng-Chiang on some level for its good parts while conceding that it is a fundamentally racist text. No, it must be a wholly blameless piece of art that some hissy SJWs are trying to take away from "real fans" who can see clearly that the biggest problem here is a dodgy rat costume.

What is my point here? I honestly don't know. I have, frankly, next to zero interest in becoming a recurring character in the Kerblam! Discourse Cinematic Universe, but I was nevertheless struck by a weird trend of (if I'm being charitable, and I generally like to be where I can) unconscious pseudo-revisionism of a controversial episode.

Alright, nothing to see here, please disperse.

#doctor who #anti chibnall #thirteenth doctor #pete mctighe #s11e07: kerblam!

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doctorwhoactorsin · 19 days

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kira arlo — kerblam! (doctor who, 2005–), dir. jennifer perrott

eloise bridgerton — a bee in your bonnet (bridgerton, 2020–), dir. alex pillai

#claudia jessie #doctor who #revival who #bridgerton #kerblam!#a bee in your bonnet #kira arlo #eloise bridgerton #alex pillai #jennifer perrott #chris chibnall #pete mctighe #doctorwhoactorsin.txt

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vintage1981 · 10 months

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Tegan's Surprise Reunion! | The Collection: Season 20 Announcement Trailer | Doctor Who

Tegan Jovanka's adventures continue... but not in the way she expected! Doctor Who: The Collection returns with the Fifth Doctor's second season as the next instalment - find out more here ➡️ https://bbc.in/3pKQaIa

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The Passenger Written and Directed by Pete McTighe

Tegan: Janet Fielding | Nyssa: Sarah Sutton

Location Manager: Andrew Stocker Make-up: Sarah Burrows VFX: Chris Thompson Camera Asst/DIT: Sam Creamer Sound Recordist: Jasmine Allodi DOP: Jeremy Bishop/Matt Patrick Visual Effects: Chris Thompson Title Sequence: Sid Sutton/Charlie Lowe Dubbing Mixer: Mark Ayres Executive Producers: Pete McTighe/Russell Minton

#youtube #Doctor Who #The Five Doctors #Doctor Who: The Collection #Bluray #physical media #Janet Fielding #Sarah Sutton #Pete McTighe #BBC Studios #Tegan Jovanka #Nyssa of Traken #Nyssa

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thedoctorwhocompanion · 11 months

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Pete McTighe Confirms That Praxeus Originally Brought Back the Autons

Pete McTighe Confirms That #DoctorWho Praxeus Originally Brought Back the Autons

Writer, Pete McTighe has confirmed that his Doctor Who Series 12 episode, Praxeus, originally brought back the Autons. When a story focuses on the dangers of plastic, it’s only natural that fans immediately think of the Autons — living plastic, stirred into being by the Nestene Consciousness –and McTighe has shed some light on initial plans for the Thirteenth Doctor story: “Originally, that was…

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#Autons #Chris Chibnall #Doctor Who Series 12 #Jodie Whittaker #Pete McTighe #Praxeus #Spearhead from Space #Terror of the Autons #Thirteenth Doctor

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radiofreeskaro · 11 months

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Radio Free Skaro #916 - Electro Quarterstaff

Radio Free Skaro #916 - Electro Quarterstaff - #DoctorWho news catchup! - Blu-ray news! - Ncuti Gate's first series wraps!

http://traffic.libsyn.com/freyburg/rfs916.mp3 Download MP3 After subjecting you to an intense bout of trivia last week, we have a surfeit and indeed a tsunami of News Content for you, including a new sonic for the Fourteenth Doctor, promo pics, a pink TARDIS Barbie cross-promotion, Ncuti Gatwa being funny and fashionable in a Rolling Stone UK interview, new books, audios, missing episode…

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master-missysversion · 5 months

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Thinking about what wouldve made kerblam! better and it made me realise that a lot of people miss a critical fact when criticising this episode, and that is that Charlie's actions would not have made things better. His goals were not anti-capitalist

I see people saying all the time that this episode is propaganda, implying that anyone who wants to change the system is bad, and i think that's almost a fair criticism, except if Charlie had achieved his goal it wouldn't have improved their situation, or ended capitalism. It would just mean more people have jobs.

Ironically I think the real problem with Kerblam is that the episode essentially ends with them doing what charlie wanted (making Kerblam have more human workers). It's like they got so close to hitting the mark but were so focused on the central topic of automation that they forgot to address the underlying issues they had originally highlighted.

If I were to change Kerblam i would have them acknowledge that people shouldn't need jobs, but since that's not something easily fixed, instead they'd focus on improving working conditions for the people they do hire

#i actually think kerblam is 100% about distrust of technology #and i think the writer (Pete Mctighe) probably actually has some beef with tech but sort of within reason #most of the worker mistreatment in the episode is about technology #the ankle bracelets - the constant random monitoring - the lack of oversight or support from real people #its all about ways technology can be misused #they just needed to focus on those underlyign issues a little more #13th doctor #kerblam #to be absolutely clear this is not an/ti chibnall. this isnt even chibnalls episode anyway #but its not an/ti McTighe either #sorry for once again talking a lot about kerblam but it certainly is an interesting one to dissect #ask to tag

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higheldertala · 11 months

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pete mctighe complaining about budget on an episode where we needlessly go to several different countries 🙄

#hmm lol #insert ‘help me budget tweet’ meme #maybe… and just hear me out here… we don’t need 20 locations per episode #anti chibnall #anti pete mctighe

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mndvx · 5 months

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DOCTOR WHO – The Final Battle (Season 15 Announcement Trailer) written and directed by Pete McTighe ››› Louise Jameson as Leela / Leelandredloomsagwinaechegesima ››› Dushane Keogh-Grenade as Axton

#doctor who #dw #leela of the sevateem #louise jameson #dushane keogh grenade #doctorwhoedit #dwedit #scifiedit

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burntlikethesun · 7 months

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The first exclusive content to land in the Whoniverse will be TALES OF THE TARDIS, a brand new six-part series that reunites beloved classic Doctor Who duos, as they board a very special TARDIS on a nostalgic voyage through space and time.

Reprising their roles as the Doctor and companions to go on a timey-wimey spin down memory lane in these unmissable adventures are; Maureen O’Brien as Vicki and Peter Purves as Steven, Frazer Hines as Jamie and Wendy Padbury as Zoe, Katy Manning as Jo and Daniel Anthony as Clyde, Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor and Janet Fielding as Tegan, Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Nicola Bryant as Peri, and Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor and Sophie Aldred as Ace.

These Doctor Who legends step back into character to reflect on their adventures and in the process they discover something new, leaving viewers with a new insight into the story of each timeless pair.

Over six parts, each episode of TALES OF THE TARDIS features a different duo, with brand new scenes woven together with classic episodes to create a feature-length omnibus episode

With new scenes written by Showrunner Russell T Davies, and previous Doctor Who writers Phil Ford and Pete McTighe, TALES OF THE TARDIS allows fans to rediscover the stories they love whilst inviting new viewers to explore the vast mythology of the Doctor.

Russell T Davies, Doctor Who Showrunner says:

“The word Whoniverse was invented by fans, so it’s time to give it official status. And TALES OF THE TARDIS is one of the greatest delights of my career - to see old Doctors and companions reunited, still fighting the good fight, is a perfect way to celebrate the Doctor’s 60th birthday!”

#doctor who #tales of the tardis #classic who #russell t davies

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quantumshade · 2 months

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these tags on whoify’s kerblam post are kind of cracking me up. a.) kerblam came out FIVE YEARS before that deal took place. even if they were in talks at that point, which i doubt, they wouldn’t have had the power to do that. b.) that’s not even what the deal is — disney has not “taken over” doctor who, they have distribution rights. c.) and this is the funniest part to me — do you know who DID have partial distribution rights for dr who in the us at the time? fucking amazon.

i say this not as a defense of disney or anything, fuck em, but as a reminder that they are not (at least not yet) singularly to blame for all the problems of capitalism in the world and it is not productive to act like they are & that any problems with the show are their fault. it doesn’t matter who owns OR distributes doctor who, disney, amazon, or the fucking bbc, they’re all capitalists and they’re all trash.

i don’t know whose fault kerblam is! i don’t know if it was pete mctighe, chris chibnall, or some corporate exec who made the decision to have it be Like That, but based on the politics of the rest of the chibnall era i must say it’s not an outlier.

#doctor who #kerblam #chibnall era #delia.txt

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pers-books · 7 months

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October 30, 2023

As over 800 episodes of Doctor Who land on BBC iPlayer on 1st November, they will all sit in one place – The Whoniverse. Closely followed by the first original Whoniverse series...

The Whoniverse

Welcome to the world where you can find every Doctor, every companion, and terrifyingly, hundreds of monsters that have appeared in Doctor Who. From the 1st November, The Whoniverse will become the official name, and dedicated home, for all shows within the orbit of Doctor Who which will live on BBC iPlayer.

Tales of the TARDIS

These Doctor Who legends step back into character to reflect on their adventures and in the process they discover something new, leaving viewers with a new insight into the story of each timeless pair.

With new scenes written by Showrunner Russell T Davies, and previous Doctor Who writers Phil Ford and Pete McTighe, TALES OF THE TARDIS allows fans to rediscover the stories they love whilst inviting new viewers to explore the vast mythology of the Doctor.

Russell T Davies, Doctor Who Showrunner says:

“The word Whoniverse was invented by fans, so it’s time to give it official status. And TALES OF THE TARDIS is one of the greatest delights of my career - to see old Doctors and companions reunited, still fighting the good fight, is a perfect way to celebrate the Doctor’s 60th birthday!”

Dan McGolpin, Director of iPlayer and Channels added:

“I’m delighted to welcome TALES OF THE TARDIS exclusively to BBC iPlayer, the home of Doctor Who, which is consistently one of our most popular programmes every single week of the year. TALES OF THE TARDIS will sit within The Whoniverse and features brand new and incredibly moving scenes with well-loved characters; it will be a fantastic starting point for a new generation to discover some of the most classic episodes and a joyous way for longstanding fans to catch up with old friends.”

TALES OF THE TARDIS is a Bad Wolf and BBC Studios production for BBC iPlayer. Executive Produced by Russell T Davies, Jane Tranter, Julie Gardner, Phil Collinson and Joel Collins. It is produced by Scott Handcock and directed by Joshua M. G. Thomas. The episodes are written by Russell T Davies, Phil Ford, and Pete McTighe.

#TV: Tales of the TARDIS #BBC Whoniverse #Doctor Who #Fifth Doctor #Sixth Doctor #Seventh Doctor #Clyde Langer #Jo Jones #Steven #Vicki #Peri Brown #Dorothy 'Ace' McShane #Tegan Jovanka #Jamie McCrimmon #Zoe

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vintage1981 · 1 year

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Defenders of Earth! | The Collection: Season 9 Announcement Trailer | Doctor Who

Jo Jones - defender of ALL life on Earth! 🌍 #DoctorWho: The Collection returns with the Third Doctor's third season as the next instalment - find out more here ➡️ https://bbc.in/3HvHdsq

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Jo Jones - Katy Manning

Alex - Isabelle Palmer

Kat - Julia Haworth

Sea Devil - Hal Townsend

Junior - Mike Tucker

Filmed on location at Redcliffe Caves and Clevedon

Thanks To: Lee Binding | Peter Crocker | Julie Martin

Runner - Ellie Collins

Location Managers - Alex Moore, Andrew Stocker

Creature Costume - Philip Robinson

Make-up - Kate Lockwood Cowell

Title Sequence - Bernard Lodge, Rob Ritchie

CGI Artist - Chris Thompson

VFX Designer - Mike Tucker

DIT/Camera Assistant - James Dalby

Sound Recordist - Adam Tavner

Dubbing Mixer - Mark Ayres

Camera - Paul Vanezis

Director of Photography - Matt Patrick

Executive Producers - Pete McTighe, Russell Minton

BBC Studios 2023

The third season for Jon Pertwee's Third Doctor is the next release to come to Blu-ray with Season 9.

Pre-order DOCTOR WHO: THE COLLECTION - SEASON 9 from Amazon, Zavvi and Rarewaves in the UK, and Amazon in the US ahead of its release on the 20th March.

Across an action-packed twenty-six episodes, the Doctor and Jo (Katy Manning) face off against Daleks, Ogrons, Sea Devils, Ice Warriors, Mutants and their old enemy the Master (Roger Delgado). Joining them in their adventures are the UNIT team of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (Nicholas Courtney), Captain Yates (Richard Franklin) and Sergeant Benton (John Levene).

All episodes have been newly remastered from the best available sources – these classic adventures have never looked or sounded so good on home media.

The Collection: Season 9 Blu-ray box set also includes extensive special features including:

MAKING THE TIME MONSTER Looking back on the Season 9 finale with Katy Manning, John Levene and more.

MICHAEL E BRIANT AT THE HELM A profile of director Michael E Briant.

LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION Katy Manning and friends revisit the filming locations of Season 9.

THE FELL GUY A profile of prolific stuntman Stuart Fell.

BEHIND THE SOFA Five new Behind the Sofa episodes featuring Katy Manning (Jo), Peter Davison (The Fifth Doctor), Wendy Padbury (Zoe), Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Janet Fielding (Tegan), Sophie Aldred (Ace) and director Michael E Briant.

BLU-RAY TRAILER A brand new slice of classic Doctor Who.

MOVIE-LENGTH EDITIONS Special repeat screenings of DAY OF THE DALEKS and THE SEA DEVILS, previously unavailable.

CONVENTION FOOTAGE A chance to hear from UNIT’s Nicholas Courtney and Richard Franklin, recorded in 1986.

5.1 SURROUND & DOLBY ATMOS SOUND On THE SEA DEVILS (episodic and omnibus edition).

HD PHOTO GALLERIES Including many previously unseen images.

AUDIO ARCHIVE Featuring many unreleased gems.

INFO TEXT Behind-the-scenes information and trivia on every episode.

PDF ARCHIVE Including scripts, exclusive unseen BBC production files and other rarities.

And loads more!

This eight-disc box set also includes hours of special features previously released on DVD including Documentaries, Featurettes, Audio Commentaries, Day Of The Daleks Special Edition and more.

Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 9 includes the following stories from 1972:

DAY OF THE DALEKS

THE CURSE OF PELADON

THE SEA DEVILS

THE MUTANTS

THE TIME MONSTER

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thedoctorwhocompanion · 2 years

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Doctor Who Season 2 Will be the Next Blu-ray in The Collection Range

#DoctorWho Season 2 Will be the Next Blu-ray in The Collection Range

The next installment in Doctor Who: The Collection delves into territory previous unexplored by the Blu-ray range: 1960s black-and-white era Doctor Who — namely the First Doctor series, Season 2! And this will be the biggest release yet – a limited edition nine disc box set, covering an astonishing 37 episodes! The Doctor is joined by Susan (Carole Ann Ford), Ian Chesterton (William Russell),…

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#Adrienne Hill #Doctor Who Season 2 #First Doctor #Katarina #Missing Episodes #Pete McTighe #Planet of Giants #The Chase #The Crusade #The Dalek Invasion of Earth #The Rescue #The Romans #The Space Museum #The Time Meddler #The Web Planet #William Hartnell

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scriptscribbles · 10 months

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To give my general 13 Who feelings since I asked:

Ryan was my favorite Chibnall era companion though I suspect Tosin probably felt pretty burned by lack of material and hope he's on to better things that make him happier. He's quite a good actor IMO. Makes a lot of interesting choices when left to the background.

Dan and Graham were both quite charming but just not character types I need from stories right now. Dan also really suffered from not getting, like, any breathing room as a character. It ends up feeling like after Brian Williams, Chibnall needed a comfort older white dude in the TARDIS.

Yaz I like on paper but never felt like she got the focus or exploration the many interesting things about her deserved. Can You Hear Me was a very clever retcon to explain her lack of material in series 11 in addition to being poignant though it does totally change her from the character introduced in Woman Who Fell to Earth.

I like the idea of the Timeless Child and the opportunities it offers and relate a surprising amount to the whole forgotten child childhood trauma questions about identity, but think it stalled on examining that after the quite underrated Once, Upon Time.

Sacha Dhawan is a superb actor who elevated a lot but I did not care at all for the direction the Master was taken in. The lack of acknowledgment of Missy was painful, the Nazi stuff doubly so, and the redestriction of Gallifrey just annoying.

Jodie Whittaker is wonderful and very Doctory. I wish she could have played more range though and really wanted to see her play a fuller relationship plot because I love the Doctor in that kind of thing and think she'd have nailed it.

Loved the sonic. Didn't love the TARDIS. Liked series 12, apart from Spyfall part 2. Thought Resolution and Eve of the Daleks were fantastic. Complicated feelings about Flux and how it all in my view fell apart (well documented that Chibnall wrote it while it went and it shows). Thought series 11 was the right idea but didn't think it was good enough overall.

Really enjoyed writers like Vinay Patel, Ed Hime, Joy Wilkinson, Maxine Alderton, and Nina Metivier contributing, and even controversially Pete McTighe, though I wish they got a bit more polish the way RTD or Moffat added sparkle to their guest writers. It's probably not fair to expect Chris Chibnall to meet the dialogue crispness of two of the best living British TV writers who proceeded him. It's not that he's bad, but Moffat and Davies are really special talents on that front and a tough act to follow.

Thought the best director of the era was Nida Manzoor and hope they get her back. Also loved Wayne Yip again but sounds like he didn't love doing it.

Some episodes and elements I really liked but overall the era of modern Who I'm coolest on. Still would take it over several classic runs any day.

#doctor who

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truestoriesaboutme · 11 months

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Pete "Kerblam" McTighe taking a break from turning classic Who companions into Girl Bosses to tell a story about Tegan Jovanka's everyday struggle to repress her homosexuality

#doctor who #tegan jovanka

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badxwolf · 1 year

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In order to watch Doctor Who without losing your mind you’ve got to get used to the token “sweet and innocent optimist who dies” in nearly every episode but I STILL can’t get over Kira from Kerblam! like Pete McTighe is so sick and twisted for that.

Honourable mentions of other dead cuties go to Raffallo (The End of The World), Gwyneth (The Unquiet Dead), Lynda with a Y (Bad Wolf/Parting Of The Ways), Ursula (Love And Monsters), ChanTho (Utopia), Miss Evangelista (Silence In The Library/Forest Of The Dead), Isabella (Vampires In Venice), Jennifer (The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People) and Lorna (A Good Man Goes To War).

I am such a sucker for this trope and I especially adore Gwyneth and Miss Evangelista <3

There are probably more in series 8-13 that I’ve missed but I don’t own series 8 and 9 and I’m currently at series 11 in this rewatch. I’ve noticed that in the Moffat era there are quite a few characters who fit into this archetype but don’t die in the end (what a surprise), my favourite of which is Ada Gillyflower from The Crimson Horror. I love Ada so much and I wish she’d gotten to travel with the Doctor even just for one episode, she deserves to have grand adventures with her Monster after having such an awful life and mum.

Anyway this sort of turned into a dead babygirl appreciation post but someone’s gotta love them!!!

#I was sooo in love with miss evangelista when I was a kid and her wonky face jumpscare traumatized me fr #doctor who #doctor who spoilers #since they’re dead u kno

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