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Casting Spoiler for Christmas Episode

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  • 02-09-2015 9:55am
    #1
    bren2001
    Registered Users Posts: 6,698 ✭✭✭


    An old face will return this Christmas in
    River Song
    (Spoilered just in case people thought it was just a celebrity or something).


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    Das Kitty
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 17,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭Das Kitty


    Well I'm happy. I adore
    Alex Kingston
    .

    Looking absolutely swell in that press release photo, too.

    Link to press release with spoiler.


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    #3
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,634 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    On a fence a little here: I like
    River Song, but her story feels exhausted by now. Plus at this stage I'd happily do without the Xmas episodes if it meant a bit more time and budget for the 'main' series, they're generally 'OK' at best. That said, I can only imagine the verbal jousting that'll happen between herself and Capaldi, so that alone could make it worth the while :)


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    #4
    endacl
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    Spoiler tags in post #1. Spoiler tags in post #2. What happened, poster 3?!? You had one job...

    :(


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    pixelburp
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    The title is 'Casting Spoiler for Christmas Episode'; I don't think it could be more explanatory of the thread's contents if it tried so why else would people click in if not to be spoiled? :) I've edited the post anyway


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    endacl
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    pixelburp wrote: »
    The title is 'Casting Spoiler for Christmas Episode'; I don't think it could be more explanatory of the thread's contents if it tried so why else would people click in if not to be spoiled? :) I've edited the post anyway
    Yeah, I know. 'Tis the done thing to get irate about these things though...

    :D


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    #7
    Wibbs
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    At this stage I reckon
    Rose
    is due a return too. *runs* :D

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



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    #8
    FunLover18
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    I'm just so fed of that character. But this doesn't surprise me at all, it reeks of Moffat's self indulgent writing which has really begun to hold the show back for me and it has done the same to Sherlock imo. Moffat's first season as showrunner was his best.


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    #9
    Das Kitty
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 17,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭Das Kitty


    The first photo from the Christmas Special was released last night. Do not click if you don't want to be spoiled!

    https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/668942381576814593
    Looks a bit like the set of a murder mystery. Maybe a bit Coward-esque.


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    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    I find it hard to care. I miss
    Clara
    :(


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    pixelburp
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    The Christmas episodes have been fairly hit & miss throughout, so I'm generally ambivalent either way, even with the return of River. Like most Christmas specials, the seasonal theme often feels clumsilly wedged in and to the detriment of any actual story. A Christmas Carol was about the only one I genuinely enjoyed; Time and the Doctor too, even if that was a bit of a mess of retconn'ing. Doc #10's final story, on the other hand, really triggered some quality nerd rage :D


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    #12
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    pixelburp wrote: »
    The Christmas episodes have been fairly hit & miss throughout, so I'm generally ambivalent either way, even with the return of River. Like most Christmas specials, the seasonal theme often feels clumsilly wedged in and to the detriment of any actual story. A Christmas Carol was about the only one I genuinely enjoyed; Time and the Doctor too, even if that was a bit of a mess of retconn'ing. Doc #10's final story, on the other hand, really triggered some quality nerd rage :D

    Like the regular episodes I've only seen Matt Smith on wards but I think the only Christmas special I enjoyed was The Snowmen.


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    Das Kitty
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    pixelburp wrote: »
    The Christmas episodes have been fairly hit & miss throughout, so I'm generally ambivalent either way, even with the return of River. Like most Christmas specials, the seasonal theme often feels clumsilly wedged in and to the detriment of any actual story. A Christmas Carol was about the only one I genuinely enjoyed; Time and the Doctor too, even if that was a bit of a mess of retconn'ing. Doc #10's final story, on the other hand, really triggered some quality nerd rage :D

    Even when it's awful, it's still the best thing on the telly on Christmas Day.


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    Eugene Norman
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    FunLover18 wrote: »
    I'm just so fed of that character. But this doesn't surprise me at all, it reeks of Moffat's self indulgent writing which has really begun to hold the show back for me and it has done the same to Sherlock imo. Moffat's first season as showrunner was his best.

    Clearly the brilliance of either of them depend on Moffats writing.


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    The_Valeyard
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    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    Like the regular episodes I've only seen Matt Smith on wards but I think the only Christmas special I enjoyed was The Snowmen.

    Agreed. That one was pretty good. The rest tend to be 'meh'


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    Agent Coulson
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    The episode will be called
    'The Husbands of River Song'


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    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    The episode will be called
    'The Husbands of River Song'

    Already losing what little interest I had.


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    #18
    Penn
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    I think her and Capaldi will play off each other brilliantly.


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    pixelburp
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    Yeah I suspect Kingston & Capaldi will have pretty good chemistry together; am also presuming that given the relative pitch-darkness of season 9's back half, this Xmas episode will be an exceedingly frothy and light affair


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    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    pixelburp wrote: »
    Yeah I suspect Kingston & Capaldi will have pretty good chemistry together; am also presuming that given the relative pitch-darkness of season 9's back half, this Xmas episode will be an exceedingly frothy and light affair

    It's on at 17:15 on Christmas Day so I'd be surprised if there was even the tiniest hint of darkness in it.


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    #21
    Doctor DooM
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    I'd actually love to see Rose and 12. Could you imagine?

    "What're you doing? Stop pining. Got to save people. Well, if I can, sometimes they get all dead-ish. Oh, you only do what I say when my hairs all floppy is it?"

    "Why would you do that? Clara wouldn't do that. Must remember only to pick up genius humans in future"

    She'd bleedin' hate him!


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    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    Doctor DooM wrote: »
    I'd actually love to see Rose and 12. Could you imagine?

    "What're you doing? Stop pining. Got to save people. Well, if I can, sometimes they get all dead-ish. Oh, you only do what I say when my hairs all floppy is it?"

    "Why would you do that? Clara wouldn't do that. Must remember only to pick up genius humans in future"

    She'd bleedin' hate him!

    "Have you ever thought about dying your hair, Rose? Brown-ish maybe..... short cut...... can you do a Lancashire accent at all?"


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    Wibbs
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    Well she bounced off the very non floppy haired Ecclestone Doc without getting gooey eyed. That came later. Eccy was very much more a father figure(that whole first series was Freudian all over the place). So it might well work better with 12 than we might think and she didn't have nearly so much of the reckless vibe going on that Clara had. I'd love to see 12 and Roses ma in the same scene :D

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



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