Doctor Who - Spoilers!

[d_jedi1]

Moffat has come out with the usual hype, promising it'll be the best thing ever etc etc and is claiming it's the first time the show's been filmed in the US though I'm not sure about that, wasn't the McGann TV Movie also made there?

close.. Canada
oops... apparently part of it was in California.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116118/locations
It seems that my initial thought was wrong.
Good call

 

[bcm77]

Hey, after Daleks in Manhattan, we deserve a little pandering.

OK, you win!

 

[Kabukiman]

Hey, after Daleks in Manhattan, we deserve a little pandering.

 

[N2k-swb]

Daleks in Manhatten, quite possibly the worst who episodes i have ever seen. I'm quite happy Who is branching out a little as far too many have been set in the UK...considering he owns a time machine that can travel anywhere in the universe at any time its hard to see why he spends 90% of his time on one island.

 

[bcm77]

I'm quite happy Who is branching out a little as far too many have been set in the UK...considering he owns a time machine that can travel anywhere in the universe at any time its hard to see why he spends 90% of his time on one island.

Don't get me wrong ( which far too many people seem to ) I don't think it's a BAD thing as such, it's certainly a damn sight better than yet another story set in Cardiff or London.

I just think the modern show has already done plenty to appease American audiences and in the process the show's identity as a uniquely British take on the sci-fi genre is being pushed further aside.

 

[pixletwin]

How is the location going to effect the "Britishness" of the series? Was City of Death somehow more Frenchish because it was filmed in Paris?

 

[pixletwin]

I remember when Family Ties was filmed in Britain. It didn't all of a sudden become a different show as a result.

 

[bcm77]

How is the location going to effect the "Britishness" of the series? Was City of Death somehow more Frenchish because it was filmed in Paris?

It's not so much the one location, it's the whole way the show is made.

All the political correctness, overblown story arcs , making the last episode of a series such a big deal and the general style over substance approach are such staples of US shows that it's easy to see where much of Nu-Who's "model" comes from and as someone that's not liked any show imported here from the US since the early series of the X-Files I think it's a shame a different direction couldn't have been taken.

Some people usually take this to mean I want an exact recreation of the Classic era which is utterly ridiculous as nothing could be further from the truth.

I do think that a better compromise could be made between the old style and the new though.

 

[pixletwin]

You must admit that it's current tidal wave of popularity is largely due to the things you take issue over.

Overall I agree with you. I would like Doctor Who to return to a more serial feel rather than the event-television styled structure it has now.

 

[KashmirKong]

Here's some new info on that episode:

In the special two-parter co-produced with BBC AMERICA, key scenes will be filmed in Utah for a story set in the late '60s in which the Doctor, Amy and Rory find themselves on a secret summons that takes them on an adventure from the desert in Utah - right to the Oval Office itself.

 

[bcm77]

You must admit that it's current tidal wave of popularity is largely due to the things you take issue over.

Overall I agree with you. I would like Doctor Who to return to a more serial feel rather than the event-television styled structure it has now.

I've never really said otherwise, it probably had to go that route to succeed but being someone who despises the event TV style regardless of genre it's annoying to see a show that appeals to me in a lot of ways, one that in past years seemed to be somewhat unique get reduced to "just another show" status.

When I first got into Doctor Who ( when it returned in 2005 ) I'd been burnt by the Star Wars prequels so I pretty much accepted it because I didn't know any different and was pleased I'd found another sci-fi franchise to get into........the only Classic eps I'd seen were the odd bit here & there as a kid which were faint memories.

Then a year or so later I bought "Genesis of the Daleks" on DVD and......you know the rest

I can watch the show again now certain individuals have left and "Amy's Choice" and "Vincent & the Doctor" gave me the most enjoyment of any modern episodes yet so it's not like I think that Nu-Who is beyond enjoyment, it's the consistency and some of the gimmicks ( such as spending lots of cash flying to the US to film a story ) I have issues with.

 

[pixletwin]

You do know that BBCA is fronting a great deal of the money to film this episode right?

 

[bcm77]

You do know that BBCA is fronting a great deal of the money to film this episode right?

In that case it's not so bad. I'd hate to see cash that could potentially be used to design some new Mondasian Cybermen or something equally awesome get blown on an expensive foreign location shoot.

JNT did that a few times and look where that got the show.

 

[pixletwin]

Not only that but Utah has built in tax incentives to attract such business to the state so the BBC/BBCA will actually get tax breaks for filming in Utah. So I really doubt anyone is breaking the piggybank so to speak to film here.

 

[ProgMatinee]

sorry pix, the filming already happened.

timey wimey stuff.

 

[pixletwin]

 

[ShadowX81]

Moffat has come out with the usual hype, promising it'll be the best thing ever etc etc and is claiming it's the first time the show's been filmed in the US though I'm not sure about that, wasn't the McGann TV Movie also made there?

Didn't they also once film a Davison episode in Hawaii?

 

[Kabukiman]

Didn't they also once film a Davison episode in Hawaii?

Yeah, it was Doctor 5-oh!

*insert sad trombone sound here*

 

[TheObsoleteMan]

Yeah, it was Doctor 5-oh!

Book 'em, Turlough.

 

[bcm77]

The Utah filming will take place in mid-November,

https://doctorwhospoilers.ueuo.com/wp/?p=1297

ShadowX81,
"Planet of Fire" was filmed in Lanzarote.