new Doctor Who scene ahead of Day of the Doctor rewatch

[Ben Saunders]

This is unbelievably hype: https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-03-21/steven-moffat-new-doctor-who/

I’m hoping for Capaldi or Smith, but I’ll take anyone – Jenna? They’d probably want to go for Tennant, who would also be fine I guess….

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[Dave]

How do they handle *that* episode of Fawlty Towers these days? I’d hope similarly but something tells me they probably just cut the Major’s lines.

It is a difficult call and I guess it really depends on what kind of audience you’re attempting to serve. As an adult I’d want to see the original as it was, warts and all, but if I was showing my young kids an old episode of Doctor Who then I might well want access to a censored version over avoiding watching certain episodes altogether.

[Ian Symes]

On GOLD it’s uncut, but with a “out-dated racial language that may cause offence” warning beforehand.

[Dave]

Ah ok. I agree probably the best way to handle it.

[By Jove its holmes]

If the Crusade were ever animated, you’d have to carefully consult with actual Arabs during the animation process to avoid racist stereotypes visually that were just as inept as the brownface in the live-action original.

[Ben Saunders]

The Crusade is a madhouse. It’s all full of Arabs.

[By Jove its holmes]

At least The Crusade has Saladin’s name pronounced correctly, just like modern Who pronounced Fuehrer correctly in Let’s Kill Hitler.

[Ben Saunders]

I’m watching the Celestial Toymaker now and I have to say, if they ever do find any more missing episodes…. I hope it’s literally anything other than this

[By Jove its holmes]

Not Billy Bunter in particular. Just hire a young lady to channel Esther from “Orphan” and the story would be much better.

[Ben Saunders]

I just read that the entire point of the story was totally removed in rewrites due to copyright shenanagins, and they had to make it as cheaply as possible because the exiting producer overspent on The Ark out of spite for leaving the program… still shite though

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