DW
This episode was an hour long. Will that be the case for every episode, or was this a 'feature length' first episode 'special'?
JK
No, the new running time for the remaining episodes is 50 minutes.
This episode was an hour long. Will that be the case for every episode, or was this a 'feature length' first episode 'special'?
No, the new running time for the remaining episodes is 50 minutes.
JO
They slightly increased the running time to make up for the fact there is less episodes.
Which is a bit odd considering they've run at a commercial friendly time of 42-43 minutes since the revival (with the Christmas episodes fitting a 90 minute slot with ads).
They slightly increased the running time to make up for the fact there is less episodes.
MR
mr_vivian
How come there were no opening titles?
More time for storytelling.
Is this the first time there has been no titles or any image inside or outside of the TARDIS in an episode?
LL
London Lite
Founding member
Well that was reassuringly better than I imagined. Jodie is the best Doctor since David Tennant, excellent casting and storyline set in Sheffield.
As for the pres, the remix of the theme worked well and wonderfully retro. The only thing that ruined it for me was the all the guest star promos at the end of the credits.
As for the pres, the remix of the theme worked well and wonderfully retro. The only thing that ruined it for me was the all the guest star promos at the end of the credits.
CB
The Americans getting the BBC America simulcast did miss out on that, they cut just after credits to a premiere party followed by immediate re-run of the episode itself.
Getting the new theme in full slightly made up for the awkward tone of "LOOK AT ALL MY CASTING CHOICES" - it felt like a missed chance to hint a bit more of what to expect from Jodies doctor or the companions. It's a bit like Moffat's final season habit of shoving Game of Thrones actors into roles just because he could.
Hey, don't knock it. We might not have heard the middle eight section of the theme without that.
The Americans getting the BBC America simulcast did miss out on that, they cut just after credits to a premiere party followed by immediate re-run of the episode itself.
Getting the new theme in full slightly made up for the awkward tone of "LOOK AT ALL MY CASTING CHOICES" - it felt like a missed chance to hint a bit more of what to expect from Jodies doctor or the companions. It's a bit like Moffat's final season habit of shoving Game of Thrones actors into roles just because he could.
BA
Ratings of 8.2m overnight and 9m peak, which apparently beats the debuts for Peter Capaldi, Matt Smith, and David Tennant.
:-(
A former member
I didn'tt catch it all, i did see parts so i know what was going on. But it feels like its classic british bizzarness has return and the awful scripts of moffet are gone.
DA
I doubt that would have been it. It was already a special length episode - I doubt another five minutes would have been a problem. As it is they presumably cut it down to an hour anyway. It was probably more because there just wasn't a good place to put a break in the first 5-10 minutes for the titles.
Sleep No More a couple of years ago didn't have the usual title sequence. Death in Heaven stupidly had Clara's face in the titles instead of the Doctor's, all for a cheap throw-away joke which didn't go anywhere.
TARDIS-less stories include Midnight, The Lie of the Land, Genesis of the Daleks, and a number of Pertwee ones while it was up on bricks. Plenty of classic episodes would have had no TARDIS, but it would been seen in the first and/or last episode of the story.
I doubt that would have been it. It was already a special length episode - I doubt another five minutes would have been a problem. As it is they presumably cut it down to an hour anyway. It was probably more because there just wasn't a good place to put a break in the first 5-10 minutes for the titles.
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Is this the first time there has been no titles or any image inside or outside of the TARDIS in an episode?
Sleep No More a couple of years ago didn't have the usual title sequence. Death in Heaven stupidly had Clara's face in the titles instead of the Doctor's, all for a cheap throw-away joke which didn't go anywhere.
TARDIS-less stories include Midnight, The Lie of the Land, Genesis of the Daleks, and a number of Pertwee ones while it was up on bricks. Plenty of classic episodes would have had no TARDIS, but it would been seen in the first and/or last episode of the story.