wicked cool
Hero
shes dropped a lot since Capaldi and has a better night. She still has very good numbers and it appears the budget has decreased based on these costumes
Doctor Who (2020) - spoilers!
Saturday night TV in the UK is traditionally a better night than Sunday night. That's where all the big prime time shows go (X Factor, Strictly, where Doctor Who relaunched, etc.)
Capaldi's three series opening figures were 6.68m (2017), 6.54m (2015), 9.17m (2014). 2017 averaged about 5m viewers.
Whitaker's have been 10.96m (2018) and 6.89m (2020). 2018's series averaged about 7m viewers. So far this year is averaging about 5.5m, a little higher than Capaldi's.
Because you saw that one guy with gas mask in the latest episode? Spyfall was a very expensive double episode, and they're shooting on-location in various foreign countries. They're spending tons of money.
Praxeus looked expensive, too. And I think it ranks as one of the best directed Doctor Who episodes.
As for it walloping the audience upside the head with a cricket bat that has an environmentalist message scrawled on it... let's just say I really enjoy science fiction when it refrains from subtlety.
As for it walloping the audience upside the head with a cricket bat that has an environmentalist message scrawled on it... let's just say I really enjoy science fiction when it refrains from subtlety.
Heh. Yeah.
Except For That Time: Political and Social Awareness in Doctor Who - Sartorial Geek
We heard it when Jodie Whittaker was announced as the Doctor. The first time we saw a photo of the new ethnically diverse companions Yasmin, Ryan, and Graham we heard it.
sartorialgeek.com
Doctor Who's long history of political and social consciousness
Anyone who thinks Doctor Who hasn't always used its storytelling for politically and socially conscious ends hasn't been paying attention...
www.denofgeek.com
I know! I was backing you up there!
Ryujin
Legend
I agree whole heartedly; SciFi tends to be at its best, when making in-your-face social commentary.
Or 'splosions. Lots of 'splosions.
GreyLord
Legend
I'm not so certain it is hitting people with a cricket bat so much as trying to be science fiction.
Science Fiction tries in some ways to predict what a possible future may be based upon what we currently know or think we know according to science.
With much of our current scientific ideas we have certain predictions regarding Climate Change and what may happen if we and the rest of the world continue as we have been (and, even if the entirety of the Western population suddenly becomes carbon neutral or even reverses what they have been doing, they still consist of less than 1/3 of the world's population...if the rest of the world continues...who knows what may happen)?
Thus, as with Science Fiction I think they are just extrapolating possible future scenarios and ideas based upon what our modern sciences have as possible predictions.
No need for hitting anyone upside the head with a cricket bat.
trappedslider
Legend
As the episode started, I thought it would have been better if it had aired around Halloween lol
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