Doctor Who General - /class/

Dirk Gently on BBCA 10:00 tomorrow Edition

Also, some show called Class comes out on BBC3 tomorrow.

Was barely advertised and can't be accessed in America: Thread theme: youtube.com/watch?v=boOG4pUR83Q

Class trailer: youtube.com/watch?v=y7VsMnTUYwg

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I bailed on you guys for /bb/ back at the beginning of summer.

Are we still shitting all over Class or is it actually going to be good?

It has Elijiah Wood. I hope it's good for BBCA's sake, though I barely have interest in it.

IT'S GONNA BE GOAT IT'S GONNA BE GOAT
IT'S GONNA BE GOAT IT'S GONNA BE GOAT
IT'S GONNA BE GOAT IT'S GONNA BE GOAT
IT'S GONNA BE GOAT IT'S GONNA BE GOAT
IT'S GONNA BE GOAT IT'S GONNA BE GOAT
IT'S GONNA BE GOAT IT'S GONNA BE GOAT

It's actually going to be good.

Also, did you miss the /who/-written short story anthology, Shit Trips Vol 1: doctorwhogeneral.wikia.com/wiki/File:Shit_Trips_Vol_1_Final_Version.pdf ?

Nah it's gonna be a solid 6-7/10

Thanks for reminding me about Class. Hopefully its good. Need something to keep me busy till the christmas special.

It's gonna be shit.

I want BBC4 Dirk Gently. Not some american hipster gently.

Why BBCA decided to not play it now boggles my mind.

I did miss that. Honestly it sounds like cancer, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and read it.

If it sucks you're gonna get filtered tho

Literally give me 1 (one) reason why Class isn't airing on BBCA despite being co-produced and heavily advertised by them.

They held a fucking panel for it in America and everything. Who was that panel for exactly if no one in the audience would be able to watch the show on television?

That's fair. It's straight up original /who/ content, and there are a mixture of fun, semi-memey content, as well as serious stories. Tell me how you like it.

I have literally no idea. I'm tempted to send an email to complain.

Nobody would watch it and would waste screen time tha could be used for another show that would actually be watched

Do it Immigrant. I'm angry and I want my concerns heard but I'm also not a good writer.

This is probably what BBC execs believe. But a show that's basically an updated, sci-fi Buffy, that features a diverse cast, and has characters who would normally never speak to each other, have to team up to face off against evil monsters that are killing people in the school? And the Doctor shows up?

In a year with barely any Who, that show would at least get some customers. And it's 8 eps, so it's not that much commitment. Plus, watching it with the rest of the world allows for a global conversation, which is very important.

so as an Americlap, how do i watch this show? Do you think I can buy it on apple tv?

THERE'S STILL TIME
FINISH OFF THE BINGO

you're farked m8. Either torrent it or hope someone streams it

Didn't finish the statement. My point was, a show with all those elements can sell. It's the formula for quite a few popular shows watched by teenagers, and if it's executed half-right, it gets viewers. The show even has the shirtless guy scenes, and the hunks and pretty boys, that most popular teen shows have nowadays. Plus, the “nobody understands me” outcast characters, who are aliens in the show, but that's a convenient YA metaphor.

This show can sell. What the heck?

there are plenty of other bullshit shows on BBCA, i seriously dont understand it

do you guys think they will do some delayed release or something, or maybe some retarded hulu streaming deal

How many hours to class?

16ish

9

Destruction of school property
Student is actually an alien (or did the trailer give this away already?)
teenager party
Drinking

Alright mrs dubs
Wich one of you is lying to me?

It airs at 730pm right?
It's currently 1am in london
you can do the math from there

It airs in 9 hours, at 10:00 AM in United Kingdom.

Wait shit what?
Why the fuck are they airing it at 10am? Isn't it too sexual for peak childrens cartoon time?

It's 10pm in London what are you on about

its airing in 2017

Welcome to the BBC.

However, it'll be on BBC3, not TV.

google.com.au/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=time in london

Is BBC3 not a TV channel? Or is it an internet channel now?

Well it seems I'll be asleep when it airs
Hopefully there will be a decent torrent when I wake up

Online channel, I think.

It'll be on BBC1...eventually.

It'll be on BBCA...in Spring 2017.

BBC3 is a satellite tv channel, there is no "tv" in the sense of an analogue signal in the UK anymore, it's all digital.

But it still gets broadcast to physical TVs and not an internet livestream?

We've had satellite TV here for decades, digital TV for almost as long - and we still call it TV channels, not sure why analogue or not is relevant

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>Dirk Gently
Is Chronotis going to be in this?

But, considering what I've gleaned from the marketing materials, I've realized that none of the cast fit into small stereotypes. (All of the below comes from the different marketing materials, though I've tried to avoid major spoilers.)

For example, Charlie is the “gay one”...except he's also an alien prince, who is socially awkward due to having to leave his planet. (Also, I find it hilarious that everyone harps on Charlie being gay, but no one points out that he's actually having an interspecies romance, which is actually weirder.)

Tanya is the “black one”...who is also the smart nerd of the group. She's the child of immigrants, and also the youngest, making her an outsider in some ways.

April is the “girl” of the group...except that she's also the one who has to take care of her disabled mom, and also the one who gets directly affected by the aliens, probably making her the one who will struggle with her inner darkness the most.

Ram is the “Muslim” of the group...except he's also the irresponsible jock. He's got the least interesting character description, but he's also the one who suffers the most grief of the characters, at least as first.

Miss Quill is the team mentor...who also hates at least one of the protagonists, is an antihero, and is also an alien.

Everyone of these characters have some twist on the basic genre formula. If we knew more of this from the start, /who/ might like Class more.

My impression was that they'd made it some sort of on-demand channel and there'd be two episodes dropping at once. Could be massively wrong though.

2 eps are dropping at once.

Almost certainly not.

CLASS IS SHIT DEAL WITH IT SUCKA

;_;

When are you getting a Welcome to Class tattoo bro

All us Classholes are getting them

That actually made me laugh.

What is the best way to catch Class in the USA? Torrents?

At the same time or in a row?

The 'twist' of each character seems to be "they're a generic archetype... but more diverse!"

Every episode is written by Max Landis.

Are you sure you want Max Landis's Dirk Gently?

Just the first two.

I don't do tattoos. And "Classholes" somehow is still a better nickname than Classmates, though not good enough that I'm calling myself a Classhole.

Yes but is BBC3 an on-demand channel or does it do fixed broadcasting with a schedule?

What if Class is bad?

i dont think it's a case of what if

it IS bad

Then we can meme about it

On-demand, I think.

No, I'm really not sure.

Then we get memes.

Throwing together more than one archetype in one character is one way to get realistic characters.

I know, it's sad.

Is this bingo alright? Anything need changing?

No, it IS good.

fuck off josh

Please give me a reason it's bad without using the words cringey, SJW, agenda, generic, or diverse.

I'm willing to accept that you think it's bad, but I'd like to have actual reasons.

It's too early to tell. I think and hope Class will be good, but it might screw up.

the acting and directing looks flat and boring as fuck and every character we've seen looks one dimensional as hell

It's riddled with YA tropes and cliches, for one.

Is Class more similar to Torchwood or to Sarah Jane Adventures?

All the reviews seem to be saying it is basically halfway between the two.

They cast the wrong black woman as Capaldi's companion.

>Every episode is written by Max Landis.
>there will never be a good douglas adams adaptation ever

I want to fuck her gigantic ass and soften up soaking in my semen as it sticks to her anal muscles.

Not to mention... young adult series, with monsters, in a school... what is this, 2003?!

>acting and directing looks flat and boring as fuck

I think the small hints of an alien planet in the trailer looked cool. The cinematography looks pretty, and Katherine Kelly appears to have put some real fire in her Miss Quill character. Concerning being one-dimensional, I agree the trailers haven't shown us much about the characters, but when you look at all the little snippets about the episode we've seen, I think they've demonstrated that the cast will have more layers, as I detailed here:

I'm still wondering about how gore and sex can be in an episode with the Doctor in..Sydney Newman would be appalled.

member buffy?

The VNAs have finally won.

Actually, the biggest YA cliche (the Chosen one) is nowhere to be seen. This show is more of an ensemble, it seems.

And cliche's aren't automatically bad, if they're executed well.

Eh, young people battling monsters, as a metaphor for dealing with the upheavals of growing up, is a timeless concepts.

Imagine the banter between her and 12, especially if she played another Gallifreyan.

Immgurnt stop obsessively hypeposting about fkin Class of all things and go watch MSG. golly gee gosh christ.

Well, Sydney Newman wanted to make the Doctor a woman and have her travel with two hippies, so he had his own quirks.

>that nip everytime

Amadeus, my hyping is not hurting anybody. I'm just discussing with people golly gee.

>yfw Nardole is in every ep of Series 10

I'm still not quite convinced of her candidacy as a companion. Maybe if I saw a few more pics.

She can do a British accent too. Nicki Minaj would be the perfect companion and would look great Peter Capaldi.

>that fucking pic

I'm convinced. Haven't seen that one.

Wrong doctor desu senpaitachi. She'd go with 11, because "He slang cocaine"

What?

>tfw she chose music instead of porn

Lyrics of "Anaconda"
youtube.com/watch?v=LDZX4ooRsWs
"Now that bang bang bang,
I let him hit it 'cause he slang Cocaine
He toss my salad like his name Romaine
And when we done, I make him buy me Balmain
I'm on some dumb shit"
It's widely accepted that Matt Smith is a user of the blow.

Jesus Christ music's come a long way.

It's a pretty flawless use of the sir mix a lot sample. Who by the way never got enough love. If only he had come out with Posse on Broadway before baby got back, he would have had a better career (presumably).

No, how does that relate to 11?

There is always room in my harddrive for more nicki. keep up the quality posts

Did you fail to read the final sentence? Matt Smith is widely believed to use cocaine, blow, powder, yayo, snow etc.

I'm just trying to have a conversation about the show.

Shame we haven't seen her act more. She can definitely nail the accent, but I'd loved to have seen her go full Beyonce and break into the acting business. She'd strike me as a surprisingly cute companion, like Martha Jones but even more impregnatable

>Matt Smith is widely believed to use cocaine, blow, powder, yayo, snow etc.
Why? And who's the woman with him in that picture?

Well presumably by the way he acts, in the show and off screen and that's Billie Piper, AKA Rose.

The acting should be fine, she went to school for acting before deciding to rap.
And I imagine that she'd be a companion like River or Donna more than anything.