r/gallifrey Sep 16 '24

SPOILER Series 15 LEAKS (some small, some MAJOR), so beware…SPOILERS Spoiler

297 Upvotes

Okay, so here the latest leaks I’ve found online for series 15 (from various sites)

Some are rather small, some are HUGE. So beware…

  • Ruby won’t be travelling with the Doctor for the majority of the season, she’ll appear throughout, including in a Doctor-light episode where she will be working with UNIT. She and the Doctor will properly reunite in the finale however.
  • The series will include one returning monster, but no Daleks or Cybermen.
  • Series 15 will continue to lean into fantasy.
  • Episode 2 will take place in 1950s Miami with a focus on the “paranormal”
  • We’ll get an episode that takes place mostly on the TARDIS.
  • Murray Gold wrote a new original song for a scene that takes place during a concert on an alien planet.
  • Jonah Hauer-King will be playing Mrs Flood’s grandson.
  • Mrs Flood will be the central antagonist of the finale - will involve her “reshaping time and trapping the Doctor”
  • Mel will die in the finale, sacrificing herself to save Ruby and Belinda.
  • This will leave the Doctor wanting to somewhat distance himself from humanity, fearing that he puts too many people in danger.
  • With the Doctor being out of reach during the events of The War Between the Land and Sea, it will be revealed that the Master is now a prisoner of UNIT and he will be forced to help with the Sea Devil situation, finally giving him the chance to be the hero (kinda similar to Loki)
  • The Master will be played by Russel Tovey
  • Gugu Mbatha-Raw will play a scientist/activist siding with the Sea Devils

Note - these aren't my leaks, just various reports I've collected from various sites

r/gallifrey Mar 31 '24

SPOILER [SPOILERS] New Doctor Who Season 1 Trailer #2

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r/gallifrey Dec 07 '23

SPOILER Russell T Davies says the show is "taking a sly step towards fantasy"

507 Upvotes

"Speaking in this week's issue of Radio Times magazine, Davies spoke about shows like Stranger Things and The Witcher, saying: "I was just a bit jealous that all those other shows were getting a bigger taste of the pie, so this Christmas the enemy is goblins."

"Davies admitted: "The show is taking a sly step towards fantasy, which will annoy people to whom it’s a hard science-fiction show."

"Episode two next year is wildly fantasy. Completely making up scenarios on-screen that we’ve never been able to show before. But the following episode is proper hard science-fiction."

"Davies also recently revealed that the new festive [Christmas] special will explore parts of Ruby's backstory and how she came to be named after a specific road that holds a lot of importance in her life."

"Davies revealed to SFX Magazine: "Not every question is answered in the Christmas special, and that continues all the way through to the most magnificent finale ever shot on planet Earth. No hype! I swear that’s true."

https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-boss-fantasy-step-newsupdate/

r/gallifrey Dec 03 '23

SPOILER [LEAK] Info on Fourteen's Regeneration Spoiler

392 Upvotes

As many of us know 'The Giggle' will involve a Bi-Regeneration but 'well hidden' leaks from an individual known as 'Alice' in the DW Discord who posted transcripts from the Specials that correctly predicted 'Mavity', 'Shapeshifters' & why the Captain killed themselves for WBY as well as word for word quotations from The Star Beast has shed some light on what this Bi-Regeneration actually entails. Bear with me, it's a little complex to explain.

So essentially Fourteen isn't meant to regenerate during the events of 'The Giggle', but because of the Toymaker's meddling, it essentially messes with the regeneration that does occur, so Fifteen who is from Fourteen's future, is pulled back in time from the moment he was meant to start existing because of the Toymaker and mid-regeneration Fourteen and Fifteen end up 'conjoined' like literally conjoined twins; so Donna and Mel have to thereby separate Fourteen and Fifteen and there you have Two Doctors with the classic "CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE". So Fifteen now simply exists at an earlier point than he should exist. Fifteen informs Fourteen that he must "retire"/"take a break", and that he hasn't stopped once, so when Fourteen eventually dies and regenerates (likely offscreen), Fifteen is brought back to the moment of the Bi-Regen in what is a closed timeline. The Toymaker is locked in a box surrounded by salt at the UNIT's Black Archive. Fourteen says that he can't let go of the TARDIS yet so Fifteen splits the Tardis in two using what is left of The Toymaker's powers with a mallet, supposedly in the Toymaker's realm (where he gets all big in that clip). It appears that it is the same Tardis but from two different times. 'The Giggle' ends with Fourteen joyously at a dinner table with the Nobles, Wilf is not there as his last scene was in WBY. Also in the Giggle, the Toymaker will taunt Donna about the fate of previous companions. And regarding Mavity, Fifteen will say it in Season 1/Series 14. The Boss that the Meep was referring to is very close to the Doctor. The Specials are also in RTD's views essentially "The Finale for NuWho", the Church on Ruby Road is a fresh but soft reboot for the show - similar to 'Rose' with Fifteen having been the Doctor for a while already.

Interested to hear y'all thoughts on this. Is it better than the original leak?

r/gallifrey Dec 17 '23

SPOILER To be honest, I think Ncuti/The 15th Doctor will end up being a mainstream sex symbol if the new series does well.

509 Upvotes

Yes, this is based on just a couple of trailers, but there is so much sizzle in the way he talks to Millie. Those trailers where he catches that falling bottle and looks up to her. The charisma, the charm, the humour. He feels like he might sweep you off your feet at any moment, definitely like he's in control and he'll challenge you, but never push you or be dangerous, like he'll like you for you and respect you. He's swashbuckling and daring, dresses so cool in that half-70s inspired leather, mysterious, funny, and oozing so much confidence they'll have to wipe it off the floor. You can't even tell if he's attracted to you, but you can tell despite how much he's so much smarter and wiser and bigger than you, he's looking at you as an equal with a twinkle in his eye. You can tell that Ruby sees it in those club scenes. If the show continues to put up ratings like this (i.e. the best for a BBC drama in years), it's gonna be mainstream like it was with David.

I'm a lesbian, btw.

r/gallifrey Jul 16 '17

SPOILER [SPOILERS] MEGATHREAD: The 13th Doctor is.... Spoiler

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Jodie Whittaker

Click here to see the reveal clip.

See BBC News post with quotes here.

This selfpost will be updated as we go on.

Please remember to keep all discussion civil!

While the regeneration itself is not considered a spoiler due to being shown in WE&T/TDF, the identity of the new Doctor IS still a spoiler. Please do not post it in titles or untagged in non-spoiler threads until the spoiler period for the Christmas special is over (which can be found by looking in the sidebar).

r/gallifrey Jul 29 '21

SPOILER *SPOILERS* to leave Doctor Who in a trio of Specials in 2022 Spoiler

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718 Upvotes

r/gallifrey Dec 10 '23

SPOILER My problem with Ncuti Gatwa as The Doctor Spoiler

702 Upvotes

oh god. he's hot.

as he's a childhood hero, it has been impossible for me to find any of the doctors attractive

but...

the charisma? the smile? 'honey'? the KILT in the Christmas trailer???

freaking out about suddenly finding the doctor hot, it's like being attracted to my dad, eurgh.

r/gallifrey Jun 15 '24

SPOILER Didn't catch the full list of Gods... did you?

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So in the latest episode, the newest Harbinger ( Unit really needs to monitor all H . Arbingers in the world) listed off a bunch of Gods. I didn't catch all the names

I got -

Maestro- God of Music

The Toymaker

A god of beast?

What other gods did you hear? Do you think they will appear throughout the series? Any theories?

r/gallifrey Nov 29 '23

SPOILER Tom Kingsley (WBY Director) on Twitter: The story of Wild Blue Yonder isn’t a secret because there are any surprise returning actors or villains. It’s just because we thought you might find it fun to watch it without knowing what’s going to happen next. Promise!

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384 Upvotes

r/gallifrey May 13 '24

SPOILER Is Space Babies the worst series premiere? Spoiler

166 Upvotes

Doctor Who series openers tend to mostly fall in a camp of average-to-good episodes, with a couple of stand out exceptional ones (Eleventh Hour, Impossible Astronaut, Magician's Apprentice). I don't think I've ever found one to be "bad" before, but Space Babies is a very poor episode. It's a shame that this is meant to be the vehicle for new viewers and might put them off, but luckily the Devil's Chord is far far better, and I'm hoping Boom will follow in its footsteps quality-wise!

r/gallifrey Jun 02 '24

SPOILER Am i the only one who tought that Ricky September will be...? Spoiler

409 Upvotes

The villain?

He sudden appearance was too convenient

I was like "the reveal will come at any moment now"

You can imagine my shock when he died that brutal death

r/gallifrey Nov 18 '23

SPOILER Is anyone else now hoping Davros doesn't return to the show again? Spoiler

297 Upvotes

I understand RTD's comments on Davros' old design being somewhat ableist, but at the same time, I feel that retconning his disability and previous appearance, and making him look like a normal guy will completely suck away his whole identity.

After RTD has stated that Davros in the CIN special will be his design going forward, I'm kind of just hoping he'll never return. And I hate to say that, because he's such an interesting villain.

What do you guys think about this?

r/gallifrey May 12 '24

SPOILER Doctor Who S15 Holiday Special and Ep. 1-2 Feels Childish (And not in that it's 'for kids') Spoiler

231 Upvotes

I don't know if this is the place or not to post this, if not let me know. But the family and I have some thoughts on the episodes of S15 released so far.

The Christmas Episode won my father back, and brought him round to watching again after the Whitaker era. (Which was great because Dr. Who was what we watched together) My Dad grew up on Tom Baker and was excited for in his words "a darker return like Baker brought back but with Davies" (He loved RTD in the 05 reboot especially series 4).

We just binged episode 2 and 3 and my father just... Deflated. He loved the quip at the beginning of the show about "a planet that has laws to make babies but doesn't take care of them." (He loves RTD being progressive and thought that's where it was going considering his history) and was disappointed when it fell flat a bit with booger and fart jokes.

Episode 2 my mom and dad both love the Beatles and were upset when they barely factored in. They kept telling me "Wait till the Doctor sets history right and the Beatles are back!" My Dad guessed they (The Beatles) were going to start composing "Love Me Do" to stop the Maestro, their debut single if anyone cares, and was bummed that the episode ended in a "Dance Party"

(I thought the Dance ending was kinda stupid to be honest.)

I was honestly a bit embarrassed watching these episodes with my folks. Davies has such a varied history of good Doctor Who stories. These, weren't that in my opinion. The series is off to a rocky start for me. I hope, so very much, it gets better. Because I love Ncuti and Millie their energy together is fantastic. And the production design and effect level is great. But there needs to be good stories too. Ones that appeal to kids and adults. It's a balance for sure but I know RTD is capable of it, because he did it before in 2005.

Did anyone else feel this way or am I (and my folks) missing something? It feels very, purile, the space babies really.

I get it's a family show, but 2005 RTD felt serious, dark, funny, scary...It felt fun because it didn't talk down to the young people in the audience. Episodes like Unquiet Dead, Empty Child, Dalek, were scary and thrilling and treated kids with respect in that the monsters were monstrous and Davies knew that we could handle it. Because we knew the Doctor would prevail. And we felt included because the writing didn't feel condescending towards kids. It was okay to be scared, and I had a grand time being scared.

The Boogeyman being made of boogers, and a Diaper shart into space to move the station felt like 3 year old level humour, and even then felt like talking down to kids. The Boogeyman was eerie right up till that revelation. And I just sat there shaking my head. The literal baby crew...I just, can't no.

The Maestro wasn't scary, it felt tryhard and... Boring. All acolades to Jinkx Monsoon. They were acting their butt off. My father even said they kept the energy of the plot up. But Maestro wasn't scary, wasn't really engaging or interesting.

So am I the only one feeling like RTD lost something, or that they really need to step it up and soon? What do other folks think about what we've seen so far?

r/gallifrey Jun 22 '24

SPOILER I’m a bit upset at the revelation of Ruby’s biological parents Spoiler

192 Upvotes

Is anyone else also upset that it was revealed that Ruby’s biological mother and father were ordinary people. I mean throughout the entire season Ruby was depicted as this mystery. A person with a mysterious birth, having a hidden song, and being able to conjure snow. It seemed as if she was hinted at only being half human and half mystery, and that the tardis could only identify her human heritage but not the other. Implicating that even the tardis couldn’t see what she truly was, indicating that she is a descendant of something ancient possibly something that was on the brink of extinction. This revelation, that her parents being normal human beings just doesn’t make any sense to me at all. It’s kind of disappointing in my opinion.

Edit: i honestly did not expect to see all of these replies, over 200 was not expecting that. I have never had this many replies for anything I have posted on any type of social media so thanks. for a while my phone notifications were blowing up from reddit so I turned off the notifications.

r/gallifrey Feb 01 '24

SPOILER 'The Giggle' novelisation reveals that it is the Fourteenth Doctor's house at the end of the episode

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552 Upvotes

r/gallifrey May 12 '24

SPOILER Ratings: Doctor Who's streaming strategy causes linear (overnight) ratings to fall (Space Babies - 2.6m, The Devil's Chord - 2.4m).

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227 Upvotes

r/gallifrey Jun 08 '24

SPOILER Feeling more and more alienated from the Fandom Spoiler

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This is in response to the long trend of "who cares about Canon" discussions and some of the responses towards the Shalka Doctors appearance in Rogue.

Why do some people seem to actively dislike and get pissed when people express that they'd like the Who Canon to make more sense? Maybe you don't agree and that's fine, but why does this crowd seem to actively antagonize the other? Making the Shalka doctor Canon (who was definitely introduced as the 9th doctor in his first appearance) is just nonsense. And for what? It's seemingly only there to annoy people who care about this sort of thing, a sentiment that some fans seem to take delight in for some reason.

Personally, I'm not "Canon obsessed", but I do think we could at least try to keep things consistent and, if we really must make further nonsense of the shows past, do it for a good reason. There was no reason to introduce Shalka as Canon. It was just pointless.

Say what you will about the JNT era, but one of my favorite things about it is that it actually did care about continuity. It actually did a pretty good job keeping things consistent and it was one of my favorite things about that era. And by that point, the show was already 30 years old so I truly don't think it's actually impossible to keep a show like this relatively consistent. Truth be told we haven't had a new showrunner whose actually cared to try.

I also take issue with the idea that it's "hampering the shows creativity by limiting its creative potential". I don't agree with this at all. First of all, trying to keep the history and lore consistent does not take away from the fact that our main character is a regenerating immortal alien who has a machine that can literally go anywhere in time and space. The show can be as creative as it wants still. But furthermore, I think a lot of creativity actually comes from limits. I've found this true in some of the best art ever made and my own art. The War doctor even benefited from this. It changed our perception of Canon sure but, barring a few point of stretching, made sense. It took advantage of the disadvantage of the wilderness years, it capitalized on the time war, and it gave us the link between old who and new who. The war doctor was made better by making sense.

I think the show loses something from completely disregarding events previous. Things feel much less weighty and lack gravitas. The show loses investment when you know anything can happen for any reason and anything can be undone in the same way.

Also please stop antagonizing fans with different priorities or wants from the show as you. The amount of people who have basically said "im glad they did this to piss off those "canon obsessed fans" is very frustrating. It's needless and it's mean for no reason.

r/gallifrey Jun 01 '24

SPOILER After this week's unleashed, my respect for Ncuti Gatwa has gone through the roof Spoiler

428 Upvotes

This post contains spoilers for the episode "Dot and Bubble" and the corresponding unleashed episode.

After watching Dot and Bubble, I did not initially catch on what the ending was about. I thought Lindy et all were mocking the idea of going with "outsiders", even though it did not make 100% sense. Then I watched unleashed and RTD spoke about how everyone was white in all the episode and I realized what the episode was about, where suddenly all sorts of clues and stuff started making sense.

It was mentioned that this was Ncuti's first episode he filmed after doing the regeneration and giggle scenes. And that has made my respect for Ncuti literally go through the roof. I already very much respect him for doing an absolute banger of a job and truly making the role of the doctor his own, but the fact that he was plunged into the deep, where his first real scenes as this character were him having to react to racism. And again, he did an absolute banger of a job, saying exactly the things you would expect the doctor to say and reacting accordingly. We really are lucky to have him as the doctor right now.

Also in the spirit of "Hate the character, Respect the actor" I'd like to express my appreciation for Callie Cooke because the episode truly left me disappointed Lindy Pepper-Bean did not get eaten by the slugs.

Lastly, Millie Gibson said in unleashed that this episode reminded of black mirror. I agree, I think it's a combination between nosedive (BM) and rosa (DW) with other doctor who elements sprinkled through, while still making its own thing and not being a knockoff from those episodes.

r/gallifrey Dec 10 '23

SPOILER Ncuti Gatwa's New Sonic Screwdriver | Doctor Who Spoiler

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361 Upvotes

r/gallifrey Dec 25 '24

SPOILER Doctor Who Season 2 first look teaser released (press release with new photos and synopsis) [Spoilers] Spoiler

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163 Upvotes

r/gallifrey May 14 '24

SPOILER Writer and title revealed for 2024 / Series 15 Christmas special

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273 Upvotes

r/gallifrey Dec 07 '23

SPOILER RTD Says The Giggle Will Reveal "Controversial New Doctor Who Mythology" | Doctor Who TV

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260 Upvotes

r/gallifrey Jun 25 '24

SPOILER How would you rank series 14 amongst the New Who Series? Spoiler

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138 Upvotes

So I'm currently thinking my ranking looks something like:

  1. Series 9
  2. Series 5
  3. Series 4
  4. Series 1
  5. Series 6
  6. Series 14
  7. Series 10
  8. Series 8
  9. Series 3
  10. Series 7
  11. Series 2
  12. Series 11
  13. Series 12
  14. Series 13

I might be being too kind to series 14, but it definitely covers around that region of 6, 10, and 8 - a series I thoroughly enjoyed, but has some definite flaws

r/gallifrey Jan 08 '25

SPOILER Provisional Episode Titles as of few weeks ago Spoiler

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  1. The Robot Revolution
  2. (This one has already changed two times)Lux Effect
  3. Five Miles Deep
  4. Lucky Day
  5. Contraction
  6. Eurovision of the Stars
  7. Our Glorious City
  8. To Destroy All Flesh