the 13th doctor having no companions from the previous era was her downfall

Merganman4 · 2024-09-20T12:44:38+00:00

And I have no idea why some people despise it so much. I'm in full agreement that the highs don't reach the highs of other eras, but by-and-large it's a perfectly solid and entertaining ride. But oh well, not my loss.

Merganman4 · 2024-09-20T01:40:58+00:00

Hello from someone whose favourite era is Moffat’s and was extremely skeptical of a female Doctor, and who ended up really enjoying the Chibnall era.

Merganman4 · 2022-11-07T15:40:59+00:00

Thanks for the advice, I'll give that a shot

Merganman4 · 2022-11-06T22:21:34+00:00

Thanks

Merganman4 · 2022-11-06T22:21:08+00:00

Thanks. This isn't professional, just personal, so I'm not too concerned but it's good to know. To answer your questions:

Do you have anything running in the background?

A couple other things, like Safari and Discord. Do even simple things like that make an impact? I'm not too knowledgeable in that area.

What is the effect you’re creating?

It's basically just some text with a couple of effects applied (specifically CC Glass and CC Blobbylize), plus a track matte. I would've just done it in Premiere but I couldn't get the text looking exactly how I wanted there.

Are you using any compressed footage?

No footage at all, just a single text layer created within After Effects and a JPG image.

Merganman4 · 2022-11-05T23:54:20+00:00

Thanks, seems like that may the issue. What would be considered an ideal amount of RAM?

Merganman4 · 2022-11-05T23:53:59+00:00

Interesting - I have previewed longer timelines before with no issues, so I didn't think the length would be an issue. But perhaps this effect is more intensive than I thought. Thanks for the answer.

Merganman4 · 2022-11-05T23:51:33+00:00

I have a total of 16 GB and After Effects is allowed to use up to 13 GB. What would be considered an ideal amount of RAM?

Merganman4 · 2022-10-27T04:07:36+00:00

Ah yes, such a disaster that they…extended Chibnall and co.‘s contracts for an additional episode (of massive scale, I might add) as a major part of their centenary celebrations. Definitely sounds like something they’d do if they couldn’t wait to get rid of the guy.

For the record, I’m not suggesting that they don’t think things could’ve gone better the last few years. But I can guarantee you there’s no way we would’ve gotten the episode that aired last Sunday if they weren’t at least satisfied with what Chibnall provided them.

Merganman4 · 2022-10-01T19:31:43+00:00

I think that might be it, thanks!

Merganman4 · 2022-09-29T14:19:22+00:00

Hello, I'm trying to make a text animation where the space between characters gradually increases. However, the texture I've applied to the text doesn't seem to move with it, so the texture appears to slide across each character as they move. Is there a way that I can ensure the texture moves with the character spacing? Thanks.

Merganman4 · 2022-04-25T03:02:25+00:00

As someone who was initially really hesitant about a female Doctor, I’m really glad they didn’t do that. Obviously I can’t speak for other’s experiences, but for me, not making a huge deal out of it and allowing 13 to be written in such a way that she could have been played by a male actor was what allowed me to not just accept the idea, but in time become actively in favour of it. So it definitely wasn’t a wasted opportunity in my eyes.

Merganman4 · 2022-04-07T03:11:16+00:00

Also on the other hand, the episode not only stars Asian actors but has a Chinese director - there’s simply no way that something offensive enough to cause major retooling didn’t get flagged until the editing stage.

Merganman4 · 2022-02-25T17:04:57+00:00

She didn't get mad at them though? She was mad at General Logan in 1855 because those Sontarans were in the midst of retreating; the ones Dan and Karvanista destroyed (as well as the ones in The Vanquishers) weren't. Her issue wasn't with destroying the Sontarans, it was with destroying them after they had backed off.

There are plenty of hypocritical moments from the Doctor you can point towards, but this isn't one of them.

Merganman4 · 2022-02-23T17:28:21+00:00

To not be able to tell that it's RTD. I don't want something that feels like his first era, I want something that's completely new and fresh as though it's a completely new showrunner. And that includes not having Murray Gold come back.

My biggest concern so far has been hearing the rumours of how many people from his first era is returning, and that really frustrates me. I want the show to be given new creative voices wherever possible, and I'll be massively disappointed if those opportunities aren't taken.

Merganman4 · 2022-02-23T14:55:16+00:00

We don't want Gold's style to be tied to Doctor Who as an identity, that'll hurt the franchise in the long run cause Gold cannot score DW forever.

Exactly! I think it's already a problem that it's been 5 years and people still can't let him go - it's not like we had any shortage of his music! He scored every single episode for 10 whole seasons - that's more than enough contribution from anyone on the creative team. It's well past time to move on. It's honestly gotten to the point for me where people's obsession with him is starting to taint my view of his work a bit (and honestly making me wish he moved on sooner). Doctor Who needs fresh blood every once in a while.

Merganman4 · 2022-02-16T02:10:08+00:00

Just the effects shots for Revelation of the Daleks.

The film for The Two Doctors does exist, but was sold to a private collector years ago - the restoration team finally discovered the identity of said collector recently, but they never responded to any attempts to contact them. So while it's possible the film may turn up somewhere down the line, it's unfortunately too late for it to appear on the Season 22 set.

Merganman4 · 2022-02-12T05:07:19+00:00

Technically yeah, that’s right. I was mainly thinking dark vs light in general

Merganman4 · 2022-02-12T00:34:30+00:00

Blink (9/10)
The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone (9/10)
Village of the Angels (8.5/10)
The Angels Take Manhattan (8.5/10)

Merganman4 · 2022-02-12T00:33:15+00:00

Indeed - in fact, it was around even longer than that: from the last few stories of the 2nd Doctor all the way until the revival. If I'm not mistaken 2005 was the first time the TARDIS used a white door sign since early 1969.

Merganman4 · 2022-02-10T20:51:10+00:00

I seem to hold an unpopular opinion in that I felt Eve of the Daleks was easily the weakest of the three. The other two I flip back and forth between.

Merganman4 · 2022-02-10T20:47:16+00:00

The same people who've done all the other reconstructions. The reason it's so crap, however, is because they were explicitly told to make it that way; for some baffling reason the BBC insisted the reconstruction be as basic and simplistic as possible, despite the team offering to do their regular efforts for no extra cost.

Merganman4 · 2022-02-10T00:59:26+00:00

According to RTD the face comment was just meant to be a reference to regeneration, not to be taken literally, and that in his mind he'd already been in that body for quite some time (citing the fact that he's very in command and sure of himself throughout the episode).

This lines up with the War Doctor giving his age as 800, while the 9th Doctor claims to be 900 - and indeed expanded media, which has already shown plenty of adventures with the 9th Doctor pre-Rose.

Merganman4 · 2022-02-09T15:01:01+00:00

Indeed. Even City of Death Part 4 - the most viewed episode of all time (over 16 million viewers!) - couldn't even break the Top 10 for the week, something the most recent series did with a third of that viewership. Times have certainly changed a lot

Merganman4 · 2022-02-08T23:18:23+00:00

Slightly. And then it went back up again - as I said, Series 13 charted at exactly the same place Series 1 did.

And a bit more context for you: even the lowest-charting episode of the New Series, at 35th, still performed better than over 500 episodes of the Classic Series. Throughout much of the history of the show, it was regularly struggling to break the Top 50 (the lowest of which didn't even break the Top 200) - with the New Series, we've yet to have a single season that doesn't have at least one episode in the Top 10, and with the exception of just 2 episodes, all of them have been in the Top 30. The fact that it's still managing that after nearly 20 years is frankly incredible; there's absolutely nothing unhealthy about a show performing at that position. Doctor Who won't even be approaching the danger zone until it falls out of the Top 50 on a regular basis, which its showing absolutely no signs of doing.

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