Aaron Fenwick
@aaronwfenwick.bsky.social
If you’ll be my bodyguard, I could be your long lost pal.
#ttrpgs and stuff
#ttrpgs and stuff
You could even have one doctor start on a problem.. and another encounter the consequences of their own actions. You could finally have Sean Pertwee play 3! The idea would be it gives you a vast amount of space to tell stories in. As complex or as simple as you like.
November 20, 2025 at 5:51 AM
You could even have one doctor start on a problem.. and another encounter the consequences of their own actions. You could finally have Sean Pertwee play 3! The idea would be it gives you a vast amount of space to tell stories in. As complex or as simple as you like.
A return to writing strong sci fi stories. I honestly think multi doctor seasons, two part episodes as the default format. The stories mostly stand alone , a bit like Big Finish really. You could cross Doctors over for finales or event episodes. You could do Doctor lites with any companion
November 20, 2025 at 5:41 AM
A return to writing strong sci fi stories. I honestly think multi doctor seasons, two part episodes as the default format. The stories mostly stand alone , a bit like Big Finish really. You could cross Doctors over for finales or event episodes. You could do Doctor lites with any companion
And that gets me to the point of all this blusky rambling. Just as the doctor changes the format changes too. It has to change again, it needs a shift as radical as the shift that happened in 2005 with the relaunch. My answer is the show needs Paul McGann, and Jo Martin, and Jodi and…
November 20, 2025 at 5:38 AM
And that gets me to the point of all this blusky rambling. Just as the doctor changes the format changes too. It has to change again, it needs a shift as radical as the shift that happened in 2005 with the relaunch. My answer is the show needs Paul McGann, and Jo Martin, and Jodi and…
But even that now feels tired, the Disney seasons have been the same early Nu Who season format with more money and flash. A villain teased and paid off in increasingly less satisfying finales. And this isn’t Ncuti Gatwa’s fault! He is just stuck in the long Season 22 the show has been in.
November 20, 2025 at 5:33 AM
But even that now feels tired, the Disney seasons have been the same early Nu Who season format with more money and flash. A villain teased and paid off in increasingly less satisfying finales. And this isn’t Ncuti Gatwa’s fault! He is just stuck in the long Season 22 the show has been in.
The Nu Who format made Character writing key. Big season cliff hangers, Easter eggs and fan service call backs. Beside Moffat more heavily leaning into the meta plot elements the format has been pretty consistent since. (Aside from minor deviations, such as Tenant’s specials or Flux)
November 20, 2025 at 5:25 AM
The Nu Who format made Character writing key. Big season cliff hangers, Easter eggs and fan service call backs. Beside Moffat more heavily leaning into the meta plot elements the format has been pretty consistent since. (Aside from minor deviations, such as Tenant’s specials or Flux)
Besides the Movie (Paul McGann yay) there was no Who until 2005. The show returned with a 45 minute format, with the occasional two parter and a holiday special most years. The new format was fresh, with more meta plot , and snappy writing born in the afterglow of Buffy the Vampire slayer.
November 20, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Besides the Movie (Paul McGann yay) there was no Who until 2005. The show returned with a 45 minute format, with the occasional two parter and a holiday special most years. The new format was fresh, with more meta plot , and snappy writing born in the afterglow of Buffy the Vampire slayer.
This was the status quo until Series 22 and the dread experiment with changing the format to stories with two 45minute episodes each. By the time it was switched back to a four and three episode format in Series 24 the series was on its deathbed.
November 20, 2025 at 5:13 AM
This was the status quo until Series 22 and the dread experiment with changing the format to stories with two 45minute episodes each. By the time it was switched back to a four and three episode format in Series 24 the series was on its deathbed.
Series 10 saw the Doctor released from exile and a return to the space hopping format the series originally followed. Pertwee’s stories were often long 6-7 episodes on average. With Tom Baker’s casting to the role in series 12 the 4 parter became king, with the occasional six part epic.
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Series 10 saw the Doctor released from exile and a return to the space hopping format the series originally followed. Pertwee’s stories were often long 6-7 episodes on average. With Tom Baker’s casting to the role in series 12 the 4 parter became king, with the occasional six part epic.
The run on serial format would continue until 1970 and series 7. This series had distinct serials that didn’t directly follow on from each other and the soft meta plot element of the Doctor exiled on Earth and working with UNIT
November 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The run on serial format would continue until 1970 and series 7. This series had distinct serials that didn’t directly follow on from each other and the soft meta plot element of the Doctor exiled on Earth and working with UNIT
But format I think is the key. Originally the classic series had a pure serial tv format. One episode followed directly onto the next. In Series 1, there were no Story titles just episode titles. That’s why the first story is alternatively referred to as “An unearthly child” and “The tribe of Gum”
November 19, 2025 at 11:57 PM
But format I think is the key. Originally the classic series had a pure serial tv format. One episode followed directly onto the next. In Series 1, there were no Story titles just episode titles. That’s why the first story is alternatively referred to as “An unearthly child” and “The tribe of Gum”
And I’ll back up, besides Peter Cushing, I don’t think there has ever been a bad casting in the role. (And I think that’s more on the character they had him playing in the Dalek movies) Doctor who is usually failed by format, production or writing. Never the lead actor. (Jo Martin is ace too!)
November 19, 2025 at 10:34 PM
And I’ll back up, besides Peter Cushing, I don’t think there has ever been a bad casting in the role. (And I think that’s more on the character they had him playing in the Dalek movies) Doctor who is usually failed by format, production or writing. Never the lead actor. (Jo Martin is ace too!)
Much like the Classic format getting tired and hitting an identity crisis in the post Star Wars 80s; the New Series format has also found itself floundering post the 2010s. Even bringing David Tennent and RTD back haven’t been able to resuscitate the shows now two decade old format.
November 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Much like the Classic format getting tired and hitting an identity crisis in the post Star Wars 80s; the New Series format has also found itself floundering post the 2010s. Even bringing David Tennent and RTD back haven’t been able to resuscitate the shows now two decade old format.
If you know me, you know I’m a huge Doctor Who fan. (Esp the classic series) So it does sadden me to see the new series struggling in this weird season 22esque purgatory despite me not always being a huge fan? Love lots of Nu Who, dislike almost equal parts. #doctorwho
November 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
If you know me, you know I’m a huge Doctor Who fan. (Esp the classic series) So it does sadden me to see the new series struggling in this weird season 22esque purgatory despite me not always being a huge fan? Love lots of Nu Who, dislike almost equal parts. #doctorwho
Some takes can’t be allowed to unchallenged, idc who you are
November 16, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Some takes can’t be allowed to unchallenged, idc who you are
The internet seems to be discovering Moorcock’s work recently, so giving a shout out to the OG champion of chaos, Prince Gaynor
November 2, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The internet seems to be discovering Moorcock’s work recently, so giving a shout out to the OG champion of chaos, Prince Gaynor
Totally random post as I've been on a Bradbury kick of late. "The Martian Chronicles" rips btw.
October 22, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Totally random post as I've been on a Bradbury kick of late. "The Martian Chronicles" rips btw.
The Firemen were not imposed on the population in "Fahrenheit 451" or "Usher 2", the people voted to ban books. Bradbury's oft cited scepticism of technology often focused people choosing a false technological reality over the real world because they found it more comforting...
October 22, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The Firemen were not imposed on the population in "Fahrenheit 451" or "Usher 2", the people voted to ban books. Bradbury's oft cited scepticism of technology often focused people choosing a false technological reality over the real world because they found it more comforting...
This is not false reality being imposed by an authority, this is a slow process of insidious "opt in" false realities. (Of which social media was a bridgehead)
October 22, 2025 at 3:27 AM
This is not false reality being imposed by an authority, this is a slow process of insidious "opt in" false realities. (Of which social media was a bridgehead)
Yeah people here are not impressed by this bloke
September 3, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Yeah people here are not impressed by this bloke
These goons showing up would be like a chicken jockey moment for 40+ nerds
June 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
These goons showing up would be like a chicken jockey moment for 40+ nerds
Also amazingly good prints from @gorangligovic.bsky.social
May 23, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Also amazingly good prints from @gorangligovic.bsky.social
Pretty solid mail call. Very excited to have Mythic bastion-land in my hands!
May 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Pretty solid mail call. Very excited to have Mythic bastion-land in my hands!
GM/Stoyteller action shot from- Midnight in Melbourne: Uneasy Lies.
Melbourne/Naarm Sun 11 May, 2025.
Photos by #hotlens.photography
Melbourne/Naarm Sun 11 May, 2025.
Photos by #hotlens.photography
May 20, 2025 at 8:08 AM
GM/Stoyteller action shot from- Midnight in Melbourne: Uneasy Lies.
Melbourne/Naarm Sun 11 May, 2025.
Photos by #hotlens.photography
Melbourne/Naarm Sun 11 May, 2025.
Photos by #hotlens.photography