The current season of "Doctor Who", Flux, has seen the series adapt to the strange era of pandemic-induced episode editing with an experimental Hail Mary: a single story with more than six chapters. After two chapters, it’s hard to say how popular Mary is if you want. But the show host Chris Chibnall said that fans should pay attention to the midpoint of the week to get a clearer picture of what is going on.
Talk to Doctor Who Magazine (via Broadcast Times) about "Once, Once"-Doctor Who's third episode: Flow-Chibnall talked about something that made the first two episodes feel less like the coherence they should have if this is mystery Dr.'s typical season. Basically, they picked up a lot of things, but in fact they haven't really put down most of them. When we occasionally stare at Santaran on a horse, the plot clues are confusing and vomiting. These clues hang in the ether. There are new villains, shrunken houses, dog aliens appearing to save the earth, Flux itself that nominally devours the universe, a crying angel, an unstable TARDIS, and this just touches the surface of all this. But Chibnar said that at least for some of these things, plans should soon become the focus.
"In terms of form and structure, especially in Chapter 3-[it] really takes the show in a new direction," Chibner told the magazine. "It's very ambitious, it credits the audience in a sophisticated and clever way. Of course, this is something we have been doing, but with this, it very much requires you to trust the show and continue riding. Not everything is Give it to you in the moment. Like many TV shows now, it believes that viewers have a certain degree of patience—they won’t fully know what’s going on.”
The host hopes that the next episode will pay more attention to the aforementioned new villains, Insect Swarm and Azure-they seem to have unknown feelings for the Doctor, and they know more about these ferocious alien brothers and sisters. More-will remind another fan of the behemoth to throw out many narrative clues for future choices: the endless desire of Marvel Studios always establishes the next step. "To me, this is reminiscent of some of my favorite shows-the way Marvel Studios tell stories; the way they distribute information, things seem very random and abstract, but they are not final," Chibnall added road. "They are part of a very cohesive whole, but you won't get service right away."
We have four more episodes to see if Chibnall can follow in the footsteps of one of pop culture's most successful trailers. Doctor Who: Flux will continue to air on BBC One and BBC America on Sunday, November 14.
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Does anyone really think they should be random? I don’t think that when anyone is watching a 6-episode miniseries, no one will think: "Boy, I bet all these major irrelevant moments are here just because."
Also: I think in the last episode, it’s clear that Chibnall’s big problem in the first two series is that he really worked very, very hard to perform well, and it turns out that Chibnall is very similar to the British version of David S. Goyer. -Of course, he can be a fascinating storyteller. But he can only do it if he is a bit mean. You see his success on TV. Literally, every victory of Chibnall comes when he is allowed to be a bit annoying. This is the first season he has legally applied this intent to Doctor Who, and surprisingly, this is the first season that Chibnall feels alive.