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SPOILERS - Doctor Who: The Star Beast Discussion (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by ummthatguy to c/doctorwho

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Haven't seen a discussion post for the new special, so I'll get the ball rolling. Thoughts, insights, bits you loved... let it all out.

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[–] dhork 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Or, maybe the BBC used the money from Disney to buy some better SFX servers

[–] ummthatguy 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

That money definitely shines through to whole production: cameras, lighting, cinematography, SFX. I'm just worried how jarring it will be to go back to the show level production. Unless the episodes are suddenly $1 million a piece.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

One of my first thoughts watching it was "these opening credits look expensive" lol

[–] RampantParanoia2365 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The whole episode looked expensive, and not just the Meep.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Oh the episodes have been $1 million a piece for a while. One million for an episode of a sci-fi show is a bargain. That's baseline. For reference: An episode of "Superman and Lois", the CW show, allegedly costs roughly 1.5 million dollar. As much as I dislike a lot of the visual decisions made by Chibnall it's clear the BBC spend money on his run. An episode in series 11-13 cost reportedly roughly 3.5 million