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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #315, on December 16th, 2011, 01:31 AM »
All as expected, and all good!
Not that I have anything against the Ponds, of course. Love them. But I have a feeling that Moffat will find new interesting characters to develop!

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #316, on December 16th, 2011, 02:11 AM »
Oh, of course he will, but it won't stop the haters who want RTD style character development.
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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #317, on December 16th, 2011, 04:46 PM »
RTD had character development? :P

To be honest though, I'd be curious to see whether Moffat could reinvent himself outside of his own personal Who universe (i.e. the Ponds and the Angels), although on the other hand I can't complain that they exist :P

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #318, on December 16th, 2011, 04:55 PM »
His development was primarily upping the angst each episode. :P

I'm curious to see what Moffat will do next, too.

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #319, on December 16th, 2011, 04:55 PM »
Quote from Nao on December 16th, 2011, 04:46 PM
RTD had character development? :P
Well, from what I hear, his companion characters appealed to more people, as they were introduced along with their families and all, thus feeling more 'real' ...
Quote from Arantor on December 16th, 2011, 04:55 PM
I'm curious to see what Moffat will do next, too.
I hope he doesn't keep raising the stakes for the series finale, heh. Something a lot smaller, like an invasion or so, would be nice for a change, I think.
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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #321, on December 16th, 2011, 05:35 PM »
How can an invasion be smaller than a single man being threatened of imminent death? :^^;:

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #322, on December 16th, 2011, 05:55 PM »
Or worse, a single man being threatened with NOT dying. Forever.

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #324, on December 16th, 2011, 06:12 PM »
Eternity is really long, especially near the end. (Woody Allen)

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #325, on December 16th, 2011, 06:21 PM »
"This is the tomb of Rassilon, where Rassilon lies in eternal sleep.  Anyone who has got this far has passed a number of dangers and has showed great courage and determination.  To lose is to win and he who wins shall lose.  Anyone who takes the ring from Rassilon’s hand and puts it on shall get the reward he seeks."

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #326, on December 16th, 2011, 07:08 PM »
Well, I precisely thought I'd been immortal a lot, these days!

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #327, on December 23rd, 2011, 01:49 PM »
Was meaning to watch the The Trial Of A Time Lord[1] but was told it was a whole season with boring plot. :/
 1. I'm curious to see where they mentioned incarnation of the thirteenth Doctor: Valeyard

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #328, on December 23rd, 2011, 02:01 PM »
Yes, it's 14 episodes, however it's 14 episodes of 25 (not 45) minutes, and it's still encompassing 3 serials as it does so.

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #329, on December 23rd, 2011, 02:14 PM »
Hmm. Only reason I'd watch that is because Brian Blessed is in it...
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