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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #450, on August 17th, 2012, 12:08 AM »
Actually I'd seen that before but it's still awesome, heh. It also reminds me of Minecraft and that a Doctor Who themed mod for MC would be awesome.

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #451, on August 18th, 2012, 05:56 PM »
yeah...   I didn't go into the entire list of companions... :)   


I actually kinda liked Adric, but then again, he was there WITH Nyssa and Romana...

I had completely forgotten Peri..  How could I have forgotten that?

and ok... I'll give you Mel. I had also forgotten Mel... but only because I blocked it out.
I know WHY Ace was such a bad character... but it doesn't make the character any better, knowing the reason. :P

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #452, on August 18th, 2012, 08:39 PM »
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yeah...   I didn't go into the entire list of companions... :)
Neither did I ;)
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I actually kinda liked Adric, but then again, he was there WITH Nyssa and Romana...
And he was piss irritating then too, heh. Not really surprising that his fate was actually to be one of the few companions who actually died.
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I had completely forgotten Peri..  How could I have forgotten that?
Other than her boobs upstaging the Fifth Doctor's regeneration scene, and almost being throttled by the Sixth Doctor, she was mostly forgettable.
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and ok... I'll give you Mel. I had also forgotten Mel... but only because I blocked it out.
I know WHY Ace was such a bad character... but it doesn't make the character any better, knowing the reason.
The entirety of Six and Seven's run was pretty messed up, not because of their acting talents or any perceived lack of them, but because the storywriting really was that bad.

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #454, on August 22nd, 2012, 05:51 PM »
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I do also quite like The Christmas Invasion (pre-season 2 Christmas special) and The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit (if nothing else the Doctor is out of his depth for once)
That reminds me, I really need to watch The Christmas Invasion one day (as well as 2x01), and re-watch the Fireplace episode which I don't remember much about...

Don't know a thing about the old Who episodes (I really only watched 5 minutes of Genesis of the Daleks and City of Death, and have yet to find the motivation to go beyond these appalling minutes, sorry about that...), so I'll just keep my mouth shut about the characters :P

These days I've been watching Joking Around, which is the last remaining Moffat show I had to watch (loved Sherlock, Who and Coupling, and after J/A, well, can't find anything, let alone with English subtitles...)
And well, I have to say it doesn't make me laugh much... I actually took the break from the show because it was so depressing. It was like watching some of my past failed relationships all over again. :^^;: Plus, the direction is quite flat, even though they made quite a fuss about it being handled by Bob Spiers. (Fawlty Towers certainly was better in terms of rhythm.)

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #455, on August 23rd, 2012, 04:19 PM »
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That reminds me, I really need to watch The Christmas Invasion one day (as well as 2x01), and re-watch the Fireplace episode which I don't remember much about...
Christmas Invasion is great, 2x01 is a little less wonderful, though it's a nice throwback to series 1, and it is referenced in series 3's Gridlock.
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Don't know a thing about the old Who episodes (I really only watched 5 minutes of Genesis of the Daleks and City of Death, and have yet to find the motivation to go beyond these appalling minutes, sorry about that...), so I'll just keep my mouth shut about the characters
Pyramids of Mars is probably a better story.

Genesis of the Daleks is quite a long story (6 episodes), but Pyramids of Mars is 4 episodes, and has interesting stuff going on pretty early. The downside to the 6-serial stories is that they're generally stretched out to fit.
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These days I've been watching Joking Around, which is the last remaining Moffat show I had to watch (loved Sherlock, Who and Coupling, and after J/A, well, can't find anything, let alone with English subtitles...)
Joking Apart is a sitcom but it is based on him splitting up with his wife, so not surprising that it makes you feel that way. It's also why I haven't gone to check it out. You might find Press Gang watchable, though.
Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #456, on September 1st, 2012, 09:14 PM »
Asylum of the Daleks. Wow.

Also, note that it makes more sense if 1) you remember everything that happened in season 6 and 2) watched the 5 part show that's been going on this week called Pond Life.

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #457, on September 1st, 2012, 10:39 PM »
Yeah, without Pond Life the beginning would have made very little sense.

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #458, on September 2nd, 2012, 02:45 AM »
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The Daleks will never be killed off...until there is a good alternative...
I am sure they won't, not ever, every story has a beginning, a middle and a end but it wont be in that order, therefore the end of Daleks is just the beginning and to end it for good The Doctor will find an end to all this by going to the beginning of Time eventually.

We found a good alternative in season 4: Weeping Angels.

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #459, on September 2nd, 2012, 03:07 AM »
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Technically, the Doctor has already been to the beginning of Time, back to Event One, long time ago.

The Daleks are such a part of Doctor Who history that they won't ever be killed off. They're too much part of the fabric, even if they're not scary any more. Same with the Cybermen, really.

FWIW, my take on it is that he's going to go back to the point before Oswin dies, and takes her away. The crash of the Alaska does not appear to be a fixed point in time, meaning that he can take her away, the chain of events that happened thus far falls apart - the most significant consequence of which is that the Daleks never forget their Predator. Though the 'Doctor Who?' joke was cleverly done.

We discovered the Angels in season 3, their use in season 5 wasn't nearly as scary as it was in season 3.

The comment made about Daleks being made by removing love and adding hate is interesting: if you watch Pond Life and then this episode, it is extremely interesting that Amy was already losing her love and getting angrier *before* going to the Alaska, before theoretically starting to be converted. Season arc, anyone?

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #460, on September 2nd, 2012, 05:35 PM »
actually, I was disappointed in the season premiere...

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #461, on September 2nd, 2012, 05:46 PM »
In what way?

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #462, on September 3rd, 2012, 12:51 AM »
Quote from Arantor on August 23rd, 2012, 04:19 PM
Joking Apart is a sitcom but it is based on him splitting up with his wife, so not surprising that it makes you feel that way. It's also why I haven't gone to check it out. You might find Press Gang watchable, though.
I actually finished J/A, and ended up really liking it... It's really odd -- one of those shows I'm not sure I'm liking when I'm watching them, but which leaves a rather lasting impression after it's finished.
Moffat really is a genius writer...

Press Gang doesn't have any subtitles available. My spoken English is too rotten to let me enjoy these without having to pause and rewind every 10 seconds, which isn't exactly my idea of 'watchable' ;)
Find me some subtitles and I'm all ears!

As for 7x01...
Well, it absolutely rocked. Moffat's first Dalek-centric episode was a real blast. I wasn't too happy with most of his season 6 episodes (I mostly liked the fun parts in 'Let's kill Hitler!' and the last part of the final episode, although I'd already seen a few weeks before that an older show that had the *exact* same idea, I think I discussed it at the time.) I think that he was too busy writing the very best Sherlock episode ever (The Woman!), so I'm fine with it. Looks like he's back to Who with a bang. The meeting between that girl and the Doctor was a pure moment of emotion, not only because of how it was written, but also because of how it was shot. I think I already saw a similar scene in another show, years ago, but that one, I can't put my finger on it. Doesn't matter, the overall episode was just flawless. :)

Next week, I'm not so sure... But it's probably going to be good fun! I like that in Who, too.

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #463, on September 3rd, 2012, 01:38 AM »
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but which leaves a rather lasting impression after it's finished.
Moffat really is a genius writer...
He has a certain amount of skill.
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Well, it absolutely rocked. Moffat's first Dalek-centric episode was a real blast.
Yup.
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I wasn't too happy with most of his season 6 episodes (I mostly liked the fun parts in 'Let's kill Hitler!' and the last part of the final episode
Season 6 was very arc heavy, and there were all sorts of other issues floating around, like the other producers and Moffat having issues internally and budget issues, which didn't help its cohesiveness either.
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I think that he was too busy writing the very best Sherlock episode ever (The Woman!), so I'm fine with it
That too, but it certainly wasn't the only problem.
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Looks like he's back to Who with a bang.
Yup!
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The meeting between that girl and the Doctor was a pure moment of emotion, not only because of how it was written, but also because of how it was shot.
Especially because we know what is going to happen later in the season.
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I think I already saw a similar scene in another show, years ago, but that one, I can't put my finger on it. Doesn't matter, the overall episode was just flawless. :)
I don't recognise a scene like it but I'm not as widely read as it were.

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #464, on September 3rd, 2012, 03:05 AM »
I liked the season opener, it was fun, serious, and while parts of the ending were pretty much obvious it was still neat.
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