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I love the Sontaran 2-parter a whole bunch, mostly because they get the Sontarans spot-on with the added bonus of Christopher Ryan being really loving good. Probably the most obscure old monster in the revival was the Macra in Gridlock. A mutated (and no longer sentient) version of an old monster from Patrick Troughton's first season (1967) that is COMPLETELY missing and hasn't been seen again since it first aired. That said, The Great Intelligence coming out of nowhere in The Snowmen has to be up there too, especially since it returns in The Bells of St John and The Name of the Doctor. Another Patrick Troughton villain from his second season, featuring in two stories, one of which is largely missing and the other that was only mostly recovered and made available to view again about a year ago.
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Jerusalem posted:Probably the most obscure old monster in the revival was the Macra in Gridlock. A mutated (and no longer sentient) version of an old monster from Patrick Troughton's first season (1967) that is COMPLETELY missing and hasn't been seen again since it first aired.
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DoctorWhat posted:The following is an addendum to my immediately-previous post: The Unbound line in general (barring that one terrible, terrible one with David Tennant that isn't worth mentioning), is incredible. They're still some of my favorite Big Finish stories. I, on the other hand, just heard the first Iris Wildthyme standalone, which was attempting to be zany just a little too hard, I think. It was fun to listen to after last week's episode though, because it does have Robin Hood in it, carrying a fellow's head around on a stick.
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 13:56 |
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Lampsacus posted:What is the most obscure (undiscussed, least watched) revival ep? well, there was just some talk about 42, but im still going to nominate that one.
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 14:48 |
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Attitude Indicator posted:well, there was just some talk about 42, but im still going to nominate that one. Idiot's Lantern barely gets a look in anywhere.
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 14:49 |
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Plavski posted:Idiot's Lantern barely gets a look in anywhere. I try to get angry about the last dialogue exchange in The Idiot's Lantern at least once a month. Keeps my capacity for righteous indignation sharp as a tack.
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 15:10 |
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People don't talk about the Agatha Christie episode much. I'm still a little angry about it because although it is an okay episode, it is not really an Agatha Christie episode, which is a thing we should have had and now never will.
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 15:13 |
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Lampsacus posted:What is the most obscure (undiscussed, least watched) revival ep? The Lazarus Experiment. Alternatively, The Doctor's Daughter.
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 15:17 |
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computer parts posted:The Lazarus Experiment. That one had some really bad writing but I did enjoy the reverse the polarity joke.
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 15:19 |
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The Long Game, maybe? Vampires of Venice?
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 15:20 |
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Up until the Oxxipation thread got to it I genuinely had forgotten that Father's Day existed.Plavski posted:Idiot's Lantern barely gets a look in anywhere. I reckon that falls under the general Gatiss ouvre Jerusalem posted:When that loving dog follows up on the Doctor's suggestion I lost it Nefud was right
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 15:20 |
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Diabolik900 posted:Here's my best attempt. You wanting a forums certificate? Jerusalem posted:These any good? Looks great, want a forums certificate?
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 15:36 |
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computer parts posted:
The Doctor's Daughter is memorable because of the behind-the-scene meta stuff with Jenny and Georgia Moffett, although I did forget that Martha was in it. I'll give my vote to 42 since I also completely forgot it existed. Actually I'm pretty fuzzy on all of season 3, was it Shakespeare then the traffic jam or the other way around?
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 15:37 |
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The_Doctor posted:The Long Game, maybe? The Long Game manages to be so forgettable that it's an episode with Simon Pegg that almost no one ever brings up. I remember being so unimpressed with it that it took the magnificence of The Three Doctors to get me back into the show.
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 16:19 |
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It's utterly mesmorizing
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 16:21 |
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Shakespeare Code, then Gridlock. The Beast Below appears to have sunk without trace (which disappoints me), as has The Curse of the Black Spot (which doesn't).
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 16:52 |
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I've forgotten most of Series 3 ever existed. In my mind it goes from "forgot how Martha got here but she's here now" to Family of Blood two parter to "wait the Master thing was three episodes long?".
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 17:48 |
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Everyone remembers that Master arc though, partly because of Dobby and partly because Derk Jacobi was criminally wasted on having an extremely small role when he should be playing the Master for seasons and seasons, with the Delgado goatee.
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 17:51 |
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Bicyclops posted:Derk Jacobi New thread nickname
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 17:52 |
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Derk Jacobi and his sidekick Biff Malabo
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 17:57 |
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Bicyclops posted:Derk Jacobi and his sidekick Biff Malabo http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0539519/ I see
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 17:59 |
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Inspired by Gridlock chat, I'm watching Gridlock again. I'd forgotten how plastic looking the Tennant-era was. And Oh God, Ardal O'Hanlan as a loving cat-man.
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 18:06 |
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Plavski posted:Inspired by Gridlock chat, I'm watching Gridlock again. I'd forgotten how plastic looking the Tennant-era was. And Oh God, Ardal O'Hanlan as a loving cat-man. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwN7dVgzh64
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 18:09 |
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I had just hit that very scene.
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 18:10 |
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It's comforting to know that one can assemble a bunch of random letters and come up with a porn star with an extensive IMDB listing
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 18:13 |
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Bicyclops posted:It's comforting to know that one can assemble a bunch of random letters and come up with a porn star with an extensive IMDB listing To boldly come where no man has come before.
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 18:23 |
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howe_sam posted:The Doctor's Daughter is memorable because of the behind-the-scene meta stuff with Jenny and Georgia Moffett, although I did forget that Martha was in it. I like the Star Wars TOS-ness of the moral lesson, and the plot reveals. And how it has both Donna and Martha. It's not terrible. My least well-remembered: Fear Her The Idiot's Lantern The Lazarus Experiment the Agatha Christie one Boomtown 42 The Fires of Pompeii the specials I didn't watch: Planet of the Dead, Voyage of the Damned, The Next Doctor The Curse of the Black Spot (only really remember the stupid CPR) A Good Man Goes to War/Let's Kill Hitler (I have mentally blocked most of it out due to severe displeasure) The Wedding of River Song (same) The Doctor, the Widow, and the Wardrobe The Power of Three
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 18:49 |
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 19:15 |
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Sam Anderson getting top billing is a good thing.
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 19:17 |
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That is such a good horror movie poster. Like, wow. I almost want a non-Doctor Who horror movie to be made using that poster as a premise.
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 19:35 |
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Trin Tragula posted:Shakespeare Code, then Gridlock. This right here, this is the only revival episode I've skipped. I just watched the first few minutes and went "Mmmmm no."
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 19:53 |
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Tim Burns Effect posted:This right here, this is the only revival episode I've skipped. I just watched the first few minutes and went "Mmmmm no."
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 19:59 |
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LividLiquid posted:You missed some really good stuff He said he missed The Curse of The Black Spot, not The Doctor Dances
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 20:04 |
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Watching The Moonbase. The chief scientist guy is pretty entertaining - he thinks that the Doctor and co might be involved in the plague and he doesn't lock them up or try to kill them, he just tells them to get off the Moon. His repeatedly denying that Cybermen were involved was just Pedler going "Hey? Remember the Cybermen? THEY'RE BACK" Also features the quote: quote:There are some corners of the universe which have bred the most terrible things, things which act against everything that we believe in. They must be fought. and the very first instance of Jamie going "Oh, it's you" when he wakes up to a horrible alien
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 20:13 |
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Is the Moonbase the one where Jaime is like "Hey, Victoria, what do you think of these shiny leotards everyone is wearing?" and Victoria is like ?
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 20:16 |
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Bicyclops posted:Is the Moonbase the one where Jaime is like "Hey, Victoria, what do you think of these shiny leotards everyone is wearing?" and Victoria is like ? Nah, it's a Ben/Polly/Jamie story
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 20:19 |
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Jokes about Victoria and fashion were usually just "man, isn't this permissive!" Zoe and fashion tended to go straight to permissive, although reading the official BBC page for the story and having lines like this: quote:Jamie collides with Zoe whilst climbing in episode one, and in the same scene her knickers are briefly visible. lends the whole affair a sort of peculiar mixture of pervyness and innocence
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 20:21 |
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MrL_JaKiri posted:Nah, it's a Ben/Polly/Jamie story Ah okay. I get the Troughtons confused. I really enjoy his serials but for some reason I really can't keep them straight in my head, I think it's because I went back and watched the repros after I watched everything else.
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# ? Sep 12, 2014 20:21 |
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Plus, y'know, Ben and Polly. I think they may actually be more forgettable than Dodo, because Dodo is at least notably pointless.
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LividLiquid posted:You missed some really good stuff and were probably very confused when a pirate showed up with a spaceship later on. I saw the "NEXT TIME..." bump at the end of the previous episode so when they showed up later in the series I was just like "oh that musta been them pirates what was from that episode i done skipped" Apart from "they was pirates" I didn't really miss anything.
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