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Does Peter Capaldi have a Twitter somebody can send this to?*  *Disclaimer: I have no idea how Twitter works. Is that how it works?
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So does anybody know a good place to watch Classic Who? I wanted to start getting into the older archives and get a feel for Doctors 1-7 but Netflix only has 18 of the old serials (all 4 parts for each) and the selection seems a bit abysmal. I'd really like to know why they came to this brilliant conclusion though: "Don't we need a serial for the sixth Doctor?" "He's in the last minute of Caves of Androzani, good enough."
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Oct 3, 2014 08:01
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dirksteadfast posted:So does anybody know a good place to watch Classic Who? I wanted to start getting into the older archives and get a feel for Doctors 1-7 but Netflix only has 18 of the old serials (all 4 parts for each) and the selection seems a bit abysmal. Dailymotion seems to have a lot of serials! I watched The Ambassadors... (TWANG) OF DEATH! there, recently.
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Oct 3, 2014 08:39
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dirksteadfast posted:So does anybody know a good place to watch Classic Who? I wanted to start getting into the older archives and get a feel for Doctors 1-7 but Netflix only has 18 of the old serials (all 4 parts for each) and the selection seems a bit abysmal. Last I checked, Hulu Plus has a lot more.
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Oct 3, 2014 12:39
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Peri and the Piscon Paradox is on sale now at Big Finish. Some other stuff is as well, but you should definitely make a beeline to this one first.
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Oct 3, 2014 13:08
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Thanks for all the suggestions and links. I've slept on it and ended up with this "To the Death"-quote.
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Oct 3, 2014 13:14
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vegetables posted:Peri and the Piscon Paradox is on sale now at Big Finish. Some other stuff is as well, but you should definitely make a beeline to this one first. Along with Solitaire and one Charlotte Pollard... adhuin posted:Thanks for all the suggestions and links. I've slept on it and ended up with this "To the Death"-quote. Good choice!
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Oct 3, 2014 13:43
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dirksteadfast posted:So does anybody know a good place to watch Classic Who? I wanted to start getting into the older archives and get a feel for Doctors 1-7 but Netflix only has 18 of the old serials (all 4 parts for each) and the selection seems a bit abysmal. Hulu Plus has about 85% of the surviving stories. Amazon Prime has about five stories which Hulu Plus doesn't.
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Oct 3, 2014 14:44
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Thanks for the input, time to get myself another free trial of Hulu Plus.
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Oct 3, 2014 16:26
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Jerusalem posted:The Doctor's attitude towards Danny didn't particular strike me as standing out from how he treats most other people, but enough people have brought up their distaste with it that it seems clear there was some kind of problem in communicating whatever message was intended by the writers. I'm still surprised by just how intense the reaction has been, because this Doctor being ascerbic and stubborn-minded about his initial take on any subject until the weight of evidence comes down against him seems to me to have been well communicated across the entire season so far. Just because that's the trend doesn't mean I have to like it.
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Oct 3, 2014 17:48
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CobiWann posted:To me, that should have been the weight of evidence. Once is a misunderstanding, twice is understandable, twelve times is something else entirely. You have no idea how many times the High Council on Gallifrey have said this.
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Oct 4, 2014 14:15
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Rita Repulsa posted:Just because that's the trend doesn't mean I have to like it. It doesn't mean you're supposed to like it either. This Doctor is interesting because he's a cockbag and people are calling him out on it, and because it's eventually going to go into a redemptive arc of sorts.
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Oct 4, 2014 14:20
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So my dad found out that some esoteric channel somewhere in our cable package is airing the second Peter Cushing Who movie tomorrow night. Does anyone here know if it's worth watching, in either a good or bad way?
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Oct 4, 2014 14:34
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Cleretic posted:So my dad found out that some esoteric channel somewhere in our cable package is airing the second Peter Cushing Who movie tomorrow night. You're in for a magical experience .
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Oct 4, 2014 14:40
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Well, it has Bernard Cribbins.
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Oct 4, 2014 14:41
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CobiWann posted:When he said this, I held up three fingers. Mike Yates may not be the best example for your point here, seeing as how he was evil that one time.
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Oct 4, 2014 14:52
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Gordon Shumway posted:Mike Yates may not be the best example for your point here, seeing as how he was evil that one time. Yeah, maybe it should have been Harry Sullivan?
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Oct 4, 2014 15:59
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Cleretic posted:So my dad found out that some esoteric channel somewhere in our cable package is airing the second Peter Cushing Who movie tomorrow night. I enjoyed the Peter Cushing ones, although admittedly I watched them both with the aid of Rifftrax.
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Oct 4, 2014 16:06
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So I'm watching series 1 on netflix, and wow, Aliens of London/World War 3 are bad. Not the story, as Aliens impersonate UK Goverment officals to destroy the planet, that's a perfectly Doctor Who style plot. Just, what 12 year old came up with the Aliens? It's not as bad as the Love and Monsters one, but its pretty bad. With the weird DSL, Baby faces and farting.
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Oct 4, 2014 16:31
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It's a great episode unfortunately made with the possibly correct idea that all Doctor Who fans are 3 year old idiots.
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Oct 4, 2014 16:52
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Gordon Shumway posted:Mike Yates may not be the best example for your point here, seeing as how he was evil that one time. And then he redeemed himself later on.
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Oct 4, 2014 16:59
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He wasn't evil in the show's logic, he was trying to "make the world better" by erasing humanity. He turned against the leader in the end anyway, I think.
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Oct 4, 2014 17:09
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twistedmentat posted:So I'm watching series 1 on netflix, and wow, Aliens of London/World War 3 are bad. Not the story, as Aliens impersonate UK Goverment officals to destroy the planet, that's a perfectly Doctor Who style plot. The director for those episodes and Rose was an idiot and intentionally directed them like a CBBC series. Eccleston had him fired or something. Good for Eccleston. EDIT I just realised you were complaining about the actual Slitheen design. I thought it was pretty cool and original, personally Barry Foster fucked around with this message at 18:35 on Oct 4, 2014 |
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Oct 4, 2014 18:33
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Barry Foster posted:The director for those episodes and Rose was an idiot and intentionally directed them like a CBBC series. Eccleston had him fired or something. Good for Eccleston. The farting is part of the script, though...
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Oct 4, 2014 18:35
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So did anything come of Prior "Oscar" Marcus' attempt to make a better (non-creepy 'sex' article-having) Doctor Who wiki? Cos I just went on the current one and it's loving baffling, anything else would be an improvement at this point
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Oct 4, 2014 18:38
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Espilae posted:So did anything come of Prior "Oscar" Marcus' attempt to make a better (non-creepy 'sex' article-having) Doctor Who wiki? Cos I just went on the current one and it's loving baffling, anything else would be an improvement at this point You are asking if a goon project has been a success?
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Oct 4, 2014 18:40
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I think the plan was to wait until the season is over.
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Oct 4, 2014 18:45
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CobiWann posted:Yeah, maybe it should have been Harry Sullivan? He's an imbecile! Was Mike really ever evil? He was brainwashed, and then he was misguided about the whole Golden Age thing but IIRC he didn't fully understand what that group were planning.
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Oct 4, 2014 18:48
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evenworse username posted:He's an imbecile! And he and the Doctor make up later on ANYWAYS. Sure he dies in the process, but that's still not a knock against.
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Oct 4, 2014 18:50
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evenworse username posted:Was Mike really ever evil? He was brainwashed, and then he was misguided about the whole Golden Age thing but IIRC he didn't fully understand what that group were planning. I think the majority of the people involved thought that they were just going back in time and doing their own thing, not that they were erasing everyone from existence. But it's not really clear who knows what in that story.
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Oct 4, 2014 18:52
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For about the fourth saturday in a row I completely forgot there is a new episode today. Will this be the first episode this series to rise above the level of pretty good? I think it might be.
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Oct 4, 2014 19:29
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Random Stranger posted:I think the majority of the people involved thought that they were just going back in time and doing their own thing, not that they were erasing everyone from existence. But it's not really clear who knows what in that story. Funny how advanced Britain's space programme was in the
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Oct 4, 2014 19:30
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marktheando posted:Will this be the first episode this series to rise above the level of pretty good? No. But there's a good chance it will the the 7th.
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Oct 4, 2014 19:38
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BSam posted:No. But there's a good chance it will the the 7th. You seriously think every single episode this series has been a classic, great episode? I don't think anything except half of Deep Breath has been terrible, and much of it has been good but nothing has been amazing.
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Oct 4, 2014 19:49
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marktheando posted:You seriously think every single episode this series has been a classic, great episode? I don't think anything except half of Deep Breath has been terrible, and much of it has been good but nothing has been amazing. Listen is definitely memorable if nothing else, and Time Heist is apparently a new genre that hasn't been done before. Into the Dalek is also at or above Dalek's level which puts it pretty near the top of Dalek related episodes in the revived series.
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Oct 4, 2014 19:50
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computer parts posted:Time Heist is apparently a new genre that hasn't been done before. Of course, of course.
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Oct 4, 2014 19:54
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computer parts posted:Listen is definitely memorable if nothing else, and Time Heist is apparently a new genre that hasn't been done before. Into the Dalek is also at or above Dalek's level which puts it pretty near the top of Dalek related episodes in the revived series. I liked Time Heist and Into the Dalek but I wouldn't put them above other middling to good episodes like the Sontaran two parter or Dinosaurs on a Spaceship. And how is it a new genre? It was a heist story!
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Oct 4, 2014 19:57
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marktheando posted:And how is it a new genre? It was a heist story! New for Who.
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Oct 4, 2014 19:58
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computer parts posted:New for Who. Is that really true? I can't think of a previous heist story, but there must be something that qualifies. Certainly other stories have used heist/con movie elements before. Edit- Thought of one, I'd say the Ribos Operation qualifies as a heist story. marktheando fucked around with this message at 20:09 on Oct 4, 2014 |
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Oct 4, 2014 20:07
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We're on. e: Oh hey look, yet another threat to the entire Earth/human race. 
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