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Humor is even more subjective than drama in a lot of ways, which is why people tend to feel pretty strongly one way or another about the panto audios.
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I literally just finished watching The World's End for the first time a few minutes ago (and I had no idea this discussion was going on in this thread until just now either  ). I have to say, it's a hell of a movie if you know absolutely nothing about it going in. It almost, almost felt like a Cybermen story only way better than any actual Cybermen story we're ever likely to get.
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I couldn't stand either of the prior two movies, but I might see this one when it's on home video by that description alone.
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Nov 15, 2014 08:25
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Tim Burns Effect posted:I literally just finished watching The World's End for the first time a few minutes ago (and I had no idea this discussion was going on in this thread until just now either Did you spot the guy dressed as the Fifth Doctor at the end?
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Bicyclops posted:Humor is even more subjective than drama in a lot of ways, which is why people tend to feel pretty strongly one way or another about the panto audios. How many of them are there, anyway? The One Doctor, Bing-Bang-a-Boom!, there's one more I'm forgetting... does and the Pirates count? Also Max Warp from the Eighth Doctor Adventures, that was comedy (but probably not for the reasons the writers intended)
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Tim Burns Effect posted:I literally just finished watching The World's End for the first time a few minutes ago (and I had no idea this discussion was going on in this thread until just now either I once managed to get a friend who knew absolutely nothing about the movie to watch it with me. Her reaction when everything went to hell was beautiful.
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Nov 15, 2014 12:32
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So who's excited for tomorrow's episo- Oh... right...  .
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Nov 15, 2014 12:35
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Neddy Seagoon posted:So who's excited for tomorrow's episo- I say ease yourself into a lack of Who by watching some ancillary Who non-fiction stuff, they did a lot of them in the last couple years. Watch the big Who specials they had when they were going nuts about a new Doctor, see how much of what Capaldi, Coleman and Moffat said that actually came through!
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Nov 15, 2014 12:41
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Just watch K9 and Company on a loop.
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Nov 15, 2014 12:50
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Neddy Seagoon posted:So who's excited for tomorrow's episo- 40 days till Christmas!
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Cleretic posted:I say ease yourself into a lack of Who by watching some ancillary Who non-fiction stuff, they did a lot of them in the last couple years. Watch the big Who specials they had when they were going nuts about a new Doctor, see how much of what Capaldi, Coleman and Moffat said that actually came through! I've started started watching all the episodes on Netflix - everything from Eccleston onwards. It's pretty much all new for me (apart from the series with Blink as I have that on DVD). I've just watched 'Dalek' and been suprised at how emotional a lump of latex can be.
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spog posted:I've just watched 'Dalek' and been suprised at how emotional a lump of latex can be. Yeah, and the Dalek was pretty good in it too!
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Jsor posted:Yeah, and the Dalek was pretty good in it too! The Dalek can at least say the letter "S" with whistling.
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Nov 15, 2014 13:37
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I've just been chatting with Tony Osoba, who played Duke in Kill the Moon, and he said that the episode was cut to shreds. He originally had a much larger part and the start was much more slow burn. I wonder if I could get a copy of that script to read from him..
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Nov 15, 2014 14:42
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The_Doctor posted:Did you spot the guy dressed as the Fifth Doctor at the end? I didn't when I watched it, but I'm not really surprised. Wright and Pegg have come out and said the scene in Shaun of the Dead where the army shows up and just starts gunning down all the zombies is directly inspired from UNIT.
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Nov 15, 2014 15:34
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Another preview for the christmas episode. It's basically a single scene from what looks like the beginning part of the episode. Spoilers obviously https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsxEenCBRG0
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Nov 15, 2014 15:36
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Mr Beens posted:Another preview for the christmas episode. It's basically a single scene from what looks like the beginning part of the episode. Nice to see Starkey in a role out of the Strax makeup.
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Nov 15, 2014 15:38
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Mr Beens posted:Another preview for the christmas episode. It's basically a single scene from what looks like the beginning part of the episode. What was that thing about tangerines? Is this another British Christmas tradition that I'm about to learn because of Doctor Who?
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It's come up before, in the ending of the Christmas Invasion. Kind of offhand, really.
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Diabolik900 posted:What was that thing about tangerines? Is this another British Christmas tradition that I'm about to learn because of Doctor Who? Not British, but I frequently had tangerines as stocking stuffers.
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Nov 15, 2014 16:16
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Mr Beens posted:Another preview for the christmas episode. It's basically a single scene from what looks like the beginning part of the episode. "Happy Easter"
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Nov 15, 2014 20:08
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Diabolik900 posted:What was that thing about tangerines? Is this another British Christmas tradition that I'm about to learn because of Doctor Who? Growing up I always had an orange and an apple at the bottom of my stocking, as did my brother and sister.
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Nov 15, 2014 20:13
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Fire department gave out oranges on Christmas where I lived, though of course the real treat was getting to see the fire truck up close.
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Nov 15, 2014 20:17
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Well, it's no Dark Eyes 3, but Big Finish has released the first episode in the new Rani story - and they made it available for free, to boot! http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who---the-rani-elite-part-1-free-download-1160 Just in time for a long wait appointment I've got in 45 minutes. Should be interesting to see what they do with the character.
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Nov 15, 2014 22:48
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Poor episode this week I thought. As a follow up to the Missy storyline, a return to Atlantis is interesting, but hasn't all this been covered in The Time Monster? The Doctor and Clara will turn up soon right?
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Nov 15, 2014 22:48
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For what it's worth, in the new DWM, Moffat's confirmed that the Time Lock is dead, because how else would the end of "Listen" happen?
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Nov 15, 2014 23:03
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TinTower posted:For what it's worth, in the new DWM, Moffat's confirmed that the Time Lock is dead, because how else would the end of "Listen" happen? By being written badly? Seriously, the time lock no longer existing out working raises so many questions. Why can't the Doctor just plunge his hands into the TARDIS console and go to Gallifrey then? Does that mean the the Time War is still raging somewhere?
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Nov 15, 2014 23:10
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PriorMarcus posted:By being written badly? The Doctor doesn't know yet. After all, Clara didn't tell him the TARDIS went to pre-Academy Gallifrey.
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Nov 15, 2014 23:25
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McGann posted:Well, it's no Dark Eyes 3, but Big Finish has released the first episode in the new Rani story - and they made it available for free, to boot! Well this was a fun listen and was competently put together but I had to laugh at the big cliffhanger being,"HOLY poo poo IT'S THE RANI!  " considering how the story was advertised. It works for the characters involved, of course, but not so much for the listener.
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TinTower posted:The Doctor doesn't know yet. After all, Clara didn't tell him the TARDIS went to pre-Academy Gallifrey. This is really dumb. Literally the only reason he doesn't know is to preserve the on going story and still have Clara able to influence him as a kid. It's such a transparent and mechanical situation.
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PriorMarcus posted:This is really dumb. Literally the only reason he doesn't know is to preserve the on going story and still have Clara able to influence him as a kid. It's such a transparent and mechanical situation. We don't know why he doesn't know. He couldn't get back to Gallifrey all throughout the RTD era and the show has not actually explained how "back" it is yet. It is too early to call the solution transparent or mechanical because we do not have the solution yet.
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Bicyclops posted:We don't know why he doesn't know. He couldn't get back to Gallifrey all throughout the RTD era and the show has not actually explained how "back" it is yet. It is too early to call the solution transparent or mechanical because we do not have the solution yet. I mean the only reason Clara didn't tell him or he ignored her pleading and looked in the TARDIS flight record.
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TinTower posted:For what it's worth, in the new DWM, Moffat's confirmed that the Time Lock is dead, because how else would the end of "Listen" happen? Wait, wasn't it established loads of times that without the Time Lock all those UNIMAGINABLE HORRORS would be unleashed on space and time? I don't know why I'm bothering asking this given how lax the show's internal logic always is.
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vegetables posted:Wait, wasn't it established loads of times that without the Time Lock all those UNIMAGINABLE HORRORS would be unleashed on space and time? I don't know why I'm bothering asking this given how lax the show's internal logic always is. The episodes establishing that are nearly five years old now. I don't see why the stories being told NOW necessarily need to slavishly line up with them. What's the point of keeping Gallifrey gone? I'm not sure that the "last-ish of the Time Lords" story reserve is bigger than the "Gallifrey's Back" potential anymore.
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I've never watched 'the next doctor' for some reason. Is it actually worth watching?
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Little_wh0re posted:I've never watched 'the next doctor' for some reason. Is it actually worth watching? Yeah, its alright.
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Little_wh0re posted:I've never watched 'the next doctor' for some reason. Is it actually worth watching? If you enjoyed the other stuff from that era. Definitely not the worst and very definitely not the best. If you watched on Netflix, maybe that was why you skipped it, the specials used to be weird.
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It has sassy Cybermen. "That was designated a lie."
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