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Davros1 posted:And they would still be waiting for his script. I'm sure they could've gotten Eoin Colfer to finish it.
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And have been better off continuing to wait for Adams. That last Hitchhiker's is one of the only books I've ever happily thrown away, with the knowledge that that particular copy, at the very least, could never hurt anyone again.
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I like to think that the hate for that book was all part of Adams' plan.
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You don't even need to think that. He wrote it specifically to permanently kill off everyone so he would never have to write another sequel since he was so tired of being asked to do so. The whole thing was a giant "gently caress you" to entitled fans.
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I believe by last book they are referring to the one released a couple of years ago that was written by Eoin Colfer. I impulse bought it at a closing down sale for a couple of dollars but haven't actually felt a desire to read it.
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How would you even follow up that ending? Wasn't the entire cast blown up so thoroughly that every possible quantum iteration of them was also killed?
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Dabir posted:How would you even follow up that ending? Wasn't the entire cast blown up so thoroughly that every possible quantum iteration of them was also killed? From what I remember of the ending of Mostly Harmless, they're all just sitting in the club, BETA, and there are two fully functioning spaceships parked outside. The Vogons turn up to demolish the Earth, and it ends with Ford just laughing. So there's nothing to suggest they couldn't just walk away.
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The_Doctor posted:From what I remember of the ending of Mostly Harmless. It was Adams's way of saying, "I wish I hadn't written the first book, now leave me alone." And then he changed his mind. And then he died. And then a ghost writer undid the ending of Mostly Harmless via Deus ex machina, which ended up to be mostly uneventful. Varance fucked around with this message at 12:56 on Nov 27, 2014 |
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Wasn't The Salmon of Doubt supposed to connect the Hitchhiker books with the Dirk Gently books?
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Chairman Capone posted:Wasn't The Salmon of Doubt supposed to connect the Hitchhiker books with the Dirk Gently books? Not exactly; it started out life as a Dirk Gently book and when he couldn't make it work he decided he would change it into an HHGG book.
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In other news, everyone should feel free, as usual, to throw the the Mirror into the garbage. Even if they're right and she is staying, her decision almost definitely was not on the timeline they are suggesting.
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MrL_JaKiri posted:Until Oxx asked about the heights of the Doctors I had no idea that Coleman was a midget People between 5ft and 5ft6 are normal, the rest of you are the disgusting lanky giraffe people. 
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Boo hoo the Doctor is cut off from Gallifrey. I'll relate his pain when he finds trouble buying a Size 15 shoe throughout all of time and space.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:People between 5ft and 5ft6 are normal, the rest of you are the disgusting lanky giraffe people. So you're a short angry man (I assume)? Wonderful!
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Bicyclops posted:In other news, everyone should feel free, as usual, to throw the the Mirror into the garbage. Even if they're right and she is staying, her decision almost definitely was not on the timeline they are suggesting. "The 28-year-old actress’s decision to remain as the Time Lord’s glamorous assistant Clara Oswald in another series will delight millions of fan" 
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Sydney Bottocks posted:"The 28-year-old actress’s decision to remain as the Time Lord’s glamorous assistant Clara Oswald in another series will delight millions of fan" True, Ignoring the dubious area between The Snowmen and Deep Breath she's been really good.
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I hope the rumor isn't true because holy gently caress we need to move on from Clara already. She was all right this season when Danny wasn't around, but they've been teasing her departure since Kill the Moon and I find it hard to believe they'll find a more suitable moment for her to leave than the Christmas special. It'll be the Ponds all over again. Let Capaldi start the next season with a clean slate!
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Star Platinum posted:I hope the rumor isn't true because holy gently caress we need to move on from Clara already. She was all right this season when Danny wasn't around, but they've been teasing her departure since Kill the Moon and I find it hard to believe they'll find a more suitable moment for her to leave than the Christmas special. It'll be the Ponds all over again. Let Capaldi start the next season with a clean slate! That's my feeling, actually. I liked Clara this season, but they've set up her departure and I think any more will be drawing it out.
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Bicyclops posted:That's my feeling, actually. I liked Clara this season, but they've set up her departure and I think any more will be drawing it out. Pretty much. The Danny thing and aftermath is the perfect time for her to leave. Let the Christmas special end in a way that lets her part from the Doctor on a happier note, but that should be it.
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Irish Joe posted:Did they explain how Danny impregnated her yet? When two companions are written to love each other very much...
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Irish Joe posted:Did they explain how Danny impregnated her yet? Her hormones were off the charts when Capaldi scanned her last episode, so there ya go. I for one have loved Clara from the beginning, and Coleman and Capaldi are are great together. They are amazing to watch in any one on one scene and just kill it EVERY TIME. Keep her. Especially now that Danny's kaputs.
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You know, and I'm not trying to read into this at all, but if she IS pregnant- this is the second female companion written by Moffat over his series that gets pregnant while traveling with the Doctor. In a row. That's an odd quirk.
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He's pretty much just writing fan fics and cutting out the sex, so each novel ends up about 30-60 pages.
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Burkion posted:You know, and I'm not trying to read into this at all, but if she IS pregnant- this is the second female companion written by Moffat over his series that gets pregnant while traveling with the Doctor. Yeah, it'd be a little weird. I mean, I guess it's a better reason to leave than marrying Alien Barbarian King/Rebel Leader because of falling in love in a couple of hours, but definitely sort of bizarre.
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Irish Joe posted:Did they explain how Danny impregnated her yet? Cyber-spores.
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Sonance posted:"Waah, Steven Moffat, misogynist, can't write female characters, etc. Things were so much better in the Russell T Davies era!" Just off by one detail. I am such a nerd.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:People between 5ft and 5ft6 are normal, the rest of you are the disgusting lanky giraffe people. So we occasionally use our lanky height to eat the leaves off of taller trees. What of it.
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Stuporstar posted:Just off by one detail. I am such a nerd. Another detail is that almost nobody would ever say "Things were so much better in the John Nathan-Turner era!" as well as the obnoxious assumption that grognardism is the only reason to be critical of particular eras.
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Bicyclops posted:Another detail is that almost nobody would ever say "Things were so much better in the John Nathan-Turner era!" as well as the obnoxious assumption that grognardism is the only reason to be critical of particular eras. Haha, that's true. JNT's run was pretty dreary. Still, every era did have its problems, even the ones I loved the most, so I thought the list was amusing.
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Bicyclops posted:Another detail is that almost nobody would ever say "Things were so much better in the John Nathan-Turner era!" as well as the obnoxious assumption that grognardism is the only reason to be critical of particular eras. Even John Nathan-Turner wouldn't say "Things were so much better in the John Nathan-Turner era!"
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Yeah, but the JNT era gave us this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnTSbFeWwro …on second thoughts, burn it all.
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Title of the first episode of Series Nine has been released, it's The Magician's Apprentice, and the new series will screen from Autumn 2015.
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Rat Flavoured Rats posted:Title of the first episode of Series Nine has been released, it's The Magician's Apprentice, and the new series will screen from Autumn 2015. That title certainly makes me hopeful Clara is loving off at Christmas.
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PriorMarcus posted:That title certainly makes me hopeful Clara is loving off at Christmas. This, except without the implication that she has always been bad and with the assertion that she's actually been quite good this season but received a suitable end to her story, which shouldn't be dragged out further. I don't know, though. I really thought she was leaving after Christmas up to now, but I'm not sure why Moffat and Coleman would continue to be as coy as they are about it. I still lean on the fact that she's leaving because she answers questions about "What are you going to do now that your tenure is over?" in interviews, but it's really weird to be like "Or is she leaving?" There seems to be no benefit in it for them.
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