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OK yeah, it's almost Christmas, I'll give you that one.
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The Empress of the Racnoss, too! For certain values of "mask".
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Dec 23, 2014 03:02
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We're missing the point here, the point is that we need to reanimate Bob Holmes and get him pumping out sci-fi Greek tragedy and Hammer horror instanter
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Dec 23, 2014 03:06
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Tennant and Simm were both just chewing scenery in rubber masks for most of their tenures, weren't they?
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Dec 23, 2014 03:07
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Box of Bunnies posted:Tennant and Simm were both just chewing scenery in rubber masks for most of their tenures, weren't they? Again man, that's a tree, we need to look at the forest and then write a story about how a flawed genius in a bondage outfit is hiding from a tyrannical regime in it
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Dec 23, 2014 03:09
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Fungah! posted:we need to reanimate Bob Holmes Bring your kid to his grave, he'll pop out just for the sheer joy of terrifying the little bugger. That's when you jump him and chain him to a typewriter.
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Dec 23, 2014 03:10
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Fungah! posted:YOU DARE MOCK THE GREAT OMEGA!? MY WILL CREATED THIS PLACE AND YOU SHALL NOT MOCK ME!! "Are you sure that you and he are of the same intelligence?"
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Dec 23, 2014 03:16
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"Would you like to buy an Omega doll? It says four different phrases." "Sounds like the Omega I know."
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Dec 23, 2014 03:33
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Metal Loaf posted:"Are you sure that you and he are of the same intelligence?" That line did make me for real lol.
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Dec 23, 2014 03:36
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Fungah! posted:If we're honest, the number one flaw with the revival's the total lack of big shouty people in masks chewing the scenery Agreed, whither:   
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Dec 23, 2014 08:48
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On a side note, Random.org wanted me to watch those three stories in that order last night
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Dec 23, 2014 08:48
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CobiWann posted:Edit - and I can't get to it because I'm at work, but the Radio Times poster for this episode was absolutely incredible.  Okay, that's awesome.
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Dec 23, 2014 09:29
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I am still not quite on board with Lucy Miller as a companion (the whole "I'm just bustin' your balls because I'm your best buddy" dynamic they seem to be going for happened a bit too quickly), but speaking of shouty people, the Eighth Doctor Adventures manages to hire some great ones for the first season. Instead of masks, some of them are given voice modulation. Maybe they're wearing masks too, we would never know. Either way, they're chewing the scenery like they're in a Greek tragedy, in one instance because they are actually playing Zeus, Hera and Ares.
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Dec 23, 2014 15:13
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Bicyclops posted:I am still not quite on board with Lucy Miller as a companion (the whole "I'm just bustin' your balls because I'm your best buddy" dynamic they seem to be going for happened a bit too quickly), but speaking of shouty people, the Eighth Doctor Adventures manages to hire some great ones for the first season. Instead of masks, some of them are given voice modulation. Maybe they're wearing masks too, we would never know. Either way, they're chewing the scenery like they're in a Greek tragedy, in one instance because they are actually playing Zeus, Hera and Ares. I really enjoyed that one, it was a nice semi-rebuttal to Lord of Light (one of the best sci-fi books ever, btw) and a lot of fun to listen to. And yeah, it took a bit to get used to Lucie, but I really enjoy her so far. I should get back to the EDAs, I'm only halfway through the second season.
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Dec 23, 2014 19:49
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I got Cybermen, Weeping Angel, and Tom Baker socks! Thanks, Santa! (Do you have a name? There was no name  )
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Dec 23, 2014 20:28
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Maera Sior posted:I got Cybermen, Weeping Angel, and Tom Baker socks! Thanks, Santa! (Do you have a name? There was no name You are welcome!
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Dec 23, 2014 20:38
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Big Finish is super confusing to me with their organization. What is the next eighth doctor story after Minuet, is it The Chimes at Midnight? Should I switch from Main Range to Dark Shadows at some point to continue my 8th doctor funtimes? Somebody was kind enough to talk about this before, but I don't know how to basically go "take me to the next eighth doctor one!" on Big Finish's site. Is there a trick to it, or some weird filter/search thing I'm missing? (saw the filter by doctor, but not sure how to progress from within just "all the audios with the 8th doctor in newest->oldest fashion".) I haven't listened to minuet yet as I can't deal with that during morning commute, but happening in the next couple weekends. Looking forward to the ride! So far I've done up through Stones of Venice. surc fucked around with this message at 20:47 on Dec 23, 2014 |
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Dec 23, 2014 20:44
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surc posted:Big Finish is super confusing to me with their organization. What is the next eighth doctor story after Minuet, is it The Chimes at Midnight? Should I switch from Main Range to Dark Shadows at some point to continue my 8th doctor funtimes? Somebody was kind enough to talk about this before, but I don't know how to basically go "take me to the next eighth doctor one!" on Big Finish's site. Is there a trick to it, or some weird filter/search thing I'm missing? (saw the filter by doctor, but not sure how to progress from within just "all the audios with the 8th doctor in newest->oldest fashion".) Dark Shadows is something completely different. All the Eighth Doctor stories up until "The Girl who Never Was" are in the "main range", at which point you shift to the Eighth Doctor Adventures.
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Dec 23, 2014 20:50
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surc posted:Big Finish is super confusing to me with their organization. What is the next eighth doctor story after Minuet, is it The Chimes at Midnight? Should I switch from Main Range to Dark Shadows at some point to continue my 8th doctor funtimes? Somebody was kind enough to talk about this before, but I don't know how to basically go "take me to the next eighth doctor one!" on Big Finish's site. Is there a trick to it, or some weird filter/search thing I'm missing? (saw the filter by doctor, but not sure how to progress from within just "all the audios with the 8th doctor in newest->oldest fashion".) What Doctor What said is true, although it's a bit weird, because chronologically, Eighth Doctor Adventures was made in the middle of the main range stuff. If you want to go in order, just go down the main range, and listen to each one that uses Eight (including Zagreus). They reach a proper conclusion in story 102, but you're not going to spoil anything for yourself if you listen to Eighth Doctor Adventures. This should help (just look for Eight in the Main Range section): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Doctor_Who_audio_plays_by_Big_Finish
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Dec 23, 2014 22:06
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Thanks to this thread, I've really gotten into the Big Finish audios as of late. I bought and listened to Light At The End when it came out, and a friend got me Chimes of Midnight and Horror of Glam Rock at the beginning of the year. I very much enjoyed all three. As a Christmas present to myself, I bought the whole of McGann's "first season", as well as Spare Parts, and ...Ish this past Saturday. I just finished Storm Warning about a half hour ago. I really enjoyed it. My fiance did not. She's a big fan of the show - classic, and NuWho - but I just can't seem to get her into any of the books or audios. Her only comment (for Chimes and Storm Warning) was that they both sound very tinny. But anyway... I thoroughly enjoyed Storm Warning. I was glad of the bit of dialogue from Rathbone about the Doctor having long hair to let the listener know that he looks as he did in the movie, and because it then made me wonder if and when the audios will get to the Doctor as he appeared in Night of the Doctor. I'm looking forward to finding out. There were only two times I was forced out of the story: When I first heard the voice of Chief Steward Weeks (very cartoonishly put-on), and when the voice of Engineer Prime - it was just not what I was expecting, based on the sound of the wheezing heard in previous scenes. All-in-all it was an exciting plot that, I thought, moved along rather nicely, and I'm excited to move on to Sword of Orion.
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Dec 24, 2014 00:41
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So I listened to The Rani Elite last night (it's the last story in the new Six/Peri trilogy) and it was really drat good. Siobhan Redmond did a great job of selling the Rani as an actual threat. She's a lot more quiet and stern than the Master, still the mad scientist but now you actually see why the Doctor fears her; her ultimate plan is legitimately quite frightening! Of course it's also set in the Rani's future so she does get to make a few snide remarks about having met Seven and knocked off Six. And then there's a genius little chekhov's gun in the plot that totally caught me off-guard. The first two in the trilogy had a few problems, but this one is just great and the Rani is finally a villain worth fearing. Give it a shot.
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Dec 24, 2014 00:55
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Thank you for the Celebration book, Maera. I didn't realize there was a part 2 to my gift, so I was very surprised when a big oblong package appeared. I feel like a super cheapskate only buying Bobkatt one thing.  Ahahhaah, wow this this only goes through five Doctors, this will be the most ironic piece of literature I have ever seen.
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Dec 24, 2014 01:14
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Just stopping by to say that the doctor who A Christmas Carol is still the best doctor who christmas special and maybe even my favorite TV christmas special ever.
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Dec 24, 2014 05:49
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Ninth Doctor comics are coming! with Nine, Rose and Jack!
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Dec 24, 2014 12:46
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Rannos22 posted:Just stopping by to say that the doctor who A Christmas Carol is still the best doctor who christmas special It isn't exactly up against particularly stiff competition there.
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Dec 24, 2014 13:48
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The_Doctor posted:Ninth Doctor comics are coming! with Nine, Rose and Jack! Always exciting to see more with Nine. The premise sounds good enough, and the art's not bad. I'm a little iffy on how Shedd seems to draw Nine, though. 
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Dec 24, 2014 13:52
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Rannos22 posted:Just stopping by to say that the doctor who A Christmas Carol is still the best doctor who christmas special and maybe even my favorite TV christmas special ever. I don't know about my favorite Christmas special ever, but I have to go with The Next Doctor as my favorite Who Christmas special. I'm just a sucker for David Morrissey as "the Doctor" and a giant gently caress-off Cyberman stomping around Victorian London. It's so drat utterly ridiculous. A Christmas Carol comes a close second, though. The story with the tie-ins to Dickens' story and the acting are just fantastic, as well as the sci-fi "keeping his love alive" elements. Plus the scene where the shark comes from out of nowhere is funny with how Smith sells it. My favorite Christmas moment (aside from The Chimes of Midnight, of course) though is from Voyage of the Damned where Wilfred tells the Doctor "of course London's deserted on Christmas Eve. Have you SEEN what's happened the past couple?" The_Doctor posted:Ninth Doctor comics are coming! with Nine, Rose and Jack! I have to admit, I've never looked into the comics for Ten and Eleven before. How have they been? Are there any trade paperbacks/omnibuses out there for them?
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Dec 24, 2014 13:53
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Looks like Big Finish is starting its annual Christmas sale tomorrow:quote:The 12 days of Big Finish special offer will start on Christmas Day. There will be 12 titles from across the Big Finish range available over the 12 days of Christmas for just 48 hours each...
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Dec 24, 2014 14:41
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Rannos22 posted:Just stopping by to say that the doctor who A Christmas Carol is still the best doctor who christmas special and maybe even my favorite TV christmas special ever. I'd rank the End of Time as No.1, but Christmas Carol is a close second. You just can't beat Wilfred as a companion and Timothy Daltons hams it all up splendidly!
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Dec 24, 2014 14:45
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adhuin posted:You just can't beat Wilfred as a companion and Timothy Daltons hams it all up splendidly! A shame about everything else.
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Dec 24, 2014 16:44
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The Christmas Carol badly loses its way in terms of pacing as it passes the halfway mark and all that singing stuff was bollocks which is there to use Katherine Jenkins in a way that RTD never dared by having Astrid start singing 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head' and jiggling her arse about. The Christmas Invasion introduces the Tenth Doctor and very quickly establishes what he's all about, his absence is keenly felt for the right amount of time and the twist with Harriet Jones is heavy and good. It also has a Hitchhiker's Guide reference. The Sycorax are also proper Doctor Who villains.
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Dec 24, 2014 17:15
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Psybro posted:The Christmas Carol badly loses its way in terms of pacing as it passes the halfway mark and all that singing stuff was bollocks which is there to use Katherine Jenkins in a way that RTD never dared by having Astrid start singing 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head' and jiggling her arse about. Well, on the other hand, RTD had Kylie Minogue acting; at least Moffat got Jenkins to do something she's good at. 
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Dec 24, 2014 17:17
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A Christmas Carol is the biggest piece of poo poo as far as writing goes in Doctor Who........well OK it's not, but it's one of my all time least favorite stories. Objectively it's fine, but subjectively I can't stand it. I could bring up all kinds of things about free will and NOT INSIDIOUSLY CHANGING SOME ONE'S PERSONAL HISTORY AGAINST THEIR CONSENT AND ACTIVELY FORCING THEM TO BE A DIFFERENT PERSON but really all I ever need is this. Hey Doctor, it's nice your letting the sick girl out and slowly loving killing her every year, but how about, in between snogging Marilyn Monroe (SERIOUSLY?) you TAKE HER TO A loving HOSPITAL? Any of them! I hear there's one on New Earth that is remarkably good at healing people! Or maybe one Even FURTHER in the future where whatever the hell is wrong with her can be cured by sneezing on her! No? Just going to let her tragically waste away like some lovely self important rear end in a top hat? Even though the only reason SHE'S DYING LIKE THIS IS BECAUSE YOU'RE A SELFISH rear end? Go to hell Christmas Carol. Darken my doorstep no more.
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Dec 24, 2014 17:39
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adhuin posted:I'd rank the End of Time as No.1 
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Dec 24, 2014 17:41
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Burkion posted:A Christmas Carol is the biggest piece of poo poo as far as writing goes in Doctor Who........well OK it's not, but it's one of my all time least favorite stories. butbut the docotr said everyones important???? that makes it good??????? blah blah blah fixed points cant save everyone AMY AND RORY ARE SAVED HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
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Dec 24, 2014 17:48
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But I thought neither he nor Kasran knew about it? Until she only told Kasran at the end of the last night she could be out and about.
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Dec 24, 2014 18:00
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Are you talking to me?   Or me?
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Dec 24, 2014 18:01
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Dabir posted:But I thought neither he nor Kasran knew about it? Until she only told Kasran at the end of the last night she could be out and about. The Doctor knew from the get go as far as I remember. And even if he DIDN'T find out til late, why he could always just go back in time and take her at an earlier point to a hospital or something! Or would that be violating the laws of time and loving space?
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Dec 24, 2014 18:27
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All DW Christmas stories are cack because the Doctor shouldn't be celebrating Christmas, IMHO 
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Guys. Fred in A Muppet Christmas Carol was in Timelash.
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