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Doctor Who returns 19 September 10 Years ago this day (it's past midnight in London), BBC One broadcasted an episode of Doctor Who. For the first time in over fifteen years, there were regular adventures of the Doctor, going through time and space righting wrongs and facing off with evil beings. It had its rough patches (I'm looking at you, Slitheen), but it found its foothold and returned to being a cultural mainstay. There will be no special to mark the ten year anniversary of the revival (although that puzzle game for your phone is doing something), but let's not forget the wilderness years. Series 9/Season 35 begins in the Autumn, and we only know two episodes' names. We know at least one villain returning, but it's fuzzy whether or not we can talk about him/her/it/them. Now for the formalities. NO SPOILERS By edict of the moderators, this is a SPOILER-FREE ZONE. Other than backstage stuff (hiring people), DO NOT POST SPOILERS. AT ALL. Even if Queen Elizabeth II, Barack Obama, and Vladimir Putin have a three-way press conference on every channel to reveal life on Mars and also that Martha Jones is a Rutan, DON'T POST IT HERE. If you must post about spoilers, go to the spoiler thread. Episode titles can be spoiler-y, so use discretion when discussing episodes yet to air. For example, 'Hide' doesn't spoil anything, but 'OH poo poo IT'S THE DALEKS' does. WHERE DO I START? If you want to start with the revival, you can start with The Eleventh Hour. This doesn't mean to disregard the 9th and 10th Doctor's stories, but it's the easiest way to get caught up. If you want to watch the original series, there are plenty of places to start. You COULD start with An Unearthly Child and watch everything in chronological order. You could also watch individual serials of all the Doctors and determine which you like the best. Keep in mind, don't shotgun a whole Hartnell or Troughton in one go, or else you'll get complacent. Those 60's episodes are meant to be seen one at a time, and if you only just rented the DVD, wait a few hours between episodes. The most popular serials for the original series you can jump into are: First Doctor: An Unearthly Child, The Aztecs Second Doctor: The Tomb of the Cybermen, The Web of Fear (note: episode three is missing) Third Doctor: Spearhead from Space, Carnival of Monsters Fourth Doctor: Pyramids of Mars, The Robots of Death Fifth Doctor: Kinda, Frontios Sixth Doctor: Vengeance on Varos, Revelation of the Daleks Seventh Doctor: Dragonfire, Remembrance of the Daleks WHERE CAN I WATCH DOCTOR WHO ON TELEVISION? Original Series: UK - Drama, Horror USA - Retro TV, some PBS stations Canada - you're out of luck Australia - Syfy Current Series: UK - BBC One (first run), BBC Three, Watch USA - BBC America (first run), most PBS stations Canada - Space Australia - ABC1 (first run), ABC2, Syfy, BBC UKTV WHERE CAN I STREAM DOCTOR WHO? Netflix has the current series up to the Time of the Doctor, and selected original series episodes. If you're in the United States, Hulu Plus has 413 original series episodes up as of this typing, and I'm not going to go in-depth about the ones they don't have. SHOULD I BUY THE DVDs AND BLU RAYS? Just for the bonus features alone. THE TOXXUPATION THREAD Two guys, one a fan and the other a (former) hater, are watching all the revival episodes. The rules for that thread are even stricter, as you can't even hint about episodes Occupation hasn't watched yet. Still, it's interesting seeing a guy turn his feelings around of Doctor Who. Here is their thread. A GUIDE TO DOCTOR WHO AUDIO DRAMAS There are hundreds, possibly thousands of Doctor Who and Doctor Who-related audio dramas. This is not a post telling you what audio dramas to listen to, because everyone has an opinion that is different from everyone else (some people possibly like Minuet in Hell, but I doubt it). This is a post telling you the basic info on the different series of titles there are, and boy, are there a ton of different series. Confusing. If you're wondering why I'm about to spend a good portion of the OP about audio dramas, you are clearly new to the Doctor Who thread. Big Finish monthly releases Since 1999, Big Finish have released, on a consistent basis, mostly standalone stories featuring the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and, occasionally, Eighth Doctors. Up to 198th(!) release next month. The Lost Stories Audio dramas based on scripts meant for television. Stories involving the first three doctors are "enhanced audiobooks", meaning there is narration as opposed to having a full cast. The Fourth Doctor Adventures Tom Baker gets his own line of releases. The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield The most famous spin-off companion gets her own title, but rest assured, the Seventh Doctor appears. The Eighth Doctor Adventures / Dark Eyes / Doom Coalition Paul McGann's Doctor also gets his own line. Goons love 'em. The Companion Chronicles More enhanced audiobooks. Returning after a year-long haitus in June. The Early Adventures Black-and-white era Doctor Who enhanced audiobooks. Jemma Powell, who played Jaqueline Hill in An Adventure in Space and Time, will be doing these next year! The New Series Do you like all the new characters and monsters from the current series? Big Finish has plans for them! Destiny of the Doctor Enhanced audiobooks originally made by AudioGo for the 50th anniversary. Notable for featuring stories involving the Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Doctors. The BBC Radio Adventures If it was commissioned for the Beeb, it fits into this category. Contains the first Doctor Who audio drama, Doctor Who and the Pescatons, everything released by BBC Audio, Eighth Doctor Shada, and Real Time. Spinoffs There are a ton of these, ranging from good (I, Davros) to who gives a poo poo (anything involving a companion from the audio series). Enough of that, let's party like it's 2005! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYIu7Qlqh4M Edward Mass fucked around with this message at 00:32 on Jul 12, 2015 |
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Doctor Who sucks!
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Toxxupation posted:Doctor Who sucks! Counterpoint: Doctor Who is great.
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You've been doing the thread up a bit! I don't like it.
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# ? Mar 26, 2015 02:02 |
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Hello new thread let me inflict my personality on you. And not a moment too soon!
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# ? Mar 26, 2015 02:04 |
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Toxxupation posted:Doctor Who sucks! I see you no longer think it "loving sucks", which is a marked improvement of opinion.
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# ? Mar 26, 2015 02:07 |
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More like Doctor Who cares, Lego are awesome! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMG4UEorUfs
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# ? Mar 26, 2015 02:35 |
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I still can't believe multiple Lego Doctor Who sets (official) don't already exist.
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Jerusalem posted:I still can't believe multiple Lego Doctor Who sets (official) don't already exist. Perhaps they do in another dimension. Sadly, the prototype for the Power of the Daleks set was lost in a fire. CobiWann fucked around with this message at 03:00 on Mar 26, 2015 |
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whatsabattle posted:You've been doing the thread up a bit! New teeth. That's weird.
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# ? Mar 26, 2015 02:51 |
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Cleretic posted:Counterpoint: Doctor Who is great. Counterpoint: Doctor Who sucks, but I'M great.
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# ? Mar 26, 2015 03:33 |
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Are we really recommending that people jump onto the new series with Deep Breath and not The Eleventh Hour now? I mean I know it's the start of 12's run but it feels like a terrible jumping on point to me. There's just so much continuity between it and 11's run, besides it being a way worse episode.
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# ? Mar 26, 2015 04:30 |
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That original "Do you wanna come with me?" trailer still gives me a chill. Here's to then more years! Hopefully most of them without Moffat.
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Organza Quiz posted:Are we really recommending that people jump onto the new series with Deep Breath and not The Eleventh Hour now? I mean I know it's the start of 12's run but it feels like a terrible jumping on point to me. There's just so much continuity between it and 11's run, besides it being a way worse episode. I'm just following from Trin Tragula's last OP.
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Organza Quiz posted:Are we really recommending "We" can't agree on anything! I personally still think The Eleventh Hour is a great introduction to the show, while Deep Breath definitely is not. The Eleventh Hour, by dint of being a brand new regeneration with a brand new showrunner with brand new companions in a brand new story is great because it doesn't require any excess baggage or explanations for the new viewer. Everybody gets exposed to this wonderful fairytale madman on the same level, and by the end the thumping music as the camera pans over to the wedding dress is such a great way of hooking the viewer into seeing what happens next. That's why I also still think Rose is a good intro, with the caveat that it had aged pretty horribly even 5 years ago, and only looks worse now. Deep Breath has a good second half but a pretty appalling first half, and it's dragging a lot of baggage with it in terms of continuity and character. It's a little like The Christmas Invasion in that so much of it is NOT about the Doctor (and then he completely dominates the ending), which is still an interesting perspective but leaves any new viewer basically in the dark as to whether they would like to regularly watch this guy as the lead actor in a regular series.
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# ? Mar 26, 2015 04:49 |
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Cobi, J-ru, didn't one of you review Engines of War, the War Doctor book? I've just finished it and wanted to see what others thought.
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The_Doctor posted:Cobi, J-ru, didn't one of you review Engines of War, the War Doctor book? I've just finished it and wanted to see what others thought. Cobi did, yep - Here's the link
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Jerusalem posted:Cobi did, yep - Here's the link Sweet, thanks. And having listened to a little of the audio book, Briggs' John Hurt isn't all that.
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The_Doctor posted:Sweet, thanks. And having listened to a little of the audio book, Briggs' John Hurt isn't all that. Bugger. Has it really been four Doctors in ten years? Well, five if you count Hurt. Six if you count Paul McGann!
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Also, Captain Yesterday, why is your av a potential GoT spoiler? Or not, I don't know/care.
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Organza Quiz posted:Are we really recommending that people jump onto the new series with Deep Breath and not The Eleventh Hour now? I mean I know it's the start of 12's run but it feels like a terrible jumping on point to me. There's just so much continuity between it and 11's run, besides it being a way worse episode. After months and months of endlessly talking about Doctor Who and hyping Peter Capaldi, I sat my girlfriend down to watch the premiere of Deep Breath with me and she immediately hated it. We sat there watching the ninja lizard lady and the potato man run around Victorian London and she rolled her eyes so hard they sounded like the turning cogs of a tightening torture rack tearing my very soul apart. I wouldn't call it the best possible introduction episode. Anyway, happy 10th anniversary, New Who! I still like you. Here's a lovely video of Capaldi talking about Rose: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkpEBYSM3nE Party like it's '05, thread.
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# ? Mar 26, 2015 11:43 |
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Plenty of established fans felt the same way about Deep Breath. Listen might be a decent introductory episode for someone who wants to start in the Capaldi era, since it's pretty much self-contained outside of the Clara/Danny stuff which really only got started in that episode anyway.
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2house2fly posted:Plenty of established fans felt the same way about Deep Breath. Listen might be a decent introductory episode for someone who wants to start in the Capaldi era, since it's pretty much self-contained outside of the Clara/Danny stuff which really only got started in that episode anyway. I say starting with Deep Breath is like telling someone “start with the first season of Parks and Recreation. It’s six episodes and they’re not the best, but they find their stride by the end and the second season is where it gets good.” Put up with the first half of Deep Breath and they can dive into the second half and Into the Dalek.
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# ? Mar 26, 2015 13:40 |
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I'd say start with episode #1, Rose, but I'm weird like that.
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As much as I always want to tell everybody to start with A Christmas Invasion, unless you're already inclined to enjoy goofy sci-fi or are already leaning towards liking Doctor Who for some other reason, Eleventh Hour is really the easiest episode for somebody who knows nothing about to jump in and enjoy.
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Happy Tenth Anniversary, everyone! Who wants to get the Who thread properly started by accusing the group of people who couldn't agree on what color the sky is of having a hive mind? (There is no hive mind.) Anyway, I agree with the hive mind about The Eleventh Hour being the best starting point for testing the waters. e: And happy birthday from many of the show's writers and actors: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-03-26/happy-birthday-to-who-the-doctors-companions-stars-and-writers-send-10th-anniversary-messages Bicyclops fucked around with this message at 15:20 on Mar 26, 2015 |
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I dunno. I got a friend of mine into Who with Rose, hook line and sinker. He didn't even like Doctor Who or had seen any of it before. The key point is though, I got him to watch more than just Rose. I made him watch the episodes in order, watched them with him, and by the time Fathers Day hit, he was hooked.
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# ? Mar 26, 2015 15:21 |
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I think The Eleventh Hour stands on its own best. Rose is so awfully dated by now, and was never a spectacular episode to begin with.
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Android Blues posted:I think The Eleventh Hour stands on its own best. Rose is so awfully dated by now, and was never a spectacular episode to begin with. I agree that Eleventh Hour is the best way in, but Rose is, I think, better than you're giving it credit for. Billie is great, the Autons are fairly silly but not THAT bad and it gives us 9's "I can feel it" speech, which is pretty loving great.
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# ? Mar 26, 2015 16:10 |
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I say watch all the episodes in random order and assume a giant Memento style plot is in the works. That's how you watch Who.
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An Ounce of Gold posted:I say watch all the episodes in random order and assume a giant Memento style plot is in the works. That's how you watch Who. This but add a title card at the end of every episode reading "BAD WOLF". Then explain that it turns out BAD WOLF meant BAD WOLF the whole time.
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# ? Mar 26, 2015 16:12 |
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Rose (and most of the first season, honestly) looks like it's filmed with a vaseline-smeared camera.
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# ? Mar 26, 2015 16:15 |
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I miss 9
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# ? Mar 26, 2015 17:01 |
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Was anyone here from the UK NOT surprised by the fact that Billie Piper could actually act?
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# ? Mar 26, 2015 17:03 |
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Rose is god damned garbage and it completely put me off who. My SO at the time kept watching though, and it wasn't until the impossible planet that I gave thw show a second chance. 11th hour is a much better intro.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:I miss 9 He gave a nice little positive birthday message. You never know, Big Finish might get the license and actually convince old Ecc to record one or two. After all, we live in days when we can watch all of Enemy of the World, where Tom Baker made a return to Doctor Who, and where the Master is played by a woman.
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CobiWann posted:Was anyone here from the UK NOT surprised by the fact that Billie Piper could actually act? Personally I will certainly be suprised if I ever see any evidence of this.
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Billie Piper is actually a good actor, and she does a great job in the 50th Anniversary special, as well as other episodes.
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