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CobiWann posted:Well yes, of course. I've never been able to play it before now, but I've got all sorts of souvenirs. Copies of all the advertising satellites that have ever been sent out. All the posters. I had a long correspondence with one of the founder programmers too, soon after it started. Although I never got to see the early days, I know it's not as good as it used to be but I'm still terribly interested.  Perfect.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:
Could someone animate this into a AV for me?
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Jul 9, 2015 12:48
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CobiWann posted:Well yes, of course. I've never been able to play it before now, but I've got all sorts of souvenirs. Copies of all the advertising satellites that have ever been sent out. All the posters. I had a long correspondence with one of the founder programmers too, soon after it started. Although I never got to see the early days, I know it's not as good as it used to be but I'm still terribly interested. ENTERTAIN ME OR DIE!
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Jul 9, 2015 12:56
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Dr. Gene Dango MD posted:Yes yes yes, I hate this scene and every time Moffat goes and mettles with past stories. Even if he were still talented and capable of coherent, original and engaging stories with well written, well rounded characters it would be disgusting. He has actually framed himself as the entire reason the Doctor exist as he does, which is horseshit from a character perspective. Hartnell was a loveable selfish old man who was interested in himself, his granddaughter and occasionally a few other people, and over time grew into an adventurer who would stand up for the little guy. It wasn't until Troughton that he declared himself the enemy of evil everywhere, and even then he killed occasionally. For Moffat to go back and shove his convoluted half thought out trash into the core of the character is a disservice to the entire show.
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Jul 9, 2015 13:00
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While I in no way consider it an "origin story", it's certainly going into territory that no writer is really capable of pulling off, for a variety of reasons that have be discussed to death in the past. Tthat element of the story was - at best - going to make a small section of fans happy and a larger section of fans irritated, and we didn't really gain anything from it that couldn't have been achieved in numerous other ways without explicitly going back into the Doctor's own childhood. As always, just because you CAN doesn't mean you always should, and Moffat took things a step too far in that episode in my opinion.
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Jul 9, 2015 13:06
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PriorMarcus posted:Could someone animate this into a AV for me? I had to gut the colour quality to get it under 100k.  And an unaltered version if someone else wants to take a crack at it. 
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Jul 9, 2015 13:26
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Jul 9, 2015 15:02
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Between this and the River audios Doctor Who is going to have all my money. At this rate, I'm going to get expatriated to the UK and forced to help pay for the BBC.
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Jul 9, 2015 15:16
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Jsor posted:Between this and the River audios Doctor Who is going to have all my money. Want to split a flat? I'd rather work under David Cameron than any of the candidates my party is putting up this year... But at least I can use the excuse “I'm buying it for my stepdaughter!” With whom, by the way, I wrapped up a second, non-electronics-in-the-room-to-distract-us viewing of The Ark in Space last night. I turned to her at the end, smiled, and said “every time you pop bubble wrap, a Wirrn egg hatches.” She didn’t find it funny. CobiWann fucked around with this message at 15:23 on Jul 9, 2015 |
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Jul 9, 2015 15:20
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Oops! I'm wearing sandshoes!
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Dr. Gene Dango MD posted:Yes yes yes, I hate this scene and every time Moffat goes and mettles with past stories. Even if he were still talented and capable of coherent, original and engaging stories with well written, well rounded characters it would be disgusting. He has actually framed himself as the entire reason the Doctor exist as he does, which is horseshit from a character perspective. Hartnell was a loveable selfish old man who was interested in himself, his granddaughter and occasionally a few other people, and over time grew into an adventurer who would stand up for the little guy. It wasn't until Troughton that he declared himself the enemy of evil everywhere, and even then he killed occasionally. For Moffat to go back and shove his convoluted half thought out trash into the core of the character is a disservice to the entire show. That scene didn't bother me. BabyDoc was asleep and the speech/scene was really about Clara herself and her relationship with the Doctor, which (as someone in the thread pointed out re: Name of the Doctor) takes the form of “I am going to help my friend, regardless of the consequences” more than the BECAUSE Ultimately, though, it’s the prerogative of whoever is writing the show to reshape the universe and history as they see fit. (If you apply this at the individual story level, it will reduce your blood pressure.) It just becomes a question of well it’s done. Make it work and the idea becomes an accepted part of the universe. Do it badly and you get Paul Magrs’ “the best thing about Doctor Who is me  ” as well as generally forgotten/overlooked (i.e., Ace’s brother). “They never should have shown the Time Lords, it ruins the mystery!” “They never should have named the Doctor’s people, it ruins the mystery!” “He can change his body? Since when?!” “ I can’t believe the changed it! The Doctor built the TARDIS and Susan came up with the name!”And so on. Bad writing is its own crime, but getting up in arms about pre-series backstory by default is pointless.
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I liked the scene in Listen, because I don't think it fundamentally changes anything about who the Doctor is or why he travels, but as After the War says, it does contribute meaningfully to the season's main concern of straightening out who the Twelfth Doctor is and how he and Clara work together, while still fitting in thematically with the episode. The "Who am I?" question is answered at the end of the season with "I'm an idiot with a box and a screwdriver," as in "I'm just a person, learning who I am and what I do and trying to do the right thing, as everyone does," and seeing the Doctor as a vulnerable child actually contributes to that message. I don't place a lot of stuff in the "We should never see" category for Doctor Who anymore, besides previous Doctors being recast.
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After The War posted:That scene didn't bother me. josh04 posted:What's the difference between the opening sequence in Name of the Doctor, and any given Big Finish story with a past Doctor? They're both insertions into the 'past' of a show almost defined by its shifting relation to its own non-canon. 2house2fly posted:This is dumb, Clara didn't make the Doctor the way he is she repaired the damage the Great Intelligence did, keeping him the way he is. I kind of view Listen the same way; she accidentally meddled in the Doctor's past by grabbing his foot and tried to damage control by telling him not to be scared. Dr. Gene Dango MD fucked around with this message at 17:56 on Jul 9, 2015 |
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Jul 9, 2015 17:49
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When they do a devoted Lego Doctor Who, they better call in Colin for ten+ hours of voice acting. Plus another 10 for the mellower Post-Trial!Six, and the option to mix either personality with any of the TV, Stage, or Audio coats! But even if that never happens I'll be buying every set with a Colin Minifig in. CobiWann posted:I'd rather work under David Cameron than any of the candidates my party is putting up this year... Maybe you should start re-evaluating things, then. :smugsix: DoctorWhat fucked around with this message at 18:03 on Jul 9, 2015 |
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Jul 9, 2015 18:01
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Excise this word from your vocabulary and stop caring about it. You'll feel better.
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cargohills posted:Excise this word from your vocabulary and stop caring about it. You'll feel better. I've got some seven audios I wanna listen to but I can't choose between House of Blue Fire and Lurkers at Sunlights Edge. Anyone have opinions on either? Dr. Gene Dango MD fucked around with this message at 18:43 on Jul 9, 2015 |
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Jul 9, 2015 18:40
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DoctorWhat posted:
This is going to be your favorite video game ever Just try not to die, Colin is almost smack dab in the middle
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Dr. Gene Dango MD posted:I've got some seven audios I wanna listen to but I can't choose between House of Blue Fire and Lurkers at Sunlights Edge. Anyone have opinions on either? Tough call, both have their moments. I lean towards House of Blue Fire just because you'll never look at water or cockroaches in the same way... Burkion posted:Just try not to die, Colin is almost smack dab in the middle "Oh, darn it, I've regenerated into Sylvester McCoy!"
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Burkion posted:This is going to be your favorite video game ever A dedicated Lego Doctor Who with the proportionate sense of scope and thoroughness that the Complete Lego Star Wars had, plus Steam Workshop support, would be my Favorite Video Game Ever. This... this'll do for now. quote:Just try not to die, Colin is almost smack dab in the middle didn't you know? i'm a pro-grade videomaster and speedgamer. support eSports 
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Jul 9, 2015 19:23
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Dr. Gene Dango MD posted:You're right that it doesn't matter that much, especially Doctor Who canon. And I wanna state again I have plenty of good Doctor Who to watch, so I'm not too bothered. But it is still poorly thought out, poorly implemented retrojection. If Moffat was at season 5 punching weight I wouldn't mind as much. House of Blue Fire, in my humble but awesome opinion.
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Jul 9, 2015 20:24
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Thirding Blue Fire. It's fun.
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I was honestly surprised Cardiff allowed BF to make Blue Fire, since the basics of the plot is the same as The God Complex. (The Doctor is trapped in a hotel where everyone is forced to face their deepest fears).
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Jul 9, 2015 21:47
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Watching "The Twin Dilemma" for the first time. The drop in quality between Androzani and it is INCREDIBLE. And I've only just gotten to the infamous choke-out. How did this happen and why?
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egon_beeblebrox posted:Watching "The Twin Dilemma" for the first time. The drop in quality between Androzani and it is INCREDIBLE. And I've only just gotten to the infamous choke-out. How did this happen and why? It's appalling, it really is. I don't know if it's worse than Time and the Rani but it's pretty close.
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Time and the Rani is silly, stupid nonsense, but it's funny pantomime-esque nonsense and it doesn't involve the Doctor choking his companion, so I'd vote for it in that horse race.
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Android Blues posted:Time and the Rani is silly, stupid nonsense, but it's funny pantomime-esque nonsense and it doesn't involve the Doctor choking his companion, so I'd vote for it in that horse race. Seconded. Time and the Rani is just dumb. This is offensive.
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Series 9 starts on September 19th! Just over two months until new Doctor Who! https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/619260924650725376 EDIT: And a trailer! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB8fh4QUy-A Tomtrek fucked around with this message at 23:09 on Jul 9, 2015 |
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Jul 9, 2015 22:45
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So I don't check the spoiler thread but is there any word on who Maisie Williams is supposed to be playing? Yeah she's a big name now but that was a lot of screen time for someone who's just going to be a secondary character. Link me if applicable?
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What's even worse about the Twin Dilemma is that they chose to make THAT the last episode the season. Davison regenerates, the very next week you get the first Colin Baker story, it's TTD and then everybody had till the next season to stew about the utter shite they'd just seen and fully cement their opinions about Baker before his first season even aired  Tomtrek posted:Series 9 starts on September 19th! Just over two months until new Doctor Who! That closing dialogue 
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That trailer is killer. The opening monologue by Capaldi sounds like it has the potential to be one of Twelve's great speeches.
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Jul 9, 2015 23:15
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Jerusalem posted:That closing dialogue and also (MODERATE TRAILER SPOILER)
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M_Gargantua posted:So I don't check the spoiler thread but is there any word on who Maisie Williams is supposed to be playing? Yeah she's a big name now but that was a lot of screen time for someone who's just going to be a secondary character. Link me if applicable? I'm actually going to guess she a regenerated Susan because why the hell not. I don't really have any worse ideas.
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Jul 9, 2015 23:23
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She's The Master, who will ally with The Doctor to help defeat The Master and The Master.
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Jul 9, 2015 23:32
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Shes the corsair, he's not dead after all!
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That Missy is the Rani fakeout was just to blindside us for when it turns out that Maisie Williams really is the Rani.
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Jul 9, 2015 23:35
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Jsor posted:Susan, the Master, and the Corsair are really the Rani you say? Moffat's done it again! Finished Twin Dilemma, and it is truly a baffling story. Easily the worst Who story I've encountered.
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Android Blues posted:That Missy is the Rani fakeout was just to blindside us for when it turns out that Maisie Williams really is the Rani. She's probably Kamelion, back from the dead You know, now that I think about it, killing Kamelion seems like a pretty drastic reaction to the robot being hard/impossible to control... especially since he could shapeshift. Why not just have him take a human form?
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