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MrL_JaKiri posted:The more we see of the Time War the crapper it becomes (fortunately for audio fans there's no visual component AHAHAHA) Don't be your own straight-man, set up the joke and let somebody else crush it. You're cutting out half the posts in this thread by not allowing other people Classic-Who level jokes. 
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I leave this thread alone for one weekend and we get a good episode, big audio news, and now cool Lego pictures. Meanwhile, the TARDIS wasn't in the American Werewolf in London house at Halloween Horror Nights this year. Now I'm depressed.
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Diabolik900 posted:A hu-men Dalek? Should've shoved Donald Trump up it's rear end instead...
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Grouchio posted:Should've shoved Donald Trump up it's rear end instead... Nah, Trevor Noah already compared him to genocidal megalomaniacs in the real world, no need to make the job any easier.
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Oct 5, 2015 14:35
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And here's me thinking you'd all be talking about The Claws of Axos. Well if you want to SHOVE IT, I'm watching Arc of Infinity now. Or possibly a 1980's gay porn film, it's hard to tell initially
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Oct 5, 2015 14:49
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MrL_JaKiri posted:And now come with me to watch The Claws of Axos (1971), a story later spoofed very very precisely by an episode of the Gatiss-starring audio comedy programme Nebulous in 2005 in something that either was misjudging the audience badly or judging it exceptionally well I remember being genuinely impressed by the organic tech the Axos had. I thought that it was pretty stellar for the time. And I love how randomly the Master is just there.
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Oct 5, 2015 15:42
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Davros1 posted:JOHN HURT IS THE WAR DOCTOR FOR BIG FINISH FOR 12 EPISODES!!!! I do wish all Big Finish's exciting things didn't have to become less exciting through being written by Nicolas Briggs.
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Oct 5, 2015 15:48
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Claws of Axos was very good, Arc of Infinity was less so. How dare they gently caress about with the perfection that is the original Omega costume? Oh and the most recent new episode was good too.
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Oct 5, 2015 15:54
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Burkion posted:I remember being genuinely impressed by the organic tech the Axos had. I thought that it was pretty stellar for the time. And I love how randomly the Master is just there. I like that that was basically the master's MO for a good long while. Just show up, gently caress with the doctor, run away again.
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Oct 5, 2015 16:00
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Fil5000 posted:I like that that was basically the master's MO for a good long while. Just show up, gently caress with the doctor, run away again. He also did try to warn us about the danger of plastics.
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Oct 5, 2015 16:45
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CobiWann posted:He also did try to warn us about the danger of plastics. It's about time the people who run this planet of yours realised that to be dependent on a mineral slime just doesn't make sense.
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Oct 5, 2015 16:54
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MrL_JaKiri posted:The more we see of the Time War the crapper it becomes (fortunately for audio fans there's no visual component AHAHAHA) The Time War being depicted in the W/10/11 crossover was a Time War after all the temporal jiggery pokery was exhausted, leading to the final battle being a much more practical boots-on-the-ground slog. I do agree with you going forward, though, cuz the meat and potatoes of the Last Great Time War is undepictable in the linear time we live in.
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Burkion posted:I remember being genuinely impressed by the organic tech the Axos had. I thought that it was pretty stellar for the time. And I love how randomly the Master is just there. His "I didn't even want to be involved in this poo poo" attitude throughout the story is brilliant. I think I'm upgrading it to a 4. The general look at feel of the story is wonderful MrL_JaKiri fucked around with this message at 17:56 on Oct 5, 2015 |
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Oct 5, 2015 17:51
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MisterBibs posted:The Time War being depicted in the W/10/11 crossover was a Time War after all the temporal jiggery pokery was exhausted, leading to the final battle being a much more practical boots-on-the-ground slog. The idea that the final days of Time War was just the last survivors fighting in the mud is a novel one, it's just that it was portrayed like Star Wars and had a Looney toons ending. And I'm still not entirely convinced that idea wasn't thought up because Moffat couldn't come up with anything more imaginative. I really would've prefered he left well alone.
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Oct 5, 2015 17:53
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Arc of Infinity's first scene with the Doctor is a (presumably) Saward written explanation of a plot hole in the Saward written Earthshock, two stories ago. gently caress Doctor Who continuity
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Oct 5, 2015 17:58
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The_Doctor posted:Sooooon. The LEGO TARDIS exterior looks really bad. Especially compared to the Character Builder one. LEGO Dalkes also look lovely in comparison.
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Oct 5, 2015 17:59
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Following on from the great great reads of The Claws of Axos, Arc has some really terrible ones. "Good evening, Impulse Laser" being a prime example http://dai.ly/x2fl8uu (7:45 in)
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Oct 5, 2015 18:04
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"Now I, Impulse Laser, will RULE THE GALAXY"
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Oct 5, 2015 18:05
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cargohills posted:I think the season arc is the confession dial. You are probably correct. Although, I assumed that the confession on the dial was "one time I met Davros when he was a child, and I left him alone to die in a minefield".
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Oct 5, 2015 18:12
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Claws of Axos is awesome, one of my favorite Third Doctor serials.
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Oct 5, 2015 18:16
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whatsabattle posted:*Not to be confused with THE COAT, a registered internet trademark of DoctorWhat LLC, I'm hoping that Osgood not only reappears wearing The Coat, but she also has a scene where she attempts to strangle the Doctor
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Oct 5, 2015 18:23
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MrL_JaKiri posted:Arc of Infinity's first scene with the Doctor is a (presumably) Saward written explanation of a plot hole in the Saward written Earthshock, two stories ago. I think JNT told him to put it in because of the irate fan letters he'd received at the end of the previous season. Not that that actually makes any of it better, AoI is still utterly rank and I agree with your second paragraph in its entirety. E: Oh, and Saturday's episode was really good stuff
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Oct 5, 2015 18:30
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pinacotheca posted:I think JNT told him to put it in because of the irate fan letters he'd received at the end of the previous season. It's notable this poo poo starts when JNT comes on board (see also what I said about The Leisure Hive)
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MrL_JaKiri posted:"Good evening, Impulse Laser" being a prime example "It's Mr Vine to you." I remember when I discovered all the old episodes on Dailymotion I decided to sit through Arc of Infinity for some reason (I think I must've had an exam coming up) and felt compelled to come on here and complain about what an utterly terrible piece of television it is. I think having the new series reaching out to a non-captive audience helps to highlight just what a wretched work it is, insulated for years by fan isolationism (no this doesn't apply to the Deadly Assassin because it just doesn't ok).
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Jerusalem posted:Every time I rewatch it I love this moment a little more: Is it just me or did anyone else see this bit and think 'why isn't the TARDIS translating this? Sign is as much a language as speech.' That bugged me a bit.
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Oct 5, 2015 19:24
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Jerusalem posted:Every time I rewatch it I love this moment a little more: Actually, it's not gibberish. That's the sign for "you're beautiful". That explains her smile and then confusion since his lips didn't match the sign. Doctor gettin' his flirt on.
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Oct 5, 2015 19:44
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I do not like the sunglasses
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Oct 5, 2015 20:07
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I don't like the glasses but I'm all for getting rid of the screwdriver crutch.
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Love the sunglasses. Want to find a pair of my own Rayban Wayfarers that aren't expensive as gently caress since none of them are sonic.
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Oct 5, 2015 20:27
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The screwdriver fit well with Pertwee's Super Science Spy stylings, not so well with anyone else.
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Oct 5, 2015 20:27
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I feel like Smith worked it into Eleven's mannerisms pretty well with all the screwdriver flipping and whatnot.
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MrL_JaKiri posted:The screwdriver fit well with Pertwee's Super Science Spy stylings, not so well with anyone else. What's funny is I rarely remember Pertwee using the drat thing.
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MrL_JaKiri posted:The screwdriver fit well with Pertwee's Super Science Spy stylings, not so well with anyone else. T.Bakes used it to remove actual screws a few times!
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Burkion posted:What's funny is I rarely remember Pertwee using the drat thing. He used it a lot in the last two series, not so much in the first three. It's not a coincidence that it appears, generally, in stories where UNIT takes a back seat or doesn't appear.
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By far the best part of Arc of Infinity was the Doctor being all  when Tegan tells him she wants to come back on board
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remember when tennant did something sonic to a pair of 3D specs? was amusing as a one note joke, but I think making these shades an ongoing thing is a bit tedious. and it's a bit weird them being such an obvious identifiable brand. if the BBC did product placement you'd be rolling your eyes at how it's a bit much. tennant wore converse but they didnt' shove it in the audience's face so.
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Cerv posted:remember when tennant did something sonic to a pair of 3D specs? was amusing as a one note joke, but I think making these shades an ongoing thing is a bit tedious. My first thought when they turned up again was 'this will never last, they can't make merch out of Rayban sunglasses'.
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Oct 5, 2015 21:04
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Cerv posted:remember when tennant did something sonic to a pair of 3D specs? was amusing as a one note joke, but I think making these shades an ongoing thing is a bit tedious. I don't think they ever said the word "converse" once in all of Tennant's run. So at least we were spared that.
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Oct 5, 2015 21:06
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Cerv posted:remember when tennant did something sonic to a pair of 3D specs? was amusing as a one note joke, but I think making these shades an ongoing thing is a bit tedious. Well that style of sunglasses has pretty much become one of the "generic sunglass" styles (along with aviators) - walk into any shop that sells sunglasses (in the UK at least) and there will be 3 or 4 different Wayfarer style knockoffs in the racks. Same with Converse really - that style of shoe has been popular for ages now and you can pickup shoes that look like them pretty much anywhere.
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