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Jerusalem posted:Toby Whithouse presents Doc to the Future II Is that General Grevious' head?
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Oct 10, 2015 20:56
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Strom Cuzewon posted:Is that General Grevious' head? On Legion from Mass Effect's body!
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Oct 10, 2015 20:57
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"Let's stick together" <immediately splits up> Edit: holy poo poo that deafness effect
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Oct 10, 2015 20:57
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Wha.... what did they think was going to happen?
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Oct 10, 2015 20:57
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SHE DAREDEVILED IT
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Oct 10, 2015 21:00
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Fisher King: .....gently caress.
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Oct 10, 2015 21:02
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Yup, saw that coming
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Oct 10, 2015 21:03
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Autonomous Monster posted:Yup, saw that coming Yep, but it was done in a very satisfying way.
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Oct 10, 2015 21:05
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I'm confused.
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Oct 10, 2015 21:07
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Yeah, it's like an episode of Colombo. You know who did it and you know they'll get caught but it's about the ride.
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Oct 10, 2015 21:08
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I hope every episode from here on out begins with Peter Capaldi lecturing the audience about time paradoxes like Jonathan Frakes in Beyond Belief. And then playing the theme song on his guitar.
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Oct 10, 2015 21:09
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Viking Seven Samurai with Maisie Williams. Oh yes
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Oct 10, 2015 21:09
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The 4th Wall Breaking was a little bit much for me, but otherwise that was a thoroughly enjoyable episode and a nice follow-up to the first part.
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Oct 10, 2015 21:09
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Fil5000 posted:"Let's stick together" At least Clara realized how dumb she was for forgetting she was walking with a Deaf person and yes that stalking scene was sorta terrifying
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Oct 10, 2015 21:09
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Heh. That grin he did over the top of the control panel was pure Tom Baker. 
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Oct 10, 2015 21:10
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Jerusalem posted:The 4th Wall Breaking was a little bit much for me, but otherwise that was a thoroughly enjoyable episode and a nice follow-up to the first part. My thoughts exactly. Felt a little too short, actually.
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Oct 10, 2015 21:10
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All in all I thought that was an okay to decent two parter. I'm still not massively keen on too much time travel in the middle of the story (which is about a time travelling alien, I never said it was a rational dislike) but it worked okay.
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Oct 10, 2015 21:10
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That felt really fast compared to part one.
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Oct 10, 2015 21:13
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I hope they keep the guitar going forward for Capaldi. That was amazing. My favourite two parter in a very long time.
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Oct 10, 2015 21:18
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That was great and refreshingly understated, compared to the bombast of the past few episodes.
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Oct 10, 2015 21:19
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A very polished two-parter. I'm okay with a show like this.
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Oct 10, 2015 21:19
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Stabbatical posted:That was great and refreshingly understated, compared to the bombast of the past few episodes. It's pretty funny that the episode that starts with ROCK GUITAR is the least bombastic. Wheat Loaf posted:Heh. That grin he did over the top of the control panel was pure Tom Baker. I love it when he's channeling Tom. He's his own Doctor but I like the little throwbacks.
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Oct 10, 2015 21:21
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It was ok. I prefer the first part. That said, I liked how low-key this episode was, and the unusual setting for the past. Thought they'd've given the Fisher King more things to do (or given a relevance to the name). As a two parter, the episodes are fine follow-on. On its own, meh, I still think the first part was stronger. Daredevil vision bit was dumb too - completely broke the tension they were building up with a bad filter.
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Oct 10, 2015 21:31
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That was much better than the last two-parter, and generally a good episode in and of itself. Despite being very predictable.
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Oct 10, 2015 21:32
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I enjoyed that very much indeed. If the rest of the season is more in line with this in terms of pacing than the opening two-parter (which I liked a good deal too, but wouldn't necessarily want eight more episodes of), I'm going to be very happy. DaredevilVision was really silly, though.
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Oct 10, 2015 21:44
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We knew exactly what was going to happen (or at least the major events) which was disappointing. Normally two parters have a verrrry long first act (for the first episode) and then the second and third acts just get shoved into the second part so it's just so much running around. This was a bit different - the denouement was given a bit of room to breathe, which was ok, but highlighted a few things that normally would be a lot easier to gloss over (ie the inconsistent way time travel worked - you had the causal loop of the Doctor's ghost, with it being specifically addressed why it didn't turn up earlier but the rules changed to Back to the Future style "things change when the audience observes them change" for O'Donnell's appearance as a ghost). Still pretty good, but nowhere near as good as the first part. The Fisher King looked gorgeous in silhouette.
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Oct 10, 2015 22:12
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That'll do, pig. That'll do. If that's the new normal, then the good stuff is going to be mindblowing.
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Oct 10, 2015 22:41
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I love The Doctor's electric guitar. 12 is really showing his previous selves what real cool is. DoctorWhat posted:if there's a box that contains someone mysterious, 99% of the time the Doctor's in it. The Pandorica, the coffin from BF: A Death in the Family, etc. Nicely predicted DoctorWhat.  AndyElusive fucked around with this message at 22:50 on Oct 10, 2015 |
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Oct 10, 2015 22:46
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I couldn't stop thinking that The Fisher King looked like the Xenomorph/Predator hybrid. Excellent episode though. The intro was beautiful.
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Oct 10, 2015 22:52
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So, the Doctor got his Scottish from Amy and his Dying All The Time from Rory, right?
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Oct 10, 2015 22:56
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The only thing I didn't like about that was that the ending basically boiled down to making a song and dance over the same concept as the awesome throwaway-gag-as-essential-plot-point which resolves the cliffhanger from The Pandorica Opens. O'Donnell's death felt a bit cheap, and generally I agree with Jakiri. What I did realise during the rock intro/theme was that had I not watched the TV movie, bought the DWM special and started watching repeats on UK Gold 19 years ago, I would still have ended up a Doctor Who fan. I haven't felt goodwill towards the series like this since Season 5 
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Oct 10, 2015 22:57
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Bit poo poo how it was resolved. If he could create a fake ghost for himself, he could do it for everyone else, apart from the first guy killed in the flames. Hell he could even save the caretaker. Just substitute fake holograms with each of them when they died, hey presto.
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Oct 10, 2015 23:02
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MrL_JaKiri posted:The Fisher King looked gorgeous in silhouette. Yeah, he was a really awesome monster design. Kinda saddened he didn't have more screen time. Speaking of costumes, really liking that armor/robot from the preview for next week.
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Oct 10, 2015 23:42
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happyhippy posted:Bit poo poo how it was resolved. His Google Glass is still a prototype and can only hold the memory for one hologram at once.
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Oct 10, 2015 23:44
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pretty good, not as good as part 1, but still entertaining enough.Autonomous Monster posted:e: second goddamn plotline in a row playing the "Doctor's going to die" card it's gotten to the point where I feel like RTD did it best, with 10 just not wanting to let go of himself and become the next incarnation, instead of this constant "i'm going to die... for realz this time" repeat.
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Oct 10, 2015 23:47
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Burkion posted:So, the Doctor got his Scottish from Amy and his Dying All The Time from Rory, right? the best thing you've said
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Oct 10, 2015 23:51
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I liked that. Clara's "I'm an idiot" made me laugh because it completely hadn't occurred to me either and I was thinking "wait, why is she an idi- oh" But the Fisher King's plan seems sort of stupid, I guess he enslaves the beardy planet, then other dudes come to stop him and they're winning. He fakes his death so one of the beardies takes him away to some backwater planet where he can send his ghost message to I guess the fishman home planet. Could he not have just got up a bit earlier and gone "hey, beardy, take me back to my home planet or I'll bash you" or just piloted the hearse back itself or something? Or gone somewhere with a better spaceship and take that one? I guess he was just being a dick unless I've missed something obvious. And if he waited that long wouldn't they have crowned their next king and given up on him anyway? Plus he'd be the guy who just ran away from his duties when things went bad. I guess fishmen just do things differently. Or he was an idiot. I liked his design though. I guess I'd class that as the second time this series the Doctor has seen a flaw in the bad guy's plan, given him enough rope to hang himself with and then hosed off. I quite like that.
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Oct 10, 2015 23:56
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Carbon dioxide posted:His Google Glass is still a prototype and can only hold the memory for one hologram at once. So do it in jumps, like how he got ported back half an hour. Only need to do one at a time anyway.
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That was a decent episode. I'm glad the lip reading turned out to be completely accurate. Cass was generally really competent and cool. The Fisher King never really turned into a proper character, though. For developing the first part so beautifully, the second episode felt a bit rushed. happyhippy posted:Bit poo poo how it was resolved. He could have replaced the ghosts with holograms, but he could not have stopped the people from dying, which kind of defeats the purpose.
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