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chaos rhames posted:Did I miss something when Lady Me said "who would believe that a woman changed the tide of the Hundred Years War?" Because I'm pretty sure that's the one with Joan of Arc. Yeah I couldn't tell if it was a joke or if she was meant to be Joan of Arc within the continuity of the show or what.
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Oct 26, 2015 07:36
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Oct 26, 2015 07:45
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Shneak posted:Maisie Williams should be next in line for whatever the newest Peter Pan movie reboot thing will be. My dream casting is her as X-23 in the last Wolverine movie. Now I know she can do emotionally dead and fight makes that even stronger. I'm actually surprised Omega hasn't come back yet, he seems to be a old chestnut they like to bring out every couple of decades, and they've loved to dip into Time Lord history in the new series. At least he'll always have an interesting hat.
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Oct 26, 2015 07:53
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Your lupines please. Okay, that wasn't as silly as I had feared after watching the preview. No fan of the of the alien that walked in from the Beauty and the Beast set, though.
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Tim Burns Effect posted:Spoiler for Big Finish's announcement at 10 am:  thexerox123 posted:I hope it has a remixed version of the K9 and Company theme song. Sadly nothing that amazing. Pleasant enough generic sci-fi music though. The series is in that weird legal limbo where it can't directly mention anything to do with Doctor Who, so can only indirectly reference or skirt around the issue. It's a bit ropey in a charming way, although the accents are a bit dodge - it's meant to be set in London, but it's the most Australian thing you'll ever see. I'm not sure it was that successful; there was only the one series.
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Oct 26, 2015 08:47
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I liked "I'm running out of patients", that's a pretty good joke right there that isCrusader posted:Is there a good (as in the opinions seem generally sane) review site for BF audios? I haven't listened to any on a regular basis for some years now (like... since 2008 I guess), and I'm not sure what I should check out that's come out in relatively recent times. Seems you've already found where to start with, but I usually check The Time Scales (and this thread, of course) before buying anything. There's nothing in-depth there, but it's got a big enough community for a pretty good general consensus on what people tend to like.
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Well, it's Tennant and Tate, but only for 3 stories? http://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/doctor-who-the-tenth-doctor-adventures
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Oct 26, 2015 11:03
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  quote:David Tennant is returning as the Tenth Doctor alongside Catherine Tate as his companion Donna Noble in three Doctor Who Audio Dramas! Pesky Splinter fucked around with this message at 11:08 on Oct 26, 2015 |
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Oct 26, 2015 11:05
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I'm guessing it's only three stories because they're having the same problem with Tennant/Tate that they do with McGann: it's harder to get active actors in the studio for long stretches of time to record audios. Hopefully these sell really well and they get him back for more!
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Oct 26, 2015 11:19
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jivjov posted:I'm guessing it's only three stories because they're having the same problem with Tennant/Tate that they do with McGann: it's harder to get active actors in the studio for long stretches of time to record audios. Hopefully these sell really well and they get him back for more! I'm sure this is just Season 1 and there will be more once they can get them both in the same recording booth again. Great news, in any case! I didn't think the rumour would end up being actually true, but I'm glad it did.
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This might be the first Big Finish thing I actually buy. Not because I wasn't interested before, but the fact they're characters and actors I know really well will make actually listening to them so much easier. I can kind of have issues with keeping track of people's faces and voices at first, especially in an entirely non-visual format, so this'd be a great way to ease myself into the way they actually work.
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jivjov posted:I'm guessing it's only three stories because they're having the same problem with Tennant/Tate that they do with McGann: it's harder to get active actors in the studio for long stretches of time to record audios. Hopefully these sell really well and they get him back for more! Work permittin', obviously.
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Oct 26, 2015 11:43
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I'm personally more excited by "three stories, but one of them is by Jenny T Colgan", than "twelve stories, but most of them are by Nicholas Briggs".
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Hey, Tennant and Tate are probably always looking at scripts! Plus, 3 episodes is a great way to test the waters. A week’s work max, see if it’s something that not only the actors want to do but that the fans want as well. Sure, people will be excited for Ten and Donna back together again, but whether or not people will actually plunk down for it is another thing entirely… Still, already budgeted for pre-order on this end. And someone better get Bernard Cribbins on the phone for the second Tenth Doctor box set… Forktoss posted:Seems you've already found where to start with, but I usually check The Time Scales (and this thread, of course) before buying anything. There's nothing in-depth there, but it's got a big enough community for a pretty good general consensus on what people tend to like. DocOho might be a good bet as well. He covered nearly all of Big Finish’s Who related output including recent releases (he’s going through Doom Coalition 1 at the moment). CobiWann fucked around with this message at 12:55 on Oct 26, 2015 |
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Uhh no thanks Tennant you hold on to it *throws the tentacle head back*
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twistedmentat posted:I'm actually surprised Omega hasn't come back yet, he seems to be a old chestnut they like to bring out every couple of decades, and they've loved to dip into Time Lord history in the new series. At least he'll always have an interesting hat. Stephen Thorne's still alive so go for it Attitude Indicator posted:while all of these technically have classic lovecraft elements, a major factor of his work was an atmosphere and tension that isn't really compatible with DW. Like I said, other than the Doctor turning up and sorting things out. Doctor not turning up, in most of those examples = everyone in the world dying and having no idea why
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Oct 26, 2015 14:34
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I wonder if we're going to ever get another villain like Sutkeh again. Something that's so beyond the Doctor in scale and power that he knows he can't even mouth off to it too much. Something so deadly that he has to treat it with the gravity it deserves. I think the closest we've gotten has been Satan, but that was mostly the Doctor ranting at an empty body and HE wasn't in any real danger.
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Rhyno posted:Yeeeeaaaars ago he wasn't too interested in the idea. But I know of late that he's warmed up to the idea. Sean Pertwee: It would be an honour to play my dad's version of the Doctor
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Oct 26, 2015 14:50
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Reading the episode description for this episode which named Maisie's character "The Knightmare" initially made me wonder if we were getting the origin story for the Nightmare Child. I guess they could still go in that direction eventually if they wanted.
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Oct 26, 2015 14:55
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Maybe it was actually the Knightmare Child all along and they trapped Daleks and Timelords alike in an impossible to escape from dungeon guided only by witless idiots who couldn't spell or tell left from right. Also, megalols at the merest suggestion of Robb Stark replacing Capaldi. I would eat my hat, garnished with the hottest chili sauce imaginable if that happened.
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It’s going to be Rupert Grint replacing Capaldi, followed by Idris Elba! IT’S IN REVELATIONS (OF THE DALEKS), PEOPLE!
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MrL_JaKiri posted:Like I said, other than the Doctor turning up and sorting things out. Doctor not turning up, in most of those examples = everyone in the world dying and having no idea why i wasn't disagreeing. i was commenting on that if you want a lovecraftian DW story you're either going to have to leave the doctor out of it or rewrite how he functions as a character. the general DW ideology doesn't fit with lovecraft. the closest i can think of it coming at the moment is the impossible planet.
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Oct 26, 2015 15:23
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Speculation about next ep the zygons aren't actually the bad guy and are being framed or something
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Attitude Indicator posted:i wasn't disagreeing. i was commenting on that if you want a lovecraftian DW story you're either going to have to leave the doctor out of it or rewrite how he functions as a character. the general DW ideology doesn't fit with lovecraft. the closest i can think of it coming at the moment is the impossible planet. As suggested above, I think Pyramids of Mars comes closest
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Call me when Donna and Post-Trial Six get a box set together. Jenny Colgan is rad tho!
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Attitude Indicator posted:i wasn't disagreeing. i was commenting on that if you want a lovecraftian DW story you're either going to have to leave the doctor out of it or rewrite how he functions as a character. the general DW ideology doesn't fit with lovecraft. the closest i can think of it coming at the moment is the impossible planet. I see you're unaware of Tumblr's "the Doctor is Nyarlathotep" community. DoctorWhat really hates this as an idea, but I think he is Wrong and it is Rad. From a completely different perspective, I think a Lovecraftian DW story is completely possible to do, but maybe not completely publishable while the show is on the air broadcasting to a family audience. The way to do it would be to make it so the Doctor is always shielding his companions from the truly inhuman horrors in the universe, and have the story be about what happens when he fails. I may have totally written fanfiction where this happens in the last seven days or so.
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Must be honest, rewatching it, I think the "next time" clip makes the next instalment look like a bad episode of Spooks.
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no such thing  Little_wh0re posted:Speculation about next ep the zygons aren't actually the bad guy and are being framed or something i'd actually like that sort of thing, its good when traditional "villains" are shown to be not 100% evil 100% of the time but who sometimes can be victims of circumstance and have a strong good side - the Ice Warriors or the Silurians would probably be better than the Zygons for that sort of thing IMO although I haven't seen a great deal of stuff with the Zygons in it so I might be wrong
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IceAgeComing posted:no such thing Series five.
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Besides Human Nature (which I'm part of the way through and enjoying immensely), which of the other Doctor Who novels of the Lost Years Era are worth a go? Not interested in reading the whole lot beginning to end, but would be keen to read others of comparable quality to this one.
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Rat Flavoured Rats posted:Besides Human Nature (which I'm part of the way through and enjoying immensely), which of the other Doctor Who novels of the Lost Years Era are worth a go? Not interested in reading the whole lot beginning to end, but would be keen to read others of comparable quality to this one. I'm better acquainted with the Eighth Doctor Adventures than the New Adventures, but of those Alien Bodies is the go-to one. It's an excellent book and a safe choice to start with, and pretty much anything by Lawrence Miles is usually worth a shot besides it. Forktoss fucked around with this message at 19:39 on Oct 26, 2015 |
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Rat Flavoured Rats posted:Besides Human Nature (which I'm part of the way through and enjoying immensely), which of the other Doctor Who novels of the Lost Years Era are worth a go? Not interested in reading the whole lot beginning to end, but would be keen to read others of comparable quality to this one. Lungbarrow 
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I just finished up Doom Coalition 1...and while I liked the premise, the actual execution left a bit to be desired. That and the Red Woman segment was very well written, it had fuckall to do with the rest of the plot.
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MrL_JaKiri posted:Lungbarrow Is that the one with all the Looms malarkey? I know it by reputation.
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Rat Flavoured Rats posted:Is that the one with all the Looms malarkey? I know it by reputation. Yeah Serious post don't read anything by Gareth Roberts. The Also People is quite good fun for Ben Aaronovitch going "hey, I like the Culture. Let's do that in Doctor Who"
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Rat Flavoured Rats posted:Is that the one with all the Looms malarkey? I know it by reputation. Time Lords can't reproduce sexually, so they have family Looms that weave new Time Lords from that family. They are spit out of the Looms fully adult, but their minds are childlike and have to be trained. Yea, its silly and contradicts stuff we've seen on screen.
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twistedmentat posted:Yea, its silly and contradicts stuff we've seen on screen. Can we make this probatable or at least take it as read it applies to everything
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Oct 26, 2015 20:01
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None of the three explanations of what happened to Atlantis contradicted each other
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Rat Flavoured Rats posted:Besides Human Nature (which I'm part of the way through and enjoying immensely), which of the other Doctor Who novels of the Lost Years Era are worth a go? Not interested in reading the whole lot beginning to end, but would be keen to read others of comparable quality to this one. Timewyrm Revelation (skip the other Timewyrms, except maybe the Terrence Dicks one but i haven't read it) and really anything else by Paul Cornell. Kate Orman and Paul Magrs are also reliably good. Yeah Lawrence Miles. Don't read Faction Paradox, by which i mean do, except don't, but totally, do it.
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