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Right, all SS emails have gone out. If you haven't received yours, let me know. 
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The_Doctor posted:all SS emails have gone out Are you sure that's how you want to abbreviate "Secret Santa", The_Doctor?
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Nov 20, 2015 09:22
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Fair Bear Maiden posted:Are you sure that's how you want to abbreviate "Secret Santa", The_Doctor? Please wear your Secret Santa skull patch, Fair Bear Maiden.
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Nov 20, 2015 09:39
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Rhyno posted:Ever since the show came back I've been a sucker for Murray Gold's work, the individual character themes are pretty great in my opinion. But man, Twelve's is just loving spectacular. I love Murray, but the sound mixing team could be better. Doctor Who is the only TV show I have to put subtitles on for. 
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Nov 20, 2015 11:21
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Angela Christine posted:This makes it clear that while 8 was not the one who fought in the time war, he was the one who got rid of the round things and is therefore history's greatest monster. TV movie TARDIS best TARDIS.
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Nov 20, 2015 11:45
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CobiWann posted:TV movie TARDIS best TARDIS. 
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Nov 20, 2015 12:07
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CobiWann posted:TV movie TARDIS best TARDIS. This is the most correct opinion in this thread
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Nov 20, 2015 12:40
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cargohills posted:This is the most correct opinion in this thread It was a pretty good tardis. I miss the round things though.
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Nov 20, 2015 13:14
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Well, there we go. I got a thing for one of you lucky people. Hopefully if I timed how long shipping takes, it doesn't get there before actual December. 'Cause you gotta open your present when it's December, guys. You don't open Santa gifts in November, come on now.
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Nov 20, 2015 14:10
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Angela Christine posted:This makes it clear that while 8 was not the one who fought in the time war, he was the one who got rid of the round things and is therefore history's greatest monster. Eight's had round things, though. They're on the pillars arching over the console.
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Nov 20, 2015 14:13
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Rhyno posted:The tv film started with Seven so...
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Nov 20, 2015 15:14
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Picklepuss posted:Seven got rid of the round things, War brought them back, and then Nine got rid of them again. Weird. Well, they do say War never changes… I’m a little nervous. All the Tom Baker serials I’ve seen up to this point I’ve either seen before or knew a good bit about them in advance. I have The Brain of Morbius lined up for this weekend and I know absolutely nothing about it.
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Nov 20, 2015 15:16
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CobiWann posted:Well, they do say War never changes… It's good! 
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Nov 20, 2015 15:18
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evenworse username posted:It's good! Yes. Yes, it is.
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Nov 20, 2015 15:24
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Picklepuss posted:Seven got rid of the round things, War brought them back, and then Nine got rid of them again. Weird. Don't nine and ten still technically have round things?
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Nov 20, 2015 15:30
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cargohills posted:Don't nine and ten still technically have round things? Yes but they aren't THE around things.
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Nov 20, 2015 15:57
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CobiWann posted:Well, they do say War never changes… I think you should enjoy it. Are you doing a big Tom Baker marathon? Because if so that's rad.
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Nov 20, 2015 15:59
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FreezingInferno posted:I think you should enjoy it. Are you doing a big Tom Baker marathon? Because if so that's rad. Kind of. I really never saw all that much of the classic series growing up and decide a few weeks ago to see what all the fuss was about. At whatever pace I can keep, I’m going from Robot all the way to Survival before going back to Spearhead from Space and then back to An Unearthly Child. So far I’m enjoying myself, but I am in the Hinchcliffe era which is kind of like playing Contra for the very first time, but with the Konami Code enabled. I’ve done day-by-day viewings (I watched Robot and Terror of the Zygons one episode a day for four days), I’ve done one-story marathons (Genesis of the Daleks in one night when I couldn’t sleep), long marathons (Planet of Evil, Pyramids of Mars, The Android Invasion when I was laid up last week with a sprained ankle waiting for Fallout 4 to release) and “oh, Christ, do I really want to watch this” viewings (it took me two weeks to make it through Revenge of the Cybermen). What’s been really helpful to me are all the behind-the-scenes documentaries they’ve done for the DVD’s. It’s amazing to see just how much the crew pulled off with such a small budget, and it's helped me get over the “cheap, low budget” stereotypes I admit I had for the classic series. The sets for Planet of Evil were simply amazing and even Hinchcliffe was like “I have no idea how we pulled it off, but we did.”
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I remember Planet of Evil briefly, but that jungle really was something. Better than the jungle in Kinda, anyway. Becoming a classic series fan is a bit of a thing; I just sort of started watching Sylvester McCoy in summer 2010 for something to do, and now here I am, a few naff Tom Baker serials away from having seen all of 70's and 80's Classic Who. Then I get to play fun with black and white/recons with Billy and Pat. Yay.
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Nov 20, 2015 16:42
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CobiWann posted:I’m a little nervous. All the Tom Baker serials I’ve seen up to this point I’ve either seen before or knew a good bit about them in advance. I have The Brain of Morbius lined up for this weekend and I know absolutely nothing about it. Are you going into everything after this blind? What upcoming episodes have you seen? This is sounds like it's going to be fun.  CobiWann posted:So far I’m enjoying myself, but I am in the Hinchcliffe era which is kind of like playing Contra for the very first time, but with the Konami Code enabled. The shift in production values when Hinchcliffe leaves is really noticeable and, even considering the McCoy era's outdoor video cheese, results in season 15 being possibly the worst looking of the classic series. There were apparently very large budget cuts, but it seems like everybody who knew how to work with limited resources had gone, making episodes like The Sun Makers, which should have been fun to watch, into a chore. When Robert Holmes leaves, he takes any sense of tension and pacing with him. Things pick up from the Key to Time season, but the many, many hours of Underworld and Invasion of Time always make me question why I ever liked this dumb show in the first place. Then we get Ribos Operation and any fears are banished to the catacombs. From here on, even when Doctor Who gets stupid, at least it will be memorable.
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Nov 20, 2015 17:37
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I still stand by The Sun Makers, it's a fun bit of Holmes... but The Invisible Enemy and Underworld. Oof. And this is the start of the Graham Williams years.
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Nov 20, 2015 17:56
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Past this point, the only episodes of classic Who I’ve seen are… The Talons of Weng-Chiang The Visitation Arc of Infinity – don’t think this one counts as I was hammered at the time The Five Doctors Warriors of the Deep Attack of the Cybermen Remembrance of the Daleks Ghost Light Going back, I’ve only seen Spearhead from Space and Inferno.
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Nov 20, 2015 18:28
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CobiWann posted:Past this point, the only episodes of classic Who I’ve seen are… Fix this right now fix this right now War Games all of it watch it No I don't care that you don't have half a day to watch it do it anyways.
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Nov 20, 2015 18:32
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Burkion posted:Fix this right now fix this right now This. I usually have trouble getting through serials of more than four episodes, but War Games is a breeze even at ten episodes. You probably could make a shorter version, but I don't know why you'd want to.
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Nov 20, 2015 18:43
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War Games is great, but I'm so happy you already watched Ghost Light, which I adore.
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Nov 20, 2015 18:47
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Burkion posted:Fix this right now fix this right now I would, but... http://www.amazon.com/Doctor-Who-War-Games-Story/dp/B002IW62FU/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1448041692&sr=1-1 That's a bit pricey.
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Nov 20, 2015 18:49
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CobiWann posted:I would, but... http://www.amazon.co.uk/Doctor-Who-War-Games-DVD/dp/B002ATVD8W/
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Nov 20, 2015 19:11
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Yeah, just get a region free DVD player.
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Nov 20, 2015 19:16
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But if I buy a Region 2 DVD and player, doesn’t that mean the British terrorists win?
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Nov 20, 2015 19:17
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CobiWann posted:But if I buy a Region 2 DVD and player, doesn’t that mean the British terrorists win? Worth it.
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Nov 20, 2015 19:18
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Burkion posted:Worth it. 
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Nov 20, 2015 19:38
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CobiWann posted:Going back, I’ve only seen Spearhead from Space and Inferno.  There is SO MUCH incredible Doctor Who you haven't seen. SO MUCH. 
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Nov 20, 2015 22:05
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Pretty sure it's one of the nearly complete series on Hulu, where, for what people are asking for the War Games DVD on eBay, you could get a subscription for over three years.
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Nov 20, 2015 22:19
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After The War posted:Pretty sure it's one of the nearly complete series on Hulu, where, for what people are asking for the War Games DVD on eBay, you could get a subscription for over three years. Sadly War Games is not on Hulu. Most of the rest is though!
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Just saw Sleep No More. The plot in synopsis wasn't bad, but gosh was its execution janky and terrible. It has serious problems with pacing and clarity, with characters making massive deductive leaps that aren't substantiated by foreshadowing. The Doctor figuring out what he thinks the Sandmen are, Rasmussen revealing what they really are - these beats make sense in isolation, but they're strung together in a lumpy, stop-start manner that pays no attention to act structure or setup. For instance: Rasmussen jumping back into his prerecorded message after he's been shot (so what, he's recording more and editing it in post facto?) makes sense if you labour for it, but at a glance it's confusing and disjointed when the script has already defined the message as pre-made. Unless I guess he did his "turn into sand" bit for the end of the message, turned back into a guy with Sand Magic, then really did get shot? It's wildly unclear. The viewer has to do too many mental acrobatics to establish simple continuity. The Doctor's hackneyed "see what you've done, MISTER SCIENTIST" bit was straight out of a bargain bin sci-fi horror, and suffers from the lack of setup problem also: before he's even got any idea what's going on, he's holding forth about how sleep is holy and Rasmussen has created an abomination. Weird quasi-religious beliefs that cause him to shout down scientific progress don't seem very in character for the Doctor - especially when compared to Chopra's political objection to the Morpheus machine, which is actually substantial, understandable and considered, and so makes Twelve look rather daft in comparison. The problems with this episode aren't plot-related, they're structural. All the beats are there to make a really good story, but they're tagged onto each other so inexpertly that you feel like you're doing half the work for the show as you watch it. The characters are enjoyable, the acting is good, and the premise is just fine, though elaborating more on how sleep dust evolves into a killer mucous would really help to keep the viewer on board - but Rasmussen's initial warning that "some bits are missing" seems exactly right, though perhaps not how the writer intended.
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Burkion posted:Sadly War Games is not on Hulu. Most of the rest is though! Blast! Didn't have a way to quickly check at work.
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After The War posted:Pretty sure it's one of the nearly complete series on Hulu Nearly complete? Do they leave episodes out  CobiWann posted:But if I buy a Region 2 DVD and player, doesn’t that mean the British terrorists win? Yes, but you have to accept that sooner or later. Also, in the context you posted later, the Americans were the terrorists! Android Blues posted:For instance: Rasmussen jumping back into his prerecorded message after he's been shot (so what, he's recording more and editing it in post facto?) makes sense if you labour for it, but at a glance it's confusing and disjointed when the script has already defined the message as pre-made. Unless I guess he did his "turn into sand" bit for the end of the message, turned back into a guy with Sand Magic, then really did get shot? It's wildly unclear. The viewer has to do too many mental acrobatics to establish simple continuity. He recorded the video - all the video - after the events of the episode and that's what you're watching. All of it was shot after he was, uh, shot.
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MrL_JaKiri posted:He recorded the video - all the video - after the events of the episode and that's what you're watching. All of it was shot after he was, uh, shot. Nah, it's playing in the background when the protagonists meet back up with him - the Doctor accuses him of pre-recording it as an alibi. But it's a testament to how poorly conveyed the sequence is that you read it as the other way around!
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Working my way through Destiny Of The Daleks. The Movellans look like they're going to break into a rousing disco beat at any second.
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CobiWann posted:But if I buy a Region 2 DVD and player, doesn’t that mean the British terrorists win? You might be able to find a code online that'll let you set the region encoding on your DVD player to Region 0 (which is what I did when I got the Region 1 Forever Knight box sets). Of course, I'm not about how it works with NTSC players and PAL DVDs. That's all a bit beyond me. I know I can play an NTSC DVD on a PAL player but I don't know if it works the other way.
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