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pinacotheca posted:Hey, you could always watch it with the commentary on! It's a good one, but there's specifically a bit where Kevin McNally gently brings up the quality issue with a tactfully deployed "this isn't (polite cough) the most celebrated Doctor Who story ever, is it, Colin?" I fully maintain that nobody in here has lived until they've watched Timelash with Colin Baker and Paul Darrow giving it both barrels over images and sound of Colin Baker and Paul Darrow giving it both barrels. It's amazing.
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The_Doctor posted:From Forktoss:
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Trin Tragula posted:I fully maintain that nobody in here has lived until they've watched Timelash with Colin Baker and Paul Darrow giving it both barrels over images and sound of Colin Baker and Paul Darrow giving it both barrels. It's amazing. Timelash is awesome.
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"i made some cocoa and got engaged" may well be the best line ever in a doctor who episode
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qntm posted:It's difficult for me to articulate how great the guitar stuff has been with Capaldi, because it was something which Capaldi brought to the character himself and they worked it in organically.[/timg] I liked the guitar stuff too. When it came to getting his second guitar (he has a Yamaha... thing at the start of the series), the buyers were looking at getting a Squier Strat (we don't have any money) but I kept pushing for them to look into an SG. They weren't keen because it didn't have the tremolo arm - which either the script or Peter wanted, can't remember - so I convinced them to stump for the Bigsby arm on it too. I was convinced that the SG was waaay more Peter than a bog-spec Strat, and they just look nicer too:  And then a week after it was delivered, I saw this post: And More posted:
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I like the little bonus clara in this picture
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Dec 22, 2015 01:32
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that's actually Jenna Coleman, standing behind the chair
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2house2fly posted:that's actually Jenna Coleman, standing behind the chair 
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Dec 22, 2015 01:37
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I can't see Sutekh bringing the gift of soufflés to all humanity.
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We got home from our Greece/Israel trip today, and look what was waiting! The Hartnelly goodness! The quotes! But I don't know who these are from- either Amazon didn't include a name, or I'm too exhausted and jet-lagged to find it. Come forth, mysterious benefactor!
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After The War posted:We got home from our Greece/Israel trip today, and look what was waiting! Fantastic. They arrived in time. There should still be one package coming but it might not make it by Christmas.
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echoplex posted:I liked the guitar stuff too. When it came to getting his second guitar (he has a Yamaha... thing at the start of the series), the buyers were looking at getting a Squier Strat (we don't have any money) but I kept pushing for them to look into an SG. They weren't keen because it didn't have the tremolo arm - which either the script or Peter wanted, can't remember - so I convinced them to stump for the Bigsby arm on it too. I was convinced that the SG was waaay more Peter than a bog-spec Strat, and they just look nicer too: when I saw the SG I actually said, aloud, "AN SG! NICE!" (to my otherwise empty apartment)
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echoplex posted:I liked the guitar stuff too. When it came to getting his second guitar (he has a Yamaha... thing at the start of the series), the buyers were looking at getting a Squier Strat (we don't have any money) but I kept pushing for them to look into an SG. They weren't keen because it didn't have the tremolo arm - which either the script or Peter wanted, can't remember - so I convinced them to stump for the Bigsby arm on it too. I was convinced that the SG was waaay more Peter than a bog-spec Strat, and they just look nicer too: Seems like a silly thing to cheap out on. Have a few notable people sign it and they can ebay that sucker for at least twice what they paid. Nerds will give up eating to own The Doctor's Guitar!!!
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Trin Tragula posted:I fully maintain that nobody in here has lived until they've watched Timelash with Colin Baker and Paul Darrow giving it both barrels over images and sound of Colin Baker and Paul Darrow giving it both barrels. It's amazing. I ordered the dvd solely because of this post (and "Arc of Infinity" because I want to hear Peter and Colin together)
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DoctorWhat posted:Peter Harness is a good writer whose Dr Who scripts have had to deal with some unfortunate but explicitly unintentional radio-frequency interference from a metapolitical perspective. I know this quote is from pages ago, but when I criticised Forest of the Night for its *interesting* take on the values of psychiatric medication Frank Boyce more or less said "Oh dear, that's an interesting criticism", and retweeted it to his followers for all to see. That was a pretty big thing for him to do, so I'm willing to give him at least some props as a result.
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vegetables posted:I know this quote is from pages ago, but when I criticised Forest of the Night for its *interesting* take on the values of psychiatric medication Frank Boyce more or less said "Oh dear, that's an interesting criticism", and retweeted it to his followers for all to see. That was a pretty big thing for him to do, so I'm willing to give him at least some props as a result. If you're really close to the material I suppose I can understand how you might not be able to see that your criticism of over-medication comes off equally well as a criticism of all medication.
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Rochallor posted:If you're really close to the material I suppose I can understand how you might not be able to see that your criticism of over-medication comes off equally well as a criticism of all medication. The damning problem with it is the symptoms shown are ones possible to have with mental illnesses (flickery lights intheir vision, hearing voices, etc) rather than anything exaggerated and outright alien.
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Your child suffers from frequent hallucinations and your first response is to try and cure her instead of embracing the idea that she is a psychic here to save the world, you loving monster.
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Yeah it's not like she just had suddenly gotten more restless or just a bit stranger and THEN got pills shoved down her throat She was having out and out fits and episodes and needed help because gently caress you tree spirits are stupid.
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Also, it seemed like the kids symptoms predated her sister's disappearance. Were the tree spirits loving with her head since birth? Actually, there's a thought, if bullshit psychic powers have the exact same symptoms as TV Autism, and impact a person's life in the exact same way, is there any meaningful distinction?
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echoplex posted:I was convinced that the SG was waaay more Peter than a bog-spec Strat, and they just look nicer too: Well, obviously. The Doctor's a scientist! Disclaimer - That was never my primary stage guitar, although I've written a lot of songs with it and it's seen some studio use. My costume is based around the Neon Green Monstrosity, after all.
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Thanks, Santa! I apologize to my Santee, part of their package was theoretically delivered on Friday and has not been seen. We are checking with the neighbors.
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Angela Christine posted:Seems like a silly thing to cheap out on. Have a few notable people sign it and they can ebay that sucker for at least twice what they paid. Nerds will give up eating to own The Doctor's Guitar!!! I think you'd get waaay more than twice what you paid. Get Capaldi, Jenna, Moffat, and a maybe a few others (though even just those 3 should be plenty, and you don't necessarily what to clutter the guitar with dozens of sigs.), get it certified, and offer it along with a signed script. I'd be shocked if you don't get 5x what the guitar cost that way. I think you'd have more of a problem getting Capaldi to not keep it than you would getting big money for it. It'd be a different story if it was just a standard prop piece, but there's a well-established tradition of signed guitars going for wild sums. NowonSA fucked around with this message at 06:34 on Dec 23, 2015 |
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Rewatched the TV Movie today to test out a new region 0 player. Forgot how very...90's it is. "Ah, the Asian child." *pops leather trenchcoat collar*
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Maera Sior posted:Thanks, Santa! Where's the DVD of Empire of the Sun????
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Maera Sior posted:Thanks, Santa! You're welcome! I figured you're probably covered in Who stuff and some historical reading would be right up your alley...
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Rewatched the TV Movie today to test out a new region 0 player. Forgot how very...90's it is. That and when The Master is being a dick about grammar crack me up when I watch it.
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MrL_JaKiri posted:Where's the DVD of Empire of the Sun???? Not in our house.  I'm a huge Ballard fan and did not like Spielberg's adaptation at all.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:*pops leather trenchcoat collar* One must take care to dreeeezzzz for the occasion.
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You mussst drezzzzz like us wait hold on
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Going off to my parents for Christmas, then off to the other half's mothers for New Year so see y'all in a month or so don't do anything I wouldn't do*
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*Enjoy a Moffat episode 
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Some troubling news.
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NO NO NO I'M SICK OF THIS
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I would be OK with this only if Moffat leaves with him. I say this not as a Moffat hater or whatever bullshit you want to put on me, but instead because the show needs a clean break. Smith got that clean break from the RTD Era and it helped him immensely to begin with. Twelve did not, and only in this last season has he really found his footing- and some of it still echos back to the Smith run. Whoever the next Doctor is deserves a fresh start.
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Important: the headline says "Capaldi: This COULD be my last year...", emphasis mine. To those with long memories I would remind people that he is a fan, so like us he will know (a) that Troughton advised Peter Davison to do only three years and (b) that Davison regretted taking it, in no little part because "three years" in Troughton's day meant 52 episodes a year. vvv There was an actor who came in saying "well, I've always liked a go at records, maybe I could beat Tom Baker", but through no fault of his own it didn't quite work out that way.... vvv Trin Tragula fucked around with this message at 20:51 on Dec 23, 2015 |
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I'd only want to see Moffat go if there is somebody waiting in the wings who I think would do a great job as showrunner (for the first year at least before people start claiming he's literally making GBS threads on a piece of paper and calling it a script) and at the moment the closest thing we have to that is Mark Gatiss, who I don't think has managed to achieve his potential with Doctor Who yet. As for the actor, I'd love Capaldi to stick around for years, but I've felt that way about pretty much every Doctor and I've learned to just roll with their infuriating desire for variety in their work and avoiding typecasting 
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I probably said the exact same thing when we heard Smith might be leaving, but there's so still much onion to peel with the Twelfth Doctor I can't see him leaving just yet. It's also probably a safe bet that Moffat's successor as showrunner won't be as obvious and universally accepted a choice as he was when he took over from RTD, and as such they might wish to play it safe and keep Capaldi on for the new producer's first year to bridge the gap. I honestly would like that too, if only to keep Peter on for another season.The_Doctor posted:From Forktoss: I forgot to mention, I've also got a scan of these if you would happen to need it for some strange reason.
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