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| Marco Polo |
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36 | 20.69% |
| The Myth Makers |
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10 | 5.75% |
| The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve |
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45 | 25.86% |
| The Savages |
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2 | 1.15% |
| The Smugglers |
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2 | 1.15% |
| The Highlanders |
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45 | 25.86% |
| The Macra Terror |
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21 | 12.07% |
| Fury from the Deep |
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13 | 7.47% |
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pinacotheca posted:Do you mean like this? The commentary is still working on that page for me. Oh nice thanks, I was looking at the old site for episodes (http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/) which did not have the "this site has been archived" banner at the top when I looked last time. I must have looked at it when they were archiving it and moving the content.  If you have never listended to these then there are some really good ones, like Steven Moffat and Noel Clarke doing Girl in the Fireplace
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Jan 31, 2016 16:03
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The_Doctor posted:BSam, we're still waiting for you to post what echoplex sent you! I'll dig it out later if he doesn't!
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Jan 31, 2016 16:04
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Valeyard posted:Oh nice thanks, I was looking at the old site for episodes (http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/) which did not have the "this site has been archived" banner at the top when I looked last time. I must have looked at it when they were archiving it and moving the content. And Forest of the Dead with RTD, Moffat and Tennant at the time when news of Moffat becoming showrunner was breaking
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Jan 31, 2016 16:48
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Valeyard posted:And Forest of the Dead with RTD, Moffat and Tennant at the time when news of Moffat becoming showrunner was breaking Don't have time to listen - can you supply any interesting hilights?
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Jan 31, 2016 16:59
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So in realistic casting hopefuls, I'm gonna go back to my pre Matt Smith hope that Paterson Joseph finally gets a shot at the role.
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Jan 31, 2016 20:33
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Maybe David Mitchell could be his companion for a bit
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Jan 31, 2016 20:43
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Rhyno posted:So in realistic casting hopefuls, I'm gonna go back to my pre Matt Smith hope that Paterson Joseph finally gets a shot at the role. He's played him before!
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Jan 31, 2016 20:54
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I didn't notice before now that he's apparently borrowed Bowie's tights from Labyrinth. 
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Jan 31, 2016 22:12
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Whoa, someone adapted Neverwhere? Is it worth watching?
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Jan 31, 2016 22:29
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Whoa, someone adapted Neverwhere? Is it worth watching? Hahahahaha NOPE.
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Jan 31, 2016 22:30
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Whoa, someone adapted Neverwhere? Is it worth watching? I liked it a lot when it was first on TV. There's been a radio adaptation too.
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Jan 31, 2016 22:30
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Whoa, someone adapted Neverwhere? Is it worth watching? The book is an adaptation of the TV series 
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Jan 31, 2016 22:35
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Peter Capaldi plays the Angel
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Jan 31, 2016 22:35
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MrL_JaKiri posted:The book is an adaptation of the TV series Well poo poo
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Jan 31, 2016 22:48
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The book is far better than the mini series. For all the talent on screen it is really a chore to watch.
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Jan 31, 2016 23:23
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Rhyno posted:The book is far better than the mini series. For all the talent on screen it is really a chore to watch. I enjoyed the radio adaptation from a couple years back.
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Jan 31, 2016 23:41
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Davros1 posted:I enjoyed the radio adaptation from a couple years back. I never got around to it. The only time I have to listen to audio is in the car and with how horrible other drivers are I can't risk the distraction.
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Jan 31, 2016 23:52
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ThaGhettoJew posted:If we're blue-skying talent, how about Cate Blanchett? Great actor, solid nerd cred, beautiful and chock a block full of gravitas. Unless Aussies don't count. She lives somewhere in Sussex now, though, so that should be good. If we're going down that road, my perfect Doctor has been Emma Thompson for a long time.
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Jan 31, 2016 23:58
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I am halfway through Broadchuch's first season and considering this in tandem with his Doctor Who and Torchwood work, he is good at the following: 1) Depicting the depressing collapse of relationships that seem like they should be working. 2) Demonstrating community and friendship destroying paranoia and selfish opportunism that comes in the wake of tragedy. 3) Writing characters whose jobs dealing with the worst of humanity's aspects force them to disconnect from people. 4) Casting. He is, however, not very good at whimsy. The happy parts of relationships, both romantic and friendly, feel forced when he writes them. He is better at making us doubt the heroes than making us feel sympathy for antagonists. He seems like a bad fit for Doctor Who. I don't want my friendly egalitarian space wizard show to involve a conspiracy of lies and secrets between the protagonists, frequently based on their own selfishness, that tears their relationship apart. I don't think Chibnall will write it that way, which would be writing to his strengths. I think he will try to write Russell T. Davies episodes. I am a little worried the show won't be very good for awhile. I do think he will do a great job of casting the Doctor, though (working with, of course, the vast committee of people who are involved in a casting decision like this).
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Feb 1, 2016 00:10
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Keep in mind that Broadchurch is the BEST thing he has ever done. And I don't mean that to drat the first season of Broadchurch, because I think it is excellent (and as noted, the casting is superb), but he has never done anything as good as that before or since, and that sadly includes the second season of Broadchurch.
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Feb 1, 2016 00:13
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On the other hand both series of Broadchurch had the same amount of episodes and were broadcast consistently each week, so he seems to have the showrunning thing down.
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Feb 1, 2016 00:18
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Personally, I feel Doctor Who could use a little less whimsy. I'm not asking for some stupid overly serious DC comics treatment here, but every time the music lifts and the leads smile at each other I feel the need to roll my eyes straight through the back of my skull.
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Feb 1, 2016 00:18
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Bicyclops posted:He seems like a bad fit for Doctor Who. I don't want my friendly egalitarian space wizard show to involve a conspiracy of lies and secrets between the protagonists, frequently based on their own selfishness, that tears their relationship apart. So like Clara and 12 then? 
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Feb 1, 2016 01:53
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I'd agree that Chibnall does seem to be good at working with casting directors, because most of the casts on shows he's been in charge of are great. And I know L&O:UK is kind of a punchline (somewhat unfairly, as I quite liked it), but the cast on that was pretty great, especially the offbeat choice of Bradley Walsh (a standup comic/gameshow host) in the Briscoe role.
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Feb 1, 2016 01:57
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Anyone know offhand when Big Finish tends to release stuff in the month? I know the second War Doctor set is coming sometime in February, but is it likely to hit this week? Or 3 weeks from now?
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Feb 1, 2016 02:49
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whenever they want really; they spread releases throughout the month you get preorder prices right through to the end of the month though
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Feb 1, 2016 03:53
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IceAgeComing posted:whenever they want really; they spread releases throughout the month Eh, its not the price that concerns me...I just want more John Hurt in my ears.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Personally, I feel Doctor Who could use a little less whimsy. I'm not asking for some stupid overly serious DC comics treatment here, but every time the music lifts and the leads smile at each other I feel the need to roll my eyes straight through the back of my skull. I like the whimsy. And the last two seasons have had enough darkness in them. Jerusalem posted:Keep in mind that Broadchurch is the BEST thing he has ever done. And I don't mean that to drat the first season of Broadchurch, because I think it is excellent (and as noted, the casting is superb), but he has never done anything as good as that before or since, and that sadly includes the second season of Broadchurch. It does seem that everything was just running on the right cylinders for him that first season. I think the subject matter just catered to his writing strengths. I just finished the first season and I can't imagine why anyone thought a second season would be a good idea. I'm tempted to just stop, and I almost never do that. Chibnall might do better writing for film, actually. Something sort of limited and contained. In Torchwood and Doctor Who, his biggest flaws always came out when it seemed that he was trying to understand and engage with genre, and it seems like he's doing pale imitations of somebody else's style when he does. I haven't seen Law and Order: UK, but I can imagine how it might be similar there. Maybe I'll put a few episodes on in the background sometime while I'm doing something. Maybe we'll be lucky and he'll focus his efforts on the showrunning and write one or two episodes a year, and employ a lot of talent for the rest of the teleplays.
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Feb 1, 2016 04:15
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Jerusalem posted:that sadly includes the second season of Broadchurch. The first episode of the second season of Broadchurch ticked me off so much I didn't bother watching the rest. Of course I also don't think he stuck the landing in the first season.
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Feb 1, 2016 04:22
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I really enjoyed the first series if Broadchurch and then the second one was just awful. I'm honestly shocked that Tennant is doing a third go from the bad reviews and ratings the 2nd year got.
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Feb 1, 2016 04:28
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I liked the second season of Broadchurch just fine. It wasn't as amazing as the first, but it was compelling enough and I liked the characters and enjoyed seeing more of their lives. Their hosed up, broken lives. L&O:UK is a procedural, with all that entails, and apparently a lot of the episodes are straight up remakes of US stories with powdered wigs. I don't like procedurals, and never watched any of the US L&Os so I wouldn't know. That said, it was a must see for me because of all the Doctor Who and BSG alums that were in it. Best era was the beginning with Ronnie and Matt Devlin (Jamie Bamber) but I liked it all. It's a shame that so many actors came and went, but I suppose that's how the US shows (and real workplaces) are.
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Feb 1, 2016 07:38
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Season 2 of Broadchurch was bad except for whenever they let Olivia Colman act. The scene where she yelled at her son in an attempt to wrest back control over her life was pretty great.
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Feb 1, 2016 10:42
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Tim Burns Effect posted:Tamsin Grieg Yes 2house2fly posted:OK hear me out on this one. YES
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Feb 1, 2016 15:48
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Jsor posted:Season 2 of Broadchurch was bad except for whenever they let Olivia Colman act. Yeah, but that's kinda cheating because you have to work extraordinarily hard to get a bad performance out of Olivia Colman. The second season had a lot of problems, but the most galling were the trial scenes. There was a ton of potential there, but the scenes were just laughably bad and made everybody involved look like idiots. That said, I feel like he did a pretty great job writing the wrap-up to that plotline with his victims confronting him and exiling him from the town, and just utterly refusing to listen to any of his pathetic, insincere justifications and recriminations. It's just a shame that everything leading up to that moment was so bad.
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Feb 1, 2016 21:57
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Rhyno posted:The book is far better than the mini series. For all the talent on screen it is really a chore to watch. Honestly, I disagree. Neverwhere hasnt aged massively well (and had a budget of about 17p and whatever they could steal from the BBC costume department recycling bin) but I still think its worth a watch. I'd put it almost on par with the book and better than the comic adaptation. Never listened to the radio adaptation because as much as I like Neverwhere there is a limit to how many formats I want to experience the story in. I would admit that growing up watching low budget BBC kids TV may be a prerequisite to enjoy the TV version of Neverwhere without being put off by the fact it looks kind of lovely in general because it was shot on video. Apparently it was lit to be put through some sort of film-simulating process but then they for some reason decided not to bother. Probably because that 17p had finally run out. And if they had Patterson Joseph playing The Doctor EXACTLY like the Marquis de Carabas I would be bang alongside that idea.
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Feb 1, 2016 22:24
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Well, in my 8th Doctor Catch Up, I finally got out of the Divergent Universe. Time for Terror Firma! I hear some people consider it a classic!
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Feb 1, 2016 23:46
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jivjov posted:Well, in my 8th Doctor Catch Up, I finally got out of the Divergent Universe.  jivjov posted:Time for Terror Firma!  The cliffhanger leading into Terror Firma was so perfect and had me so excited. Then we got what we got..... 
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Feb 2, 2016 00:08
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I don't know how I stumbled on this but unless they do something terrible this may eat my money. I mean I've resisted the LEGO set so far but if there's a half decent game here then I fear I'm lost.
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Feb 2, 2016 00:10
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I really need to start reading through the rest of the Eighth Doctor Adventures
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jivjov posted:Well, in my 8th Doctor Catch Up, I finally got out of the Divergent Universe. Time for Terror Firma! I hear some people consider it a classic! I'd put it up there with Medicinal Purposes!
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