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Which non-Power of the Daleks story would you like to see an episode found from? This poll is closed. |
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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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I think it's just that people are sick of This Character Is Important Because She Is The
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Apr 26, 2016 10:22
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DoctorWhat posted:I'm so goddamn TIRED of having to explain this basic goddamn poo poo over and over again. Pot kettle much
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Apr 26, 2016 10:23
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Dabir posted:I think it's just that people are sick of This Character Is Important Because She Is The It's okay though, in the season finale you'll see that she Will Have Always Chosen To Be The
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Apr 26, 2016 11:11
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Very Watsonian. *nods*
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Apr 26, 2016 13:29
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Dabir posted:I think it's just that people are sick of This Character Is Important Because She Is The Pretty much this. It's why I liked Mickey so much, he was just this clumsy lovable fuckup.
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Apr 26, 2016 22:20
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Cabinet posted:She asks the question of the universe She is the source of the question "Doctor Who?"
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Apr 26, 2016 23:33
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She helps him realize that the season's plot doesn't matter, what matters is that he is a mad man with a box.
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Apr 26, 2016 23:51
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DoctorWhat posted:I'm so goddamn TIRED of having to explain this basic goddamn poo poo over and over again. then don't Toxxupation posted:Essentially, well-written ideas are effective, and badly-written ones aren't, and reducing it to "characters with predestined arcs are bad" (especially when the antithesis of that idea, Martha, is the worst or second-worst Companion of the revival) is reductive and silly. well-written ideas are less effective when they get re-used though. besides, the doctor is special, river song is special, Me is special, captain jack is special etc. i think the companions work the best when they're more normal people, the viewer stand-inns, just keeping up with the doctor and the universe. clara was at her best in season 8 where she wasn't the impossible girl or doctor who mark 2, just a person trying to reconcile traveling with the doctor with her normal earth life.
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Apr 26, 2016 23:54
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The two best companions in the classic series, Sarah Jane and Ace, had nothing special about them other than "being awesome." (And I would add Jamie too IF THERE WERE MORE OF HIS STORIES!!!)
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Apr 27, 2016 00:51
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CobiWann posted:The two best companions in the classic series, Sarah Jane and Ace, had nothing special about them other than "being awesome." Zoe is a pretty fantastic one to finish off the power trio
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Apr 27, 2016 00:53
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CobiWann posted:The two best companions in the classic series, Sarah Jane and Ace, had nothing special about them other than "being awesome." Jamie is the best companion in the entire history of the series.
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Apr 27, 2016 00:54
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CobiWann posted:The two best companions in the classic series, Sarah Jane and Ace, had nothing special about them other than "being awesome." Didn't Ace have some sort of special destiny? I thought that was the point of Ghost Light?
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Apr 27, 2016 01:16
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CobiWann posted:The two best companions in the classic series, Sarah Jane and Ace, had nothing special about them other than "being awesome." Big Mean Jerk posted:Didn't Ace have some sort of special destiny? I thought that was the point of Ghost Light? And Curse, and Survival to some extent (plus the rest of the Cartmel Master Plan). It didn't come up much though, even in stories where it mattered.
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Apr 27, 2016 01:31
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I liked the new companion preview short.
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Apr 27, 2016 01:41
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Yeah, Ace is a bad example because she was the first Companion With A Special Destiny and Secret Origins. She was Clara before Clara Clara'd. Except it was probably a splinter of Clara that set up the lab explosion that blew her through time and space to Iceworld. 
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Apr 27, 2016 04:13
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CobiWann posted:The two best companions in the classic series, Sarah Jane and Ace, had nothing special about them other than "being awesome." Loose Cannon recons still count 
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Apr 27, 2016 06:39
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Tim Burns Effect posted:Loose Cannon recons still count I'm gonna go ahead and assume that, like all smart and cultured people with enormous sex appeal do, CobiWann wanted there to be a full televised season of 6, Peri and Jamie adventures.
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Apr 27, 2016 07:15
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Jerusalem posted:I'm gonna go ahead and assume that, like all smart and cultured people with enormous sex appeal do, CobiWann wanted there to be a full televised season of 6, Peri and Jamie adventures. Well, I am under 300 pounds for the first time in eight years...a harbinger of programming to come?
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Apr 27, 2016 10:05
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Nothing but carrot juice, carrot juice, carrot juice, eh?
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Apr 27, 2016 14:01
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Jerusalem posted:Nothing but carrot juice, carrot juice, carrot juice, eh?  And DDP Yoga.
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Apr 27, 2016 14:27
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Didn't Ace have some sort of special destiny? I thought that was the point of Ghost Light? Ace was the first companion with a really fleshed out backstory that was heavily involved in the stories. Tegan has a dead aunt and a job, but they drop off the face of the Earth the moment the Doctor arrives, Jamie occasionally mentions hating the British redcoats, Leela talks about how different things are with the Sevateem, but Ace has a story arc about her getting over burning down the creepy house, overcoming growing up in Perivale, and learning why she maybe shouldn't hate her mother. It wasn't so much that she was "special", so much as she had "hidden depths" and "psychological issues" that the Doctor was actively helping her work through. Her eventually growing up to be a Time Lord is more like Romana ending up the President of Gallifrey. She's not so much the recipient of magical powers as someone who grew up and learned to accept herself under the tutelage of a talented professor. I always got the sense that, if Doctor Sylvester was travelling with, for example, Ray Defwydd, a lot of the places he would take her to would be different.
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Apr 27, 2016 15:29
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China unveils new security robot. Chief scientist Davros unavailable for comment.
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Apr 27, 2016 15:46
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Forktoss posted:China unveils new security robot. Chief scientist Davros unavailable for comment. Ah, the Mark 1 Travel Machine.
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Apr 27, 2016 15:48
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Hopefully we'll see other countries taking this one step further, i.e. basing their future designs on all the rubbish robot monsters the Dr Who production team had to come up with in the late '60s because Terry Nation wouldn't let them use the Daleks anymore. Something with big silver-painted shoeboxes for arms (which only have limited up and down movements), maybe a solitary Christmas tree light bulb on its forehead that flashes when it's speaking, can't get through any doors on the set, has to be regularly helped back up onto their feet by the crew in strong winds etc.
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Apr 27, 2016 16:28
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pinacotheca posted:Hopefully we'll see other countries taking this one step further, i.e. basing their future designs on all the rubbish robot monsters the Dr Who production team had to come up with in the late '60s because Terry Nation wouldn't let them use the Daleks anymore.  It'll be fine so long as we keep it away from nuclear launch codes and metal-eating viruses.
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Apr 27, 2016 16:33
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The Apple launch in 2020 will be interesting.
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Apr 27, 2016 16:46
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Neddy Seagoon posted:
Yes! Subject to an extensive recall the following year after it turns out they all keep falling in love with plucky female journalists.
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Apr 27, 2016 16:47
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Forktoss posted:China unveils new security robot. Chief scientist Davros unavailable for comment. I'm no scientist, but I'm pretty sure I can just push this thing over. 
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Apr 27, 2016 17:14
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pinacotheca posted:Yes! Subject to an extensive recall the following year after it turns out they all keep falling in love with plucky female journalists. That's just a feature with Sarah Jane Smiths in general. Nothing is going to protect against that.
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Apr 27, 2016 18:44
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Astroman posted:Yeah, Ace is a bad example because she was the first Companion With A Special Destiny and Secret Origins. She was Clara before Clara Clara'd. Except it was probably a splinter of Clara that set up the lab explosion that blew her through time and space to Iceworld. nah that was Fenric although that might be Big Finish stuff that isn't technically canon, although honestly who gives a poo poo for Doctor Who canon; its a programme which has shown three totally different reasons for Atlantis disappearing among other contradictory stuff, and most Doctor Who episodes that try to fix canon stuff are awful (example: Attack of the Cybermen)
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Apr 27, 2016 21:26
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IceAgeComing posted:nah that was Fenric although that might be Big Finish stuff that isn't technically canon It's absolutely in the relevant episode, maybe you should watch it right now to confirm IceAgeComing posted:although honestly who gives a poo poo for Doctor Who canon; its a programme which has shown three totally different reasons for Atlantis disappearing Within a year of each other!
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Apr 27, 2016 22:54
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pinacotheca posted:Yes! Subject to an extensive recall the following year after it turns out they all keep falling in love with plucky female journalists. .... I'm a robot...?  ThaGhettoJew posted:That's just a feature with Sarah Jane Smiths in general. Nothing is going to protect against that. Oh phew, thank goodness for that.
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Apr 27, 2016 23:02
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Jerusalem posted:.... I'm a robot...? http://www.gotfuturama.com/Multimedia/EpisodeSounds/3ACV07/07.mp3
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Apr 27, 2016 23:06
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I'll show ye!
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Apr 27, 2016 23:48
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MrL_JaKiri posted:It's absolutely in the relevant episode, maybe you should watch it right now to confirm She's one of his wolves right? I haven't Fenric'd in a while.
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Apr 28, 2016 11:20
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Fil5000 posted:She's one of his wolves right? I haven't Fenric'd in a while. Maybe you should watch it right now to confirm
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Apr 28, 2016 11:38
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MrL_JaKiri posted:Maybe you should watch it right now to confirm I would if I wasn't at work.
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Apr 28, 2016 11:54
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Fil5000 posted:I would if I wasn't at work. Explain why you need to go home right now to your supervisor. They'll understand.
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Apr 28, 2016 11:59
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That's a really good idea!
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Apr 28, 2016 14:18
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If I'm ever going to cut out of work early to watch a Who serial it's not going to be Fenric. It's going to be Ghost Light.
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Apr 28, 2016 14:34
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