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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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Forest was boring though. Being boring is an unforgivable crime for sci-fi media.
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Jun 14, 2016 17:38
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Forest got to me because I hate seeing kids in distress, so Maebh and her sister got to me. The meds thing is just the awful icing on the cake for me. Not one I ever plan on rewatching.
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Jun 14, 2016 17:42
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Forest is just the perfect storm of the worst loving thing ever made by human hands. The entire thing is just boring, over doing it on the whimsy, abandons all pretense of being at all what so ever interesting, reveals Clara to be an awful stupid terrible human being who deserved to die like a moron, paints the Doctor as a total and complete idiot, and forces upon us child actor after child actor that is no doubt the source of the up coming spin off bullshit. That's before you get to the medicine is evil subplot and my personal favorite, the only thing in the episode that pissed me off almost as much- The sheer idea that the worlds governments were going to douse the ENTIRE PLANET with defoliant agents. I'll make this clear here and now, I am biased on this. My grandfather died due to cancer from Agent Orange, which for some unfuckingbelievable reason STILL isn't actually illegal, so seeing it be brought up as a plot point so casually and carelessly is one of the most infuriating things in the world to me. The other most infuriating thing in the world to me about that specific plot point? No one brings up the actual reason why it's the shittiest idea anyone ever had. They just go on about how the trees need to stop the solar flare with hippy jizz and sunshine and whatever loving bullshit but defoliant agents, even the super strong stuff like Agent Orange, they don't insta kill trees. No, they do something else. See Okay here's the thing. You know what happens when you spray defoliant agents across populated areas? Expose people to them? I'm going to hide this behind spoilers so this is a big loving warning, Do Not Hover Over This If You Do Not Want To See What Happens  And that's not touching the birth defects that happen- Those I WON'T share. The idea that even for a second ANY GOVERNMENT ON EARTH was planning to let loose with that poo poo on the cities of the world is offensive to the very idea of good taste and common sense. You might say, well, they didn't think about that They drat well should have if they were going to make it a loving PLOT POINT AND THEN NOT BRING UP THE REAL REASON WHY IT IS A TERRIBLE IDEA. gently caress Forest of the Night. It may not have the raw racism of Zygons or the raw utter incompetence and confused stupidity of Moon, but God drat does it hold its loving own.
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Jun 14, 2016 19:28
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I have mixed feelings about Matt Lucas as a regular character. On the one hand, I like Matt Lucas, but on the other, I thought his character was pretty annoying.
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Jun 14, 2016 22:43
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The thing that really gets to me about Forest is that the "solution" feels like a sideways look at the set-up for a creepy Moffat episode - one day a worldwide threat emerges to the earth and just before the leaders of the world can do anything about it they ALL get a phonecall simultaneously and hear a little girl's voice say,"Don't do anything, just step back and take no action, there is no need to panic  "That's loving terrifying.
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Jun 14, 2016 23:34
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Burkion posted:Forest is just the perfect storm of the worst loving thing ever made by human hands. That might just be a tad extreme... Jerusalem posted:The thing that really gets to me about Forest is that the "solution" feels like a sideways look at the set-up for a creepy Moffat episode - one day a worldwide threat emerges to the earth and just before the leaders of the world can do anything about it they ALL get a phonecall simultaneously and hear a little girl's voice say,"Don't do anything, just step back and take no action, there is no need to panic You know what, I hadn't considered that. That makes it more interesting.
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Jun 14, 2016 23:46
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I'm not sure if it's even the worst Moffet Era episode. Though it might be the one that encompasses a lot of flaws in lower bad weekly moffet era episodes, just having one whimsical thing happen for stupid reasons and then lots of stupid drama happens, idk.
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Jun 14, 2016 23:50
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Forest was boring though. Being boring is an unforgivable crime for sci-fi media. That's the main problem I have with it; didn't help I was expecting "primaeval forest transplanted to modern day via time-fuckery" rather than "Magic tree faeries and Gaia theory bullshit" either. I would say mawkishness also, but that's a staple of the Moffat era really. Pesky Splinter fucked around with this message at 00:25 on Jun 15, 2016 |
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Jun 15, 2016 00:11
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I had honestly purged that episode from my memory. I was following the discussion and going "when the poo poo was this?" and it wasn't until the solar flares and worldwide forest fairy poo poo posts on this page that I even remembered watching it.
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Jun 15, 2016 00:24
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Gotham must be cancelled immediately! http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-06-14/jon-pertwees-son-sean-reveals-he-was-asked-to-be-in-last-years-doctor-who quote:Speaking to RadioTimes.com about whether he’d ever be in the series himself, he said: “I’d love to, I’d love to.
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Jun 15, 2016 01:28
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whatsabattle posted:Gotham must be cancelled immediately! That's been true since the first episode.
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Jun 15, 2016 01:58
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CommonShore posted:I had honestly purged that episode from my memory. I was following the discussion and going "when the poo poo was this?" and it wasn't until the solar flares and worldwide forest fairy poo poo posts on this page that I even remembered watching it. Ya you goons are really making me want to rewatch In the Forest of the Night. Mostly just to see if there were some redeeming qualities about it that I subconsciously focused on that prevented me from hating it as much as the rest of you. That Agent Orange poo poo though? Wow. I don't blame anybody for disliking it due to that issue alone.
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Jun 15, 2016 02:56
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AndyElusive posted:Ya you goons are really making me want to rewatch In the Forest of the Night. Mostly just to see if there were some redeeming qualities about it that I subconsciously focused on that prevented me from hating it as much as the rest of you. When I first watched it I wasn't anywhere near as negative on it as I am now. My dislike for it grew over time the more I thought about it, and when I rewatched it a little later it was actually worse than I remembered 
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Jun 15, 2016 05:41
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I like the part where Clara chooses to kill a couple dozen children.
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Jun 15, 2016 06:15
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Lottery of Babylon posted:I like the part where Clara chooses to kill a couple dozen children. Just a little different from Donna's "just save someone" speech, huh?
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Jun 15, 2016 06:32
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Lottery of Babylon posted:I like the part where Clara chooses to kill a couple dozen children. Hey if the kids really really really really really really really do need their parents to live and not be sad and thus die, how about we go grab their parents in our teleporting time machine that has nothing holding it back this episode no let the kids die okay then I guess it would be too much  to save them never mind
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Jun 15, 2016 06:46
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Aw, come on thread! Don’t be sour! We’re getting more Adric! https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/doctor-who-adric-arrives-in-the-main-range Don’t they just all look so happy together? 
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Jun 15, 2016 13:00
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CobiWann posted:Aw, come on thread! Don’t be sour! We’re getting more Adric! Maybe he'll finally learn if he was right  .
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Jun 15, 2016 13:12
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CobiWann posted:Aw, come on thread! Don’t be sour! We’re getting more Adric! Look at Davison's face, hahaha  "He was dead. I was happy. We were all happy  "
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Jun 15, 2016 13:21
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Jerusalem posted:Look at Davison's face, hahaha Matthew is probably inadvertently working with the villain (Joseph Lidster) to mess with Peter...
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Jun 15, 2016 13:51
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Jerusalem posted:Look at Davison's face, hahaha I like how the door behind them is TARDIS blue.
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Jun 15, 2016 13:58
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CobiWann posted:Aw, come on thread! Don’t be sour! We’re getting more Adric! At least British Wil Wheaton hasn't grown an awful beard But just  at Peter's expression
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Jun 15, 2016 23:08
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Something literally nobody asked for. :/
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Jun 16, 2016 01:31
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Astroman posted:Something literally nobody asked for. :/ "Iterations of I" was awesome, so yeah, I was asking for more from that team
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Jun 16, 2016 01:48
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Davros1 posted:"Iterations of I" was awesome, so yeah, I was asking for more from that team
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Jun 16, 2016 03:17
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So I just rewatched In the Forest of the Night and geeze you guys, it wasn't as awful as the lot of you were making it out to be. I smirked when 12 says to Clara that he hopes he was right about the trees protecting the Earth from the coronal ejection because it would be awkward if it got destroyed.
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Jun 16, 2016 04:51
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Jerusalem posted:Look at Davison's face, hahaha Why are you all trying to make me remember The Boy That Time Forgot? 
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Jun 16, 2016 06:17
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I haven't heard that one yet but I'm only 3 audios away from it 
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Jun 16, 2016 07:28
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Jerusalem posted:I haven't heard that one yet but I'm only 3 audios away from it Seriously, just skip it. It's not worth your time or money.
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Jun 16, 2016 10:10
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Jun 16, 2016 11:32
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Jerusalem posted:I haven't heard that one yet but I'm only 3 audios away from it I didn't mind it. It clearly gives no shits about nostalgia, but it's pretty fun. If you like Doctor Who at its most silly and irreverent, then it's probably up your alley. I really like Paul Magr's work in general though, even though I know his work can be pretty divisive at times (e.g. The Blue Angel, Verdigris)
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Jun 16, 2016 11:39
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CommonShore posted:I had honestly purged that episode from my memory. How ironic.
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Jun 16, 2016 12:04
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AndyElusive posted:So I just rewatched In the Forest of the Night and geeze you guys, it wasn't as awful as the lot of you were making it out to be. Yeah exactly, it's fine. I mean it's an episode of Dr Who so it can't be bad now, can it?
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Jun 16, 2016 12:10
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Barry Foster posted:Seriously, just skip it. It's not worth your time or money. I already own it, and I'm a big believer in at least giving a story a chance to stand on its own merits, especially since opinions so often vary in this thread (people are currently kinda defending Forest of the Night!). That said, I won't be at all surprised if it turns out to be terrible v  v
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Jun 16, 2016 13:15
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BSam posted:Yeah exactly, it's fine. I mean it's an episode of Dr Who so it can't be bad now, can it? Here's something everyone can disagree with!
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Jun 16, 2016 13:40
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Is... is he tweeting in character?
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Jun 16, 2016 13:42
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That might require basic acting skills, so I'm doubtful.
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Jun 16, 2016 14:10
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Matthew Waterhouse has always been an Adric method actor
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Jun 16, 2016 14:14
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MrL_JaKiri posted:Matthew Waterhouse has always been an Adric method actor How is he still alive then?
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Jun 16, 2016 16:41
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Thought more about the plot and story details of Forest of the Night today and about the implications of what it showed and ya, all things considered that was actually a pretty lovely episode.
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Jun 16, 2016 17:26
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