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 | 36 | 20.69% | |
The Myth Makers | 10 | 5.75% | |
The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve | 45 | 25.86% | |
The Savages | 2 | 1.15% | |
The Smugglers | 2 | 1.15% | |
The Highlanders | 45 | 25.86% | |
The Macra Terror | 21 | 12.07% | |
Fury from the Deep | 13 | 7.47% | |
Total: | 174 votes |
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That could be frustrating because sometimes you could see the potential but he just crashed and burned trying to get there, but other times he'd somehow absolutely nail it and produce something magical.
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# ? Sep 21, 2016 22:34 |
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# ? Jun 6, 2024 15:09 |
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Doom Coalition 3 just released! I barely remember what all happened in 1 and 2; can't wait to see how well this one flows with that in mind EDIT: Absent Friends is garbage. The Doctor says "PIN Number". The N stands for number!! jivjov fucked around with this message at 11:01 on Sep 22, 2016 |
# ? Sep 22, 2016 10:19 |
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jivjov posted:Doom Coalition 3 just released! I barely remember what all happened in 1 and 2; can't wait to see how well this one flows with that in mind ATMOS System is a tautology!
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# ? Sep 22, 2016 11:26 |
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CobiWann posted:Wait, there are people in England who DON'T live in London?!? Yea. But if they're not willing to book a last minute megabus for the chance to see Moffat talk about how great he is, are they really true Who fans?
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# ? Sep 22, 2016 13:27 |
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Cerv posted:Yea. But if they're not willing to book a last minute megabus for the chance to see Moffat talk about how great he is, are they really true Who fans? You're right, a true Who fan is willing to spend literally hours trapped in a moving vehicle next to a chemical toilet full of other people's waste. It's no worse than watching The Twin Dilemma.
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# ? Sep 22, 2016 13:55 |
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Clearly everyone's rushing to buy those tickets because I can't get access to the Megabus website at all (to tell you how horrifically long my journey would be)
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# ? Sep 22, 2016 14:06 |
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Fil5000 posted:You're right, a true Who fan is willing to spend literally hours trapped in a moving vehicle next to a chemical toilet full of other people's waste. It's no worse than watching The Twin Dilemma. Take your iPad and do both at the same time
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# ? Sep 22, 2016 14:13 |
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Other tablets are available
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# ? Sep 22, 2016 14:16 |
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Jesus gently caress it would take over eight hours for me to get to London on a megabus (including the time taken to get to where it picks you up)
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# ? Sep 22, 2016 14:20 |
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Doom Coalition 3, story 3 (The Doomsday Chronometer) major spoiler ahead: Goddamn I cannot believe it took me until the "You're a time lord??" reveal for me to realize who Octavian was. That said, I did appreciate River's callback to the Octavian she used to know!
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# ? Sep 22, 2016 15:13 |
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MrL_JaKiri posted:Jesus gently caress it would take over eight hours for me to get to London on a megabus (including the time taken to get to where it picks you up) Wow, it would only take me seven-and-a-half hours from Dulles to Heathrow!
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# ? Sep 22, 2016 15:38 |
MrL_JaKiri posted:Jesus gently caress it would take over eight hours for me to get to London on a megabus (including the time taken to get to where it picks you up) How? How can it take that long.
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# ? Sep 22, 2016 16:17 |
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Little_wh0re posted:How? How can it take that long. 7 hours 15 for the journey, leaving at 6:30 from Newcastle, an hour to get to Newcastle as they don't stop at Durham.
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# ? Sep 22, 2016 16:21 |
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It would take between 8 and 11 hours for me, which isn't particularly consistent. Aren't buses amazing.
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# ? Sep 22, 2016 16:22 |
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Hell, I live in London and I wouldn't be able to do it, due to being in the middle of the loving work day. Also it's already sold out. Also I'm currently sitting in a coffee shop in Georgia.
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# ? Sep 22, 2016 18:38 |
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The_Doctor posted:Hell, I live in London and I wouldn't be able to do it, due to being in the middle of the loving work day. Also it's already sold out. Also I'm currently sitting in a coffee shop in Georgia. Georgia the state or Georgia the country?
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# ? Sep 22, 2016 19:26 |
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egon_beeblebrox posted:Georgia the state or Georgia the country? The latter makes it a better story.
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# ? Sep 22, 2016 19:28 |
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CobiWann posted:Wow, it would only take me seven-and-a-half hours from Dulles to Heathrow! Yeah, but ... Dulles.
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# ? Sep 22, 2016 19:53 |
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No weekend sale from Big Finish these weekend...but some more information about upcoming Counter-Measures releases. What's the deal with Counter-Measures? The cover art indicates it's "from the Worlds of Doctor Who". Classic series thing? Or like Bernice and from novels?
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# ? Sep 23, 2016 11:02 |
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They're the proto-UNIT guys from Remembrance of the Daleks.
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# ? Sep 23, 2016 11:25 |
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Huh...that's one of the few televised Classic stories I've seen and I barely remember them. Guess they were popular, then.
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# ? Sep 23, 2016 11:44 |
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jivjov posted:Huh...that's one of the few televised Classic stories I've seen and I barely remember them. Guess they were popular, then. I think it's more a case of Big Finish just wanting to get as much stuff out of Who as they can that they could legitimately continue with if they ever lose the license.
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# ? Sep 23, 2016 12:03 |
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jivjov posted:Huh...that's one of the few televised Classic stories I've seen and I barely remember them. Guess they were popular, then. You should probably watch more of the old series.
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# ? Sep 23, 2016 12:15 |
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cargohills posted:You should probably watch more of the old series. I know, I know. I just honestly have more time in my life for audio stories due to commuting and the like, so I've been using those to get my Classic Doctor fix
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# ? Sep 23, 2016 12:46 |
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Fil5000 posted:I think it's more a case of Big Finish just wanting to get as much stuff out of Who as they can that they could legitimately continue with if they ever lose the license. That is a thing that Big Finish does, but they wouldn't be allowed to in this case. The use of Counter Measures, like Gallifrey or Jago and Lightfoot, is bundled up in the Doctor Who licence, as opposed to stuff like Graceless, Vienna or their version of Dorian Gray, which are owned wholly by Big Finish (give or take creator rights, e.g. what's going on with Erimem). Then there's stuff like Bernice, the Daleks and the Cybermen, which are very much their own thing.
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# ? Sep 23, 2016 14:46 |
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egon_beeblebrox posted:Georgia the state or Georgia the country? Georgia the state. I could have said Athens, and then we'd have had even more confusion.
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# ? Sep 23, 2016 15:46 |
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Speaking of the Gallifrey series...is there any hope ever of the early stuff getting released as a download? I know there are rights issues and the like with some of those early things...but does BF actually go out and try to renegotiate/secure rights to issue downloads for older stuff?
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# ? Sep 23, 2016 18:48 |
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Class will debut its first two episodes on BBC Three on October 22. No date yet for BBC America.
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# ? Sep 23, 2016 19:59 |
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jivjov posted:Speaking of the Gallifrey series...is there any hope ever of the early stuff getting released as a download? I know there are rights issues and the like with some of those early things...but does BF actually go out and try to renegotiate/secure rights to issue downloads for older stuff? Oh yeah. Just keep in mind they are a VERY small company, so with everything else they do, pursuing people to sign off on downloads is low on their list. Then there's the case of something like series one of the Companion Chronicles, were one person REFUSES to sign off, so they can't be released.
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# ? Sep 23, 2016 20:54 |
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Davros1 posted:Oh yeah. Just keep in mind they are a VERY small company, so with everything else they do, pursuing people to sign off on downloads is low on their list. Then there's the case of something like series one of the Companion Chronicles, were one person REFUSES to sign off, so they can't be released. What/who is the holdout on the Companion Chronicles?
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# ? Sep 23, 2016 21:03 |
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jivjov posted:What/who is the holdout on the Companion Chronicles? BF won't say, because they're not that petty, but if I had to guess, I'd think it's Patrick Chapman, who wrote "Fear of the Daleks", or Mark J Thompson, who directed series 1, since I haven't seen either of them do anything BF related since.
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# ? Sep 23, 2016 21:22 |
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CaptainYesterday posted:Class will debut its first two episodes on BBC Three on October 22. No date yet for BBC America. They also announced Capaldi will show up in the first episode, just as you'd expect.
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# ? Sep 24, 2016 01:50 |
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CaptainYesterday posted:Class will debut its first two episodes on BBC Three on October 22. No date yet for BBC America. Yeah I'm not gonna watch th- Big Mean Jerk posted:They also announced Capaldi will show up in the first episode, just as you'd expect. Goddammit
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# ? Sep 24, 2016 02:23 |
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Its an 8 episode series. If we can suffer through stuff like Cyberwoman and Minuet in Hell, we can suffer through this spinoff if it happens to be bad.
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# ? Sep 24, 2016 02:26 |
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I just wish they had chosen a more interesting name. Call it 'Coal Hill' or something.
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# ? Sep 24, 2016 02:30 |
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CaptainYesterday posted:I just wish they had chosen a more interesting name. Call it 'Coal Hill' or something. Also, where is literally anyone we recognize from the handful of times we've seen modern Coal Hill? (If they have William Russell cameo in the flesh as the head of the school board, I will myself to watching every single episode of Class they ever produce. Has to actually be Ian as played by William though. No pictures or busts or namedrops)
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# ? Sep 24, 2016 02:34 |
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jivjov posted:Also, where is literally anyone we recognize from the handful of times we've seen modern Coal Hill? Mr. Armitage is the only character I can find from modern Coal Hill to be in Class.
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# ? Sep 24, 2016 02:38 |
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CaptainYesterday posted:Mr. Armitage is the only character I can find from modern Coal Hill to be in Class. In looking this up to refresh myself; I saw the news that the main character was a bi/gay male with a boyfriend. I'm seriously and honestly surprised that I've not heard anything (negative or positive) about that so far. Hopefully lovely internet people won't ruin this for anyone.
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# ? Sep 24, 2016 02:43 |
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Davros1 posted:Oh yeah. Just keep in mind they are a VERY small company, so with everything else they do, pursuing people to sign off on downloads is low on their list. Then there's the case of something like series one of the Companion Chronicles, were one person REFUSES to sign off, so they can't be released. When I saw Jason Haigh-Ellery at a convention panel earlier this year, his most interesting story about rights issues had to do with "Sapphire and Steel". Unfortunately I can't remember all the details, but essentially all the paperwork involved was never digitized and has changed hands so many times that it got lost in NYC somewhere along the line. So they can't renew the license literally because no one knows where the original documents are. Also I think the creator might have lost the rights to the IP in a divorce settlement at some point? Basically, it's a mess. (Honestly I thought Jason was the most interesting speaker there because he's the guy who has to make all those deals and I'm a sucker for those kinds of stories)
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# ? Sep 24, 2016 06:59 |
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# ? Jun 6, 2024 15:09 |
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Short Synopsis: The Doctor tops Trump. Long Synopsis: The Sixth Doctor ruins he and Charley's vacation in order to crack a rather mundane mystery. A genius is seeking to stop an intergalactic war with the help of a very unlucky man, and an overworked and underappreciated cop just wants to get away from it all. What's Good:
What's Not:
Final Thoughts: Despite the large number of notes for what I liked and the comparatively small number of dislikes, The Raincloud Man is "only" a solid story. I like 6th Doctor/Charley stories, I like Eddie Robson stories, so I was always predisposed to think well of this. But while it's a good listen with plenty of good character moments and a neat resolution to the main threat, it doesn't quite hold up to the quality of other recent stories like The Doomwood Curse, with just a couple of niggling little aspects to it that detract from what is otherwise a very listenable story. It's not the kind of story I would eagerly suggest you go out of your way to get, but nor is it something I would suggest avoiding. In the overall Six/Charley storyline I think this one will stand out as a fairly key story due to the importance of a couple key scenes where the enormity of Charley's predicament is explored. But on it's own? It's "just" good, the type of story you put on and listen to and think,"That was good" and then probably don't think about again until somebody else brings it up. Not a bad story at all, but probably not a particularly memorable one.... outside of the Doctor's choice of final game at the High Stakes table, which is a goddamn loving masterpiece.
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# ? Sep 25, 2016 09:50 |