Tie-breaker for serial you'd most like to find an episode from This poll is closed. |
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The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve | 33 | 44.59% | |
The Highlanders | 41 | 55.41% | |
Total: | 74 votes |
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It’s time for… THE 2016 DOCTOR WHO THREAD SECRET SANTA! Yes, it’s that time of the year again! If you're new to this Secret Santa malarkey, we all throw our names into my hat, you receive a random name, and send that person a lovely gift of DOCTOR WHO goodies, toys, candy, maybe some booze (postage allowing), and all around a big ol' ball of holiday cheer! It's fun, trust me. No really. SIGNING UP: 1) First thing, sign up here: http://goo.gl/forms/ldaiubFMd7 If you find you are having problems, email me at doctorwhosecretsanta [at] gmail [dot] com In the subject, please include the tag [DWSS] as I am running another Secret Santa and don’t want to confuse the two. 2) Post in this thread! Tell us what kinds of stuff you're into! Once Santas are assigned, we're all going to be trying to figure each other out, so some healthy conversation will help things go smoothly. 3) DEADLINE: The deadline for sign-ups is FRIDAY NOVEMBER 18TH! #SAVETHEDAY Assignments will go out shortly thereafter. 4) BUDGET: Somewhere in the $25-$30 (£15-20) range (before shipping). You're welcome to spend more, but that's no guarantee you'll get that much in return. Gag gifts are cool, but please include some kind of actual gift. 5) COLLEGE STUDENTS: Remember that these gifts will likely go out around the holiday break, so be mindful of which address you give me. If you have any concerns about packages being stolen from your doorstep, use the address of your work/friend/parents, just so long as it's cool with them. 6) INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING: If you sign up for this, you are agreeing to the possibility of getting an international address. The USPS international price calculator can be found here. 7) SHIPPING DEADLINES: Royal Mail last posting days: http://www.royalmail.com/greetings USPS Holiday deadlines: https://www.usps.com/holiday/ 8) WHEN YOUR GIFT ARRIVES: Show us your loot! Take pictures! You can wait until Christmas morning if you want, but still, show us all the awesome goodies your Santa brought you. 9) LATE PACKAGES: If you haven't received your gift by January 1st, let me know so I can look into it. If you haven't SENT your gift by December 15th, let me know so I can contact your recipient. 10) DON'T BE A DEADBEAT: If you sign up, please get your person something. Nobody likes a deadbeat santa. 11) FINALLY: A Merry Christmas to all of you at home! 12)
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Just finished 4's run. Good times My first impression is that I liked 3 a bit better as an actor (if I'm making a forced distribution), but 4 has the better stories. Not enough ridiculous chase scenes in 4, either.
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# ? Nov 11, 2016 02:52 |
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Entered my first DWSS. You might want to add a link for how much international shipping costs, The_Doctor.
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# ? Nov 11, 2016 03:23 |
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Thank you for posting DWSS, I really need it right now. Here's the song I've been pairing with my DW avatars, and will be until I run out of Doctors or run out of lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9L0Jxzep1Y
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# ? Nov 11, 2016 03:33 |
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CommonShore posted:Just finished 4's run. Good times I really love how the loose theme of entropy in the last season is matched up rather fortuitously (now, probably not so much at the time) with Tom looking noticeably older/more worn-down - it really makes "it's the end.... but the moment has been prepared for" work so well both in the sense of saving the universe from falling apart AND the Doctor becoming this new, young and fresh-faced character. Also it's wonderful how nicely it parallels themes introduced in the Third Doctor's last story, where the Doctor's old mentor has psychically manifested his own future self into the world which the Fourth Doctor ends up doing with The Watcher. Considering that happened 7 seasons apart at a time when it wasn't as straightforward as it is now to get immediate access to previously aired stories, I wonder how many at the time picked up on it and how many didn't see it till years later when they watched everything in a short timeframe (like me!)
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# ? Nov 11, 2016 03:41 |
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The_Doctor posted:
LET'S DO THIS
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# ? Nov 11, 2016 04:05 |
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Also, in watching Logopolis I realized that if the universe were infinite, there would be an infinite number of universe-ending evil geniuses ending the universe at any given moment.
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# ? Nov 11, 2016 05:54 |
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Tim Burns Effect posted:Tried to buy Power of the Daleks in the BBC Store via VPN but it still wouldn't let me because of my billing address. Why can't they be more like the Mexican Origin store? Looks like it's available digitally in the US on Amazon????
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# ? Nov 11, 2016 10:40 |
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CommonShore posted:Also, in watching Logopolis I realized that if the universe were infinite, there would be an infinite number of universe-ending evil geniuses ending the universe at any given moment. Thankfully tempered by an infinite number of daring heroes stopping all those evil plans! EDIT: Massive 8th Doctor sale today. EDAs are $5, main range stories are $5. Dark Eyes and Doom Coalition sets are $20 jivjov fucked around with this message at 11:19 on Nov 11, 2016 |
# ? Nov 11, 2016 11:13 |
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CaptainYesterday posted:Entered my first DWSS. You might want to add a link for how much international shipping costs, The_Doctor. That's basically piece of string territory (as in how long is a...?). The holiday posting dates sites I linked (USPS and Royal Mail) both have international shipping guides. I'd say don't send a lot of books, they get heavy quickly.
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# ? Nov 11, 2016 11:21 |
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jivjov posted:EDIT: Massive 8th Doctor sale today. EDAs are $5, main range stories are $5. Dark Eyes and Doom Coalition sets are $20 Aaaand i now have every Main Range McGann but Minuet, Creed and Scaredy Cat.
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# ? Nov 11, 2016 22:06 |
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I went and watched Power of the Daleks in the theater, holy poo poo it was good. Even in animated form the strength of the story shines through and it remains one of the best Doctor Who stories I've ever seen (and now I have properly SEEN it!) - I had forgotten so many of the wonderful little moments and performances, the great supporting characters and their arcs. Lesterson and his slow unraveling into madness stands out, but I think I gained a new appreciation for the "Side with whatever side benefits her personally" Janley. Even just animated, the scene of the camera panning over the corpses of the colonists - rebel and authority alike - after the Daleks set about exterminating EVERYBODY is still really chilling. Can't wait to buy the DVD. Also Patrick Troughton is incredible. Doctor: Read this. Lesterson silently reads it Doctor: Aloud
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# ? Nov 12, 2016 05:48 |
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CommonShore posted:Also, in watching Logopolis I realized that if the universe were infinite, there would be an infinite number of universe-ending evil geniuses ending the universe at any given moment. Nah, this isn't how it works. The natural numbers are (countably) infinite but there's only one "1", for example.
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# ? Nov 12, 2016 13:00 |
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MrL_JaKiri posted:Nah, this isn't how it works. The natural numbers are (countably) infinite but there's only one "1", for example. Yeah, the CVE opened to universes that were separate, but not parallel. So Adric is from somewhere with its own unique history, not an alternate version of our own. Which would mean that other universes like the Inferno and Cybus one also have their own Adrics...
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# ? Nov 12, 2016 15:54 |
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I think he's doing the "The universe is infinite, so everything must happen infinitely many times in it" thing
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# ? Nov 12, 2016 16:53 |
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jivjov posted:EDIT: Massive 8th Doctor sale today. EDAs are $5, main range stories are $5. Dark Eyes and Doom Coalition sets are $20
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# ? Nov 13, 2016 00:15 |
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I discovered a vaccine for Big Finish sales.... own everything already!
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# ? Nov 13, 2016 00:37 |
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Jerusalem posted:I discovered a vaccine for Big Finish sales.... own everything already! I got that particular injection yesterday. I really shouldn't have because now I'm out of money to donate to Desert Bus
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# ? Nov 13, 2016 01:06 |
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Anyone planning on doing the Monday theater screening? I know I could catch it on BBCA for free, but I'm tempted to go in my small/rural Missouri town just to see if there's anyone else in the building. The only person I know who would go with me says he will, and would for sure show up but I kind of think he's hate it. He's a Nu-Who guy and only a few classic eps I've shown him haven't bored him due to pacing. Then you add "iffy" animation to the mix and I get this feeling he'd hate it. I mean, I'd offer to pay for that reason but am seriously contemplating going myself. Stupid tendency to mind-read! I didn't do the 50th in theaters, regret that, but I had a group who watched air live with me so it made up for it. Don't want to regret this, especially since it's motherfuckin' Troughton. If you're going, anyone going with people they know aren't really into the classic serious? Btw, hello again thread! Glad to be back after a self-imposed internet/social media hiatus, had a lovely period of my life and was a real selfish prick at times (hello Santee from last year, I know my last minute humble bumble deal was a lovely move and I still feel guilty). Plan to be active in this thread again, social media still gets a pass because I didn't miss it a bit. Also my Santee is gonna get to benefit from a year's guilt, so that's a plus?
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# ? Nov 13, 2016 01:41 |
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I went with a friend who enjoys Who but isn't crazy into it, and has only seen a handful of classic episodes. She really dug it (and LOVED Troughton), but it sounds like your friend isn't much of a fan of the classic series and this one has all the "problems" you would find with that. The animation is mostly serviceable (at times it is really good, every so often it looks really stilted) - I'd say you'd be better off either going by yourself or trying to organize with some other friends to watch it on BBCA even if you don't watch it "live".
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# ? Nov 13, 2016 06:27 |
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Sorry to drop in at random and I hope this isn't an old matter but I don't get to follow the forums as closely as I'd like these days and I wanted to seek the opinion of Whovians I can trust. So I only just got to watch the latest Star Trek movie and had to ask: anybody else see a strong connection to State of Decay? I may be looking for patterns in things that aren't there but I know Simon Pegg wrote it, Pegg is a fan, and, honestly, one of my top 5 favorite Who stories (at least top 5 Tom stories) came to mind so strongly I just had to check and see if anyone else thought the same.
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# ? Nov 13, 2016 07:55 |
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I've been catching up on the second season of Gotham (and pondering why, since it's at best okay and often terrible, and never quite realizes its hammy potential) but hey if Michelle Gomez didn't just show up! I can only assume she's there to poach Sean Pertwee for a Third Doctor appearance, there's no need to correct me I'll just assume I'm right.King Plum the Nth posted:Sorry to drop in at random and I hope this isn't an old matter but I don't get to follow the forums as closely as I'd like these days and I wanted to seek the opinion of Whovians I can trust. I suppose there is a very basic similarity that I wouldn't have seen if you hadn't brought it up, but I think that's probably more of a coincidence. Now if Kirk had speared the bad guy through the heart with a starship on the other hand....
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# ? Nov 13, 2016 08:04 |
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Jerusalem posted:I went with a friend who enjoys Who but isn't crazy into it, and has only seen a handful of classic episodes. She really dug it (and LOVED Troughton), but it sounds like your friend isn't much of a fan of the classic series and this one has all the "problems" you would find with that. The animation is mostly serviceable (at times it is really good, every so often it looks really stilted) - I'd say you'd be better off either going by yourself or trying to organize with some other friends to watch it on BBCA even if you don't watch it "live". She? Sounds like you have a Companion there, J-Ru. What's her opinion on Heathrow? I'm going to see it tomorrow night. Can't wait! The episode, not the airport.
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# ? Nov 13, 2016 18:58 |
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CobiWann posted:Heathrow? That's good, because my experience of Heathrow was that I had no choice but to wait. For hours
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# ? Nov 13, 2016 22:13 |
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This is usually my experience of Heathrow:
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# ? Nov 13, 2016 23:11 |
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British power outlets look like very concerned Cybermen
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# ? Nov 13, 2016 23:14 |
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Jerusalem posted:British power outlets look like very concerned Cybermen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3fVj8A-K8E
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 00:30 |
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This is why you fly into Gatwick and sleep on the train in.
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 00:51 |
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Jerusalem posted:That's good, because my experience of Heathrow was that I had no choice but to wait. For hours At least you didn't travel 140 million years into the past The_Doctor posted:This is usually my experience of Heathrow: Yer posh git
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 02:06 |
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Short Synopsis: Sluggish from a run-in with the Ex, the Doctor finally remembers where he left his keys Long Synopsis: The Doctor and Amy find themselves on a doomed spaceship from the beginning of time under assault from a spaceship from the end of it. Mistaken identities abound as former powers desperate to regain what they've lost seek the final segment of the Key to Time. The Doctor must choose between chaos and order, black and white, revenge and forgiveness - the universe WILL survive, but in what form? What's Good:
What's Not:
Final Thoughts: The Chaos Pool is, by itself, quite a fun story. As is The Destroyer of Delights before it. The trouble is both stories are part of a larger whole and the whole is NOT greater than the sum of its parts. There is some neat character stuff for Amy and Zara, both of whom I assume are only around for these three stories and no more meaning that by the time they become solid characters in their own right its time for them to leave. There are some neat fake-outs and cliffhangers but they're quickly negated or twisted back to the status quo - one very cool cliffhanger moment revealing the final segment is so well handled but, once established, the story seems most concerned with completely reversing this all back to the initial expectations. They also go back to the well of using the Guardians after going out of their way to get rid of them in the previous story and the attempt to create a new massive universe-shaking threat/baddie the Doctor almost casually deals with them and then moves on. There's a lot of negativity here, but it's as a result of being part of a larger "season" arc, a sequel that nobody was demanding and that never really justifies its creation. The actual story by itself is really quite entertaining and the character interactions are for the most part solid and well-written. If this story was able to stand-alone (which I do not think it is, sadly) I'd happily recommend listening to it. As it is, this one (and the Key to Time as a whole) are mostly for listening to for completion's sake, and thinking about what might have been if all three stories had been stand-alone. By themselves, each one could have been very good, but put them together and the flaws just become too magnified.
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 04:28 |
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Yeah. I like all three of those stories, but I don't really give a toss about the overarching plot.
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 08:48 |
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Jerusalem posted:That's good, because my experience of Heathrow was that I had no choice but to wait. For hours Much like a classic DW episode then. *old guys from muppets gif*
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 09:54 |
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Big Mean Jerk posted:This is why you fly into Gatwick and sleep on the train in. Are you tryi to trick people into using Southern Rail? That's cruel
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 10:39 |
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BSam posted:Yeah. I like all three of those stories, but I don't really give a toss about the overarching plot. Agreed. Reading your reviews made me want to re-listen to them all, especially Destroyer of Delights because of the Guardians absolute pity-party attitude about being stuck in so few dimensions but I could be damned if I can think of a point to the plot, besides introducing The Grace. Which reminds me, I remember once listening to the first episode of Graceless and coming away from it having no loving clue what it was supposed to be about or why I was supposed to care. Which echoes the OP's opinion (however, I will defend Dorian Gray because that series is good. Corny, campy as hell and needlessly moody at times but Alexander Vlahos kills it). It even made me read Picture of Dorian Gray - which is a boring book for 75% of it, but now I can at least say I read it? I guess? Btw Decided not to abuse anyone else's (my NuWho friend, my sister, even my loving MOM offered) willingness to sit through 3 hours of boredom (for them), going to a movie alone for the first time in probably years. loving PUMPED.
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 14:10 |
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McGann posted:Agreed. Reading your reviews made me want to re-listen to them all, especially Destroyer of Delights because of the Guardians absolute pity-party attitude about being stuck in so few dimensions but I could be damned if I can think of a point to the plot, besides introducing The Grace. It's only playing one night, and it's 230 km away from me, and it's a loving Wednesday in a work week. I might be able to make it, but that would involve missing some volunteer commitments....
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 14:46 |
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I thought you guys might like to read my review of the 9/11 episode of Doctor Who.
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 15:45 |
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vegetables posted:I thought you guys might like to read my review of the 9/11 episode of Doctor Who. I skimmed it, but I love that the date at the top is November 9th.
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 20:53 |
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Power of the Daleks is playing at 7:30 tonight but I don't know if I can get motivated enough to go see it.
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:17 |
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Rhyno posted:Power of the Daleks is playing at 7:30 tonight but I don't know if I can get motivated enough to go see it. Why's that Not looking forward to the animation?
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Burkion posted:Why's that I wasn't super impressed by any of the teasers they've dropped. I also have a ton of poo poo I could be doing tonight to prep for our new carpet install. Decisions.
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