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howe_sam posted:When I was rewatched season 4 it was shocking just how much RTD seemed to hate Donna, she got poo poo on more than any companion I can think of off the top of my head. He probably doesn't even remember Martha though.
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Jerusalem posted:Was there any Evelyn on Spotify? She and Colin Baker have fantastic chemistry, even if a lot of their stuff happened early in Big Finish when they were still figuring things out. The Marian Conspiracy is a pretty good story and introduces Evelyn. OMG I love Evelyn! It was so refreshing to have an older companion again! The Marian Conspiracy was great, but Spectre of Lanyon Moor was my fave (Brig!).
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Oct 10, 2018 14:38
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Also is it just me or is Nyssa a total bore in the audios? I liked her in the show but I find myself getting tired listening to her. Then again I really liked Zagreus so maybe I'm not the most tasteful person.
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Oct 10, 2018 14:40
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Muppetjedi posted:RTD loves Donna, probably not to the extent he loves Rose, but he didn't hate her. Donna had some great moments no doubt, but she always was the butt of some really mean-spirited jokes, it was weird.
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Muppetjedi posted:RTD loves Donna, probably not to the extent he loves Rose, but he didn't hate her. He kept bringing Martha back all the time, though? She got 5 episodes in S4, End of Time cameos, and a short run on Torchwood S2?
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Oct 10, 2018 15:06
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Jodie's in the NYTimes crossword today, neat.
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Oct 10, 2018 15:28
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I like the implication in Death of the Doctor that before regenerating, the Doctor piloted his TARDIS over the Earth to watch Adric smash into the planet.
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Oct 10, 2018 15:34
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Stairs posted:OMG I love Evelyn! It was so refreshing to have an older companion again! The Marian Conspiracy was great, but Spectre of Lanyon Moor was my fave (Brig!). I've been listening to some Evelyn ones lately too and I enjoy her, but that one about Juli(a/us) Caesar was completely incoherent.
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Oct 10, 2018 16:23
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TinTower posted:I like the implication in Death of the Doctor that before regenerating, the Doctor piloted his TARDIS over the Earth to watch Adric smash into the planet. Clara, after leaping into the Doctor's timestream, has the opportunity to save Adric from the Great Intelligence interference that leads him to die from the Cybermen, but just kind of shrugs.
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Oct 10, 2018 18:07
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Clara goes back in time to make sure Adric absolutely cannot leave the doomed spaceship
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Oct 10, 2018 18:23
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Seemed an okay episode as far as intro episodes go. Definitely better cinematography, and at least looking like more budget. Story and dialogue was so-so, but that’s the usual for such episodes. Whittaker was pretty good despite playing a lot like my least favourite Doctor, Tennant. Companions seem fine so far, I love Bradley Walsh in everything.
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Oct 10, 2018 18:24
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corn in the bible posted:Clara goes back in time to make sure Adric absolutely cannot leave the doomed spaceship There was an escape pod and Clara made sure the door was welded shut before the ship was ever launched.
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Oct 10, 2018 18:25
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Rhyno posted:There was an escape pod and Clara made sure the door was welded shut before the ship was ever launched. "Now I'll never know if I had the right ans-" "YOU DIDN'T, LOSER"
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Oct 10, 2018 18:28
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I love Bradley Walsh and he was my favorite part of the episode. Jodie is ok also I suppose!
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I only really know Walsh from The Chase, so seeing him act in a half decent way really caught me off guard.
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docbeard posted:"Now I'll never know if I had the right ans-" Now kinda wish that was Donna. :p
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Safeword posted:I only really know Walsh from The Chase, so seeing him act in a half decent way really caught me off guard. He was great as the gruff sad cop on Law and Order UK so it was weird to find out he's basically always been a game show/soap opera guy 
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Oct 10, 2018 18:57
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The more i think about the episode the more I like it. A predator monster who's actually a cheating rear end in a top hat is actually a really great premise as a serious threat and as something that's also different and weird, and a worthy foil for the Doctor. Its also pretty good commentary that what appears to be a mighty warrior never really earned his power. The doctor having the best aspects of Tennant and Smith while not having their assholery is also welcome, and makes sense as a reaction to twelve. All in all, I think this season will be fun.
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Oct 10, 2018 19:04
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I think if they'd left out the tooth thing and given Tim Shaw a very different design and a little more dialogue, it would have improved him a little, but, eh, it's the new companions and the new Doctor we're supposed to care about in a regeneration episode.
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Oct 10, 2018 19:09
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I think it's probably notable that Big Finish has done a Donna/10 box set, a Rose/10 box set, and now they're doing... another Donna set, because nobody cares about Martha no love 4 martha
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Oct 10, 2018 19:11
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Bicyclops posted:I think if they'd left out the tooth thing and given Tim Shaw a very different design and a little more dialogue, it would have improved him a little, but, eh, it's the new companions and the new Doctor we're supposed to care about in a regeneration episode. As high regard as everyone (including me, obv) holds The Eleventh Hour, I don't think I've ever seen anyone demand the return of the Atraxi. So yeah.
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Oct 10, 2018 19:12
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docbeard posted:As high regard as everyone (including me, obv) holds The Eleventh Hour, I don't think I've ever seen anyone demand the return of the Atraxi. remember when they inexplicably decided to bring back the santa robots to overwhelming ambivalence
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I can’t help but wonder if we’ll end up on Tim Shaw’s world to rescue all those not alive, not dead people.
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The_Doctor posted:I can’t help but wonder if we’ll end up on Tim Shaw’s world to rescue all those not alive, not dead people. He teleported away, plenty of time to blame the Doctor back home and have the rest of the species be antagonists
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Oct 10, 2018 19:18
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docbeard posted:As high regard as everyone (including me, obv) holds The Eleventh Hour, I don't think I've ever seen anyone demand the return of the Atraxi. Regardless, the Atraxi are smart enough to not ever come back like 11 suggested. corn in the bible posted:no love 4 martha That's ok, she's got Mickey.
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Oct 10, 2018 19:20
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corn in the bible posted:I think it's probably notable that Big Finish has done a Donna/10 box set, a Rose/10 box set, and now they're doing... another Donna set, because nobody cares about Martha Nobody likes the Rutans.
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Oct 10, 2018 19:21
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Bicyclops posted:Clara, after leaping into the Doctor's timestream, has the opportunity to save Adric from the Great Intelligence interference that leads him to die from the Cybermen, but just kind of shrugs. I absolutely loved that as an end for Clara, and kind of wished they'd kept her that way - would have been great to see her keep popping up in various weird places.
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Oct 10, 2018 19:35
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I need to ask again, does anyone know if digital sales of episodes are in any way counted towards viewing numbers for ratings?
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Safeword posted:I only really know Walsh from The Chase, so seeing him act in a half decent way really caught me off guard. I only know him from Coronation Street, it's very weird seeing him in this.
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Rhyno posted:I need to ask again, does anyone know if digital sales of episodes are in any way counted towards viewing numbers for ratings? I'm not in the field or anything, but I'm pretty sure that they don't, but networks have to monitor those closely either way. I don't know that low Nielsen ratings but big numbers from stuff like Amazon or the Apple store hurt an individual show like they used to; they just make networks re-think the model for how they deliver content and negotiate who can carry it.
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Bicyclops posted:I'm not in the field or anything, but I'm pretty sure that they don't, but networks have to monitor those closely either way. I don't know that low Nielsen ratings but big numbers from stuff like Amazon or the Apple store hurt an individual show like they used to; they just make networks re-think the model for how they deliver content and negotiate who can carry it. Hmmm. I ask because I really want to help thwart that rear end in a top hat who's predicting a huge drop off in week two and I figure I could buy the show on every goddamned platform it was available on and quietly encourage others to do so as well.
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Rhyno posted:Hmmm. He's probably going to win either way. Most shows see a huge drop off after the premiere and it has nothing to do with the quality of the show. A quick glance on Wikipedia indicates that there is a "watched within a week of airing" statistic that the track, which I think confirms that purchases are a different number. I imagine most people buying Doctor Who are getting a season pass, anyway.
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Rhyno posted:I need to ask again, does anyone know if digital sales of episodes are in any way counted towards viewing numbers for ratings? https://www.barb.co.uk/barb-explained/how-broadcaster-vod-viewing-is-included-in-our-programme-audience-figures/ quote:BARB has reported timeshifted TV set viewing for a number of years. At first, we reported timeshifted viewing up to seven days after broadcast; now we report up to 28 days post-broadcast. So, if you watch it on Sky it counts and that is a digital sale
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corn in the bible posted:He was great as the gruff sad cop on Law and Order UK so it was weird to find out he's basically always been a game show/soap opera guy One of his earliest television roles was as a foul-mouthed gangster on an episode of the Lock, Stock... and Two Smoking Barrels spin-off series, which was very surprising indeed when you've only seen him as a genial game show host.
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what are some good big finish 7th stories, mccoy is awesome
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corn in the bible posted:what are some good big finish 7th stories, mccoy is awesome Rapture.
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Finally was able to watch the episode.  I wanted to like it, but I just couldn't. 13's manic energy gives me a very Tennant vibe, and I couldn't stand Tennant. That said, she was great during the Tim Shaw Showdown and the last few minutes, so who knows. Deep Breath is one of the worst episodes of the revival and Capaldi still ended up as one of my favorites, so I’m just going to chock this up to typical regeneration episode roughness.
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