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| Season 1 (Marco Polo) |
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13 | 18.57% |
| Season 2 (The Crusade) |
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1 | 1.43% |
| Season 3 (Galaxy 4/The Myth Makers/The Daleks' Master Plan/The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve/The Celestial Toymaker/The Savages) |
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25 | 35.71% |
| Season 4 (The Smugglers/The Highlanders/The Underwater Menace/The Evil of the Daleks) |
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16 | 22.86% |
| Season 5 (The Abominable Snowmen/The Web of Fear/The Wheel in Space) |
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11 | 15.71% |
| Season 6 (The Space Pirates) |
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4 | 5.71% |
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fractalairduct posted:I can see what Midnight is doing, and I think it does it very well, but I just don't find it particularly fun to watch; and that's why I come to Doctor Who. I agree (except that I do quite like it), but at the same time I don't think I'd watch a show that's all like that. I'm sure I'd like some episodes from Black Mirror, but the reason I don't watch it is because its pervading tone is 'bleak and miserable'. And I don't have a place in my life for regularly watching bleak and miserable, be it once a week or binge-watching. I've tried that before, I just feel bad afterwards. But I can handle Doctor Who being dark, weird and bleak sometimes, because I know that whenever it is, it'll only be that for like 45 minutes.
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Jun 13, 2020 08:51
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I haven’t watched Midnight in ages, but I think my main problem with it was that it was a one-set character based piece set in the future, but all the actual characters felt like two-dimensional 20th Century stereotypes. “Teen embarrassed of parents”, “old professor”. Because none of them felt like actual people it kind of broke the whole thing for me. The idea of Midnight is amazing, but I don’t think the execution matches it. But like I said I haven’t actually seen it in years.
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Jun 13, 2020 09:56
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I like the episode, and the fact RTD did basically the same premise far worse the following year with the godawful Planet of the Dead still blows me away. The idea of a monster that starts off echoing you, slowly gets closer to talking in tandem and then gets AHEAD of you really is incredibly disturbing.
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Jun 13, 2020 11:29
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Plus it’s terrifying that it gets the best of the Doctor, and it’s the actions of a member of cabin crew who saves the day.
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Jun 13, 2020 11:48
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It also helps that RTD rarely went ultra-cynical and bleak with his work. There's individual scenes and moments that strive for that, but Midnight really works because of how out of step it is with everything around it. It and Turn Left are sandwiched between the mega-event that is the Series 4 finale and what, the time Agatha Cristie got menaced by a bee?
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Jun 13, 2020 11:55
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Rochallor posted:It also helps that RTD rarely went ultra-cynical and bleak with his work. There's individual scenes and moments that strive for that, but Midnight really works because of how out of step it is with everything around it. It and Turn Left are sandwiched between the mega-event that is the Series 4 finale and what, the time Agatha Cristie got menaced by a bee? For as average as The Unicorn and the Wasp is, we did the get the "Harvey Wallbanger" scene, which my wife and I say is the perfect representation of our marriage.
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Jun 13, 2020 15:18
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I saw a clip from a student theatre production of midnight and I think it works well on stage.
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Jun 13, 2020 15:37
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Whether a lore retcon becomes canon, or a blind alley soon forgotten, or a throw-away line, can’t be determined at the time. I didn’t care for the President’s daughter thing because it turns the Doctor from a marginalized, just-scraped-thru-exams nobody who winds up entangled in Time Lord affairs in a major way into someone who really ought to have been a bigger deal in the early Gallifrey stories, and to no good purpose that I can see. Just like I didn’t much care for the Moffat-era developments of “Hi, I’m the Doctor, I defeat you by referring to my famous name” followed by “I have erased knowledge of myself from history”. But he retconned the first problem and pretty much forgot about the second almost immediately, so it ended up as a bit of a blip. And other, huge changes like adding an extra Doctor or making Clara part of the Doctor’s past, didn’t bother me a bit. My point is that it’s too soon to evaluate the Timeless Child thread. Based on past history, it’s reasonable to be concerned about Chibnall’s ability to pull whatever it is off, but there are potentially some very interesting stories to tell now. Plus we are likely to get Jo Martin Doctor stories out of Big Finish.
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Jun 13, 2020 16:56
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Edward Mass posted:Well, all we need is for another Time Lord to come in and clear things up OH WAIT If there is one thing I'm really hoping is that they reveal that not all Time Lords died (because come on, how did the Master even kill them all). Make all current Time Lords rogue Time Lords/sort of drifting refugees, and you can keep Gallifrey destroyed, as long as it didn't invalidate the Doctor saving all of those children* * she barely seemed to give a poo poo about that, lmao, wtf
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Jun 13, 2020 19:23
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I'm still waiting on an explanation on how a Doctor gets shot and tossed off a cliff, then comes back without a spectacular fireworks show and a new body. Or how the Doctor grew up from a little kid to become a policeman. Or any other of a thousand massive gaping plot holes that makes this make no sense. It just makes so little sense and it's driving! ME! INSANE!
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Jun 13, 2020 23:33
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Rochallor posted:It also helps that RTD rarely went ultra-cynical and bleak with his work. There's individual scenes and moments that strive for that, but Midnight really works because of how out of step it is with everything around it. It and Turn Left are sandwiched between the mega-event that is the Series 4 finale and what, the time Agatha Cristie got menaced by a bee? Library 2-parter, then Midnight, then Turn Left. One of the strongest sets of episodes in the revival really.
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Jun 14, 2020 01:31
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Chokes McGee posted:It just makes so little sense and it's driving! ME! INSANE! Chan... then who are you, tho? 
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Jun 14, 2020 04:02
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Jerusalem posted:The Master posted: Hopefully it’ll be less vague when someone comes up with an animation or telesnaps reconstruction of the missing scene.
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Jun 14, 2020 08:59
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Chokes McGee posted:I'm still waiting on an explanation on how a Doctor gets shot and tossed off a cliff, then comes back without a spectacular fireworks show and a new body. Well, obviously the Time Lords added the fireworks when they stole the secrets of regeneration. We know they're ostentatious like that, just from their collars alone.
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Jun 14, 2020 10:21
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Eleven to Twelve didn't have fireworks though
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Jun 14, 2020 18:29
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I've always held that the later in the cycle it is, the bigger a bang you get.
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Jun 14, 2020 19:48
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Vinylshadow posted:Eleven to Twelve didn't have fireworks though “LOVE FROM GALLIFREY BOYS!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AxCoMbiZfk
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Jun 14, 2020 20:04
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"Time of the Doctor" is dumb as Hell, but I sure enjoy it a lot.
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Jun 14, 2020 22:16
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The last 15 minutes or so are still some of my favourite Doctor Who. Something about Clara's stepmother and grandmother arguing about christmas crackers really gets to me ("oh that's nice, crying at Christmas 🙄") and feels like Moffat trying to make a statement about what he feels the show and character should be- Christmas isn't about "more dramatic crackers" it's about jokes and hugging! It was too much to cram into one hour, which is the biggest knock against it. As a two-parter like End Of Time it might have been more successful
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Jun 14, 2020 22:41
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Vinylshadow posted:Eleven to Twelve didn't have fireworks though I know there's the whole bit with the Doctor air-guitaring Daleks out of the sky with regeneration energy and all, but I really dug that 11 had reached a point where he was happy and content with what he had achieved and was ready to move on, and as a result the actual regeneration from 11 to 12 happens in the blink of an eye instead of a big arms thrown wide, energy blasting everywhere explosion that lasts 30 seconds or more. Plus of course it's followed by 12's immediate reaction to Clara, which was immortalised by some beautiful goon many years ago via:  _________ ___
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Jun 14, 2020 23:48
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Jerusalem posted:
That was me and it will be my forums legacy
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Jun 15, 2020 02:41
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Chokes McGee posted:That was me and it will be my forums legacy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oofSnsGkops&t=48s
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Jun 15, 2020 03:12
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I know what MY forums legacy is.The_Doctor posted:A colour version of the Celestial Toymaker would rock. I posted:They'd run out of yellow before episode 3.
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Jun 15, 2020 03:30
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Time Lord Victorious comics detailsquote:More Time Lord Victorious stories are revealed today – two comic books will be released by Titan Comics from September 2020! oh boy, more Daleks
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Jun 18, 2020 12:02
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More Ainley in the Popbitch mailout! (Although for some reason, I've always assumed Ainley was gay...?)quote:It's always been the case that whenever we focus on an actor from the Doctor Who canon for more than a week, it isn't long until a bit of smut rolls in – and we're pleased to say that the tradition has held strong for Anthony Ainley.
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Jun 18, 2020 22:46
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The_Doctor posted:More Ainley in the Popbitch mailout! (Although for some reason, I've always assumed Ainley was gay...?) Not sure about Anthony Ainley, but I seem to recall reading somewhere that his father Henry Ainley had a brief fling with a young Laurence Olivier, so maybe that might be where you got the idea?
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Jun 19, 2020 07:34
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He was a lifelong bachelor and keenly private, which is the sort of thing that draws knowing nods and winks; but then, he was also enough of an eccentric that I'd believe he just couldn't be bothered and preferred playing cricket instead.
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Jun 19, 2020 11:10
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So Jodie and David were on the James Corden show last night https://twitter.com/memoriesdw/status/1273938509758443522?s=20
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Jun 19, 2020 13:07
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Thank you for not including tweets with Cordon in.
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Jun 19, 2020 13:14
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She has the best facial expressions  https://i.imgur.com/t0aw1aF.mp4
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Jun 19, 2020 14:32
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Every time I see a recent picture or video of Tennant I can’t shake the feeling that his face has shrunk from the jawline down. It’s eerie.
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Jun 19, 2020 14:38
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Narsham posted:Every time I see a recent picture or video of Tennant I can’t shake the feeling that his face has shrunk from the jawline down. It’s eerie. https://twitter.com/arobertwebb/status/1273927770943488000?s=20
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Jun 20, 2020 03:02
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Webb's a transphobic piece of poo poo, in case you weren't aware
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Jun 20, 2020 03:34
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Jerusalem posted:She has the best facial expressions 
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Jun 20, 2020 21:38
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"Wow, so Matt Smith really doesn't keep one of his costumes at home?" "Yep, that's what I heard."
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Jun 21, 2020 03:08
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Here, have some cursed knowledge.
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Jun 21, 2020 12:54
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David Tennant filtered like that looks like Karen Gillan (and Paul McGann looks like Gillian Anderson???), and Jodie looks like some chad CW actor, lmao. But also, hiring actresses without unconvential features and that would not necessarily be considered attractive by the majority of the population would be really cool and it's something I hope they consider doing when casting the next Doctor.
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Jun 21, 2020 13:11
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Fair Bear Maiden posted:David Tennant filtered like that looks like Karen Gillan (and Paul McGann looks like Gillian Anderson???), and Jodie looks like some chad CW actor, lmao. I thought Tennant looked a lot like Jenna Coleman.
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Jun 21, 2020 13:20
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The_Doctor posted:Here, have some cursed knowledge. Sorry, maybe I'm missing the nuance here, but why are those images "cursed"?
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Jun 21, 2020 13:21
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I think the FaceApp gender filter is a bit cursed for a bunch of reasons, and has been criticized by trans people before, although it's also been helpful for some people who had a chance to imagine themselves as the gender they weren't assigned at birth for the first time, so I guess that's at least good? Have they removed the blackface filters? I uninstalled the app the moment they did that garbage.
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Jun 21, 2020 13:25
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