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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% |
| Total: | 70 votes | ||
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That scene got me through a lot of poo poo in the past five years
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Nov 28, 2020 12:54
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It's a really good scene in a really good episode, just a great use of Moffat's "repeat something and have it pick up new meaning each time it's said" thing. And Capaldi was a good Doctor to deliver the line. Now we reach my favorite part of the DW Secret Santa: buying the presents! 
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Nov 28, 2020 16:54
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All Secret Santa info has now gone out, so if you haven't received it, or you have any issues, let me know either via PMs or over email on doctorwhosecretsanta [at] gmail.com 
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Nov 28, 2020 19:41
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Watching Rent made me realise something: If you ask me, "MacShane" is as canonical as the "look at how straight Ace is" sex scenes in the VNAs. 
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Nov 29, 2020 03:26
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https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/1333129854208892931?s=20 They brought back Chris Noth's character from Arachnids in the UK Davros1 fucked around with this message at 20:39 on Nov 29, 2020 |
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Nov 29, 2020 20:28
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Blah, New Year’s Day again. 
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Nov 29, 2020 21:20
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Davros1 posted:https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/1333129854208892931?s=20 We'll see if this ep can retroactively redeem the decision in Arachnids to have him walk away unimpeded.
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Nov 29, 2020 21:26
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Narsham posted:We'll see if this ep can retroactively redeem the decision in Arachnids to have him walk away unimpeded. I mean, he didn't become president, at least.
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Nov 29, 2020 21:29
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Narsham posted:We'll see if this ep can retroactively redeem the decision in Arachnids to have him walk away unimpeded. If she’s in the drat prison the entire episode I swear to God...
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Nov 29, 2020 21:43
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LionArcher posted:If she’s in the drat prison the entire episode I swear to God... Haha, I had that thought too. Jokes on you, this is a companion-heavy/doctor lite episode (hence bringing Barrowman back to satiate the anger). ...Honestly I'd be OK with Jack leading things off. I love her Doctor but the episode story worries me. Where the hell is Torchwood and UNIT when this new product/weapon showed up in the press? Does no one go "Hey that kind of looks like these alien pepper shakers that have attacked us repeatedly" and shut it down? Yeah I know - haven't seen the episode to see how they play that, and also it's Doctor Who so not a surprise if they ignore those two organizations and prior invasions entirely with no explanation, but still.
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Nov 29, 2020 22:09
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I get the cultural cache represented by the show having the Christmas slot or whatever, but as an Australian viewer the specials were, like, "The Christmas Invasion tacked onto the start of series 2 when that started in July 2006" for the first couple of years and then a month or two after the UK airing on a nondescript January day before finally settling onto Boxing Day broadcasts in the Smith years so the whole "New Years Special instead of Christmas special" has always been kinda  to meExcept that it means I have to wait an extra week to watch it 
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Nov 29, 2020 23:22
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McGann posted:Haha, I had that thought too. Jokes on you, this is a companion-heavy/doctor lite episode (hence bringing Barrowman back to satiate the anger). Well, the last New Years special confirmed that Brexit hosed the UK branch of UNIT, and I wouldn't be surprised at all to find out the US also pulled out in that time, so that's them kinda handled. Torchwood I assume we'll get an actual mention of given the presence of Captain Jack. I'm not always a fan of timely real-world references in Doctor Who, they usually feel very weird, but Brexit cutting off UNIT just makes too much sense, especially since I've honestly not been a huge fan of how they've been handled in the new series.
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Nov 29, 2020 23:52
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Cleretic posted:Well, the last New Years special confirmed that Brexit hosed the UK branch of UNIT, and I wouldn't be surprised at all to find out the US also pulled out in that time, so that's them kinda handled. Torchwood I assume we'll get an actual mention of given the presence of Captain Jack. Didn't the actual UN also raise a fuss when RTD brought the show back? Something about not wanting "United Nations" in the acronym any more or some such thing.
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Nov 30, 2020 00:18
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Sydney Bottocks posted:Didn't the actual UN also raise a fuss when RTD brought the show back? Something about not wanting "United Nations" in the acronym any more or some such thing. Yeah, that's why it became the "unified intelligence taskforce" instead
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Nov 30, 2020 00:23
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it's also funny because the Kate Stewart stuff was supposed to be near future when they did it, leading to yet another UNIT dating controversy.
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Nov 30, 2020 01:18
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So, it’s the same plot as Victory of the Daleks...?
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Nov 30, 2020 01:26
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The_Doctor posted:So, it’s the same plot as Victory of the Daleks...? Except this time, Jack’s the robot.
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Nov 30, 2020 01:59
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The_Doctor posted:So, it’s the same plot as Victory of the Daleks...? Recycling plots is a proud Dalek tradition
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Nov 30, 2020 02:02
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Cleretic posted:Well, the last New Years special confirmed that Brexit hosed the UK branch of UNIT, and I wouldn't be surprised at all to find out the US also pulled out in that time, so that's them kinda handled. Torchwood I assume we'll get an actual mention of given the presence of Captain Jack. Torchwood was almost completely wiped out in their last television appearance, and it's not like they're faring any better in the BF stories. They're probably not an issue. The_Doctor posted:So, it’s the same plot as Victory of the Daleks...? Which just ripped off Power of the Daleks, if you think about it.
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Nov 30, 2020 04:00
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The_Doctor posted:So, it’s the same plot as Victory of the Daleks...? Chris Chibnall rips off his mask to reveal he was Terry Nation this whole time.
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Nov 30, 2020 11:44
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Jerusalem posted:Chris Chibnall rips off his mask to reveal he was Terry Nation this whole time. What he'd rather be selling poo poo to America and writing a different show that he'd then ignore also?
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Nov 30, 2020 11:54
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Burkion posted:What he'd rather be selling poo poo to America and writing a different show that he'd then ignore also?  
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Nov 30, 2020 11:56
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Jerusalem posted:Chris Chibnall rips off his mask to reveal he was Terry Nation this whole time. In a shocking twist, Revolution of the Daleks will reveal that the Daleks are actually biological creatures instead of the perfectly logical war robots we all have definitely always thought them to be!
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Nov 30, 2020 13:01
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Last week's random story was The Wheel in Space, which suffers a lot (A LOT) from being a recon, doubly so given that the first episode is almost entirely non-verbal. The second episode is also an "actor on holiday" episode (in this case Troughton), and it's remarkable how much more fun the story is from the instant the Doctor wakes up from his nap in episode 3. It's also by far the horniest pre-revival story of the show.
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Nov 30, 2020 13:04
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MrL_JaKiri posted:It's also by far the horniest pre-revival story of the show. 
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Nov 30, 2020 13:46
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MrL_JaKiri posted:Last week's random story was The Wheel in Space, which suffers a lot (A LOT) from being a recon, doubly so given that the first episode is almost entirely non-verbal. The second episode is also an "actor on holiday" episode (in this case Troughton), and it's remarkable how much more fun the story is from the instant the Doctor wakes up from his nap in episode 3. That's quite the feat, given the numerous times Zoe's seen in a miniskirt after that episode (to say nothing of that bit from The Mind Robber; you all know which one), or indeed the debut of Peri almost 20 years later
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Nov 30, 2020 13:50
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Sydney Bottocks posted:That's quite the feat, given the numerous times Zoe's seen in a miniskirt after that episode (to say nothing of that bit from The Mind Robber; you all know which one), or indeed the debut of Peri almost 20 years later
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Nov 30, 2020 14:29
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I refuse to be judged for appreciating this.
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Nov 30, 2020 14:29
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I don't know how I missed that  I remember what Fraser Hines said about that scene, something to the effect of "We could've been doing Shakespeare right at that very moment, and not a single person would've paid us any notice whatsoever."
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Nov 30, 2020 14:35
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Ah, yes, The Mind Robber dot gif, Doctor Who's horniest picture, at least until HBO gets ahold of it and adds The HBO Nude Scene to it somewhere. I do wish we had the original Wheel in Space, I think it would be an actually decent serial. The recon can definitely put you to sleep sometimes, but it's actually one of the few okay Cyberman stories, considering that all the post-Troughton ones in the classic era are pretty terrible.
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Nov 30, 2020 16:20
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Isn't UNIT being defunded in 2020 a background plot point in Stranded too, from what I've read? I hope that there's a scene where someone goes "those are Daleks mate" straight away. Though Chris Noth is always fun to watch.
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Nov 30, 2020 19:34
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https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1333561699924897792?s=20
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Dec 1, 2020 01:07
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OldMemes posted:Isn't UNIT being defunded in 2020 a background plot point in Stranded too, from what I've read? Yeah, but Torchwood's very active in the set. I'm wondering if they're gonna accommodate for Covid, given that Stranded's gimmick was dealing with 2020 specifically.
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Dec 1, 2020 01:20
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Sydney Bottocks posted:That's quite the feat I put it to you that there is a difference between the director being horny (The Mind Robber, Planet of Fire) and the characters in the story being horny (The Wheel in Space, The Romans)
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Dec 1, 2020 09:18
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The Wheel In Space is also essentially a retread of The Moonbase, which was a retread of The Tenth Planet. Plus it's yet another base under siege at the end of a season that's 90% base under sieges. It feels very average and formulaic if you're watching in order. I'd consider it one of Troughton's weaker stories, but that's more because he honestly doesn't have very many truly terrible ones. I do like Zoe though and prefer her as an individual character over Victoria, although Two/Jamie/Victoria is probably the better overall dynamic.Open Source Idiom posted:Torchwood was almost completely wiped out in their last television appearance, and it's not like they're faring any better in the BF stories. They're probably not an issue. (I just finished Miracle Day and if I've suffered then you all can too)
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Dec 1, 2020 13:29
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MrL_JaKiri posted:I put it to you that there is a difference between the director being horny (The Mind Robber, Planet of Fire) and the characters in the story being horny (The Wheel in Space, The Romans) Nero doing the horny comedy chase is definitely one of the weirder decisions from that season, and it's the same season that involves all of the decisions they made for The Web Planet.
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Dec 1, 2020 15:52
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Narsham posted:We'll see if this ep can retroactively redeem the decision in Arachnids to have him walk away unimpeded. He's in a Dalek episode He's doomed
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Dec 1, 2020 18:32
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MrL_JaKiri posted:I put it to you that there is a difference between the director being horny (The Mind Robber, Planet of Fire) and the characters in the story being horny (The Wheel in Space, The Romans) Fair point, it's been a while since I'd watched a recon of TWiS, so I'd forgotten about the characters being so horny. That's the one where Jamie tells Zoe he ought to put her over his knee and spank her, to which she replies "You ARE going to be fun", IIRC.
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Dec 1, 2020 18:42
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https://twitter.com/SimonRayner1/status/1333810287431053312?s=20
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Dec 1, 2020 18:53
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MrL_JaKiri posted:I put it to you that there is a difference between the director being horny (The Mind Robber, Planet of Fire) and the characters in the story being horny (The Wheel in Space, The Romans) Or the trees in the story being horny (The Mark of the Rani)
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