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I just went down a big rabbit hole of wondering if ancient Venus had ever appeared in Doctor Who, and was a little surprised by how little it's been used as a location, with just occasional references in the TV show and some Big Finish and other written material doing stories. Wonder if there's a reason they've never done it in the show. Romping around the ancient jungles of Venus sounds like good fun.
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Senor Tron posted:I just went down a big rabbit hole of wondering if ancient Venus had ever appeared in Doctor Who, and was a little surprised by how little it's been used as a location, with just occasional references in the TV show and some Big Finish and other written material doing stories. How the Doctor Learned Venusian Akido: A Star Wars Story
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Jan 19, 2023 06:37
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If anyone has a smart tv and can download the streaming service called Pluto TV, there's an entire channel that only ever plays classic Doctor Who 24/7. It's pretty cool.
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Jan 19, 2023 07:11
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Edward Mass posted:How the Doctor Learned Venusian Akido: A Star Wars Story The really odd thing is that it would have to be 1 or 2 that took the martial arts classes on Venus and I don't know which of those I find funnier.
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Jan 19, 2023 16:32
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Random Stranger posted:The really odd thing is that it would have to be 1 or 2 that took the martial arts classes on Venus and I don't know which of those I find funnier. Oh it was One, no question
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Jan 19, 2023 16:43
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Senor Tron posted:I just went down a big rabbit hole of wondering if ancient Venus had ever appeared in Doctor Who, and was a little surprised by how little it's been used as a location, with just occasional references in the TV show and some Big Finish and other written material doing stories. I'd love to see one of the far future humanity eras have a colonized and terraformed Venus. I think even some of these crazy geoengineering projects required to terraform the planet could make interesting settings or plot points in a Who episode. I've been wanting some Venus settings and colonies ever since watching this goofy video on how maybe to pull it off: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-WO-z-QuWI
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Jan 19, 2023 17:38
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Forktoss posted:Oh it was One, no question I'd like to think that the Doctor, whichever one it was, went to the Venusian equivalent of a strip mall dojo.
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Jan 19, 2023 17:45
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He trained so much that he was left incredibly fatigued and had to sit down and have a break many times afterwards.
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Jan 19, 2023 17:52
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First Doctor went to Venus in a Missing Adventure book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venusian_Lullaby I'm pretty sure I read it but have absolutely no memory of it.
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Jan 19, 2023 18:01
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That one gets referenced a lot. BF has a story that explains where the Aikido comes from, because of course they do, and apparently the second doctor learnt it during the Olympics or something
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Jan 19, 2023 18:03
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Aikido is such bullshit. Should have schooled himself in Neptunian Bartitsu instead.
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Jan 20, 2023 00:32
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AndyElusive posted:If anyone has a smart tv and can download the streaming service called Pluto TV, there's an entire channel that only ever plays classic Doctor Who 24/7. It's pretty cool. I forgot about this - it is indeed pretty awesome. Pluto isn't nearly as bad with commercial breaks as some of other "free" services. There is also a Rifftrax and a classic MST3K channel - I know there's a lot of overlap with posters in those threads/Who so might be of use to some. AndyElusive posted:Aikido is such bullshit. Should have schooled himself in Neptunian Bartitsu instead. Thank you, I love seeing Baritsu referenced in modern day and it would make far more sense for the Doctor (from a meta standpoint at least) learning some variation of it rather than Aikido. I'm sure there are some practical applications for Aikido out there, but learning to fight with a combat cane seems way more up their alley. Edit: Voyage to Venus is a great story - It's a Big Finish outing with 6, Jago and Litefoot. McGann fucked around with this message at 01:11 on Jan 20, 2023 |
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Jan 20, 2023 01:08
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Tom Baker is 89 today!  
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Jan 20, 2023 17:35
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Going to buy Kerblam off Amazon.
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Jan 20, 2023 17:48
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AndyElusive posted:Going to buy Kerblam off Amazon. They just released an exclusive preview of the book! https://twitter.com/dril/status/473265809079693312
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Jan 20, 2023 20:45
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AndyElusive posted:Going to buy Kerblam off Amazon. Don't pop the bubble wrap.
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https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/1617114877406973952
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Jan 23, 2023 02:40
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More of this sort of thing please aka do non-current Doctor one shot episodes. 
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Jan 23, 2023 10:05
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Saw THIS listing on blu-ray.com...
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Jan 24, 2023 21:35
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Oh cool, that’s Pertwee complete then?
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Jan 24, 2023 22:02
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The_Doctor posted:Oh cool, that’s Pertwee complete then? They haven't done seasons 7 or 11. I'm sure they went with season 9 because they can have Katy Manning do extras.
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Jan 24, 2023 22:20
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The_Doctor posted:Oh cool, that’s Pertwee complete then? I think there's two more Pertwee sets to go. His first season and last seasons don't have box sets as far as I know.
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Jan 24, 2023 22:22
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Oh weird, I thought he was a 3 season Doctor.
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Jan 25, 2023 08:52
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I would buy Season 7 on blu-ray in a heartbeat, easily one of the most consistently good Classic seasons. In other news, the official DW Twitter account has been publishing new photos of 5-8, and they are very nice indeed: https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/1617931515265941510 https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/1617222089789902848 https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/1616875057292218371 https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/1616165629475651586 ...except Colin still doesn't have his coat! Come on!!
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Jan 25, 2023 09:47
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How much say did Colin have in choosing his costume back in the day? Was LSD involved?
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Jan 25, 2023 10:15
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Sylv looks so small now! 
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Jan 25, 2023 10:18
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The_Doctor posted:Sylv looks so small now! Yeah.... now.... 
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Jan 25, 2023 11:06
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Infinitum posted:How much say did Colin have in choosing his costume back in the day? I believe the anecdote is that he had more of a 9th doctor look in mind, leather jacket, but that might be something that developed in his mind after the fact.
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Jan 25, 2023 14:55
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Sly and McGann are almost the same height but the energy is so different
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Jan 25, 2023 15:36
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I mean there's a few inches between them, from some quick googling McGann is 5'9 and Different sources give McCoy as anywhere between 5'2 and 5'6. Apparently he's had some surgery on his ankles, knees and hips but I don't know if those would make him shorter.
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Forktoss posted:https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/1616165629475651586 most of the time the Doctor feels like a human to me, this is one little thing I think they could really play up to make the Doctor feel a bit alien and give companions' humanness to shine. Have the Doctor and some other species be slow to see certain patterns that seem obvious to humans
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Jan 25, 2023 18:09
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Khanstant posted:most of the time the Doctor feels like a human to me, this is one little thing I think they could really play up to make the Doctor feel a bit alien and give companions' humanness to shine. Have the Doctor and some other species be slow to see certain patterns that seem obvious to humans that thing where a song takes several listens before you like it, but it's the concept of music itself "It's just random words over a bunch of noise, what's the-- oh. Wait. ...Wait a minute."
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Jan 26, 2023 00:41
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Infinitum posted:How much say did Colin have in choosing his costume back in the day? None, it was purely the idea of the producer at the time, John Nathan-Turner. He had the "brilliant" idea of giving the Sixth Doctor a "totally tasteless" costume to go along with his abrasive personality.
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Jan 26, 2023 15:20
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The Collection: Season 9
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Jan 26, 2023 16:38
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The minorest spoiler, but Ncuti is now filming! 
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Jan 26, 2023 16:48
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Holy poo poo, what a great trailer for that collection.
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Jan 26, 2023 16:56
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"What stories I could tell..." "So then he stole your sandwich AGAIN?" Nice tribute to Bevan at the end of the trailer, and it was nice to see an actual functioning Sea Devil as opposed to their recent appearance in the show. I'm a little shaky on the "disable the guard and then watch the eggs hatch" bit, and I'm not sure the "Sea Devil" name is a great idea any more. Maybe they should be renamed "Seocenes"?
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Lunatic Sledge posted:that thing where a song takes several listens before you like it, but it's the concept of music itself Oh man, we've never had a Musical episode of Doctor Who! There's a million ways to set it up. Have no theatre kids grown worked on Who and wanted to sneak in some musical theatre? Honestly probably should've had the musical episode when friggin River Song/Melody Pond were around, its right there!!
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Excuse you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKSocNFdsbc
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