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Which season of Doctor Who should get a Blu-ray set next? This poll is closed. |
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| One of the black-and-white seasons |
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16 | 29.63% |
| Season 7 |
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7 | 12.96% |
| Season 11 |
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1 | 1.85% |
| Season 13 |
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0 | 0% |
| Season 15 |
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2 | 3.70% |
| The Key to Time |
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21 | 38.89% |
| Season 21 |
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0 | 0% |
| Season 25 |
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7 | 12.96% |
| Total: | 54 votes | ||
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A.o.D. posted:Big finish productions aren't universally accessible, so I hope you'll forgive me for not knowing what any particular audio play has done. It's a UNIT style story with the 7th Doctor and a mysterious future Doctor who turns out to be a new Master. The doctor is largely displaced from the contemporary England narrative and the Master fills his role, getting chummy with UNIT's staff, saving lives, and being clever. At the end, it's observed that the Master seemed genuinely happier pretending to be the Doctor
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Jan 31, 2024 00:42
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I forget, was that the McQueen Master's first appearance, or did he appear opposite McGann first?
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Jan 31, 2024 01:11
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Gaz-L posted:I forget, was that the McQueen Master's first appearance, or did he appear opposite McGann first? First.
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Jan 31, 2024 01:11
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It was also only the second appearance from the Master in Big Finish in 9 years. not the FIRST - that was in a 4DA, so they could advertise it and keep Dominion on the down-low. It's a genuine twist, which is why I still spoiler tag it 12 years later.
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Jan 31, 2024 02:36
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I think the unfortunate thing about that story is that there's basically nothing else going for it, which is why it's pretty much only talked about in terms of the spoiler content. And it's super long! And super visual! On radio! Like I said, I don't like it.
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Jan 31, 2024 03:13
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I think the material with Good!Klein and how that all relates to the twist is really good but I agree with that criticism otherwise.
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Jan 31, 2024 03:31
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LMAO at the Doctor taking out a book that says "Tibetan " and then going "Oh its in Tibetan" then immediately taking out a book that says "How to learn Tibetan". The Creature in the Pit is pretty drat good.
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Jan 31, 2024 03:33
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Hollismason posted:LMAO at the Doctor taking out a book that says "Tibetan " and then going "Oh its in Tibetan" then immediately taking out a book that says "How to learn Tibetan". The Creature in the Pit is pretty drat good. "They call it... The Pit." It's actually a pretty decent story, with a good villain performance and some great gags. And the plot's crisis being sourced in resource scarcity is pretty unusual for the series. It, and the next story, are underappreciated IMO.
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Jan 31, 2024 03:50
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Open Source Idiom posted:"They call it... The Pit." Yeah it wasn't amazing but I did appreciate the solution at the end where they use the TARDIS as what it is which is also kind of a spacecraft. I always like when that happens where its not just a time machine it also flies in space and has all kinds of abilities.
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Jan 31, 2024 04:38
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Also, the Doctor sucks the Creature off on-screen.
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Jan 31, 2024 05:03
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Open Source Idiom posted:I think the unfortunate thing about that story is that there's basically nothing else going for it, which is why it's pretty much only talked about in terms of the spoiler content. And it's super long! And super visual! On radio! I kind of agree but that one performance makes it worth at least one listen I think. He's having such a good time with it! And yeah, what DoctorWhat said about Klein, she's always been one of Big Finish's more interesting creations so I'm always happy to see her, in any incarnation. Oh and having Raine in there as well, that's fun and weird in a "what time line is this even happening in" way.
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Jan 31, 2024 11:41
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Fil5000 posted:I think the Alice in Wonderland one is Zagreus, which has a ton of weird nonsense going on (Colin Baker playing a vampire in a flashback being a highlight) and also an old recording of Pertwee that sounds like they found it in a burning bin being used purely so they could say they'd put him in it. Pre revival era Big Finish was an amazing mixed bag. My bad, I got confused. Though he does play a cat, it's the very first Benny audio "oh no it isn't". He's not the Cheshire cat in this one though, just a normal one. Who also can talk. And I'll accept the criticisms of Dominion - I get a lot of mileage out of the performance. Shoot, I even re listened to those "masters swapped bodies" stories. And the one where he goes by the name Doctor D'eath or whatever lol
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Jan 31, 2024 14:33
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McGann posted:My bad, I got confused. Though he does play a cat, it's the very first Benny audio "oh no it isn't". He's not the Cheshire cat in this one though, just a normal one. Who also can talk. He’s Wolsey, who was the TARDIS cat during the NA novels. The TARDIS should always have a cat, it feels right. 
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Jan 31, 2024 16:41
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A TARDIS cat that just randomly wanders through the entire history of the TARDIS with no care given to order or time. It just appears, demands food and scritches, and vanishes back into the cat dimension.
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Jan 31, 2024 17:00
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McGann posted:And the one where he goes by the name Doctor D'eath or whatever lol I had no idea that George Lucas had written for Doctor Who!
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Jan 31, 2024 17:27
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Jerusalem posted:I had no idea that George Lucas had written for Doctor Who! Oh come on, the Master has a long and storied history of lovely pseudonyms
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Jan 31, 2024 17:39
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MikeJF posted:A TARDIS cat that just randomly wanders through the entire history of the TARDIS with no care given to order or time. It just appears, demands food and scritches, and vanishes back into the cat dimension.  That is a cat, yes. Which Doctor blob is this one? Will they feed me? That new console room desperately needs a chair or two. For cat.
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Jan 31, 2024 18:41
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MikeJF posted:A TARDIS cat that just randomly wanders through the entire history of the TARDIS with no care given to order or time. It just appears, demands food and scritches, and vanishes back into the cat dimension. It's actually the feline in charge of the Universal Cat Distribution System.
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Jan 31, 2024 18:45
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Cat glancing around with a distinct "Oh, you've redecorated?" look and then turning away as if to express "I don't like it."
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Jan 31, 2024 19:34
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Bicyclops posted:Cat glancing around with a distinct "Oh, you've redecorated?" look and then turning away as if to express "I don't like it." And it does this even if the room hasn't been redecorated in the slightest. 
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Jan 31, 2024 21:08
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https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1752723465021292750?s=20 FLIP IS BACK!!
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Jan 31, 2024 23:35
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This amused me more than it probably should have (click for vid):
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Feb 1, 2024 01:11
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Random Stranger posted:This amused me more than it probably should have (click for vid): This was good, and the love being shown in the comments made me smile.
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Feb 1, 2024 15:05
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Watched "The Invisible Enemy" for the first time last night. The origin of K9! ... I could not have anticipated where that one was going to end up. Magnificent schlock.
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Feb 1, 2024 17:14
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I just rewatched the Capaldi episode Dark Water. In the beginning, The Doctor has the TARDIS take them to Hell and at the end of the episode it's revealed he's been in London the whole time.
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Feb 1, 2024 21:33
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Many such cases.
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Feb 1, 2024 21:57
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My rewatch has finished season 8 plus Last Christmas (the best Christmas episode) and reconfirmed that Capaldi is just the best. Everything from now onwards is new to me. Exciting!
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Feb 1, 2024 22:03
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I watched the 2017 reconstruction of Shada, and on a whim I decided to rewatch Season 17 again, since it was supposed to be the concluding story of that season (before industrial action caused it to be scrapped partway through production). It's also the season where, City of Death aside, every story is either horribly acted (both over and under), horribly written, horribly budgeted as far as SFX/monsters/costuming goes, or some combination of all of the above. And you know what? I'm enjoying it a lot more than I thought I would. It's been ages since I watched any of those episodes, and while all the criticisms against S17 are still perfectly valid, it's a lot more enjoyable than it has any right to be. I'm nearly done, as I'm partway through The Horns of Nimon now; and while Graham Crowden is chowing down on the scenery like he was a particularly hungry great white shark, it's still some pretty good fun.
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Feb 1, 2024 22:36
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I'm now on my last season of Tom Baker Doctor Who having made it through Season 17 which honestly wasn't to bad but it wasn't that great either. I am not sold on the new intro for Doctor Who. I liked the old one. LMAO at this episode of K9 driving into the water and exploding.
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Feb 2, 2024 01:00
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Sydney Bottocks posted:I watched the 2017 reconstruction of Shada, and on a whim I decided to rewatch Season 17 again, since it was supposed to be the concluding story of that season (before industrial action caused it to be scrapped partway through production). It's also the season where, City of Death aside, every story is either horribly acted (both over and under), horribly written, horribly budgeted as far as SFX/monsters/costuming goes, or some combination of all of the above. Horns of Nimon I enjoy largely for Romana basically taking on the Doctor-like heroic role whilst the Doctor himself is a weird mischief man.
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Feb 2, 2024 01:49
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I'm not sure I like Season 18 Doctor's outfit. He has the ridiculous scarf but also has a shirt with question marks on it. Kind of a bit on the nose.
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Feb 2, 2024 01:59
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Hollismason posted:I'm not sure I like Season 18 Doctor's outfit. He has the ridiculous scarf but also has a shirt with question marks on it. Kind of a bit on the nose. Hoo boy 
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Feb 2, 2024 02:03
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The_Doctor posted:Hoo boy I stand by my assessment. The overall outfit is alright but the shirt with question marks is too much.
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Feb 2, 2024 02:18
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Hollismason posted:I stand by my assessment. The overall outfit is alright but the shirt with question marks is too much. You’re not going to enjoy the 1980s, then.
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Feb 2, 2024 02:31
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I’m gonna throw hands if you people start maligning McCoy’s vest
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Feb 2, 2024 02:34
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I see nimon i must post https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98MxxpzIoyg
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Feb 2, 2024 02:52
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Big Mean Jerk posted:I’m gonna throw hands if you people start maligning McCoy’s vest 7's costume is a lot more acceptable after your eyes have healed from 6's abomination.
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Feb 2, 2024 03:20
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I mean I see the Doctors outfits from the 80s and think "Yeah there was probably cocaine in England during that time like in America".
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Feb 2, 2024 03:54
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JNT was just a mountain of coke vaguely fashioned into the shape of a person
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Feb 2, 2024 04:56
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Hollismason posted:I stand by my assessment. The overall outfit is alright but the shirt with question marks is too much. Pretty sure they were less disagreeing with you, and more "oh man, if you didn't like that, just you wait" Hollismason posted:I mean I see the Doctors outfits from the 80s and think "Yeah there was probably cocaine in England during that time like in America". It wasn't even that, the producer (JNT) during the entirety of DW's 1980s run was a sort of proto-RTD, in that he wanted to merchandise the poo poo out of DW, in order to capitalize on the show's growing popularity overseas (particularly here in the US, where it was developing a pretty sizable following). His problem was that he thought giving the Doctor a consistent costume was a good step towards this goal, without thinking that perhaps he was leaning a bit too much on the "costume" part, instead of having it look more or less like an actual outfit that a (rather eccentric) person might be able to naturally assemble from their wardrobe. It started in season 18, with the changes to Tom's outfit, and proceeds to barrel downhill at top speed from there, until Sylvester takes over (and even then, JNT just couldn't resist sticking the question mark motif in).
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Feb 2, 2024 05:00
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