Doctor Who series 8 (34): Eyebrows! Eyebrows since the dawn of Time!

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Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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It's Moffat trying to ape the Baker-style obliviousness in the laziest way. Makes 12 seem like an rear end and reveals how bad Moffat's dialogue is.

# ¿ Sep 15, 2014 02:08

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 07:27

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
He's me.

Irish Joe posted:

The turnaround in Clara is the best.

Series 7: "Ugh, Clara is the worst. She has no personality and I hope she dies."

Series 8: " The Doctor made a dumb joke about Clara's makeup. WHY IS HE BEING SO MEAN TO THE BEST COMPANION OF ALL TIME?? "

I'm glad you weren't banned for saying incredibly creepy things about a child. We'd be missing out on all this insightful commentary. :rolleyes:

# ¿ Sep 15, 2014 02:33

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LividLiquid posted:

I'm setting myself up for disappointment, but if I don't get a River Song appearance this year, I'm going to be sad.

This sentence should not exist.

# ¿ Sep 15, 2014 04:22

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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So I've decided to dive headlong into Eighth Doctor stuff, but I have a problem; I'm not overly fond of Big Finish style radio plays. I've tried listening to them during my commute but I start to zone out and miss things. I'd much rather read Eighth Doc novels, especially since I can focus on them more. Problem is, I never see much discussion of what's good and what's poo poo in this thread. Suggestions?

# ¿ Sep 15, 2014 16:35

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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He doesn't look human, we look Time-Lord.

# ¿ Sep 15, 2014 16:56

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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I'd much rather it be like Quantum Leap, where finding home is the ultimate goal but it never actually happens. Mostly because I know that if it happens during Moffat's run, the payoff will be really poo poo.

# ¿ Sep 15, 2014 17:38

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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david... posted:

Unacceptable answer.

It's an answer from the show. :argh:

# ¿ Sep 15, 2014 17:49

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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Doctor lied, Rutans died.

# ¿ Sep 15, 2014 18:35

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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I actually went to the Big Finish site last night and at one point my mouse was hovering over the Add to Basket for Minuet in Hell before my senses prevailed.

# ¿ Sep 17, 2014 16:47

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The_Doctor posted:

If there was one BF audio I'd recommend you , it's that one.

Can't find it anywhere stable. It's only $3 and I've spent way more on poo poo like Plan 9 and countless MST3K, so I think I'm prepared for whatever b-movie hell Minuet brings.

# ¿ Sep 17, 2014 16:56

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MrL_JaKiri posted:

It's safest to just ignore Irish Joe

More people should click the link in his BRCT.

# ¿ Sep 19, 2014 18:21

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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Basically Irish Joe is a creepy gently caress who should have been banned, but now shitposts instead.

# ¿ Sep 19, 2014 18:32

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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Smith is by far the most wasted Doctor we've had. So much potential and so little payoff thanks to mediocre scripts and all the production bullshit.

# ¿ Sep 19, 2014 21:47

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Psybro posted:

I don't know, Series 5 was just dandy and consider how badly 8 would've got screwed over if Big Finish hadn't thrown him a bone. Until The Next Dcotor we weren't even sure if 8 counted any more.

I will forever be angry about the split seasons but even then I adored every second Smith was on screen, and Moffat wrote him to have hundreds of off-screen years in that body, allowed him to literally die of old age and then even let him come back sans make-up for his final lines. It could've been worse.

I think of A Good Man Goes To War and Let's Kill Hitler etc. and I genuinely think only of Smith's performance, a Colossus of Rhodes ankle deep in poo poo.

On another note, Planet of Spiders hasn't aged well, has it? What was the story behind Pertwee leaving, he seemed to have a whale of a time?

My one hope is that Big Finish eventually gets the license for revival Who. You're right, 8 (and 6, I guess :barf:

) would have been the most wasted if not for BF.

# ¿ Sep 19, 2014 22:40

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DoctorWhat posted:

So I've been watching a bunch of RTD Who on Netflix and I'm realizing just how much of my body language was influenced by David Tennant.

You really are Tumblr incarnate.

# ¿ Sep 20, 2014 07:15

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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Late to the party, but I thought this past episode was okay. About as good as I expected after reading the script. Honestly kinda excited about next week for once, mainly since I don't think it's leaked in any form yet. I'll be going in fresh so the inevitable disappointment will be twice as severe! :getin:

# ¿ Sep 23, 2014 20:02

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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That Shada novelization is pretty good. Readable, at the very least.

You may now continue with your arguments.

# ¿ Sep 25, 2014 15:36

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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I really liked 12's personality in the first half. I really hated 12's personality in the second half.

One step forward, two steps back. C'mon show.

I really want the show to move past this idiotic "scorned ex" thing they're doing with 12. I don't care what Capaldi, Coleman, and Moffat say, even if that isn't what they're trying to do with the character (it is) that's definitely the way it comes across. The first 15 minutes of this episode were great because they finally allowed Capaldi to give the character some characterization that wasn't "friendzoned redditor". I mean goddamn.

Big Mean Jerk fucked around with this message at 04:00 on Sep 28, 2014

# ¿ Sep 28, 2014 03:52

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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Not liking soldiers is a perfectly valid opinion, but the way 12 has been written is the most angsty manchild way of going about that.

# ¿ Sep 29, 2014 16:49

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Irony Be My Shield posted:

And 12 is definitely the first Doctor who could be described as a manchild.

You're missing the point. The character isn't a manchild, the people writing his characterization are. Or at least, that's what their writing makes them come off as.

12, as is, is one more rejection away from starting a thread on Reddit about how "the nice guy always loses out to the jock and how women always prefer meatheads and it's just NOT FAIR!!!!

# ¿ Sep 29, 2014 17:14

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Rita Repulsa posted:

New doctor being a space redditor. Dear god.

10 was basically your average E/N poster. Especially after Rose.

# ¿ Sep 29, 2014 17:24

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Spikeguy posted:

So that did happen? My friend and I were watching and thinking, don't people know about aliens and poo poo? Can anyone explain when they stated people's minds had been erased?

The Moffat era has really made a complete mess of this. It's best just to not think about it unless it's brought up.

# ¿ Sep 29, 2014 18:11

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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Honestly, a DW convention seems like a generally terrible idea. All that squee-ing and endless catchphrases.

# ¿ Sep 30, 2014 21:39

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DoctorWhat posted:

I've only ever attended "general" conventions in the past, but usually it's pretty easy to tune out/keep one's distance from the more obnoxious attendees.

I don't know why this is so funny to me.

# ¿ Sep 30, 2014 22:28

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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I like how cluttered 12's tardis is, I just wish there was more room by the console itself. I don't know that anything will top 11's first console room though, glass butt-plugs and all.

# ¿ Oct 2, 2014 21:06

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That was an impressively stupid episode. When your premise depends on basic physics/biology, you're obligated to have at least some of it be coherent and logical. Even in Doctor Who.

# ¿ Oct 6, 2014 15:42

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And that's not even mentioning the mexican moonbase. loving serapes and cacti. Jesus christ. Why not just paint mustaches on their suit helmets while you're at it.

# ¿ Oct 6, 2014 15:43

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Bicyclops posted:

I grew up watching and enjoying Jurassic Park, where halfway through the film Grant shouts "But how do you interrupt the cellular mitosis?!" which is among the least egregious of its biology flaws, but still enjoyed it, and that film had more responsibility than the show which coined "Reverse the polarity of the neutron flow!"

Until science literacy gets a hell of a lot better, expect your popular fiction to contain magic with science buzzwords thrown in, that's just the way of things.

The difference being that the Jurassic Park quote is a throwaway line. Everything vaguely important to the plot in this episode is broken beyond belief. Middle school students should know enough science to pick apart the resolution to this episode.

# ¿ Oct 6, 2014 15:54

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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Hard-boil the egg. :shepface:

# ¿ Oct 6, 2014 19:01

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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I still think this is Doctor Who's "Threshold" from a science perspective.

# ¿ Oct 6, 2014 19:15

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
He's me.

I rented (!) series 1 from Netflix, and made it over to London just after the series 2 dvds came out. Bought them all and watched them on the flight. By the time I landed, I had already fostered a deep hatred for Tennant. :argh:

# ¿ Oct 9, 2014 17:09

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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I really really love the Key to Time season. Even when it misses, Baker is still fun and the interactions with Romana are great.

# ¿ Oct 10, 2014 18:49

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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^^Best thing I brought back from my recent UK trip were the Walker's Chicken Curry crisps. Amazing.

Doctor Spaceman posted:

The "carer" line in Into the Dalek felt like the best summary of Twelve so far.

Yeah, it's one of my favourites, even if Stones of Blood can't keep a consistent tone and Armageddon Factor is another 6-parter where the budget and script would have had issues covering 4.

Stones of Blood has the scene where 4 is attacked by :siren:

WALKING STEALTH ROCKS :siren:

that bash in through a window, right? I love that.

# ¿ Oct 11, 2014 15:05

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Jaffa cakes and walker's crisps 4 lyfe

# ¿ Oct 11, 2014 16:58

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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It's as if RTD found a lost Hinchcliffe-era script and filmed it with a Moffat-era budget. Which is to say, I absolutely loving loved it. Between the 70's mystery music and lounge Queen, the music alone is reason enough to like the episode. More like this, please.

# ¿ Oct 12, 2014 05:55

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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loving reddit :argh:

# ¿ Oct 12, 2014 06:03

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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Doctor Who series 8 (34): DoctorWhat Tumblr redirect page

# ¿ Oct 13, 2014 23:33

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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Tbh, that would be a better resolution than whatever bullshit I'm sure Moffat has in store.

# ¿ Oct 15, 2014 21:54

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CobiWann posted:

Well, after Six regenerated from hitting his head on the console, I would imagine future incarnations are better able to take a fall.

I like to imagine that all the biking and running around gave lardo 6 a hearts attack and that's what actually killed him.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2014 16:54

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 07:27

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DoctorWhat posted:

I'm afraid I'm already quite well-acquainted with the singularly best Seven cosplay you'll ever see. I'll see if I can procure some evidence.

EDIT: it's this guy. you may remember a from-the-back pic of us at the World Tour back in August...

I'm suddenly completely ashamed of the 7 get-up I'm trying to finish. :negative:

# ¿ Oct 20, 2014 02:41

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