egon_beeblebrox posted:

Just reading this made me feel embarrassed for a second.

The_Doctor posted:

I know people who are Torchwood fans and don't like Doctor Who.

Clipperton posted:

This is brilliant, where is it from?


I managed to read the whole thing and I've never made it more than twenty seconds into Doctor In Distress, objective proof that Chibnall > Levine

CobiWann posted:

Hey, that's the beauty of this show. People like what they like and it's all good. It's not about the episodes so much as the Doctor...

(I say this as I'm in an argument on Facebook with a bunch of people who think The Rapture is McCoy's best story)

Acne Rain posted:

really Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye is a good comic to read if you like Nu Who and has even made several references to it.

remusclaw posted:

Had we an actual time machine my choice would be Stephanie Cole circa Waiting for God.

Big Mean Jerk posted:

Whoa, someone adapted Neverwhere? Is it worth watching?

SiKboy posted:

Honestly, I disagree. Neverwhere hasnt aged massively well (and had a budget of about 17p and whatever they could steal from the BBC costume department recycling bin) but I still think its worth a watch. I'd put it almost on par with the book and better than the comic adaptation. Never listened to the radio adaptation because as much as I like Neverwhere there is a limit to how many formats I want to experience the story in. I would admit that growing up watching low budget BBC kids TV may be a prerequisite to enjoy the TV version of Neverwhere without being put off by the fact it looks kind of lovely in general because it was shot on video. Apparently it was lit to be put through some sort of film-simulating process but then they for some reason decided not to bother. Probably because that 17p had finally run out.

And if they had Patterson Joseph playing The Doctor EXACTLY like the Marquis de Carabas I would be bang alongside that idea.

jivjov posted:

Presented without comment;



E: (I know someone posted the link already...but god drat the art)

Wheat Loaf posted:

I'm a bit reminded of that one Alex Rider book where the villain is this Bob Geldof stand-in whose master plan is to commandeer Air Force One and start a literal nuclear war on drugs.

Anyway, you know how in "Earthshock" there's a bit where the heroes sneak past a couple of Cybermen in the freighter's hold? Said Cybermen appear to be engaged in a casual conversation. I am curious about what Cybermen would have to talk about.

CommonShore posted:

I just read Jon Pertwee's wikipedia page to see if he had any judo training (a question prompted by the weird black space fight in The Three Doctors). I am delighted to learn that he's part of the Ian Flemming / Roald Dahl crazy badass WWII super spy crew.

The_Doctor posted:

You caught me. I've never seen Four to Doomsday.

Picklepuss posted:

I don't know, it does have that wonderful moment where the Doctor has had enough of Adric's stupidity.

"Now listen to me, you young idiot. You're not so much gullible as idealistic. I suppose it comes from your deprived delinquent background..."

Over the following years I was disappointed that we didn't see that side of Davison's Doctor more often.

NowonSA posted:

Seems like a regular old Dalek to me, maybe one of the leader Daleks. All the other Daleks eat up everything he's saying, while outsiders are like WTF.

Davros1 posted:

Some believe that the character of the Abzorbaloff/Victor Kennedy was a supposed to big a dig a Levine.

CobiWann posted:

Jerusalem posted:

Tomb of the Cybermen, then The Mind Robber, then the Invasion, then the Seeds of Doom, then devour EVERYTHING you can until you indulge in the glorious 4 hours of the War Games. Then you get to enjoy the slowly creeping despair of realizing how much of his stuff is currently lost (it still exists, shut up, somebody just needs to find it. Somebody WILL find it).

Picklepuss posted:

Speaking as someone who's been a Doctor Who fangirl since '80 or so, this was the first season I ever watched all the way through only because I've made it too far to give up now. I only stuck with it out of stubbornness.

MrL_JaKiri posted:

Trial is, aside from the understandable mess of The Ultimate Foe, shockingly mediocre at worst.

Barry Foster posted:

But I'm joining this discussion, and I approve of Colin Baker.

Like, a lot.

Jerusalem posted:

Colin Baker's account located.

Jerusalem posted:

And as noted, the "spend a season building up <x> as something big only to reveal it was ultimately meaningless and only had "meaning" because the Doctor's enemies chose to believe it did" thing was already done to somewhat better effect in season 7 with the Doctor's name. Which itself gets repeated in Time of the Doctor when Clara tells the Time Lords they're asking the wrong question when they asked for his name.

Cerv posted:

it wasn't really built up as much of a big deal though. it was just there in the background, right up until the finale two parter. so it only became prominent in any way at the same time as it was shown to be 'largely pointless'.

Jerusalem posted:

Short Synopsis: The Doctor accidentally ends up the Boss on Celebrity Apprentice UK

Long Synopsis: Four applicants for a job of "Time Traveler's Companion" find themselves scrambling to keep up with a series of tasks that even seem to catch their prospective employer - the Doctor - by surprise.

The_Doctor posted:

They should just bite the bullet and ask Sean.

Picklepuss posted:

According to this Radio Times article he'd be honored to play the Third Doctor, but terrified at the same time:

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-10-05/sean-pertwee-it-would-be-an-honour-to-play-my-dads-version-of-the-doctor

CobiWann posted:

But who would be his Roger Delgado?

MrL_JaKiri posted:

Well, it was going to be Victoria Wood

MrL_JaKiri posted:

Pfft, where are you going to find a cantankerous Doctor Who fan who much prefers the classic series, comments on anti-immigration allegories in the revival, has initials "L" and "M" in some order, one of which is "Lawrence"?

It's impossible I tells ya