Doctor Who and the Shoes that Fit Perfectly (Library No. 171)

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Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Would you be my new best friends?

MrL_JaKiri posted:

By faking a different alien invasion!

It wasn't a fat little mental patient, it was a pig-man after all!

Edit: In all seriousness, I think having the Doctor figure out the poor thing was just a genetically modified pig that had no idea what was going on and was just a poor terrified animal freaking out about all these big humans running around yelling at it was a genius bit of writing.

Jerusalem fucked around with this message at 01:44 on Oct 7, 2021

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jisforjosh: Jun 6, 2006; "It's J is for...you know what? Fuck it, jizz it is"

Jerusalem posted:

This is how I learned about Maclunkey, thank you for this gift. This bizarre, why the gently caress can't Disney just release the theatrical cut on Blu-Ray gift.

Don't get me started on bizarre changes to the OT

Back on Doctor Who, after getting caught up with the Chibnall era I decided to go back and watch revival episodes that I've never considered good from each Doctor (Aliens of London/WW3, Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks, Curse of the Black Spot, and Kill the Moon) while they were still bad they didn't feel out of place or inconsistent with who/how the Doctor is.

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volts5000: Apr 7, 2009; It's electric. Boogie woogie woogie.

Edward Mass posted:

"What if aliens secretly took over the government and looked to start a nuclear war?"

"Yeah, and what if the aliens were a bunch of fat people who farted a lot?"

"They gain power by killing half of the MPs and important ministers"

"Then, to cover it up, everybody will just say 'It was a prank, bro!'"

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TinTower: Apr 21, 2010; You don't have to 8e a good person to 8e a hero.

The episode where Jackie calls the Doctor a nonce and Rose indulges in some light homophobia.

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Narsham: Jun 5, 2008

Edward Mass posted:

"What if aliens secretly took over the government and looked to start a nuclear war?"

"Yeah, and what if the aliens were a bunch of fat people who farted a lot?"

"Brilliant! Make that tall, smart young man the showrunner!"

"But he's already the showrunner."

"Fine, we'll wait then."

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Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Would you be my new best friends?

The real secret is that the evil BBC were sniggering with malicious glee at the idea of canceling Doctor Who, so RTD picked up the license and because he's a giant they can only stand far below his field of vision, impotently leaping up and down and waving their hands about unable to reach it anymore as he strides back to Cardiff o7

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Open Source Idiom: Jan 4, 2013

volts5000 posted:

"They gain power by killing half of the MPs and important ministers"

"Then, to cover it up, everybody will just say 'It was a prank, bro!'"

Narsham posted:

"Brilliant! Make that tall, smart young man the showrunner!"

"But he's already the showrunner."

"Fine, we'll wait then."

They're not planning on covering it up. They're planning on letting everyone kill each other over some storm-in-a-teacup dispute, and then selling off the planet for scrap after.

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The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

BIgDevine posted:

Someone stated that going back to a white male would be bad, I said that could be interpreted as a bit racist as the best person for the job should be chosen, I said idris elbra, who�s coloured.

Not sure if your calling me sexist or racist and saying the two have a connection� think you need to read more carefully myself but your welcome to your opinions.

Yeah, gently caress off with this, and you really don�t use the term coloured, that�s been a no-no for decades.

You do sound like an absolute Facebook troll though.

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Davros1: Jul 19, 2007; You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible

https://twitter.com/SafeSpaceDrWho/status/1445809734653657088?s=20

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Barry Foster: Dec 24, 2007; What is going wrong with that one (face is longer than it should be)

C.Bakes is such a sweet and wholesome fella :unsmith:

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Bicyclops: Aug 27, 2004

Barry Foster posted:

C.Bakes is such a sweet and wholesome fella

Yeah.

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Tomtrek: Feb 5, 2006; I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming.

Season 17 is the next one to get the blu-ray treatment!

https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/1446113535361118214

It's good that Shada's on there but this is the first time they've double-dipped when it comes to blu-rays, isn't it?

Tomtrek fucked around with this message at 15:40 on Oct 7, 2021

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Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Would you be my new best friends?

Nicola Bryant being distracted from commentary by sequins :allears:

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The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Tomtrek posted:

Season 17 is the next one to get the blu-ray treatment!

https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/1446113535361118214

It's good that Shada's on there but this is the first time they've double-dipped when it comes to blu-rays, isn't it?

Fantastic! Preordered! :toot:

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Good country music from Amarillo and Abilene
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Oh hey, a Pete McTighe story that�s not bad!

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Zaroff: Nov 10, 2009; Nothing in the world can stop me now!

Tomtrek posted:

It's good that Shada's on there but this is the first time they've double-dipped when it comes to blu-rays, isn't it?

Yeah, but at least they have a 6 part Shada as something unique!

Although to be honest I�m happy to see this as a sign that animations will get rereleased, since they never got bluray releases in the US/Canada!

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Shiftypenguin: Mar 15, 2005; Antique Roadshow

Zaroff posted:

Yeah, but at least they have a 6 part Shada as something unique!

Although to be honest I’m happy to see this as a sign that animations will get rereleased, since they never got bluray releases in the US/Canada!

The UK blu-rays work in the US. I have the new Shada release and a few of the Troughton animated blu-rays and have no problem with them. (I view them on a PlayStation, if that makes a difference.)

That said, for seasons I typically wait for the US release to save on importing them. I'm really looking forward to this one (despite the double-dip of Shada) as the Douglas Adams season is one of my all-time faves.

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Davros1: Jul 19, 2007; You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible

This'll be my fifth version of Shada:

1992 VHS release
2003 audio starring Paul McGann
The original DVD of the 92 VHS
The animated one from a few years back
Now this Blu-Ray box

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Bicyclops: Aug 27, 2004

The Eight version of Shada is cool because it's like the slightly more professional version of that thing they do at cons sometimes where the Doctors get to read each other's monologues. I'd pay the not sale prices for a Big Finish line that's just "Six does this Four story" type of stuff. It'd be impossible, of course. Rights issues, actors not wanting to disrespect someone else's performance, etc. It's one of the cool things about Shada being in the weird limbo that it's always been.

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Snorb: Nov 19, 2010

The opening to the Eighth Doctor's version of Shada had some nice references to City of Death and The Five Doctors; I think the web animation version used that waxwork version of Tom Baker when Romana was explaining this.

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Narsham: Jun 5, 2008

Davros1 posted:

This'll be my fifth version of Shada:

1992 VHS release
2003 audio starring Paul McGann
The original DVD of the 92 VHS
The animated one from a few years back
Now this Blu-Ray box

"It's a brilliant idea, Rusty! We'll order twice as many serials as we can afford, film only parts of half of them, and then commission reconstructions, audios, and animations to put "the whole story" in front of people. We'll make loads of money!"

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Zaroff: Nov 10, 2009; Nothing in the world can stop me now!

Shiftypenguin posted:

The UK blu-rays work in the US. I have the new Shada release and a few of the Troughton animated blu-rays and have no problem with them. (I view them on a PlayStation, if that makes a difference.)

I�d looked into that, but when I tried ordering it from Amazon, it�s either unavailable (they were blocking international orders), or charging ridiculous shipping.

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Action Jacktion: Jun 3, 2003

Zaroff posted:

I�d looked into that, but when I tried ordering it from Amazon, it�s either unavailable (they were blocking international orders), or charging ridiculous shipping.

Have you tried Zavvi?

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Shiftypenguin: Mar 15, 2005; Antique Roadshow

Zaroff posted:

I’d looked into that, but when I tried ordering it from Amazon, it’s either unavailable (they were blocking international orders), or charging ridiculous shipping.

Yeah, you have to go through Amazon US. They often pop up for sale there soon after they hit the street date in the UK. I typically wait a bit too as at release they're pricey, but after a few weeks the price tends goes down.

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volts5000: Apr 7, 2009; It's electric. Boogie woogie woogie.

Open Source Idiom posted:

They're not planning on covering it up. They're planning on letting everyone kill each other over some storm-in-a-teacup dispute, and then selling off the planet for scrap after.

Yeah, that was the Slitheen's plan. When the Doctor thwarted their plan, the public explained away the ship smashing into Big Ben as an elaborate prank. When writing the ending, RTD apparently forgot that the "elaborate prank" also included killing a bunch of MPs.

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Cerv: Sep 14, 2004; This is a silly post with little news value.

Zaroff posted:

Yeah, but at least they have a 6 part Shada as something unique!

Although to be honest I�m happy to see this as a sign that animations will get rereleased, since they never got bluray releases in the US/Canada!

oh good.
I was disappointed they forced it into a feature length cut instead of sticking with the episodes last time.

Davros1 posted:

This'll be my fifth version of Shada:

1992 VHS release
2003 audio starring Paul McGann
The original DVD of the 92 VHS
The animated one from a few years back
Now this Blu-Ray box

the Gareth Roberts novelisation is pretty good too

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Class3KillStorm: Feb 17, 2011

volts5000 posted:

Yeah, that was the Slitheen's plan. When the Doctor thwarted their plan, the public explained away the ship smashing into Big Ben as an elaborate prank. When writing the ending, RTD apparently forgot that the "elaborate prank" also included killing a bunch of MPs.

Didn't No. 10 Downing Street also get blown up by tomahawk missile or something at the end of it (which was the start of the ascension of Harriet Jones, Prime Minister, and thus the First Great and Glorious Human Empire)? How did THAT one get hand-waved away?

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Crosspeice: Aug 9, 2013

Class3KillStorm posted:

Didn't No. 10 Downing Street also get blown up by tomahawk missile or something at the end of it (which was the start of the ascension of Harriet Jones, Prime Minister, and thus the First Great and Glorious Human Empire)? How did THAT one get hand-waved away?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVXJmfd3cmg

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Bicyclops: Aug 27, 2004

Honestly, if an "alien ship" crashed into Congress and a bunch of Congresspeople died, I'd probably believe it was an ill-fated and dangerous prank perpetrated by some of the dumber, more powerful Congresspeople. It actually sounds more likely than aliens.

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Vinylshadow: Mar 20, 2017

https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1446528316723195905

Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are gone too

It begins, I guess?

https://twitter.com/oblongpictures/status/1446501380911419397

Vinylshadow fucked around with this message at 20:58 on Oct 8, 2021

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A.o.D.: Jan 15, 2006

The look like such happy genocidal murdertanks.

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Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Would you be my new best friends?

Vinylshadow posted:

Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are gone too

It begins, I guess?

What's this all about?

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Sydney Bottocks: Oct 15, 2004; Can't post for 11 days!

Jerusalem posted:

What's this all about?

I'm sure James Stoker had something to do with it! :argh:

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The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Maybe they�ve just decided it�s all more trouble than it�s worth, and they�re closing down the socials until RTD comes back.

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Senor Tron: May 26, 2006

If you Google search Doctor Who all the previous Doctors other than 13 are listed as Fugitive Doctor.

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DoctorWhat: Nov 18, 2011; A little privacy, please?

https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/1446894478304825347

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The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Oh ok

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