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for the first time in years, doctor who is really back. Genuinely giddy
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Senor Tron posted:Is that dude who had the "new to Doctor Who I hate that I'm being made to watch this wait I'm three series in and this is the most batshit and best thing ever" watch threads still around? Oxxidation/Occupation, right? I just wish I could find their actual original threads, the reviews were a fun read.
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Dec 5, 2023 19:24
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Wild Blue Yonder got me excited enough to continue my rewatch of the old stuff and I while New Earth and Tooth and Claw were both very goofy and dumb plot-wise, there was some really fascinating character stuff that makes me glad that when I asked the gf whether she wanted a curated watch or if we should watch it all, good and bad, she said watch it all. New Earth turns Cassandra from a one-note villain into an interesting character (while also giving Piper and Tennant opportunities to have a ton of fun with acting when she possesses them) and Tooth and Claw is where the show really starts driving home the way the way that the Doctor and Rose recklessly hurl themselves into life-threatening history-altering adventures and seem to treat it as an amusing lark. Also Tennant and Piper are amazing together.
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Dec 6, 2023 02:18
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lmao that ruled, rusty is firing on all cylinders
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Dec 9, 2023 21:40
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Toymaker also said "my legions are coming"
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Dec 9, 2023 21:43
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I really like how this episode is both about how the Doctor's life is harmful to his companions (WELL THAT MAKES IT ALRIGHT THEN) and to himself. Also taking the weird orientalism of the original Toymaker and changing it to the fact that he just likes appropriating the aesthetics and accents of various nationalities was fun.
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Dec 9, 2023 23:30
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The_Doctor posted:The Toymaker's "Well, that's alright then!" cracked me up every time. I love how his delivery was the exact same every time but the context made each repetition feel more and more mocking.
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Dec 10, 2023 02:03
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HD DAD posted:Throughout all three of these specials, I could just feel RTD absolutely not giving a poo poo and writing whatever came to mind while laughing maniacally about it. I think RTD most definitely gave a poo poo while writing whatever came to mind and laughing maniacally about it.
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Dec 10, 2023 03:16
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fez_machine posted:I kind of hated that episode. All the worst sins of New Who. It kind of ruled.
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Dec 10, 2023 11:09
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Random Stranger posted:Since RTD is withholding an episode this week ( That's legitimately one of my favourite Doctor Who stories ever. Stories which pit the Doctor against something that doesn't fit within his personal worldview are always cool, the Ood are fantastic, Rose moving into being genuinely competent and the scenes with the Doctor philosophising as he is slowly lowered into an abyss are Tennant at his best. "Maybe that's why I keep travelling. To be proven wrong."
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Dec 17, 2023 04:14
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) I watched The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit. What a wild story that one is. It's kind of awkward and it probably should have only been a one parter, and I'm glad that the Ood became regularly reoccurring aliens so they could be something other than slaves who rebelled because the devil made them do it, but there's a lot of great moments. Nice horror set up and evil atmosphere, then some wonderful moments for both the Doctor and Rose.
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It doesn't even make sense that Jo is a previous Doctor because we saw Hartnell stealing the TARDIS.
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Dec 18, 2023 00:36
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Detective No. 27 posted:I’m on Runaway Bride. A couple thoughts: Doesn't Donna explicitly say she did it because she hates Christmas?
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Dec 19, 2023 01:27
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Cleretic posted:I respect Christmas Carol, but my favorite christmas special will always be Last Christmas. I... agree with Cleretic.
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Dec 21, 2023 08:20
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I've been doing a rewatch of all of Who with my partner who is new to the show and it's been a delight re-experiencing the rollercoaster of glorious highs and plummeting lows of the RTD era. I think... Love and Monsters might actually be good outside of the love life joke when rewatching it through the lens of LINDA being a representation of various facers of the Who fandom.
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Dec 24, 2023 02:44
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do you really want a repeat of the year of specials
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Dec 24, 2023 22:21
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The Doctor can never be a himbo because one of the defining characteristics of a himbo is being dumb.
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Dec 25, 2023 09:34
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Very lukewarm on the episode. Ncuti is fun, but I'm not convinced by Ruby and the episode spent way too long re-explaining things again and again. Cherry Sunday was perfection though. edit: Also this feels like the kind of episode that should have happened about halfway through the season once we know and are attached to Ruby. SirSamVimes fucked around with this message at 21:05 on Dec 25, 2023 |
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Dec 25, 2023 21:02
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DoctorWhat posted:It's a Christmas episode so it's written for an audience that's half paying attention and drunk on eggnog I get that, but at least Christmas episodes usually fill the time with interesting/funny things instead of repeated explanations.
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Dec 25, 2023 21:17
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Final verdict on the specials. Star Beast: good Wild Blue Yonder: great The Giggle: great The Church on Ruby Road: ehhhhhhh 3/4 is much better than the last season of specials.
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Dec 25, 2023 22:20
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Feeding off coincidence and misfortune is interesting, they didn't need to explain it over and over again though.
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Dec 26, 2023 02:23
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Yeah I'm guessing that one of the upcoming season finales will involve repairing the universe so superstitions aren't real anymore and after that people will go back to saying gravity and nobody will comment on it.
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Dec 27, 2023 05:52
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Yeah it's the same energy as him getting offended at parallels being drawn between Captain Jack's vortex manipulator and the TARDIS.
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Dec 27, 2023 20:29
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