palmer_eldritch
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It was a fantastic bit of fan wankage. There's lots of complaining I could do about the story Moffat is telling but I've decided the best approach for me is just to enjoy it as best I can and try to ignore the stuff I don't like. But as far as all the "Doctor" stuff goes, here's a clip of Patrick Troughton being awesome. |
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It really stands up on repeated viewings. It's a really great little segment in its own right, but also a terrific salute to the show's complicated history. It gives me good feelings about next week.
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Speaking of next week, anyone have any idea where this is going to air outside of theatres and BBC-affiliated stations? I'm cable-less, rely on Hulu/Netflix/Amazon for TV, and I'm not going to be able to make it out to a theatre. :( Did previous recently-aired episodes make it on to any of those three streaming services shortly after airing?
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Special J
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Cable-less too. Not having much luck finding out when affiliates are making it available online. Space Channel is the Canadian affiliate and always had new episodes up online but never knew exactly when the became available. At the office we actually have a small theater and a few of us plan on sneaking in and hooking up a cable box.  If anyone cares, here's the aforementioned Halloween costume: http://specialj99.tumblr.com/post/65613864286 |
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Father mike
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Speaking of next week, anyone have any idea where this is going to air outside of theatres and BBC-affiliated stations? I'm cable-less, rely on Hulu/Netflix/Amazon for TV, and I'm not going to be able to make it out to a theatre. :( Did previous recently-aired episodes make it on to any of those three streaming services shortly after airing?
Amazon Prime gets regular episodes within 24 hrs of them being on BBC America, to buy for $1.99 - no streaming (if I'm remembering right). No idea about specials like this tho ... |
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I enjoyed the short, but I'm a bit confused.
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I enjoyed the short, but I'm a bit confused. |
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The 'War Doctor', seriously, that's his name?
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Don't even.
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Nice 8th Doctor closure.
I would love it if they managed to bring back Chris Eccleston also so that the 50th anniversary would be a complete post 2005 reunion. Rumor has it that Eccleston got along poorly with Moffat, the producers and the BBC money-men which makes it highly unlikely that he will show up in any capacity. Oh well.
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Ironwood
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Chris was before Moffat.
He released a statement at the time saying that he had particular problems with some of the Directors of the episodes and the way in which Who was being run at the time. Much like now (when it's worse), it was being run on a shoestring with middle-management being cunts and certain Directors being utter fucking arseholes to people.
He has a ... certain personality and it just didn't work for him. (I understand his view completely). So he walked.
In those circumstances, walking BACK is never an option, alas.
So while I'd like to blame Moffat, he's not responsible for all the ills in the world. The Cunt.
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Rumour has it that a couple of the specific middle-managers that pissed Eccleston off were the same ones who fucked up the budget and pissed off a bunch of other BBC people a couple of years ago, leading to the current working conditions (shoestring budget, lack of co-operation with other departments/regions, and so on). They don't work on Doctor Who any more. Or for the BBC, for that matter. In brighter news, An Adventure in Space and Time looks interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEwikIhEZrE(And there's a couple of shots in that of David Bradley as Bill Hartnell as the Doctor which are just uncanny). |
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You call it an accident. I call it justice.
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I'll forever give Moffat a pass because of "Blink," "Empty Child," and "Silence in the Library 1&2."
Mostly for Blink though.
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Ironwood
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Adventures in Space and Time was really, really, really good. And very interesting. Like most 'lookbacks' it took some liberty with Truth and there was one guest appearance that shrivelled my balls, but I really reccomend a watch.
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Numtini
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Moffat knocked that one out of the park.
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Episode was overall pretty neat.
My only problem was:
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To get in before the nitpickers: That was fun.
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Threash
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That was great.
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I enjoyed that a lot more than I should have since I'm not a huge fan. The cameo was fantastic, and really got me.
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Someone explain the "70's or 80s, depending on the dating scheme" joke to me.
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I enjoyed that a lot more than I should have since I'm not a huge fan. The cameo was fantastic, and really got me.
Didn't recognize him at first and then the tears started to flow. Fuck JFK, that's MY nostalgia fix for the week. |
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Ironwood
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Well, he tried really, really hard.
Apart from the one enormous plot hole, that was fairly enjoyable.
Especially the rabbit.
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Khaldun
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I liked it a good deal, even though it had some of Moffat's characteristic issues. I think I usually like where he wants his characters to be emotionally, it's just that he has a way of building plots that don't always work in order to get them there.
Hurt was great. Moffat even poked a bit of fun at himself through Hurt.
I think I can figure out how this episode actually even makes good canonical sense but there is a big gun on the mantlepiece that is going to need firing in Capaldi's season.
So ok:
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9th Doctor 10th doctor, which made the girlfriend a bit swoony. 1st doctor for me as well. |
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Anyone else get the feeling that Moffat intentionally made the bad guys look like people in big goofy rubber suits, just for the throwback's sake.
Part way through I wasn't sure it was going to live up to my expectations, but it managed it by the end. The surprise cameo was just that one extra thing they needed.
On a side note - in the scene in the gallery where the statues are covered in sheets - for a moment when they showed the statues toppling, I thought that maybe they were Weeping Angels under the sheets. Then I thought - if a Weeping Angel has a sheet over its head, could it move while you looked at that sheet?...
I'm glad they weren't Angels. Also glad they didn't mess with the end of Rose's plot line, like I was worried they would when I heard Piper was in this. The nod to Bad Wolf was awesome though.
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When she crossed over, she was just a ship. But when she came back... she was bullshit!
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That was simply awesome, at every level.
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No.
Edited to Add :
I would advise you all not to think about it after you've enjoyed it. If you do, it begins to Moffatmetastasize.
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Have you watched "The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot" yet, Ironwood?
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