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Reply #1400 on: November 15, 2013, 11:10:31 AM

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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Reply #1401 on: November 15, 2013, 03:34:39 PM

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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Reply #1402 on: November 15, 2013, 03:51:02 PM

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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Reply #1403 on: November 15, 2013, 09:02:49 PM

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.  DRILLING AND MANLINESS


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Reply #1404 on: November 15, 2013, 09:03:38 PM

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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Reply #1405 on: November 15, 2013, 11:17:37 PM

I enjoyed the short, but I'm a bit confused.
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Reply #1406 on: November 16, 2013, 05:57:54 AM

I enjoyed the short, but I'm a bit confused.

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Reply #1407 on: November 17, 2013, 01:57:52 PM

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Reply #1408 on: November 18, 2013, 01:14:17 AM

The 'War Doctor', seriously, that's his name?


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Reply #1409 on: November 18, 2013, 01:41:11 AM

Don't even.

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Reply #1410 on: November 18, 2013, 02:03:42 AM

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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Reply #1411 on: November 18, 2013, 02:31:18 AM

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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Reply #1412 on: November 18, 2013, 04:51:38 PM

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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Reply #1413 on: November 18, 2013, 05:04:44 PM

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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Reply #1414 on: November 23, 2013, 02:14:37 AM

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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Reply #1415 on: November 23, 2013, 12:02:35 PM

A fun quiz on which of the doctors you are.

http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/11/personality-quiz-doctor/

I got the First Doctor.  Ohhhhh, I see.

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Reply #1416 on: November 23, 2013, 01:12:38 PM

Moffat knocked that one out of the park.

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Reply #1417 on: November 23, 2013, 01:19:57 PM

Episode was overall pretty neat.

My only problem was:

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Reply #1418 on: November 23, 2013, 01:26:23 PM

To get in before the nitpickers: That was fun.

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Reply #1419 on: November 23, 2013, 01:36:59 PM

That was great.

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Reply #1420 on: November 23, 2013, 01:37:15 PM

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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Reply #1421 on: November 23, 2013, 02:03:19 PM

Someone explain the "70's or 80s, depending on the dating scheme" joke to me.

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Reply #1422 on: November 23, 2013, 02:15:50 PM

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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Reply #1423 on: November 23, 2013, 02:45:20 PM

Well, he tried really, really hard.

Apart from the one enormous plot hole, that was fairly enjoyable.

Especially the rabbit.

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Reply #1424 on: November 23, 2013, 02:53:24 PM

A fun quiz on which of the doctors you are.

http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/11/personality-quiz-doctor/

I got the First Doctor.  Ohhhhh, I see.

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Reply #1425 on: November 23, 2013, 04:05:33 PM

Someone explain the "70's or 80s, depending on the dating scheme" joke to me.
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Reply #1426 on: November 23, 2013, 05:49:10 PM

A fun quiz on which of the doctors you are.

http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/11/personality-quiz-doctor/

I got the First Doctor.  Ohhhhh, I see.

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Reply #1427 on: November 23, 2013, 05:57:48 PM

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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Reply #1428 on: November 23, 2013, 07:20:23 PM

A fun quiz on which of the doctors you are.

http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/11/personality-quiz-doctor/

I got the First Doctor.  Ohhhhh, I see.

9th Doctor  DRILLING AND MANLINESS
10th doctor, which made the girlfriend a bit swoony.

1st doctor for me as well.
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Reply #1429 on: November 23, 2013, 11:25:29 PM

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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Reply #1430 on: November 24, 2013, 12:17:40 AM

That was simply awesome, at every level.


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Reply #1431 on: November 24, 2013, 12:53:16 AM

No.

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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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Reply #1432 on: November 24, 2013, 03:25:44 AM

Have you watched "The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot" yet, Ironwood?

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