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| Verity Lambert |
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49 | 7.04% |
| John Wiles |
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1 | 0.14% |
| Innes Lloyd |
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1 | 0.14% |
| Peter Bryant |
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3 | 0.43% |
| Derrick Sherwin |
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3 | 0.43% |
| Barry Letts |
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12 | 1.72% |
| Phillip Hinchcliffe |
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62 | 8.91% |
| Graham Williams |
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3 | 0.43% |
| John Nathan-Turner |
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15 | 2.16% |
| Philip Segal |
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3 | 0.43% |
| Russel T Davies |
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106 | 15.23% |
| Steven Moffat |
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114 | 16.38% |
| Son Goku |
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324 | 46.55% |
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Cleretic posted:I'm still not sure how inaccurate that one actually was, but I always thought that suited things just fine in the story. The Master is an egotistical rear end in a top hat, the Simm Master especially. He wouldn't give a poo poo about how things actually work in politics, he'd run on an entirely self-centric platform. I got the impression that he'd convinced various prominent individuals from the main parties to jump ship to his nebulous, seemingly policy-less party through sheer force of character and/or I AM THE MASTER AND YOU WILL OBEY ME type things.
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Cleretic posted:I'm still not sure how inaccurate that one actually was, but I always thought that suited things just fine in the story. The Master is an egotistical rear end in a top hat, the Simm Master especially. He wouldn't give a poo poo about how things actually work in politics, he'd run on an entirely self-centric platform. Oh, sure, obviously it was all about the dramatic stakes. I was bothered by it at the time because I was a snobbish A-level politics student (this was back when I had actual political opinions and enjoyed The West Wing) and it wouldn't have been an issue if there'd been an off-hand comment about Harry Saxon leading a new party.
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May 12, 2014 10:57
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Metal Loaf posted:and it wouldn't have been an issue if there'd been an off-hand comment about Harry Saxon leading a new party. But there was exactly that sort of comment from the Master, right before he gassed them all.
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May 12, 2014 11:24
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The signs said "Vote Saxon" because he founded the Saxon Party.  Also, Benjamin Franklin was President...of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania!
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May 12, 2014 13:03
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Squizzle posted:The signs said "Vote Saxon" because he founded the Saxon Party. "Excuse me sir, what is your policy re: immigration?" "I shot a giant cobweb space-ship out of the sky with a tank." "I see, and what about home mortgages?" "I protected many homes when I shot a giant cobweb space-ship out of the sky with a tank." "Well then what about the Arts?" "The photo of me shooting a giant cobweb space-ship out of the sky with a tank won a prize!" "I see, any final remarks?" "Yes, I'd like to request I get to look directly into the camera and swing a fobwatch while talking in a low voice to your listeners while you dramatically lower the lights please."
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May 12, 2014 13:10
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Does no one else remember the massive plot point that Saxon got elected not because of his policies but because the Arc Angel network had brainwashed everyone into doing so? It at least made more sense and had more of a set-up than that dumb poo poo with the Silence and the Computer Church as far as villain backstories go and it had the benefit of actually being shown on screen rather than explained away in dialogue from Sexy Strong Submissive Slut #34.
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May 12, 2014 13:34
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Jerusalem posted:"I see, any final remarks?" It nearly worked for the Demon Headmaster!
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May 12, 2014 14:06
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Yes, he was using the Arc Angel network. It bothered me then; it doesn't now. "President-elect" Winters was still a bit clumsy. Actually, here's something else that occurs to me regarding that story; I really wish RTD could have kept the line where the Master tells the Doctor he should be thanking him for getting Harriet Jones out of the way and making his job much easier. I believe he cut it because it would've been "too cruel", but I think he made a mistake.
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May 12, 2014 14:07
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Metal Loaf posted:I believe he cut it because it would've been "too cruel", but I think he made a mistake. Yeah, I wish he had kept this in as well. If he'd kept all of the things like that in then the Doctor's arc would've been evident enough that we wouldn't be debating whether it was a mistake or not.
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May 12, 2014 14:15
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Wish me luck - about to watch The Talons of Weng-Chiang for the first time.
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CobiWann posted:Wish me luck - about to watch The Talons of Weng-Chiang for the first time. Good luck watching one of the best Doctor Who serials.
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May 12, 2014 20:46
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Shame about the racism. But, what can ya do. Oh 70s.
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May 12, 2014 20:48
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If you can cope with the racism in "Tomb of the Cybermen" you can probably cope with the racism in "Talons".
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PriorMarcus posted:Does no one else remember the massive plot point that Saxon got elected not because of his policies but because the Arc Angel network had brainwashed everyone into doing so? I remember that, it was one of the examples of RTD actually being somewhat subtle and resisting his natural urge to over-explain things. So it was pretty sad that this subtlety was used as the set-up for one of the most hamfisted and crude Jesus metaphors I've ever seen in a television program 
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DoctorWhat posted:I don't know if they ever made a statement but the anti-time plotline was certainly a convenient "out" for that screwup, huh? It's deliberately stated in Neverland, I believe, when Romana and Vansell are explaining the anti-time breach and its effects to the Doctor.
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May 13, 2014 02:23
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May 13, 2014 02:53
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Cool picture of the TARDIS, but how come it's out of shot? What's so important about an empty room?
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May 13, 2014 03:15
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Maybe its supposed to be a desktop background, with an empty space for your icons.
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May 13, 2014 04:21
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Gaz-L posted:Cool picture of the TARDIS, but how come it's out of shot? What's so important about an empty room? I have no idea. e: ||||/ ||
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May 13, 2014 05:02
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I don't know, but I just shot a hole in my monitor for some reason. 
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May 13, 2014 05:08
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Today I finished Paper Cuts and boy was it great! I have to admit it sounded like a snoozefest when I read the description...the Draconians are cool I guess, but they are just kinda there. And it sounded like the Doctor would be involved in some boring court intrigue or something. I should have known better and expected more from recent era Big Finish because they brought it once again! It was a really great, atmospheric story. Intrigue, drama, body horror, and cool characters. Just a solid, compelling story that was far more than I anticipated. Another win. My only gripe is I think India Fisher could have done a bit better playing the crazy girl who possessed Charlie. There was basically no difference personalitywise, and pre-possession the girl reminded me of  and afterwards she's like 1:1 Charlie. I get there was an in universe reason why but I think they could have done a bit more.
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May 13, 2014 05:17
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It occurs to me with all the Moffat discussion that there's probably one thing we can agree on: he invents a good creepy villain, even if he does typically overuse them later and if he's married to the nursery rhyme thing.
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May 13, 2014 06:14
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Bicyclops posted:It occurs to me with all the Moffat discussion that there's probably one thing we can agree on: he invents a good creepy villain, even if he does typically overuse them later and if he's married to the nursery rhyme thing. I'm still a little disappointed that they threw away such a neat design as The Vigil on The Rings of Akhaten. I love the story to bits but The Vigil are almost entirely incidental to the storyline and could have been left out/replaced by standard "monks" and it wouldn't have made a difference.  Maybe they had to get back to Tattooine and couldn't stick around long enough to be in their own story
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May 13, 2014 07:39
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Jerusalem posted:I'm still a little disappointed that they threw away such a neat design as The Vigil on The Rings of Akhaten. I love the story to bits but The Vigil are almost entirely incidental to the storyline and could have been left out/replaced by standard "monks" and it wouldn't have made a difference. See also Claw, Tooth and.
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May 13, 2014 09:34
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For those who care, Gracepoint trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9IWvbbZPZc Umm, what's up with Tennants accent? He faked a good english one, but this sounds very forced.
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May 13, 2014 16:53
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Attitude Indicator posted:For those who care, Gracepoint trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9IWvbbZPZc Not everyone can be Hugh Laurie and fake a really good American accent.
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May 13, 2014 17:05
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Attitude Indicator posted:For those who care, Gracepoint trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9IWvbbZPZc His hair just gets stupider and stupider
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May 13, 2014 17:32
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Is he still doing American Broadchurch?
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May 13, 2014 18:25
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MrL_JaKiri posted:His hair just gets stupider and stupider Fun story: Over on PSP before an episode of Smackdown, SyFy had the remake of Fright Night on. I was lambasting the movie for being cheap and casting a terrible ersatz David Tennant in the role of the Irish vampire hunter. I found out a day later it actually was David Tennant. Yup.
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Detective No. 27 posted:Is he still doing American Broadchurch? That is American Broadchurch.
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Chokes McGee posted:Fun story: Over on PSP before an episode of Smackdown, SyFy had the remake of Fright Night on. I was lambasting the movie for being cheap and casting a terrible ersatz David Tennant in the role of the Irish vampire hunter. Hey, I ENJOYED that movie! Seriously, David Tennant as a cheap David Blaine knockoff? You could tell he was having a blast with the part.
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Attitude Indicator posted:For those who care, Gracepoint trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9IWvbbZPZc Tennant has never had a good American accent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4cqRsvu9t0.
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May 13, 2014 19:40
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Attitude Indicator posted:For those who care, Gracepoint trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9IWvbbZPZc I loved Broadchurch to death but this looks awful. Maybe it's because I'm so familiar with the original, but it looks like basically a shot for shot remake which just causes this weird sense of things just being not-quite-right. Tennant's accent isn't THAT bad but I'm so used to either his actual accent or his fake English one that hearing the American version just adds to the sense of,"Something isn't quite right here." It probably isn't helped by the fact that the small seaside town setting worked really well for England but seems quite out of place for America, at least in my mind.
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May 13, 2014 23:33
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Aye, I'm shocked at how identical this remake looks. Just, why? At least House of Cards had a notably different tone, and had to be adjusted for the political differences, but it seems the only difference between this and Broadchurch is the accents. They've even cast the actors to look similar, it seems.
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May 13, 2014 23:53
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It is Fox, aka the "let's go to the well one too many times" network.
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May 14, 2014 00:02
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It sort of looks like a parody of Broadchurch. I'm not American, but I thought his accent was actually pretty good.
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May 14, 2014 00:59
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Jerusalem posted:It probably isn't helped by the fact that the small seaside town setting worked really well for England but seems quite out of place for America, at least in my mind. Not at all, actually. It's pretty evocative of some places I've in New England, particularly in Maine, at least to me. I also loved Broadchurch, and this really does look like a direct remake. I'll give it a shot.
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May 14, 2014 04:34
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Detective No. 27 posted:Is he still doing American Broadchurch? Yep, and he's still doing the British Broadchurch.  Watching that trailer is weird. He just...looks like DI Hardy...but doesn't sound like him. It's offputting. I was sort of hoping he'd put some sort of different spin on the role, but it seems like he's doing it 1:1.
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May 14, 2014 04:53
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Astroman posted:Yep, and he's still doing the British Broadchurch. It's actually going to be a take on "The Parent Trap". They're twins, one raised by an American, the other, a Briton. Just wait until the episode where they meet up! Not really.
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No no no, it all ties into Orphan Black. Obviously.
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