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TinTower posted:outpostgallifrey.png this is the forum that made talking about the episode leaks into a thoughtcrime because they didn't want anything to spoil their pipe-dream of becoming a bbc-sanctioned Official Forum.
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TinTower posted:outpostgallifrey.png Peak autism
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It will never stop being funny to me that people who believe in comic book superheroes or time traveling aliens that regenerate with new faces and personalities are unable to suspend their disbelief any longer the second that one of the characters is a different race or gender than they expected.
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Nov 3, 2014 20:09
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It's just off the shelf anti-feminism only they have reached a degree of wretchedness that they cannot even admit it within their own little enclave. There is no hope for them.
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Nov 3, 2014 20:20
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Xelkelvos posted:I'll admit I did the same thing. It may have come up in my head, but it immediately didn't register. Even with the Cyberman Eye symbol appearing everywhere. Everywhere. 
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Nov 3, 2014 20:32
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Regarde Aduck posted:It's just off the shelf anti-feminism only they have reached a degree of wretchedness that they cannot even admit it within their own little enclave. There is no hope for them. I was actually going to say, as much as we may slag off Moffat for being a bit of a prat, the fact remains that there are fans out there who are convinced that he has a sinister "feminist agenda" for Doctor Who. In fact I'd be tempted to wager that as much as this clumsy sexism that sometimes gets into his scripts may bother you of I or anyone else in this thread, there are fans of the show who are ten times more bent out of shape over the fact that he'd even pay lip-service to the idea of casting a woman as the Doctor.
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Nov 3, 2014 20:49
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Or casting a woman at all as someone with a bit of agency, really.
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Nov 3, 2014 21:06
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Bicyclops posted:This would be particularly good if the TARDIS were disguised as a car or bus, so that as the Doctor gave his speech, we could hear the sound of screeching tires followed by the TARDIS's vanishing sound. Funny you should mention that, considering...  Terror of the Autons is amazing and you should all watch it if you haven't. Big influence on this past episode, especially. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXrAK6sUZ_0
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Nov 3, 2014 21:25
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Spoilers Below posted:Terror of the Autons is amazing and you should all watch it if you haven't. Big influence on this past episode, especially. Yeah, I had an inflatable chair and it kept deflating just like that. Terribly embarassing when you have company, but not what I'd call a real threat to humanity.
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Nov 3, 2014 21:53
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would really dig if red telephone box was the Mistress's TARDIS, just because it'd be another laugh on the Doctor. Like, the Doctor's foiled the Cybermen, and he's got UNIT with him to capture her, and she runs, and then they hear a familiar noise, and the red telephone box whooshes away. Cut to the smuggest look on Missy's face. 
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Nov 3, 2014 22:24
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"Well my hatred of a female Master is really about ethics in gaming journalism."
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MrL_JaKiri posted:Or casting a woman at all as someone with a bit of agency, really. You'd think they'd be happy that the woman is a villain.
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Nov 3, 2014 22:32
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CobiWann posted:"Well my hatred of a female Master is really about ethics in gaming journalism." "I think it's sexist that the first female Master is evil."
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CobiWann posted:"Well my hatred of a female Master is really about ethics in gaming journalism."
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Nov 3, 2014 22:40
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The part I find funny is how he assumes everyone shares his particular thought process. "When will the real doctor return?", I don't know guy, when WILL doctor who return to your particular set of standards that apparently broke with having a female master as opposed to all the other crap in the past 7 series like the death of all the time lords, the undoing of the death of all the time lords. farting aliens, companion romances, the master having "I hear drums" retroactively fitted as a motivation, etc, not to mention the classic series constantly rewriting its own rules too.
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Nov 3, 2014 22:43
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When will the Doctor go back to not having a tattoo??
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Nov 3, 2014 22:45
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Acne Rain posted:not to mention the classic series constantly rewriting its own rules too. Seriously, it was already mentioned re: Hartnell regenerating into Troughton, but the Classic Series just threw in new stuff/changed things all the time whenever it suited them. I mean hell, Season 7 of the classic series is about as radical a departure as you can get from the previous six seasons, to the point that it could have almost literally been an entirely different show if they'd just removed the TARDIS, changed the Brigadier and UNIT's names, and called the Doctor "Professor Mystery" or something like that. Hell, some would argue it's closer to Quatermass than Who. Edit: Quatermass, not Quatermain 
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Jerusalem posted:Hell, some would argue it's closer to Quatermain than Who. Heh, I was actually listening to a recording of an interview Terrance Dicks did at a convention earlier this year, and that is exactly what he said.
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Nov 3, 2014 22:51
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Quatermass, and it's especially true for The Ambassadors
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Nov 3, 2014 22:53
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That guy with the avatar of Tom Baker looking at a Prime computer and reacting to internet posts with disgust should replace all the pictures he's reacting to with Irish Joe posts.
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Nov 3, 2014 22:54
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Anyone know whether there will be a Children in Need short/special/crossover/minisode whatever this year? During the Tennant/Smith years there were several shorts filmed and even going back to the classic era and Curse of Fatal Death the BBC has had a Who presence during these types of events. I thought I read something somewhere about something this year but can't seem to find it. Ayone have more info or a link? I need my 12 fix inbetween the finale and x-mas , and also they usually were light-hearted fare, which we haven't seen Capaldi do too much of...
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MrL_JaKiri posted:Quatermass, and it's especially true for The Ambassadors OF DEATH? *twang*
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Nov 3, 2014 23:00
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MrL_JaKiri posted:Quatermass, and it's especially true for The Ambassadors Dammit, can't believe I got the name wrong The Daemons also owes a hell of a lot of Quatermass and the Pit, though being Who it's a little more optimistic about the "demon". Plus it ends with the Master almost escaping because he realizes that Sergeant Benton is a budgie and will fall asleep if something covers his face! Edit: Benton goddammit, my mind is going. Jerusalem fucked around with this message at 23:25 on Nov 3, 2014 |
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Nov 3, 2014 23:02
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Jerusalem posted:Dammit, can't believe I got the name wrong Jerusalem posted:Sergeant Benson I see I see
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I really really like Missy now. Kind of bizarre how something as trivial as a name reveal can make you turn a 180 on a character. Maybe I'm stupid. Then again, I do love The Master to a ridiculous degree. I do own Time-Flight, after all.
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Nov 3, 2014 23:25
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MrL_JaKiri posted:I see I see Man I'm having a bad day today.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:I really really like Missy now. Kind of bizarre how something as trivial as a name reveal can make you turn a 180 on a character. Maybe I'm stupid. Then again, I do love The Master to a ridiculous degree. I do own Time-Flight, after all. She didn't do anything before this particular episode where her scam was revealed and she got to be a funny jerk. She made a bad impression with being in heaven and having a crush on the doctor but now the former is a bizarre scam and the latter just feels to me like when bugs bunny dressed up in drag.
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Acne Rain posted:She didn't do anything before this particular episode where her scam was revealed and she got to be a funny jerk. She made a bad impression with being in heaven and having a crush on the doctor but now the former is a bizarre scam and the latter just feels to me like when bugs bunny dressed up in drag. She better ride a fat horse at some point in the finale 
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McGann posted:I was agreeing with you. He had no idea that kid was in there, so I don't think he is really at fault. Though, obviously, he is going to feel regret and responsibility because he shot a kid. Still, I think the mental image of Danny being an intentional child murderer is funny. Although not 'intentionally' a child killer. The Oscar Pistorius defence is weak one. Anyway I thought the episode was quite good. Embarrassed to say that I was certain she wasn't The Master and the hints must've been a fakeout. Her parts on previous episodes all felt a bit tacked ok; basically interchangeable with no connection to anything else that happened. So the reveal did feel like a bit of a 'so what' moment.
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Okay. Finally got around to watching Dark Water. My fears about the season long arc are allayed, because I think that was pretty awesome. I'm kicking myself for not figuring out that Missy is the Master before it was revealed, but I guess I was being too smug about calling the Cybermen being in the tanks as soon as I heard their musical cue. Moffat almost had me thinking it was an evil Romana for a second too, when she said the "left behind" line. I hope they leave how the Master survived The End of Time as vague as when every time he kept popping up in Davison's serials, but I'm guessing they'll at least say he escaped through the crack during The Time of the Doctor. I also did like that they had her pretend to be a robot for no other reason than to be a dick, it reminded me of his stupid disguise during Time-Flight. I was almost expecting that the serious, dramatic cliffhanger would be buttoned by Capaldi freaking out that she kissed him once she said who she was. I was worried the finale was gonna suck but now I can't wait to see where this goes. Poor Gordon Tipple, playing second fiddle to a CGI snake...
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Acne Rain posted:She didn't do anything before this particular episode where her scam was revealed and she got to be a funny jerk. She made a bad impression with being in heaven and having a crush on the doctor but now the former is a bizarre scam and the latter just feels to me like when bugs bunny dressed up in drag. That's the thing; once you know it's The Master loving with The Doctor for the billionth time, everything becomes much more palatable. "Heaven" is obviously a scheme, the boyfriend line is obviously a joke, and everyone knows the character won't be yet another awful Moffat mary sue. Hopefully.
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During 9's death he saidquote:I might never make sense again! I might have two heads, or no head. Imagine me with no head, ha! And don't say that's an improvement... But it's a bit dodgy, this process. You never know what you're going to end up with.
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Nov 3, 2014 23:53
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I haven't seen The Doctor's Wife in ages, but it's the line about The Corsair, right?
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Big Mean Jerk posted:I haven't seen The Doctor's Wife in ages, but it's the line about The Corsair, right? She was a bad girl.
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I kind of think Moffat wanted a female Master because he understands why a female Doctor would be a good step but in his heart of hearts he hates the idea, so this is his compromise. The bastard. River Song was always basically the Master as far as I was concerned anyway.
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River is the worst recurring character in the revival. I will fight anyone who disagrees.
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Psybro posted:River Song was always basically the Master as far as I was concerned anyway. River was a Make-A-Wish kid who didn't know she'd made-a-wish
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Irony Be My Shield posted:During 9's death he said 11 briefly thought he was a girl when he first appeared too, I don't get why this is shocking heresy
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Psybro posted:I kind of think Moffat wanted a female Master because he understands why a female Doctor would be a good step but in his heart of hearts he hates the idea, so this is his compromise. Girl Doctor would be a terrible idea because the writers would be unable to just roll with it. There would be terribly awkward jokes about it shoehorned into the worst of places. The world blowing up about it would be great and I have no objections to the concept, I just honestly don't trust writers to just write for a girl Doctor in the same way they would a male Doctor.
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