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| The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve |
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CobiWann posted:Not seen in 50 years? If you wanted to be pedantic then you'd say that the last episode aired on the 10th December, which is less than 50 years ago. That aside, the DVD box isn't claiming that nobody has seen it before the owner of this specific DVD because that's clearly silly.
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MrL_JaKiri posted:If you wanted to be pedantic then you'd say that the last episode aired on the 10th December, which is less than 50 years ago. That aside, the DVD box isn't claiming that nobody has seen it before the owner of this specific DVD because that's clearly silly. Good. Because if I went to the theater and hallucinated seeing The Power of the Daleks with my wife's ex-husband, I'm going to seek mental health treatment.
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Dec 6, 2016 15:47
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For Secret Santa last year where I noted down the DVDs I owned on my ratings list, Power had "I wish" next to it. Clearly the rest of 2016 has been balancing this out
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Dec 6, 2016 19:44
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CobiWann posted:Good. Because if I went to the theater and hallucinated seeing The Power of the Daleks with my wife's ex-husband, I'm going to seek mental health treatment. These rom com scenarios just keep getting worse!
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Dec 6, 2016 21:04
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Bicyclops posted:These rom com scenarios just keep getting worse! I'd watch pretty much any romcom if it had a missing Doctor Who story in the middle
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Dec 6, 2016 21:18
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Eight vs the Weeping Angels: https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/doom-coalition-4---details
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Dec 6, 2016 21:20
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Davros1 posted:Eight vs the Weeping Angels: Interesting that it completely fails to mention River, despite her being on the cover
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Dec 6, 2016 21:36
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The_Doctor posted:Interesting that it completely fails to mention River, despite her being on the cover There is a lengthy section about her, maybe they edited in afterwards?
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Dec 6, 2016 21:40
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Jerusalem posted:There is a lengthy section about her, maybe they edited in afterwards? I swear that wasn't there a few minutes ago. 
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Dec 6, 2016 21:42
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MrL_JaKiri posted:I'd watch pretty much any romcom if it had a missing Doctor Who story in the middle Ian Levine's search for love keeps falling flat when he says that his dates are worse than Hitler, but his singular quest to recover the missing Doctor Who tapes may find him love after all. Despite being advertised as the recovery The Wheel in Space, the film contains no actual footage of Doctor Who.
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Dec 6, 2016 21:46
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Also I think we need a more optimistic view; The Ice Warriors is improved by the missing episodes, after all! And Fury from the Deep only has surviving bits that got cut by Australian censors for being too terrifying so whenever things start moving you know poo poo is going down
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Dec 6, 2016 22:17
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Some things are better left unfound, I suppose. They recently discovered tapes of the missing episodes of the early cable access MST3K and the team basically said "We're really happy we found these, but they're honestly just too terrible to give out as Kickstarter rewards."
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Dec 6, 2016 22:25
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MrL_JaKiri posted:And Fury from the Deep only has surviving bits that got cut by Australian censors for being too terrifying so whenever things start moving you know poo poo is going down This acting was pretty horrifying, I must admit! 
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Dec 6, 2016 22:43
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Bicyclops posted:Some things are better left unfound, I suppose. They recently discovered tapes of the missing episodes of the early cable access MST3K and the team basically said "We're really happy we found these, but they're honestly just too terrible to give out as Kickstarter rewards." As some one who has sat through more of those than anyone should No one should ever pay to see those. I love them to death for what they made, but the payment is having to WATCH them.
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Dec 6, 2016 22:57
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Davros1 posted:Eight vs the Weeping Angels: I wasn't expecting quite so many characters, nor the return of the Angels so soon after Classic Doctors New Monsters. With the inclusion of Ollistra, I'm guessing they're going to use this to jump start their early Time War series thing they've been planning for a while.
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Dec 6, 2016 23:49
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Pesky Splinter posted:I wasn't expecting quite so many characters, nor the return of the Angels so soon after Classic Doctors New Monsters. I think the Time War set is a one-off, not a whole series (sadly). That said, I really hope the end of the set ties right into Night of the Doctor (ideally with just straight up "I'm a doctor...but probably not the one you're expecting" being the final line.)
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Dec 7, 2016 00:03
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Pesky Splinter posted:I wasn't expecting quite so many characters, nor the return of the Angels so soon after Classic Doctors New Monsters. I just went to look, and the release date on that Time War set is November 2017. Ugh.
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Dec 7, 2016 00:05
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The_Doctor posted:I just went to look, and the release date on that Time War set is November 2017. Ugh. That's the great thing about Doctor Who, there's always something new to look forward to, whether it's a story you have been meaning to hear but just haven't gotten around to yet, or some future project, or one of the terrible novels that you'll resort to once you've caught up on everything.
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Dec 7, 2016 00:08
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Bicyclops posted:That's the great thing about Doctor Who, there's always something new to look forward to What a world
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Dec 7, 2016 00:11
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LordZoric posted:Don't feel too bad, I watched all those episodes and still feel confused. Vastra and Co. are introduced pretty unceremoniously and the less said about all the Kovarian stuff with Amy's baby, the better. For when you sit down on Christmas Eve/Day and marathon all the Christmas specials, I guess? 
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Dec 7, 2016 00:58
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MrL_JaKiri posted:What a world Seriously, the wilderness years were loving horrible, especially if like me you were largely unaware (blissfully, in many cases) of the novel range. Even in a year like this where we're only getting one new episode of the show I've still had so much "new" Who to experience in the meantime.
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Dec 7, 2016 01:02
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greententacle posted:For when you sit down on Christmas Eve/Day and marathon all the Christmas specials, I guess? 2005 - 2015: Hey this is pretty good! Interesting, I really liked that one-off character too! Oh sweet dear God in heaven what the gently caress was THAT!?! Ehhhhhhhh....  Oh God this is awful..... but they kinda stuck the landing and that final scene  Oh hell yeah everything's going to be okay from now on!  Oh sweet dear God in heaven what the gently caress was THAT!?! Ehhhhhhhh.... That was... okay. Liked the ending! That ruled! That was... okay. Liked the ending!
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Dec 7, 2016 01:05
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greententacle posted:For when you sit down on Christmas Eve/Day and marathon all the Christmas specials, I guess? I did that once. I can't remember exactly when it was; but it was sometime during Smith's run.
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Dec 7, 2016 01:14
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Jerusalem posted:2005 - 2015: I tried to fill this in but I keep getting a bad result for The Christmas Carol episode, which forces me to conclude that I must convince you to like it but increasing the size of your heart by several sizes.
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Dec 7, 2016 01:17
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Bicyclops posted:I tried to fill this in but I keep getting a bad result for The Christmas Carol episode, which forces me to conclude that I must convince you to like it but increasing the size of your heart by several sizes. Then allow me to elaborate, because while there is no such thing as a consensus opinion when it comes to Doctor Who episodes, A Christmas Carol rules and I'll stand by that forever. 2005 - 2015: Hey this is pretty good! - The Christmas Invasion Interesting, I really liked that one-off character too! - The Runaway Bride Oh sweet dear God in heaven what the gently caress was THAT!?! - Voyage of the DamnedEhhhhhhhh.... - The Next DoctorOh God this is awful..... but they kinda stuck the landing and that final scene - The End of Time (1 & 2)Oh hell yeah everything's going to be okay from now on! - A Christmas CarolOh sweet dear God in heaven what the gently caress was THAT!?! - The Doctor, the Widow and the What the gently caress were you thinking Moffat I mean Jesus Christ what the gently caress was that?Ehhhhhhhh.... - The SnowmenThat was... okay. Liked the ending! - The Time of the Doctor That ruled! - Last Christmas That was... okay. Liked the ending! - The Husbands of River Song
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Dec 7, 2016 01:37
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Ah, okay, that's better.
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Dec 7, 2016 01:41
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Oh man, just realised this month's The Sontarans is written by Simon Guerrier. Extra reason to be interested in it now, have really enjoyed everything else he's done in the Hartnell era.
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Dec 7, 2016 01:42
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I like The Time of the Doctor specifically because the "doctor going to war" consists of him stomping around in suspenders and a bow tie with a cane, pointing at things and striking cool poses.
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Dec 7, 2016 01:49
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Well now I got it into my head to watch The end of the End of Time again - the complete 180 after the pivotal moment still gets to me every time, he's just so happy to have arrived! 
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Dec 7, 2016 01:55
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Davros1 posted:Eight vs the Weeping Angels:  
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Dec 7, 2016 03:41
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There's a small part of me that says "just leave the Meddling Monk as he is and we'll all just kind of figure that he's the Master" but there's another part of me that admits he's one of the biggest fodders for story material that hasn't been over-mined.
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Dec 7, 2016 03:48
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This is also the first time after (spoiler for the Eighth Doctor Adventures S4 finale) Lucy Miller's death that the Doctor will be facing the Time Lord responsible for it. EDIT: Really sorry about that. Technically not accurate but to go into more detail would not be helpful. Emerson Cod fucked around with this message at 05:14 on Dec 7, 2016 |
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Dec 7, 2016 03:56
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Somehow, I had gotten this far without having that spoiled for me, or else I had forgotten. =/
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Dec 7, 2016 04:00
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Yeah, I've already heard the story where that happened but something like that could probably use a spoiler tag dude 
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Dec 7, 2016 04:05
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It's probably worth mentioning that there sort of is no spoiler policy for Big Finish, because a whole ton of it is old but most people haven't heard nearly all of it, so there's bound to be some genuinely excited and eager confusion (hey! the one place I can discuss that thing I listen to!). I try to use spoiler tags for anything important but if I ever miss, feel free to point it out and I'll edit appropriately.
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Dec 7, 2016 04:15
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After editing my post, some baseless spoilered speculation based off of being up to date with the 8th Doctor's Adventures - knowledge of the outcome of Lucy's death would lock it in. Considering that he said he would return one day, and the fact that he hadn't seen her die meant that her fate was still in flux, if there was something that locked her death in or threatened to, it would be really interesting to see what would happen. They did have Sheridan Smith in recently for a Companion Chronicle - I'd be willing to bet that they had her record a few lines for this.
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Dec 7, 2016 05:18
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Emerson Cod posted:EDIT: Really sorry about that. Technically not accurate but to go into more detail would not be helpful. It's all good man, like Bicyclops says there's not really any kind of spoiler policy for Big Finish since there is so much of it and everybody is listening to different parts of it at different times - I just try to play it by ear and avoid learning stuff I didn't get to yet and especially avoid giving away major stuff to those who haven't heard it yet. 
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Dec 7, 2016 05:34
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Yeah, with Big Finish, it's a very difficult line to walk and it's easy to step over it. No worries. I've accidentally spoiled some pretty big things in Charlie's story before, and there are casting spoilers that make it hard not to accidentally let a few things slip about certain companions. People are mostly respectable here, and I don't think we need a policy. Mistakes happen.
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Dec 7, 2016 06:17
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Jerusalem posted:It's all good man, like Bicyclops says there's not really any kind of spoiler policy for Big Finish since there is so much of it and everybody is listening to different parts of it at different times - I just try to play it by ear and avoid learning stuff I didn't get to yet and especially avoid giving away major stuff to those who haven't heard it yet. Our policy has always worked out to "if it's cool, keep it secret." I was roundly chastised for spoiling the villains in Seasons of Fear, even though it's on the Wikipedia page. And rightly so, the fact that Big Finish is lesser known (relatively speaking) means the Big Reveals haven't seeped into the popular consciousness. If you aren't reading ahead, you'll still get a chance to be surprised. None of that matters for pointless poo poo, of course. We'll openly whine about The Boy That Time Forgot, for instance, because any reaction to the Reveal will be at best.Jerusalem posted:Seriously, the wilderness years were loving horrible, especially if like me you were largely unaware (blissfully, in many cases) of the novel range. The flipside is that you had a lot of people trying to push the boundaries of what Doctor Who could be - Scherzo being the most obvious example. For me, one of the great things about Heaven Sent was the way it reminded me of that era. I bring it up because I re-read the DWM Cyberman series the other day. It went in some   directions, but I really ended up enjoying it, especially when it gets all Alan Moore Swamp Thing towards the end. Here's the complete run. The early ones are pretty low-res, unfortunately, but the bigger images luckily coincide with things getting interesting. Some prime avatar material in there at any rate.  It should be pointed out that these were intended to be read at a rate of a page a month, so each one is "...sometime later" leaving you to put together the intervening scenes.
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After The War posted:Here's the complete run. There's some delightfully weird stuff in there, this is probably the moment that stands out most to me though:  It sums up the true horror of the Cybermen really well to me.
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