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Sydney Bottocks posted:That's what I'm hoping for, too. Let's have more of the Second Doctor's school of thought: Matt Smith took so much of his portrayal from Troughton. (This is a good thing, I hasten to add)
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Sydney Bottocks posted:That's what I'm hoping for, too. Let's have more of the Second Doctor's school of thought: Goddamn, Troughton just ruled so loving much. "They sleep in my mind..." is such a great line.
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Jul 21, 2018 13:18
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Jerusalem posted:Goddamn, Troughton just ruled so loving much. I genuinely like all the various portrayals of the Doctor (whether they were in stories I actually liked is a different kettle of fish), but I'd have to say the Second and Fourth Doctors are tied for my "favorite Doctor" spot.
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Jerusalem posted:Goddamn, Troughton just ruled so loving much. I'm really sad that we're missing so many of Troughton's serials. I could have watched seven seasons of him, Jaime and Zoe. I love Tom's run, but I think he kind of wears out his co-stars, whereas the chemistry between Two, Jaime and Zoe could have gone on forever.
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Bicyclops posted:I'm really sad that we're missing so many of Troughton's serials. I could have watched seven seasons of him, Jaime and Zoe. I love Tom's run, but I think he kind of wears out his co-stars, whereas the chemistry between Two, Jaime and Zoe could have gone on forever. I'd agree with this; Tom Baker's Doctor was just an absolute force of nature as a personality, so whenever he was on screen he inevitably drew all the attention to himself. Whereas Troughton's Doctor was much more understated by comparison and had less of an issue sharing the limelight with other characters, so even the secondary figures in a story could get some good screen time in with him, and his companions (especially Jamie) could shine right alongside him.
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Jul 22, 2018 13:51
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Tom Baker's companions stood out just fine until his last season where he started picking up the people who were gonna travel with 5. If 2's Jamie plus Victoria/Zoe crew weren't around I would say 4 easily had the best companions.
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Jul 22, 2018 13:58
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I just caught Michael Jayston on an episode of Foyle’s War, and I recognised his voice before I saw him on screen. They definitely need to get him as an imperial admiral or something for Star Wars before he stops working. He’d have made a great Krennic from Rogue One.
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The_Doctor posted:I just caught Michael Jayston on an episode of Foyle’s War, and I recognised his voice before I saw him on screen. They definitely need to get him as an imperial admiral or something for Star Wars before he stops working. He’d have made a great Krennic from Rogue One. I was watching the BBC Docudrama "Egypt" on Netflix, and recognized Julian Wadham and Clive Merrison by their voices.
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Sydney Bottocks posted:I'd agree with this; Tom Baker's Doctor was just an absolute force of nature as a personality, so whenever he was on screen he inevitably drew all the attention to himself. Whereas Troughton's Doctor was much more understated by comparison and had less of an issue sharing the limelight with other characters, so even the secondary figures in a story could get some good screen time in with him, and his companions (especially Jamie) could shine right alongside him. After Sladen left, Baker wanted to go without a companion, and was slightly miffed when they said no. He carried The Deadly Assassin by himself, so maybe it would have worked. Of course, he later suggested a morbidly obese woman as a companion, so his suggestions ought to be taken with a grain of salt.
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He also wanted a badger, or a talking cabbage as a companion Love this artwork: https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1021076925987598336 Davros1 fucked around with this message at 18:24 on Jul 22, 2018 |
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Jul 22, 2018 17:48
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Gynovore posted:He carried The Deadly Assassin by himself, so maybe it would have worked. He spends the whole of the Deadly Assassin talking to himself to say the stuff he would say to a companion
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Speaking of Scottish Doctors, I’m actually kind of digging Dragonfire. Granted, my love for McCoy is probably coloring my perception, but the aesthetic is decent, Ace is great from her very first scene, and even Mel is alright. Dragonfire is underrated. It along with Paradise Towers are far better for my money than the overloaded and meandering later stories like Curse of Fenric and Ghostlight. McCoy's Doctor is at his best when he's allowed to be a little silly. The scene in Dragonfire where the Doctor bamboozles a guard by asking a series of circular existential questions is really funny. There's a similar one in Paradise Towers that's just as good.
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I think I’ll put Paradise Towers next on my list in that case. I personally prefer the darker, scheming 7 of the later seasons, but there’s no denying McCoy was great at playing the clown. I was a little surprised to hear him say in an interview that he specifically requested the clowning be toned down after his first season, given how adept he is at it.
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Android Blues posted:The scene in Dragonfire where the Doctor bamboozles a guard by asking a series of circular existential questions is really funny. This scene is even better than what you're describing -- the guard ends up being a better existentialist that the Doctor can cope with, some he achieves largely by quoting excerpts from an (IIRC) overly pretentious Doctor Who essay book.
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Open Source Idiom posted:This scene is even better than what you're describing -- the guard ends up being a better existentialist that the Doctor can cope with, some he achieves largely by quoting excerpts from an (IIRC) overly pretentious Doctor Who essay book. Doctor Who :The Unfolding Text! Pretty sure a couple of copies have done the rounds for the Secret Santa.
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Jul 23, 2018 14:44
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There’s going to be a Doctor Who-themed escape room this December in Bristol (UK).
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Jul 23, 2018 18:09
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I want Tomb of the Cybermen -style lever puzzle doors or no sale.
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Forktoss posted:I want Tomb of the Cybermen -style lever puzzle doors or no sale. Complete with someone on site telling you how to solve it and that you really shouldn't, no, wait, what are you...oh god no
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Two episodes into Terminus and it's all right but (a) One really sees where the stereotype of old Who just being a lot of running around in corridors comes from. (b) Is this some kind of last-story hazing for Sarah Sutton where she's made to wear progressively less and less as the show goes on until she's naked in her final scene?
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Edward Mass posted:There’s going to be a Doctor Who-themed escape room this December in Bristol (UK). Hopefully they kick you out if you just try and use a sonic screwdriver to open the door. Either way, mission accomplished. 
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docbeard posted:(b) Is this some kind of last-story hazing for Sarah Sutton where she's made to wear progressively less and less as the show goes on until she's naked in her final scene? Peter Davison: Well that's what I was promised.... 
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Flight Bisque posted:Hopefully they kick you out if you just try and use a sonic screwdriver to open the door. No, they should give you a sonic and then make sure it gets ruined immediately. E: or just write THIS IS DEADLOCKED over each lock.
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docbeard posted:Two episodes into Terminus and it's all right but Sutton admitted later that her vanishing clothes were fan service. "It was a parting gesture to all my fans who wanted to see the real Nyssa."
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I still think Nyssa was hottest in her brown velour princess costume. 
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In a surprising twist, Big Finish just announced 3 more box sets of War Master stories, coming out this December, next July and Next December
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I love that the first one basically ends with the stage set for Utopia, but on the special features they were already saying,"Yeah we're totally gonna do more!" 
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Jerusalem posted:I love that the first one basically ends with the stage set for Utopia, but on the special features they were already saying,"Yeah we're totally gonna do more!" Not even the Master can resist the pull of the Big Finish canteen.
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I love that he's popping up in everything; his own spinoff, Gallifrey, UNIT, River Song... I'd love for him to appear in a Time War box set, maybe off screen never actually meeting 8...
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Also, though they've yet to announce it, there's at least one upcoming Missy boxset as well, with John Dorney writing a script that appears to be about King Henry's wives. I badly want one of them to be Missy, but that's probably not gonna happen.
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Open Source Idiom posted:I badly want one of them to be Missy, but that's probably not gonna happen. No, because she's obviously going to be all of them. E: Except Jane Seymour who is going to be just a wax dummy Forktoss fucked around with this message at 14:03 on Jul 24, 2018 |
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Forktoss posted:No, because she's obviously going to be all of them. Ha!
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I'm going through the Matt Smith run and I don't remember disliking Clara Oswald. Did she have a bad introduction I don't remember or was she always a bit bad? I think Jenna Coleman is a very good actor.
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bessantj posted:I'm going through the Matt Smith run and I don't remember disliking Clara Oswald. Did she have a bad introduction I don't remember or was she always a bit bad? I think Jenna Coleman is a very good actor. She has far better chemistry with Capaldi than Smith.
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Clara didn't turn into a good companion until after Matt Smith She wasn't really allowed to be one until then
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There's not really that much to her character in the Smith episodes as well; she gets a lot more development after. One of the things poor Deep Breath had working against it was that it had effectively had to introduce the new Doctor and the new Clara
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bessantj posted:I'm going through the Matt Smith run and I don't remember disliking Clara Oswald. Did she have a bad introduction I don't remember or was she always a bit bad? I think Jenna Coleman is a very good actor. She's not bad - the character is just very inconsistent between the series. With Smith, she's "Generic Aimiable Companion "The Impossible Girl" walking puzzle box". When she's got that friction with with Capaldi, and they actually, you know, decided to give her a character, she gets a lot better. That's not meant as a slight on Jenna Coleman, either, she's really good in the role - it's just the writing is all over the place.
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Forktoss posted:No, because she's obviously going to be all of them. Catherine Howard is a CGI snake. "But it's an audio play." "So?"
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It didn’t help that they had just done the companion who is the centre of a cosmic mystery with Amy. And modern Clara being a last minute change from Victorian nanny Clara.
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Clara has an awful dynamic with the Smith Doctor (romantic tension which is always painful, she comes off as Amy-lite, extremely generic writing), but when Capaldi comes along they give her a properly meaty character that I think ends up making her the best modern companion. She's unafraid to challenge 12 on his poo poo, and is just about as competent and clever as him, and just gets loads to do. At the same time she's believably flawed, but in many of the same ways that the Doctor is, so rather than it being this, "kind and patient woman, erratic and irresponsible man" dynamic, you have two arrogant clever-clogs running around the galaxy bickering with each other.
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docbeard posted:Two episodes into Terminus and it's all right but I think you’re skimming over the best part, where the ship is overrun by lepers while some guy starts devouring the scenery. WE’RE ALL GONNA DIIIIIIIIIE
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