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Ascension of the Cybermen is on telly and man, I like to try and be nice to the show, but gosh those Cyber Drones are naff hey The Lone Cyberman design with the messed up helmet with human face still showing underneath is one thing I'll always give this series, though
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I love the Cybermen, but I feel Big Finish has done a better job with them since the revival.
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Aug 19, 2021 14:25
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CobiWann posted:I love the Cybermen, but I feel Big Finish has done a better job with them since the revival. There's no good Cyberman stories in the original run after 1969
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Aug 19, 2021 14:51
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MrL_JaKiri posted:There's no good Cyberman stories in the original run after 1969 I liked Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel, especially the first episode cliffhanger, but then they got jobbed out to a couple of Daleks and it's been all downhill ever since.
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Aug 19, 2021 15:03
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The Cybermen are only ever interesting when their body-horror aspect is played up. Otherwise they're just dull robotic thugs who exist to be easily blown up, or melodramatic fist-clenchers who get entirely too emotional about confronting the Doctor. Sometimes both in the same story!
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Aug 19, 2021 15:40
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They're really only great in the three Marc Platt plays tbh. Though Joe Lidster's three Cybermen plays handle the existential threat they present pretty well, while deliberately pushing the Cybermen themselves to the margins of the plays. You've also got Eddie Robson's Human Resources, which is an excellent play but also not a particularly good Cyberman story, if you follow my drift.
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Aug 19, 2021 15:54
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I don’t like them repeatedly playing second fiddle to the Master because they need an army and can’t be menacing all on their own.
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Earth shock is the best Doctor who series of all time because they kill Adrick. It's also a Cybermen series.
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Aug 19, 2021 23:16
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Trish will not be appearing as she now works for the Time Lords.
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Aug 19, 2021 23:38
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https://twitter.com/straczynski/status/1428140303655989252?s=21 Oh god, please.
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Aug 20, 2021 13:12
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One of the signs that JMS might not be the right person to capture the British idiom of Doctor Who is that he seems to think that if you offer your services and a British person replies with 'well, we have our own process, but we'll keep you in mind if that doesn't work out' that means he's still got a chance, and not that he's just been told in no uncertain terms to gently caress off.
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Aug 20, 2021 13:20
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"How did it go with the British?" "They were very polite." "Oh no  "
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Aug 20, 2021 13:26
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Jerusalem posted:"How did it go with the British?" Hilariously true. “How did it go with the British?” “They insulted me to my face.” “Oh! Well done! When do you start?”
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Aug 20, 2021 13:29
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I'm in the "Oh god, please no" camp myself. I liked Babylon 5 a lot back in the day, but there isnt much British sci-fi around these days, I'd rather not put an American in charge of Who if there are any possible alternatives.
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Aug 20, 2021 13:29
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Yeah gently caress JMS. Y'all want B5 but he'd deliver Rising Stars.
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Aug 20, 2021 13:59
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Jerusalem posted:"How did it go with the British?" The_Doctor posted:Hilariously true. I haven't laughed this hard in forever. Well done. Whichever showrunner they end up choosing, I hope there's a move away from "revealing the Doctor's REAL past" and a move towards them being nothing more than a madman/madwoman with a box. I loved the ninth season (Capaldi and all the two-parters), but it didn't need the whole "Hybrid" thing tying it together. I just want the Doctor to arrive, raise hell, and leave.
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Rhyno posted:Yeah gently caress JMS. Y'all want B5 but he'd deliver Rising Stars. My feeling is there's a 20% chance he'd be amazing but an 80% chance it would be a new low for Who. I wouldn't take those odds.
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Aug 20, 2021 14:30
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Aug 20, 2021 14:37
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Happy birthday Sylvester McCoy, Anthony Ainley, Sophie Aldred, and Sophie Aldred’s mother.
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Action Jacktion posted:Happy birthday Sylvester McCoy, Anthony Ainley, Sophie Aldred, and Sophie Aldred’s mother. Also, a Dalek's birthday: https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1428658241798643715?s=20
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Aug 20, 2021 15:38
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Big Finish are having a Sylvester McCoy sale atm. I already picked up Protect and Survive the other week, anything else essential? I was thinking about getting Dark Universe, but it's only a £1 off. Is Love and War any good? I've hardly touched any of the Benny material so far.
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Aug 20, 2021 22:05
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Love and War is the only BF Doctor Who that I was never able to finish. And I've listened to Nekromentia. Suggestions: Colditz The Dark Flame Live 34 Night Thoughts No Man's Land Enemy of the Daleks A Death in the Family Revenge of the Swarm Davros1 fucked around with this message at 22:37 on Aug 20, 2021 |
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Aug 20, 2021 22:34
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Hex seems to complain about the Doctor, like, a lot. Philip Oliver is really fun in the role though. I don't seem why people don't like The Dark Flame? It's a bit by the numbers, sure, but its serviceable. People online act like its irredeemably awful or something. Most of the script seems to be the words 'skull' and 'flame' a lot. Just finished Protect and Survive. It was very good, giving me a sort of When the Wind Blows or Threads vibes and really putting the characters through the ringer. Stranding Ace and Hex in a bleak, unwinnable situation with no way out was really interesting.
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Aug 21, 2021 00:19
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One of my friends brought this thing I made back to my attention earlier tonight, so gently caress it. You all have to remember too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwB2MBJXsvk
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I’m watching City of Death on the midnight pbs run and it’s probably my favorite so far. The detective is the goofiest and most Douglas Adams-iest thing I’ve seen in the series. I love the idea of the show going on-location in Paris and 90% of the episode being set in a basement. Also a story that jumps between art forgery and the origin of life on Earth in a great comic mix of low stakes and high stakes.
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Aug 22, 2021 05:54
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The cliffhanger where the Doctor jumps back several centuries to Italy, bumps into a past version of the main bad guy from the present day who immediately knows who he is despite not meeting him for several centuries and actually asks what THE DOCTOR is doing back in time has got to be up there with one of the best cliffhangers the show has ever done. "What are YOU doing here, Doctor?" 
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Plus all the snarky dialogue between the Doctor, Romana, Duggan, and Count Scarlioni is wonderful. Almost approaching "Avon and Vila from Blake's 7" levels.  Jerusalem posted:The cliffhanger where the Doctor jumps back several centuries to Italy, bumps into a past version of the main bad guy from the present day who immediately knows who he is despite not meeting him for several centuries and actually asks what THE DOCTOR is doing back in time has got to be up there with one of the best cliffhangers the show has ever done. Also the guy who plays Captain Tancredi's henchman, in the Italian setting you mentioned is, IIRC, the very same "Packer...  " from the Troughton story The Invasion.
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Wife and I have just started the Thirteenth Doctor. We did not enjoy the first 3 episodes.
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It sort of finds its feet soon, but it doesn’t really improve as such. You’ve got a handful of goodish episodes to come, and if you want to just do those, no-one would blame you. - Demons of the Punjab - The Witchfinders - It Takes You Away - the best of the season Season 12: - Spyfall - Fugitive of the Judoon - the best of the season - Can You Hear Me? - Haunting of Villa Diodati And this, which is the best bit of the 13th Doctor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0ED6CGmjm4 The_Doctor fucked around with this message at 06:38 on Aug 23, 2021 |
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Aug 23, 2021 06:30
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It would be nice if when you're buying from Big Finish, if you already own a title in a bundle, you could swap it out with another from the same range that costs the same. I'm gonna get the second Hex/Ace bundle, but I already own The Magic Mousetrap and Protect and Survive. Ah well, still a good deal.
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CobiWann posted:I haven't laughed this hard in forever. Well done. Much like Star Trek Strange New Worlds going episodic, the best change to Doctor Who would be to take away the Doctor's control of the TARDIS. Time Lord intervention, broken parts, Randomizer, whatever. Just make it so they show up, have no idea where they are, mess about, and leave.
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Astroman posted:Much like Star Trek Strange New Worlds going episodic, the best change to Doctor Who would be to take away the Doctor's control of the TARDIS. Time Lord intervention, broken parts, Randomizer, whatever. Just make it so they show up, have no idea where they are, mess about, and leave. The entire show would be better off just being Sliders with a rotating cast.
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Adapt Big Finish audios into proper animated stories by studios with a proper animation team
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I keep getting random doctor who clips on facebook, and the "you know, i think you might" from the 50th anniversary still brings a tear to my eye
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Pocky In My Pocket posted:I keep getting random doctor who clips on facebook, and the "you know, i think you might" from the 50th anniversary still brings a tear to my eye That was so goddamn great. Also "No sir..... THIRTEEN!" Edit: And watching it again, still love the moment 10 says,"I started a very long time ago..." and you get the pitch-perfect Hartnell soundalike come in. 
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Jerusalem posted:That was so goddamn great. "Come in, Time Lords of Gallifrey! This is the Doctor!" That and "I'm a Doctor! But probably not the one you were expecting!" always make me smile. And Tom Baker's "Oh, if I were you... Maybe I was you! Or maybe you were me!"
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Still eh, who knows... taps nose Who. knows. Goddamn Day of the Doctor was so loving good!
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I would have liked a bit less of the Zygon subplot and more Time War stuff, but yeah, it was good. John Hurt was wonderful, and it gave us Night of the Doctor. Just listened to Enemy of the Daleks, and I could really get a feel for the 'look' of this story through the sound design. With a bit of imagination, I could picture the sets and characters and that BBC film grain if this had been made for the 1990 or 1991 season that never happened. Nothing ground breaking, just a really well done base under siege story that just got the feel right.
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I was such a naïve little Whovian that I assumed we'd actually have The Doctor go hunting for Gallifrey after DotD. I also thought we'd get an episode where Twelve got the call to go participate in the special. 
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