Doctor Who: We swear, TimeLash wasn't that bad!

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Best Producer/Showrunner? This poll is closed.
Verity Lambert	49	7.04%
John Wiles	1	0.14%
Innes Lloyd	1	0.14%
Peter Bryant	3	0.43%
Derrick Sherwin	3	0.43%
Barry Letts	12	1.72%
Phillip Hinchcliffe	62	8.91%
Graham Williams	3	0.43%
John Nathan-Turner	15	2.16%
Philip Segal	3	0.43%
Russel T Davies	106	15.23%
Steven Moffat	114	16.38%
Son Goku	324	46.55%
Total:	696 votes

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Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

marktheando posted:

These cultural differences are freaking me out. Tell me Americans at least have Christmas cake?

We have fruitcake!

No one actually eats it and I think it's a long-running DARPA project to create indestructable matter.

# ¿ Feb 20, 2014 20:09

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# ¿ Apr 23, 2024 14:16

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

Diabolik900 posted:

Correction: We had a single fruitcake. I actually threw it out two days ago.

You think it's that easy? Now, not only will you have a fruitcake, but a pissed fruitcake.

# ¿ Feb 21, 2014 01:59

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

Bicyclops posted:

I don't mind the Time Lords coming back. I hope they're used sparingly and inspire the same sense of unease they did before Four found them and they were all blithering moron bureaucrats.

But... they are blithering moron bureaucrats. :confused:

# ¿ Feb 27, 2014 20:52

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

MrL_JaKiri posted:

Much like the debate around the Time War, I much prefer the idea of the Time Lords being unknowably powerful and alien instead of being doddering old fools with their own Time Lord BBC.

But think of all the funny hats we'd miss!

Splendid caps, all of them.

# ¿ Feb 28, 2014 17:10

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

Potsticker posted:

Sorry, Doctor. I can only spend monies on audios that I can listen to at work, or on DVDs that I don't have time to watch.

Have you tried reversing the polarity of your cash flow? :smug:

# ¿ Mar 3, 2014 01:10

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

This weekend was the yearly arcade expo! And like every year, the line for the Doctor Who pinball game was out the door. If you've never played it, it's pretty amazing; art aside, you could tell the designers were huge fans. On each ball, you pick one of the first seven Doctors, each with their own little special ability. The goal is to get two of the Doctors (pinballs) into the "Time Expander" so you can reprogram it and attack the Daleks. With, uh, pinballs. I don't really know how this ties into the series, but w/e.

Anyway, the point of this story is that you get little digital pictures of each Doctor while you're making your selection. And even on a tiny dot matrix pinball game screen, Six's portrait is still hugely, unmistakably :smug:

.

Also I like to use Seven as my last pinball, because everything so far has gone exactly as he planned

Chokes McGee fucked around with this message at 08:38 on Mar 9, 2014

# ¿ Mar 9, 2014 08:36

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

Fil5000 posted:

A voice bellows "Yes, that is my name. I do hope you don't wear it out. "

Fixed.

# ¿ Mar 10, 2014 15:20

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

Utritum posted:

He... he wouldn't be cruel enough to taunt us. This must mean something! It must!

*is retconned three months later, McGann forgets he was ever there*

# ¿ Mar 10, 2014 22:19

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

CobiWann posted:

Well, if someone knew how to fly this thing...

It hasn't stopped him for a millennium, I don't know why it would matter now! :v:

# ¿ Mar 12, 2014 17:39

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

DoctorWhat posted:

Okay, that clinches it. They really are Six and Eight pretending to be "Colin Baker" and "Paul McGann."

John Smith became too obvious.

# ¿ Mar 13, 2014 15:29

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

Maxwell Lord posted:

I just got back from Planet Comicon in KC where I went to Sylvester McCoy's panel and got his autograph afterwards. He spent maybe a few minutes up on the dais, the entire panel was just him walking up and down the aisles answering questions and telling stories and being charming. Amazingly energetic.

Just like he planned. :smug:

# ¿ Mar 16, 2014 16:54

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

Zombie Samurai posted:

In case anyone was wondering about the Doctor Who adventure game, Steam thread denizen Captain Swing is streaming it over here. Like, right at this very moment.

It is remarkably ungood.

EDIT: And it's over. We could only get through the first chapter before it reached a critical mass of suck.

Bit of a tangent, but for those of you that haven't played the old C64 Mines of Terror video game... hoo boy.

It's basically Six running around with a robot cat named Splinx and stuffing everything into his pockets he can find while evading Daleks. He also gets regenerations instead of lives, but he mysteriously regenerates back into Six, because :effort:

. The game has puzzles, but they're amazingly obtuse. For example, one of the early ones:

Steal a pickaxe
Toss one of Splinx's tokens at a monster's nest (Note: The only way to know it's there is to take one of its eggs, get jumped, and waste a regeneration)
Toss one of Splinx's tokens way the hell down the hallway to the other side of the map
Program Splinx to go to first token, pick up an egg, and go to second token
Run over and knock the wall down with a pickaxe while Splinx is keeping it busy, then get the hell out of there before it comes back

There is no way a rational human being can figure this out. I've been told the Spectrum version is much easier because you can see everything on screen and plan better, but still.

# ¿ Mar 26, 2014 16:03

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

Prenton posted:

Still better than Dalek Attack. And the Struttin' Col sprite is funny.

As a consequence, I can never think of Gollywog's Cakewalk anymore without seeing that in my head.

# ¿ Mar 26, 2014 18:39

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

Prenton posted:

Look at him go

Keep on truckin', C-Bake.

# ¿ Mar 26, 2014 22:20

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

bobkatt013 posted:

I love this guy in that audio

DOOOOOOOOO I hates Time Lords!!

# ¿ Mar 28, 2014 23:08

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

DoctorWhat posted:

c o l i n b a k e r

The best part about this is I can hear young Colin Baker as Six going, "Will.i.am is unde-ni-ably dope! :smug:

", coat and everything.

So basically,

# ¿ Mar 29, 2014 18:59

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

Spikeguy posted:

Got a new tattoo. Wanted to know what you guys thought.

You... probably don't. :ohdear:

# ¿ Apr 1, 2014 14:55

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

Spikeguy posted:

It's getting a little too real in here guys. Sorry I showed you pics of my tat.

That was an April Fool's Day joke and you are not fooling anyone.

Or maybe... you just fooled everyone. :aaa:

# ¿ Apr 2, 2014 16:26

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

Unkempt posted:

Not very true to the canon, but the most fun I had with a Who game.

Clearly this is the lost adventures of the War Doctor. :colbert:

DoctorWhat posted:

IT'S OFFICIAL

I've ordered a custom-fit Sixth Doctor coat off Etsy.

ALL HAIL COLIN BAKER

ALL HAIL THE COAT

_{(there is never a bad time to post this)}

# ¿ Apr 8, 2014 05:41

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

Solaris Knight posted:

I'm willing to believe that

Yes, hello! This is the Terry Nation Estate.
:raise:

What, the whole thing? That doesn't even make any sen—
:phone:

WHERE ARE THE DALEKS WHERE ARE THEY

# ¿ Apr 13, 2014 03:42

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

McGann posted:

Haha, Colin Baker talking about 80s computer games...and still making them sound EPIC.

(I will never get tired of this GIF)

# ¿ Apr 18, 2014 03:25

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

Davros1 posted:

The best thing about Tom is that he has not, will not, and never will, care about what he says.

Well, what can we do about it? He's Tom Baker. :shrug:

# ¿ Apr 18, 2014 23:02

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

Solaris Knight posted:

I'm watching Brain of Morbius with my GF, my first serial with Four, and within 10 minutes, he's shouting at the Time Lords who aren't there and rambling about nothing in particular

It's nice that they establish his personality so quickly

It's pretty easy when a Time Lord just wanders into your show at random.

# ¿ Apr 19, 2014 06:09

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

Burkion posted:

That's because every time you write Tom, he stands behind you where you jusssssst barely can see him in the corner of your eye, grinning like a madman.

And when you change it to Baker, he appears on the other side and frowns.

Basically what we're saying is Tom Baker is right behind you.

# ¿ Apr 22, 2014 15:19

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

Bicyclops posted:

Context usually lets you know whether you mean New Who seven or Classic Who seven, anyway.

Yes, New Who Seven was in the movie with McGann.

# ¿ Apr 23, 2014 04:11

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

Bicyclops posted:

While they're at it they recover all of the lost episodes, bring Patrick Troughton back to life and release the secret "Directors Cut: Actually Good" version of the Colin Baker TV years.

(Seriously though, they should do that first thing.)

They did?

# ¿ Apr 24, 2014 02:23

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

Jerusalem posted:

Oh come on, now YOU'RE the one being silly.

The bomb turned people into LECHEROUS trees!

Turns out the Rani is just a really big fan of Evil Dead.

# ¿ Apr 24, 2014 15:14

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

bobkatt013 posted:

Colin dressed in the coat since they told him to, Sly dresses like that normally.

I'd almost be okay with it if it wasn't for the dalek cap. I have my limits, sir. :colbert:

egon_beeblebrox posted:

Now to write some fan-fiction

no don't

# ¿ Apr 24, 2014 16:58

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

Potsticker posted:

Four and Rob
Five and Sansa
Six and Jamie
Seven and Arya
Eight and Tyrion

Am I the only person who wants to see Six and Turlough?

# ¿ Apr 25, 2014 15:07

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

MrL_JaKiri posted:

Turlough isn't a Game of Thrones character

Or was he? :tinfoil:

# ¿ Apr 25, 2014 20:06

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

Jerusalem posted:

I'll say this for Big Finish though, after picking up the 6th/Charley stories I figured I should grab her last Paul McGann story too and when I added it to my basket it instantly warned me I already owned a copy.

I assumed you went ahead and bought it again. Right?

# ¿ Apr 27, 2014 22:11

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

Wolfechu posted:

I cannot recommend Scherzo as a sleep aid.

"Oh my God now I really can't sleep I'll just play some video games to relax. Hey, Silent Hill 2. Sounds neat!"

# ¿ May 1, 2014 03:52

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

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: ||||/ ||

# ¿ May 13, 2014 05:02

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

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.

# ¿ May 13, 2014 18:32