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| Verity Lambert |
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49 | 7.04% |
| John Wiles |
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1 | 0.14% |
| Innes Lloyd |
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1 | 0.14% |
| Peter Bryant |
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3 | 0.43% |
| Derrick Sherwin |
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3 | 0.43% |
| Barry Letts |
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12 | 1.72% |
| Phillip Hinchcliffe |
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62 | 8.91% |
| Graham Williams |
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3 | 0.43% |
| John Nathan-Turner |
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15 | 2.16% |
| Philip Segal |
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3 | 0.43% |
| Russel T Davies |
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106 | 15.23% |
| Steven Moffat |
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114 | 16.38% |
| Son Goku |
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324 | 46.55% |
| Total: | 696 votes | ||
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Okay, I'm finally ready to start prepping for August. If I want to appreciate Peter Capaldi as much as possible before the new season airs, do I just watch "In the Loop" and "The Thick of It" or is there something else I should add to that?
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Jun 13, 2014 05:12
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Detective No. 27 posted:You could see him as the reverse Doctor in World War Z. I noticed that in his film credits!  Clever. I've already seen The Fires of Pompeii. Loved him in that even before he was announced as the next Doctor. And I've been meaning to catch some Torchwood for a while now anyway, so if he's got a major role in that season, I'll definitely watch it. Thanks!
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Jun 13, 2014 06:30
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Just finished running through Torchwood: Children of Earth. Uh, when you all said Peter Capaldi played a government agent in this show, I assumed you meant he'd be working with Jack Harkness, not working to loving blow him up  So that was a surprise.Also, I watched it after marathoning The Thick of It, so seeing Capaldi go from Malcom Tucker to a cringing middle-management type was really disorienting. He was fantastic in both roles, though. August can't come soon enough.
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Jul 9, 2014 07:38
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I went to a lovely comic convention over the weekend. They were selling old fanzines and I picked up this I still don't know what Timelash is or why people have strong opinions about it, but I added it to my playlist for this summer's classic Who marathon, so I guess I'll find out! There was also the cutest little Doctor you ever did see  (Also, obligatory "Oh my god that trailer"  )
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Jul 14, 2014 20:32
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Arglebargle III posted:Was any of the Matt Smith stuff not garbage? Day of the Doctor was great, and I personally enjoyed series 7, since my biggest problem character-wise with Eleven's run was Amy Pond and not Matt Smith himself. If you don't like it, though, there's no point in forcing yourself (except it might make Capaldi look that much better to you).
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Jul 15, 2014 23:42
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What a Judas posted:I just started watching this a few months ago (Eccleston forward). I really, really like Tennant, but from what I'm reading, I should go back and check out the previous doctors? I'm kind of a video snob, in that I'm spoiled by modern technology. Will the low tech of the prior serials bother me, do you think? I tried starting from the very, very beginning and I couldn't stomach it. I did a "best of" marathon of the classic series while I was trying to adapt to Matt Smith. Don't start from Hartnell expecting to like it right away. He's great in his own way, but the series hadn't figured out what it wanted to be at that point, so the episodes are long and incredibly boring for people used to the modern stuff. It starts to take shape closer to what the series is now starting with Troughton's first episode, and then evolves over time. Everyone in this thread will recommend different stuff about classic Who, and I'm kind of a newbie by comparison, but this is the viewing list I've been giving to friends who're trying to get into the old series: http://pastebin.com/WSCp5whq
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Jul 16, 2014 06:07
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Jerusalem posted:The lesson here is that Jon Pertwee can still charm his way into people's hearts This is true! Tom Baker is great, but out of the classic Doctors, Pertwee just puts the biggest grin on my face. He's so disdainful and annoyed with everything, like a cat that got pushed off the couch, but sometimes he forgets and just lets himself be happy 
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Jul 17, 2014 03:43
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I adapted myself to the oldest stuff (Hartnell through Pertwee) by running it while I worked on a craft project. Not giving it your full attention, you miss some parts, but you also don't wear out as quickly. I was able to run through several serials a night, and by Planet of the Spiders it had completely won me over. Watching the rest of the classic series after that was easy since I was already used to it playing for hours at a time. I do have to go back and rewatch some serials that I couldn't appreciate fully because I was distracted, though. Mainly Inferno.
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Jul 18, 2014 04:40
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bobkatt013 posted:You could not appreciate Inferno? I didn't pay enough attention while it was playing, so I missed a lot. All I can remember is that everyone in bizarro-world was a Nazi? It deserves more than that, so I'm going back to watch it properly.
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Jul 18, 2014 18:09
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So is Orbis just going to be two straight episodes of ~The Lucy Miller Show~, or is there a compelling reason to actually listen to it?
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Jul 18, 2014 23:37
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FreezingInferno posted:I concur, as Orbis is a very good audio story. But man, who doesn't want ~The Lucie Bleedin' Miller Show~? Not me, I guess. I don't know, I really enjoyed Donna as a companion, so you'd think I'd like Lucy too, but something about her just grates on me. 
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Jul 19, 2014 03:38
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So did he just break this guy's neck or what? I could never tell for sure.
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Jul 20, 2014 06:11
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I watched The Ark last night (I think someone here recommended it a while back). It was pretty tight and well-paced for a Hartnell serial, and the twist reveal at the end of episode 2 with the slow pan up the statue genuinely surprised me. In all, it was a really enjoyable watch. Though I kind of want a count of how many times the original series used the "There are totally aliens here, they're all just conveniently invisible  " excuse.
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Jul 25, 2014 18:41
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Okay, you all were right, Orbis was pretty great. "I'm sorry, do I know you?" 
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Jul 26, 2014 00:33
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Jerusalem posted:Another incredibly brief teaser trailer for the new season People thought I was crazy for ranking Capaldi as one of my favorite Doctors when he's only had thirty seconds of screentime, but they'll see! They'll all see. Or Moffat will somehow gently caress this up and it'll be the biggest disappointment ever CobiWann posted:What happens when I toss and turn and decided to pop in a serial to help me fall asleep? Pertwee dreams are fun. My favorites are Pertwee and a wizard Liz Shaw climbing a lighthouse to defeat an evil psion and save his alchemy golem, and Pertwee and Sarah Jane fighting a zombie from the Great Depression.
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Jul 28, 2014 18:46
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NarkyBark posted:For one thing, forget the companion romance: "There'll be no flirting, that's for sure. It's not what this Doctor is concerned with. It's quite a fun relationship but I did call and say, 'I want no Papa-Nicole moments.' There was a bit of tension with that at first, but I was absolutely adamant." This is probably the best news I've heard yet. Thank god, Moffat will just have to go to Tumblr to get his fix like all the other shippers instead of having his actors play it out for him.
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Jul 28, 2014 20:45
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After The War posted:If anybody hasn't gotten it yet, buy Neverland. Don't listen to it until you've done the season leading up to it, but when you do get there, you'll be glad you have it. What constitutes a season in the main range audio plays? Would that be all the stories back to a certain point, or just the Eighth Doctor ones?
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Jul 29, 2014 01:11
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Donna was my favorite companion in the series by far, and the way they got rid of her at the end of the season genuinely shocked and upset me way more than a silly TV show should.  Her and Wilfred both, really--I've made peace with Moffat's "cracks in time" plot, but never with the fact that it means Wilfred forgot he got to pilot a spaceship and save the world. Forgetting is worse than death.
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Jul 29, 2014 18:03
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Jerusalem posted:I never even remotely considered for even a second that Wilf doesn't fully remember everything he and the Doctor did together and I'm surprised that anybody even thought it was a thing. I guess people are talking about the Doctor being wiped out of time at the end of The Big Bang? But Amy promptly remembers him back into existence in the same episode, which means that the universe remembers him again, which means that all his companions remember him too. I was thinking more of the scene near the start of Moffat's run where the Doctor is wondering how the hell nobody remembers the Daleks, given that they kidnapped the entire planet just last season, and comes to the conclusion that the cracks in time had erased everyone's memories of aliens interfering with Earth. My first reaction to that was that Ten's fears had been realized and he'd been forgotten by everyone [on Earth] after all, and my second was "Oh no, Wilf  "
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