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Trial of a Time Lord consists of four stories. Of these four, fandom consensus holds that one is genuinely great, one is a misunderstood classic, one is interesting but poorly-executed, and one is absolute garbage. Any sixteen Doctor Who fans will have sixteen different opinions about which stories are which. DoctorWhat fucked around with this message at 21:10 on Sep 5, 2014 |
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Sep 5, 2014 21:06
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PriorMarcus posted:Apparently Anthony Horowitz is the rumoured new show runner. I think that's just who Philip Morris is (rumored to) want in Moffat's place. Rumors also abound that Morris is refusing to return further missing episodes unless some vague demands about the future of the show are met.
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Sep 5, 2014 23:54
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Philip Morris infuriates me, not just because of his exceedingly unprofessional behavior, nor because of his incredibly garbled tweets and status updates, nor even because I believe he might actually be hoarding episodes. No, Morris infuriates me mainly because he keeps making me agree with Ian Levine, which is not a position I enjoy being in.
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Sep 6, 2014 00:07
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MrL_JaKiri posted:You what, does he think she's Sara Kingdom or something Well, Philip Morris recently claimed that Stephen Moffat was "leaked" (against Morris's will) knowledge of the then-impending return of The Web of Fear early enough that Moffat actually did bring in the Great Intelligence in response. Which implies that Web was found at least as early as Summer 2012, which only raises further suspicions and questions about the whole situation.
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Sep 6, 2014 17:01
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Bicyclops posted:It's at once hard to believe that there can be some kind of a petty feud that involves a hostage situation with lost tapes and the current showrunner and also the easiest thing in the world to believe. loving Doctor Who fans, man. 
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Sep 6, 2014 17:07
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After The War posted:Confirmed, Missy is [strike]Mavic Chen[/strike] the Meddling Monk! She's obviously the Terrible Zodin.
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Sep 6, 2014 17:07
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Psybro posted:Just imo but I kind of hope Coleman does leave as she offers little beyond looking good on the Radio Times cover. On this we disagree - any actual character depth Clara displayed in Series 7 is attributable entirely to Coleman's remarkable ability to synthesize personality out of thin air.
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Sep 6, 2014 18:52
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The final conversation between Robin and the Doctor was far more appealing to me than I expected it to be. But I don't have many strong feelings yet. Maybe on a rewatch.
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Sep 6, 2014 20:25
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HD DAD posted:The Sherriff was decapitated in the duel, revealing he was actually a robot. He then pops his head back onto his body and continues the fight. Jeez, that's a huge plotpoint to completely lose in the edit. It also makes Robin's brutal goddamn murder of him seem... well, more in-line with usual Doctor Who morality.
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Sep 6, 2014 20:27
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Jerusalem posted:They want to reach the Promised Land because they're Ambassadors...... TWAAAANG
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Sep 6, 2014 20:48
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Jerusalem posted:It was very cool that they included this shot in the Robin Hood database Clearly Ramon Salamander had a successful film career before he entered politics. EDIT: though on a more fan-wanky note, that does tie into the question of "where do the faces come from"...
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Sep 6, 2014 21:20
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SimplyCosmic posted:convince Anthony Ainley to come back from the dead to play the Sheriff I know, right? God, it's uncanny.
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Sep 6, 2014 23:37
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Jerusalem posted:To be precise, it was a clone of Anthony Ainley. Ainley didn't have poo poo on Delgado, sadly. He came close in Survival but it was always a pale imitation. But my issues with the Master's characterization are well-established so w/e.
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Sep 7, 2014 02:35
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Jerusalem posted:What Ainley had going for him was that he LOVED being the Master. He had it made financially already so pretty much his only interests were playing cricket or being the Master, and every so often he'd call up JNT just to say,"Hey got any stories with the Master coming up? I'm down!" Except he apparently refused to come back to Big Finish unless they paid him an exorbitant amount. 
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Sep 7, 2014 02:39
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Autonomous Monster posted:The "First Nottingham, then Derby, then Lincoln, then..." "...Worksop?" "THE WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORLD!!!" scene was solid gold, though. That poo poo was magical.
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Sep 7, 2014 02:54
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egon_beeblebrox posted:Which led us to having Beevers as the Big Finish Master, which is not a bad thing. At all. Beevers and MacQueen. MacQueen is my favorite. Hello, you.  Astroman posted:Robin was so hilariously Action Hero he reminded me of Jack Laser in the 6th Doctor audio The Fourth Wall. Capaldi really shone here as well. I am digging his take on the character. poo poo I knew there was something familiar...
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Sep 7, 2014 04:23
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DJ Ramshackle posted:Overall, Spare Parts was a brilliant introduction to Big Finish and audiobooks in general for me and I look forward to the next one. Just need to figure out which one... Actually, go for The Marian Conspiracy first, THEN JUBILEE
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Sep 7, 2014 18:32
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PriorMarcus posted:Matt Smith will forever be the Doctor that was the biggest missed opportunity. Fortunately, Matt's young enough that he'll be able to do Big Finish for like 40 years to make up for it. Or at least until his voice finally drops.
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Sep 7, 2014 18:38
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Random Stranger posted:I had completely forgotten about this title card: TWAAANG
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Sep 7, 2014 21:00
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PriorMarcus posted:Seriously though, let's make a better Doctor Who wiki. Model it on TFWiki. Jokes in the captions, ridiculously comprehensive information in the main body, and a strong editorial style guide with regards to dumb articles like "sex" or "bread".
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Sep 7, 2014 21:11
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Oh, and keep it off Wikia. We can look into other MediaWiki platforms, but independently-run is critical to maintaining academic and aesthetic coherence.
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Sep 7, 2014 21:13
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PriorMarcus posted:Speaking of aesthetic coherence I'd love to call dibs on design duties. We should make a list of people who would like to run the site, and then start planning to build it in the off season. I'll make the wiki for the wiki! EDIT: seriouspost? Round things. It needs round things. Also between CobiWann, Jerusalem, myself, and other posters we can start compiling plot summaries for all the Big Finish stuff the Data Core lacks.
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Sep 7, 2014 21:17
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HD DAD posted:In all honesty, I do a lot of media back-end stuff for websites, optimization, HTML5 poo poo, etc. In all seriousness, if ANY remotely-cohesive Doctor Who fan community could construct an actually functional, comprehensive alternative Wiki, it'd be us.
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Sep 7, 2014 21:24
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Jsor posted:That sounds like a good idea. Can I vote that the new wiki shouldn't have a weird awkward article on sex? ahahahahah it cites the Zygon Porno
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Sep 7, 2014 21:26
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Jsor posted:I do... uh... I'm a PhD student in artificial intelligence and machine learning! Well compared to the usual level of quality on TARDIS Data Core, even ARTIFICIAL intelligence would be an improvement. 
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Sep 7, 2014 21:33
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HD DAD posted:Dedicate my time for a non-paying gig helping do nerdy poo poo? We're goons, we should know the answer to that. And I've got that circa-Zagreus Big Finish guidebook with all the dirty details the new BF Companion books omit! PriorMarcus posted:So, between the three of us we've got visuals, tech and rep covered. Let's start looking at the best wiki to use, software, etc. I'll brainstorm some names and the like too, we can maybe do a vote in a weekly thread sometime in the near future. I think we should wait until the off-season.
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Sep 7, 2014 21:48
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Carbon dioxide posted:Worst of all is one of the citations on that Sexuality page. It links to a 1996 Newsgroups post by Moffat, where he says that fans are utter bastards for thinking the Doctor should stay away from sex. ahahaahah everything comes down to looms ahhahahha gently caress
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Sep 7, 2014 21:56
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TinTower posted:Is this before or after Chris gets a blowjob in the back of a taxi? That one's getting adapted by Big Finish! (and it's a gay blowjob  )
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Sep 7, 2014 23:56
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In fact, it's a gay blowjob that cures AIDS.
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Sep 8, 2014 00:05
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Did I ever tell you folks about what happened at the World Tour screening when the Doctor said "Oh captain my captain"? The whole theater just... sighed. It was like the room itself shuddered sadly.
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Sep 8, 2014 05:11
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Jerusalem posted:Edit: But seriously, it's pretty much the old story of Robin and Little John bumping into each other on a log over a river and both refusing to back up, so they fight until one ends up in the water at which point they become fast friends. It's a sunny day, Robin's in a good mood and wants to have some fun, and if this mad old duffer wants to pull out a spoon then he'll play along because it's not like there's much else to do in the forest in 1190....ish. As a child I listened to Jim Weiss audiobooks of stuff like Robin Hood ad nauseum so this was a story I knew very well. You know, come to think of it, that's probably why I took so readily to Big Finish audio stuff. I had the Narnia books on abridged cassette, too. And some old recordings of The Shadow. Incidentally, my mom having grown up with The Shadow and the like was a large part of how I got her listening to Big Finish. Which reminds me: TO ANYONE AND EVERYONE IN THIS THREAD: MY MOM LISTENS TO BIG FINISH, WHAT'S YOUR EXCUSE!?
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Sep 8, 2014 07:50
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BSam posted:Convince Occupation to listen to one, then we can talk. Ohohohohoho, my dear, dear BSam, it's only a matter of time... yes, a matter of time...
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Sep 8, 2014 08:13
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Potsticker posted:Why does that wiki have the weird POV callout boxes, anyway? It's all to do with Wikia being a piece-of-poo poo host/site in general. The upshot is that, as long as we keep to the terms of its CC-BY-SA license, we can legally fork it from a readily-accessible database dump.
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Sep 8, 2014 22:14
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adhuin posted:Your mom is a classy lady. Also probably closer to our age than you. Well, if you like New Who's pacing and formatting and liked the TV movie okay, you could start with the first season of EDA audios, beginning with "Blood of the Daleks". New Series-style 1-hour-ish stories with the Eighth Doctor. If you're willing to try out different pacing formats that are closer to the classic series, you can't go wrong with The Marian Conspiracy, followed by, say, Jubilee.
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Sep 9, 2014 05:09
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Jane Baker, co-creator of the Rani with her husband Pip, has passed away. EDIT: SOURCE (click to view tweet on Twitter) 
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Sep 9, 2014 17:29
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Sep 9, 2014 17:37
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Plavski posted:The One Doctor was suitably campy and fun, but I'm glad to get to more serious fare with The Marian Conspiracy. As someone with a history degree (first class, how's that for employability!), it was nice to see it all being taken so seriously. Having a historian around, especially one as delightful as Evelyn, is a treat. I've already heard Jubilee, so I know her quality, but I'm looking forward to the rest of her stuff. She has a lovely rapport with Colin and it's a shame illness forced Maggie to retire from acting. Still, I have many more stories ahead of the two of them. It might hit the old wallet hard, but so far they are great value. The upside of Evelyn no longer being a part of the Big Finish roster is that she got a good, decisive end to her character arc before Maggie retired.
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Sep 9, 2014 19:39
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The_Doctor posted:
It consisted entirely of very intense games of Scrabble.
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Sep 9, 2014 19:41
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Rochallor posted:It was mentioned last time this video was brought up, but the "Chris" complaining about Bonnie Langford is no less than Chris Chibnail. ahahah that's amazing JIM HENSON'S WHOVIAN BABIES!
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Sep 9, 2014 22:21
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Jerusalem posted:She recognizes him immediately when she first sees him, which makes her almost offended line of,"You're wearing the wrong body!" kind of hilarious. Well about that... there's reason to believe that the Sixth Doctor's temporal relationship to Gallifrey is twisted in this story, and that based on the usually linear Doctor/Gallifrey timestream, it should have been the Eighth Doctor showing up instead.
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Sep 10, 2014 01:52
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