Doctor Who: 10 Years of ignoring the new episodes and talking about audios

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The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Cobi, J-ru, didn't one of you review Engines of War, the War Doctor book? I've just finished it and wanted to see what others thought.

# ¿ Mar 26, 2015 09:17

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# ¿ Apr 26, 2024 06:41

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Jerusalem posted:

Cobi did, yep - Here's the link

Sweet, thanks. And having listened to a little of the audio book, Briggs' John Hurt isn't all that.

# ¿ Mar 26, 2015 10:45

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Also, Captain Yesterday, why is your av a potential GoT spoiler? Or not, I don't know/care.

# ¿ Mar 26, 2015 10:56

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Rose (and most of the first season, honestly) looks like it's filmed with a vaseline-smeared camera.

# ¿ Mar 26, 2015 16:15

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Since you're changing the OP, classic Who is also broadcast on Drama in the UK.

# ¿ Mar 26, 2015 21:36

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I can only imagine an American Who convention as being fezzes, bowties, converse hi-tops and TARDIS dresses as far as the eye can see. And DoctorWhat as the sole Classic Who holdout, constantly having to explain who he is.

"The sixth Doctor. No, the sixth. Colin Baker. No, the one with the scarf was Tom Baker."

# ¿ Mar 27, 2015 20:20

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

CobiWann posted:

I did just see a teenager with green bubble wrap on one hand.

That warms my heart no end. Maybe there is hope. :unsmith:

# ¿ Mar 27, 2015 20:24

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Maybe it's like a Suicide Squad set in the Whoniverse. The Master! A Dalek! Sharez Jek! Mavic Chen! The Rani!

# ¿ Mar 28, 2015 15:17

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Also, I prefer just calling it The TV Movie or Grace:1999.

# ¿ Mar 29, 2015 12:46

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Fil5000 posted:

Man, the title sequence for Grace:1999 would be great.

THIS EPISODE
<repeated smash cuts to Eric Roberts chewing scenery>

For those who have missed this fantastic slice of 70s Space Disco:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4-A__lZrEA

The side links of which lead me to the complete Sapphire & Steel episodes, which I didnt know existed on Youtube. I'm watching the first episode/assignment, and it's really interesting stuff, and it's gripping in that Who-esque 70s way. I'm a little put off that the first assignment is apparently 2 hours 15 minutes long, but hey, I guess that's like a 6 parter Who story. It reminds me a lot of Hide, and things like The Stone Tapes, but I keep expecting the Doctor to show up, and he doesn't. :ohdear:

I'm guessing someone's proposed the 'Sapphire & Steel are Time Lords/CIA/etc' theory in the past?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqah0bXh19E

# ¿ Mar 29, 2015 13:32

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

adhuin posted:

I'll have to track it down it then.

Is Anyone familiar with the revisitations boxed sets? Are they anything good? First one seems to include the McGann movie special edition.

Yeah, they're great! All the original dvd extras, plus a bunch more!

Davros1 posted:

Almost all of S&S are two and half hours long. It's very atmospheric, but you know you're in trouble when the creator of the show has said "I didn't know what the show was about".

My working theory is now that they're Type 103 TARDISes. Sentient, humanoid in appearance, with powers but seemingly lacking in actual nous about humans.

The_Doctor fucked around with this message at 20:14 on Mar 29, 2015

# ¿ Mar 29, 2015 20:09

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Cerv posted:

am i the only person here who watched the TV Movie when it first aired and didn't give a poo poo about kissing?

I am King of the Wilderness Years nerds and saw it before it aired. It was released on VHS about 2 weeks before airing in the UK, and I went to HMV in Piccadilly Circus for the midnight sale of it, and got my copy signed by Geoffrey Sax, the director. I was 3rd in the queue. Jesus, I was 15.

I got home, watched it all before falling asleep. Watched about half of it again when I woke up, and then went to school very tired, but super excited to tell my two other friends who liked Who all about it. I may have jumped a little in telling them. I didn't give a poo poo about the kissing either.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1x4YzkeQEI

# ¿ Mar 30, 2015 10:31

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Fil5000 posted:

The Master's trial is a bit weird though, you must concede. If they're putting him on trial for the Frontier/Planet stuff, why would they let the Doctor come and collect his remains? The Master annoyed them a bit, the Doctor ruined their plans over and over and over again and made them blow up their homeworld.

Yadda yadda Act of Master Restitution gubbins.

# ¿ Mar 30, 2015 11:51

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

CobiWann posted:

Hearing Sylvester talking about just HOW much fun the pyrotechnics crew had on Remembrance of the Daleks was a hoot.

"So they set the explosions off...and when the dust cleared, three Daleks had been melted in half. Oh, and did I mention this was on the 60th anniversary of the Easter Rebellion? As we heard the sirens, the director said 'well, let's call it a day. Everybody? Please run."

I remember that story being on the BBC nightly news. :allears:

# ¿ Mar 30, 2015 18:29

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I wish they'd do something like Christmas on a Rational Planet. Or maybe they could start having a go at the BBC EDA books.

# ¿ Mar 31, 2015 10:45

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Ironically, before the Time War, the Time Lords spent most of their time protecting Hitler from marauding time travellers causing chaos with history by trying to kill him.

# ¿ Mar 31, 2015 23:26

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

DoctorWhat posted:

So NOW people want me to put on the Coat.

It is by far the lesser of the two evils.

# ¿ Apr 1, 2015 23:07

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Wasn't that a line in Kill the Moon? That they could keep shooting, but he'd still be standing.

# ¿ Apr 2, 2015 10:32

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I always reasoned that it wasn't the 10th Doctor under the sheet in Turn Left, but whatever the 12th Doctor would have looked like had he not used up his next regeneration being vain.

# ¿ Apr 2, 2015 11:54

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Fil5000 posted:

Don't forget the transduction barriers!

Pfft, they're like the guard booth on a military base. Just there to stop you getting into Gallifrey without proper authorisation.

# ¿ Apr 2, 2015 23:51

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

CobiWann posted:

Better story for the kiddo - City of Death or Robots of Death?

City of Death? It's certainly funnier.

# ¿ Apr 5, 2015 23:19

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Sad King Billy posted:

There must be a better 7th doc story than Battlefield?

"Boooooooooooooom!"

Any other story from seasons 25 and 26 are better than Battlefield.

# ¿ Apr 6, 2015 15:43

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Rhyno posted:

Seventh/Brig is the best because the Brig knew it was the Doctor right away. I think that's my favorite Seven scene in his entire run.

"Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart!"
:hist101:

"Hello, Doctor."
:tipshat:

"So you recognise me then?"
:hist101:

"Who else would it be?"

# ¿ Apr 7, 2015 06:59

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Stockbridge appeared a few times in the 5th Doctor DWM comics, and latterly the 8th Doctor, as comics companion Izzy was from there too.

http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Stockbridge

# ¿ Apr 8, 2015 05:12

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I remember peace out-ing about halfway through episode 2 of The Dark Husband because it was just so tedious and dull.

# ¿ Apr 8, 2015 15:52

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

TL posted:

I can't figure out how to share it here, but the Doctor Who Facebook page has an awesome video of Capaldi showing up to the Doctor Who Experience in character and answering a kid's question about what his favorite face was, and Peter Capaldi's hair is really long and he looks insane which is awesome and he's basically the goddamn best.

This one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMi8c8uglmI

# ¿ Apr 8, 2015 16:58

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

An acceptable backup would be David Warner.

# ¿ Apr 10, 2015 02:24

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Jerusalem posted:

I remember he also played the spirit guide in the Reeves & Mortimer revamp of Randall & Hopkirk: Deceased which was a lot of fun.

Oh good lord, I'd forgotten that that existed. The early 2000s were a weird period. Lots of Who-faces in it, I see. Tennant, Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Charles Dance were in the first episode. Crikey. Two Doctors, Mycroft Holmes, and Tywin Lannister/The Patrician. Wait, why hasn't Charles Dance been in Who yet?

# ¿ Apr 10, 2015 09:41

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Neddy Seagoon posted:

Charles Dance doesn't really have the slight touch of insanity needed to be the Master. He makes a brilliant Patrician though, and I hope he reprises the role at some point.

I don't think insanity is a necessary part. Look at Delgado.

# ¿ Apr 10, 2015 09:54

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

docbeard posted:

I remember reading somewhere that, possibly Terrance Dicks but I'm not sure, once had the idea of a renegade Time Lord who ran around with all of his incarnations at once in a gang.

Lawrence Miles uses that idea in his two book EDA, Interference. The Time Lord known as I. M. Foreman (yeah yeah) travels with his freakshow all over the universe. The inhabitants of it are all his other incarnations.

# ¿ Apr 13, 2015 00:41

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

CobiWann posted:

Wow. I never knew it was like that�then again, I live in Washington where we have all kinds of accents, so I guess I never really noticed. When I first moved here from Pittsburgh my roommate, who was the very definition of �Southern Alabama,� asked me what the hell was up with MY accent.

So my next question � what�s the difference between �Northern accent� and �Scottish accent?�

Northern encompasses anything from Manchester (Eccleston), Liverpool (Craig Charles/Lister - Red Dwarf), Yorkshire (Brian Glover - Attack of the Cybermen) to Newcastle/Geordie. Scottish is Karen Gillan/Capald/Moffat.

The_Doctor fucked around with this message at 20:43 on Apr 14, 2015

# ¿ Apr 14, 2015 20:40

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

<puts the kettle on>

Tea, everyone?

# ¿ Apr 14, 2015 21:35

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

CobiWann posted:

FIGHTING WORDS

# ¿ Apr 14, 2015 22:16

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

CobiWann posted:

It's the screen name of the guy saying it that makes it art.

Doctor no more.

# ¿ Apr 15, 2015 00:38

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Dabir posted:

The way I've always understood it is state schools are government-run, private schools charge fees and public schools are posh secondary schools for twats like Eton and Harrow.

I went to Harrow's day school. :smith:

# ¿ Apr 15, 2015 00:40

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Interesting. Apparently on the Damaged Goods Big Finish adaptation, someone states that they're working for Torchwood.

# ¿ Apr 15, 2015 10:24

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Jerusalem posted:

To be fair, it's not like the BBC can stop RTD doing what he wants, mostly because as often noted, he's literally a giant and they're scared of him.

But he didn't write the Big Finish adaptation...?

# ¿ Apr 15, 2015 16:17

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Jerusalem posted:

The dude from Casanova? Is the Doctor gonna start making out with his companions or something? :lau.... oh wait. vv

What? Already? But Eccleston only just started! How is he stepping down already?

# ¿ Apr 16, 2015 12:51

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

BSam posted:

Yeah, Tennant and a purple suit just don't mix.

To be fair, it's not a suit.

# ¿ Apr 17, 2015 23:48

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# ¿ Apr 26, 2024 06:41

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Jerusalem posted:

Is that from that new Alias series that's gonna be on Netflix? I am really excited about that if it's going to be anywhere near as good as the comic it is based on.

It is indeed. I'm finishing up on Daredevil right now, and enjoying the hell out of that. Hopefully AKA Jessica Jones (Alias is obviously taken as a title) will be with us before 2015 is over.

# ¿ Apr 18, 2015 00:29

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