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Which non-Power of the Daleks story would you like to see an episode found from? This poll is closed. |
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| Marco Polo |
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36 | 20.69% |
| The Myth Makers |
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10 | 5.75% |
| The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve |
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| The Savages |
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| The Smugglers |
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| The Highlanders |
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45 | 25.86% |
| The Macra Terror |
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21 | 12.07% |
| Fury from the Deep |
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13 | 7.47% |
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MrL_JaKiri posted:Oh my, that's a lot of posts. Who's said something controversial I wonder if anyone bought me a BRCT for my Zygon posts oh god It's okay. I've prepared the bunker. We just need to strong arm Mugabe into releasing more Troughton and fine pick the BF releases and we'll be safe for like, six more years.
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Jan 23, 2016 04:53
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Once you get past the fundamental awfulness of course
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Jan 23, 2016 04:54
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but enough about doctor who
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Jan 23, 2016 05:02
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 Gentlemen, you can't talk about the show in here, this is the Who thread!
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Jan 23, 2016 05:27
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MrL_JaKiri posted:Oh my, that's a lot of posts. Who's said something controversial I wonder if anyone bought me a BRCT for my Zygon posts oh god You did this I'm not sure how yet but you did
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Jan 23, 2016 05:52
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I have zero problem with Chibnall. Broadchurch I was excellent. I also really enjoyed Broadchurch II, despite popular opinion. I never really watched Torchwood besides CoE, and I'd have to specifically look up/rewatch his eps of Life On Mars and L&O: UK to see if they are as poo poo as everyone claims. At the end of the day, he's still a competent showrunner and writer who is a huge Who fan. He's no Gatiss, but I'm pretty sure there would have been wailing and weeping if he'd taken over because half the people ITT hate him. Basically almost any showrunner who they pick is gonna be rabidly hated by some. At least they didn't decide to "sex it up" with some non who "so Geordi is an alien, right?" outsider--ie My Worst Fear. I'm decidedly unthrilled about the break and the probably departure of Capaldi, but at least we get one more solid year of him and Moffat. I never had the hate for Moffat a lot of people did. Some of his poo poo could be convoluted and twee, but RTD was just as guilty. He took us through 2 regeneratiions and the anniversary and nailed it with 3 of the best cast Doctors, a shitload of great additions to the canon, excellent support of Big Finish--really everything I'd have wanted if you'd asked me 5 years ago. The one good thing about the break is at least we know Who is reasonably safe to continue as it has through 2018.
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Jan 23, 2016 05:53
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Astroman posted:some non who "so Geordi is an alien, right?" outsider Calling LeVar Burton "Laverne" seemed like the bigger crime to me.
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Jan 23, 2016 05:59
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Bicyclops posted:Also, with Capaldi almost certainly leaving as well, if next season's companion only stays on for season 10, it's going to be a complete reset like it was after the Tennant years. Let's hope it isn't a bumpy start! The last time we had a single-season companion it was Donna, who had previously been introduced in a Christmas special Shona was introduced in a Christmas special.  Just sayin'. 
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Jan 23, 2016 06:04
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My baseline scenario for this is either that the show will be pre-emptively cancelled after Moffat's last series, or that I'll wish it had. Oh well, at least I haven't seen a lot of Tom Baker's run in so long that it feels new to me.
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Jan 23, 2016 06:20
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Astroman posted:At the end of the day, he's still a competent showrunner and writer who is a huge Who fan he's the worst who fan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irIqTPQqgvQ
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Jan 23, 2016 06:37
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Clipperton posted:he's the worst who fan This is the man who now has Doctor Who in his hands. Burn everything down and start a new. It is our only hope.
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Jan 23, 2016 06:49
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AND NOW YOU ALL SHALL SUFFER AS I HAVE SUFFERED.
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Jan 23, 2016 06:50
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Perhaps the new enforced hiatus is an extended search for Capaldi's 2018 replacement now that their original plans with Bowie/Rickman have fallen through. Time for Elba, Grint, or Moran to step up, I suppose. edit: Saunders/Lumley? ThaGhettoJew fucked around with this message at 06:56 on Jan 23, 2016 |
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Jan 23, 2016 06:53
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Clipperton posted:he's the worst who fan Hmm, basically me in 1986 so I fail to see the problem here. 
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Jan 23, 2016 07:49
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Chris Chibnall. gently caress.
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Jan 23, 2016 08:01
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I wonder if Gatiss was offered the job? If not, why not? Maybe they felt he is too closely tied to Moffat, or didn't want to gently caress with Sherlock? Or maybe he was offered and turned it down. I don't know how good a job he would have done, but I'd feel a bit better about it than Chibnal taking over. At least he has a couple of years to put his first season together, in any case. Edit: I just saw he posted "Sclavus liberatus felix est" on his twitter about the time the announcement was made, so it strikes me that maybe he wouldn't have been particularly keen to have the job after all.
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Jan 23, 2016 09:18
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I feel, from a pure showrunning perspective, Chibnall is the best choice. He knows the series, he knows showrunning, he knows showrunning in the series, and while his stories have rarely been the best with Who (indeed, they're mostly stinkers) there's always at least interesting ideas. He's unlikely to have the problem Moffat did where he kept pulling the same tricks long after they stopped working, and I feel like he'd probably be able to avoid the scale issues since he seems to prefer smaller stories. I was pulling for Gatiss too, and I think I'd still have preferred that, but I think Chibnall's a good fit. It might be more likely to fall flat on its face, but that failure is also more likely to be interesting.
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Jan 23, 2016 10:15
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Tim Burns Effect posted:The last time we had a single-season companion it was Donna, who had previously been introduced in a Christmas special
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Jan 23, 2016 10:24
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When was the last time you screwed all night? When was the last time you came so hard and so long you forgot where you are?
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Jan 23, 2016 10:28
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Fil5000 posted:When was the last time you screwed all night? When was the last time you came so hard and so long you forgot where you are?
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Jan 23, 2016 12:24
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Jerusalem posted:I wonder if Gatiss was offered the job? If not, why not? Maybe they felt he is too closely tied to Moffat, or didn't want to gently caress with Sherlock? Or maybe he was offered and turned it down. Yeah, Gatiss strikes me as the type of guy who doesn't want to be showrunner. Perfectly happy to write a handful of episodes, sit in on a bunch of meetings and offer ideas or advice, but not actually be the one in charge.
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Jan 23, 2016 12:28
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Fil5000 posted:When was the last time you screwed all night? When was the last time you came so hard and so long you forgot where you are? Flea Wars posted:*TWANG* OF DEATH
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Jan 23, 2016 12:29
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So, this is a win win situation. Either the series under the new showrunner will be surprisingly good, or everyone who has been screaming for 'awful' Moffat to leave will be wishing for him to return real soon. I enjoy schadenfreude. Actually, probably both of those things will happen.
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Jan 23, 2016 12:32
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Carbon dioxide posted:So, this is a win win situation. Or neither, or something else
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Jan 23, 2016 12:33
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Rochallor posted:I mean, has the BBC ever had anything as popular as Doctor Who? All the other stuff that seems to cross the pond are just costume dramas with a production cost of basically zero since there are BBC warehouses full of Victorian clothing. I believe Top Gear was and Sherlock is. They do not have the one at present, and Moffat is the man behind the other. quote:When you're watching an episode of Doctor who absolutely nothing about it screams, "Oh, that looks like it was easy to make." Indeed, I'm pretty sure Doctor Who is the most expensive programme the BBC's currently producing. Wheat Loaf fucked around with this message at 13:04 on Jan 23, 2016 |
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Jan 23, 2016 13:02
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Lance Parkin gets it.
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Jan 23, 2016 13:42
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Just reading this made me feel embarrassed for a second.
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Jan 23, 2016 13:49
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egon_beeblebrox posted:Just reading this made me feel embarrassed for a second. Written during Colin's tenure too. Imagine seeing the twin dilemma and attack of the cybermen and writing that.
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Jan 23, 2016 13:55
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Watching The Hand of Fear with the stepdaughter this morning... "Ugh. Old school CGI is so UGLY." Edit - "And why does the Doctor always have a female companion? Can't he ever just have a male companion without a female companion?" CobiWann fucked around with this message at 15:49 on Jan 23, 2016 |
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Jan 23, 2016 15:31
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A non doctor who fan knows what Torchwood is?
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Jan 23, 2016 15:35
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Toxxupation posted:A non doctor who fan knows what Torchwood is? I know people who are Torchwood fans and don't like Doctor Who.
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The_Doctor posted:I know people who are Torchwood fans and don't like Doctor Who. You know Chris Chibnall!?
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Toxxupation posted:A non doctor who fan knows what Torchwood is? In the UK, yes certainly
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Jan 23, 2016 15:58
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Okay, so where's the idea that Capaldi's leaving with Moffat coming from? I don't see any hard evidence of that anywhere. Indeed, given how Moffat himself said that it was extraordinarily difficult to handle becoming the new showrunner and inaugurating a new Doctor simultaneously, I'd expect him to do his best to get Peter to stay on for at least one season of Chibnall's run just to help smooth the transition.
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Jan 23, 2016 16:37
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jng2058 posted:Okay, so where's the idea that Capaldi's leaving with Moffat coming from? I don't see any hard evidence of that anywhere. Indeed, given how Moffat himself said that it was extraordinarily difficult to handle becoming the new showrunner and inaugurating a new Doctor simultaneously, I'd expect him to do his best to get Peter to stay on for at least one season of Chibnall's run just to help smooth the transition. Well it's coming from the little known source of Capaldi talking about how his time on Who is likely not going to be much longer because of a lot of reasons, and it being a full two years until Chibnall takes over. Frankly, while what you propose is the most hopeful thing, the other extreme is just as likely. Capaldi could bow out with the Christmas Special this year like Smith did during his year off. Only it'd hurt far more.
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Jan 23, 2016 16:43
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jng2058 posted:Okay, so where's the idea that Capaldi's leaving with Moffat coming from? I don't see any hard evidence of that anywhere. Indeed, given how Moffat himself said that it was extraordinarily difficult to handle becoming the new showrunner and inaugurating a new Doctor simultaneously, I'd expect him to do his best to get Peter to stay on for at least one season of Chibnall's run just to help smooth the transition. There is no evidence, people are just assuming. Before this news lots of people were speculating that next season would be Capaldi's last based on some interviews he did saying that he wouldn't be in the role for ever.
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Jan 23, 2016 16:43
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Plus 3 regular seasons has been a trend. Eccleston gave us 1 Tennant did 3 and a year of specials Smith did 3 with some scheduling weirdness Capaldi could potentially only be down for 3 seasons with the same scheduling weirdness.
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Jan 23, 2016 16:47
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I certainly hope Capaldi's staying on for Series 11, but if they're making Moffat's departure the big national event they're hyping it to be, I guess a regeneration would fit into those plans. No DW in 2016 is disappointing, but at least it gives Chibnall two whole years to plan his first season. That gives me hope that it might be better than what we're expecting (especially if Capaldi's staying for that year and he doesn't have to deal with a new Doctor finding their feet on top of everything else), but who knows at this point.
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I'm trying to stay positive and not be the stereotypical fandom that starts screaming the sky is falling, but drat he doesn't have a lot of good to his name to balance out all the poo poo. If Capaldi leaves at the same time, I'm going to need a lot to keep my interest high in the show. gently caress. I'm stereotypical fandom.
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