Re: Doctor Who [9]

by Pettytyrant101 Wed Sep 17, 2014 10:57 pm

Interesting, but slightly dodgy decision by the BBC in my opinion, for the scheduling of Who.
With the return of Strictly this weekend Who is going to follow it. Which means a start time of 8.30pm, which seems a bit late to me for Who.

by Mrs Figg Wed Sep 17, 2014 11:15 pm

is it past your beddie byes?

by **Orwell** Thu Sep 18, 2014 8:21 am

Mrs Figg wrote:Clara had the best wardrobe I have seen on Who. that dress was fab.

I liked Clara with Matt, but I absolutely love her with Peter. I even like Pink (though I'm a tad jealous... Sad

) Yep, love the way she's been dressing, including very much the medieavel dressing up in Robot Hood - fetching it was. I don't there is anything better than a woman dressed with un-overstated elegance :hug:

Yes, I meant un-overstated, Ms Figg. Understated just doesn't seem to cut it, I'm afraid. Nod

Though keeping in my mind that I'm more your rambuctious womanizing type and not some namby pamby romantic who, as a rule, adores classy dresses .

by **Orwell** Thu Sep 18, 2014 8:28 am

Mrs Figg wrote:is it past your beddie byes?

funny because it's probably true... Laughing

by Mrs Figg Thu Sep 18, 2014 12:51 pm

by Pettytyrant101 Thu Sep 18, 2014 1:20 pm

by Pettytyrant101 Fri Sep 19, 2014 12:58 am

by malickfan Fri Sep 19, 2014 12:59 am

Thinking back to the ALL 13 scene in DOTD...is this a plot Hole/Paradox?

How could the Doctor receive a new set of regens if they needed '12' to help freeze Gallifrey? How could he and the Curator even turn up if 13 different Doctors were needed to save Gallifrey (unless 12 was just back in quickly to get/replace something on Gallifrey...)How were the regens sent through anyway if Gallifrey was in a timelock?

scratch

by Pettytyrant101 Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:02 am

The Moment. It was the Moment breached the Time Lock to allow 10 and 11 to get through as well.
Knowing a 13th incarnation existed probably made the decision to give him a new cycle a lot easier as to not do so would have therefore have created a paradox.

by malickfan Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:04 am

Timey Wimey, makes my Brainy Painy.

Actually thinking back on that ep does that mean Gallifrey WAS destroyed at least once, i.e before 10 came into existence wouldn't it have had to have been destroyed once before in his past to avoid a circular paradox?

by Pettytyrant101 Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:07 am

No, this is what always happened.
The Doctor used the Moment, it showed him his future selves and told him the price he would have to pay if he used it- they came up with an alternative.
So it never was destroyed- it was always hidden away.

by malickfan Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:25 am

Ah Ok...guess I understand why Ecclestone turned it down 'Btw your entire Character arc is totally meaningless...'

Caught up on Pertwee btw, just finished Frontier in Space.

Very enjoyable, and the 'Unit Family' makes for a lot of fun (if predictable) storylines, I like the slightly harder edge his seasons have, and Katy Manning is great (Jo bored me). Great as he is Roger Delgrado turned into a bit of a gimmick by this point...

Pertwee has a great deal of Authority and humour, but honestly I found him a bit bland after Hartnell and Troughton, grounding most of his tenure on Earth made him a bit too straight laced, and 'human' IMO.

Quite surprised by how formulaic The Three Doctors was (a story first and foremost, not a self congratulatory fan service), it wasn't one of the best stories I've seen, and it was a shame Hartnell couldn't participate any more, but great fun none the less, Pertwee and Troughton play off each other very well.

I loved the look at the Brigadier's face when he saw Trougthon again 'Oh No...'

by Pettytyrant101 Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:33 am

His arc isnt meaningless- its been a long standing tradition that the Doctor doesnt tend to remember meetings with his other selves, and is made clear that when War turns into 9 he doesnt know what happened beyond he used the Moment, Gallifrey and Daleks gone and he comes too regened in the TARDIS.

by Forest Shepherd Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:42 am

Well I'm less impressed now than I was before watching that Time Heist promotional, but then I always find actors and directors trumpeting their own productions to be terribly lame.

by Pettytyrant101 Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:50 am

Part of the TV game these days.

by malickfan Sat Sep 20, 2014 12:00 am

I finally got round to signing up for Big Finish!

by Pettytyrant101 Sat Sep 20, 2014 5:41 pm

Now go get 'I, Davros' as your first purchase Nod

Tonights episode retro styled poster-

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by malickfan Sat Sep 20, 2014 8:43 pm

A few brief thoughts on Time Heist.

Spoilers-Thoughts on Time Heist:

by azriel Sat Sep 20, 2014 8:54 pm

I was in West Sussex & only just got home so Ive missed Dr Who Mad

will have to catch up. I actually feel that I want to be home in time now, & that I dont want to miss one episode Smile

I feel niggled that Ive missed tonights !

by malickfan Sat Sep 20, 2014 9:18 pm

Pettytyrant101 wrote:

Now go get 'I, Davros' as your first purchase

I'm going to start with Mcgann' stuff (I've already heard a couple, here mostly good things, and it seems to be a bridge between Old and New Who, I haven't really seen much of 4-7 so their's no point starting with them), though the Lost Stories and Companions Chronicles seem intriguing.

by Mrs Figg Sat Sep 20, 2014 9:53 pm

Spoiler:

by malickfan Sat Sep 20, 2014 10:05 pm

Mrs Figg wrote:
Spoiler:

Yeah agreed-I can't say it was objectively bad, it just felt kinda unremarkable. What exactly was the point in terms of a character arc? I think a Bank Heist could have been a interesting thing to play around with, but a 45 minute TV slot isn't enough to do anything that interesting, I think this was another ep that could do with another 15 minutes.

I think it's fair to say (for me at least), this was actually a very enjoyable episode, but as with alot of Who eps I personally like, I don't think it did anything that interesting, at the end of the day Who seems more popular as undemanding family fare than hard sci fi, instead of trying to do both, I just wish they could do one better.

Techincally impressive though, and Capaldi is well an truly settled into my top five, Clara and Capaldi are my 2nd fave pairing after Tate/Tennant.

Might have to stop posting for a while...999 posts...

by Eldorion Sat Sep 20, 2014 10:06 pm

malickfan wrote:Might have to stop posting for a while...999 posts...

With an attitude like that, how do you plan to make it to 10,000? Suspect

by Mrs Figg Sat Sep 20, 2014 10:09 pm

spot on about undemanding entertaintment, its really gone lite, although the Doctor himself is trying to be darker. odd.

by **Amarië** Sat Sep 20, 2014 10:51 pm

I loved it! Finally one where I liked the story and all the characters, it's been years!