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Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
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| Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Tue 16 May 2017 - 19:56 | |
| That episode was, I believe, what is technically known as 'a banger'. Top plot, top villains, top ending. Good stuff. |
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Buskalilly Galactic Nova
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| Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Tue 16 May 2017 - 20:35 | |
| I enjoyed that one, yeah. Always enjoy a dig at capitalism.
To go back a week, I agree with the complaints about last week's ending. Maybe if it had been a two-parter, with more room for the atmosphere to be properly unsettling, the ending wouldn't have felt so abrupt and undermining. |
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ZeroJones I'M SO LONELY
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| Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Wed 24 May 2017 - 19:23 | |
| Liked Oxygen but not sure what to think about Extremis. - Extremis:
The episode basically ending with the DW equivalent of 'it was all a dream' really irritated me. I'll have to rewatch and think again.
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Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
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| Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Wed 24 May 2017 - 19:26 | |
| - Agreed:
I didn't know what to think either. Apparently it's sort of kind of the first part of a multi-episode arc. We shall see if it fits into place...
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Buskalilly Galactic Nova
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| Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Thu 25 May 2017 - 17:12 | |
| - Extremis:
I thought it was a fantastic take on the virtual reality story: reminded me of the film The 51st Floor.
Right! Prediction time: - Spoiler:
That's not Missy in the vault, it's the Doctor. The Doctor we've been following all series? THAT's Missy/ The Master, having a go at being "good".
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Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
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| Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Thu 25 May 2017 - 20:03 | |
| Bold! |
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ZeroJones I'M SO LONELY
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| Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Fri 2 Jun 2017 - 7:33 | |
| Last week's ep at least - Spoiler:
did away with my least favourite plot point in Doctor Who for years - the blindness. It is important to have a TV show give the moral that you should always talk to people about your problems, but... they all do that, don't they?
Anyway, bring on tomorrow's episode! |
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Buskalilly Galactic Nova
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| Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Fri 2 Jun 2017 - 14:41 | |
| I thought that was a good'n, and the cliffhanger was pretty cool and looks like it'll lead into a good next episode. |
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Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
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| Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Fri 2 Jun 2017 - 20:28 | |
| I agree with both Zero and Drunka - I didn't like that bit, but I liked the rest. Fences! |
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Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
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| Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Sun 4 Jun 2017 - 20:21 | |
| - Episode 3 of the Monks Trilogy:
Capaldi with his big 'smile' is absolutely terrifying.
I always get a bit cynical about the episodes that have some hoomin solving their problem using love. Other than that, another good one.
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ZeroJones I'M SO LONELY
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| Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Thu 8 Jun 2017 - 6:35 | |
| As Balla's good twin, I like those sorts of endings. Anyway, I'm glad that three-parter is over - hoping to enjoy this week's episode. |
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Buskalilly Galactic Nova
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| Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Thu 8 Jun 2017 - 17:43 | |
| I do like the recent trend of two or three parters where the parts are all quite different. See also the Girl who Died/ Girl Who lived, the one with the ghosts and the flood and that, and so on.
I do like those kinds of endings, as long as they're used sparingly. I also like that the callback to the photos was done in such a way it didn't undermine the original simple sweetness. |
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ZeroJones I'M SO LONELY
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| Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Sun 11 Jun 2017 - 9:59 | |
| So whilst last night's episode, Empress Of Mars, had some good notes, I have to admit that I wasn't that excited by it. - Spoiler:
Having the TARDIS randomly decide to float home was too much; hopefully this will be properly explained later on.
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Buskalilly Galactic Nova
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| Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Sun 11 Jun 2017 - 11:19 | |
| It did feel unnecessary. The Doctyor could have just stayed to help out, or they could have done an old-fashioned rockfall to bury it or something. |
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Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
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| Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Sun 11 Jun 2017 - 20:34 | |
| Happily I forgot about that for most of the episode. Alright otherwise! And do I detect a touch of Bioshock? |
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Buskalilly Galactic Nova
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| Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Sun 11 Jun 2017 - 21:02 | |
| Are you referring to the retro diving suits? |
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Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
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| Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Mon 12 Jun 2017 - 5:56 | |
| Yes. I'm sure Bioshock got the idea from the diving suits rather than the other way around, but they were very Big Daddy-ish. |
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ZeroJones I'M SO LONELY
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| Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Sun 18 Jun 2017 - 8:06 | |
| Really enjoyed yesterday's episode. Last week's teaser for it made me roll my eyes: a monster that you rarely see is almost always a poor special effect one, but it wasnae so bad.
Also, next week's one looks like it could be quiet special. |
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Buskalilly Galactic Nova
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| Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Sun 18 Jun 2017 - 12:50 | |
| This one was a bit daft and naff, but in an enjoyable way. I'm looking forward to next week's. Done well, the cybermen are brilliant villains. Also, on the subject of the TARDIS throwing a wobbly: could it be that the bleeding heart Doctor did that deliberately to give Missy an excuse to come out of the vault? |
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Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
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| Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Mon 19 Jun 2017 - 5:57 | |
| Meh episode, redeemed somewhat by a really nicely designed monster-of-the-week. Also, another somewhat ham-fisted thing about lesbianism, but I'm not sure whether that's my male-cis-white-scum privilege talking and that approach is actually necessary. And it's not like the straight romance is usually any more subtle, so... |
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Buskalilly Galactic Nova
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| Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Mon 19 Jun 2017 - 9:30 | |
| To be fair, Roman and Greek cultures were considerably less heteronormative. This whole series has been very deliberately courting tumblr Whovians though. Whitewashing, lesbians, capitalism, students and rent, british imperialism . . . I'm a fan of all this, but they were laying it on a tad thick. |
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Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
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| Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Mon 19 Jun 2017 - 19:20 | |
| As multicultural though? Obviously the Roman empire had black slaves. Did it have black soldiers? Genuine question, if it's all whitewashing I'd rather know. |
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Buskalilly Galactic Nova
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| Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Mon 19 Jun 2017 - 20:12 | |
| Everywhere the Romans conquered, they conscripted soldiers. 20 years of loyal service, and they and their families were made Roman citizens forever. There would no doubt have been people of every race and creed living and working here and there throughout the empire. |
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Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
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| Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Mon 19 Jun 2017 - 20:26 | |
| I can believe that, cheers boss. |
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ZeroJones I'M SO LONELY
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| Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Sun 25 Jun 2017 - 11:46 | |
| So last night's episode was one that I should be referring to as a "sausage" (hope I got that right, Balla). Dark and creepy, but not without flaws. - World Enough And Time:
I would have liked it to have been a tad less obvious that that was John Simm - maybe get another actor in? Also, lots of repeated tropes: not sure how effective it is to have a known character become a Cyberman any more, for example.
As ever, roll on next week! |
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