Hot Coldman
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I'm waiting that long anyway. Usually have Christmas dinner around six. I imagine a lot of people are the same.
Besides, it makes BBC One look good. Their #1 drama in the #1 spot on the schedule.
you bastard :lol
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Doctor Who 50th Anniversary |OT| Splendid Chap, All Of Them
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I'm waiting that long anyway. Usually have Christmas dinner around six. I imagine a lot of people are the same.
Besides, it makes BBC One look good. Their #1 drama in the #1 spot on the schedule.
you bastard :lol
I probably won't be watching it live. Just like every year I'll be kept busy enough with family stuff. First time I'm actually sad about it though, really curious to see how 11's era will finish. And, obviously, 12's first moments. Oh well, it'll be nice to have something to watch during my hangover the next morning.
infiniteloop
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Hope someone caused a stink about it.
Awesome.
Hot Coldman
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um, where is the Christmas Day schedule
I cannae find it, only the old one with Who at 5:15
I cannae find it, only the old one with Who at 5:15
It's listed as 7:30 here : http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/search/?medium=tv&channel=&yearweek=201352&day=
Hot Coldman
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Cheers. Wonder how Strictly fits into all this.
Sort of off topic, but this is the current Doctor Who OT more or less.
After the 50th, I finally decided to go back and watch some classic Who, starting with "The Best of William Hartnell" collection on iTunes. I really didn't care for An Unearthly Child, but The Aztecs was awesome, and totally felt appropriate. Seeing Hartnell accidentally propose to the garden woman just resonated perfectly with Tennant's Elizabeth moment in 50.
I'm wondering if I should track down more Hartnell first, or do all the "Best of"s. I'm also really itching to get to the Eighth Doctor audio adventures after Night of the Doctor. Does anyone know if the Big Finish digital downloads are DRMd?
After the 50th, I finally decided to go back and watch some classic Who, starting with "The Best of William Hartnell" collection on iTunes. I really didn't care for An Unearthly Child, but The Aztecs was awesome, and totally felt appropriate. Seeing Hartnell accidentally propose to the garden woman just resonated perfectly with Tennant's Elizabeth moment in 50.
I'm wondering if I should track down more Hartnell first, or do all the "Best of"s. I'm also really itching to get to the Eighth Doctor audio adventures after Night of the Doctor. Does anyone know if the Big Finish digital downloads are DRMd?
infiniteloop
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I'm watching Aztecs right now! Finally got round to watching the new Special Edition, the new remaster is gorgeous.
I love Hartnells face when she accepts his "proposal".
If you like that era, watch some more, but it's not really necessary to watch all of them before moving on to other classic Doctors.
I hadn't seen these "best ofs" on iTunes, good idea to round up the better stories.
I love Hartnells face when she accepts his "proposal".
If you like that era, watch some more, but it's not really necessary to watch all of them before moving on to other classic Doctors.
I hadn't seen these "best ofs" on iTunes, good idea to round up the better stories.
Sir_Crocodile
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What do the "Best of" collections have? I can tell you whether you're missing anything good.
Do you only want to watch good episodes, or important ones as well (sadly these aren't always one and the same)
infiniteloop
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Hartnell's is good: Unearthly Child, Aztecs, Time Meddler, Dalek Invasion of Earth
Troughton's is ok: Ice Warriors, seeds of death, tomb, krotons
Troughton's is ok: Ice Warriors, seeds of death, tomb, krotons
Sir_Crocodile
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Hartnell's misses "The Romans", which is one of his best serials. "The War Machines" is a lot of fun too, though the effects look naff these days. I always thought "Dalek Invasion of Earth" was crap, but the ending is pretty iconic.
Troughton's misses "The Mind Robber", "The Invasion" & "The War Games" which are all brilliant, while bizarrely including "The Krotons", which is rubbish.
Exterminieren
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That Christmas Day timeslot's a bit of a double-edged sword. Sticks us right opposite Corrie, doesn't it?
Honestly, heretical as it sounds, I'd have preferred 5:00 opposite Paul O'Grady and his dogs on the other side.
Honestly, heretical as it sounds, I'd have preferred 5:00 opposite Paul O'Grady and his dogs on the other side.
I want to watch important episodes as well!
These are the best of collections. Each has four serials. For some reason they are priced 9.99 - 19.99 rather than uniformly. Also, looks like Colin Baker gets the shaft - I can't find a collection for him.
Hartnell:
An Unearthly Child
The Aztecs
The Time Meddler
The Dalek Invasion of Earth
Troughton:
The Ice Warriors
Seeds of Death
The Tomb of the Cybermen
The Krotons
Pertwee:
Spearhead from Space
The Three Doctors
The Green Death
The Planet of the Spiders
Tom Baker:
Genesis of the Daleks
The Hand of Fear
The Talons of Weng-Chaing
The Deadly Assassin
Davison:
Castrovalva
The Visitation
Earthshock
The Caves of Androzani (which I've already seen)
McCoy:
Time and the Rani
The Happiness Patrol
Silver Nemesis
Remembrance of the Daleks
5pm seems plausible.
It *might* do, but ITV's schedules haven't been locked down yet, so we'll see. I'm a bit nervous about a Corrie battle, I have to admit. It partially depends on how CTM does as a leadin, I guess. And, for that matter, how Strictly does as a leadin for CTM. Now that could be interesting!
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6:15 is ludicrously early for Midwife, too. The whole point of it being on Christmas Day is that it gives the BBC a prestigious Downton-beater... and they stick it in late afternoon! Madness.
Who and Midwife probably should have been swapped. I'd be very unsurprised if there was a gentleman's agreement in place about Midwife vs. Corrie, and Who's been moved later as competition.
Deadly Cyclone
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Wonder when it will air in the US. Also need to figure out where to watch it since I will be away from my apartment and my parents don't get BBC America...
aHebrewMenagerie
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Most likely the same day. I'll send you a link over pm's in a little bit.
Doesn't ring true to me. My gut feeling is that they're curious how the Strictly audience would take to Midwife, it might open it up to some people who haven't encountered it normally. Do bear in mind that it is - most likely - going up against Emmerdale in this situation.
Fact is, though, BBC are in an odd position this year of having a bit too much stuff which deserves a Christmas Day airing, and not enough hours to really squeeze it all in nicely. It's a good job Sherlock's a bit too complicated for Christmas Day!
Deadly Cyclone
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Thanks!
Sir_Crocodile
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Ok. I don't know what's available to stream, but here's a list of episodes that are either good, or important for reasons of lore, regeneration or companion leaving/joining:
Hartnell:
Unearthly Child(just episode 1)
The Daleks
The Edge of Destruction
The Aztecs
Planet of Giants
The Dalek Invasion of Earth
The Rescue
The Romans
The Chase
The Time Meddler
The War Machines
The Tenth Planet
Troughton
Tomb of the Cybermen
The Ice Warriors
The Enemy of the World
The Web of Fear (probably, haven't seen this yet - awaiting the dvd)
The Mind Robber
The Invasion
The Seeds of Death
The War Games
Pertwee
Spearhead from Space
Doctor Who and the Silurians
Ambassadors of Death
Inferno
Terror of the Autons
Day of the Daleks (special edition dvd version is much better)
The Sea Devils
The Time Monster
The Three Doctors
Carnival of Monsters
The Green Death
The Time Warrior
Planet of the Spiders
T Baker
Robot
The Ark in Space
Genesis of the Daleks
Terror of the Zygons
Pyramids of Mars
The Brain of Morbius
The Seeds of Doom
The Masque of Mandragora
The Hand of Fear
The Deadly Assassin
The Face of Evil
The Robots of Death
The Talons of Weng-Chiang
Horror of Fang Rock
The Invisible Enemy
The Invasion of Time
The Ribos Operation
The Stones of Blood
The Androids of Tara
City of Death
Full Circle
State of Decay
Warriors’ Gate
The Keeper of Traken
Logopolis
Davison
Castrovalva
Kinda
Earthshock
Arc of Infinity
Mawdryn Undead
Enlightenment
Resurrection of the Daleks
The Five Doctors
Planet of Fire
The Caves of Androzani
C Baker
The Twin Dilemma
Vengeance on Varos
The Mark of the Rani
The Two Doctors
Trial of a Timelord
Mccoy
Time and the Rani
Dragonfire
Remembrance of the Daleks
The Happiness Patrol
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Battlefield
Ghost Light
The Curse of Fenric (dvd special edition version is much better)
Survival
Mcgann
The TV Movie
Bolded episodes are REALLY BAD OK. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, etc.
Time and the Rani?! That's arguably the worst story Doctor Who ever aired, competing with The Twin Dilemma and Love and Monsters. McCoy's my Doctor and that's a pretty bad list, Silver Nemesis is one of the weaker episodes of that season as well. If the idea was to ensure the selected episodes weren't all from his final season, I'd have gone for:
Dragonfire*
Remembrance Of The Daleks
The Curse Of The Fenric
Survival
(*An ideal list would swap this out for Happiness Patrol, Greatest Show In The Galaxy or Ghost Light, but if McCoy's dodgy first season has to have a representative, the episode which introduced Who's finest companion at least has that going for it)
Sir_Crocodile
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Ironically she's horrible in dragonfire, before jumping straight into amazing in Remembrance.
I still think Ian is the best companion, but she's definitely a close second.
I still think Ian is the best companion, but she's definitely a close second.
Hot Coldman
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I wonder if Ian and Clara hang out and shoot the shit about the Doctor when she's not travelling
Sir_Crocodile
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Ian bragging about how the doctor learnt about saving people from him
infiniteloop
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It's usually 9pm on Christmas Day.
paradox121
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Looking at that list of classic stories makes me realise how little I've seen.
I think I might try and work my way through some stuff during the massive gap following Christmas. I wish we had a Doctor Who book club style set up, my commitment to sitting down and watching old stuff is terrible without some kind of motivation/peer pressure.
I think I might try and work my way through some stuff during the massive gap following Christmas. I wish we had a Doctor Who book club style set up, my commitment to sitting down and watching old stuff is terrible without some kind of motivation/peer pressure.
Unless Monopoly is involved, in which case the fight will continue for several more hours.
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aHebrewMenagerie
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I died at the part where he smacks her ass.
You know Christmas season is gonna be one of deadly villainy when it features both Daleks and Lotso.
infiniteloop
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I can see the 67 page Gallifrey base thread already.
Hype rising. Yeah, people will complain over that slap lol.
paradox121
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That's twice now he's done it to Clara. He totally would've done it with Amy if Rory hadn't been around.
The Eleventh Doctor's greatest secret revealed:
He's a perv
When was the first time?
Worthintendo
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You leave Love and Monsters out of this, we don't need to have the debate about why that is a good albeit slightly flawed episode again.
Speaking of classic Who, I want to buy the Enemy of the World DVD but I found it is just a basic release, no added extras or anything, might hold out for a special edition release later on down the road.
paradox121
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In...Journey To The Centre of The TARDIS I think it is? He's dusting the control panel and gives her a swipe with his cloth. Not direct contact, sure, but enough to get everyone up in arms at his mildly sexist ways.
I would really like to see how sexually aggressive a female Doctor would be.
So everyone thinks that the boyfriend thing is just a clever lie for Clara's family, right?
Hot Coldman
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That scene at the dinner table is gonna be great. I can feel it.
Glad to see we'll get one last bit of Matt being awkward in a normal human situation.
Glad to see we'll get one last bit of Matt being awkward in a normal human situation.
Anyone have any idea why the season 1-7 Blu-ray set is "under review" and not available from Amazon?
Is there something wrong with it?
Is there something wrong with it?
Lynd7
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*Nods* The Romans is great, a historical black comedy.
JonathanEx
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Or just to make it more interesting when he regenerates, haha.
But that's how the kids she cares for see the Doc anyway? So that makes sense. I presume the Doctor assumes giving someone a spank is what being a boyfriend involves.
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