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Doctor Who 50th Anniversary |OT| Splendid Chap, All Of Them

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RedShift

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Fiktion said:
What hole is that?
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I guess the worry is that "Shit how did I regenerate when I used up all my lives" will become a new over-arcing question for Capaldi's run like "What the fuck is the Silence and who blew up the TARDIS" were for Matt's.

And that it could take ages to resolve.
 
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Zen

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BocoDragon said:
Watching this reminds me how the show came back with an edgy style. Vaguely cyberpunk Tardis, short haired Doctor in leather jacket, hot blonde.

Since then it's eased into being much more in line with the feel of the older show. A more professor-looking Doc, less interested in being imbued with modern grit, more comfortable being a bit Victorian and nerdy.

Reminds me of what happened in the Bond reboot, which started gritty and modern, but has lately settled into the exact same trappings of the classic era.
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Really disliked Skyfall for exactly that reason, it reintroduced and embraced elements that let to the series needing a reboot in the first place.
 
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mclem

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SpacePirate Ridley said:
If only Tennant would have get out of the TARDIS and passed the torch during the olympics ceremony it could have redeemed the whole epsiode, but noooooo! theres only a fucking tardis sound you cant even hear well in a ceremony that it was supposed to have all of british culture.
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I saw it flying through the vortex, too, but that may not have appeared onscreen for viewers at home. Indeed, I saw quite a lot of British TV - I wonder if maybe the cameras were pointing at other stuff in the stadium when much of that was on.
 
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acheron_xl

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Hot Coldman said:
Probably a week or so before broadcast I guess. Depends whose making it.

I'd like for the title to be "Doctor Who: Time of the Doctor" rather than "Doctor Who Christmas 2013" or something boring like that, by the way :p
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Doctor Who: Time of the Doctor |OT| It's About Time (and Space)
 
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infiniteloop

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I can put it up, but someone else can do it if they want.

Doctor Who: Time of the Doctor |OT| Can you Handles it?

Doctor Who: Time of the Doctor |OT| Fall of the Eleventh... or Thirteenth.
 
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SpacePirate Ridley

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Zen said:
Really disliked Skyfall for exactly that reason, it reintroduced and embraced elements that let to the series needing a reboot in the first place.
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Booo! I love when shows do that. To each its own I guess.
About James Bond, those elements are not the things that made reboot James Bond, it was the shitty quality of trying to do them, same happen with who. Im of the thought that you can make any idea cool if done right.

mclem said:
I saw it flying through the vortex, too, but that may not have appeared onscreen for viewers at home. Indeed, I saw quite a lot of British TV - I wonder if maybe the cameras were pointing at other stuff in the stadium when much of that was on.
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Yeah, I heard people saying that. Sad that cameras didnt point the tardis.
 
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I was rewatching The Wedding of River Song last night and, while I liked it a little more than the first time, man I really hope Moffat does not pull this kind of finale again for Christmas. Moffat, particularly in S6, has been getting too convoluted and timey-wimey for his own good but Wedding really underscores the problem with his writing: There's no story here, it's just a series of explanations. Never mind the fact that the whole alternate reality is a really unnecessary detour, every plot point is completely expositional.

also, The God Complex really should have been Amy and Rory's last episode with the Doctor. I liked The Angels Take Manhattan (as far as I can remember at least) but the Doctor telling Amy/Amelia to stop waiting for him was really the perfect sendoff for that relationship.
 
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Fuu

Formerly Alaluef (not Aladuf)
Blader said:
I was rewatching The Wedding of River Song last night and, while I liked it a little more than the first time, man I really hope Moffat does not pull this kind of finale again for Christmas. Moffat, particularly in S6, has been getting too convoluted and timey-wimey for his own good but Wedding really underscores the problem with his writing: There's no story here, it's just a series of explanations. Never mind the fact that the whole alternate reality is a really unnecessary detour, every plot point is completely expositional.

also, The God Complex really should have been Amy and Rory's last episode with the Doctor. I liked The Angels Take Manhattan (as far as I can remember at least) but the Doctor telling Amy/Amelia to stop waiting for him was really the perfect sendoff for that relationship.
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As far as I'm concerned that's the true send off. A quiet one that, like you said, concludes the arc perfectly. And I liked the idea of the two of them existing as a family for the Doctor to visit once in a while and have Christmas dinner with like he did in The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (that scene made the special worth it for me).
 
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Jest Chillin

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Blader said:
I was rewatching The Wedding of River Song last night and, while I liked it a little more than the first time, man I really hope Moffat does not pull this kind of finale again for Christmas. Moffat, particularly in S6, has been getting too convoluted and timey-wimey for his own good but Wedding really underscores the problem with his writing: There's no story here, it's just a series of explanations. Never mind the fact that the whole alternate reality is a really unnecessary detour, every plot point is completely expositional.
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The Wedding was almost pure explanation because it's the wrap up to the season wide arc. Prior to that episode the story has been told and he simply has to tie up the loose ends. The Alternate Universe was used as a huge red herring plot device. One final setup for the final twist. To make the viewer question what they likely already knew. Just a little seed of doubt.

I can totally understand why some don't like it though because they enjoy the stories more so than exposition and complexity (especially at that degree of complexity).
 
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frankie_baby

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Blader said:
I was rewatching The Wedding of River Song last night and, while I liked it a little more than the first time, man I really hope Moffat does not pull this kind of finale again for Christmas. Moffat, particularly in S6, has been getting too convoluted and timey-wimey for his own good but Wedding really underscores the problem with his writing: There's no story here, it's just a series of explanations. Never mind the fact that the whole alternate reality is a really unnecessary detour, every plot point is completely expositional.

also, The God Complex really should have been Amy and Rory's last episode with the Doctor. I liked The Angels Take Manhattan (as far as I can remember at least) but the Doctor telling Amy/Amelia to stop waiting for him was really the perfect sendoff for that relationship.
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Am I the only person that absolutely loved The wedding of river song?
 
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Hot Coldman

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Bit rude to name the thread for Matt's farewell after the man taking over his job, guys! You'll get your chance for lazy TTOI references with Series 8. :p

Watching Fires of Pompeii for the first time in years. Maaaaaan, this is a weird episode to return to. I really hope whatever explanation they have for Capaldi popping up everywhere covers Amy Pond showing up in Pompeii too, that'd be too good.
 
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peanutbutterlatte

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Hot Coldman said:
Bit rude to name the thread for Matt's farewell after the man taking over his job, guys!
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Aw okay sentimental Green Scar :p

|OT| "We're all just stories in the end"
|OT| The last bowl of fish fingers & custard
|OT| He's not a robot or a clone in this one. For reals.
|OT| Better slap Clara's arse before you go

Hot Coldman said:
Bit rude to name the thread for Matt's farewell after the man taking over his job, guys! You'll get your chance for lazy TTOI references with Series 8. :p

Watching Fires of Pompeii for the first time in years. Maaaaaan, this is a weird episode to return to. I really hope whatever explanation they have for Capaldi popping up everywhere covers Amy Pond showing up in Pompeii too, that'd be too good.
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Imagine... that the guy in FoP was a Chameleon Arch'd Twelve and Amy got way too caught up in trying to blend in....
 
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The Technomancer

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frankie_baby said:
Am I the only person that absolutely loved The wedding of river song?
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A lot of people seemed to like it when it came out. To me its the ultimate example of Moffat (and the show in general) trying to have indulgence without earned context. Its full of things that are just meant to be awesome like "oh wow and now they're riding a train into the pyramids cool!"
 
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peanutbutterlatte

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The Technomancer said:
A lot of people seemed to like it when it came out. To me its the ultimate example of Moffat (and the show in general) trying to have indulgence without earned context. Its full of things that are just meant to be awesome like "oh wow and now they're riding a train into the pyramids cool!"
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I for one liked it up until the end. Right about the time The Doctor told River she embarrassed him.
 
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Jest Chillin

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MasterBalls said:
|OT| "We're all just stories in the end"
|OT| The last bowl of fish fingers & custard
|OT| He's not a robot or a clone in this one. For reals.
|OT| Better slap Clara's arse before you go
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|OT| Bowties really were cool.
|OT| The Man who Forgets won't be forgotten
|OT| We've still no idea where he picked that stuff up
|OT| Flapping hands about for the final time
 
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odiin

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Why not use the old classic?

[OT] The end, but the moment has been prepared for.
 
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Pikawil

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odiin said:
Why not use the old classic?

[OT] The end, but the moment has been prepared for.
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[OT] Keep warm.
[OT] Stop! You're making Matt Smith giddy! No, you can't do this to him! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No!
[OT] A tear, Clara? While there's life, there's---
[OT] Clara?
[OT] Carrot juice, carrot juice...
[OT] The Silence! They're out there. He's got to stop them.
[OT] I hope Peter Capaldi is ginger this time.
[OT] Clara was fantastic. And you know what? So was Smith.
 
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