Box of Bunnies
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KuwabaraTheMan said:
Is that you Lawrence?
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Doctor Who Series 2011 |OT| Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey Stuff
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Is that you Lawrence?
scarybore
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985boi said:
I might be wrong, but I believe that technically, there is no 1080p standard with blu-rays at 25 or 50fps. I think what the BBC usually do is encode the video as 1080i at 50fps on the disc and your blu-ray player deinterlaces it and outputs it as 1080p at 25fps.
In either case, the only BBC blu-ray that I have is Sherlock and that looks fantastic, I really wouldn't worry about it.
infiniteloop
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Box of Bunnies said:
That explains everything.
KuwabaraTheMan
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Box of Bunnies said:
No, but thanks for the compliment.
Box of Bunnies
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Clegg said:
I quite liked Miles' stuff until it became what were basically little more than bitter diatribes. Even if I didn't always agree with him, his writing was generally interesting and entertaining.
Still follow him on Twitter though. He posts some funny stuff there occasionally.
infiniteloop
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Torchwood is a tax? yup
Weeping Angels Minecraft:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj446LPEy7E
As creepy as they are on the show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj446LPEy7E
As creepy as they are on the show.
Couple of photos for ya'll from my recent trip to the Doctor Who Exhibition in London. (Click for bigger pics)
I'll uploaded more next month when I'm back home. I'm still currently traveling and outside of the country.
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Ten's TARDIS
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I'll uploaded more next month when I'm back home. I'm still currently traveling and outside of the country.
Gift Shop
Ten's TARDIS
Merch (Exclusive Mug and TARDIS Keychain)
JoshuaJSlone
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infiniteloop
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Who movie on the way?
http://www.slashfilm.com/harry-potter-director-david-yates-bigscreen-doctor-who/
Who movie in TV continuity? Yes, please.
Who movie with it's own continuity. No thanks.
http://www.slashfilm.com/harry-potter-director-david-yates-bigscreen-doctor-who/
Who movie in TV continuity? Yes, please.
Who movie with it's own continuity. No thanks.
The Elite
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Hmm. I don't think Doctor Who is a franchise in which you necessarily need to worry about continuity. They could get Tennant and Rose if they want a more iconic duo and simply tell an untold story from their run together.infiniteloop said:
Or, better yet, just get Tennant and have him meet up with a new companion during the period when he's off doing his own shit for a while.
A new companion is necessary IMO, simply because you need a gateway character that can introduce the audience to the strange world of the Doctor. Especially if you plan to have a big budget and be a box office hit.
Getting a new Doctor all together seems like a waste of the existing talent as is. Getting Tennant seems like a great idea, but I think that lessens Matt Smith's role which hurts the franchise as well.
Honestly, the idea of a Who movie doesn't interest me all that much.
infiniteloop
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yeah, but they're talking about starting from scratch. New Doctor, new companion. Nothing from the TV Show.
King of the Potato People
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I'm cynical, I'm guessing it would be a terrible film. A film that wouldn't bother to fit in with an explainable point in the continuity, with no grasp of how time travel usually works within the constraints of the Doctor Who universe, 'fixed points', 'not crossing one's time line' screw it! The Daleks would be the villains of course because of creative bankruptcy and £, they just wish to exterminate the universe again, expect a repeat of Journey's End but even dumber! Heh add the Master (Jason Isaacs) in as their creator and as the brother of the Doctor. Shoot the whole film as if the camera lens have been covered in dust!
And you know what, it could be a big pile of steaming excrement, the kind to make the Peter Cushing movies look like nostalgic heaven, and I would still pay to watch this film if Alan Rickman was the Doctor.
And you know what, it could be a big pile of steaming excrement, the kind to make the Peter Cushing movies look like nostalgic heaven, and I would still pay to watch this film if Alan Rickman was the Doctor.
crazygambit
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Ganhyun said:
There's nothing better than Amy Pond anywhere on TV. I loooooove her. Beautiful, sassy, just can't get enough of her. She totally makes the show. I started on season 5 and have very little interest on going back just because there's no Amy Pond (plus it's such a cool name).
Also newest doctor is best doctor, so I have like no reason to go back.
As for monster of the week, as a rule I hate it. Usually nothing moves forward and there's no real sense of danger since you know nothing can change. Thus I usually prefer an overarching storyline. I have to say, some of the stand alones are actually pretty good on Doctor Who (in contrast with Supernatural for example), but I still would prefer more focus on a bigger story for next season.
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S1 Rose > Amy > S2 Rose.Htown said:
DeathbyVolcano
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Yeah, Rose is a pretty awful person leaves her boyfriend, her mother, creates nearly apocalyptic circumstances by selfishly saving her father, can't be happy when the Doctor gives her everything she ever wanted: a complete family...
and ultimately settles for Doctor-lite and not the REAL real Doctor. Martha was much better if you ask me.
But Amy is better than all of them.
and ultimately settles for Doctor-lite and not the REAL real Doctor. Martha was much better if you ask me.
But Amy is better than all of them.
DrForester
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King of the Potato People said:
Entire 2nd act is Alan Rickman telling the companion what TARDIS stands for...
If he wants to bring back some Harry potter Alumni....
David Thewlis (who has apparently been on short lists to play The Doctor since the show came back).
Rupert Grint. GINGER!
PhoncipleBone
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radioheadrule83
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infiniteloop said:
I'd actually be down for this with no continuity to the TV show. There's no reason the two things can't co-exist.
In fact, I sometimes feel like the current show is held back by its own past sometimes - as much as I love that it acknowledges my favourite eras - like those of Tom Baker and Jon Pertwee. Its having to appeal to new viewers while making 'sense' in light of the decades of TV before. The current series is also hamstrung by decisions made only a few years ago during the RTD era -- all the timelords being dead, the master seemingly disappearing to finish them off, davros definitively gone etc. They have continually doomed and un-doomed the universe - I often feel as though its better to write any iconic villains out ambiguously than to definitively kill them. It is stretching the timey wimey a bit too far to kill and un-kill villains and companions the way they have been.
It seems routine now for the show to try and 'undo' what it has already done; it has been written into a corner so much by some episodes that the only way to do an 'undo' is to do some kind of horrendous deus ex machina reset. When they get to the point of trying to explain to new viewers that the Doctor is on his last generation, and that they're just going to ignore that and move on anyway, it'll have jumped a shark too many imo. At some point it *does* need to begin anew if its to continue.
A movie needn't be creatively bankrupt. As a movie franchise, there's no reason why it couldn't be a sci-fi James Bond -- a franchise that goes on for a long time with a series of different actors. I would love to see Gallifrey with hollywood style production values, adventerous plots with even more ambitious cinematography, an even more epic score etc. Plot wise, I feel like there is unlimited potential for 2 hour story arcs and over-arching stories -- proper studio backing and a team of well-picked writers could really do something amazing. The Battlestar Galactica reimagining is probably my favourite TV show of all time, but I would love to see a movie series of that too - because the core concept is just so great and has so much potential that I will happily give anything a chance that uses it.
GameplayWhore
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jj984jj said:
I would be highly amused if they kept the existing MOVIE continuity. As in, if this were part three of the series started by the Cushing films.
WanderingWind
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Htown said:
To be fair, Mickey should've never left the friendzone. The guy was a complete wuss and never hesitated to leave Rose in dangerous situations while he pissed himself in fear. Fuck that guy.
Rory deserves his happy ending. Mickey's run on Who should've ended in the rubbish bin where it started.
EleventhDoctor
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I thought Mickey turned out pretty badass.WanderingWind said:
WanderingWind
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MDavis360 said:
Only in the same way that Donna had a happy ending...IE basically off-screen.
Hot Coldman
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Mickey is the character I most badly want to see return. I can see him and Smith having some great chemistry.
DeathbyVolcano
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Mickey and Martha are bad-fucking-ass....much more than Rose and Donna. Those two with the Doctor would be a great companion after Rory and Amy.
PhoncipleBone
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No more Martha. Please. She became better once the was off of Who, but please...no more Martha.
And Rory and Amy better get a fucking happy ending. Hell, I would be fine if they ditched Amy and just kept Rory as the sidekick, and I love me some Karen Gillan.
And Rory and Amy better get a fucking happy ending. Hell, I would be fine if they ditched Amy and just kept Rory as the sidekick, and I love me some Karen Gillan.
PhoncipleBone
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Martha>>>>>>>all other companions in new Who.gabbo said:
Box of Bunnies
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PhoncipleBone said:
If "all other companions in new Who" means "Kylie and that chick from Planet of the Dead".
googleplex
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Companions, listed in order of awesomeness
1. Rory
2. Old Amy Pond
3. Donna
4. Young Amy Pond
5. Martha
6. Rose.
1. Rory
2. Old Amy Pond
3. Donna
4. Young Amy Pond
5. Martha
6. Rose.
PhoncipleBone
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googleplex said:
Amy+Rory>Amy alone>Rose (although that is close>Donna>>>>Martha
PhoncipleBone
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Yup. Martha was so awful because all she did while with the Doctor was pine for him. I liked Donna because she didn't put up with the Doctor's shit at all. Rose was a nice, sane balance of them all. Amy is like all the extremes of Donna and Martha rolled into a sexier package but better and bearable. But Amy and Rory together is just god tier level companionship.Quick said:
Martha did get better once away from the Doctor but never really recovered in my eyes.
infiniteloop
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Friday, during children in need, there'll be a preview of the christmas ep and a mini-episode written by Moffat.
PalaceBrother
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celebi23 said:
What is "Children in need" and are the past "mini episodes" available anywhere?
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PalaceBrother said:
They are usually added to the DVDs. You can probably just find them on the youtube as well.
The memorable ones are the one between Parting of the Ways and The Christmas Invasion (forgot the name) and "Time Crash".
Also, it wasn't Children in Need, but you should check out "Time" & "Space" as well.
Some years they just had a little sneak peak or a trailer of the Christmas Special.
According to Wikipedia, the mini episode set between The Parting of the Ways and The Christmas Invasion is also called "Born Again", but most people simply call it "Doctor Who: Children in Need".
Yes, all the mini episodes can be found on YouTube.
Yes, all the mini episodes can be found on YouTube.
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