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Doctor Who Series 2011 |OT| Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey Stuff
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Who sketch for Comic Relief.
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eznark said:
I was horrified after the christmas special, but she was a lot less annoying in the main season, oh and in Midnight she isn't in 98% of the episode.
Oh good, I thought maybe British people loved her or something. She is annoying, bossy and to top it off, weak. I'm sure it doesn't help that I find thick red heads nauseating. The exact opposite of the fantastic Martha Jones.
Just watched the first episode of the Centaurian Stratagem (or whatever it's called) and a couple things stuck out:
1. The Doctor's irrational fear of guns is growing into a phobia. I think he needs a shrink. Creatures have tried to kill him in countless ways with countless tools and methods (I can't think of any simple Earth gun occurrences) yet he is deathly afraid of a holstered pistol. Nutty.
2. The Doctor stared down the devil, annihilated countless races...but can't break a car window? Why is the twerp running around pointing a screw driver at the engine when he could save the old man simply by putting an elbow through the window?
3. Donna is the worst.
Just watched the first episode of the Centaurian Stratagem (or whatever it's called) and a couple things stuck out:
1. The Doctor's irrational fear of guns is growing into a phobia. I think he needs a shrink. Creatures have tried to kill him in countless ways with countless tools and methods (I can't think of any simple Earth gun occurrences) yet he is deathly afraid of a holstered pistol. Nutty.
2. The Doctor stared down the devil, annihilated countless races...but can't break a car window? Why is the twerp running around pointing a screw driver at the engine when he could save the old man simply by putting an elbow through the window?
3. Donna is the worst.
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TWO AMYS!!!
Hopefully she is mirror universe Amy, evil (and therefor hotter), and has a mustache.
Hopefully she is mirror universe Amy, evil (and therefor hotter), and has a mustache.
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Keyser Soze said:
and an eye patch.
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I loved her, though the Christmas episode had her freaking out way to much but they toned that down by a million in S4. I just liked the fact that the doctor was traveling with someone who didn't love him and fired quips right back at whoever they where speaking to instead of the doctor having all the funny lines. The dynamic was completely different than in S2 and 3 which I felt the show needed. Also I feel Tate was a better actress overall than Freeman.eznark said:
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Mr. Sam said:
Nah, she was better than Gordon Freeman. Who isn't really
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Lol, yeah, and while I was afraid of putting it like you did, I still agree.Mr. Sam said:
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Well, Freema didn't have much to work with.
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season 4 is really bi-polar, unfortunately leaning more towards terrible episodes.... but the ones that are good are great.
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Actually kinda like this one.
Teefury, 2/28/11
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Reason why I liked Martha, and wish she had been given better material was that she had the best story of the new Companions. Yes, she liked the Doctor, but what I liked about Martha was she was the only one of the new Who companions who wasn't running way from something to be with the Doctor.
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Teefury finally printed something I really like.
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infiniteloop said:
Actually kinda like this one.
Teefury, 2/28/11
I see your teefury and raise you a shirt.woot.
I still like the teefury one better, but thought I'd point out this one too.
Also related to teefury, I'm very sad I missed the Stargate + Tardis shirt they had a few months ago. I would have worn the crap out of that shirt.
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http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Eighth_Doctor
:-/ I just assumed it was this guy cause of the hair and coat.
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I've finally finished watching the 5th series. Overall I'm loving Matt, some of the episodes had higher highs, while some lowers lows, especially compared to RTD's final season. I guess it's because I'm still on the fence about Amy/Gillian's performance, like I haven't decided yet whether I like her or not, and Rory and his role didn't win me over as well; I felt the dynamic was a reminiscent of Rose and Mickey, only done slightly better.
The opening of the season and finale were really solid and cohesive, I la la loved the weird bits where some of the Doctor's lines felt out of place only
There were a few standout episodes for me, the biggest being the Christmas Carol special, hands down one of my top 5 episodes of the new series. It literally combined everything I like about this show; sense of adventure, sci-fi with a side of fantasy, feel good but not too saccharine, right amount of whimsy, right amount of drama, and really really good acting and writing.
If it was a movie I'd gladly pay for a ticket and go out to watch it.
Edit: By the way, is it just me or did they retcon the fact that future/past self can't touch the present? it happened twice and the Doctor just stood there with nothing expository to say. It felt really odd.
Edit 2: wow, I'm looking at some of the Christmas Carol reviews and they seem overly negative lol, I guess it was too christmassy for some people.
The opening of the season and finale were really solid and cohesive, I la la loved the weird bits where some of the Doctor's lines felt out of place only
only to be explained as his future self visiting Amy throughout the season and giving her bits of advice and encouragement.
There were a few standout episodes for me, the biggest being the Christmas Carol special, hands down one of my top 5 episodes of the new series. It literally combined everything I like about this show; sense of adventure, sci-fi with a side of fantasy, feel good but not too saccharine, right amount of whimsy, right amount of drama, and really really good acting and writing.
If it was a movie I'd gladly pay for a ticket and go out to watch it.
Edit: By the way, is it just me or did they retcon the fact that future/past self can't touch the present? it happened twice and the Doctor just stood there with nothing expository to say. It felt really odd.
Edit 2: wow, I'm looking at some of the Christmas Carol reviews and they seem overly negative lol, I guess it was too christmassy for some people.
Much better than the current Power Rangers look, imho.Mama Robotnik said:Because I had to post it somewhere.... I've been noseying through game artist portfolios today, and accidentally stumbled upon this Dalek redesign. Its effectively fanart but pretty damn bizzare.
I'm glad they don't look like this, even if the art is well made and pretty unique.
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Agreed. But I suppose it would be considered 'blasphemy' if they took the redesign that far.
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They could combine the original look with some of the ideas from this one: make the lower metal sheets break into spider-looking legs and the head into this versatile design, just more mobility for maximum dread and menace.Discotheque said:
Or, you know, just revert them back to their less-silly look.
Up till now the 'hero' Daleks have mostly been physical props and tend to show up in a much higher number of scenes than the other CG monsters as a result (they already payed for them after all).
A really funky Darlek design would either up the CG budget, or else get very limited screen-time. Big risk for a director that's already moving away from a completely iconic design.
A really funky Darlek design would either up the CG budget, or else get very limited screen-time. Big risk for a director that's already moving away from a completely iconic design.
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