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[RedShift]

Has this been posted yet?

The hair is dead, long live the buzzcut

 

[The Real Abed]

The Beast Below
Just because of Smith's performance. Really fantastic. Episode itself is a bit of a damp squib. Overall concept of the story is great, too, if underdeveloped.

Heh, ever since the IT Crowd finale, I can't help reading this as Roy mistakenly calling it a "Damp Squid".

 

[Exterminieren]

OH GOD MATT WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

;-;

 

[Dr Zhivago]

Worst eps for me are Fear Her and Wardrobe - they commit the worst sin of a Who episode by just being boring.

 

[bengraven]

I'm bald now. Bald is cool.

 

[APZonerunner]

Actually, I'm mostly just stating what others have said. Here's a question: what do you consider the most mediocre episodes? The ones you barely remember? After looking at the episode lists the two that stick out are

The Sontaran Strategem/Poison Sky
and
The Curse of the Black Spot

Seriously, nothing screams filler episode to me quite like Curse

I rather liked Sontaran Strategem, but mainly because I love the New Who take on the Sontarans (as a race, not talking about Strax though he is great too) - the Hakas and things like that. Plus it's a proper old school UNIT-style episode; it's like something out of the Pertwee era, and I appreciate that.

 

[bengraven]

Ha, you know I've only watched two episodes since Who came back. I'm going to have a really epic catch up afternoon one of these weekends.

 

[infiniteloop]

what do you consider the most mediocre episodes? The ones you barely remember?

Idiot's Lantern
The Lazarus Experiment
The Unicorn and the Wasp
The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky
The Doctor's Daughter
Night Terrors
Closing Time
The Rings of Akhaten


edit: wow at Matt's hair.

 

[Earendil]

Pavement Blowjob

????

Which one is this?

 

[equippedwithtowel]

The Lazarus Project is the definition of mediocre for me.

I literally can't tell you more then one thing that happens.

 

[APZonerunner]

I think all of New Who has done quite well in the sense that there's not a single episode that can't be described in a sense of "The one with the _____" in a relatively short sentence.

 

[equippedwithtowel]

I think all of New Who has done quite well in the sense that there's not a single episode that can't be described in a sense of "The one with the _____" in a relatively short sentence.

Victory of the Daleks.

The one with Daleks and Churchill.


God I hate that episode.

 

[GameplayWhore]

Daleks are the least threatening enemy of anything ever. Hate them so much.

You must live in a pretty bad-ass universe if your term "least threatening" means "is invulnerable to virtually any attack, fires instadeath shots, and can fly".

I maintain that both these episodes are pretty great up until the conclusion of the threat.

That description applies to a bunch of RTD-era high concept stories, on account of the effort made to make the crises seem as unwinnable as possible, so the only possible solution is a disappointing one. "Oh, shit, Daleks and Cybermen are everywhere!, and they're all totally undefeatable. I guess we should just pack it up and lea-- oh, wait, what's this button for?"

Come to think of it, I have the same issue with some of the Moffat stuff, mostly the series finalés.

As an aside - I really like Voyage of the Damned. It's not in my top ten or anything, but I like it. Like a lot of the episodes that get people's backs up it isn't really a 'proper' episode of Doctor Who, but it does what it needs to and really nails that "the BBC didn't have a big Hollywood movie TV premiere this year, so WE DID IT INSTEAD" vibe. Brave episode, I feel.

I didn't know it was so hated. It toed the line between interesting characters and blatant stereotypes, and it popped a bit harshly from serious to whimsical at times, but I found it fun and decently told. Also proto-Wilf.

 

[SCHUEY F1]

I have never watched Doctor Who, think I may start and pick up Series 1 off of Xbox Video.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

I think all of New Who has done quite well in the sense that there's not a single episode that can't be described in a sense of "The one with the _____" in a relatively short sentence.

The one with the pig men and the dalek-helmet.

 

[Blader]

Has this been posted yet?

The hair is dead, long live the buzzcut

Is that a scar in his scalp?

 

[EleventhDoctor]

This definitely was fucking stupid:

DILDO FACE.

But I still say Fear Her is the worst.

That episode is the worst man. So fucking stupid. Remember the Pig Men running around too? Just plain embarrassing.

Oh and....MATT'S HAIR!!

 

[EleventhDoctor]

Is that a scar in his scalp?

I believe he has always had that scar. You can see it on his hairline in any episode if I'm not mistaken.

 

[The Real Abed]

OH GOD MATT WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

;-;

Th.... that is.. Matt? What? What??? I thought it was someone trying to be an aging Eccleston Number Nine.

 

[Hot Coldman]

That Ryan Gosling movie better be fucking good for all the shit Matt's going through making it.

 

[GameplayWhore]

I think all of New Who has done quite well in the sense that there's not a single episode that can't be described in a sense of "The one with the _____" in a relatively short sentence.

The one with the fish fingers and custard
The one with the space whale
The one with SOME TEEEEEEAAAAAAA
The one with the Weeping Angels

Spoiler

getting sucked into the crack

The one with the Doctor popping out of the cake aquatic vampires.
The one with the Dream Lord.
The one with the idiot drilling crew.
The one with the sad painter. ;_;
The one with the Doctor rents a room from that chav
The one with the big box they put the Doctor in
The one with the universe rebooting.

The one with the Future Scrooge.
The one with time look causing Amy to fancy herself.
The one with the Silence.
The one with the pirates and the EMH.
The one with Neil Gaiman's signature on (this one works for another twenty hours).
The one with the Gangers gaining sentience.
The one with the battle at Demon's Run.
The one with the reveal of River's backstory.
[Night Terrors is a tricky one]
The one with old Amy.
The one with the belief-eating minotaur in the hotel
[Closing Time is also hard, or maybe I'm getting lazy]
The one with all of history happening at the same time.

Okay, somebody else take over from here.


(heh, some of these are jokey stretches, but there are a lot of episodes that can be easily referenced like that.)


edit: Also, I'm looking forward to "The one with the bald Matt Smith"

 

[User 100115]

The one with the fish fingers and custard
The one with the space whale
The one with SOME TEEEEEEAAAAAAA
The one with the Weeping Angels

Spoiler

getting sucked into the crack

The one with the Doctor popping out of the cake aquatic vampires.
The one with the Dream Lord.
The one with the idiot drilling crew.
The one with the sad painter. ;_;
The one with the Doctor rents a room from that chav
The one with the big box they put the Doctor in
The one with the universe rebooting.

The one with the Future Scrooge.
The one with time look causing Amy to fancy herself.
The one with the Silence.
The one with the pirates and the EMH.
The one with Neil Gaiman's signature on (this one works for another twenty hours).
The one with the Gangers gaining sentience.
The one with the battle at Demon's Run.
The one with the reveal of River's backstory.
[Night Terrors is a tricky one]
The one with old Amy.
The one with the belief-eating minotaur in the hotel
[Closing Time is also hard, or maybe I'm getting lazy]
The one with all of history happening at the same time.

Okay, somebody else take over from here.


(heh, some of these are jokey stretches, but there are a lot of episodes that can be easily referenced like that.)


edit: Also, I'm looking forward to "The one with the bald Matt Smith"

I had to edit this one:
The one with the Future Scrooge.
To:
The One with the Flying Sharks

Night Terrors=The one with the creepy dolls.
Closing Time=The one with Bitey.

Edit:

OMG MATT'S HAIR NOOOOOOOO.

Does this pretty much confirm regeneration rumors? QQ

 

[Avixph]

Has this been posted yet?

The hair is dead, long live the buzzcut

OH GOD MATT WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

;-;

I'm bald now. Bald is cool.

It reminds me of the 9th, the next Doctor should have short hair again.

 

[JonathanEx]

Finally, the haircut is mine and mine alone.

 

[GameplayWhore]

It reminds me of the 9th, the next Doctor should have short hair again.

Maybe Smith is also playing the 9th Doctor in the anniversary special, obviously.

I had to edit this one:
The one with the Future Scrooge.
To:
The One with the Flying Sharks

Well if I wrote that, somebody would probably have avatar quoted me.

Closing Time=The one with Bitey.

Weirdly, I don't remember "Bitey" at all. Is Closing Time worth rewatching?

OMG MATT'S HAIR NOOOOOOOO.
Does this pretty much confirm regeneration rumors? QQ

How does short hair equate to regeneration? He dies slowly over a period of years from some form of Time Cancer?

 

[odiin]

Has this been posted yet?

The hair is dead, long live the buzzcut

Well, that's going to make filming the Christmas special... Interesting.

I'm bald now. Bald is cool.

No, not cool. Fan-TAS-tic.

 

[Earendil]

I'm still trying to figure out why his jacket looks like a disco ball.

And no one answered my question on the Pavement Blowjobs episode.

 

[Fuu]

I'm still trying to figure out why his jacket looks like a disco ball.

And no one answered my question on the Pavement Blowjobs episode.

It's from the end of the Love and Monsters episode, Ursula's face gets stuck in a piece of pavement and she has this conversation with Elton while they're recording a video:

URSULA: At least I'll never age. And it really is quite peaceful, you'd be surprised.
ELTON: It's a relationship, of sorts, but we manage. We've even got a bit of a love life.
URSULA: Oh, let's not go into that.

 

[RedShift]

Moaning Myrtle as a paving slab sucking off that guy from Hustle. Trapped in my brain forever...

 

[Hot Coldman]

Moaning Myrtle as a paving slab sucking off that guy from Hustle. Trapped in my brain forever...

Family entertainment.

 

[infiniteloop]

The one with the pavement blowjob.

 

[SoilBreak]

The one with the pig men.

 

[User 100115]

Maybe Smith is also playing the 9th Doctor in the anniversary special, obviously.





Well if I wrote that, somebody would probably have avatar quoted me.




Weirdly, I don't remember "Bitey" at all. Is Closing Time worth rewatching?




How does short hair equate to regeneration? He dies slowly over a period of years from some form of Time Cancer?

Well, because usually people change their appearance when they leave a role, and are sometimes under contract to NOT change their appearance while still in that role. Or something.

 

[APZonerunner]

Family entertainment.

I knew they shouldn't have let a gay man take over!!!!

Spoiler

That was an actual comment I saw loads after that episode aired, amazingly.

Well, because usually people change their appearance when they leave a role, and are sometimes under contract to NOT change their appearance while still in that role. Or something.

Dunno about Smith, but there was something about not changing his hair in Tennant's contract. Even though the series was broken up for the specials and filming was sporadic, he had to play Hamlet with "Doctor hair" - which he didn't want to do - because of it, as he couldn't have grown it out and kept it that way for the entire run - he'd have to get it cut back down each time he went back to Who for each of the specials. He spoke about it a bit in interviews etc.

Sometimes contracts are weird. Was it Daniel Craig or Pierce Brosnan that for a while was prohibited from wearing a tuxedo in any other production?

 

[Earendil]

It's from the end of the Love and Monsters episode, Ursula's face gets stuck in a piece of pavement and she has this conversation with Elton while they're recording a video:

URSULA: At least I'll never age. And it really is quite peaceful, you'd be surprised.
ELTON: It's a relationship, of sorts, but we manage. We've even got a bit of a love life.
URSULA: Oh, let's not go into that.

Forgot about that one, thanks.

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

Well, because usually people change their appearance when they leave a role, and are sometimes under contract to NOT change their appearance while still in that role. Or something.

Wigs and such.

 

[Fuu]

Forgot about that one, thanks.

I wish I could forget. :lol

 

[User 100115]

Wigs and such.

True. I am emotional and connected to Eleven and am going to bawl when he leaves, so I am over reacting.

 

[Avixph]

Which were favorite of the Doctor's outfits?
Mines are as followed:
1.Ninth's "boat captain" outfit
2.Third's "dapper gentle man" outfit
3.Eighth's radio drama outfit
4.Eleventh's series 7b outfit

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

True. I am emotional and connected to Eleven and am going to bawl when he leaves, so I am over reacting.

Come on man. We have to be better than the Tennant loyalists who whined into Series 6.

 

[User 100115]

Come on man. We have to be better than the Tennant loyalists who whined into Series 6.

Oh I was a big Tennant fan too. I am going to mourn Eleven as much if not more, but I am going to fall in love with the new doctor as well, and am excited to meet him. BUT ELEVEN WAHHHHH.

Tl;dr I can be sad that a doctor is passing, and still be excited to meet the new doctor.

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

Oh I was a big Tennant fan too. I am going to mourn Eleven as much if not more, but I am going to fall in love with the new doctor as well, and am excited to meet him. BUT ELEVEN WAHHHHH.

Tl;dr I can be sad that a doctor is passing, and still be excited to meet the new doctor.

Of course. Eleven passing is going to be so strange!

 

[Vinci]

I will miss the Eleventh. He was actually my first Doctor. I haven't gone through a transition in a natural sense, though I went back and watched the earlier series and saw one regeneration after another. Quite hope that the Twelfth is something completely different.

Can definitely see why people miss Tennant to this day, though; he was fantastic.

 

[Avixph]

Which were favorite of the Doctor's outfits?
Mines are as followed:
1.Ninth's "boat captain" outfit
2.Third's "dapper gentle man" outfit
3.Eighth's radio drama outfit
4.Eleventh's series 7b outfit

Anyone?

 

[User 100115]

Anyone?

I really like long coats. So Tennant's outfit and Eleven's long coat phase.

 

[Avixph]

I really like long coats. So Tennant's outfit and Eleven's long coat phase.

Didn't the Fourth and the Sixth have a long coat as well?

 

[Quick]

Has this been posted yet?

The hair is dead, long live the buzzcut

Real human being
And a real hero
Real human being
And a real hero
Real human being
And a real hero
Real human being
And a real hero
Real human being
And a real hero
Real human being
And a real hero
...

 

[User 100115]

Didn't the Fourth and the Sixth have a long coat as well?

Yes. But Eleven and Ten are hotter.

What? I can't be shallow?!

 

[infiniteloop]

Anyone?

My favourite 1st Doctor look is the hat, cape and scarf from the first ep:

2nd Doctor had a great look, I like the light blue shirt in the colour pics from the 60s:

This my is fave 3rd doctor outfit:

4th has a ton of good outfits:

The classic:

Also like the lighter grey outfit:

And City of Death:

I hate the Burgundy/plum Baker Outift, don't really care for Davison's, C.Baker's is garbage, McCoy's.. meh.

9 had a great look:

Blue is best 10 suit:

I like Series 5 11th the best:

 

[Box of Bunnies]

Didn't the Fourth and the Sixth have a long coat as well?

Straight pimpin'