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Official Doctor Who Series 1, 5, 31, or Fnarg Thread of Moffat & Smith

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Mr. Sam

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As this Sontaran apparently:

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I quite like the new series Sontarans actually. Cybermen need a grittier, creepier redesign.
 
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Cosmonaut X

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Ereedmas said:
Brings up a point. If Sontarans are all clones, why do they have different faces?
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I'd imagine you could explain that away by saying that those are clones from separate clone-lines - so while there might be many millions of Sontarans who look like Styre, that doesn't necessarily mean that there isn't a separate clone-line full of Stors or Staals.

Cybermen need a grittier, creepier redesign.
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Mm. Of all the new series revivals of classic creatures, the Cybermen have been the worst. I wouldn't like them to go as far as the Dark Dimension redesign (Wolverine meets HR Giger...), but they are monsters screaming out for a fresh take.
 
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Ereedmas

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Cosmonaut X said:
I'd imagine you could explain that away by saying that those are clones from separate clone-lines - so while there might be many millions of Sontarans who look like Styre, that doesn't necessarily mean that there isn't a separate clone-line full of Stors or Staals.
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Fair point. Lent credence by the Sontaran at The Pandorica, also played by Mike The Cool Person.

Do all Sontaran's have named beginning with 'ST'? Are there some named Steve, or Stuart?
 
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WanderingWind

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The Lazarus Project put me to sleep. Literally. I have to say, outside of Gridlock, there hasn't been an episode in this season that I've enjoyed. Please tell me the are about to get better?
 
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Blader

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WanderingWind said:
The Lazarus Project put me to sleep. Literally. I have to say, outside of Gridlock, there hasn't been an episode in this season that I've enjoyed. Please tell me the are about to get better?
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42 (the next ep) is pretty solid, and then you get a three episode chain-of-win with Human Nature, Family of Blood, and Blink.
 
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Keyser Soze

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WanderingWind said:
The Lazarus Project put me to sleep. Literally. I have to say, outside of Gridlock, there hasn't been an episode in this season that I've enjoyed. Please tell me the are about to get better?
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"42" • "Human Nature" • "The Family of Blood" • "Blink" • "Utopia" •

That is a decent block okay to good to Moffat have my babies episodes

The second to last episode is a decent set up for the finale, but the finale pisses everything away
 
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Cosmonaut X

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WanderingWind said:
The Lazarus Project put me to sleep. Literally. I have to say, outside of Gridlock, there hasn't been an episode in this season that I've enjoyed. Please tell me the are about to get better?
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The next four should be a bit more up your street - "42", the "Human Nature/The Family of Blood" two-parter, and "Blink". Then you've got a three-part finale that starts well but ends pretty badly.

S3 was when I stopped watching it regularly, watching well-reviewed episodes only, or episodes with interesting hooks, and avoiding the rest until I caught them accidentally on repeats.
 
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JonathanEx

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Keyser Soze said:
"42" • "Human Nature" • "The Family of Blood" • "Blink" • "Utopia" •

That is a decent block okay to good to Moffat have my babies episodes

The second to last episode is a decent set up for the finale, but the finale pisses everything away
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Finale part 2 does that, I'd say? I liked part 1.
 
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WanderingWind

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Okay, watching 42 now.

Oh, shit. Nice premise to start it off. I loved the last space ship episodes, too. I think I'm going to like this one. Now, if Martha was deduced to a non-speaking role, that'd be even better.
 
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Keyser Soze

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JonathanEx said:
Finale part 2 does that, I'd say? I liked part 1.
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Maybe you are right, I think I am mixing up episodes (I forgot it was a three parter). I pretty much hate the part where it gets very shit.

Simm/Master is so underused by RTD :(
 
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JonathanEx

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Keyser Soze said:
Maybe you are right, I think I am mixing up episodes (I forgot it was a three parter). I pretty much hate the part where it gets very shit.

Simm/Master is so underused by RTD :(
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Oh yeah, bloody being both a 2 parter and 3 parter. The final part is where [spoilers]we have Jesus Doctor and the legend of Martha Jones telling a story[/spoilers] and is all downhill.

But it does have the greatest
I'm sorry.
 
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DrForester

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Keyser Soze said:
"42" • "Human Nature" • "The Family of Blood" • "Blink" • "Utopia" •

That is a decent block okay to good to Moffat have my babies episodes

The second to last episode is a decent set up for the finale, but the finale pisses everything away
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See just stop after Utopia and pretend the awesome set up you just watched went somewhere awesome.
 
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Mr. Sam

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JonathanEx said:
Oh yeah, bloody being both a 2 parter and 3 parter. The final part is where
we have Jesus Doctor and the legend of Martha Jones telling a story
and is all downhill.

But it does have the greatest
I'm sorry.
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The worst bit about
Jesus Doctor
was that it was a solution to
the protagonist becoming an elderly mute in a wheelchair for most of the episode. Bloody awful.
 
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WanderingWind

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42 redeemed the season. Fantastic episode. It was a bit derivative from the Ood episodes, but still, good stuff. The scene where the Doctor's eyes became miniature suns was his best acting of the season. Mr. Saxon? He sounds familiar. I'm sure it'll make sense.

...starting Human Nature. Martha seems to know this isn't the right time. Tennant in a graduation hat thingy is hilarious.
 
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JonathanEx

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Green Scar said:
You have Auton stuff, don't suppose you have plastic Mickey? :lol
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Plastic Mickey? Do you mean Noel Clarke from the whole of series 1? :p

There's just the one Auton. :(


The only thing I actually own is the Cyberman head (from the show moulds, but an exhibition replica) - other stuff is someone else's.
 
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Hot Coldman

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JonathanEx said:
Plastic Mickey? Do you mean Noel Clarke from the whole of series 1? :p
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Haha, nice. That Cyberman head is awesome, if I could have a (realistically sized) prop from the show that'd probably be high up the list, even it is a replica.
 
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Dragona Akehi

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JonathanEx said:
The Matt/Karen Confidential sexual tension is brilliant though, especially for the scene where she jumps him. Justifies it all. Smoochy smoochy.
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Oh I didn't say she wasn't great, and their chemistry is great. I just like Donna a wee bit better. Really thew Tennant's Doctor for a loop I find. She challenged him more than Amy has so far, overall.
 
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JonathanEx

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Green Scar said:
Haha, nice. That Cyberman head is awesome, if I could have a (realistically sized) prop from the show that'd probably be high up the list, even it is a replica.
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It's currently on my bed. The girlfriend is coming up to stay for a week tomorrow, she's asked it be moved. A 21st Century horses head, I think.

WanderingWind said:
What about Ood? I want evil Zoidberg in a fez. Bonus points for a cigar...
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Ood photo tomorrow. It looks amazing.
 
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JonathanEx said:
It's currently on my bed. The girlfriend is coming up to stay for a week tomorrow, she's asked it be moved. A 21st Century horses head, I think.
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Yeah, waking up next to that might make one shit the bed :lol
 
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Keyser Soze said:
Oh no, "reviews" of the (still unreleased) DVD on Amazon. I dont understand some people :/
http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-rev...rtBy=bySubmissionDateDescending#RCTUDIJA7MICP
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"My daughter tells me it's time to move on and accept that Tennant's Doctor has gone. I think it's time I grow up and switch the TV off. I think the target audience of Smith's Doctor is probably more for 10 year olds anyway. I wouldn't be surprised at this rate if the series disappears from our screens, to be honest."

holy shit :lol
 
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KibblesBits

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WanderingWind said:
"You had to go and fall in love with a human. And it wasn't me."

THAT'S BECAUSE NOBODY LOVES YOU MARTHA. NOBODY.
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Honestly that's the only bad thing about Martha IMO. She kept trying to get in the Doctors' pants. Gross.
 
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