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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 23, 2015 12:10:49 GMT
DWM 488: fab cover, pure filth Jenna? |
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Post by KnightBeat on Jun 23, 2015 22:46:37 GMT
OsgoodAre we to assume that the costume she's wearing (4th Doc, 7th Doc, 11th Doc) reflects where she is in her life?
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 24, 2015 6:52:19 GMT
DWM 488: fab cover, pure filth You are wrong in the head. -Ralph |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 25, 2015 10:25:52 GMT
Monsters Bookazine acquired :-)
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 25, 2015 20:24:43 GMT
Wait, what? Another one?! Holy hand grenades they don't half pump those out.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 25, 2015 21:25:33 GMT
It's very much a modern day Monster Book and indeed even acknowledges it's inspiration in the introduction.
Apparently there's another normal special coming soon, focusing on DW music.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 28, 2015 19:09:44 GMT
Tom Spilsbury really stuck the boot in earlier this week!
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Post by primenova on Jul 8, 2015 9:01:52 GMT
Whsmith are sometimes selling the Ess Dr Who guides £9.99 ones for £1.99 ie Cybermen
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 8, 2015 9:09:46 GMT
Not a surprise. They're not on Sale or Return and back stocks have been mounting. Can't see them doing too many more.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 8, 2015 10:27:21 GMT
The price-point put me off. They just didn't look they were worth a tenner, especially compared to the regular DWM specials which are cheaper and have a higher word count.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 27, 2015 19:05:19 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 27, 2015 21:28:58 GMT
It's hard to disagree with that really. I interviewed him once, many years ago, and have always found him a decent chap. Rating Doctors is an almost impossible task because there are so many factors to consider. It's been something in the back of my mind the whole time I've been doing this marathon (Face of Evil Part One this evening). I can't do it. I can't rate any of the first four above the other without a massive BUT... coming into play, so when a poll like that forces you to do it, someone loses out unnecessarily.
Speaks volumes I think that Colin always comes bottom of the TV polls, but top of the Big Finish ones.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 27, 2015 22:05:00 GMT
Colin gets a bad rap, but in terms of ratio for amount of stories that were less good. You have to say Peter Davison has that box checked, it's just Colin never got that Androzani level story.
If Caves hadn't happened I can guarantee that the overwhelming opinion of Davison's era would be much the same as Colin's sadly.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 28, 2015 7:05:02 GMT
Sadly, I don't think Colin comes out of this looking good.  -Ralph |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 28, 2015 7:53:52 GMT
No. I can see what he's trying to say but with every pole someone finishes bottom even if the work they've done is good.
Frequently they finish bottom cos they are **** though!
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Post by Jim on Jul 28, 2015 8:51:40 GMT
I think he has a point about these polls and the way they are presented.
He may not have had the greatest TV era of Who, but I've become a much bigger fan through his Big Finish stories - The First Sontarans and the first few Charley stories (esp. Brotherhood of the Daleks) are among my absolute favourites.
-Jim
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 28, 2015 11:50:51 GMT
I think his linking of his interview with the 2014 poll results in the same issue then rebuffing the editor online reflects seeing a pattern that isn't there. Also, all polls for most things shown the full spread of votes. That's how opinion polls work. He is of course entitled to his opinion but unfortunately I can see a few sales being lost for his regeneration story from more casual audio buyers because, alas, he really isn't coming across well at the moment. He does, however, remain a very fine fellow and my favourite Doctor.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 28, 2015 11:58:29 GMT
Could work both ways though. I thought what he wrote was rational and well reasoned, not ranty, and I'd forgotten about the regen special. Makes me more inclined to pre-order it now.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 28, 2015 17:31:30 GMT
I don't mind The Twin Dilemma. It's flawed but it's better than Castrovalva or Deep Breath in the pantheon of 'A Doctor's first story'. In my mind anyway!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 28, 2015 17:52:24 GMT
Nah, Castrovalva's better.
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 28, 2015 18:02:18 GMT
The Bidmead science in those two stories always makes my head hurt.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 28, 2015 20:24:22 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 28, 2015 20:25:04 GMT
Nah, Castrovalva's better. I do love it but have to admit that it 's not actually good. -Ralph |
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Post by legios on Jul 28, 2015 20:46:12 GMT
I'm not a fan of "The Twin Dilemma" I will admit. It didn't do a lot for me when I saw it back in the day, and it hasn't done a great deal for me since sadly. This is not really a strike against the lead actor, so much as it just not having worked for me. Castrovalva I will always have a soft spot for because it was my introduction to some of the work of M.C. Escher - some of whose paintings I can't stand but whose geometric paradoxes I do find fascinating, but I would agree it is also quite flawed.
Karl
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 28, 2015 20:48:32 GMT
Nah, Castrovalva's better. I do love it but have to admit that it 's not actually good. -Ralph No, I do genuinely think it's a good story! |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 28, 2015 20:52:46 GMT
It's no Mawdryn Undead, that's for sure.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 28, 2015 21:27:56 GMT
Mawdryn Undead is superb, best story that season by a country mile! love it.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 28, 2015 23:06:07 GMT
No it's not Phil.
Andy
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 28, 2015 23:10:13 GMT
The Bidmead science in those two stories always makes my head hurt. Anyone else hear the Christopher Bidmead song going through their head now? Andy |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 29, 2015 11:12:44 GMT
Mawdryn Undead is superb, best story that season by a country mile! love it. Are you saying it is better than Earthshock? -Ralph |
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