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Post by The Doctor on Apr 11, 2024 9:36:54 GMT
HMV showing the new date for Celestial Toymaker as 10/6/24.
-Ralph
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Post by Llama God on Apr 12, 2024 6:59:58 GMT
I'm assuming that he had to sign off on the changes made by the novel, so clearly he's changed his mind since then. Or just remembered that it's only canon if you see it on screen, so it doesn't matter what the book says anyway... 10k post for Llama! I didn't even notice. Glad I made it a memorable one! Um.
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 12, 2024 22:10:23 GMT
WOOTAN! WOOTAN!
What ya gonna do? What ya gonna do when they come for you?
WOOTAN! WOOTAN!
What ya gonna do? What ya gonna do when they come for you?
(Had that going around in my head since I watched- thought I'd inflict it on you people too.)
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 12, 2024 22:11:46 GMT
Tenth Planet now.
Hey! It's Bossk! Without his... reptilian face on!
(Yeah, I know stuff.)
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 12, 2024 22:16:15 GMT
Ooh, now we must find some surviving clips to complement the animated fourth episode here.
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 12, 2024 22:21:05 GMT
Yes I've noticed it's animated. I have seen a clip of the... final scene though.
I'm feeling quite uneasy. I struggled with First at... first.
But he's really grown on me. He's really come a long way and set the foundation of who the Doctor is.
He's been a pleasure to watch.
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 12, 2024 22:27:18 GMT
Wow. First appearance Cybermen look shit.
YET UTTERLY TERRIFYING!!!!
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 12, 2024 22:40:36 GMT
They also like to formally interview people.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 12, 2024 22:42:15 GMT
Tenth Planet now. Hey! It's Bossk! Without his... reptilian face on! (Yeah, I know stuff.) Tell me who wears the Black Suit in Star Wars And then where they first appeared....
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Post by KnightBeat on Apr 12, 2024 23:47:36 GMT
It's a trap!
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Post by Llama God on Apr 13, 2024 8:03:03 GMT
They also like to formally interview people. That's true horror.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 13, 2024 12:19:34 GMT
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 15, 2024 21:41:37 GMT
Tenth Planet now. Hey! It's Bossk! Without his... reptilian face on! Oh I can't remember his name... Boshek or something. In the cantina. The human pilot Chewie tales to. (Yeah, I know stuff.) Tell me who wears the Black Suit in Star Wars And then where they first appeared.... Oh I can't remember his name... Boshek or something. In the cantina. The human pilot Chewie talks to.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 15, 2024 22:08:07 GMT
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 15, 2024 22:17:14 GMT
Thomb of the Cybermen now.
I love the Second Doctor, he's very charismatic.
Old style Cybermen are so scary! Way scarier than the modern efforts. Creepy. When one is trying to through the hatch! Aaarrrgh!
I also might be in love with Victoria.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 15, 2024 22:58:00 GMT
I recall when this was returned.
You did watch the two existing episodes of The Moonbase didn't you?
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 16, 2024 20:59:28 GMT
Both of them and animated 1 and 3 are on Iplayer so I have faith that Shockprowl has viewed them.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 16, 2024 21:22:22 GMT
Cracking episodes. Love them to bits. Would LOVE Moonbase episode 3 to come back
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 16, 2024 21:50:32 GMT
IT'S THE PIPER! THE PHANTOM PIPER!
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 16, 2024 22:26:05 GMT
I....
I DON'T LIKE THE ANIMATED ONES AND I SKIPPED THEM!
But I've seen the error of my ways and I've gone back to them! Gone back to Evil of the Daleks.
Obviously I appreciate the effort done to create these animated episodes, and they're all we've got, I just struggle to watch them after the normal live-action episodes.
But I'm giving them a shot.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 17, 2024 7:46:12 GMT
The animations are variable but you cannot skip them!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 17, 2024 18:08:57 GMT
The animations are variable but you cannot skip them!!! -Ralph I won't again. I swear!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 20, 2024 8:04:28 GMT
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Post by Llama God on Apr 20, 2024 8:16:33 GMT
After the Conjunx dithered over whether or not there was anything she wanted to put on the telly last night I pounced and watched The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, which, to my surprise, was really good - easily up there with Remembrance. My main trepidation going in was that it was a four parter, and in the previous season those had all been overlong, with lots of repetition in the story - in this one it really didn't feel like it, despite there being multiple captures and escapes it still felt like each one progressed the story rather than just filling air time. Instead of being cheesy, the clowns were actually scary, with the lead clown being particularly good. And a very nice little poke at fandom in the episode, too. Also Mags was very cute - a shame we didn't get to see more of her (yes I know she's in the audios - everyone is). Very good.
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Post by legios on Apr 20, 2024 12:44:18 GMT
I have fond memories of Greatest Show in the Galaxy. It has a wonderfully "unreal" feeling to it, as if everything is just slightly off-kilter, which makes it an intriquing story to watch. I love the sense it gives of the McCoy Doctor being someone who goes off to face eldritch and unknowable horrors armed only with a stage-magician's sleight-of-hand and a half-functional plan. (I much prefer the Time's Champion who _had_ a plan before the first episode of the story, but that the actual story is of him improvising on the spot as events cause things to spiral out of his control - Remembrance, Greatest Show - to the one who already has foreknowledge of how everything is going to work at every stage and is just puppetering the villains, his companions and the innocent bystanders.)
Mags is great, too - one of a number of folk who shoulda/coulda/woulda been companions in that era, but I think the actor is interesting enough that they could have made her work as an continuing character.
Karl
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 20, 2024 14:38:45 GMT
I think the McCoy era has several under appreciated classics; alongside Greatest Show you also have Happiness Patrol and Paradise Towers. They're great stories.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 20, 2024 14:45:07 GMT
Happiness Patrol is fab. Currently rewatching Paradise Towers and it has aged well.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Apr 20, 2024 15:57:35 GMT
Yeah, I love Happiness Patrol - it is mostly remembered amongst civilians as "the one where Bertie Bassett is the monster". But it is actually a much more thoughtful story than that - there is a surprising amount about authenticity, and the modern worlds tendency to smother that under layers of plastic "Have a Nice Day!".
Paradise Towers is slightly wobbly in places (and I do think a certain actor needed a Paddy Russell-esque scolding about being a bit more professional in their approach to their part) but there is something kind of unnerving against a tower block gone feral, it's inhabitants effectively boarded in and abandoned. And the idea of the Cleaner bots is a marvelously 2000ADish one - residents make a mess, therefore residents must be cleaned up. (Also, the sheer ambition in trying to do something Ballardian on tuppence-ha'penny and BBC lighting regulations is just such glorious madness)
Karl
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Post by Llama God on Apr 21, 2024 8:43:15 GMT
I liked the general vibe and the ideas behind Paradise Towers - it certainly has a very unsettling feel to it. It does suffer though from being overlong - it could have easily been trimmed down to three episodes and not lost anything much.
Happiness Patrol is better, and benefits from being restricted to only three episodes, as well as having its satire and commentary being a lot tighter.
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 23, 2024 21:13:58 GMT
Second really is excellent. I wish he was in colour. And, you know, complete 'n"all that.
I continue to struggle with the animated ones. It's marvellous they exist and clearly a tremendous amount of work has gone into them. But they're clearly very different.
So... for now... I am skipping a few. I won't lie. Just a few. I fully intend to go back to these stories, I know I'm missing out, but it's something I must do because find myself watching other things instead of Hoop, because it's an animated.
So, I'm currently just starting Croutons.
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