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Oct 1, 2015 21:36:15 GMT
Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 1, 2015 21:36:15 GMT
This big announcement better be worth it.
Fiver on UWM 1 & 4.
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Oct 1, 2015 21:43:48 GMT
Post by blueshift on Oct 1, 2015 21:43:48 GMT
This big announcement better be worth it. Fiver on UWM 1 & 4. You're on. I bet it's something new series zygon related. Edit: And the last time people got SUPER WORKED UP over a twitter pre-announcement announcement it turned out it was 'Neil Gaiman's next story will have Cybermen in it' which everyone knew anyway. |
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Oct 1, 2015 21:53:01 GMT
Post by blueshift on Oct 1, 2015 21:53:01 GMT
I bet it's Paul McGann
Playing the Rani
With Web 3 strapped to his chest.
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Oct 1, 2015 21:53:22 GMT
Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 1, 2015 21:53:22 GMT
Hush now. Let me cling to my hopes and dreams
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Oct 1, 2015 21:54:51 GMT
Post by blueshift on Oct 1, 2015 21:54:51 GMT
Hush now. Let me cling to my hopes and dreams Steve Roberts said that UM wouldn't have any missing episodes on, sorry Phil  |
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Oct 1, 2015 21:59:06 GMT
Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 1, 2015 21:59:06 GMT
The impossible has already happened once tonight so ....
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Oct 1, 2015 22:01:28 GMT
Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 1, 2015 22:01:28 GMT
Pah
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Oct 1, 2015 22:02:00 GMT
Post by blueshift on Oct 1, 2015 22:02:00 GMT
WELL THAT WAS DISAPPOINTING
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Oct 1, 2015 22:02:26 GMT
Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 1, 2015 22:02:26 GMT
Incredibly.
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Oct 1, 2015 22:06:37 GMT
Post by blueshift on Oct 1, 2015 22:06:37 GMT
This is probably less exciting than the 'Neil Gaiman is writing a Cyberman story' one. Someone needs to fire the BBC twitter person. Or teach them appropriate levels of hype before they just piss people off.
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Oct 1, 2015 22:28:44 GMT
Post by Pinwig on Oct 1, 2015 22:28:44 GMT
While that obviously isn't the kind of announcement the die hard Doctor Who fan is going to get excited about, I'm interested for a different reason. Patrick Ness is a bloody good YA writer, and I'm excited about the prospect of him writing a TV series. In fact I'm almost disappointed that if he is doing TV that it's Doctor Who related and not something of his own devising. There is potential for this to be really good, but I daresay the Who connection will actually damage that. Anyone interested in knowing what his stuff is like should read The Knife of Never Letting Go. One of the best YA books of the current generation. |
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Oct 1, 2015 22:34:07 GMT
Post by blueshift on Oct 1, 2015 22:34:07 GMT
In fact I'm almost disappointed that if he is doing TV that it's Doctor Who related and not something of his own devising. There is potential for this to be really good, but I daresay the Who connection will actually damage that. If I'm going to be cynical (and half the reason most people don't seem to care one bit, aside from the dumb MOST IMPORTANT NEWS EVARRRRR hype) the article says 'new villains and aliens', it's in Coal Hill School but no mention of any Who characters appearing which you'd expect would be the first news in a spinoff announcement... could this literally just be a completely unrelated project they've slapped the Who branding onto? |
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Oct 1, 2015 22:45:38 GMT
Post by The Doctor on Oct 1, 2015 22:45:38 GMT
Words can not convey how underwhelmed I am.
I also really really really hate the term 'Young Adult'. Just an irritating way of saying 'Teenager'.
And who gives a flying fuck about Coal Hill School??? Which child ever watched Doctor Who and thought they would rather watch a series about the fucking school..? I guess Clara can't end her DW time back teaching there then...
Amusued by the mention of The Hunger Games in connection with this pish.
-Ralph
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Oct 1, 2015 22:46:40 GMT
Post by blueshift on Oct 1, 2015 22:46:40 GMT
Words can not convey how underwhelmed I am. But Ralph, it's MASSIVE news, and much bigger news than people were guessing, bigger than Paul McGann and David Tennant and Dalek Masterplan! CLASS!! |
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Oct 1, 2015 22:48:07 GMT
Post by The Doctor on Oct 1, 2015 22:48:07 GMT
I thought BBC3 was moving online. What is the budget for this? 10p and a toffee apple?
-Ralph
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Oct 1, 2015 22:51:08 GMT
Post by The Doctor on Oct 1, 2015 22:51:08 GMT
Where the fuck is my Bandrill Empire spin-off???
-Ralph
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Oct 1, 2015 22:51:14 GMT
Post by blueshift on Oct 1, 2015 22:51:14 GMT
Phil has gone very quiet, I assume he is weeping into his Underwater Menace novelisation |
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Oct 1, 2015 22:51:47 GMT
Post by blueshift on Oct 1, 2015 22:51:47 GMT
Where the fuck is my Bandrill Empire spin-off??? -Ralph I actually sent in a script for Bandril Empire to Big Finish, and they said they read it and everything! |
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Oct 2, 2015 6:48:54 GMT
Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 2, 2015 6:48:54 GMT
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Dave
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Oct 2, 2015 9:46:55 GMT
Post by Dave on Oct 2, 2015 9:46:55 GMT
Well I'm glad I didn't see the tweet about "great news" as when I read about it just I was underwhelmed. "meh" as the kidz probably don't say anymore.
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Jan 23, 2016 17:00:33 GMT
Post by Pinwig on Jan 23, 2016 17:00:33 GMT
And you never know, Class might be a Thing. I don't think it's going to be much of a Doctor Who thing, but I do think it could be A thing. I have huge faith in Patrick Ness; he is a brilliant teen writer. One of the best of this generation and definitely the right man to adapt the current trends in YA film and literature into a TV series. |
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Jan 23, 2016 20:36:36 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 23, 2016 20:36:36 GMT
Fucktones of BF though! The War Doctor! The Tenth Doctor and Donna! And of course more of Jago & Litefoot, the finest spin-off of all. And you never know, Class might be a Thing. -Ralph That is true, though it all costs extra money! Genuinely the only reason I have a tv license is Dr Who. It's the only thing on tv that I actually watch. Same here. The only other show I can recall turning the Iplayer on in the last year was the BBC4 retro kids tv night. -Ralph |
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Jan 23, 2016 20:47:38 GMT
Post by blueshift on Jan 23, 2016 20:47:38 GMT
And you never know, Class might be a Thing. I don't think it's going to be much of a Doctor Who thing, but I do think it could be A thing. I have huge faith in Patrick Ness; he is a brilliant teen writer. One of the best of this generation and definitely the right man to adapt the current trends in YA film and literature into a TV series. Young Adult school drama tends never to be a Thing though D: |
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Jan 23, 2016 21:35:49 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 23, 2016 21:35:49 GMT
If it focuses on the school I'd probably agree, but not if that's just a backdrop to the actual story. Like how Buffy isn't a teen drama set in a school library.
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Apr 4, 2016 11:13:18 GMT
Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 4, 2016 11:13:18 GMT
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Apr 4, 2016 11:31:21 GMT
Post by Pinwig on Apr 4, 2016 11:31:21 GMT
Sounds a bit like the BBC trying to go after the Misfits type shows Channel 4 have done.
It'll be good. Trust in Ness, he knows how to write this type of stuff.
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Apr 4, 2016 14:37:53 GMT
Post by The Doctor on Apr 4, 2016 14:37:53 GMT
"Incredible dangers are breaking through the walls of time and space"
Man, if only the BBC made some kind of show about someone who can travel anywhere in time and space to deal with these kind of things.
-Ralph
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Oct 22, 2016 10:42:48 GMT
Post by blueshift on Oct 22, 2016 10:42:48 GMT
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Oct 22, 2016 12:15:25 GMT
Post by blueshift on Oct 22, 2016 12:15:25 GMT
Hmmmmmm that was ok, still unsure why it exists though |
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Oct 22, 2016 13:31:56 GMT
Post by Pinwig on Oct 22, 2016 13:31:56 GMT
This whole 'well it's there online, stream it if you want to watch it' bit it all very unsettling. Put television programmes on television goddammit.
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