AndyRobot800

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  1. Great job, guys - that was a truly epic episode. Was that all in one sitting, or did you actually manage to pause for food/bathroom breaks/sleep/etc.? Good stuff. I used to defend Paradise Towers, but I no longer have the energy. Every time I rewatch that thing I find something else to hate. Pity, that was my favorite story for a long time. (First DW story I ever saw all the way through, first exposure to near futuristic dystopias and whatnot...)
  2. Weirdly enough, I have less of a problem with this than I do with the "half-human on my mother's side" thing. "Half-human..." came out of nowhere - it's the Doctor, who's *never* indicated that he was at all human, ever, not once, in the history of the show, suddenly revealing something to a total stranger. Granted, maybe it explains why he loves Earth so much, but it just plain doesn't make sense. I could get really nerdy and say "if he's half-human, then how did William Hartnell know it was 'far from being all over' - surely he'd be afraid that he wouldn't regenerate - but mostly it's because it goes against the grain of the show. If there's one thing we KNOW, as viewers, it's that the Doctor is an alien. Whether that means he's a mysterious figure, like he was early on, or whether that means he's a Time-Lord-From-Gallifrey... he's an alien. We thought we knew that, and now here's some stupid American show (made in Canada, of course) telling us he isn't. Bleh. Rory and Amy making a Time Baby with a Time Head, however... one thing we learned this past season - and this was a recurring theme, if you paid attention - is that the Doctor doesn't know everything, least of all about the TARDIS. For whatever reason, the mere fact that Matt Smith was acting surprised at that moment makes it okay with me. Don't know why.
  3. That'd be an amazing way to tie the show together for the 50th Anniversary - the Doctor starts a skiffle group in early '60s London!
  4. I'd be curious to know what your top 5s are ahead of time... you know, "Top 5 Most Bad Ass Moments" or "Top 5 Companions" etc... so we can speculate on what #1 would be... Clearly, Mike will have had a change of heart about Paradise Towers by then...
  5. Second that. I want to get a cat, just so I can name him "Lord NIIIIIIMON!"
  6. Just finished listening to the TV Movie episode... It's a mess, ain't it? But it's a really well directed mess with some decent performances - particularly McGann's Doctor. And it's really watchable... strangely watchable, considering how messy it is. There's lots of stuff people think fanboys and fangirls like, without any of the stuff they actually like. So, you get: gold dust, Gallifrey-in-the-constellation-of-Kasterborous, Skaro, continuity blah blah blah... but there's no soul to it. Or there is, but it's only there because the director has a really good eye for strange details and pacing and three out of the four leads are having a really good time. And that's the thing. As bad as it is, I still enjoy watching it. It's not even my least favorite Doctor Who story - by far. I'd much rather sit down and watch this one than some boring piece of cardboard like "Meglos" or some utter atrocity like "Time and the Rani." Or - lord help us - "The Space Pirates." Given a choice between this story and "Planet of the Dead", I'll choose the TV movie every damn time.