Stavros Posted January 22, 2013 Report Share Posted January 22, 2013 Been listening to eighth doctor audio adventures, great to see Susan brought back into the mix. Not sure about the final episode To the Death though. It seems like a remarkably silly evil plan. daleks turning earth into a mobile plague planet is just bizarre. Why not just use missiles to infect other planets rather than converting an already populated one and taking it for a galactic joyride to wipe out all life. Logistically its a shit idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted January 22, 2013 Report Share Posted January 22, 2013 The Daleks have tried to turn Earth into a car at least twice on TV, so I think doing it in a Big Finish was an homage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted January 22, 2013 Report Share Posted January 22, 2013 Definitly was, that was explicitly stated in the thing. Turning a planet into a warworld is a different thing though, you can kinda get the idea. How does a travelling plague world even work? Do they fly to Gallifrey and sneeze? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 We'll have to ask Ego the Living Planet and Mogo how that works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Mogo will just start blasting you with his massive ring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Phrasing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Mogo will just start blasting you with his massive ring. I didn't know planets could have flatulence issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Evil Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 New episodes are set to start on March 30th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davedevil Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Ugh. I NEED MY DOCTOR WHO RIGHT NOW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Then watch some Classic Who/listen to a Big Finnish/Kidnap a Doctor and force him to reenact that 500 fan script you have hiding in your closet. Take chances, make mistakes, get a 5 year prison term and a bad burn because Sylvester McCoy found the creme brule torch and is fighting back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davedevil Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 That reminds me, I don't think I ever mentioned this on the boards; I have been watching some Classic Who and listening to Big Finish, thanks to that Internet Fairy that we all love. I've seen all the Doctors in some capacity.First-First part of Unearthly Child, The Daleks, The Aztecs, The Keys of MarinusSecond-Tomb of the CybermenFourth-Robot,Genesis of the Daleks,Horror of Fang RockSixth-Revelation of the DaleksSeventh-Delta, Happiness Patrol, FenricEighth-The Movie On DVD, I have Pyramids, The Five Doctors, Remembrance, and Battlefield. The two Big Finishes I've listened to are Brotherhood of the Daleks(6. Good luck making sense of it) and An Earthly Child(8 meeting Susan and her son. Really good) It's funny you mentioned McCoy, since he's the Doctor I've really taken to. I know he's not the best, but I still get a thrill seeing him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Don't listen to them, he is one of the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Evil Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Probably should be stated that, while there's been bad episodes of Doctor Who, there's never been a bad Doctor. Every one of them has brought something different to the role and every one of them has done well with it (though with Doctors 6 and 8, the Big Finish stuff has been more helpful with it). McCoy gets a bad rap because he was the Doctor when the show went off the air, but the BBC was determined to kill it at that point any way after Michael Grade's regime of terror. Andrew Cartmell had tried his best to make it more intriguing, but it was equivalent to WCW's dying days where it didn't matter how good the shows were, the damage had been done. One thing I really appreciated about McCoy's run was that Ace was a much more active companion. She's very much an anachronism of the 80s (the leather jacket, the beatbox) but she was surprisingly complex and flawed and more than a little ballsy (can't imagine any other companion before or since taking a baseball bat, even one modified by the Doctor to a Dalek). Her sole purpose wasn't just to ask the Doctor questions thereby giving him an indirect method of explaining things to the audience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonC Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 And she liked to make her own explosives and blow things up, don't forget that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 The greatest companion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davedevil Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 I do have an issue with McCoy, and it's how he does anger, made apparent in Battlefield. Don't get me wrong, I love that story but "THERE! WILL! BE! NO! BATTLE! HEEEEEEEERE" just makes me cringe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonC Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 Yeah his anger sucked. But he only did it the once. Thank god. But there's a lot in Battlefield to make up for it, especially in the form of one Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stuart, being as awesome and magnificent as he could possibly be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 "It is a weakness, this lack of spirit!" "Try me." "Listen to me, Morgaine. Leave my world, or your son dies." "Ah, little man. What do you want of me?" "Get off my world!" "Pitiful! Can this world do no better then you as a champion?" "Probably. I just do the best I can." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonC Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 "I just can't let you out of my sight, can I Doctor?" "Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stuart! You recognise me then?" "Yes. Who else would it be?" That last is all in the tone of voice. Rueful and world-weary all at once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badhead Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 l love Moffat's comment about the doctor and Rose. Saying what a lot of people think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 Something occurs to me: Assuming BBC America keeps on showing a classic Doctor Story every month along with a special or something then I wonder if after McCoy, will they skip right to Eccleston or will they show The Movie with Mcgann? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 It's all down to the rights. I don't think the rights situation is as messed up as it used to be, so I would imagine August will have the Movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 Watched the Dalek invasion of earth and liked it, although the six parts did stretch my attention span a little. Plus the overall production of the show improved greatly by the second doctors time, which is why I find it far easier to enjoy those stories. Amazed by Ian though, he seems to be the most competant companion of all time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonC Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 Plus, he throws bad guys off pyramids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 David Bradley is playing William Hartnell in "An Adventure in Space and Time." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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