Doctor Who

i think the people of Royston Vasey are supposed to be "love to hate", but I don't . I just hate them.

With what percentage of your hate?

I think the only New Series episodes I haven't seen at all are The End of Time parts 1 & 2. All other episodes I've seen (although I think Midnight and The Waters of Mars I missed some parts)

All that's worth watching in "The End of Time" is the bit where the Master turns everyone on Earth into himself and then calls them "The Master Race!" That's the only good bit. You can toss out the rest.

...That's mostly true.

I do like the parts where James Bond is on screen and spitting on people.

And the part at the very end, when Matt Smith shows up.

edited 31st Jul '14 7:32:22 PM by unnoun

Don't forget "God bless the cactuses!"

That's Cacti!

I love the shot of the evil Naismiths clinking glasses whilst sitting on their individual thrones, just beholding the Macguffin Gate. I mean, evil rich people probably spend their time lounging about in thrones in their leisure. That shot alone almost made up for that brain-drainingly terrible Master resurrection scene.

I find it funny that none of the Masters that were once female bothered to change their clothes at all.

Then again, I kinda like the End Of Time, but that's mostly down to watching it first, and then seeing everything else about Ten afterwards.

I don't like it quite as much anymore now that full context is in effect.

I felt that Day of the Doctor redeemed his hypocritical hyperpacifism by vocalizing what was behind it. "I've seen that, and I don't ever want to see it again, so I will do everything in my power to stop others from making my mistake."

edited 31st Jul '14 8:07:13 PM by TParadox

But his mistake wasn't holding a gun. In fact, we never once see him regret the things he did during the War, only what he did to end it. Last I checked, guns can't commit genocide! I mean, not without a hell of a lot more effort from the people behind them than the Doctor had to exert to end the Time Lords, and it's not like chastising the soldiers he sees wielding the damn things for being evil simply for holding guns is gonna do jack-all! And in point of fact, no one's stopping him from using equivalent (or on some occasions worse) weapons, nor does he ever stop and think about his use of them!

I mean, forget "The Doctor's gonna put a cap in your ass." Forget every pre-9 instance of Doctors holding guns. Even accepting the idea that the Doctor's pacifism is more deeply instilled post-war, he's still being a hypocrite, because he doesn't hold himself going forward to that same standard!

edited 31st Jul '14 8:41:50 PM by Wackd

I like how I don't even have to say anything anymore.

I don't think Twelve will be anywhere near as touchy feely or as pacifistic as Ten or Eleven. Set aside the fact that it's Capaldi playing him, this is an older guy who can let himself be an adult and put away childish things like "I never would" when the situation dictates otherwise.

I just wonder how much truth those two most recent tumblr posts we've seen reference Capaldi will turn out to have in them.

In the last RP session, I got drafted into playing the Doctor, and while I was aiming for a chessmaster played by Siddig El Fadil, I found a lot of what I was doing to come out like I expect Twelve to be than like Seven with an element of suavity. Except for some times when Ten and Eleven's silliness came out.

Isn't the Doctor in the RP supposed to be based on Lena Headey?

I mean, at one point it seemed like Zinnia wasn't all too clear on regeneration, or knew about it second hand, what with asking Ellie about it.

This one?

edited 31st Jul '14 8:57:24 PM by unnoun

I was given permission/encouraged to do a previous Doctor. So I could make the role my own or something.

Most actors are sorta given "generic Doctor" to start with.

Pertwee got Troughton scripts. Tom Baker got Pertwee scripts.

You could have done it Richard Hurndall style.

But the way he put it sounds like this Doctor had already found himself.

I'm hoping the end of the Zinnia origin adventure ends with killing off my Doctor.

Richard Hurndall.

Yes?

Best part of The End of Time is when the Master realizes Ten is going to shoot the crystal and gives him that, "Oh, you are clever" look.

edited 1st Aug '14 10:27:22 AM by resetlocksley

Nah, the best part was when Wilf purposely killed Ten.

Yeah, Ten dying was pretty nice.

I could have done without his last words.

Or his lullaby. Fuck you Ood Sigma.

Or his saying goodbye thing.

But yeah. A+ otherwise.

edited 31st Jul '14 9:43:22 PM by unnoun