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maxwellelvis Mad Scientist Wannabe from undisclosed location Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: In my bunk
Mad Scientist Wannabe
#46651: May 28th 2013 at 7:45:05 PM

[up]Dammit, unoun, now I actually want to see River in a sombrero.

Of course, don't you know anything about ALCHEMY?!- Twin clones of Ivan the Great
unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#46652: May 28th 2013 at 7:50:46 PM

How about you watch the episode instead of complaining about Moffat. Just a thought.

edited 28th May '13 8:08:27 PM by unnoun

GethKnight Since: Apr, 2010
#46653: May 28th 2013 at 9:30:51 PM

Four things and a lizard.

Wasn't Charlemagne involved somehow?

Null ... from ... Since: Apr, 2009
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#46654: May 28th 2013 at 9:40:12 PM

That was the incident in Belgium.

...
Gilphon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#46655: May 28th 2013 at 10:06:44 PM

Also, in Blink he was carrying a bow and arrow and Martha was talking about how some kind of migration was starting.

TParadox Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: The captain of her heart
#46656: May 28th 2013 at 10:39:31 PM

Filming Doctor is apparently like joining M16.

MI-6. M-16 is a machine gun, I believe.

Fresh-eyed movie blog
medicus Sierra 117 from Australia Since: Sep, 2009
Sierra 117
#46657: May 29th 2013 at 12:33:20 AM

God, that picture of the Doctor kissing River. He looks like her daughter.

Also, Strax thinks River is a man. He is the best character ever.

EVERYONE'S RACIST!
Hum, that's interesting. Lessee what their complaints are—

Doing nothing to increase understanding of the Holocaust.
Does a science fiction show catering mainly to children need to "increase understanding of the Holocaust"? I didn't see an episode of Thomas the Tank Engine where Thomas rescued a trainload of children being taken to Dachau.

Harking back to the ‘racial and class nostalgia’ of the British Imperialism with Peter Davison’s cricketing motif.
This person clearly went off her medication.

Edit: Okay, admittedly there are problems with Doctor Who's portrayal of race. I would not at all say the show is perfect.

Intro classes are awful. Like the rest of academia.
Philip Sandifier, eh? Well let's see what he has to say—

But let’s instead note that for anyone seeking the actual ostensible purpose of a college degree - i.e. an education - that the Internet is, for the most part, far better. I’ve never seen a class on narrative structure more thorough and informative than TV Tropes. A few hours on Tumblr can teach feminism and various social justice topics covered more thoroughly than any intro class in the world.
Bye Philip, don't let that door hit you on the way out!

edited 29th May '13 12:34:52 AM by medicus

It's not over. Not yet.
ThatOtherGriffin Since: Aug, 2010
#46658: May 29th 2013 at 12:47:55 AM

[up] Sure that isn't atleast partially ironic?

TParadox Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: The captain of her heart
#46659: May 29th 2013 at 1:28:24 AM

The only time Strax thinks someone is female is when they're male.

Which, in the past season, is admittedly most of them.

I was listening to a conversation with the writers and editors of Queers Dig Time Lords recently and I was very pleased with how much importance they placed on "it's okay to be disappointed in something you love in certain areas, but focus more on why you're still a fan anyway."

Also if I don't read any other essay, I think I want to read "New face, same old me", which is about a transwoman's transition and how when no other explanation for said transition got through to her friend, he understood "It's like I'm the Doctor, but I'm regenerating into a woman".

edited 29th May '13 1:32:23 AM by TParadox

Fresh-eyed movie blog
asterism from the place I'm at Since: Apr, 2011 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#46661: May 29th 2013 at 4:44:32 AM

TARDIS Eruditorum talks about Only Human.

WHY DOES IT TALK?! WHY WOULD YOU EVEN DO THAT?!

I like the Whispermen. They should totally be digitally inserted into a bunch of Classic Who eps.

...In fact, instead of just Richard E Grant glowering menacingly, it should have been Richard E Grant with a few dozen Whispermen.

edited 29th May '13 4:44:55 AM by unnoun

GaryCXJk Wants Captain N for SSBU Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Wants Captain N for SSBU
#46662: May 29th 2013 at 4:46:12 AM

On the Doctor Who racist article thing, do we even WANT a black Doctor? I mean, considering all the acts he's done both off-screen as well as on-screen, some of which are morally questional at best.

Signatures are for lamers.
hcobb Since: Jan, 2001
#46663: May 29th 2013 at 4:51:07 AM

Yes, the metaphor for the ugly British imperialist through and through.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22628484 The case for the prosecution? Colin Baker, Mc Coy's predecessor forced to wear possibly the most distracting costume ever devised for a leading man

Thank Goddess. The actor himself isn't insane. I was worried about that.

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#46664: May 29th 2013 at 4:52:31 AM

I don't see how morally questionable things are automatically bad. The issue might if they got a bit too insensitive and stereotypical. Which I'll be honest, the show usually stayed away from. Sometimes it plunged headlong into the offensive stereotypes, especially in the 60s, but overall the show has done an okayish job.

Nicknacks Ding-ding! Going down... from Land Down Under Since: Oct, 2010
Ding-ding! Going down...
#46665: May 29th 2013 at 4:54:22 AM

By televisual standards, maybe, but they're not good standards to have.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#46666: May 29th 2013 at 5:05:18 AM

[up] Baby steps. I'd say being the best around is nothing to sneeze at, so long as that isn't where we stop. We can always improve of course, but at the same time, being disappointed and angry when there are much worse things out there seems a bit of a dumb idea.

edited 29th May '13 5:10:36 AM by unnoun

PurpleDalek Since: Sep, 2011
#46667: May 29th 2013 at 5:13:05 AM

I want that Weeping Angel plushie. So damn much.

Nicknacks Ding-ding! Going down... from Land Down Under Since: Oct, 2010
Ding-ding! Going down...
#46669: May 29th 2013 at 5:21:42 AM

Unnoun, I think you posted that already?

Baby steps. I'd say being the best around is nothing to sneeze at, so long as that isn't where we stop. We can always improve of course, but at the same time, being disappointed and angry when there are much worse things out there seems a bit of a dumb idea.

But it's not the best around. The Wire was perhaps the best around.

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Zarek Rollin' rollin' rollin' from Jakku Since: Sep, 2012 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Rollin' rollin' rollin'
#46670: May 29th 2013 at 5:22:06 AM

[up][up][up]I'm wondering what sounds come out when you squeeze it. Angel Bob voice clips? Angel "laughter?" The little fwosh sound effect they make when moving?

edited 29th May '13 5:22:39 AM by Zarek

"We're home, Chewie."
unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#46671: May 29th 2013 at 5:26:08 AM

[up][up] ...Okay, yeah, you're right. I was just going off your "by televisual standards" thing.

edited 29th May '13 5:26:17 AM by unnoun

UltimatelySubjective Since: Jun, 2011
#46672: May 29th 2013 at 5:26:34 AM

[up][up] If only they could bottle the sound of doom.

If Moffat had any say it'd probably go off randomly in the dead of night.

edited 29th May '13 5:27:05 AM by UltimatelySubjective

PurpleDalek Since: Sep, 2011
#46673: May 29th 2013 at 5:32:14 AM

The Angel "laughter" would be perfect for scaring the shit out of kids.

Hug your new toy! HUG IT

Landorkus OH YES!! from The Core Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Robosexual
OH YES!!
#46674: May 29th 2013 at 5:43:11 AM

Perfect gift for any child!

(Agender. They/Them pronouns.)
IraTheSquire Since: Apr, 2010
#46675: May 29th 2013 at 5:45:22 AM

Who says it has to be making sounds at all when you press it? tongue


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