oh god
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 18:32 (eleven years ago) link
nooooooooo
― snapchats and tattoos (c sharp major), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 18:38 (eleven years ago) link
it is the single worst idea I have ever seen in Doctor Who, and this is a series that:
- had a bad guy die by karate-kicking a giant walking electric eel (Warriors of the Deep)- ended an episode with a literal "cliffhanger" (Dragonfire)- had the Doctor break the fourth wall to wish the viewers "Merry Christmas" (The Chase)- wrote a gratuitous gay sex scene into the middle of a stakeout so that the book's coda could declare a cure for HIV/AIDS (Damaged Goods)- allowed Fear Her and The Idiot Lantern to be shown on television
― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
Ha, oh shit, that will be rubbish!
― ailsa, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
had a bad guy die by karate-kicking a giant walking electric eel (Warriors of the Deep)
Now I want to see Warriors of the Deep because that sounds hilarious. I've managed to watch a lot of the old series on Netflix but I'm still a ways away from watching them all.
― The last of the famous international Greyjoys (Nicole), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 18:42 (eleven years ago) link
oh man, I left out "built an entire episode around the shocking idea that a machine designed to pull people apart might kill someone (The Leisure Hive)" and "Tried to pass Nicola Bryant off as an actual American"
xp: I actually love "Warriors of the Deep" and that entire final Davison season because it just piles bleakness on top of bleakness on top of bleakness, but that specific scene could have been handled differently
― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 18:44 (eleven years ago) link
Unfortunately it rings all too true with things I've also heard.
I guessed some considerable time ago one of the series cliffhanger plots involving a companion (and, I think said so here).
The John Hurt thing seems more than credible.
'merry Christmas' isn't from The Chase, it's from The Feast of Steven during Dale Master Plan.
You also appear to be missing that Rusty's big plan for the (thankfully unmade) "best ever" Christmas special was to crossover with a reunited Star Trek TNG cast but the Americans thought he was a prick. (This is in his book about how he was the best thing ever to happen to Doctor Who.)
― Troughton-masked Replicant (aldo), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 18:52 (eleven years ago) link
oh dammmit you're right re: Dalek Master Plan
― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
x-mas spoiler: SO dumb that it just might work????
― a sentimental knife (reddening), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
let me think about that
...
... nope
also I never heard about that TNG crossover, or if I did I completely blocked it from my memory because it was just. so. stupid
― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 18:55 (eleven years ago) link
He devotes something like 20 pages to it in The Wanker's Tale and about how much of a genius it makes him. HOOT!
― Troughton-masked Replicant (aldo), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 18:58 (eleven years ago) link
the more I realized that Rose was RTD's mary sue, the more I started hating the character
― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 18:59 (eleven years ago) link
http://media.tumblr.com/df8543798f07aacbfa189b9d093f41c4/tumblr_inline_mlkmb0LXWl1qz4rgp.gif
― The last of the famous international Greyjoys (Nicole), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:00 (eleven years ago) link
okay Nicole that is incredible
― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:03 (eleven years ago) link
I can't help thinking of New X-Men.
― Troughton-masked Replicant (aldo), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:05 (eleven years ago) link
If anyone wants an EARLY piece of evidence I am genuine, I could give you all spoilers from ANY up coming BBC programme... Just pick one!
It's one thing to say 'Cardiff we have a problem' and it's another to beg to be blacklisted
― Brakhage, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 20:36 (eleven years ago) link
it's a bullet point in the post titled "Clarity"
I refuse to retype it because that might make it come true
― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 04:29 (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
oh fuck no
― mistah WRIGHT! WHAT you doin'? (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 22:37 (eleven years ago) link
brace yerselves
geronimHO HO HO
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 22:39 (eleven years ago) link
re this lot of rumours: this is the sort of thing that might come out of a production that was failing, but the fact that it's still hugely successful (critically and viewerly) means this sort of thing would normally be tolerated.
the best parallel i can think of is in australian politics, where our last pm was so reviled by his own party for being tyrannical and ruthless that he was rejected by his own party, and then subsequently fought off like six times by a government which is actively falling to pieces. assuming at this point that moffat really is so horrible to work with that the production would rather just not be making the show at all.
as aldo said, this isn't coming from nowhere either. rumours touching on this have been floating around for ages.
xp noooooooooooooooo
― mistah WRIGHT! WHAT you doin'? (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 22:46 (eleven years ago) link
btw 'series 8 intentions' reads a lot like 'series 27 intentions'
- metatraxi- safe-cracking companion- lungbarrow
― mistah WRIGHT! WHAT you doin'? (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 22:56 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.digitalspy.com.au/british-tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a477531/doctor-who-brian-minchin-to-be-new-executive-producer.html
― mistah WRIGHT! WHAT you doin'? (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 05:34 (eleven years ago) link
More spoilers.
I have a bad feeling about this...the xmas rumor is probably true.
― The last of the famous international Greyjoys (Nicole), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 13:46 (eleven years ago) link
tbh I am fine with the Omega idea
― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 13:52 (eleven years ago) link
unless of course it ends up that Omega is (Xmas rumor) in which case I may have to hunt and sleigh
― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 13:53 (eleven years ago) link
Oh, I'm not saying that that's a bad idea but it makes his other claims (like the xmas special) seem a bit more credible.
― The last of the famous international Greyjoys (Nicole), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 13:55 (eleven years ago) link
I know that the Daleks are the original Who monster but I've always felt like Omega is the ultimate Who boogeyman thanks to him being the bad guy in The Three Doctors
I also love the pattern of Gallifrey's greatest heroes turning into monsters that threaten the cosmos, because what does that mean for the Doctor?
― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 13:57 (eleven years ago) link
Xmas rumour sounds like terrific fun, I am also mega-down with Feast Of Steven
― charli.xlsx (sic), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 14:26 (eleven years ago) link
can we avoid being so open about rumours in case they turn out to be real spoilers though
― charli.xlsx (sic), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 14:27 (eleven years ago) link
(or "rumours" since they're just one blatantly attention-seeking bloke on a blog, not accreted murmurs)
― charli.xlsx (sic), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 14:45 (eleven years ago) link
That blog post reads as hysterically overdramatic comedy butthurt to me but this is Doctor Who I suppose.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 15:04 (eleven years ago) link
Agreed, the Xmas rumour strikes me as a fun idea actually.
I imagine many, or even most, shows have similar background stories.
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 16:34 (eleven years ago) link
I'm sorry Chuck, now we have to kill you
no hard feelings?
― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 17:27 (eleven years ago) link
― Matt DC, Thursday, 2 May 2013 01:04 (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
instantly thought of ian levine when i read this
― mistah WRIGHT! WHAT you doin'? (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 22:13 (eleven years ago) link
I made it through Happiness Patrol, you can't hurt me anymore
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 22:32 (eleven years ago) link
Oh god how did I miss the that when I was listing stupid things that happened in Doctor Who
Fucking Delta and the Bannermen too, ffs
― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 22:38 (eleven years ago) link
watching Happiness Patrol tonight, RIP Helen A
― charli.xlsx (sic), Thursday, 2 May 2013 00:21 (eleven years ago) link
!!!
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
okay lol
― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:33 (eleven years ago) link
actually you know what was a super underrated 7th Doctor story that gets lumped in with the terrible ones but has a fantastically creepy kernel and is surprisingly enjoyable, is Paradise Towers
I have a hell of a lot of affection for that story, particularly as it came on telly when I was nine. The cleaner robots really shat me up at the time (think we've been through this before).
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:46 (eleven years ago) link
I watched it again a few years ago, and while it's not in the least bit scary anymore it's good campy fun.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:48 (eleven years ago) link
It's probably been a good 10 years (or more!) since I last saw it but I remember being amazed that there was a good story there fighting to break through a terrible, terrible production
― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:52 (eleven years ago) link
I feel like their enjoyable creepiness probably owes more to their poor production values than any kind of artistic choice (see also: all Carry On movies), but still, you take what you can.
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 2 May 2013 16:24 (eleven years ago) link
the only part of PT that doesn't really make any sense no matter how you spin it is Mel's "I don't care if this whole place is a series of deathtraps, my ass is going swimming" determination
― far too much asshole flesh (DJP), Thursday, 2 May 2013 16:27 (eleven years ago) link
Mel is a complete moron, I don't expect her character to make any sense.
― The last of the famous international Greyjoys (Nicole), Thursday, 2 May 2013 17:44 (eleven years ago) link
this is the case of every Cartmel story* bar Remembrance, which still has to deal with all-video and Keff McCulloch
so with that said, Happiness Patrol is amazing and kid-me was a fool to hate the Kandyman *nb: Time And The Rani and Silver Nemesis were JNT commissions
― charli.xlsx (sic), Thursday, 2 May 2013 22:59 (eleven years ago) link
ha ha, the comments at Wife In Space are full of people who also hated it as kids loving it on rewatch 26 years later
― charli.xlsx (sic), Friday, 3 May 2013 06:47 (eleven years ago) link
Would've been a very average episode in the Tennant era, but now its straightforwardness was rather refreshing. I liked the sepia sequence.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Saturday, 4 May 2013 18:27 (eleven years ago) link
Diana Rigg was great. The death of Mr Sweet reminded me of Eraserhead.
― DavidM, Saturday, 4 May 2013 18:35 (eleven years ago) link