tho just knock the score down to a quarter of the volume and it'll be okay tbh
― Audrey Wetherspoons (sic), Monday, 4 January 2010 00:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
I was vainly hoping for a score of eerie ambient electronic noises.
― Communi-Bear Silo State (chap), Monday, 4 January 2010 02:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, it's the intrusiveness which bugs me, which is surely a failing of some sound editor, rather than Gold himself. THough I, too, would love a return to Radiophonic Workshop ambient weirdo stuff.
― Attention please, a child has been lost in the tunnel of goats. (James Morrison), Monday, 4 January 2010 02:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
I suppose my problem is more with the mixing than the score itself, but my feelings towards Mr Gold were not greatly improved by that Doctor Who Prom they did (christ knows why I was watching this - that time of day where sitting mindlessly in front of someone else's telly choices is about all I can manage I suppose) mentioning Murray Gold's Amazing Wonderful Doctor Who Theme Tune approx 6000 times, Ron Grainer maybe once, Delia Derbyshire 0 times
― brett favre vs bernard fevre, fite (a passing spacecadet), Monday, 4 January 2010 09:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
i reckon if they're going to rip off windowlicker so badly, they might as well hand over the score-writing duties to mr richard d james - not like he's doing anything much else at the moment except hanging round the synth shed smoking weed
that would be a welcome return to weird radiophonic noises
― Karen Tregaskin, Monday, 4 January 2010 11:24 (3 years ago) Permalink
I really don't know why Moffat would get rid of everything else from the RTD era, but decide that Murray Gold is a keeper.
think his normal footwear will be black boots
The boots are Prada.
― ô_o (Nicole), Monday, 4 January 2010 14:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
All a bit wibbly-wobbly torchy-worchy.
― James Mitchell, Thursday, 7 January 2010 04:21 (3 years ago) Permalink
Looks like an old-school Doctor there, right enough
― stet, Thursday, 7 January 2010 04:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
A dalek turned up in "better off ted" this week.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Thursday, 7 January 2010 04:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
annoying gingers complaining about doctor who complaining about not-being-ginger giving the rest of us gingers a bad name:
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article6977818.ece
― Karen Tregaskin, Thursday, 7 January 2010 10:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
Awesome choice of picture there.
― Space Battle Rothko (Matt DC), Thursday, 7 January 2010 10:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
― Karen Tregaskin, Thursday, January 7, 2010 10:37 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
karen, i was on the fence about your whole steez, but this is the second lame anti-ginger comment in two days, so: get fucked, you highly annoying challops merchant/fake woman.
― Patriarchy Oppression Machine (history mayne), Thursday, 7 January 2010 11:44 (3 years ago) Permalink
Hearsay and rumours that this series will contain Winston Churchill (could be awful) and Vincent Van Gogh (could be amazing).
― Space Battle Rothko (Matt DC), Thursday, 7 January 2010 11:46 (3 years ago) Permalink
http://www.denofgeek.com/television/393564/doctor_who_new_series_writers_lineup.html
― ô_o (Nicole), Thursday, 7 January 2010 11:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
That's a decent line-up of writers, especially given that both the Unicorn & The Wasp and School Reunion are underrated episodes.
― Space Battle Rothko (Matt DC), Thursday, 7 January 2010 11:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
Set pic from the Vincent Van Gogh episode - http://imgur.com/MpnPR.jpg
There's other ones with what's supposedly the new 'bad wolf' running theme shown, too.
― James Mitchell, Thursday, 7 January 2010 11:58 (3 years ago) Permalink
Simon Nye?? o_O
― unpredictable johnny rodz, Thursday, 7 January 2010 11:58 (3 years ago) Permalink
Chibnall ;_;
― Audrey Wetherspoons (sic), Thursday, 7 January 2010 12:13 (3 years ago) Permalink
dear mr. mayne: i AM ginger
this might be why i notice these kinds of things?
― Karen Tregaskin, Thursday, 7 January 2010 12:18 (3 years ago) Permalink
am i missing something here or isn't 'karen' pretty obviously masonic boom?
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 7 January 2010 12:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
portmeirion :o
― conrad, Thursday, 7 January 2010 12:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
“I’ve still got legs. Arms, hands, lots of fingers, eyes, hair,” said Smith, 27, after completing his regeneration from David Tennant. Checking his new look, the eleventh actor to play the Doctor continued: “I’m not a doll. I’m still not ginger.”
what the fucking fuck he said "I'm not a GIRL" not "I'm not a doll" surely
whole show is ruined otherwise
― mdskltr (blueski), Thursday, 7 January 2010 12:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
the comment on that geek site linked to is rather wrong though - claims that the only historical personages the dr meets are writers?
since when was queen victoria a writer?
― Karen Tregaskin, Thursday, 7 January 2010 12:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
chibnall is doing the two-parter? argh
― Roz, Thursday, 7 January 2010 12:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
whilst Chris Chibnall (42) will pen a two-parter.
MEH. six Moffat eps tho, cup runneth over. question is who will be the new him and upstage the head writer?
― mdskltr (blueski), Thursday, 7 January 2010 12:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
blueski is correct.
Ward the obvious thing you're missing is that Masonic Boom isn't ginger!
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 7 January 2010 12:30 (3 years ago) Permalink
Six episodes is pretty hefty! Rusty usually did, what, four?
― Communi-Bear Silo State (chap), Thursday, 7 January 2010 12:30 (3 years ago) Permalink
he did 6 for s4. i guess it means Moffat will write the last 4 or 5, building up to big revelatory arc in similar way.
― mdskltr (blueski), Thursday, 7 January 2010 12:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
No Paul Cornell :(
― Space Battle Rothko (Matt DC), Thursday, 7 January 2010 12:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 7 January 2010 12:30 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
should i grow a beard?
― joe, Thursday, 7 January 2010 12:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
Get this shit off our nice Doctor Who thread, thx.
― Space Battle Rothko (Matt DC), Thursday, 7 January 2010 12:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
word
― mdskltr (blueski), Thursday, 7 January 2010 12:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
As a ginger w/no sense of humour I might normally mind that there comment but chose to hear it as slightly funny dig at everyone (apparently every Who watcher ever except on ILX) who takes violent exception to Donna for being, ooh, a bit ginger and over 25, both pretty shocking for a woman who gets allowed to be on the telly
seriously everyone I talk to abt Doctor Who except on here moans endlessly about her being the worst companion ever, which is just a bit silly if you look at the competition, even the nu-Who competition
(xposts) Hm, I was scanning for Cornell too. It says "returnees include" so I don't know if it's completely ruled out or not.
Don't know whether to be excited or worried about new Weeping Angels, since I loved Blink but thought it was very neat as a one-off.
― ⍨ (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 7 January 2010 12:38 (3 years ago) Permalink
question is who will be the new him and upstage the head writer?
I'm guessing that would be Paul Cornell, but is he actually writing any?
I thought 42 was an okay, certainly non-terrible episode.
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 7 January 2010 12:38 (3 years ago) Permalink
Just checked, Rusty wrote five episodes for each of his series.
― Communi-Bear Silo State (chap), Thursday, 7 January 2010 12:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
don't know if this was addressed on the last thread or not as i walked in just as it was ending but donna is probably my favourite of the companions so far in nu-who not least for being a bit smarter, older, less in thrall to the doctor than rose or martha
didn't expect that at all as i don't rate catherine tate as an actor or a comedian
― Karen Tregaskin, Thursday, 7 January 2010 12:45 (3 years ago) Permalink
I second that post.
― Communi-Bear Silo State (chap), Thursday, 7 January 2010 12:46 (3 years ago) Permalink
Conrad: The "Portmeirion" sign should be ignored. It's just a point of sale banner for Portmeirion pottery in the window of the shop at Cardiff Millennium Centre (for that's where that particular scene was filmed). The rest of said episode was filmed in Croatia.
― unpredictable johnny rodz, Thursday, 7 January 2010 12:52 (3 years ago) Permalink
But on topic, fuck a Crayons Chibnall two parter :(
― unpredictable johnny rodz, Thursday, 7 January 2010 12:55 (3 years ago) Permalink
:o
― conrad, Thursday, 7 January 2010 12:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
the planet Croatia i hope
― mdskltr (blueski), Thursday, 7 January 2010 12:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
The other thing to remember is that Rusty rewrote or got people to revise scripts to fit his view of how the series should be and presumably Moffatt will do the same. So a Chibnall script for Moffatt could end up quite different to a Chibnall script for Davies.
Looking forward to the Gatiss one, given that Rusty apparently trashed his original script for The Unquiet Dead and made him take out a lot of the darker bits.
― Space Battle Rothko (Matt DC), Thursday, 7 January 2010 13:00 (3 years ago) Permalink
there's still strong anti-donna sentiment out there? i knew there was circa "Runaway Bride" but i thought people had gotten over it during S4. anyway i loved her and apparently i've self-selected places on the internet to go where everyone else loves her too.
― Euclidian pizza mathematics (reddening), Thursday, 7 January 2010 13:00 (3 years ago) Permalink
does this also mean that moffat written script w/o rusty looking over his shoulder could be different from the moffat we've grown to expect?
― Karen Tregaskin, Thursday, 7 January 2010 13:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
Rusty said he didn't change Moffatt's scripts at all, so maybe not.
― Space Battle Rothko (Matt DC), Thursday, 7 January 2010 13:03 (3 years ago) Permalink
half-serious point but presumably now there will be fewer gay references? the occasional background character notwithstanding. i just can't imagine anyone consciously inserting gayness into proceedings with half as much vigour as Rusty.
― mdskltr (blueski), Thursday, 7 January 2010 13:07 (3 years ago) Permalink
"inserting", "vigour"
― Shart Habit to Break (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 7 January 2010 13:09 (3 years ago) Permalink
ITS LIKE I'M HIM
― mdskltr (blueski), Thursday, 7 January 2010 13:09 (3 years ago) Permalink
If only Frankie Howerd had ever been offered the Doctor Who gig.
― Shart Habit to Break (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 7 January 2010 13:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
Worth bearing in mind Moffatt wrote the series' first gay ref in The Empty Child and also pretty much outed the Master in that mini Davison ep. So you never know… Plus Moffatt loves to troll the stuffier fans so I wouldn't put it past him to try and outdo Rusty for the lulz.
― unpredictable johnny rodz, Thursday, 7 January 2010 13:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
gah
― why does Kanye say he was based on the novel "Push" by Sapphire? (sic), Monday, 20 May 2013 22:13 (Yesterday) Permalink
If I haven't watched any other Colin Baker stories, can I still jump into Trial of a Timelord?
― llama del rey (Leee), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 03:51 (7 hours ago) Permalink
yes
― the Quim of Bendigo (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 04:00 (7 hours ago) Permalink
but don't, it's terrible
― ¬╡▫ ▫╞⌠ (sic), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 04:13 (6 hours ago) Permalink
lol so conflicted!
― llama del rey (Leee), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 04:15 (6 hours ago) Permalink
(I mean, go in with the least high of expectations)
― ¬╡▫ ▫╞⌠ (sic), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 04:16 (6 hours ago) Permalink
it's great
― the Quim of Bendigo (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 04:16 (6 hours ago) Permalink
If you just want to see where the word Valeyard comes from, then be it on your own head, but do allow yourself permission to bail out - it does not actually pay off in the end, as the original writer died halfway through, and then the followup writer quit, and the replacement writers a) literally had to make up a new ending from the penultimate script with neither of the previous writers' notes, and b) are the worst writers in the entire history of Who
If you just want to sample a Colin, Vengeance On Varos is the least awful TV story. But alternatively he is the best audio Doctor, and has been in some of the best Who stories ever, in that form.
Also "his" run in the comic was pretty great, including two Grant Morrison stories and lots of John Ridgway art and the best companion ever
― ¬╡▫ ▫╞⌠ (sic), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 04:23 (6 hours ago) Permalink
oh yeah, the fact that 'trial' ends terribly is fairly important. just enjoy how bizarre it all is and don't expect anything to pay off after ep 4.
― the Quim of Bendigo (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 04:29 (6 hours ago) Permalink
The first story is genuinely good, the second has a decent core idea but that's about it, and the third... It could be a great Tom story, Agatha Christie on a space liner. Unfortunately, Mel.
The final section is a very NuWho idea, that all the previous stories have been a trap through space and time (in fact, Rusty used that exact phrase to describe the return of The Master, it was his season arc description) set by a Time Lord disguising his true identity. That the Doctor is conflicted and tormented by inner evil and some times doesn't know where it will take him.
― Troughton-masked Replicant (aldo), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 08:52 (2 hours ago) Permalink