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Doctor Who Series 8
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The Catholic Church just isn't up to the job these days.
Dr Who's scary reputation is based on a minority of its episodes and is largely a bit condescending. it's no scarier than Star Trek, which also has episodes based on horror themes with monsters that might scare kids.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Problem with the show is that it's all banter, easter eggs and style over substance. I want it to get back to actual stories, not clever trickery. That bank heist episode could have been really good but it was spoiled in the end by a predictable timey wimey twist.
And Danny is obviously not dead since we've met his descendant from the future. So why include all the ballache with an officious Chris Addison and that kid from Afghanistan? Was that necessary? That could have been time devoted to Cyberman awesomeness!
Whatever happened to a weekly adventure, largely self contained, not dependent on in-jokes, easter eggs, references and oblique foreshadowing?
easter eggs is a wank gaming term, when referring to proper artforms we speak of visual clues, inter textual references and plot points
*holds nose in air and watches a program about an alien in a blue magic box*
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
they tend to torment children in this life not the next
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
its not based on a handful of episodes. Its based on pitching episodes just scary enough so that young kids don'tactually shit themselves and cry but do get a bit scaredy. Hence the famous 'hiding behind the sofa/cushion' trope, all done in fun and the doctor always saves the day and kills the monsters. Its how it has always been
anyway todayskids have it even easier- for them as really shit it you can watch Doctor Who Extra so the kids can see behind the curtain and the man in the monster suit
Not every episode is scary, nor were they intended to be scary. Not even half. Some were (Image of Fendahl, Kinda/Snakedance, Robots of Death, Blink) most weren't.
I'm not even sure what the whole point of the dark water was for? To hide some cybermen in a museum?
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Excellent work. And now all I need is for you to reject the ridiculous use of story arc (which already has a perfectly good technical meaning) instead of subplot.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
pretty much. Oh and it gave them an excuse to do the skeletons looking at you frightener
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
The Master/Mistress is assembling a Cyberman army constituted of anyone who was ever buried (remember her point about the dead outnumbering the living?). The "don't cremate me" message was obviously a spiel to convince mankind to stop burning bodies/valuable Cyberman resources.
So nobody noticed all the graves being exhumed then?
So many grisly questions!
So many grisly questions!
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
It was completely cool. Total win.
And here's why:
/thread.
And here's why:
/thread.
If it's any consolation Clara, Danny died in the most peaceful automobile accident ever.
They were, when they were first rebooted and they deleted people and sent the rest to the room of chopping and cutting to become cybered up. Since then they've inexplicably appeared at random and done not much, even fight Daleks!
zoooo
zero tolerance for walkers
True, that episode was quite scary.
They just need to look... heavier and more roboty and substantial. They always just look like blokes in a slightly homemade cardboard costume.
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
i dunno about good guy but he was meant to be a complex mastermind
the entirety of the five doctors is basically rassilon trolling people from beyond the grave
he is't shouty mcangrypants
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Cybermen on a modern high street would be fucked, I'd just nip into Cash4Gold and the bastards wouldn't be able to get near me.
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
they *always* looked like that. Honestly - don't look to old who for costumes that look less home made.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
this is what we did before CGI.
That was ruined a bit by it being in the advert. The dark water twist was obvious because if that. I may not of guessed until the music cybus cybernen music played when the Doctor said obvious.It was completely cool. Total win.
And here's why:
tThat wsd slight
/thread.
There was always meant to be ambiguity. I think it was meant to play into the Cartmell masterplan.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
What's that building all the cybermen walked out of at the end?
I wish they hadn't put the cybermen in the fucking trailer, it made the clever trick with the logo a complete waste of time.
I wish they hadn't put the cybermen in the fucking trailer, it made the clever trick with the logo a complete waste of time.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
It's the Bird Woman's Patch from Mary Poppins. It's in that there London. There's a Cafe Rouge opposite.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Ah. I didn't see the advert.
Google says, nobody knows but there *is* a surprise on the way.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Some random character who was in one episode in the late 80s (when nobody sensible was watching because it's not Canon) for 2 scenes, in the background, returns?
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