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Post by CRAMBAM on Jan 1, 2014 12:55:17 GMT -5
That's fair, but my point is that they have had that issue before. There are infinite numbers of planets in the universe, and some have similar names.
Kind of like how Superman's chest symbol looks like an S, but it isn't really an S, but a Kryptonian symbol of his family crest.
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Jan 6, 2014 23:31:51 GMT -5
Here are more pictures of Karen Gillan at the Fashion Show. Scroll down to the fifth posting ...she's Cute. forum.phun.org/showthread.php?t=1203120&page=2I only posted the one shot on my board. These came to my attention a little later on, but there's a sour puss over there who doesn't like nudity, even though to me stuff like this isn't any big deal, so I'll post whatever the hell I want over there, but at the same time, I don't want to appear as though I'm going overboard or am overdoing it either. |
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Post by captainbasil on Jan 7, 2014 8:42:35 GMT -5
Thanks, something to enjoy after work.
I just started Big Finish Productions 2 disc Doctor Who Anniversary episode The Light At The End. I've only finished the first half but so far it blows Time of The Doctor away. Tom Baker and Paul McGann have a great rapport and they really pay attention to the show's details. Doctors 4,5,6,7, and 8 are all in this one along with some of their most popular companions.
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Post by CRAMBAM on Jan 8, 2014 7:20:59 GMT -5
One issue I have is that I would argue that a very large chunk of fans, including myself, never really watched much with the classic Doctors. Wouldn't that affect enjoyment since presumably, there would be continuity references throughout?
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Post by captainbasil on Jan 8, 2014 9:08:07 GMT -5
One issue I have is that I would argue that a very large chunk of fans, including myself, never really watched much with the classic Doctors. Wouldn't that affect enjoyment since presumably, there would be continuity references throughout? This says it better than I could. While I'm a long time fan, I think both versions of the show are fine and the weird rift ( see Reddit) boggles my mind. This is probably the best multi-doctor story I have ever heard (or seen). I'm not quite finished with it. I'm going to listen to the end on my homeward commute. I think, Cram, you will especially enjoy McGann. He's the first Doctor you hear. Also Doctors 1, 2 and 3 make appearances thanks to some very good sound-alike actors. |
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Jan 11, 2014 15:52:24 GMT -5
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Post by CRAMBAM on Jan 12, 2014 11:01:05 GMT -5
I don't think that there's really so much a rift that I can see, at least not from my perspective. I have trouble watching the older ones, and they aren't available en masse.
I have what I have on netflix and will look into it eventually. I'm curious from a historical perspective.
I certainly have no animosity toward the classic doctors. Quite the opposite, as I wish we could see more of them in the modern era.
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Feb 15, 2014 19:18:02 GMT -5
If you download the clip, the download will be extremely fast.
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Post by captainbasil on Feb 15, 2014 19:42:36 GMT -5
Yummy !
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Feb 17, 2014 0:25:23 GMT -5
What, no other responses to Karen going au naturale?
I have to say, I'm a little surprise.
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Post by CRAMBAM on Feb 17, 2014 10:01:18 GMT -5
It's quite impressive, even if they did the Austin Powers coverup
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Post by TrekBeatTK on Feb 17, 2014 15:40:13 GMT -5
Liked the pics, but if I downloaded the clip, I'd go off extremely fast too!  -TK |
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Post by captainbasil on Feb 21, 2014 6:42:02 GMT -5
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Post by CRAMBAM on Feb 21, 2014 17:19:33 GMT -5
Somehow I can't see Lindsay Lohan doing that.
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Post by captainbasil on Mar 14, 2014 18:49:24 GMT -5
Below is an idea I had that I posted on the Who Reddit. I thought Cram might like my idea for a season for Paul McGann.
If the rumors are true, and I hope they are not, and Capaldi is a one- off, why not a season or more of Paul McGann? He's up for it and no weird retro-regeneration is required. Why does a time travel show like Doctor Who have to be linear ? Why not a season of Paul McGann traveling about in any time with a new or established companion ? Sure the show has had a chronological run as Doctors came and went, but why does it need to be that way ? Your thoughts ?
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Mar 16, 2014 11:07:20 GMT -5
Below is an idea I had that I posted on the Who Reddit. I thought Cram might like my idea for a season for Paul McGann. If the rumors are true, and I hope they are not, and Capaldi is a one- off, why not a season or more of Paul McGann? He's up for it and no weird retro-regeneration is required. Why does a time travel show like Doctor Who have to be linear ? Why not a season of Paul McGann traveling about in any time with a new or established companion ? Sure the show has had a chronological run as Doctors came and went, but why does it need to be that way ? Your thoughts ? I guess they could do it ...there's really nothing stopping them from being able to do it of course, but there are two things I feel are problematic for it as an approach. 1) People would already know how he meets his end, which would probably take some wind out of the sails with him stepping back into the role. And 2) He probably wouldn't be playing the character again long enough for it to really matter, but age could be a problem if he does it long enough given people know how he looked when he triggered his regeneration, which by the way, I had a problem with given that he was essentially wasting one of his lives there. |
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Post by CRAMBAM on Mar 16, 2014 13:11:22 GMT -5
I actually do like that idea, though it would be a real shame if Capaldi is one and done.
Instinct says Capaldi is going to be good.
I want to see a concurrent series with McGann. Not so much a spinoff, but a spin-sideways.
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Post by captainbasil on Mar 16, 2014 17:21:45 GMT -5
Don't get me wrong. I think I'm going to like Capaldi. I was just responding to the rumors that he may be around for only one season. I like McGann and really want to see more of him on video, as much as I love his audio Doctor Who stories. I have only one fear of Capladi. I don't want him to copy Pertwee. Jon Pertwee was my first Doctor and I loved him. But I want Capaldi to be his own Doctor. I'm sure every actor borrows from previous incarntations, I just don't want Capaldi to lose his own identity.
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Jul 15, 2014 0:19:52 GMT -5
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Post by TrekBeatTK on Jul 15, 2014 7:49:19 GMT -5
Speaking of the lovely Karen Gillan, is anyone going to watch her now sitcom on ABC this fall? At first I wasn't sure I was going to because the title, "Selfie", bothers me (I want that word to die a quick and painful death and never trouble the English language again). But it looks to just be a kind of modern Pygmalion, and besides that it's Karen Gillan. So I probably will check it out. -TK |
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Post by CRAMBAM on Jul 16, 2014 10:12:56 GMT -5
I might check it out, though it will likely last 2 episodes.
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Post by captainbasil on Jul 19, 2014 12:11:05 GMT -5
Words fail me. No they don't. The word is...Delicious. |
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Post by CRAMBAM on Aug 23, 2014 8:52:09 GMT -5
Just a reminder that Doctor Who returns tonight.
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Post by captainbasil on Aug 25, 2014 5:17:18 GMT -5
Just a reminder that Doctor Who returns tonight. I saw Deep Breath yesterday courtesy of my DVR. I liked it a lot but I don't think our New Doctor will go over with the Fan Girls. I like him fine and think he has better chemistry with Jenna Coleman than Matt Smith did. I don't want to discuss the episode until everyone has had a chance to check it out. |
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Aug 25, 2014 13:00:15 GMT -5
Just a reminder that Doctor Who returns tonight. I saw Deep Breath yesterday courtesy of my DVR. I liked it a lot but I don't think our New Doctor will go over with the Fan Girls. I like him fine and think he has better chemistry with Jenna Coleman than Matt Smith did. I don't want to discuss the episode until everyone has had a chance to check it out. I saw it and thought Capaldi did all right. Clearly he knows the character, but he's going to take some serious getting used to, since he's not exactly up to the task of performing some of the crazy stunts Matt Smith and David Tennant did when necessary because he's older. But I knew there was a boyfriend-girlfriend thing going on between Smith's Doctor and Jenna's Clara since the beginning. Notice how they made it a point to distance themselves from that now. Anyway, I have to cut this short, since my lunch break is over and it's back-to-work time. |
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Post by CRAMBAM on Aug 25, 2014 18:25:27 GMT -5
There's always an adjustment to a new Doctor. There is also usually some regeneration downtime, where the Doctor is messed up, so we technically haven't truly met Capaldi's version yet. He wasn't ok until the end of the episode.
The Matt Smith cameo was well done. I'm glad they did it.
It served the story and was a nice for the fans.
I'm sure Capaldi will be good. The track record for casting the Doctor is pretty good.
Peter Capaldi has appeared in Doctor Who before. There was a quote saying Moffat may be addressing that, and in this episode, they certainly alluded to something happening when Capaldi questioned why he got that face and how he has seen it before.
Also, the one thing I didn't like was Clara being confused about the whole regeneration process.
That worked for Rose because she didn't know about it.
But Clara has knowledge of every single incarnation of the Doctor. She is after all, the Impossible Girl.
She should understand regeneration better than anyone.
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Post by captainbasil on Aug 26, 2014 6:47:47 GMT -5
I hated the Matt Smith cameo. I had read about it months ago and hoped it was only a rumor. They were just calming the fan girls and it was an insult to Peter Capaldi. It's his debut episode. No other Doctors need apply. And yes, the Clara thing with the regenerations was idiotic.
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Post by CRAMBAM on Aug 26, 2014 7:19:20 GMT -5
If anything, it shows Capaldi's confidence in his own abilities. From the point of view of the story, the actors playing the Doctor are irrelevant. It's not like Matt Smith is popping up every week. The cameo helped Clara adjust to the new Doctor. That said, she shouldn't have to adjust because she knows all about regenerations.
Plus, I don't get the fan girl thing anyway. Matt Smith is one of ugliest actors out there.
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Aug 26, 2014 11:26:37 GMT -5
There's always an adjustment to a new Doctor. There is also usually some regeneration downtime, where the Doctor is messed up, so we technically haven't truly met Capaldi's version yet. He wasn't ok until the end of the episode. Yeah, but I think Moffat tried to deal with that and get it out of the way without too much distraction from it in this episode. We see him after he wakes up in his jammies in the bedroom early on in the episode, and we see him acting wacky through much of it, such as when he had that exchange with the drunk in the alley, but otherwise, beyond that, I think they went into how this Doctor will carry himself. Capaldi may also need a little time to get more comfortable in the role, which may affect how he comes across to the audience, but I think we did get to see what his version will look like. The Matt Smith cameo was well done. I'm glad they did it. It served the story and was a nice for the fans. I thought it was a nice touch, and cool of him to go along with it rather than trying to distance himself entirely from the role already. Peter Capaldi has appeared in Doctor Who before. There was a quote saying Moffat may be addressing that, and in this episode, they certainly alluded to something happening when Capaldi questioned why he got that face and how he has seen it before. I caught that and had seen the interview Moffat did that got posted last week where he said that, and picked up on it too when the character was contemplating his new face there in that scene, and it seems pretty clear to me that Moffat has already dealt with that probably, and that it's in the can and we'll see it at some point during the season. But I wasn't aware that the Doctor could choose a new face for himself once he begins to undergo regeneration. I figured it was something he had no control over. Also, the one thing I didn't like was Clara being confused about the whole regeneration process. That worked for Rose because she didn't know about it. But Clara has knowledge of every single incarnation of the Doctor. She is after all, the Impossible Girl. She should understand regeneration better than anyone. Yep, but I think Moffat was trying to get across there was her having difficulty dealing with this new incarnation nevertheless because he wasn't her Doctor, the one she knew the best and had worked alongside of leading up to this point. I think Moffat should have tailored his approach somewhat differently to that in how he handled her character though, and that he botched it by making her appear seemingly entirely ignorant of the process and what had just occurred with him. Moffat of all people should have had more sense to know that he could have gotten virtually the same point across by not making her appear so oblivious as to what had just happened to the Doctor. But I think what he was trying to get at there too, in essence, is that these two did have a boyfriend-girlfriend type relationship, and now, her boyfriend is gone and gone for good --the way she knew him as Smith's Doctor, and that's what she really couldn't deal with and didn't like, even though she wouldn't come right out and say it and acknowledge it openly. That more or less always goes on with the Doctor and his traveling Companion girlfriends when there's a sort of romantic-sexual entanglement taking place between the two. In fact, I still don't know what he was thinking when Amy literally threw herself at him, because those two did love each other as well. |
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Post by CRAMBAM on Aug 27, 2014 18:22:08 GMT -5
I didn't really feel like we got a true glimpse of how Capaldi will be until the last few minutes--during the Smith cameo. I don't think he was recovered.
THIS week's episode is the one to watch.
I always thought the Doctor couldn't choose his face either. But maybe there's more to it that we know. Maybe there is some control. Perhaps at this point in his life, it's subconscious.
The Tom Baker cameo sure strongly implied that the Doctor can actually revisit former faces.
Interestingly enough, it seems pretty clear that Amy was a big time favorite of The Doctor, and he even said he missed her in this episode.
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