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Re: Dr. Who
« Reply #100 on: November 14, 2013, 04:52:04 pm »
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Yeah, I'm not a massive fan but I've watched most of the new series, definitely skip all the old retro ones unless you turn into a massive fan.

Some of the retro ones were a bit like SG1 when it ran out of funding (flashback shows, and ones entirely set indoors or on base)
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Re: Dr. Who
« Reply #101 on: November 14, 2013, 04:54:01 pm »
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Yeah, I'm not a massive fan but I've watched most of the new series, definitely skip all the old retro ones unless you turn into a massive fan.

Some of the retro ones were a bit like SG1 when it ran out of funding (flashback shows, and ones entirely set indoors or on base)
It's always so weird to see Ozle post coherent stuff.

Oh wait, I think this was the first time.

Technically this has a jokey poke at SG1 in it...
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Re: Dr. Who
« Reply #102 on: November 14, 2013, 04:54:09 pm »
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You should definitely start with "Rose."  There is nothing as blatantly unwatchable as typical Season 1 TNG in NuWho.  And hey, a lot of people like the 9th Doctor the most too. 
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Re: Dr. Who
« Reply #103 on: November 14, 2013, 04:54:56 pm »
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Clearly Paul McGann was the best Doctor....
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Re: Dr. Who
« Reply #104 on: November 14, 2013, 05:16:31 pm »
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Also, just watching a Dr Who themed Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Bernard Cribbins is awesome and pretty sure Catherine Tate is wasted...
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Re: Dr. Who
« Reply #105 on: November 14, 2013, 05:25:17 pm »
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I just really don't like the Eccleston dude.  I've never seen his Dr. Who, but I don't like him in anything else.
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Re: Dr. Who
« Reply #106 on: November 14, 2013, 05:26:58 pm »
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I just really don't like the Eccleston dude.  I've never seen his Dr. Who, but I don't like him in anything else.

I freakin' loved him in Heroes.

Oh god I just admitted I watched that show
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Re: Dr. Who
« Reply #107 on: November 14, 2013, 05:57:59 pm »
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My sister just recently god super obsessed with this. I watched the first couple episodes of the first season, wasn't all that impressed. Then again, they say that the first season is the worst...
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Re: Dr. Who
« Reply #108 on: November 14, 2013, 06:00:20 pm »
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I just really don't like the Eccleston dude.  I've never seen his Dr. Who, but I don't like him in anything else.

I freakin' loved him in Heroes.

Oh god I just admitted I watched that show

Heroes was excellent until the Writer's Strike.  I still saw it through to the end though, because I am loyal to a fault when it comes to TV shows.
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Re: Dr. Who
« Reply #109 on: November 14, 2013, 06:03:09 pm »
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My sister just recently god super obsessed with this. I watched the first couple episodes of the first season, wasn't all that impressed. Then again, they say that the first season is the worst...

It just slowly gets better and better. I'm re-watching it right now (the early stuff from 2005ish, that is) and it's barely recognizable as the same show with the 11th Doctor in it from a production point of view (by which I mean better writing, acting, directing, cinematography, the whole nine yards).
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Re: Dr. Who
« Reply #110 on: November 14, 2013, 06:04:33 pm »
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I'm finding it funny how everybody talks about the early episodes meaning from several years ago when my dad is watching the ACTUAL early episodes (60s).
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Re: Dr. Who
« Reply #111 on: November 14, 2013, 06:05:43 pm »
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I'm finding it funny how everybody talks about the early episodes meaning from several years ago when my dad is watching the ACTUAL early episodes (60s).

I mean, I'm doing that too! I'm currently up to "The Space Museum" (watching in order, I've seen many random episodes from then on).

I'm dressing up as the First Doctor for the 50th and everything.
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Re: Dr. Who
« Reply #112 on: November 14, 2013, 09:41:00 pm »
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Also, just watching a Dr Who themed Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Bernard Cribbins is awesome and pretty sure Catherine Tate is wasted...


.... Is Bernard Cribbins ever NOT just the most adorable and completely awesome person ever?

.... and is Catherine Tate ever actually sober?
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Re: Dr. Who
« Reply #113 on: November 15, 2013, 05:35:39 am »
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I just really don't like the Eccleston dude.  I've never seen his Dr. Who, but I don't like him in anything else.

I freakin' loved him in Heroes.

Oh god I just admitted I watched that show
Well, we'll just take it that you watched the series before the writers strike.
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Re: Dr. Who
« Reply #114 on: November 15, 2013, 08:15:14 am »
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I, too, watched all of heroes.  Season 3b was good, but everything else was a train wreck.  I kept hoping and hoping it would improve.
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Re: Dr. Who
« Reply #115 on: November 15, 2013, 08:32:15 am »
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I watched up to the end of series 1, which then had the massive cop out.

And then was ruined from 2 onwards pretty much by the writers efforts to make it never ending.

It started off with a few special people with powers and a big bad guy.

Sylar should have died at the end of series 1, thats what it was building up too and it not happening was a massive cop out which implied lack of original ideas and the need to carry over the same ideas.

By the end of it, everyone had special powers, even the guy who was investigating them.
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« Reply #116 on: November 15, 2013, 10:11:16 am »
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I watched up to the end of series 1, which then had the massive cop out.

And then was ruined from 2 onwards pretty much by the writers efforts to make it never ending.

So, you should like Season 5 onwards better. It's much more episodic and much less dependent on previous stuff. Much more like Season 1 -- only with a bigger budget, better companions, and fewer cop-outs!
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Re: Dr. Who
« Reply #117 on: November 15, 2013, 10:13:22 am »
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I watched up to the end of series 1, which then had the massive cop out.

And then was ruined from 2 onwards pretty much by the writers efforts to make it never ending.

So, you should like Season 5 onwards better. It's much more episodic and much less dependent on previous stuff. Much more like Season 1 -- only with a bigger budget, better companions, and fewer cop-outs!

He is talking about Heroes
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Re: Dr. Who
« Reply #118 on: November 15, 2013, 10:35:56 am »
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I watched up to the end of series 1, which then had the massive cop out.

And then was ruined from 2 onwards pretty much by the writers efforts to make it never ending.

So, you should like Season 5 onwards better. It's much more episodic and much less dependent on previous stuff. Much more like Season 1 -- only with a bigger budget, better companions, and fewer cop-outs!

He is talking about Heroes

Whoops! Missed that. Seemed applicable to Doctor Who Season 1 at first glance, too....
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Re: Dr. Who
« Reply #119 on: November 15, 2013, 12:12:11 pm »
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Blink has to be the episode. This is the episode I show to someone who had not seen Doctor Who before.
This is the episode my friend used to introduce me to Doctor Who.

The show is very intriguing a lot of the time. I haven't seen any of the classics. I've watched most of the first two seasons, but not much else.

It's hard to say what my favourite episode or alien/monster is, as I haven't seen those episodes in a while. "The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances" stuck out for me though, as did "The Girl in the Fireplace". I could have liked the Daleks if they weren't so overused, even in the reboot.
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« Reply #120 on: November 15, 2013, 02:12:49 pm »
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Blink has to be the episode. This is the episode I show to someone who had not seen Doctor Who before.
This is the episode my friend used to introduce me to Doctor Who.

The show is very intriguing a lot of the time. I haven't seen any of the classics. I've watched most of the first two seasons, but not much else.

It's hard to say what my favourite episode or alien/monster is, as I haven't seen those episodes in a while. "The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances" stuck out for me though, as did "The Girl in the Fireplace". I could have liked the Daleks if they weren't so overused, even in the reboot.

All 4 episodes mentioned in this post were written by Steven Moffat. While I still enjoy the series immensely, I feel that very little written by Moffat since he took over as head showrunner from RTD has reached the height of the above four episodes. He was at his best when all he had to do was tell a story, instead of write a series.
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Re: Dr. Who
« Reply #121 on: November 15, 2013, 02:14:12 pm »
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Its Children in Need tonight.......there is usually a Doctor Who part
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« Reply #122 on: November 15, 2013, 03:55:06 pm »
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Its Children in Need tonight.......there is usually a Doctor Who part

It was a 2-minute clip from the 50th...you can watch it here, unless you're me, in which case you're stuck at work.
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Re: Dr. Who
« Reply #123 on: November 17, 2013, 09:51:35 am »
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I just got into the show some time ago... Watched the first season which had the eleventh doctor (Smith) and really liked it. I have no access to his next season, so right now i'm watching the first season of #9 (Ecclestone) and while i don't like them as much, it's probably because i'm not used to the doctors old face. Or is it new? Damn that time travelling...
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« Reply #124 on: November 18, 2013, 01:54:22 pm »
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I just really don't like the Eccleston dude.  I've never seen his Dr. Who, but I don't like him in anything else.

I thought he was brilliant in Shallow Grave. His character wasn't all that likable, but then again, all of the characters were pretty much jerks. You felt sorry and repulsed by all of them at different stages.

I recently saw him in eXistenZ, though his character was a bit of a bore (which was admitted in the story as well, which was interesting).

He's an interesting Doctor, though he is not as whimsical as Tenant and Smith. He's cavalier about what's happening, but he also has a bit of a callous side to him.

I would say that Tenant and Smith are more fun.

I'm not familiar with the previous Doctors, though I have Netflix now and could remedy that.
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