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Re: Doctor Who General
« Reply #60 on: September 12, 2013, 07:46:50 pm »
You and me both, but they haven't announced anything. here's hoping it's just a well kept secret.
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Re: Doctor Who General
« Reply #61 on: September 12, 2013, 09:26:08 pm »
I hope for Eight to appear too.  Could really help tie the classic series with the new one... as if it wasn't tied quite tightly already, I know.  Still the more ties the merrier. :D
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Re: Doctor Who General
« Reply #62 on: September 12, 2013, 10:09:56 pm »
Quote from: Booker DeWitt on September 12, 2013, 08:06:57 am


And I looked upon the answer to Martha hate and thought it... good. /John Simm's the Master
I'd actually have to ask that same question of Amy.  What did Amy ever do?

Difficulty: Of her own initiative.  What did Amy accomplish that was due to "Amy had an independent idea and acted on it" rather than merely acting as an extension of someone else's will?  An act that was not due to the Doctor telling her "Listen closely and do exactly as I say" ("The Eleventh Hour", "Time of the Angels", "The God Complex"), the Doctor planting a suggestion in her head ("The Big Bang"), or going along with whatever Rory was doing ("Angels Take Manhattan")?  She took it upon herself to wax poetic in "The Beast Below" and "Victory of the Daleks" that made someone feel better and avoided disaster, but other than that... I'm kinda coming up short.
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Re: Doctor Who General
« Reply #63 on: September 13, 2013, 12:06:18 am »
That whole "well, what have THEY done on their own?" thing kinda irritates me.  A character doesn't need to always be the centre of attention or act on their own volition to be a good character.  Amy trusted the Doctor, that's why she, by and large, went along with his decisions.  If you had someone you knew was your clear superior in an extremely dangerous situation, you'd defer to their judgment, too.  If anything, Amy was more human.

"I'm in an extremely dangerous situation where I may very well die.  Should I follow my own instincts, or the man standing next to me that's clearly survived fucking wars?"  Really tough decision, I know.
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Re: Doctor Who General
« Reply #64 on: September 13, 2013, 08:38:58 am »
Quote from: RavynousHunter on September 13, 2013, 12:06:18 am
That whole "well, what have THEY done on their own?" thing kinda irritates me.  A character doesn't need to always be the centre of attention or act on their own volition to be a good character.  Amy trusted the Doctor, that's why she, by and large, went along with his decisions.  If you had someone you knew was your clear superior in an extremely dangerous situation, you'd defer to their judgment, too.  If anything, Amy was more human.

"I'm in an extremely dangerous situation where I may very well die.  Should I follow my own instincts, or the man standing next to me that's clearly survived fucking wars?"  Really tough decision, I know.
I agree that a character doesn't always need to act on their own in order to be a good character.  But they still need to do it sometimes, otherwise they're not a character, they're a tool.  We need to see Amy occasionally expressing her own desires and ideas so we understand what makes Amy an independent person rather than an accessory defined solely by her relationship to the people around her.  What does Amy like to do?  What kind of aspirations does she have?  What motivates her?  What was her life like before she met the Doctor?

I can answer those questions for all the other companions, including Clara, but with Amy... I got nothing.  Her independent existence outside of the Doctor is such a vacuum that even her parents spontaneously existing again has zero impact on anything and is never mentioned again.  If you remove the Doctor and Rory from Amy's life and try to describe her as a person without referencing either of them... you can't.  There is just nothing there.
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Re: Doctor Who General
« Reply #65 on: September 13, 2013, 08:55:35 am »
I said the same thing about Amy in the other thread. lol

EVEN ROSE, THE FUCKING MARY SUE OF MARY SUES HAD A PAST OUTSIDE OF THE DOCTOR.

I just... Guhhhhh.
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Re: Doctor Who General
« Reply #66 on: September 13, 2013, 03:53:20 pm »
I just wanted to interrupt this thread with a GIF of three fighting a pterodactyl with a mop:



Also, this:

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Re: Doctor Who General
« Reply #67 on: September 13, 2013, 05:16:34 pm »
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Re: Doctor Who General
« Reply #68 on: September 13, 2013, 07:57:48 pm »
I'm super excited for the DVD release of the Tenth Planet this year, the Cybermen are my favorite Who villains and I've yet to see this and a few of the Troughton ones. The animation clips of episode 4 of the Tenth Planet on youtube look pretty good, the sing-song voice of the Cybermen is fucking creepy. I'm not really too keen on watching the reconstructions so I hope more of them get animated in the future.

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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB788m2iAnE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB788m2iAnE</a>

The aforementioned youtube clip. sadly the audio quality is poor but beggars can't be choosers, we're lucky that some fans made off-air audio recordings.
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Re: Doctor Who General
« Reply #69 on: September 14, 2013, 08:42:06 pm »
Before he was The Doctor Colin Baker sported a really awesome porn 'stace:



I just wanted to share that with everyone.
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Re: Doctor Who General
« Reply #70 on: September 14, 2013, 09:53:29 pm »
Ah yeah.  The fabled "70s Porn Colin".
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Re: Doctor Who General
« Reply #71 on: September 15, 2013, 07:09:27 am »
I wonder what it would have been like if he kept that moustache...
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Re: Doctor Who General
« Reply #72 on: September 16, 2013, 07:41:55 am »
Just dropping this here and then going back to my lurking.  :P
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Re: Doctor Who General
« Reply #73 on: September 16, 2013, 07:49:44 am »
That doesn't look remotely like a TARDIS and I'm embarrassed by how often that has been on my tumblr dash.
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Fucking Dalek twats I’m going to twat you over the head with my fucking TARDIS you fucking fucks!

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Re: Doctor Who General
« Reply #74 on: September 16, 2013, 07:55:06 am »
Quote from: Booker DeWitt on September 16, 2013, 07:49:44 am
That doesn't look remotely like a TARDIS and I'm embarrassed by how often that has been on my tumblr dash.

You need to squint your eyes/take glasses off and yes, there really is SOMETHING of the right shade of blue in that corner ; )
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