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I could find you the exact quote if you don’t believe me.

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Those boxsets were actually a coincedance, I spoke to the head of the classic Doictor Who DVD range Dan Hall and he said if he actually knew the Master was returning he would have called it its original title of ‘The Return of the Master’ or something else with The Master in it. As with the Davros boxset he was quite surprised when I told him Davros was set to return the week before ‘The Stolen Earth’ aired, he said he would remember to set the tape :)

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The Slitheen are coming back in a novel in March-April as are the Daleks and the Judoon, I doubt we will see any of them enemies next year because of this.

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I hope that the finales arn’t a big deal under Moffat.
I also hope Moffat leaves classic enemies for a while but I hope by about series 7 he returns one, the Sea Devils would be great.
As long as the Daleks don’t return I will be happy, they have returned 5 times in four years, the only time that has happened in the past was when Who was starting and back then it was in the middle of Dalek Mania!

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>I just? the idea that someone could like the Sontaran two-parter more than Blink is as baffling to me as the question of why Carey Mulligan has stopped taking my calls.

I have explained it is not my type of story so the Sontaran two-parter which was very good (about 7.5/10) was better in my view then ‘Blink’ which was about 5/10, average, because it is not my type of story, its like if you hate musicals and they made a musical episode of Doctor Who and everybody loved it but you hate musicals and so hate the episode.
Plus I am a complete fanboy who loves old enemies being returned, the Sontarans were done justice in that episode, in ‘The Two Doctors’ the Sontrans were awful though the story itself was fantastic, to see the Sontarans back as a great enemy was very satifying.

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>The ?two guys in ?The unicorn and the Wasp??. It?s a 1920s mystery story about hidden secrets. Their secret is an affair, given a layer of poignancy by the fact that the guy is unable to express his grief publicly. It?s a comment on the mores of the time. Again, you can?t possibly mean ?It would have been better if it had been a heterosexual affair?. Why would it?
Guess your right! It was an episode I don’t remember very well as the last time I saw it was original broadcast when I usually don’t pat too much attention, I usually re-watch episodes a few weeks later but I have not got round to it.

>?The old women in ?Gridlock?? are two married people. You can?t mean ?It would have been better if it was a man an a woman?. Why? What?s the difference?

Would not have been better or worse, I just found it show horning the idea in, it felt like it, doesn’t mean that was what RTD was intending.

I know there is more gay characters in either series 1 or series 3 as I have not sene both for quite some time. It is much worse in Torchwood though RTD has only written one episode of that up to now so I don’t know if that is his doing.

I’m not going to discuss this anymore since really its not a major thing for me, the main problem as I see with RTD is his view on what is epic, millions of aliens attacking earth and killing of a bunch of people is not what I call epic, I think less is more, I felt that he got it right in ‘Journeys End’ when most of the action took place in one room, it felt smaller and to me more epic. Stories like ‘Parting of the Ways’,’Doomsday’ and ‘Last of the Time Lords’ are just over the top which go so over the top an ending is immpossible, while the ending to ‘Journeys End’ was a little out of the blue I could imagine Davros putting a switch to destroy the Daleks in his room, he hasn’t had a good track record with them has he?

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Merlin?!
I’m really enjoying ‘Battlefield’, near the end now, it is up to the quality of the other 3 season 26 stories certainly!

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> So you would oppose the idea of Rachel Stevens and Kelly Brook as nymphomaniac twins from the planet LesBos?

Save that for the weird fan fiction. I read one which included the Sixth Doctor, Peri, a skimpy robe and punishment from a power shower, I will never look at my favourite Doctor in the same way, I still look at Peri the same way.

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Oh I’m having fun too, I love a good argument, I am getting a little desperate now arn’t I? I just want it to continue.

>> it is completely irelevant to the plot and put in their for the sake of it promoting ?gay? which I feel is not needed.
>So was that opinion or fact? Just to clarify.
It is an opinion, many people might think characters are part of the plot no matter how small the character.

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There have been more than the ones I mentioned, just can’t remember now. It is right to discuss the issues in a kids show buit not to continue using it, just do that and then carry on.
I have two friends who are gay, both rescent too, I have nothing wrong with people being gay though I am in the field which believes it is biological rather then a choice.
Yes the “gay” thing is brought up alot, it is because this is a kids show, we have had Jack and he comes back regualry, obviously gay but who cares, with other characters it is completely irelevant to the plot and put in their for the sake of it promoting “gay” which I feel is not needed.

>> They are made on a parralel earth and not Mondas or Telos, not the proper Cybermen,
>Discrimination!
They are made on different worlds and are completely different things, Cybusmen are brains in a big shell, the Cybermen are humans who were dying and so needed to survive by adding mechanical parts to themselves. I found the Cybusmen closer to the Daleks especially with their cringe worthy catchphrase “Delete”.

>> I?m not a guy to watch a scary film, don?t see the point really
>Then could it be that the issue of Who?s scariness is yours rather than the shows?
It is mine, you are right, its my opinion, if i hate ‘Last of the Time Lords’ their is obviously a large portion of the general public who loved it, thing is what they think won’t change what I think though overrated things sort of get to me, I don’t know why. ‘Blink’ is a fine episode if you are into that sort of story but I’m not and it is why I didn’t really like it, its my problem.

>> The latest Sontaran two parter, spot on.
>And there you have it.
Do people on not understand opinions? The Sontarans two parter outside the awful catchphrase (I see a pattern) was great, the new costume was fantastic, better than ever, the first part was not promising but the second part explained it all and in the end it was highly enjoyable.

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I guess since I got into Who in 2003 it was the point were it could not be scary just entertaining. The only enemy that has sent a chill down my spine was the Dalek in ‘The Dalek Invasion of Earth’ coming out of the Water, now that was brilliant, coming out of the sand was not such a good idea though as is seen in ‘The Chase’. I’m not a guy to watch a scary film, don’t see the point really, I would rather watch a comedy, a smart film or an action film so when I watch Who I would rather it be a comedy, a smart story or full of action (The latest Sontaran two parter, spot on).

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>And to say that Turn Left is better than Blink is WRONG.

No, it is an opinion which alot of people disagree with, if everyone in the word thought I was wrong it doesn’t mean I am, it just means I have different taste.

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The old women in ‘Gridlock’, they have two guys in ‘The unicorn and the Wasp’. ‘Voyage of the Damned’ has one doesn’t it?
Jack is a great companion, while he doesn’t push it down you he is still obvious, don’t know how its done.
I think most gay people are not really obvious about it, I don’t see why he can’t just make a characters with an unspecified sexuality.
I do think characters like Jack are needed though, a positive gay role model leads children away from seeing it as a bad thing as is the perspective today from many kids, I just think Jack has done the job and now is in Torchwood, no more needed to be that obvious.

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>>the show is not called The amazing adventure of Sally Sparrow and co, I want to see the Doctor!
>And you did, more than you did in The Keys Of Marinus Parts 2 & 3, Mission To The Unknown, or The Massacre Parts 2 & 3 all of which went out under the banner Doctor Who. The effects of the Doctor?s travels on other people is a perfectly valid thing to explore, especially when revealing too much about your leading man is seen as unravelling the myth. The Doctor?s involvement in the episode as a fixed unchanging point was a very clever device.

I saw a repeat of the Doctor in DVDs and two scenes with him in, in stories you mentioned and I can add ‘The Seeds of Death’ to that the person playing teh Doctor needed a holiday, through each of those episodes the companion took centre stage, like in ‘Turn Left’, it still felt like Doctor Who, ‘Blink’ did not, it felt as I said like the amazing adventures of Sally Sparrow.
‘Mission to the Unknown’ was about the Daleks, when you see the Daleks it feels like Who.

>>shame he didn?t use the Cybermen, he used some weird alternative robot.
>They are Cybermen, get over it.

They are made on a parralel earth and not Mondas or Telos, not the proper Cybermen, I call them Cybusmen.

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>>I guess when Who tries to be out-right scary I just lose interest.
>You are going to hate Series 5.
I doubt Moffat will make it out right scary all the way through, I think he will move to comedy for atleast the first episode.

>>Midnight? was alot like ?The Edge of Destruction? in that an unknown alien was outside the ship and attacking
>That isn?t what happens in The Edge of Destruction.
I used the wrong word, unknown force was disrupting the TARDIS, ‘Midnight’ was a little too much like ‘The Edge of Destruction’ for me, not to say it wasn’t a good episode, I just think many new series episodes get too much praise, ‘Blink’ and ‘Doomsday’ mainly.

Matt Smith mentioned he read episode 1 and 4 and it sounded like Moffat written both of them.

By the way I wouldn’t watch the new series if I wasn’t a fan, episodes like ‘Last of the Time Lords’ make me angry when they are meant to be epic and have the opposite effect (ever heard of less is more?) but so do classic series episodes, ‘Time and the Rani’ is the definition of pile of shit.
I seem bitter to the new series because it is not what it used to be or what it is in Big Finish, the viewer deserves more than CGI that really is not very good in the first place compared with other shows, ‘The Lazerus Emperiment’ was terrible. RTD written an intelligent storyline in ‘The Next Doctor’ but look what happened, big CGI robot, what was the point? It didn’t ruin the episode but it would have been alot better without it, one is reminded of the robot from ‘Robot’, couldn’t they learn it was a bad idea then, it is a bad idea now.
I also think RTD is pushing the “gay” agenda down too much, “not that theres anything wrong with that” as in being gay but looking over episodes I am just shocked by the amount of gay characters, it is unrealistic, I have nothing wrong with a gay character but the amount he bringsd in is just sticking it too far down us, why didn’t he bring in a gay companion, does Jack count?
I don’t want an intelligent story every time, RTD gets the definition of fun romp perfect in his opening stories, they set a great tone for the rest of the series.

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>I nominate this thread for Hall Of Complete Shit status

Mr Flibbles very cross…

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I placed it there because it matched the classic series layoput but not the new series, I put it on the end because it doesn’t totally match up, it was either there or on the end of ‘Logopolis’ for its original air-date which would split up the Master trilogy.

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You can tell Mr Flibble has sympathy for the alien, he conveys so much emotion.

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Mr Flibble has contacts, not just the things to help with eyes!

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Possibly a DVD extra on ‘Dragonfire’? Ace’s top ten arse-tastic moments.

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I only have one problem, they will probably be all out of sync, in one room Kryten will be going “Yes Mr Lister, sir” and in the other Rimmer will say “Smeg”.

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Yes, I’m sorry, I done it once and it did change the flow of the discussion, the next time it didn’t really matter, if it does change the flow of the discussion I will leave my spelling errors alone.

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> fine don?t like people on message boards but don;t mock us!

Yeah, because that?s a depth online posters would never stoop to. Come on?

High profile writers such as himself should really take the higher ground don’t you think, some people on message boards are idiots who mock the person, RTD is just copying them and is no better, so when he acts like he is better then them I just feel he is a little, whats the word?

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I don’t think the production team were against a black Doctor, they just found the person they thought were best, I don’t doubt the award winning writer on his choice.

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If it was a black actor he would be shrouded by that fact and not by the fact that he is the 11th Doctor. Even if he wasn’t “token” he would always be seen that way by the media which is a great shame.

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Thanks!

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>SoundableObject; you?re obviously quite a big fan of Doctor Who

Was it my DVD collection behind Mr Flibble that shown you?

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How do I quote?

I guess you are right about ‘Human Nature’, it is good to see it reach a bigger audience, its just I prefer it when Who goes into new original directions.

Anyway I have read several interviews were RTD says fans on message boards don’t like his episodes and has mocked people on message boards, I don’t attack him personally until he does it to me. In one interview he compared fans to mosquitoes, too far I think, fine don’t like people on message boards but don;t mock us!
I think when people attack RTD for being gay or for any other reason it is wrong accept for his writing, they can say they can hate an episode and even attack the episode (though not really apt word to use). He is in the proffesion of writing so when he says in interviews that people on message boards are like mosquitoes for mocking an episode of his then he should really stop working for such a high profile show, wait a minute.
I actually like alot of RTDs episodes (Partners in Crime, Journeys End, Smith and Jones, The Christmas Invasion, The Next Doctor) and over all I praise them more than I bash episodes I hate (Parting of the Ways, Doomsday, Last of the Time Lords, Voyage of the Damned) and many other people on message boards are the same. Over all I just think certain comments from him have gotten me angry and have just led me to dis-like the guy, he is a good writer and a funny guy but he offends me too much.

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They are written by the same guy in each cases but why? Why not get the guy who written ‘Jubilee’ and say write something original, I hate them re-making previous Who, why re-make it when you have a universe of ideas to explore.

‘Midnight’ was alot like ‘The Edge of Destruction’ in that an unknown alien was outside the ship and attacking, the crew aboard become suspicious of each other.

I have never met RTD but comments from him about people on message boards who don’t like his episodes are just, well, it is a bit up his arse of him to say we can’t not like his episode and discuss it isn’t it?

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Oh and just because I don’t like ‘Blink’ you think my opinion is no longer valid, we are all different, if we were all the same ‘ME2’ would happen. I think ‘Blink’ would probably be average for me if it wasn’t so overhyped, to me I watch Who to see that over-active alien from Gallifrey, not some bird (that is a double entendre) scared of statues, I do understand what that episode was about but I just didn’t find it entertaining in the end, I guess when Who tries to be out-right scary I just lose interest.

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I quite like this – http://thisisnotthedoctor.ytmnd.com/

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I liked the dark comedy of ‘The Two Doctors’ as well as my third favourite Doctor and favourite Doctor working with my two favourite companions to fight somthing Who is a staple for, a terrible costumed monster (Sontaran).

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While I would like a grandfather figure I doubt it would work in modern day Who, the audience would go crazy, especially the fan-girls.

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He seems to be alot like McGann, maybe it is just me hoping but I think he will be a mix of Davison and McGann. Funny on certain forums they are saying he is too young when Davison was only a couple of years older, I doubt they would have liked anyone who took the part unless it was Tennant’s evil twin brother or Billie Piper.

Well its got me exited, Who has a bright future once up-his-arse RTD leaves, I was never so bitter to RTD until I listened to Big Finish Audio and saw just how much he steals.

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It is popular and I higly enjoy it but I hate RTD as a person, I will be much happier when he is far away from the show so I don’t have to here is up-he-arse comments about how great he is and how great the show is because it is all him being up his arse.
Oh and ‘Blink’ was barely average if you ask me, the show is not called The amazing adventure of Sally Sparrow and co, I want to see the Doctor! And please, it is easy to blink one eye at a time, try it.
‘Human Nature’ was based on a virgin novel, hardly an original idea but a great two parter.
‘Midnight’ was repetitive and boring and too unoriginal for me.
Lets name more popular episodes of the new series –
‘Dalek’ – Based on an audio called ‘Jubilee’, it was about half as good.
‘Doomsday’ – Hoover! I would like to re-name it “Canon Fodder of the Daleks’. RTD has actually said in an interview that this episode was to show how much better the Dalek swere to the Cybermen, shame he didn’t use the Cybermen, he used some weird alternative robot.
‘The Empty Child’ – Brilliant, you can see why Moffat is getting the job.
‘Girl in the Fireplace’ – Brilliant, you can see why Moffat is getting the job.
‘Silence in the Library’ – Do I have to say it again.

Lest we not forget the biggest punch in teh face for every hardcore Doctor Who fan in the shit fest that was ‘Last of the Time Lords’, hello gollum, my you look like David Tennant, hello Jesus, my you look like David Tennant. Lets all think world peace at the same time all across the world and see if it happens.

As much as it seems I dis-like the new series I do enjoy it, I look forward to 2010 alot. It is just annoying because I enjoy the Confidential show and it is full of RTD comments which are just him being up his own arse. He is a good writer as long as he sticks to small scale character driven plots, he needs some original ideas though.

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Either that or nobody wants a broken cassandra, the only people I can see buying it are collectors.

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I saw a broken cassandra the other day in Woolworths for a pound after the money was taken off, I didn’t buy one, ?1 is too much, nobody was buying any, it was the only figure that was on the shelf, they had about twenty of them.

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If they have casted the actor already I think its safe to say he will appear at the end of 4.18.

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Mine isn’t very imaginative, but he is my own Flibble. I like most of them on here, some are just crazy (which is the reason I love them). I like your, erm, is it soup?

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I understand why you might not like ‘Revelation of the Daleks’, it was written by a guy who hated Colin.

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‘Vengeance on Varos’, ‘The Two Doctors’ and ‘Revelation of the Daleks’ were all great if you ask me though I know not alot of people agree with me, infact season 22 is my favourite in the entire run of the show, the only stories from his era I really didn’t like were ‘Mark of the Rani’ and ‘The Twin Dilema’.

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All I want in terms of music for series 5 is a change in theme, I liked it in 2005, once it reached ‘Voyage of the Damned’ they ruined it.

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Thanks, good to see another Colin fan.

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RTD has changed his tune, in DWM he said the last special had an old companion and ‘Planet of the Dead’ would have a young companion, I think it was DWM 402.

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He is my favourite Doctor, MR McGann is in second. If you have listened to BFA you will understand why Colin is my favourite, he is regularly voted number 1 out of the 4 BFA Doctors in polls. Couldn’t recommend BFAs more, 10 times as good as the new series, 2 times as good as the classic series.

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‘Trial of a Time Lord’ has one title, I am in the school that consierd it one story, I thought it was near perfect, perfect Doctor, perfect enemy and some money put into it (seemingly, they must have saved loads by using the same set through most of it). If you have seen the DVD too you will know it has better extras than even Red Dwarf DVDs! Even The Bodysnatcher Boxset!

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Newspapers are desperate, they are quickly becoming obsolete.

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>They?ve got some pretty good ins with the production and have – perhaps sadly –
>been right much more often than they?ve been wrong.
But they should never be wrong, they ae meant to be supplying infomation, if that infomation is wrong then what are people paying for, maybe they need an apology page.
Besides why do they need to talk about Who, why can’t they print actual news which doesn’t involve TV or breasts.

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Even if The Sun is right sometimes have they ever explained why they have been wrong or apologised.

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The Sun? Would you trust them? Total rubbish, It said Morrisey was the next Doctor. It said Tennant was regenerating at the end of series 4. It said Tennant was regenerating at the middle of series 3. Oh and lets not forget “The Truth”.

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