Doctor Who

[Davros sock drawer]

Oh wow, it's burned into mine alright. I was 5 when it aired and the Scaroth face reveal and the scientist's death by ageing are two of my earliest Who memories.

Watching it as an adult it's just a joy though. So funny.

[Cthulhu Steev]

Oh wow, it's burned into mine alright. I was 5 when it aired and the Scaroth face reveal and the scientist's death by ageing are two of my earliest Who memories.

Watching it as an adult it's just a joy though. So funny.

The worst ones for me were from the same story; the Master's face in the clock, and Tom Baker's foot trapped in some railway tracks. At least I think they were the same story, I should probably watch it again. I don't want to say the title because Sprite Machine spoilers

[El Pibe]

I LOVED the book where Tom Baker had the choice to stop the Daleks from ever happening. Was that Destiny?

[HarMGM]

The moments you remember are from the Deadly Assasin Steev. Just watched it myself a couple of days ago.

[Dr Derek Doctors]

I LOVED the book where Tom Baker had the choice to stop the Daleks from ever happening. Was that Destiny?

Genesis.

[Cthulhu Steev]

The moments you remember are from the Deadly Assasin Steev. Just watched it myself a couple of days ago.

Excellent. I knew the face was for sure, definitely going to watch it again. Oh boy, there was some other mental Kill Tom! stuff along with the train track in that sequence wasn't there? Careful of spoilers for Sprite though!

Genesis. Tom and the wires

[linkster]

I LOVED the book where Tom Baker had the choice to stop the Daleks from ever happening. Was that Destiny?

Genesis. There are more classic moments in that one story than all the other doctors combined

[Davros sock drawer]

Laughing clowns, WW1 gas masks, creepy surgeons, North by North West plane attacks, Samurai Warriors, drowning, and the aforementioned train tracks. The Deadly Assassin has it all. The Discontinuity Guide called episode 3 "a visual and intellectual tour de force of hallucinatory images", and they weren't wrong.

[linkster]

I think that's why Five Doctors works, were smart enough to nick the main idea

[Davros sock drawer]

I suppose that's true, hadn't really thought of it like that before.

The Master is so camp in that story. "These thunderbolts are everywhere..."

[cassidy]

Was my first ever purchased Target. From Newports John Menzies.

Prior to that my local library had a huge selection of hardback WH Allen ones. Never had the courage to read Terror of the Autons. The cover was proper scary when your 7.

[Exidor]

I don't know if it's been mentioned yet but The Works are doing three Target audiobooks for a tenner at the moment. I picked up Cave Monsters, Sea Devils and Sensorites in town. All unabridged, about 5 hours each. The offer's on their website too.

[Meh]

God, last week's episode was utterly abysmal.

[Hello Goaty ♥]

Yes meh, welcome to last week . Nerr nerr

Everyone. If tonight's is rubbish too, then there is no hope. Everything crossed.

[theredstar]

This is shockingly awful. Sun sized parasite placated by tuneless singing.

Bring back Sylvester McCoy.

[JohnC]

This thread's not going to be pretty this evening, is it?

[keineboom]

Terrible. At least when Moffatt writes an episode you're guaranteed some clever dialogue, plotting and characterisation. Tonight's was simply boring, which is a crime that is unforgivable in a Sci-Fi show.

[FishyFish]

I kept expecting The Illusive Man to turn up silhouetted against that star.

[Cthulhu Steev]

I noticed Davos on the preview for next week, must be another Dalek episode.

Also: They killed that system's star, how is that a good thing?

[SpagMasterSwift]

[sweetdaddyg]

goodness me that was awful...

[JPickford]

Nothing good to be said about that one.

[Commander Jameson]

I couldn't make out most of the dialogue in that one.

[JPickford]

Didn't he also write the excellent Luther?

[JohnC]

Seems he's also developing another Day of the Triffids. Why are they doing that yet again? It's not that long since the last one.

[linkster]

Terrible. At least when Moffatt writes an episode you're guaranteed some clever dialogue, plotting and characterisation. Tonight's was simply boring, which is a crime that is unforgivable in a Sci-Fi show.

Guaranteed?

[sweetdaddyg]

it was a bit....I kind of wish they would stop trying to be clever and just do some good old fashioned who

[keineboom]

Guaranteed?

Semi-guaranteed? I'd've preferred RTD to come back and knock out an episode than the shite I sat through this evening.

[Harsin]

Semi-guaranteed? I'd've preferred RTD to come back and knock out an episode than the shite I sat through this evening.

At least with RTD it was normally spectacularly bad in that way that it would encourage good rants and piss-taking. This was just painfully boring and the sort of thing you'll forget you ever watched in a couple of hours.

[keineboom]

Out of interest, what do people consider 'good' non-earth based stories from new Who?

Gridlock was pretty good wasn't it? What else though? I suppose Girl in the Fireplace has space bits in it too.