DoctorDitko Posted December 14, 2023 Posted December 14, 2023 You are so right! RTD2 seems to have matured as a writer, but c'mon! Can't he at least live up to "reverse the polarity of the neutron flow?" "Triple-drive the particle manifesto?" "Vindicate the cyberline and roast the hyperfeeds?" "Inculcate the plexidrones?" "Shatterfry the positrons?" C'mon, RTD2! You can up your game! Ask one of many sciencey Whovians out there! Disclaimer: Not a medical doctor. Do not take medical advice from Doctor Ditko. Also, not a physicist. Do not take advice on consensus reality from Doctor Ditko. But games? He used to pay his bills with games. (He's recovering well, thanks for asking!)
ThaOGDreamWeaver Posted December 14, 2023 Posted December 14, 2023 (edited) Neutron flow? Neutron flow? Bah. Easy. I could flip that with two chopsticks, a coil of wire and old copy of Guitar Tech Monthly. But if he messed with the polarity of Klystron Generator... now that's REAL drama. Edited December 14, 2023 by ThaOGDreamWeaver WAKE UP YA MISCREANTS AND... HEY, GET YOUR OWN DAMN SIGNATURE. Look out for me being generally cool, stylish and funny (delete as applicable) on Excelsior.
Coin Posted December 16, 2023 Posted December 16, 2023 On 12/14/2023 at 11:35 AM, ThaOGDreamWeaver said: And as a lifelong Labyrinth fan, I'm pleased the Christmas episode has an abducted baby, a horde of comedy goblins, and musical numbers... Hide contents ...hands up who thought I was kidding? I mean, it's not a banger like Magic Dance or Underground. And I'm not speculating about who or what might have the oversized codpiece. But they're definitely going for it. Xmas number one, baby! 😛 1
ThaOGDreamWeaver Posted December 27, 2023 Posted December 27, 2023 (edited) 10 hours ago, Coin said: Who the hell is Mrs Flood??? Other than being Eastenders legend Anita Dobson (and, incidentally, Mrs Brian May, so hopefully Murray can borrow him for a suitably epic theme tune...) Spoiler There have been various noises from RTD & co that the Toymaker's meddling broke spacetime. It's rewritten a few of the rules of reality, including allowing similar personifications of other forces to show up, like chaos (the goblins) and music (just a guess that's who the Jinkx Monsoon character is). But it's also created "splinter" timelines - including allowing the existence of two Doctors. And with Marvel messing about with the multiverse and "variant" characters, the audience might well be used to that... So: alternate/regenerated/variant River? Or wearing a disguise? Is she Ruby's mother/guardian, or just took a shine to Ruby, figured she was important, and decided to keep an eye on her till the Doc shows up? Is she someone entirely new? Or a red herring thrown in by the writers? I'm sure we'll all find out come the summer... BTW: we happy about what we saw in the preview trailer? No Daleks, but we've got Beatles (or an Whoniverse version thereof, because those guys would not pass as a cover band), Bridgerton, giant killer snails, an Alien ripoff, Mel on a moped, a Watcher type character (as in the one who was hanging around pre Tom Baker's exit, not Uatu), the return of the Nobles... this new "Season 1" could be fun. Edited December 27, 2023 by ThaOGDreamWeaver WAKE UP YA MISCREANTS AND... HEY, GET YOUR OWN DAMN SIGNATURE. Look out for me being generally cool, stylish and funny (delete as applicable) on Excelsior.
Coin Posted December 28, 2023 Posted December 28, 2023 On 12/27/2023 at 10:04 AM, ThaOGDreamWeaver said: Other than being Eastenders legend Anita Dobson (and, incidentally, Mrs Brian May, so hopefully Murray can borrow him for a suitably epic theme tune...) Reveal hidden contents There have been various noises from RTD & co that the Toymaker's meddling broke spacetime. It's rewritten a few of the rules of reality, including allowing similar personifications of other forces to show up, like chaos (the goblins) and music (just a guess that's who the Jinkx Monsoon character is). But it's also created "splinter" timelines - including allowing the existence of two Doctors. And with Marvel messing about with the multiverse and "variant" characters, the audience might well be used to that... So: alternate/regenerated/variant River? Or wearing a disguise? Is she Ruby's mother/guardian, or just took a shine to Ruby, figured she was important, and decided to keep an eye on her till the Doc shows up? Is she someone entirely new? Or a red herring thrown in by the writers? I'm sure we'll all find out come the summer... BTW: we happy about what we saw in the preview trailer? No Daleks, but we've got Beatles (or an Whoniverse version thereof, because those guys would not pass as a cover band), Bridgerton, giant killer snails, an Alien ripoff, Mel on a moped, a Watcher type character (as in the one who was hanging around pre Tom Baker's exit, not Uatu), the return of the Nobles... this new "Season 1" could be fun. Spoiler I doubt it's River Song. It's been suggested in so many places due to the whole Flood/River/Pond thing, but I very much doubt it. I absolutely LOVE the character, and would kill to see Alex Kingston again with Chuti Gatwa, but I thinik it's been done to death now, we've had her storyline and it ended perfectly. I'm hoping it's something like the Rani. I mean, she was around during Mel's run, so there's a connection there? Or possibly something new? Who knows....... .........did you see what I did there? 😉 On a separate note, I'm currently reading the novelizations of the recent three specials. They are a little on the light side, but they do add some interesting back story for a couple of the characters and really do help flesh out Donna's mum character!
ThaOGDreamWeaver Posted December 28, 2023 Posted December 28, 2023 (edited) 32 minutes ago, OldManMercy said: ALL HAIL THE MEEP!! You might have spotted comics legend Dave Gibbons (Watchmen, 2000AD, dozens more) credited for that ep, along with writer Pat Mills. And here is their original Dr. Who Weekly comic from 1980. Quite a lot of straight lifts... On M'learned coll' Coin's thoughts... Spoiler RTD loves him an anagram (MISTER SAXON = MASTER NO. SIX). Which Mrs Flood isn't. But you get floods from rain... rani? Also the Rani was pretty hard done by in the Sly McCoy run, and RTD does have a soft spot for that kind of unloved character... Edited December 28, 2023 by ThaOGDreamWeaver WAKE UP YA MISCREANTS AND... HEY, GET YOUR OWN DAMN SIGNATURE. Look out for me being generally cool, stylish and funny (delete as applicable) on Excelsior.
Clave Dark 5 Posted December 31, 2023 Posted December 31, 2023 The other thought was that Mrs. Flood may just be a fourth-wall-breaker for her own sake (see Hartnell breaking the same wall in a Christmas episode long ago). Regarding the weird turn the technobabble has taken, I noticed that too! Maybe RTD just decided to push beyond the usual as it's become a tired trope for anything sci-fi these days. Or maybe it's tied in to the more fantasy turn he says he's taking the show, "now it doesn't have to sound vaguely plausible.". Tim "Black Scorpion" Sweeney: Matt (Posi) used to say that players would find the shortest path to the rewards even if it was a completely terrible play experience that would push them away from the game... ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ Clave's Sure-Fire Secrets to Enjoying City Of Heroes Ignore those farming chores, skip your market homework, play any power sets that you want, and ignore anyone who says otherwise. This game isn't hard work, it's easy! Go have fun! ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
UltraAlt Posted September 15, 2024 Posted September 15, 2024 Moscow Expels 6 British Diplomats Who Would Not Shut Up About ‘Doctor Who’ https://theonion.com/moscow-expels-6-british-diplomats-who-would-not-shut-up-about-doctor-who/ Published: September 13, 2024 MOSCOW—Explaining that Russia’s patience on the matter had finally reached a breaking point, officials in Moscow confirmed Friday they had expelled six British diplomats who would not shut up about Doctor Who. “London must realize that their diplomats’ incessant jabbering about Time Lord physiology and whether Daleks or Cybermen are stronger can only go on so long before it requires a response,” a Kremlin spokesperson said via state media, adding with visible annoyance that whenever Russian officials had tried to discuss serious diplomatic issues with the six self-described Whovians, they would invariably steer the conversation back around to whether the worst Doctor had been Paul McGann or Colin Baker. “Even when we tried dosing them with nerve agent to get a little peace and quiet, these dorks would just keep on speculating about whether one TARDIS could canonically materialize inside of another TARDIS. With their expulsion, our message to the West is unequivocal: We do not care who the Doctor is. We do not care who the Master is. We absolutely do not care about whatever the fuck that big skin creature is. And so long as the Kremlin stands, we will never watch your dumb little TV show for children.” At press time, Moscow suggested that they would potentially readmit the diplomats if they got into some real sci-fi like Battlestar Galactica. 2 If someone posts a reply quoting me and I don't reply, they may be on ignore. (It seems I'm involved with so much at this point that I may not be able to easily retrieve access to all the notifications) Some players know that I have them on ignore and are likely to make posts knowing that is the case. But the fact that I have them on ignore won't stop some of them from bullying and harassing people, because some of them love to do it. There is a group that have banded together to target forum posters they don't like. They think that this behavior is acceptable. Ignore (in the forums) and /ignore (in-game) are tools to improve your gaming experience. Don't feel bad about using them.
ThaOGDreamWeaver Posted March 24 Posted March 24 (edited) Regenerating this thread for the Season 2 Trailers... So it looks like the big arc is that Earth's current timeline has been erased from existence. Whether that's the Doctor's fault, some kind of accident, or an Evil Plan of some kind. Also, someone's been playing a lot of Cuphead. And everybody's just gotta have an animated episode as well as a musical these days. But between that and the old Fleischer cartoons, they still didn't skimp on being scary as all hell, so... BTW - while searching, found one of those old Google hidden games... Edited March 24 by ThaOGDreamWeaver WAKE UP YA MISCREANTS AND... HEY, GET YOUR OWN DAMN SIGNATURE. Look out for me being generally cool, stylish and funny (delete as applicable) on Excelsior.
Coin Posted 15 hours ago Posted 15 hours ago I really enjoyed Ncuiti's first season, despite all the naysayers. Space Babies was fun, but a strange choice for ep 1. LOVED 73 yards! Was NOT expecting Sutekh at all, great reveal,. but damn, that ending was weak. Defeated the biggest bad of them all by taking him for walkies through the time vortex? Really undercut the mavity of the situation, I felt. Still, LOVED the Xmas special and both eps of the new season so far have been excellent. As for all the talk of doom and gloom for the series? Don't make me laugh!! 😉
Coin Posted 15 hours ago Posted 15 hours ago On 3/24/2025 at 2:42 PM, ThaOGDreamWeaver said: BTW - while searching, found one of those old Google hidden games... That is a classic, but for sheer addictiveness, I preferred this one... https://www.doctorwho.tv/play/thirteen
Darmian Posted 11 hours ago Posted 11 hours ago Ok, Lux was good. Got to give it that. Absolutely. AE SFMA Arcs: The Meteors (Arc id 42079) | Dark Deeds in Galaxy City: Part One. (Arc id 26756) X | Dark Deeds in Galaxy City: Part Two. (Arc id 26952) | Dark Deeds in Galaxy City: Part Three. (Arc id 27233) Darker Deeds: Part One (Arc id 28374) | Darker Deeds: Part Two. (Arc id 28536) | Darker Deeds: Part Three. (Arc id 29252) | Darkest Before Dawn: Part One (Arc id 29891) | Darkest Before Dawn: Part Two (Arc id 30210) | Darkest Before Dawn: Part Three (Arc id 30560) | Bridge of Forever ( Arc id 36642) | The Cassini Division (Arc id 37104) X | The House of Gaunt Saints (Arc id 37489) X | The Spark of the Blind (Arc id 40403) | Damnatio Memoriae (Arc id 41140) X | The Eve of War (Arc id 41583) X | Spirals: Part One. (Arc id 55109) | Spirals: Part Two. (Arc id 55358) | Spirals: Part Three. (Arc id 57197) I Sing of Arms and the Man (Arc id 42617) | Three Sisters (Arc id 43013) (Pre War Praetorian Loyalist. Pre War Praetorian Resistance. Pre ITF Cimerora. Post ITF Cimerora. X = Dev Choice/Hall of Fame )
Game Master GM Crumpet Posted 8 hours ago Game Master Posted 8 hours ago 2 hours ago, Darmian said: Ok, Lux was good. Got to give it that. Absolutely. I really enjoyed it, my sister phoned me afterwards and said it was the biggest pile of poop she'd ever watched. I suspect mileage varies.
Darmian Posted 8 hours ago Posted 8 hours ago 3 minutes ago, GM Crumpet said: I really enjoyed it, my sister phoned me afterwards and said it was the biggest pile of poop she'd ever watched. I suspect mileage varies. Ok, I've been watching Who for years...and listening to BF (and frankly RTD should damn well hire some of their writers!) and for me this is 15's first really great episode. 1 AE SFMA Arcs: The Meteors (Arc id 42079) | Dark Deeds in Galaxy City: Part One. (Arc id 26756) X | Dark Deeds in Galaxy City: Part Two. (Arc id 26952) | Dark Deeds in Galaxy City: Part Three. (Arc id 27233) Darker Deeds: Part One (Arc id 28374) | Darker Deeds: Part Two. (Arc id 28536) | Darker Deeds: Part Three. (Arc id 29252) | Darkest Before Dawn: Part One (Arc id 29891) | Darkest Before Dawn: Part Two (Arc id 30210) | Darkest Before Dawn: Part Three (Arc id 30560) | Bridge of Forever ( Arc id 36642) | The Cassini Division (Arc id 37104) X | The House of Gaunt Saints (Arc id 37489) X | The Spark of the Blind (Arc id 40403) | Damnatio Memoriae (Arc id 41140) X | The Eve of War (Arc id 41583) X | Spirals: Part One. (Arc id 55109) | Spirals: Part Two. (Arc id 55358) | Spirals: Part Three. (Arc id 57197) I Sing of Arms and the Man (Arc id 42617) | Three Sisters (Arc id 43013) (Pre War Praetorian Loyalist. Pre War Praetorian Resistance. Pre ITF Cimerora. Post ITF Cimerora. X = Dev Choice/Hall of Fame )
Game Master GM Crumpet Posted 6 hours ago Game Master Posted 6 hours ago 1 hour ago, Darmian said: Ok, I've been watching Who for years...and listening to BF (and frankly RTD should damn well hire some of their writers!) and for me this is 15's first really great episode. I don't know what's happened to RTD. His first 2 doctors were really well written. Even in the cheesiest episodes they were still fantastic. Ncuti is great when he gets something to stick his teeth into, and I like Belinda, but I don't know if the Disney influence is showing. 8 episodes is a very American streaming thing, and after the writers strike there are all kinds of concessions about writers rooms and bonuses after a certain number of episodes. I don't know. I think 13 episodes would give the whole season time to breath, and we'd be able to explore the whole "Gods" thing better. There doesn't seem time for any character driven stories now like Fathers day or Turn Left or Midnight. It's all silly robots, space babies and flashy graphics.
Game Master GM Crumpet Posted 3 hours ago Game Master Posted 3 hours ago No spoilers, but The Well is a welcome return to form.
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