Dr Who episodes!

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 9:39 pm

Bouncelot wrote:
Stormwolf wrote:How about some newer stuff, it seems that some of the Doctor's old enemies have their own website now:

http://www.cybuscorporation.com/
I hadn't noticed this yet. Obviously I'm not following new series news too closely.

Stumbled across this today whilst trying to avoid spoilers, i think current thought is that this isn't an official site... but if it isn't, then the beeb have lost a good URL there...

(great site btw)

Bouncelot · Post by **Bouncelot** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 10:16 pm

Legion wrote:
Bouncelot wrote:
Stormwolf wrote:How about some newer stuff, it seems that some of the Doctor's old enemies have their own website now:

http://www.cybuscorporation.com/
I hadn't noticed this yet. Obviously I'm not following new series news too closely.
Stumbled across this today whilst trying to avoid spoilers, i think current thought is that this isn't an official site... but if it isn't, then the beeb have lost a good URL there...

(great site btw)

Hm. Just reread the blurb and it is just a fan site.

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 11:14 am

Bouncelot wrote:
Legion wrote:
Bouncelot wrote: I hadn't noticed this yet. Obviously I'm not following new series news too closely.
Stumbled across this today whilst trying to avoid spoilers, i think current thought is that this isn't an official site... but if it isn't, then the beeb have lost a good URL there...

(great site btw)
Hm. Just reread the blurb and it is just a fan site.

but still, a very impressive fan site none the less!

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 3:34 pm

Whats the cheapest anyone's seen the season 1 boxset for online?

PS. Bounce, Galaxy 4 is apparently long gone, according to a doc I saw yesterday.

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 4:28 pm

spiderfrommars wrote:Whats the cheapest anyone's seen the season 1 boxset for online?

£42 at play.com i think is the best i've seen it so far...

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 4:28 pm

Thats gotta hurt tho.

Apparently the extras are brill.

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 4:30 pm

spiderfrommars wrote:Thats gotta hurt tho.

Apparently the extras are brill.

cool, not got one myself yet, am hoping that i might get it for Xmas... will ease the financial sting a bit that way!

Bouncelot · Post by **Bouncelot** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 6:04 pm

spiderfrommars wrote:Whats the cheapest anyone's seen the season 1 boxset for online?

PS. Bounce, Galaxy 4 is apparently long gone, according to a doc I saw yesterday.

Ooops.

I must've made a mistake whilst compiling my list.

I got my new series 1 boxset for 42.98 off Play. The extras are all right but nothing special compared to the sort of thing you find on the classic series releases (though I might be getting that feeling because I've been overloaded with behind the scenes new series stuff via confidential and DWM). The fifth disc features the cut-down versions of the Confidential series and a confidential episode relating to the Christnas Special which I'm not watching for fear of spoilers. The commentaries are quite good as commentaries go, though the one for Rose contains minor spoilers for The Christmas Invasion.

Oh, and it's defiinitely cheaper than getting the vanilla releases seperately.

inflatable dalek · Post by **inflatable dalek** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 8:15 pm

spiderfrommars wrote:Apparently the extras are brill.

Not as brill as they could have been- No deleted scenes (and aparently on the commentries they keep refering to cut bits with "That'll be on the extra's" as well), no Blue Peter interview... Just the edited Confidentials and trailers basicaly.

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 11:39 pm

inflatable dalek wrote:Just the edited Confidentials and trailers basicaly.

i'm a bit miffed about them editing the confidentials, as i missed taping some of them from the tv as i thought to myself, "ah, they'll be on the DVDs"...

damned beeb...

Bouncelot · Post by **Bouncelot** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 7:13 am

Legion wrote:
inflatable dalek wrote:Just the edited Confidentials and trailers basicaly.
i'm a bit miffed about them editing the confidentials, as i missed taping some of them from the tv as i thought to myself, "ah, they'll be on the DVDs"...

damned beeb...

The original versions are available as streamed realplayer on the BBC site (though if you want copies with good resolution you'll have to find them on one of the filesharing networks).

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 9:41 am

I haven't seen any of the confidentials and I always enjoy commentaries so I'm looking forward to it. Dunno if I can hold out till xmas...

What's Billie's diary like?

inflatable dalek · Post by **inflatable dalek** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 3:12 pm

spiderfrommars wrote:What's Billie's diary like?

Depressingly fully cloathed.

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 3:25 pm

Curses!

inflatable dalek · Post by **inflatable dalek** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 3:34 pm

The conspiracy to stop me buying this boxset gets ever more convoluted... They dismantled the entire DVD section at work yesterday just to spite me...

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 5:39 pm

Ah, so Underworld... Nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be. Okay, so it got dreadfully dull in the middle, but I enjoyed the modelwork and shootouts.

Worst Tom I've seen must still be The Invisible Enemy by a long shot.

Bouncelot · Post by **Bouncelot** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 5:44 pm

spiderfrommars wrote:Ah, so Underworld... Nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be. Okay, so it got dreadfully dull in the middle, but I enjoyed the modelwork and shootouts.

Worst Tom I've seen must still be The Invisible Enemy by a long shot.

Have you seen Creature from the Pit yet?

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 5:48 pm

Yep, I thought Creature of the Pit was fine actually. Okay, so they were terrorised by a big green cock but what can you do?

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 5:49 pm

The Toms I haven't seen are Sun Makers, Invasion of Time and Warrior's Gate.

Bouncelot · Post by **Bouncelot** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 7:00 pm

spiderfrommars wrote:The Toms I haven't seen are Sun Makers, Invasion of Time and Warrior's Gate.

The Invisible Enemy's probably going to stay your least favourite, then.

inflatable dalek · Post by **inflatable dalek** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 8:34 pm

A freind of mine at work brought Creature From the Pit on video for £2.99 from The Works for her two teenagers who'd liked the new show, and they loved it...

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 10:39 pm

Bouncelot wrote:Have you seen Creature from the Pit yet?

Creature from the pit is a harmless romp, thin on plot but high on um, adventure spirit? er...

well, it's got Lalla Ward in it!

inflatable dalek · Post by **inflatable dalek** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 5:22 pm

*sighs* Lalla.

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 11:56 pm

So... Planet of the Spiders.

Is it wrong that I really enjoyed that pointless and endless chase in Episode 2?

Though I thought the whole story did have 1 rather good scene: when The Great One forced the doc to march in a circle. Cool stuff.

I adore SJS but I did cringe when she said to that chap (previously mentally retarded) "you're normal now!"

Aren't UNIT in serious need of haircuts??

I thought the scenes leading up to the regen were nowhere near as powerful as the closing ones of Logopolis or Caves (or even Parting of the Ways) tho the Pert's last words were sweet.

Overall tho, this story was nothing special IMHO.

inflatable dalek · Post by **inflatable dalek** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 3:36 pm

spiderfrommars wrote:So... Planet of the Spiders.

Is it wrong that I really enjoyed that pointless and endless chase in Episode 2?

Is that the one that ends with the chassee simply vanishing into thin air, making you wonder why he didn't do that twenty minuets earlier?

The new DWM revelas why there wasn't any deleted scenes on the Ecclescake DVD box set, the BBC lost them. It seems everyone thought it was someone elses job tom keep them safe. According to RTD they have managed to retrive them from other sources, but not in time for the DVD deadline, but we may see them eventually at somepoint next year [Hopefully he means either on the Tennant set or a DWM covermounted disc rather than a super special edition boxset of season one...)

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 3:46 pm

spiderfrommars wrote:So... Planet of the Spiders.

Aye...

spiderfrommars wrote:Is it wrong that I really enjoyed that pointless and endless chase in Episode 2?

Is that the one with the flying hovercraft and the very bad CSO effects?

spiderfrommars wrote:Though I thought the whole story did have 1 rather good scene: when The Great One forced the doc to march in a circle. Cool stuff.

Yes the whole Great One vs Doc stuff was what made the story for me i think, a lot of the rest of is useless tat, but there are a few moments, like the one you mention that really make it shine imho.
"Is that fear I feel in your mind? You're not accustomed to feeling fear, are you Doctor?"
Good stuff.

spiderfrommars wrote:I adore SJS but I did cringe when she said to that chap (previously mentally retarded) "you're normal now!"

oh god yes.
at least his response of "I seriously hope not" isn't too cliched... oh wait...

spiderfrommars wrote:Aren't UNIT in serious need of haircuts??

New UN regulations must have been passed.

spiderfrommars wrote:I thought the scenes leading up to the regen were nowhere near as powerful as the closing ones of Logopolis or Caves (or even Parting of the Ways) tho the Pert's last words were sweet.

Really? I thought the build up to the actual regen in Logopolis are a bit weak imho, apart from the doc letting go of the cable and plummeting to his doom, the dialogue is a bit weak "this is the end, but the moment has been prepared for"...
Granted, Spiders' dialogue's not great either, but, i dunno, JohnDoc actually looks like he's dying. TomDoc looks like he's laying down ready for a nap.
Nothing's gonna beat Andozani's regen tho. and i don't just mean because of Nicola's cleavage hogging 50% of the screen...

inflatable dalek wrote: The new DWM revelas why there wasn't any deleted scenes on the Ecclescake DVD box set, the BBC lost them. It seems everyone thought it was someone elses job tom keep them safe. According to RTD they have managed to retrive them from other sources, but not in time for the DVD deadline, but we may see them eventually at somepoint next year [Hopefully he means either on the Tennant set or a DWM covermounted disc rather than a super special edition boxset of season one...)

Damned BBC Wales... good to know they've been recovered... but from "other sources" hmmmm....

someone had copied them basically, right?

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 3:52 pm

You mean they weren't discovered in a vault in Hong Kong?

My box set arrived today. Yay! Guess I won't be going out this weekend...

inflatable dalek · Post by **inflatable dalek** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 4:01 pm

Legion wrote:
spiderfrommars wrote:someone had copied them basically, right?
I assume RTD or someone on staff had copies at home...

My box set arrived today. Yay! Guess I won't be going out this weekend...

I've wayched the end to Bad Wolf about 12 times... It just beats the return of Toni in 24 ("Who are you calling/" "The one man i can trust!") as the ultimate hero moment of 2005.

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 4:04 pm

inflatable dalek wrote:
I've wayched the end to Bad Wolf about 12 times... It just beats the return of Toni in 24 ("Who are you calling/" "The one man i can trust!") as the ultimate hero moment of 2005.

Yes!

Two best TV moments of 2005.

Bouncelot · Post by **Bouncelot** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 5:45 pm

Legion wrote:
spiderfrommars wrote:I thought the scenes leading up to the regen were nowhere near as powerful as the closing ones of Logopolis or Caves (or even Parting of the Ways) tho the Pert's last words were sweet.
Really? I thought the build up to the actual regen in Logopolis are a bit weak imho, apart from the doc letting go of the cable and plummeting to his doom, the dialogue is a bit weak "this is the end, but the moment has been prepared for"...

You know, I always thought that he didn't seem to be making much of an effort to hang on - he just sort of, well, let go.

inflatable dalek wrote: The new DWM revelas why there wasn't any deleted scenes on the Ecclescake DVD box set, the BBC lost them. It seems everyone thought it was someone elses job tom keep them safe. According to RTD they have managed to retrive them from other sources, but not in time for the DVD deadline, but we may see them eventually at somepoint next year [Hopefully he means either on the Tennant set or a DWM covermounted disc rather than a super special edition boxset of season one...)

Damned BBC Wales... good to know they've been recovered... but from "other sources" hmmmm....

someone had copied them basically, right?

Well, actually, the Cybermen stole them and did a deal to return them in exchange for RTD's soul. You heard it here first.