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Post by shawnhartnell on Oct 11, 2016 10:32:51 GMT -6
Last season's episode "Heaven Sent" was a great illustration of the Fourth Way concept of recurrence. It's the one that only has The Doctor in it until the very end. Anyone else see this episode? If so, what did you think?
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Post by jtellio on Oct 12, 2016 3:50:11 GMT -6
I must admit, I have not seen this new episode, but will 'check it out'.
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Post by shawnhartnell on Oct 12, 2016 18:16:08 GMT -6
Are you having Peter Capaldi adjustment issues?
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Post by jtellio on Oct 13, 2016 0:31:06 GMT -6
Quite probably! I think it started a lot earlier, with Peter Davison's 'wet vet in space' antics. Capaldi reminds me of a cheap Jon Pertwee.
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Post by shawnhartnell on Oct 13, 2016 3:01:28 GMT -6
Quite probably! I think it started a lot earlier, with Peter Davison's 'wet vet in space' antics. Capaldi reminds me of a cheap Jon Pertwee. I haven't seen much of Peter Davidson. I've seen some of Jon Pertwee. Until the new series my favorite Doctor was (still is) Tom Baker. Then there's the War Doctor... but I digress. Peter Capaldi's run as Doctor has a new element to it -- the plots are META. It's as if the universe of Doctor Who has opened up some kind of dim fourth-wall awareness that the Doctor isn't aware of. For example, the "dream" Santa Claus (played hilariously by Nick Frost) in the Christmas special was fully aware that he was part of the dream and a fictional character and part of the joke is that the Doctor doesn't realize he's a fictional character, too. Another meta element is that Santa Claus was played by a guy actually named Nick Frost.
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Post by jtellio on Oct 13, 2016 3:22:38 GMT -6
I liked Tom Baker, he was difficult to beat. I think the difference in the show now is due to the vast improvement in special effects and CGI. Such things simply weren't possible years ago. They had to rely more on dialogue and characterisation. My only quibble is that perhaps they have now become a bit too effects-orientated.
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Post by shawnhartnell on Oct 13, 2016 13:17:35 GMT -6
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Post by shawnhartnell on Oct 13, 2016 13:18:49 GMT -6
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Post by shawnhartnell on Oct 13, 2016 13:29:13 GMT -6
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Post by shawnhartnell on Oct 13, 2016 13:30:04 GMT -6
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Post by shawnhartnell on Oct 13, 2016 13:35:26 GMT -6
So, yes, BBC has a bigger budget and special effects tech has improved quite a bit. Despite that, the new series as a whole has remained true to the series as a whole. Some character designs have improved where it makes sense, otherwise they've purposely made characters that look dated (a dalek is a dalek) to maintain continuity through the entire series.
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Post by shawnhartnell on Oct 13, 2016 13:40:47 GMT -6
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Post by jtellio on Oct 13, 2016 14:25:24 GMT -6
Your 'old' and 'new' Who pictures are very good and interesting. I'm going to stick my neck out and say that I still prefer the older monster designs. They had a slightly more organic, flesh like quality. The newer ones are copies of the first and seem almost to look like cartoonish caricatures. The original Davros mask was unsurpassable.
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