• Doctor Who 50th

    From Sam Alexander@VERT to All on Mon Oct 28 21:48:05 2013
    Anyone planning to watch the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary episode next month? November 23rd I believe. It's playing at a few theaters near us, but we're tied-up that night so we'll have to DVR it.

    Sam


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  • From Gryphon@VERT/CYBERIA to Sam Alexander on Tue Oct 29 02:54:00 2013
    On 10-28-13, Sam Alexander said the following...

    Anyone planning to watch the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary episode next month? November 23rd I believe. It's playing at a few theaters near us, but we're tied-up that night so we'll have to DVR it.

    Sam

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  • From Android8675@VERT/SHODAN to Sam Alexander on Tue Oct 29 01:47:22 2013
    Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: Sam Alexander to All on Mon Oct 28 2013 04:48 pm

    Anyone planning to watch the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary episode next month? November 23rd I believe. It's playing at a few theaters near us, but we're tied-up that night so we'll have to DVR it.

    Would be neato to see it in a theater, but too much nerd for my tastes these days. I'll probably download it when the UK version airs, ya know, get it from the source. :)
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  • From Dreamer@VERT/SETXBBS to Sam Alexander on Tue Oct 29 20:43:00 2013
    Sam Alexander wrote to All <=-

    Anyone planning to watch the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary episode next month? November 23rd I believe. It's playing at a few theaters near
    us, but we're tied-up that night so we'll have to DVR it.

    I plan on catching it however I can. My exwife recently mentioned
    something about BBC on Hulu now... I haven't checked it out yet, but I
    wonder if they'll release Who on there like they do on their BBC
    website...


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  • From Gryphon@VERT/CYBERIA to Dreamer on Wed Oct 30 13:29:00 2013
    On 10-29-13, Dreamer said the following...

    Sam Alexander wrote to All <=-

    Anyone planning to watch the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary episode nex month? November 23rd I believe. It's playing at a few theaters nea us, but we're tied-up that night so we'll have to DVR it.

    I plan on catching it however I can. My exwife recently mentioned something about BBC on Hulu now... I haven't checked it out yet, but I wonder if they'll release Who on there like they do on their BBC website...

    They have Doctor Who on HuluPlus. It looks like it goest up to season 7. I confess, I don't know how many seasons there are at this point, so I don't
    know if it's complete.

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  • From Poindexter Fortran@VERT/REALITY to Gryphon on Wed Oct 30 13:28:58 2013
    Re: Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: Gryphon to Dreamer on Wed Oct 30 2013 08:29 am

    They have Doctor Who on HuluPlus. It looks like it goest up to season 7. I confess, I don't know how many seasons there are at this point, so I don't know if it's complete.

    Thirty-Three. Best hang up and get watchin'!

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  • From Gryphon@VERT/CYBERIA to Poindexter Fortran on Wed Oct 30 20:46:00 2013
    On 10-30-13, Poindexter Fortran said the following...

    Re: Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: Gryphon to Dreamer on Wed Oct 30 2013 08:29 am

    They have Doctor Who on HuluPlus. It looks like it goest up to seas I confess, I don't know how many seasons there are at this point, so don't know if it's complete.

    Thirty-Three. Best hang up and get watchin'!

    :)

    Right... But I'm talking about the seasons after the reboot.

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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Gryphon on Thu Oct 31 01:41:26 2013
    Re: Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: Gryphon to Poindexter Fortran on Wed Oct 30 2013 03:46 pm

    On 10-30-13, Poindexter Fortran said the following...

    Re: Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: Gryphon to Dreamer on Wed Oct 30 2013 08:29 am

    They have Doctor Who on HuluPlus. It looks like it goest up to seas I confess, I don't know how many seasons there are at this point, so don't know if it's complete.

    Thirty-Three. Best hang up and get watchin'!

    :)

    Right... But I'm talking about the seasons after the reboot.


    26 for old doctor who
    7 seasons for the 2005 doctor who

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  • From Android8675@VERT/SHODAN to Gryphon on Wed Oct 30 23:29:36 2013
    Re: Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: Gryphon to Sam Alexander on Mon Oct 28 2013 09:54 pm

    Anyone planning to watch the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary episode
    next month? November 23rd I believe. It's playing at a few theaters
    near us, but we're tied-up that night so we'll have to DVR it.

    It's on TV too, right? I thought it was only at theaters for the 3D version.

    11/23 it's going to be broadcast worldwide (BBCA here)
    11/23 3D showing at 7:30pm local time at major cities
    11/25 3D theater showing at 7:30pm at "smaller" cities.

    check out fandango.com or cinemark.com for tickets. $15+fee/ea.
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  • From Android8675@VERT/SHODAN to Gryphon on Wed Oct 30 23:31:52 2013
    Re: Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: Gryphon to Dreamer on Wed Oct 30 2013 08:29 am

    I plan on catching it however I can. My exwife recently mentioned
    something about BBC on Hulu now... I haven't checked it out yet, but
    I wonder if they'll release Who on there like they do on their BBC
    website...

    They have Doctor Who on HuluPlus. It looks like it goest up to season 7. I confess, I don't know how many seasons there are at this point, so I don't know if it's complete.

    There's about 40 seasons, the shows been airing since the 60s, so... you don't have all the episodes. Don't feel bad though the earlier shows are all but LOST due to stuff happing in Europe in the 60s-70s.

    Recently they found a ton of tapes with the First Doctor, they are in the process of restoring the episodes, you can catch the trailers at the Dr. Who website, they look amazing.
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  • From Android8675@VERT/SHODAN to Poindexter Fortran on Wed Oct 30 23:32:19 2013
    Re: Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: Poindexter Fortran to Gryphon on Wed Oct 30 2013 08:28 am

    Thirty-Three. Best hang up and get watchin'!
    Thought it was around 40... :)
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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Android8675 on Thu Oct 31 05:06:29 2013
    Re: Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: Android8675 to Gryphon on Wed Oct 30 2013 06:31 pm

    There's about 40 seasons, the shows been airing since the 60s, so... you don't have all the episodes. Don't feel bad though the earlier shows are
    all but LOST due to stuff happing in Europe in the 60s-70s.


    doctor who didnt run for 40 years.
    it's closer to around 26

    Doctor Who :: Aired Saturday at 05:15 pm on BBC One (United Kingdom) :: 26x14 // Survival, Part Three :: Dec/06/1989 ::Doctor+Who+s26e14


    Recently they found a ton of tapes with the First Doctor, they are in the process of restoring the episodes, you can catch the trailers at the Dr.

    they SAY some african station or whatever has some lost tapes.
    there's no more information on whether the bbc will be receiving these
    tapes.

    it's not a TON. it's 9 episodes.

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  • From Froggyme@VERT/LILLYPAD to Mro on Sun Nov 10 06:39:28 2013
    Re: Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: Mro to Android8675 on Thu Oct 31 2013 12:06 am

    Re: Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: Android8675 to Gryphon on Wed Oct 30 2013 06:31 pm

    There's about 40 seasons, the shows been airing since the 60s, so...
    you don't have all the episodes. Don't feel bad though the earlier
    shows are all but LOST due to stuff happing in Europe in the 60s-70s.


    doctor who didnt run for 40 years.
    it's closer to around 26

    Doctor Who :: Aired Saturday at 05:15 pm on BBC One (United Kingdom) :: 26x14 // Survival, Part Three :: Dec/06/1989 ::Doctor+Who+s26e14


    Recently they found a ton of tapes with the First Doctor, they are in
    the process of restoring the episodes, you can catch the trailers at
    the Dr.

    they SAY some african station or whatever has some lost tapes.
    there's no more information on whether the bbc will be receiving these
    tapes.

    it's not a TON. it's 9 episodes.



    Wow, it looks like you killed yet another conversation, with absurd opinions stated as facts. Sorry, normally I don't attack, but after how you treated Millionaire on the other message base, whatever.

    Dr. Who started in the 60s, not the 80s as you claimed above, with a reference to an episode called "Survival, PART THREE" Part Three != Pilot.

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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Froggyme on Sun Nov 10 14:11:26 2013
    Re: Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: Froggyme to Mro on Sun Nov 10 2013 12:39 am

    they SAY some african station or whatever has some lost tapes.
    B > >> there's no more information on whether the bbc will be receiving these
    tapes.

    it's not a TON. it's 9 episodes.


    Wow, it looks like you killed yet another conversation, with absurd


    killed another conversation? or was it just done?

    with absurd
    opinions stated as facts.

    there's no absurd opinions.

    Dr. Who started in the 60s, not the 80s as you claimed above, with a reference to an episode called "Survival, PART THREE" Part Three != Pilot.


    you need to learn how to read. DOCTOR WHO, ended in 89, as i stated above.

    Doctor Who :: Aired Saturday at 05:15 pm on BBC One (United Kingdom)
    :: 26x14 // Survival, Part Three :: Dec/06/1989 ::Doctor+Who+s26e14

    and why are you correcting me on "survival part three" saying "!=Pilot" when
    i never mentioned anything like that?
    that is considered most the last episode of doctor who by these websites.
    not sure if it was a tv movie or what.

    survival part three was season 26 ep 14

    The next doctor who, "doctor who 2005" is on season 7 ep13
    "Doctor who" ran for 26 seasons. 1963-1989

    I get most of my information for this from tvrage, and i'm pretty sure it's accurate.

    regarding me correcting you saying they found TONS of lost tapes, that story has been in the media for quite some time. again, it's not a ton of tapes.

    Now i didnt attack millionaire.
    All i did was ask him his reasoning behind uploading a batchfile with command lines that are easily explained by the synchronet file lister.



    better luck next time, idiot.

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  • From Dreamer@VERT/SETXBBS to Froggyme on Sun Nov 10 15:45:00 2013
    Froggyme wrote to Mro <=-

    There's about 40 seasons, the shows been airing since the 60s, so...
    you don't have all the episodes. Don't feel bad though the earlier
    shows are all but LOST due to stuff happing in Europe in the 60s-70s.

    doctor who didnt run for 40 years.
    it's closer to around 26

    Doctor Who :: Aired Saturday at 05:15 pm on BBC One (United Kingdom) :: 26x14 // Survival, Part Three :: Dec/06/1989 ::Doctor+Who+s26e14

    Wow, it looks like you killed yet another conversation, with absurd opinions stated as facts. Sorry, normally I don't attack, but after
    how you treated Millionaire on the other message base, whatever.

    Dr. Who started in the 60s, not the 80s as you claimed above, with a reference to an episode called "Survival, PART THREE" Part Three != Pilot.

    I think you misread something somehow. Classic Doctor Who did run for
    26 years, and he posted the final episode as his source for the number
    of years/seasons.

    As for whether finding 9 lost episodes is a lot or not, I think that's
    simply a subjective argument. While it may not seem like a lot to
    many people, people have been looking for these episodes for decades.
    Up to now, they've had to combine elements from two or three different
    sources in the hope of reproducing one or two episodes now and then.
    It was big news when one complete episode would be located.

    It's a big deal to people who love the show and have never seen the
    complete first season to have access to 9 more episodes. I've seen
    some of the early ones, but I think half of 'em were audio only with
    pictures, production notes, and artwork to fill in for the video.
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  • From bcw142@VERT/FATCATS to Froggyme on Mon Nov 11 00:25:19 2013
    Re: Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: Froggyme to Mro on Sun Nov 10 2013 00:39:28

    Dr. Who started in the 60s, not the 80s as you claimed above, with a referen to an episode called "Survival, PART THREE" Part Three != Pilot.

    Survival was Doctor #7 if I remember the episode Ace was turning into a cat or something. An Unearthly Child is #1 B&W and very different fromt the later series, The Daleks was next. I've seen all there is, I started on Doctor #3 and had to watch the older ones later. Doctor #11 is current about to become #12 which would be last regeneration for the orignal setup (after Doctor #2), but the Master is on 14 or so.

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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Dreamer on Sun Nov 10 20:24:06 2013
    Re: Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: Dreamer to Froggyme on Sun Nov 10 2013 09:45 am

    As for whether finding 9 lost episodes is a lot or not, I think that's simply a subjective argument. While it may not seem like a lot to
    many people, people have been looking for these episodes for decades.
    Up to now, they've had to combine elements from two or three different sources in the hope of reproducing one or two episodes now and then.


    this has been going on for quite some time too. maybe the african station is holding out for a big payout or they just lied about it.


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  • From Android8675@VERT/SHODAN to Froggyme on Sun Nov 10 14:58:26 2013
    Re: Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: Froggyme to Mro on Sun Nov 10 2013 12:39 am

    it's not a TON. it's 9 episodes.
    Maybe they found the tapes on old 1960s data storage units. It could of weighed a ton...

    Wow, it looks like you killed yet another conversation, with absurd opinions stated as facts. Sorry, normally I don't attack, but after how you treated Millionaire on the other message base, whatever.

    Doesn't bother me, I enjoy Mro, don't think this place would be the same without him. Speaks his mind, doesn't give an inch. Could be worse.
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  • From Dreamer@VERT/SETXBBS to Mro on Sun Nov 10 18:24:00 2013
    Mro wrote to Froggyme <=-

    Dr. Who started in the 60s, not the 80s as you claimed above, with a reference to an episode called "Survival, PART THREE" Part Three != Pilot.

    you need to learn how to read. DOCTOR WHO, ended in 89, as i stated
    above.

    Doctor Who :: Aired Saturday at 05:15 pm on BBC One (United Kingdom)
    :: 26x14 // Survival, Part Three :: Dec/06/1989 ::Doctor+Who+s26e14

    and why are you correcting me on "survival part three" saying "!=Pilot" when i never mentioned anything like that?
    that is considered most the last episode of doctor who by these
    websites. not sure if it was a tv movie or what.

    Yeah, you're correct, that was the last episode of the series. There
    have been various movies over the years, most notably one produced by
    Fox and BBC in the mid-nineties. It was the best effort at a movie by
    far, so much so that the BBC recognizes the doctor in that one as
    canon. I believe there were two other movies many years earlier...but
    I'm not sure if the BBC had anything to do with them besides licensing
    the rights, and they sucked balls; they're not considered "part of the universe" it was so bad.

    I could be mistaken -- it's been a while, but I do recall one that was...*shudder*...so horrible I couldn't stand to watch the entire
    thing.

    I get most of my information for this from tvrage, and i'm pretty sure it's accurate.

    regarding me correcting you saying they found TONS of lost tapes, that story has been in the media for quite some time. again, it's not a ton
    of tapes.

    As I said in another message, that all depends on how you look at it.
    Compared to how material has been dribbling in over the years, this
    was a significant find. These cover episodes that had been considered completely gone from existance, aside from scripts.

    As far as the lost tapes go, it's a quite a large find; being such a
    Whovian, I was very excited to hear about it. Compared to the rest of the series, it's a drop in the bucket.



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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Dreamer on Mon Nov 11 02:52:03 2013
    Re: Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: Dreamer to Mro on Sun Nov 10 2013 12:24 pm

    As I said in another message, that all depends on how you look at it. Compared to how material has been dribbling in over the years, this
    was a significant find. These cover episodes that had been considered completely gone from existance, aside from scripts.


    okay on bbcamerica they said they DID get the tapes and remastered them.

    they put 'the enempy of the world' and 'the web of fear' on itunes
    last month.

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  • From Froggyme@VERT/LILLYPAD to Mro on Mon Nov 11 06:04:57 2013
    Re: Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: Mro to Froggyme on Sun Nov 10 2013 08:11 am

    killed another conversation? or was it just done?

    Perhaps it was done, but people tend to clam up if they're just going to get shot down. There was nothing wrong with (and a lot right with) Android or whoever it was getting excited and refering to it as a TON of tapes.

    regarding me correcting you saying they found TONS of lost tapes, that story has been in the media for quite some time. again, it's not a ton of tapes.

    Sure it's a ton. Dr. Who is legendary to enough people that just 15 minutes of lost footage with the original Doctor would be exciting, let alone NINE COMPLETE EPISODES!! :) If someone has enough restraint to limit themselves to one episode per week like a regularily broadcast television show, it'll take them more than 2 months to get through them all.

    better luck next time, idiot.

    Your reply was actually pretty reasonable, and informative (I was glad to be informed you meant the end of the original series), until that retarded and pointless sentence. Why must everything be an attack and a fight?

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  • From Dreamer@VERT/SETXBBS to All on Mon Nov 25 22:28:22 2013
    So, did anyone else catch the special? I happened to be at my mother's after work picking up the kiddos, stayed for dinner. I remembered it was gonna be on, and she let me put it on while we ate dinner. The kids and I watched the entire thing...they loved it.

    After we got home, my daughter wanted more Who, so I put on Doctor Who at the Proms 2013, which was a live orchestra w/ guest appearances and skits and stuff. She got a good kick out of that...and wanted MORE! So we went to bed watching the 1996 Paul McGann movie.

    As for the special, I thought they did a great job with it. It was especially nice that they tried to squeeze Tom Baker in at the end, considering his age, although I'm not quite sure I understand where they were trying to go with it. I decided not to think too much about that; what I'm really wondering is if the Doctor will actually try to bring back Gallifrey, now that it may be possible to do so without bringing back the entire war.

    Any other thoughts?

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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Dreamer on Tue Nov 26 06:20:56 2013
    Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: Dreamer to All on Mon Nov 25 2013 04:28 pm

    So, did anyone else catch the special? I happened to be at my mother's after work picking up the kiddos, stayed for dinner. I remembered it was gonna be on, and she let me put it on while we ate dinner. The kids and I watched the entire thing...they loved it.


    yeah, i saw it. it was okay.
    would have been better if eccellson[sp] was there. but apparently they
    did something to really piss him off good.

    at the end where they showed all the doctor whos all in a row, i didnt
    get it. not sure what they were doing there.


    would have been better if they tied it in more with the new doctor who.
    not sure whats going on with the xmas special. maybe they'll do it then.

    overall, i think it could have been done better.

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  • From the doctor@VERT/QBBS to DREAMER on Tue Nov 26 15:27:00 2013
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    As for the special, I thought they did a great job with it. It was especi nice that they tried to squeeze Tom Baker in at the end, considering his a although I'm not quite sure I understand where they were trying to go with
    I decided not to think too much about that; what I'm really wondering is i Doctor will actually try to bring back Gallifrey, now that it may be possi
    to do so without bringing back the entire war

    I really liked it. I thought it was a very welcomed departure from the 5 Doctors kind of thing.

    Based on the dialog that Baker had, he's apparently a future regeneration of the Doctor that decided to bring back an old face. So, apparently, in the future he will have some ability to control his regnerations.

    The whole point of the thing seemed to be about bringing back Gallifrey. I don't know if they will just forget about that, but I doubt it.

    Did you watch An Adventure in Space and Time? That was very good.

    There is also the Paul McGann 7 minute web special. I enjoyed both of those as much as the 50th episode, and there was also the Peter Davidson 5ish Doctors Reboot, which was very funny.


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  • From the doctor@VERT/QBBS to MRO on Tue Nov 26 15:31:00 2013
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    yeah, i saw it. it was okay
    would have been better if eccellson[sp] was there. but apparently the
    did something to really piss him off good

    I think he's actually kind of a dick.

    at the end where they showed all the doctor whos all in a row, i didn
    get it. not sure what they were doing there

    All the wax work people? Just trying to have them all on the show...



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  • From Poindexter Fortran@VERT/REALITY to Dreamer on Tue Nov 26 13:30:01 2013
    Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: Dreamer to All on Mon Nov 25 2013 04:28 pm

    As for the special, I thought they did a great job with it. It was especially nice that they tried to squeeze Tom Baker in at the end, considering his age, although I'm not quite sure I understand where they were trying to go with it.

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    I wonder how much of the doddering old man act was acting. While it was great seeing him onstage it seemed a little odd.

    I'm going to go back and see if the 4th Doctor episodes are on Netflix now.

    Between Clara's role in the end of last season and now Gallifrey surviving it seems like they've re-written quite a bit of the fabric of the show. Although I don't think any of the doctors will remember, did I catch that right?

    Loved John Hurt's role.

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  • From Android8675@VERT/SHODAN to Dreamer on Tue Nov 26 14:27:19 2013
    Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: Dreamer to All on Mon Nov 25 2013 04:28 pm

    So, did anyone else catch the special?
    Saw it last night in the theater in 3D, was GREAT. They had the doctors come out and do a little thing ("live"), then after the episode (which I have no idea why they didn't make an effort to broadcast the show in 3D because it looked really good) they played a 30 min docudrama that was voiced by Colin Baker (#6) which was pretty cool.

    Yeah, great showing. I only wish Eccilon (whatever, #9, now #10) had been on the show I think he would of been fantastic.

    Can't wait for next season.
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  • From Android8675@VERT/SHODAN to the doctor on Tue Nov 26 14:38:31 2013
    Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: the doctor to DREAMER on Tue Nov 26 2013 09:27 am

    *spoilers, for those of you who haven't figured it out yet*

    Based on the dialog that Baker had, he's apparently a future regeneration of the Doctor that decided to bring back an old face. So, apparently, in the future he will have some ability to control his regnerations.

    Baker's role was strictly a camio, he was not playing the doctor in any sense of the word, he's WAY too old to even make sense. If they had REALLY wanted him to be the doctor they would of spent the money on a mocap version. (my opinion of course) All that dialog was just a wink for the fans and should not of been taken seriously. It was a nice gesture, a couple candid interviews given before the episode aired showed Baker saying things like, "Hey, if i can sign my name and make $$$, why not?"

    Baker hates Who, though we all love him and don't take it personally, he's just in it for the moola.

    The whole point of the thing seemed to be about bringing back Gallifrey. I don't know if they will just forget about that, but I doubt it.

    Since the show has come back, everything has been leading up to the return of Gallifrey, how can you not of seen that? You're the doctor even, you should of seen this coming 3 seasons ago.

    Did you watch An Adventure in Space and Time? That was very good.

    I downloaded it last night, gonna watch it later, it really piqued my interest when i saw the web preview.

    Where was Paul McGann (#8) in the movie? He was a soldier, right? Was he the guy that John Hurt borrowed the gun from?

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  • From Gryphon@VERT/CYBERIA to Poindexter Fortran on Tue Nov 26 19:15:00 2013
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    I'm going to go back and see if the 4th Doctor episodes are on Netflix now.

    They do have episodes with Tom Baker. But I don't know how complete those seasons are. You have to remember that back in those days, they didn't seem
    to have 'episodes' so much as stories that were chopped up into to 2 or 4 parts. It's almost like they were each a mini-series, and not so much of a 'season'.

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  • From Gryphon@VERT/CYBERIA to Android8675 on Tue Nov 26 19:25:00 2013
    On 11-26-13, Android8675 said the following...

    Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: Dreamer to All on Mon Nov 25 2013 04:28 pm

    So, did anyone else catch the special?
    Saw it lastnight in the theater in 3D, was GREAT. They had the doctors come out and do a little thing ("live"), then after the episode (which I have no idea why they didn't make an effort to broadcast the show in 3D because it looked really good) they played a 30 min docudrama that was voiced by Colin Baker (#6) which was pretty cool.

    Yeah, great showing. I only wish Eccilon (whatever, #9, now #10) had
    been on the show I think he would of been fantastic.

    I agree about Eccleston. He was great and an integeral part of the reboot.
    It makes me sad that he didn't want to be part of it. I understand that he's
    a bit of an ass and is more than a little caught up in his own
    self-importance. But, maybe he's only protecting his career. I think that
    he might have more of a name in the UK than he does here, so he prolly has
    more to protect than we might otherwise know about here in the States. From
    my point of view, I think that he would get better known globally if he were
    to participate. I mean, look at David Tennent; he is certainly not suffering from being typcast in the role. He's also well known for many other roles, like Barty Crouch, and other TV shows that don't play here in the States. I have to think that it would have only increased Eccleston's popularity,
    instead of typcasting him.

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  • From Gryphon@VERT/CYBERIA to Android8675 on Tue Nov 26 19:31:00 2013
    On 11-26-13, Android8675 said the following...

    Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: the doctor to DREAMER on Tue Nov 26 2013 09:27 am

    I dressed up as Davison for the movie last night. There were like 50 Matt Smiths, 5 Tom Bakers, ZERO David Tennents (shock), and 1 Peter Davison's (Me!) --
    Andy/Android8675

    I saw it last night too. I didn't dress up, since that is not my thing. I
    saw a few Smith's, but that was all. A young girl in a TARDIS dress, and one middle aged woman with a hat and scarf ala Baker. There were fez's and sonic screwdrivers all over the place tho.

    It was pretty amazing to me to see the verious demographics in the theater.
    I was sitting next to a young boy (about 6) and his mom. The boy was the obvious Whovian. Then there were numerous high-schoolers, and just as many middle aged people like myself. But, the overwhelming demographic was that most of the Whovians in the theater were women. I suppose that that is no surprise.

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  • From Dreamer@VERT/SETXBBS to Mro on Tue Nov 26 17:30:00 2013
    Mro wrote to Dreamer <=-

    at the end where they showed all the doctor whos all in a row, i didnt
    get it. not sure what they were doing there.

    As they say, can't please everybody all the time. I think there's
    many ways it could have been done, and each path would have displeased
    more or less people.

    I think they were aiming for the most epic feel, while at the same
    time reminding newer viewers who've never seen classic Who that there
    were many other generations. So, I "get" what they were trying to
    do... but at the same time, it did come off a bit cheesy.

    would have been better if they tied it in more with the new doctor who. not sure whats going on with the xmas special. maybe they'll do it
    then.

    overall, i think it could have been done better.

    It was a fine line they were walking... I'm not gonna overanalyze it
    and just take it as it is. It definitely had some awesome moments and
    some funny moments.

    Now, search around for a video...not sure if it's BBC official, I
    can't remember now... that was done about the same time featuring the
    5th, 6th, and 7th doctors trying to get into the special. Now, THAT
    was some corny classic Doctor Who acting...lol


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  • From Dreamer@VERT/SETXBBS to the doctor on Tue Nov 26 17:52:00 2013
    the doctor wrote to DREAMER <=-

    I really liked it. I thought it was a very welcomed departure from the
    5 Doctors kind of thing.

    Funny, I thought the opposite. It reminded me quite a bit of previous specials: funny interplay between the Time Lord's regenerations, a
    sense of epic consequences, flashbacks to previous
    episodes/Doctors/Companions, etc.

    Based on the dialog that Baker had, he's apparently a future
    regeneration of the Doctor that decided to bring back an old face. So, apparently, in the future he will have some ability to control his regnerations.

    Interesting. I'm going to watch it again tonight, I was a little
    distracted when it aired, so perhaps I'll catch things I didn't notice
    before. It's certainly not a new concept -- Romana was able to do it,
    multiple times on demand. Seemed like quite a waste to me at the time
    to choose to regenerate, and to this day I wonder what the writers and producers were thinking throwing that into the canon...lol.

    The whole point of the thing seemed to be about bringing back
    Gallifrey. I don't know if they will just forget about that, but I
    doubt it.

    I think most viewers have been aching to see Gallifrey and all the
    Time Lords return. It's certainly kept me in suspense for the last
    seven years wondering "Will this be the year?". While the new series
    has been excellent for the most part, something has been missing.
    While the Doctor has always been an outcast and rarely interacted with
    other Gallifreyans, the show is quickly becoming routine. Hell,
    despite the events of the Time War, the Daleks have appeared several
    times in one form or another... the Master made an appearance...
    Gallifrey itself even returned in a fashion one time. Might as well
    bring 'em back now, it'll introduce some great dynamics that the show
    has been missing for some time.

    I used to love episodes where it starts off as normal, going to some
    planet for pleasure and you just know it's gonna be anything but, and
    suddenly some light starts blinking and the Klaxon goes off, and the
    doctor gets that look... he's being called to Gallifrey. Or he just
    up and gets hijacked.

    Now, you want to know what *I* want to see return? The Guardians. :)

    Did you watch An Adventure in Space and Time? That was very good.

    There is also the Paul McGann 7 minute web special. I enjoyed both of those as much as the 50th episode, and there was also the Peter
    Davidson 5ish Doctors Reboot, which was very funny.

    All last week I was prepping for the special; I watched all the
    trailers and specials. As I mentioned to mro, the Doctors Reboot had
    an excellent "classic" feel to it.

    I wish they had done more with Paul McGann, though... a full 45 min.
    episode would have been good. For the longest time I was sure they
    would have done some kind of TV movie for the Time War, and showing
    what happens with McGann. Instead, we get 7 mins. Sigh...


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  • From the doctor@VERT/QBBS to POINDEXTER FORTRAN on Wed Nov 27 04:19:00 2013
    --- POINDEXTER FORTRAN wrote --
    Re: Doctor Who 50t
    By: Dreamer to All on Mon Nov

    As for the special, I thought they did a great job with it. It wa especially nice that they tried to squeeze Tom Baker in at the end considering his age, although I'm not quite sure I understand where t were trying to go with it.




























    I wonder how much of the doddering old man act was acting. While it was gr seeing him onstage it seemed a little odd

    I'm going to go back and see if the 4th Doctor episodes are on Netflix now

    Between Clara's role in the end of last season and now Gallifrey surviving seems like they've re-written quite a bit of the fabric of the show. Altho don't think any of the doctors will remember, did I catch that right

    Loved John Hurt's role
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  • From the doctor@VERT/QBBS to ANDROID8675 on Wed Nov 27 04:30:00 2013
    --- ANDROID8675 wrote --

    Baker's role was strictly a camio, he was not playing the doctor in any se
    of the word, he's WAY too old to even make sense. If they had REALLY wante
    to be the doctor they would of spent the money on a mocap version. (my opi
    of course) All that dialog was just a wink for the fans and should not of taken seriously. It was a nice gesture, a couple candid interviews given b the episode aired showed Baker saying things like, "Hey, if i can sign my and make $$$, why not?

    I was just paying attention to the actual dialog.

    Eleventh Doctor: I never forget a face.

    The Curator: I know you don't. And in years to come you might find
    yourself revisiting a few, but just the old favorites.

    So it seems to me that he is supposed to be a future incarnation that has somehow controlled his regeneration... sort of a forth Doctor, mark II. Not that it matters to me... it was nice to see him again.

    Tom Baker hates Who, though we all love him and don't take it personally, >he's in it for the moola

    Some how I doubt he got paid all that much for five minutes. This goes against everything I've heard him say about his experience on Doctor Who, which I have heard him describe as "the best time of my life."


    Since the show has come back, everything has been leading up to the return Gallifrey, how can you not of seen that? You're the doctor even, you shoul seen this coming 3 seasons ago

    You think? Since Russell decided to get rid of them all? Not sure about that. However, I think Moffatt has wanted to undo what Davies did in 2005.

    Where was Paul McGann (#8) in the movie? He was a soldier, right? Was he t guy that John Hurt borrowed the gun from

    He's not in the special itself, but in a web based prequel that you can view on youtube...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U3jrS-uhuo

    I dressed up as Davison for the movie last night. There were like 50 Mat
    Smiths, 5 Tom Bakers, ZERO David Tennents (shock), and 1 Peter Davison's (

    Cool.


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  • From the doctor@VERT/QBBS to DREAMER on Wed Nov 27 04:39:00 2013
    --- DREAMER wrote --

    Funny, I thought the opposite. It reminded me quite a bit of previou specials: funny interplay between the Time Lord's regenerations,
    sense of epic consequences, flashbacks to previou episodes/Doctors/Companions, etc

    I guess I thought The Five Doctors suffered from just being an excuse to say, here's an old man that looked a bit like Bill Hartnell in a wig, and here's Susan... here's The Second Doctor and The Brigadier, etc. Plot, what plot? Something about Rassalon and Barusa wanting eternal life that he already had... as they offered The Master a brand new set of regenerations...

    Where as this special actually seemed to be going somewhere...


    Interesting. I'm going to watch it again tonight, I was a littl
    distracted when it aired, so perhaps I'll catch things I didn't notic
    before. It's certainly not a new concept -- Romana was able to do it multiple times on demand. Seemed like quite a waste to me at the tim
    to choose to regenerate, and to this day I wonder what the writers an producers were thinking throwing that into the canon...lol

    Yeah. I never thought that made much sense.

    I think most viewers have been aching to see Gallifrey and all th
    Time Lords return. It's certainly kept me in suspense for the las
    seven years wondering "Will this be the year?". While the new serie
    has been excellent for the most part, something has been missing
    While the Doctor has always been an outcast and rarely interacted wit
    other Gallifreyans, the show is quickly becoming routine. Hell
    despite the events of the Time War, the Daleks have appeared severa
    times in one form or another... the Master made an appearance..
    Gallifrey itself even returned in a fashion one time. Might as wel
    bring 'em back now, it'll introduce some great dynamics that the sho
    has been missing for some time

    Yeah, I think we've gotten what were going to get dramtically from the angst of killing his own kind thing.


    I used to love episodes where it starts off as normal, going to som
    planet for pleasure and you just know it's gonna be anything but, an
    suddenly some light starts blinking and the Klaxon goes off, and th
    doctor gets that look... he's being called to Gallifrey. Or he jus
    up and gets hijacked

    The 45 minute Star Trek lenght story thing leaves something to be desired...


    Now, you want to know what *I* want to see return? The Guardians. :

    Yeah, where are they when you need them?

    I wish they had done more with Paul McGann, though... a full 45 min
    episode would have been good. For the longest time I was sure the
    would have done some kind of TV movie for the Time War, and showin
    what happens with McGann. Instead, we get 7 mins. Sigh..

    Yeah. I agree... I'll take what I can get though... it was a good seven minutes...



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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to the doctor on Wed Nov 27 00:35:17 2013
    Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: the doctor to DREAMER on Tue Nov 26 2013 09:27 am


    Based on the dialog that Baker had, he's apparently a future regeneration
    of the Doctor that decided to bring back an old face. So, apparently, in the future he will have some ability to control his regnerations.


    maybe he meant revisting old faces literally. he was visiting his old self.

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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Android8675 on Wed Nov 27 00:38:30 2013
    Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: Android8675 to Dreamer on Tue Nov 26 2013 08:27 am

    Yeah, great showing. I only wish Eccilon (whatever, #9, now #10) had been
    on the show I think he would of been fantastic.

    Can't wait for next season.

    honestly chris eccleston would have stolen the show i think.
    he has an edge that makes him stand out. i liked david tennant, too.
    i think eccleston was the best doctor who so far though

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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Gryphon on Wed Nov 27 00:43:32 2013
    Re: Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: Gryphon to Android8675 on Tue Nov 26 2013 01:25 pm


    I agree about Eccleston. He was great and an integeral part of the reboot. It makes me sad that he didn't want to be part of it. I understand that he's a bit of an ass and is more than a little caught up in his own self-importance. But, maybe he's only protecting his career. I think that he might have more of a name in the UK than he does here, so he prolly has more to protect than we might otherwise know about here in the States.
    From my point of view, I think that he would get better known globally if
    he were to participate. I mean, look at David Tennent; he is certainly not


    the people that i heard call him names were usually angry fanboys.
    the story goes that chris was upset about how the crew was treated. it was the first year and they were getting their footing and things were rushed and everyone was pushed to their limits.

    i guess eccleston actually tried to stop production one day for the sake of the crew by walking off, but they ended up shooting rose scenes instead.
    the day was over 18 hrs.

    he seems like a nice guy. i've seen a lot of his interviews. when they bring up doctor who i see his jaw clench and you can tell there is something much more there than him moving on. i remember a guy was asking him about all kinds of things and then went to doctor who and i saw this personality shift and it looked like eccleston wanted to slug the guy.

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  • From Gryphon@VERT/CYBERIA to Mro on Wed Nov 27 03:21:00 2013
    On 11-26-13, Mro said the following...

    Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: Android8675 to Dreamer on Tue Nov 26 2013 08:27 am

    Yeah, great showing. I only wish Eccilon (whatever, #9, now #10) had b on the show I think he would of been fantastic.

    Can't wait for next season.

    honestly chriseccleston would have stolen the show i think.
    he has an edge that makes him stand out. i liked david tennant, too.
    i think eccleston was the best doctor who so far though

    Thank you! While I like Tennent and Smith, I still like Eccleston the best.

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  • From Gryphon@VERT/CYBERIA to Mro on Wed Nov 27 03:25:00 2013
    On 11-26-13, Mro said the following...

    Re: Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: Gryphon to Android8675 on Tue Nov 26 2013 01:25 pm


    I agree about Eccleston. He was great and an integeral part of the re It makes me sad that he didn't want to be part of it. I understand th he's a bit of an ass and is more than a little caught up in his own self-importance. But, maybe he's only protecting his career. I think he might have more of a name in the UK than he does here, so he prolly more to protect than we might otherwise know about here in the States. From my point of view, I think that he would get better known globally he were to participate. I mean, look at David Tennent; he is certainl


    the people that i heard call him names were usually angry fanboys.
    the story goes that chris was upset about how the crew was treated. it
    was the first year and they were getting their footing and things were rushed and everyone was pushed to their limits.

    i guess eccleston actually tried to stop production one day for the sake of the crew by walking off, but they ended up shooting rose scenes instead. the day was over 18 hrs.

    he seems like a nice guy. i've seen a lot of his interviews. when they bring up doctor who i see his jaw clench and you can tell there is something much more there than him moving on. i remember a guy was
    asking him about all kinds of things and then went to doctor who and i
    saw this personality shift and it looked like eccleston wanted to slug
    the guy.

    You've seen much interview footage than I have. I have to admit that I
    really don't go for all those interview shows so it's no wonder I hadn't seen any of that. But if thats the case, then bad blood with the producers is certainly a deciding factor. I can't expect that this special episode would have been any less demanding for the cast and crew.

    Also, I wonder if he would have had any issues with sharing the limelight
    with other much-liked performers.

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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Gryphon on Wed Nov 27 05:33:03 2013
    Re: Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: Gryphon to Mro on Tue Nov 26 2013 09:25 pm

    he seems like a nice guy. i've seen a lot of his interviews. when they bring up doctor who i see his jaw clench and you can tell there is something much more there than him moving on. i remember a guy was

    You've seen much interview footage than I have. I have to admit that I really don't go for all those interview shows so it's no wonder I hadn't seen any of that. But if thats the case, then bad blood with the producers

    okay this guy caught him inside a movie theater and asked him some questions. look at his attitude change when doctor who is brought up:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdU_YxzRjbU

    i've seen him on some shows here and there. he's a bit of a nerdy guy and he mentions that he just started driving around the age of 40.

    Also, I wonder if he would have had any issues with sharing the limelight with other much-liked performers.



    well eccleston is a movie star. he is in films. i'm not sure about the other doctor who actors, but i dont think they really compare to him in that regards.

    eccleston is in thor 2 right now as the villian malekith.

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  • From the doctor@VERT/QBBS to MRO on Wed Nov 27 15:24:00 2013
    --- MRO wrote --

    maybe he meant revisting old faces literally. he was visiting his old self


    Could be...


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  • From the doctor@VERT/QBBS to MRO on Wed Nov 27 15:28:00 2013
    --- MRO wrote --
    i've seen him on some shows here and there. he's a bit of a nerdy guy and mentions that he just started driving around the age of 40

    That's not uncommon in England. I know tons of adults who can't drive.

    The test is really hard to pass and it's very expensive because of the cost of fuel. Lots of people just take the bus or a taxi.


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  • From Gryphon@VERT/CYBERIA to Mro on Wed Nov 27 14:47:00 2013
    On 11-27-13, Mro said the following...

    Re: Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: Gryphon to Mro on Tue Nov 26 2013 09:25 pm

    he seems like a nice guy. i've seen a lot of his interviews. when bring up doctor who i see his jaw clench and you can tell there i something much more there than him moving on. i remember a guy wa

    You've seen much interview footage than I have. I have to admit that
    really don't go for all those interview shows so it's no wonder I hadn'
    seen any of that. But if thats the case, then bad blood with the prod

    okay this guy caught him inside a movie theater and asked him some questions. look at his attitude change when doctor who is brought up:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdU_YxzRjbU

    Yes, he obviously has moved on from his old role. Maybe he's the kind of guy who leaves the past in the past and only looks forward.

    i've seen him on some shows here and there. he'sa bit of a nerdy guy and he mentions that he just started driving around the age of 40.

    Also, I wonder if he would have hadany issues with sharing the limelig with other much-liked performers.

    well eccleston is a movie star. he is in films. i'm not sure about the other doctor who actors, but i dont think they really compare to him in that regards.

    eccleston is in thor 2 right now as the villian malekith.

    I'm going to have to see it just for that reason.

    I'm going to be honest tho; if it wasn't for his portrayal in Doctor Who, I prolly wouldn't know who he was. I've seen him in The Others, but I had to
    try and think who he was in that film. I can't say that I've seen him in anything else.

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  • From Gryphon@VERT/CYBERIA to the doctor on Wed Nov 27 14:49:00 2013
    On 11-27-13, the doctor said the following...

    --- MRO wrote --
    i've seen him on some shows here and there. he's a bit of a nerdy guy a mentions that he just started driving around the age of 40

    That's not uncommon in England. I know tons of adults who can't drive.

    The test is really hard to pass and it's very expensive because of the cost of fuel. Lots of people just take the bus or a taxi.

    I'd go broke if I had to take a taxi to work every day. It's 35 miles round trip. No bus options either.

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  • From Poindexter Fortran@VERT/REALITY to Mro on Wed Nov 27 17:36:54 2013
    Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: Mro to Android8675 on Tue Nov 26 2013 06:38 pm

    i think eccleston was the best doctor who so far though

    I would like to see Eccleston in some of the later plots. The Eccleston stories seemed a little campy to me, but the series seemed to hit it's stride in the later Tennant series.

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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Gryphon on Wed Nov 27 23:35:43 2013
    Re: Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: Gryphon to Mro on Wed Nov 27 2013 08:47 am

    I'm going to be honest tho; if it wasn't for his portrayal in Doctor Who, I prolly wouldn't know who he was. I've seen him in The Others, but I had to try and think who he was in that film. I can't say that I've seen him in anything else.


    well you probably saw gone in 60 seconds. he was the villian in that movie. he's also been in a lot of other movies i've seen but didnt realize he was in.

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  • From the doctor@VERT/QBBS to GRYPHON on Tue Dec 3 04:56:00 2013
    --- GRYPHON wrote --

    I'd go broke if I had to take a taxi to work every day. It's 35 miles rou trip. No bus options either

    So would I. It would cost me a fortune. It costs me a fortune to drive as well... there is no train all the way to where I work, because they ripped the line out in the 1970s. Now they want to put it back but can't afford it.

    I could take the bus but it would take about 2.5 hours each way and cost about five pounds, because there is no "combined" bus ticket system in this area, and to just stick with one company you have to go way out of your way.

    I've done the train and the bus before, and that costs about fifteen pounds a day. Driving in my old car cost me about ten pounds a day, which is now down to about six with this diesel french thing I bought.

    It's just expensive any way you slice it. If I could find an IT job that paid decently in my local area, I'd get rid of my car and ride a bike or something.
    It's so expensive to drive and maintain a car here.

    For example, it costs seventy five pounds to fill my car. That equates to $123.00



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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to the doctor on Tue Dec 3 03:07:52 2013
    Re: Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: the doctor to GRYPHON on Mon Dec 02 2013 10:56 pm

    It's just expensive any way you slice it. If I could find an IT job that paid decently in my local area, I'd get rid of my car and ride a bike or something. It's so expensive to drive and maintain a car here.

    For example, it costs seventy five pounds to fill my car. That equates to $123.00



    holy crap that's a lot. i pay 67 to fill it up and i have a suv with shitty gas mileage

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  • From Tiny@VERT/PHARCYDE to Mro on Tue Dec 3 14:44:00 2013
    Hello Mro!

    02 Dec 13 21:07, you wrote to the doctor:

    holy crap that's a lot. i pay 67 to fill it up and i have a suv with shitty gas mileage

    Andrea's minivan from empty to full is over $80, but thankfully that lasts her over 3 weeks when she just goes to work and back.

    Shawn


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  • From Android8675@VERT/SHODAN to Poindexter Fortran on Tue Dec 3 14:46:56 2013
    Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: Poindexter Fortran to Dreamer on Tue Nov 26 2013 07:30 am

    (spoiler quote)
    Between Clara's role in the end of last season and now Gallifrey surviving it seems like they've re-written quite a bit of the fabric of the show. Although I don't think any of the doctors will remember, did I catch that right?

    Yeah, but none of the doctors remember that Gallefrey was saved (except for matt smith's doctor), they cleared all that up at the end with Tom Baker's camio. Nothing has changed, just instead of Gallefrey being destroyed, it's now trapped in a painting god knows where and it'll be up to Matt Smith to find it and free the Time Lords. Should be a laugh, but the show always manages to not affect the time stream in any permanent fashion, they just have temporary camios that everyone forgets when they end.

    silly...
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  • From Android8675@VERT/SHODAN to the doctor on Tue Dec 3 15:15:59 2013
    Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: the doctor to ANDROID8675 on Tue Nov 26 2013 10:30 pm

    I was just paying attention to the actual dialog.

    Eleventh Doctor: I never forget a face.

    The Curator: I know you don't. And in years to come you might find yourself revisiting a few, but just the old favorites.

    So it seems to me that he is supposed to be a future incarnation that has somehow controlled his regeneration... sort of a forth Doctor, mark II. Not that it matters to me... it was nice to see him again.

    Oh I get all that, and I respect your opinion, but in MY opinion, it was just a camio Doctor. You can replay that scene over and over, but it's just a scene, probably adlibed, not cannon. Something to make the fans salivate, but save for these anniversary episodes leave Tom Baker out of it.
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  • From Android8675@VERT/SHODAN to Mro on Tue Dec 3 15:20:58 2013
    Re: Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: Mro to Gryphon on Tue Nov 26 2013 11:33 pm

    well eccleston is a movie star. he is in films. i'm not sure about the other doctor who actors, but i dont think they really compare to him in that regards.

    Tennant has been in a bunch of stuff, Harry Potter (one of the death eaters, forget which one), a ton of BBS TV shows, romantic lead type. On his Facebook feed, the guy has no shortage of work.

    I'm sure Matt Smith will be in demand once his run finishes, the new Doctor (actor escapes me at the moment) has already been in an episode of Who, which I find all sorts of funny.

    Interesting to read all this Eccleston stuff, didn't know about the problems on the set (supposidly), and all that stuff.
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  • From the doctor@VERT/QBBS to MRO on Wed Dec 4 01:42:00 2013
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    holy crap that's a lot. i pay 67 to fill it up and i have a suv with shitt mileag

    Yeah, when we lived in the old (much smaller) house, I spent more a month on petrol than my (her) mortgage.

    I think I spend about 150 pounds a month... but I have a small Peugot 306 diesel. I had to get rid of my old convertable Golf, because it cost twice that and it was killing me. Did I mention that the car tax is based on your emissions, not the value of your car. It seems to go up about 5 - 10% a year.

    It's now 120 pounds every SIX MONTHS. My car is worth about 400 pounds. My wife gets the nice car, of course. (; There is also vehicle inspection, and they aren't kidding about that either.

    I've found it's more economical to buy a junker car every year, and scrap it when it fails it's road test or dies... than to buy a new car.


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  • From the doctor@VERT/QBBS to ANDROID8675 on Wed Dec 4 01:47:00 2013
    --- ANDROID8675 wrote --

    Yeah, but none of the doctors remember that Gallefrey was saved (except fo matt smith's doctor), they cleared all that up at the end with Tom Baker' camio. Nothing has changed, just instead of Gallefrey being destroyed, it' trapped in a painting god knows where and it'll be up to Matt Smith to fin and free the Time Lords. Should be a laugh, but the show always manages to affect the time stream in any permanent fashion, they just have temporar camios that everyone forgets when they end

    silly..

    "It's all wibbly wobbly timey wimey"

    "Do you have to talk like children? What is it that makes you so ashamed of being a grown-up?"

    I don't see how you can have a time travel show without this sort of paradox cropping up.


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  • From the doctor@VERT/QBBS to ANDROID8675 on Wed Dec 4 01:50:00 2013
    --- ANDROID8675 wrote --

    Oh I get all that, and I respect your opinion, but in MY opinion, it was j
    a camio Doctor. You can replay that scene over and over, but it's just a s probably adlibed, not cannon. Something to make the fans salivate, but sav these anniversary episodes leave Tom Baker out of it

    Well, yeah. It's really the same thing, as we will never see this incarnation again... Mr. Baker is getting a bit eldery now. I also doubt we will see any more Paul McGann, which is unfortunate, because he plays a really good part.


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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Tiny on Tue Dec 3 22:13:29 2013
    Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: Tiny to Mro on Tue Dec 03 2013 08:44 am

    Hello Mro!

    02 Dec 13 21:07, you wrote to the doctor:

    holy crap that's a lot. i pay 67 to fill it up and i have a suv with shitty gas mileage

    Andrea's minivan from empty to full is over $80, but thankfully that
    lasts her over 3 weeks when she just goes to work and back.

    Shawn


    yeah, with today's prices i just drive to work and back. there's no joy riding.

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  • From the doctor@VERT/QBBS to MRO on Wed Dec 4 08:28:00 2013
    --- MRO wrote --
    yeah, with today's prices i just drive to work and back. there's no joy ri

    I haven't seen my crazy Scotish hippy friends in years, because it would cost about 120 pounds in fuel alone to drive there and back.


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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Android8675 on Wed Dec 4 06:02:03 2013
    Re: Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: Android8675 to Mro on Tue Dec 03 2013 09:20 am

    Tennant has been in a bunch of stuff, Harry Potter (one of the death
    eaters, forget which one), a ton of BBS TV shows, romantic lead type. On
    his Facebook feed, the guy has no shortage of work.


    i think tennant was one of the teachers on harry potter.

    since i've been talking about eccelston being in all these movies, i've been watching movies here and there and i see him in them.
    that guy gets around.

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  • From Android8675@VERT/SHODAN to the doctor on Wed Dec 4 01:55:17 2013
    Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: the doctor to ANDROID8675 on Tue Dec 03 2013 07:47 pm

    "Do you have to talk like children? What is it that makes you so ashamed of being a grown-up?"

    I don't see how you can have a time travel show without this sort of paradox cropping up.

    "Time is out of sync, you won't remember any of this..."

    See, it's easy. It's not difficult to do a time travel show, in fact it's easy if you keep the rules extremely loose.
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  • From Android8675@VERT/SHODAN to the doctor on Wed Dec 4 01:57:34 2013
    Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: the doctor to ANDROID8675 on Tue Dec 03 2013 07:50 pm

    Well, yeah. It's really the same thing, as we will never see this incarnation again... Mr. Baker is getting a bit eldery now. I also doubt we will see any more Paul McGann, which is unfortunate, because he plays a really good part.

    He was in one episode... wasn't he? I'd like to see them use CG to bring doctors back, none of this Doctor on a fuzzy monitor with lots of fast takes. Why can't what's his name who played William Hartnell do the Doctor #1 role? He was pretty good.
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  • From Poindexter Fortran@VERT/REALITY to Android8675 on Thu Dec 5 02:33:15 2013
    Re: Doctor Who 50th
    By: Android8675 to the doctor on Tue Dec 03 2013 07:55 pm

    See, it's easy. It's not difficult to do a time travel show, in fact it's easy if you keep the rules extremely loose.

    Just like in Star Trek how any unknown malady could be cured by using a stored pattern from the transporter. It pays to keep backups!



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  • From the doctor@VERT/QBBS to POINDEXTER FORTRAN on Thu Dec 5 14:39:00 2013
    --- POINDEXTER FORTRAN wrote --

    Just like in Star Trek how any unknown malady could be cured by using a st pattern from the transporter. It pays to keep backups

    Yeah. That transporter thing is dangerous!


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