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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2019 19:59:25 GMT
I..... completely... disagree....with...you... I.. thought.....it...was.......... brilliant................&...no...we.... don't...all...think...that...about... Bradley....Walsh... Sometimes you piss me off john but that was hilarious. Sorry. I can come across rude I guess. Something that will change in 2019.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2019 21:07:56 GMT
Sometimes you piss me off john but that was hilarious. Sorry. I can come across rude I guess. Something that will change in 2019. Oh don’t take it as a slight, I’m a very easy person to piss off which, if I’m being honest, in most cases it is my problem and not theirs (Perhaps i‘ve just found my new years resolution to work on)
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Post by mark687 on Jan 2, 2019 21:13:19 GMT
Meanwhile on Twitter: "We’ve just about finished cleaning up the mess from the Dalek attack last night, but we’re happy to confirm GCHQ is still at full operational capability " LOL
"Sometimes you just have to bow to the absurd"
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Jan 2, 2019 21:17:17 GMT
Graham is easily my favourite of the new companions. Honestly i think he might be my favorite out of the new series. (As in series 1-11) Graham, Bill and Donna are my favorites. Bradley Walsh is certainly the MVP of this Team TARDIS.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Jan 2, 2019 21:18:37 GMT
Meanwhile on Twitter: "We’ve just about finished cleaning up the mess from the Dalek attack last night, but we’re happy to confirm GCHQ is still at full operational capability " LOL
"Sometimes you just have to bow to the absurd"
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You know it is a huge cultural thing when you’ve got the spooks making jokes about it in public.
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Post by relativetime on Jan 2, 2019 23:46:40 GMT
Chibnall's strongest writing credit for Doctor Who, definitely, and I mean that as no slight on his previous work - I just think that, for Doctor Who at least, this is his first truly GREAT Doctor Who episode and the first episode written by him I feel fully confident and happy to give a 5/5. Suspenseful from beginning to end, gripping, and all-around a whole lot of fun, I think this was a great way to end the year and it certainly leaves a good impression before the long wait for Series 12.
On a side note, though, I sincerely hope this is not a sign that classic monsters will be taking a center stage in the next series. I can't argue if it's as fantastic as the majority of Series 11 has been, but I would much rather see the show stand on its own two feet and creating new monsters and villains rather than relying on the past. I'd definitely like to see the Daleks, Cybermen, Ice Warriors, and all the other usuals make further appearances in this era, but I'm always far more interested in seeing something I haven't seen before. Sure, there's always new things you can do with past villains, but that can often fall more into the category of gimmicks rather than innovation or else taking the villains out of the spotlight to focus on something else entirely - you only have to look at the Dalek episodes between Dalek and this episode to see that problem in action. Again, I think there's a case to be made that Chibnall and his writing team could most certainly pull of bringing back many of the classics with flying colors and I would most certainly cheer them on if that's the case - I'd just like to see something else.
Anyways, the episode was great! Looking forward to Series 12!
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Post by charlesuirdhein on Jan 3, 2019 0:07:42 GMT
So when Ryan's dad turns up there is this exchange - The Doctor: Ryan's Dad. Yaz: It's complicated. The Doctor: Yeah. Dads are...So I've heard. Confirmation of Lungbarrow? The Doctor never had a dad because they were Loomed! Roflmao. God bless you. Ha! Luvaduck. Possible Lungbarrow confirmation? Ha! I should cocoa.
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Post by number13 on Jan 3, 2019 1:26:34 GMT
It's great to be proved wrong this early in a new year! Just a few weeks ago I posted: "I would like a proper Dalek story, one which which shows them as the cunning, ruthless and terrifying exterminating force of 'Power', 'Genesis' and 'Resurrection'. ... I'd say there was a 0% chance of such a Dalek story now..." Thanks Chris Chibnall for proving me wrong with the best Dalek story since 'Dalek' (agree with @stevo and others on that) and even though I could (and will!) be critical of other things in the episode, the presentation of the Dalek was su-preme. The caseless mutant and the back-riding possession of Lin was skin-crawling nightmare stuff (even if it might well get a 'We thought of that first!' chant from the spiders Eight-Legs of Metebelis III... ) I thought the 'Dalek DIY' was a great idea and as Davy referenced, a neat mirror of the Doctor's sonic 'forging' at the start of the season - I guess including some serious metalworking is a must for a season based around Sheffield. And then it was back in action, with a plan, weapons and the desire to exterminate. I noticed the exterminated characters did the 80s skeletal effect but didn't get thrown backwards when hit by the Dalek ray - they threw their hands into the air and collapsed on the spot all in slow-motion - a nicely done (and appreciated) nod to the earlier classic era. Projectile weapons seemed a bit low-tech for a Dalek but this was presumably the earliest Dalek we've ever seen except for 'Genesis' and' The Daleks' so it was primitive by their standards, levitation excepted and in that context they made sense - and great battle sequences. (It wasn't pure Dalekenium of course and that part-steel body wouldn't have taken long for the RAF to find and shoot down but that's the sort of comment I get annoyed with myself for thinkiing of. ) As with 'Woman' at the start of the season I was really impressed by the use of locations - the semi-flooded vaults, the farm, the roads, etc. It was fairly obviously made in high hot summer and labelled as New Year's Day, (could have been 'freak weather conditions' I suppose) and the sound was impressive, as it's been all season, but still worth a comment. And the Vortex still looks terrific and I still really don't like the TARDIS interior. The Doctor's showdown with possessed Lin over the holo-tele-thingy-link was great stuff; she's the Doctor. But I wasn't impressed with her face-to-face meeting with the Dalek at first - until the action kicked off and the 'Doc' (I'm about Graham's age so I can say 'Doc' too) hurled herself round the console room and microwaved its sorry casing into eternity and the 'Aliens' ending with the naked mutant, the vacuum of Space, Aaron and Ryan worked well. Graham was excellent, always is and Ryan too, so what didn't I like? I'm not sure if Yas was in this episode but I guess she was, I must have missed her big scene, again... Aaron (not) selling microwaves was a bizarre storyline (even if it paid off as a weapon.) He's been an offshore (oil rigs?) engineer, working at the top of his profession and he'd not be short of a well-earned bob or two. And the Aaron / Ryan cafe scene was overlong and lost my attention about a tenth of the way through. The UNIT/'security helpline' scene was irritating but not as bad as the patronising, condescending scene with the wifi-less family. I don't want "comedy" (even if it was funny which it wasn't) or 'family background' threads interrupting a high-stakes nailbiter like this. So overall I'd give it 4* but with about 10 minutes trimmed off it would have been an easy 5*. (Naturally I get that other people would have trimmed a different 10 minutes, or 5, or none, but that's fine, we're not Daleks are we, we can dis-a-gree! )
EDIT: And I agree with Mark, the preqel story of the Vikings+allies v. Reconnaissance Dalek war would have been great to see. Maybe one day??
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2019 2:54:41 GMT
Graham is easily my favourite of the new companions. Honestly i think he might be my favorite out of the new series. (As in series 1-11) When he was introducing the TARDIS to Aaron, I suddenly had a flash of William Russell (no small praise coming from me). He's going to have a lovely little legacy, our Graham, I reckon. Enduring. One of the exemplars we pull out of a line-up and say: "This is everything a companion should and can be." He's been relentlessly impressive. Now this was the Season Finale i wanted. Sure some gags felt a bit shoehorned in and Yaz barely did a thing, but for the other 95% it was spot on. A solo Dalek is always way more frightening than an Army of them.Although since this Reconnaissance Dalek was one of the first to leave Skaro, should it have known who the Doctor was? Also i thought the how long is a rel joke was going to be a reference to Dalek Invasion of Earth There's a line in The Daleks' Master Plan which still gives me chills because it isn't a boast, it's just a dismissive statement of the facts: "ONE DALEK IS CAPABLE OF EXTERMINATING ALL!"
Resolution did a great job at recapturing that, which brings me to something I didn't mention before, but more Dalek variants! Yes! So when Ryan's dad turns up there is this exchange - The Doctor: Ryan's Dad. Yaz: It's complicated. The Doctor: Yeah. Dads are...So I've heard. Confirmation of Lungbarrow? The Doctor never had a dad because they were Loomed! And another reminder that whatever your backstory preference, the Doctor's childhood is goddamn tragic. Seriously, she desperately needed a hug when they were younger.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2019 11:04:44 GMT
On a side note, though, I sincerely hope this is not a sign that classic monsters will be taking a center stage in the next series. I can't argue if it's as fantastic as the majority of Series 11 has been, but I would much rather see the show stand on its own two feet and creating new monsters and villains rather than relying on the past. I'd definitely like to see the Daleks, Cybermen, Ice Warriors, and all the other usuals make further appearances in this era, but I'm always far more interested in seeing something I haven't seen before. Sure, there's always new things you can do with past villains, but that can often fall more into the category of gimmicks rather than innovation or else taking the villains out of the spotlight to focus on something else entirely - you only have to look at the Dalek episodes between Dalek and this episode to see that problem in action. Again, I think there's a case to be made that Chibnall and his writing team could most certainly pull of bringing back many of the classics with flying colors and I would most certainly cheer them on if that's the case - I'd just like to see something else. Sorry to snip your post, but I wanted to comment on this. I'm pretty much in agreement with everything you say, although I would like any new monster/alien creations to be stronger than what we've so far seen. I liked Tom Shaw a lot, especially the way he was played, but a few more actual monsters would be great.
And something I reminded myself this morning was that this New Year's special wasn't even what you might call a 'true' Dalek story, in that we didn't see any 'proper' Daleks. Just a cobbled-together version of the creature. This is meant positively by the way, because it still could be holding true to CC's 'no returning monsters' mantra by recreating one single Dalek rather than 'bringing them back' in a traditional sense. The fact that the creature and the story were so thoroughly enjoyable is a testament to the inventive use of the returnee rather than trading on past glories. It's very clever that CC has written a terrific Dalek story that still whets our appetite for a more 'full on' encounter sometime in the future.
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Post by Digi on Jan 3, 2019 12:59:20 GMT
Now this was the Season Finale i wanted. Sure some gags felt a bit shoehorned in and Yaz barely did a thing, but for the other 95% it was spot on. A solo Dalek is always way more frightening than an Army of them.Although since this Reconnaissance Dalek was one of the first to leave Skaro, should it have known who the Doctor was? Also i thought the how long is a rel joke was going to be a reference to Dalek Invasion of Earth There's a line in The Daleks' Master Plan which still gives me chills because it isn't a boast, it's just a dismissive statement of the facts: "ONE DALEK IS CAPABLE OF EXTERMINATING ALL!"
I'm sure there's someone here with a better memory than mine who can recall -- there was a line sometime in the new series, the Doctor said something about how just a handful of Daleks could conquer the entire solar system. I'm thinking maybe it was one of the Cult of Skaro stories? Anyway, it's that line (or at least the sentiment of it) that always pops into my head whenever there's a story with a single Dalek and the companions are dismissive of it. My mind just runs wild with thoughts of just two or three of the things laying waste to entire worlds.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2019 16:58:58 GMT
I have yet to watch the recorded events (a busy working week), but they've mothballed the British branch of UNIT for budgetary reasons? My.. I mean Kate's UNIT?
BLASTED PEN PUSHING BUREAUCRATS!
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*mighty encouraged by all the positive comments about Resolution. Hopefully will see it over the weekend.
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Post by jolyon on Jan 3, 2019 19:13:47 GMT
As episodes go, it was the first one of Jodie's to leave me feeling a bit flat.
The music was too loud alongside the dialogue.
I loved the Rel joke, though.
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Post by bobod on Jan 3, 2019 19:36:05 GMT
As episodes go, it was the first one of Jodie's to leave me feeling a bit flat. The music was too loud alongside the dialogue. I loved the Rel joke, though. It was probably my favourite. Certainly up there.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2019 21:19:20 GMT
As episodes go, it was the first one of Jodie's to leave me feeling a bit flat. The music was too loud alongside the dialogue.I loved the Rel joke, though. At the risk of veering off-topic, I'm starting to encounter that all over the place now. Television, films... Aquaman was the most recent, I couldn't hear the lower registers of the voices over the soundtrack. Almost as if the foreground and background had been switched across and that was in a full-size theatre. Anyone else running into this?
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Post by newt5996 on Jan 3, 2019 21:27:48 GMT
This one felt a bit off for me, mainly the stuff with Ryan and his father having what felt like little relevance to the plot and was resolved pretty quickly. I also just didn't feel like Ryan's dad (Was his name Aaron?) was a well thought out character. The Dalek felt like an actual Dalek, and if it wasn't for the padding of the Ryan storyline this episode would definitely be getting at least a 4/5 even if the design made me cringe, and no saying it isn't a permanent design doesn't mean I can't judge it. Yeah it made sense it would look off, but looking at it just made my eyes hurt and looked a bit cheap. On a minor note why did they not use the title sequence if they were confirming the episode as titled Resolution and not Resolution of the Daleks? The Doctor's fear of the Dalek is brilliantly portrayed and the direction was fun, but I just felt bored by the time we got to the good stuff.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2019 22:26:33 GMT
And something I reminded myself this morning was that this New Year's special wasn't even what you might call a 'true' Dalek story, in that we didn't see any 'proper' Daleks. Just a cobbled-together version of the creature. I disagree. What we saw was a proper Dalek, just not in a proper Dalek casing.
To quote somebody who should know their stuff; the casing for the mutant is just a "travel machine" !
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2019 22:29:49 GMT
Resolution received an AI score of 80.
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Post by GroundedCompanion on Jan 3, 2019 22:30:56 GMT
That was great! Overtook Punjab as my favorite episode of the season. I LOVED the first materialization shot of the TARDIS in the sewer. It was gorgeous! That was the scariest Dalek we've seen in quite a while. It was really exciting and suspenseful, with some really well done character moments to break it up a bit. I thought Lynn was a little too okay at the end. I'd be messed up for a very long time if that had happened to me. Regarding the UNIT situation: you know you're addicted to Big Finish when the first thing that pops into your mind when watching that scene is,"Oh no! What does that mean for the UNIT boxsets?!?!"
Eh, for me, Lyn was given the space to show just how shaken up and traumitised she was by the experience, the rest is genre, especially given this is the New Years Day Special. It wouldn't suprise me if, given Thirteen's arc, we might see Lyn somewhere down the line in some capacity.
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Post by christmastrenzalore on Jan 3, 2019 23:21:38 GMT
On a minor note why did they not use the title sequence if they were confirming the episode as titled Resolution and not Resolution of the Daleks? I think it was just a tip of the hat to Dalek naming conventions, without flat out broadcasting it. If I hadn't heard it mentioned in You Tube video, I don't know if I would have figured out it was a Dalek before the reveal.
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