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Post by sherlock on Feb 13, 2017 13:48:35 GMT
no one has mentioned the AFTER SHOW PARTY yet! It's too busy being consigned to the same dustbin as Doctor in Distress and Dimensions in Time.
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Post by aztec on Feb 13, 2017 14:48:42 GMT
no one has mentioned the AFTER SHOW PARTY yet! It's too busy being consigned to the same dustbin as Doctor in Distress and Dimensions in Time. Maybe there's a market for a DVD boxset of the three...
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Feb 13, 2017 16:41:04 GMT
For me it was: Adventures in Space and Time The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot Night of the Doctor and Light at the End
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2017 16:53:18 GMT
The afterparty was a mess sure but coming home at 1am after having been at the cinema with hundreds of people in cosplay then hitting the pub and having a great time meant that the afterparty was a nice little comedown from the high then straight on to The Fiveish Doctors. One of the truly great nights of Doctor Who fandom worldwide, surely. Also not mentioned yet - getting Tom back in the show and a first peek at Capaldi - the cinema went ballistic.
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Post by paulmorris7777 on Feb 13, 2017 18:20:11 GMT
The Web of Fear, and Enemy of the World release!
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Post by mrperson on Feb 13, 2017 20:41:35 GMT
Night of the Doctor: McGann knocked it clear out of the park.
DOTD: I did like the story, despite being particularly irked about the overall decision to save Gallifrey and undo the biggest theme of the last 10 years just like that. (Plus, that Tom Baker cameo)
Web of Fear / Enemy of the World
The Five(ish) Doctors: charming and hilarious. Hat's off to Peter Davison for coming up with that....
Light at the End
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Post by aemiliapaula on Feb 14, 2017 0:05:32 GMT
The Light at the End and Destiny of the Doctor, since that is how I found out about Big Finish
The Doctor Revisited specials and episodes to learn more about the other doctors
Adventure in Space and Time
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Post by dalektimecontroller on Feb 14, 2017 9:19:20 GMT
Day of the Doctor was fun, but did get caught up in its own hype a bit too much. Also, absolutely adored John Hurt's portrayal as the War Doctor, but I just wish that the 50th Anniversary Special had been a celebration of the previous fifty years, rather than introducing and focusing on a brand new Doctor we'd never seen before. (I think it would have been better if the War Doctor had been explored over the course of a season, not a single anniversary episode. But that's what we got from Big Finish.) And Tom Baker gave me goosebumps.
The Light at the End was everything I expected it to be. Nothing remarkable as a story, but a proper celebration of all of the (Classic) Doctors and their companions.
An Adventure in Space and Time was my favourite episode to come out of the anniversary year (including Big Finish). I've started a tradition of watching it every anniversary, followed by An Unearthly Child.
The Night of the Doctor made me squeal with delight at seeing the Eighth Doctor again. At first I was very disappointed that Eight didn't fight the Time War, but now I think it makes more sense character-wise that it was the War Doctor.
Oh and the Five-ish Doctors was hilarious.
My favourite memory though was meeting Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann all together at the Lords of Time convention in Australia. Absolutely brilliant.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2017 10:14:22 GMT
Day of the Doctor was fun, but did get caught up in its own hype a bit too much. Also, absolutely adored John Hurt's portrayal as the War Doctor, but I just wish that the 50th Anniversary Special had been a celebration of the previous fifty years, rather than introducing and focusing on a brand new Doctor we'd never seen before. (I think it would have been better if the War Doctor had been explored over the course of a season, not a single anniversary episode. But that's what we got from Big Finish.) And Tom Baker gave me goosebumps. With the benefit of hindsight, that would have made for a really cool story arc buzzing away in the background. That second half of the season could have dealt with times and worlds affected by the John Hurt incarnation, slowly building him up piece-by-piece for his first cameo in The Name of the Doctor and his full appearance in the anniversary special.
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Post by relativetime on Feb 14, 2017 14:08:41 GMT
Overall, probably Night of the Doctor. For such a short mini-episode, it has had such a huge impact. It was another factor that eventually helped lead me in the direction of Big Finish - it basically canonized all of the Eighth Doctor (and by extension the Sixth Doctor) adventures. Plus, it was an absolute surprise - I only found out when one of my friend's showed me while we were in class.
Day of the Doctor, I have a complicated history with. I saw it by myself the first time and I absolutely did not like it. But when I saw it a second time with a friend, I had a blast. Now each time I watch it afterwards, I find that I'm sort of in-between. I still enjoy the story for its brilliant performances - not the least of which was John Hurt - and for the dialogue, but it's a story I'm definitely aware has faults when I'm watching it and some really selfish part of me actually still wishes we could have had more Paul McGann.
The Light at the End I didn't listen to until about two years ago, but I'm less conflicted on this story than I am with Day of the Doctor - I still enjoy it immensely. I don't listen to it that often, though - I feel like it's a release that has to be saved for special occasions.
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Feb 18, 2017 19:51:19 GMT
Paul McGann gets some voerdue love, and of course, John Hurt. Really, stop and think about how, even five years ago, a actor of that notoriety playing a Doctor.
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Post by ollychops on Feb 18, 2017 20:12:44 GMT
The Day of the Doctor - I know not everybody was happy with it (not that that's unusual) but I enjoyed it for what it was, and I liked that it contributed to the overall mythology/plot of the show rather than being a throwaway episode. I would change some things here and there (like try and include more past characters) but other than that I was happy with it. And seeing it in the cinema was something else too - especially the "No, sir, all thirteen!" scene.
Also a mention for the Night of the Doctor too - I was unbelievably happy that McGann got to play Eight on screen again, and that he mentioned his BF companions to boot.
And a shoutout to Light At the End. It was fun and more aimed towards the more hardcore Whovians. It wasn't the most amazing plot, but it's one BF story that I enjoy immensely and I relisten to a lot.
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Post by aztec on Feb 18, 2017 20:53:03 GMT
Ace's description of the other seven Doctors in TLATE always makes me chuckle:
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Post by anothermanicmondas on Feb 18, 2017 23:09:11 GMT
Me too the whole buzz of the year and seeing Tom Baker's face on the shelves of the bookshop encouraged me to give it a try. My bank balance will never be the same again... of course there was also An Adventure in Space and Time and The Five(ish) Doctors reboot
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Post by aztec on Feb 19, 2017 15:28:38 GMT
Anyone else kinda hope the 'No sir All 13 sequence' ties in with Capaldi's regeneration somehow? exactly the timey wimey reference Moffat would go out on...
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Post by kimalysong on Feb 19, 2017 16:11:24 GMT
Web of Fear & Enemy of the World The Fiveish Doctors Revisited Night of the Doctor
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Post by charlesuirdhein on Feb 19, 2017 20:57:53 GMT
Hmm...having a wee chat with Paul Spragg at the BF desk at Xcel, that was cool.
As an Aside(TM) Dimensions in Time has ONE (count it!) good and save-worthy moment in it, Sixie and the Brig.
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Post by christmastrenzalore on Feb 19, 2017 21:22:50 GMT
Tie between "Night of the Doctor" and "The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot".
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2017 21:56:54 GMT
The Five(ish) Doctors was one of the best things to come out of Doctor Who in General, so that gets my vote.
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Post by aztec on Feb 20, 2017 11:41:52 GMT
Considering it was A) essentially an afterthought tacked on at the end of TDOTD production and B) Moffat was still writing the script on the day, it's surprising and heartening just how good Night Of The Doctor turned out, in fact I'd go as far to say it was possibly the most fitting and tragic regeneration story so far.
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