King Joe Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Guys, check this out:Apparently, they went and made a Doctor Who MMO. It's not very hard core, and most of the gameplay revolves around playing minigames to unlock doors, battle autons, and hack systems, but it has a very fun feel to it.I think I can link to it right now because it doesn't have forums or anything...Moderators, tell me if I'm wrong. Quote My Old comics, Of Hedgehogs and Lego Bricks - My Epic, Hero Factory: The Biosteel ChroniclesTrifecta! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChocolateFrogs Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Yeah, it looks cool. I just haven't had time in the past two weeks to sign up. I know Arpy has, but it hasn't gotten much buzz aside from its initial release.-CF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Joe Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 It's a very fun little game, in which the story is that time is unraveling and you have to help the Doctor put it back together by recovering shards of frozen time scattered throughout the universe. It's a fun game, and well worth the time.Incidentally, I finally played "Attack of the Graske" on the official website. It's really a clever little game, I wouldn't be surprised if they made more for DVD releases. Quote My Old comics, Of Hedgehogs and Lego Bricks - My Epic, Hero Factory: The Biosteel ChroniclesTrifecta! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChocolateFrogs Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I really want to play The Gunpowder Plot. That's kind of hard for me to get here in the US though.-CF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Joe Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I hear there's a program that will mask the location of your computer from any websites. From what I hear, it should allow you to get those Britain exclusive games easy. I haven't had time to check into the legality of it though. Quote My Old comics, Of Hedgehogs and Lego Bricks - My Epic, Hero Factory: The Biosteel ChroniclesTrifecta! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewnuva199 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Another thing I've noted is how there's been episode people have been really harsh on from the new series for various reasons, and I am a little curious as to why. Given I've only been learning about them through TV Tropes for the most part, I haven't really been able to understand why some of them may not be liked, but I'm willing to hear others' opinions:-Love & Monsters: This sounds like an interesting enough episode. The story of a in-universe Doctor fan group going awery when a Villian of a Week gets involved, sounds pretty neat. Do people seem to find it too silly or something? (I saw the part where the Doctor and Rose chase the monster through doors and vice-versa Scooby Doo-style, and I did think it was great fun) I thought it was reasonable. Besides, it doesn't have to be serious all the time.-Fear Her: When I read about this episode, my only gripe was that the concept of trapping people and things in drawings really unnerved me. What was wrong with the execution of the episode, though? Was it dull or something along those lines?-Moffet-Run Holiday Specials: Don't get me wrong, the Christmas specials from the Davis-Run sound pretty good (Runaway Bride, Next Doctor, Voyage of the ######, to name the ones I in paticular want to see), but the ones from the latest serials seem to get alot of criticism for things along the lines of "too cliche" or "not good in terms of other episodes." I think in terms of something to enjoy during the holiday season, the episodes seem much more enjoyable than the Davis-Run, which are more or less episodes that could air any day of the year for the most part. Quote Your Honor, I Plead the Fifth. I really need to handle my signature problems better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyMetalSunshineSister Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 The villain in L&M is, I think, what most people dislike about that one. It's a goofy fat green guy with an objectively stupid name. I rather liked the episode, if only because Mr. Teatime Marc Warren is a pretty good actor.Fear Her is one of those things that's good for watching once. After that, it's too cheesy, really.As for the Moffat-run Christmas specials, blurglblurgl Netflix I'm presently obliged to not have an opinion on them. Quote We will remember - Skies may fade and stars may wane; we won't forget And your light shines bright - yes so much brighter shine on We will remember - Until the skies will fall we won't forget We will remember We all shall follow doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilius Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 (edited) . Edited April 26, 2021 by Tilius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyrd Bid Ful Araed Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Don't me started on the massive plothole in VotD...The concept of a Doctor-lite episode can work well (Blink, Turn Left) but in the case of L&M...it just got a bit daft. People singing ELO hits? A Scooby-Doo door chase? A girlfriend who is a stone slab but they still have a 'relationship' (fetch the mind bleach please...), Peter Kay as a big green villain who runs screaming down the streets in a thong? Eehh, no... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danska: Shadow Master Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 People seem to have covered the problems with Love and Monsters and Fear Her quite adequately. Both interesting concepts, but terribly implemented. As Tilius said, compare Fear Her and Night Terrors. When I finished watching the latter, my immediate thought was "and that is what Fear Her would have been if it had been done properly."As far as the Moffat Christmas Specials go, the latest one was terrible. The first one, however, A Christmas Carol, I thought was excellent both as a Christmas episode and as an episode in its own right. I consider it to be one of Smith's finest performances. Quote Click on them to build them yourself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Joe Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 (edited) I actually liked Fear Her. I haven't seen it twice or seen night terrors though, but I actually liked the Doctor carrying the torch. That's the sort of hilariously epic thing I love about Doctor Who. And I didn't like Love and Monsters because it was one of the few episodes that actually creeped me out. Edited January 16, 2012 by King Joe Quote My Old comics, Of Hedgehogs and Lego Bricks - My Epic, Hero Factory: The Biosteel ChroniclesTrifecta! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyMetalSunshineSister Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 (edited) Eh, I felt like L&M should have been frightening, but they made the way the monster kills people completely ridiculous, so it didn't really get creepy until right there are the end.Honestly, if they'd had Marc Warren playing his character from the Discworld movie Hogfather, it would have been a brilliant episode. Edited January 16, 2012 by The Shadows Out of Time Quote We will remember - Skies may fade and stars may wane; we won't forget And your light shines bright - yes so much brighter shine on We will remember - Until the skies will fall we won't forget We will remember We all shall follow doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChocolateFrogs Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 I'd rather watch L&M again instead of a few other episodes, were I forced to. But it's defenitely nothing to write home about...Fear Her was just ug...Moffat's Christmas Specials are defenitley better than Davies' (though Voyage and Next Doctor are defenitely better than his first two, especially the Runaway Bride). It's kind of hard to beat A Christmas Carol, I'd say.-CF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyMetalSunshineSister Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 My favorite Christmas special thus far was the Christmas Invasion. That one was pretty brilliant. The Next Doctor was also pretty awesome. Of the other one(s?) I've seen, I've got no major complaints. Quote We will remember - Skies may fade and stars may wane; we won't forget And your light shines bright - yes so much brighter shine on We will remember - Until the skies will fall we won't forget We will remember We all shall follow doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zionfighter7G Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 (edited) Only one thing I can say of this show:BEST.SHOW.EVER.It's my primary reason for liking the British, and Bowties.EDIT: Also Fez' Edited January 20, 2012 by Sky Phazer Quote It's been so long since I've been on a forum site, I forgot how to Banner. This is a problem that Mark Ruffalo had at the start of Thor: Ragnarok, but mine is more difficult. Although, I think an equal amount of Chris Hemsworth will fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyMetalSunshineSister Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 That would be fezzes, not fez'. The fez doesn't own anything, except perhaps for the top of Matt Smith's head. Quote We will remember - Skies may fade and stars may wane; we won't forget And your light shines bright - yes so much brighter shine on We will remember - Until the skies will fall we won't forget We will remember We all shall follow doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protodite Karzahni Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I'm gonna be honest, Love and Monsters probably had the Doctor's most subtle darkest moment. He should have just let whats-her-name, Moaning Myrtle, die. Now she lives forever as an unmoving slab, trapped and only ever able to look forward. She can't go out into public because of the horror that would evoke and her parents probably fear her current condition And the whole love life thing raises some horrific questions that are better left unanswered. Can she even die? There doesn't seem to be a heart, or any organs in that slab, so it seems like she's maintained by some timey-wimey stuff.Fear Her was kind of blegh. It had a good idea but the whole evil father thing seemed incredibly uninteresting. To be honest, besides The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit, anything from the second half of series 2 I didn't like, because of the chemistry between the Doctor and Rose. In my humble opinion, David Tennant was unlikeable at the best of times, and Rose was so gosh darn irritating, their relationship annoyed me.As for the specials, I've just decided Christmas specials can't be good with Doctor Who. I haven't really enjoyed one since The Runaway Bride. RTD lost his touch and started turning the Doctor into God (Seriously, explain that ascending angels scene without religious connotations) and Moffat just tries too hard to have feelgood scenes. The father surviving in the latest episode makes me sincerely unhappy, because I find it a little insulting to any child who did lose a relative that year. Quote I wrote stories once. They were okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zionfighter7G Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 That would be fezzes, not fez'.Grammar is my Immortal Enemy. Thanks for bringing my Enemy back to haunt me again. Quote It's been so long since I've been on a forum site, I forgot how to Banner. This is a problem that Mark Ruffalo had at the start of Thor: Ragnarok, but mine is more difficult. Although, I think an equal amount of Chris Hemsworth will fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyrd Bid Ful Araed Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Yeah the double bill on Krop Tor still rank up there amongst my favourite episodes.I respectfully disagree with your opinion on the Christmas specials though. While I have my problems with VotD and EoT I did like A Christmas Carol, if only because it actually used the fact that the main character has a time machine at his disposal. And the feel-good ending is made rather bittersweet when you remember Abigail is going to die in a matter of hours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyMetalSunshineSister Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I rather agree on the matter of the slab - that was either intentionally horrifying on the part of the writers and just poorly thought-out on the Doctor's part, or just poorly thought-out on the part of the writers. Quote We will remember - Skies may fade and stars may wane; we won't forget And your light shines bright - yes so much brighter shine on We will remember - Until the skies will fall we won't forget We will remember We all shall follow doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Toa Lhikevikk- Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I've read somewhere that Elton is meant to be an insane and therefore unreliable narrator, and that the events of the episode may not necessarily be "real".I still don't like the episode, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyrd Bid Ful Araed Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Yeah, some of the more goofy aspects like the Scooby-Doo-esque chase sequence are supposed to be just Elton's interpretations of things but you still have Peter Kay running round screaming in a green fat suit and thong and My Girlfriend The Paving Slab, which...eugh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyMetalSunshineSister Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 (edited) Yeah, there's enough of it that isn't "This is your brain on crazy pills" that the meat and potatoes of the creepiest parts of the episode are probably really there in the episode.Of course, there is the slightly more hopeful (for us) possibility that whatever Victor Kennedy really was, it wasn't Peter Kay in a fat suit, and was actually so horrifying that Elton's mind scabbed it over with false memories from that point onwards - making the alien ridiculous, the whole slab-girlfriend thing because when you've just damaged yourself mentally you don't think too straight, and hopefully a couple of other goofy things. It's quite possible in this interpretation that Elton is either imagining himself telling his story (when he's in fact sitting in a mental hospital, rocking back and forth) or that he is telling his story, but has become delusional about certain aspects of it, and now carries around a paving slab for, as far as anyone else can tell, no clear reason....Is it bad that I consider this the less horrible option? It does let a certain character die rather than live a creepy half-life, but it also posits that whatever Elton faced towards the end was bad enough to break his mind. Edited January 21, 2012 by The Shadows Out of Time Quote We will remember - Skies may fade and stars may wane; we won't forget And your light shines bright - yes so much brighter shine on We will remember - Until the skies will fall we won't forget We will remember We all shall follow doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean Valjean Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 I just got done watching the first season of the revival and liked Eccleston, though it was a shame to see him go so soon. He's far from my favorite, but the personality could have stuck around for a while longer and I saw a little of myself in him. My sister watched them with me and she's more into David Tennant's 11th Doctor, but he grew on her too.What I didn't like was Rose Tyler. Her relationship with her father was nice in that one episode with the time paradox, but otherwise she annoyed me and I had mixed feelings between the developing romance between her and the Doctor. On one hand I liked seeing that side of the Doctor, but on the other hand I didn't like the Rose Tyler half of the romance.Your Honor,Tyrannosaurus Kraggh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyMetalSunshineSister Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 It should be noted, Kraggh, that Tennant's the 10th Doctor. Matt Smith is the 11th. Quote We will remember - Skies may fade and stars may wane; we won't forget And your light shines bright - yes so much brighter shine on We will remember - Until the skies will fall we won't forget We will remember We all shall follow doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean Valjean Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 *Facepalms* Oh, sorry, I knew that. it must have been a typo.Your Honor,Tyranosaurus Kraggh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChocolateFrogs Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 (edited) So have you heard? IDW publishers are making a Doctor Who and Star Trek: The Next Generation crossover comic series! They'll fight the Borg and the Cybermen!It starts in May and is called "Assimilation^2" or rather, "Assimilation Squared."I'm pretty excited.-CF Edited February 14, 2012 by ChocolateFrogs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyMetalSunshineSister Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Hmm. I may actually have to buy those. It's an interesting concept, though not quite as good as a Doctor Who/Discworld crossover would be. Quote We will remember - Skies may fade and stars may wane; we won't forget And your light shines bright - yes so much brighter shine on We will remember - Until the skies will fall we won't forget We will remember We all shall follow doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wotz Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 YYYEEESSS!!!*Ahem* Sorry. Just got a little excited there, that's all. The Borg finally meet the Cybermen, and Doctor Who has a crossover with something for once. This will be the only issue of IDW's comics that I'm going to end up reading at some point Quote D U N E W O L F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Joe Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Okay that's just awesome to no end. I can just hear the federation higher ups freaking out at the Doctors... Unstandard methods. And that shot of the Doctor in the Captain's Chair is EPIC WINZ! Quote My Old comics, Of Hedgehogs and Lego Bricks - My Epic, Hero Factory: The Biosteel ChroniclesTrifecta! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protodite Karzahni Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 So, uh, any news if they'll be released in the UK? I mean, not that I'm nerdy enough to ever consider buying them but...Oh sweet Artakha, I want to collect those. 0.0 Quote I wrote stories once. They were okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSR Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Hmm. I may actually have to buy those. It's an interesting concept, though not quite as good as a Doctor Who/Discworld crossover would be.I think I went catatonic with glee at the mere idea of that for a second there.Anyways, it'll be fun to see how the series turns out. Quote Hey: I'm not very active around BZP right now. However, you can always contact me through PM (I have email notifications set up) and I will reply as soon as I can. Useful Topics: The Q&A Compendium | The Official RPG Planning Topic Stories: Fractures | An Aftermath | Three Stories | LSO 2012 Epics: Team Three | The Shadow and the Sea | The Days They Were Needed | Glitches | Transformations | Echoes | The Kaita and the Storyteller | Nui BZPRPG: Komae · Soraya · Bohrei Blog: Defendant Lobby no. 42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toa of Gallifrey Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Awesome! If only they made crossovers between Doctor Who and Bionicle... XD I hope this series of comics is confirmed canon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewnuva199 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 That's nothing. A certain other fandom has been dreaming of a Doctor Who crossover since their show's beginnnig, ever since some certain background character was made out as resembling the Doctor.If a crossover ever happened there, they would go absolutely bonkers.On a side note, I've now seen the TV MOvie, The Three Doctors, and a good chunk of episodes from the new series. I must say, I like Donna and the Dalek from the Series 1 episode of the same name. Quote Your Honor, I Plead the Fifth. I really need to handle my signature problems better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Toa Lhikevikk- Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Dang it, now it'll look like I'm riding a bandwagon when I get around to writing my own Trek/Who crossover.Eh, mine would splice the original series of both so least I'd seem a bit more original than this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wotz Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 (edited) That's nothing. A certain other fandom has been dreaming of a Doctor Who crossover since their show's beginningAnd what fandom might that be? Edited February 15, 2012 by Wotsiznaim Quote D U N E W O L F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protodite Karzahni Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 That's nothing. A certain other fandom has been dreaming of a Doctor Who crossover since their show's beginningAnd what fandom might that be? I'll give you a moment to comprehend this. Quote I wrote stories once. They were okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean Valjean Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 I like Doctor Who, but am not such a huge fan to read a comic just to see him in a cross-over. However, I love Star Trek! So the combination is pretty epic.And seeing the Doctor meet MLP would be prety sweet, too.Your Honor,Tyrannosarus Kraggh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyMetalSunshineSister Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 There's a list of things that don't need to happen.A crossover between a moderately serious live-action science-fiction show and a children's cartoon is on that list. Quote We will remember - Skies may fade and stars may wane; we won't forget And your light shines bright - yes so much brighter shine on We will remember - Until the skies will fall we won't forget We will remember We all shall follow doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wotz Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 I'll give you a moment to comprehend this. ...Oh please no. Quote D U N E W O L F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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