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    Doctor Who Gives You Some New Stuff To Paint On Your Bong

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    Image of Davio Davio
    12/01/09

    In reply to Doctor Who Gives You Some New Stuff To Paint On Your Bong
    Awful animation, good plot. Very enjoyable once I got into it and the animation stopped annoying me!
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    11/30/09

    In reply to Doctor Who Gives You Some New Stuff To Paint On Your Bong
    Interesting animation. It looks like it was done - badly - in poser 4!

    I did enjoy the story tho..
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    11/30/09

    @KhaiJB: It makes me think of video game graphics about 10 years ago.
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    Image of DangerousDac175 DangerousDac175
    11/30/09

    In reply to Doctor Who Gives You Some New Stuff To Paint On Your Bong
    Personally I thought the story - while simple - was a better Sci Fi affair than a lot of the new series, its just a shame they gave it to a mobile phone game company (!?!) of all people to animate. Hell, i'd have animated this for peanuts - and done a better job.
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    t3knomanser promoted this comment Edited by DangerousDac175 at 11/30/09 1:58 PM DangerousDac175 was starred DangerousDac175 was unstarred
    Image of t3knomanser t3knomanser
    11/30/09

    @DangerousDac175: Based on that clip, my ass, which has no animation experience, could have done a better job, even though it would have rendered in feces.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/30/09

    In reply to Doctor Who Gives You Some New Stuff To Paint On Your Bong
    Hmmmm. I must be mentally adding r's to everything I read.

    I read the tag as "doctorwhorerecap" and read bong as "borg".
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/30/09

    @Pessimippopotamus: You almost read it right. Early today I put on my Dr. Whore Cap and went to work helping the local prostitutes solve their problems.
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    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/30/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Tell me, did you need to buzz your sonic screwdriver?
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    Image of jokercard jokercard
    11/30/09

    In reply to Doctor Who Gives You Some New Stuff To Paint On Your Bong
    I just thought he overused his sonic in this one. Everything was just sonic sonic and escape. Guards with guns not shooting as they run away made me cringe but it was a fun time waster until the real stuff arrives on Christmas and New Years
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    Image of Heriloke Heriloke
    11/30/09

    In reply to Doctor Who Gives You Some New Stuff To Paint On Your Bong
    I liked the animated "Infinite Quest" episode way better. The animation was quite simple, as was the story, but it was nice enough. I had no real trouble adjusting to the Doctor and Martha's cartoon avatars.

    As always, it was a bliss to have David Tennant as Ten [insert fangirlish wail here] but I felt deprived of his usual Doctorish eloquent expressions and gestures. (Which sort of is the point of dubbing, I know.)
    I cringed at Cassie the Waitress' accent as well. I don't like Random Intermediary One-Shot Companions that much, and she felt a little too much like she was here... what for, exactly?

    Still, I enjoyed the whole thing as a fresh dose of Whonism - the waiting is killing us all - and as a silly piece of light entertainment.

    Oh, hell, I forgot: I strongly disliked what I believe to be a teeth-gnashing caricature of the Americans during the Cold War; usually, I'm not the last one to mock films of that time and the raining "anti-red" messages in them, but *that* was a bit over-the-top, I felt.
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    Charlie Jane Anders promoted this comment Heriloke was starred Heriloke was unstarred
    Image of t3knomanser t3knomanser
    11/30/09

    @Heriloke: The restored "The Invasion" was much better. The animation, while low budget, is so compelling that the actual Cybermen are less menacing.

    My wife's favorite Doctor is Patrick Troughton. I grew up on Tom Baker, and introduced her to Dr. Who, yet somehow, she's more old school than I am!
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    Image of Heriloke Heriloke
    11/30/09

    @t3knomanser: I think this is the moment I confess I was born in the eighties and in France, and haven't been able to watch the old school-Who until... well, erm, like, four years ago?
    No, I'd rather not.

    My favourite past-Doctor is Tom Baker, definitely.
    I have not seen every classic episode yet, and "The Invasion" is not among those I watched. But I often find low-budget TV-stuff to be properly entertaining and really convincing - I suppose the makers have got to prove something and are eager to tell a coherent story with minimum effect.
    I remember being thrilled as a child (... in the eighties) by marionetted creatures and paper monsters, and cartoon magic sparkles. It was truly wondrous.
    [End nostalgia]
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    Image of hamshank hamshank
    11/30/09

    In reply to Doctor Who Gives You Some New Stuff To Paint On Your Bong
    I'm sorry? Your header: Dr Whore Cap? Rude, to say the least ....
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    Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon promoted this comment hamshank was starred hamshank was unstarred
    Image of robinrising robinrising
    11/30/09

    @hamshank: Glad I wasn't the only one who saw that.
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    Image of Allen_Richards Allen_Richards
    11/30/09

    In reply to Doctor Who Gives You Some New Stuff To Paint On Your Bong
    It's impossible for me to read the hashtags for this and NOT see Doctor Whore Cap.... Every friggin' time.... It's like my mind is just blocking out that this is a Doctor Who ReCap.... stupid brain....
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    Image of 0kami 0kami
    11/30/09

    @Allen_Richards: Same.
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    11/30/09

    @Allen_Richards: Doctor Whorecap is Garth Ennis' new series.
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    Image of Allen_Richards Allen_Richards
    11/30/09

    @0kami: the thing is that I don't even like Dr. Who, but I'm all about some whores....
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    Image of Allen_Richards Allen_Richards
    11/30/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: Let me guess, it's about a Timelord will take you around the world for 50 bucks?
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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    11/30/09

    @Allen_Richards: You could wear a cap saying that. just saying
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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    12/01/09

    @Allen_Richards:
    Seriously, it's impossible to see it any other way.

    Io9, I realize that you guys think mashing words together illegibly is cool and mod, but could you maybe re-think? Spaces and punctuation and capitalization really do add clarity...
    -Kle.
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    Image of Allen_Richards Allen_Richards
    12/01/09

    @Klebert L. Hall: It's an optical illusion caused by the curvature of the "e" and "c"which provides enough space almost appear as a space. Easily the funniest thing I've seen on here in ages.
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    Image of IDVariation IDVariation
    11/23/09

    In reply to At Last, Doctor Who's Lonely God Goes Too Far
    When Adelaide pulled her gun out I was really hoping she'd take a shot at The Doctor. It'd give him the perfect reason to kill her and make for one hell of a dark Christmas Special.
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    Image of Stephen Goldmeier Stephen Goldmeier
    12/13/09

    @IDVariation: yes. hell yes, that would have been a sight to see.
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    Image of Brainfreeeeeze Brainfreeeeeze
    11/17/09

    In reply to At Last, Doctor Who's Lonely God Goes Too Far
    Was I the only one who though Adelaide changed her mind too quick? The last thing she says to the Doctor is "Damn you." which made it seem like she wanted him to save them. And then it feels like she activates the bomb, not out of acceptance, but that she feels like they're really not going to make it. Then she gets all pissy and offs herself when he saves them. Which brings up another question. Wouldn't knowing your grandmother killed herself on earth when she was supposed to be on another planet scare a child away from space travel? You'd think Adelaide would've begrudgingly accepted time was going to change instead of causing her family more pain and un-answered questions by finding her suicide in the living room.

    Aside from the questions it raised I did like the episode to an extent. Though Im more excited to see the repercussions and the return of the Master.
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    Charlie Jane Anders promoted this comment Brainfreeeeeze was starred Brainfreeeeeze was unstarred
    Image of Nicolarz Nicolarz
    11/17/09

    In reply to At Last, Doctor Who's Lonely God Goes Too Far
    I thought the Doctor dropping the crew back into their own timeline (as opposed to 19th or 23rd) was a sign of his hubris and how delusional he'd become. The Doctor thought the remaining crew would end up having a big happy reunion with their families and would be full of fawning gratitude (as we have seen many times before during nu-Who), without a thought for the possible consequences of his actions. #doctorwho
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    Image of austin316gb austin316gb
    11/17/09

    In reply to At Last, Doctor Who's Lonely God Goes Too Far
    I read the hash tag as:

    #doctor whore cap

    What does that say about me? #doctorwho
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    Image of robot.in.the.skies robot.in.the.skies
    11/17/09

    In reply to At Last, Doctor Who's Lonely God Goes Too Far
    The bit near the end where he went 'Isn't anyone going to thank me?" made me go .___O. I wonder what Martha ("He never asks for thanks" etc. etc.) would say.

    That said, I loved the episode. It was bloody brilliant.

    Someone needs to put together a video collage of the Master and the Doctor saying "tough!" and so on. The parallels are chilling.
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    Image of Lunarplasma Lunarplasma
    11/17/09

    In reply to At Last, Doctor Who's Lonely God Goes Too Far
    The Doctor's ego-mania aside, one thing that made me do a double-take was the allusion near the beginning that the Philippines had a space program. It was a pleasant double-take, thinking that the country 'was talking about building a rocket'. ^_^ #doctorwho
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    Charlie Jane Anders promoted this comment Lunarplasma was starred Lunarplasma was unstarred
    Image of fraying fraying
    11/17/09

    In reply to At Last, Doctor Who's Lonely God Goes Too Far
    Can anyone tell me what the deal is with the disappearing ood at the end? #doctorwho
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    Image of MS-18E Shadoblak MS-18E Shadoblak
    11/17/09

    @fraying: Watch "Planet of the Ood" #doctorwho
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    Image of dethklokso dethklokso
    11/17/09

    @fraying: stay tuned... My theory is that the entire ood race is the Time Lords in disguise, through some process similar to the Chameleon Arch. and RtD has just been hiding them in plain sight for 4 years :). #doctorwho
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    Charlie Jane Anders promoted this comment dethklokso was starred dethklokso was unstarred
    Image of Dunny0 Dunny0
    11/17/09

    @dethklokso: And the Giant Brain thing was really The Matrix? #doctorwho
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    Image of dethklokso dethklokso
    11/17/09

    @Dunny0: actually thats not a bad analogy for what i'm going at. think of the giant Ood Brain being whats keeping the Oods minds in check, unaware that they're actually the Time Lords so yea sort of like the matrix in a sense. then, their second brains/Translator Orbs could act as a sort of "Fob-watch" if the reference makes sense. but i'm just grasping at broken straws. it'd make for one hell of a reveal though. #doctorwho
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    Image of Dunny0 Dunny0
    11/17/09

    @dethklokso: I was thinking more of "the matrix" as in the giant super-computer thinggie the Time Lords of the "classic" series had, not the franchise staring Theodore Logan.

    Although the two did have their similarities, what with the virtual worlds and storage of consciousness. #doctorwho
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    Image of fraying fraying
    11/17/09

    @MS-18E Shadoblak: I've seen it. Just missing the meaning of the ood glimpse at the end of this episode. Perhaps a rewatch is in order. #doctorwho
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    Image of MS-18E Shadoblak MS-18E Shadoblak
    11/17/09

    @fraying: an Ood at the end told him again (First time was the psychic woman in Planet of the Dead) that his "song was coming to an end". He's seeing an Ood because he feels like he's getting closer to that #doctorwho
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    Image of fraying fraying
    11/17/09

    @MS-18E Shadoblak: Ah! Thanks. #doctorwho
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