Peter Davidson, Sylvester McCoy, and Colin Baker. Pretty funny. I like how Davidson's kids are watching from behind the sofa.
Wesley: Feng Shui. Gunn: Right. What's that mean again? Wesley: That people will believe anything. Actually, in this place, Feng Shui will probably have enormous significance. I'll align my furniture the wrong way and suddenly catch fire or turn into a pudding.
'Conviction (1)'
Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
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Tom Scola - Nov 23, 2013 4:53:13 pm PST #23925 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Jessica - Nov 23, 2013 4:56:40 pm PST #23926 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Oh, that was wonderful. Should have been locked indeed, you cheeky bastards.
John Hurt is fine, but I would have enjoyed it a lot more with Eccleston.
I missed Eccleston too, but for this story, wouldn't he have replaced David Tennant?
As someone who's been grumbling about the New Who Doctors getting progressively younger, I thought this ep clarified a lot about why he would regenerate into progressively less mature versions of himself, and why this next time around he'll finally be ready to be a grown-up again.
Nora Deirdre - Nov 23, 2013 5:07:39 pm PST #23927 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I just wanted to see the end of the Hurt-Eccleston regeneration. You could see the eyes, but it would have been cool to get an actual cameo.
ETA:
As someone who's been grumbling about the New Who Doctors getting progressively younger, I thought this ep clarified a lot about why he would regenerate into progressively less mature versions of himself, and why this next time around he'll finally be ready to be a grown-up again.
Also yes.
Jessica - Nov 23, 2013 5:08:59 pm PST #23928 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Did anyone else wonder, given how similar the retro-fitted fate of Gallifrey is to the fate of the planet Krikkit - is being sealed in a pocket universe of frozen time something all BBC writers are secretly afraid of?
-t - Nov 23, 2013 5:20:45 pm PST #23929 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Maybe it's something they all secretly want.
§ ita § - Nov 23, 2013 5:51:32 pm PST #23930 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Eccleston could have been in a lot of places here, but not replacing John Hurt, Frank. That regeneration we saw when he stepped into his TARDIS leads directly to "Rose."
Connie Neil - Nov 23, 2013 7:00:45 pm PST #23931 of 30001
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Tom!! I think Hubby and I were the only ones who recognized him when he showed up, given the average age of the audience.
Now to rewatch it sometime without people talking over good lones.
billytea - Nov 24, 2013 2:33:16 am PST #23932 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Peter Davidson, Sylvester McCoy, and Colin Baker. Pretty funny. I like how Davidson's kids are watching from behind the sofa.
That was hilarious.
I watched The Day of the Doctor in the company of my youngest brother, who stayed over last night to watch it (it screened at 6:50 a.m. here), and my little boy. He thought it was very funny, though he got a bit scared by the Zygons once and suggested at that point that we should turn the TV off because we'd been watching for a while and too much television is bad for your eyes. (He was ok after I took him out to the hallway for a minute or two and the scene changed.)
I enjoyed all the fan service greatly, being a fan after all. Chuffed to see the return of the Zygons. The story was entertaining enough, though I was less thrilled with Time War-Gallifrey being retconned from Timothy Dalton's engine of death and conquest to the galaxy's largest child nursery megaplex. Still, as spectacle it fit the bill.
billytea - Nov 24, 2013 2:36:00 am PST #23933 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Ha! I didn't notice this the first time round.
10th Doctor (re War Doctor): "Still, loving the posh, gravelly thing, it's very convincing."
11th Doctor: "Brave words, Dick Van Dyke."
Theodosia - Nov 24, 2013 2:50:31 am PST #23934 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I loved that, truly.
John Hurt may now be my favorite Doctor.