Homicide's generally regrettable season seven has one called "Homicide.com" where Tim Bayliss ends up watching a murder on...gasp! *The Internet* (Which feels antique now, but still managed to freak my shit out.) And there is a Poe themed one, too. With Munch and Sargeant Kay and a body walled up in a building.
Mal: Can I come in? Inara: No. Mal: See? That's why I usually don't ask.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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erikaj - Oct 31, 2011 10:06:15 am PDT #16565 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Steph L. - Oct 31, 2011 11:02:29 am PDT #16566 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
The scariest thing I remember seeing recently was the Torchwood episode where Gwen finds out that sometimes the Rift takes people.
"Countrycide" freaked me out, mostly because I seriously didn't realize the MotW weren't aliens/monsters/etc., but just fucked-up humans, until maybe the last 5 minutes of the episode. (In retrospect, I realize it's obvious earlier, but I thought they were monsters disguised as really ugly humans. No, seriously.)
Anyway, it's a particularly freaky episode in a show that lets it freak flag fly.
Dana - Oct 31, 2011 11:11:57 am PDT #16567 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Oh, yeah, that's a good one too. In the sense of gross and terrifying.
Amy - Oct 31, 2011 11:14:56 am PDT #16568 of 30000
Because books.
I forgot about Carnivale. That was good for scares.
billytea - Oct 31, 2011 1:16:38 pm PDT #16569 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
"Countrycide" for mine, though I haven't watched that much beyond Season 1.
How about original Who? I think my pick would be "The Curse of Fenris". There were also some Fourth Doctor eps before Mary Whitehouse made the Beeb tone it down, notably "The Horror of Fang Rock" and "The Image of the Fendahl". It's "The Deadly Assassin" that carries, for me, the single most scary image; the soldier in a gas mask, leading a horse that was wearing a gas mask too.
Strega - Oct 31, 2011 2:35:16 pm PDT #16570 of 30000
Yeah... even the best Who is problematic, but if you can count half a miniseries as a masterpiece, there are certainly individual episodes that should be included. Agreed on Image of the Fendahl & Fang Rock -- I don't remember much of Deadly Assassin, but I'll throw in in Pyramids of Mars because I heart Sutekh.
billytea - Oct 31, 2011 3:00:08 pm PDT #16571 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Agreed on Image of the Fendahl & Fang Rock -- I don't remember much of Deadly Assassin, but I'll throw in in Pyramids of Mars because I heart Sutekh.
Pyramids of Mars is a great choice. Have you seen the DVD? The special features include an interview with Sutekh, which includes him turning up at someone's door to give them "his gift of marmots".
That was the season where they started going for that kind of tone, I think. "The Brain of Morbius", "Seeds of Doom" and "Masque of Mandragora" all had their moments too.
Strega - Oct 31, 2011 3:36:23 pm PDT #16572 of 30000
Oooo, I haven't! But a friend of mine is quite likely to have the DVD, so I will poke him about it.
I forget -- you knew about Faction Paradox, right? Sutekh is featured in the Magic Bullet audios, along with a lot of the Osirian Court. It's a hoot.
Typo Boy - Oct 31, 2011 3:48:21 pm PDT #16573 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Was Faction Paradox actually in the series? I always assumed they were NA and magazines only.
billytea - Oct 31, 2011 3:57:19 pm PDT #16574 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I forget -- you knew about Faction Paradox, right? Sutekh is featured in the Magic Bullet audios, along with a lot of the Osirian Court. It's a hoot.
I do! I'm actually rereading "The Ancestor Cell" at the moment. I should look into the audios, FP is one of the better inventions of the interim period.
Was Faction Paradox actually in the series? I always assumed they were NA and magazines only.
Technically, "New Adventures" is one particular series of novels, centred on the Seventh Doctor. Faction Paradox has appeared in BBC novels, audios and comics (but not the television series). There's a list here: [link]