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ToshoftheWuffingas
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Primula Baggins
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I can't wait! The U.S. Sci-Fi channel has picked up series three and will show it this summer; many public broadcasting stations are also starting to show the series, which means U.S. audiences will eventually be able to see the episodes uncut and without commercial breaks. (BBC America is also showing them, probably uncut, but there may be breaks; I haven't tried to check them out yet.)
I have sucked it up and bought the DVDs for both seasons. Having been able to see the first season uncut through the help of a kind friend, I realized when watching it again on Sci-Fi how badly the breaks and little snips hurt the show. And as expensive as they are, these DVDs still cost far less than the episodes of the old show. Also, the extras are fun.
It truly makes me happy that they're doing such a good job with this new Doctor Who.
I have sucked it up and bought the DVDs for both seasons. Having been able to see the first season uncut through the help of a kind friend, I realized when watching it again on Sci-Fi how badly the breaks and little snips hurt the show. And as expensive as they are, these DVDs still cost far less than the episodes of the old show. Also, the extras are fun.
It truly makes me happy that they're doing such a good job with this new Doctor Who.
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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Primula Baggins
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It's coming up, maybe next week. I've lost track because I got seriously behind during the whole end-of-school-year-and-graduation season, and there are currently three episodes sitting on my DVR. (I have liked this season a lot so far, and a few episodes have been real standouts.)Is the finale . . . shocking?
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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Primula Baggins
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I have been so happy with this revival of the show. It hits high points more consistently than the old show did (though it most certainly did!).
And they've recaptured, for me, the old show's mix of whimsy and horror, if I could describe it that way; and the Doctor's light-hearted manner masking the fact that he is both wise and dangerous. I thought they couldn't possibly catch that lightning in a bottle again.
And they've recaptured, for me, the old show's mix of whimsy and horror, if I could describe it that way; and the Doctor's light-hearted manner masking the fact that he is both wise and dangerous. I thought they couldn't possibly catch that lightning in a bottle again.
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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WampusCat
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Whew! I'm caught up at last. I kept badgering Brendan to watch the latest two episodes with me and he finally relented. These were the ones set in the Library.
furtively counts shadows...again
Some of this season's episodes have made me want to weep, laugh and hide in a closet, all at once.
Lightning in a bottle indeed!
furtively counts shadows...again
Some of this season's episodes have made me want to weep, laugh and hide in a closet, all at once.
Lightning in a bottle indeed!
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ToshoftheWuffingas
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Roger Moffat who has consistently written the scariest and most atmospheric episodes will take over as series producer for the next series.
It has been a pleasure to see Bernard Cribbins appear as Donna's grandfather. He has been off our screens for far too long.
I don't consider that everything I see on Dr Who is perfect but I still think that the most exciting music I know is the introductory theme tune for a brand new Dr Who episode.
It has been a pleasure to see Bernard Cribbins appear as Donna's grandfather. He has been off our screens for far too long.
I don't consider that everything I see on Dr Who is perfect but I still think that the most exciting music I know is the introductory theme tune for a brand new Dr Who episode.
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Primula Baggins
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Oh, yes! I'm so glad they didn't change the music very much.
I saw the show for the first time in the early 1980s, when public television in L.A. ran it on Saturday afternoons, and how I loved settling down on the couch to watch an episode I'd never seen before (they weren't new, just new to me). That music still says it's time for an adventure. And I like David Tennant's Doctor quite as much as I did Tom Baker's, which I would not have believed possible.
The station would run all four or six short episodes together into one, eliminating all the intermediate credits, so it would be a complete, long story. I was grateful for that, though there were some odd transitions where there was a big musical sting and people exchanging significant glances (the end of an episode), and then people would go on talking as if nothing had happened.
I saw the show for the first time in the early 1980s, when public television in L.A. ran it on Saturday afternoons, and how I loved settling down on the couch to watch an episode I'd never seen before (they weren't new, just new to me). That music still says it's time for an adventure. And I like David Tennant's Doctor quite as much as I did Tom Baker's, which I would not have believed possible.
The station would run all four or six short episodes together into one, eliminating all the intermediate credits, so it would be a complete, long story. I was grateful for that, though there were some odd transitions where there was a big musical sting and people exchanging significant glances (the end of an episode), and then people would go on talking as if nothing had happened.
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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Primula Baggins
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The one right before him, John Pertwee, was good. The first two doctors didn't engage me, what I saw of them. (They did show the very first episode, which was broadcast November 22, 1963.)
I don't think any of Tom Baker's successors measured up to him, until the new show—both of whose Doctors have been marvelous.
I don't think any of Tom Baker's successors measured up to him, until the new show—both of whose Doctors have been marvelous.
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
He's a great Doctor.
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Primula Baggins
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“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King