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It was actually pretty good to be fair.

It was way less preachy than I feared, and they actually failed to stop bad things (tm) from happening.

So far the better ones are the ones with the least aliens in them.
 
I really loved that episode. Visually it was gorgeous, the fields, the flowers, even the alien ship felt beautiful. The love story was a bit cliché but I liked how he died in the end, from the purpose of being something a bit different. Yaz is still a bit flat but I felt a connection between her and her Gran. It was sweet. Only real complaint I have is that the aliens were superfluous and only really there because it wouldn't suit the modern show to not have aliens. I really liked how it looked at a less common focus point of history, though it might be more covered in Britain. It was a little preachy but not obnoxiously so, it had a bit of a nice point. Best episode of this season so far, perhaps the best episode in a few years.
 
In more audio-related news (spoilers because huge fucking pictures):
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https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/ravenous-3-companions-united
Ravenous 3 will feature, in addition to incumbent Eighth Doctor companions Liv Chenka and Helen Sinclair, Charley Pollard (after leaving the Main Range to her own spinoff that largely went unnoticed and was most likely aborted with her planned Eighth Doctor reunion story most likely being folded into this release), River Song (back from Doom Coalition), and Bliss (from the Eighth Doctor Time War sets)

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https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/first-doctor-adventures-volume-3-story-details
First Doctor Adventures Volume 3, featuring Carole Ann Ford, has its story details released (episode titles, synopses, etc).

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https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/the-paternoster-gang-return
The Paternoster Gang, Steven Moffat's crowning achievement and @UnKillFill's favorite trio (so much that he thinks they should have replaced the Doctor as protagonist) has a release, with 3 stories and 4 volumes (like the War Doctor sets).

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https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/torchwood-vs-doctor-who-monsters
Similar to the Classic Doctors, New Monsters releases, our friends at Torchwood, much like in Torchwood One: Machines, take on Doctor Who monsters the Fendahl, the Nestene Consciousness, Giant Condom Maggots, and the Slitheen mayor Margaret Blaine (and according to the release list, two more that have yet to be announced).

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https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/doctor-who-the-8th-of-march
A box set to be released on International Women's Day (and is likely to make @UnKillFill have a chimpout like no other if he bothers listening to it) that stars a bunch of women supporting characters from Doctor Who (Ace, Leela, Bernice Summerfield, River Song, Kate Stewart and Osgood, Madame Vastra and Jenny).

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https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/third-doctor-jo-grant-and-liz-shaw-return
And the Third Doctor Adventures Volume 5 is announced, episode titles but no synopses, with The Brigadier and Liz Shaw (voiced by Jon Culshaw and Caroline John's daughter Daisy Ashford, respectively), and Sergeant Benton (John Levene, who has only done this role with Big Finish twice before) returning.

inb4 @UnKillFill denounces everything because he doesn't like the way the titles are spelled
 
Mr. 0 said:
In more audio-related news (spoilers because huge fucking pictures):
img_0809_adjusted_large.jpg

https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/ravenous-3-companions-united
Ravenous 3 will feature, in addition to incumbent Eighth Doctor companions Liv Chenka and Helen Sinclair, Charley Pollard (after leaving the Main Range to her own spinoff that largely went unnoticed and was most likely aborted with her planned Eighth Doctor reunion story most likely being folded into this release), River Song (back from Doom Coalition), and Bliss (from the Eighth Doctor Time War sets)

dw1d03_slipcase_1417sq_image_large.jpg

https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/first-doctor-adventures-volume-3-story-details
First Doctor Adventures Volume 3, featuring Carole Ann Ford, has its story details released (episode titles, synopses, etc).

paternoster_slipcase_sq_image_large.jpg

https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/the-paternoster-gang-return
The Paternoster Gang, Steven Moffat's crowning achievement and @UnKillFill's favorite trio (so much that he thinks they should have replaced the Doctor as protagonist) has a release, with 3 stories and 4 volumes (like the War Doctor sets).

tw_monsters1_image_large.jpg

https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/torchwood-vs-doctor-who-monsters
Similar to the Classic Doctors, New Monsters releases, our friends at Torchwood, much like in Torchwood One: Machines, take on Doctor Who monsters the Fendahl, the Nestene Consciousness, Giant Condom Maggots, and the Slitheen mayor Margaret Blaine (and according to the release list, two more that have yet to be announced).

dw_eighth_march_sq_image_large.jpg

https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/doctor-who-the-8th-of-march
A box set to be released on International Women's Day (and is likely to make @UnKillFill have a chimpout like no other if he bothers listening to it) that stars a bunch of women supporting characters from Doctor Who (Ace, Leela, Bernice Summerfield, River Song, Kate Stewart and Osgood, Madame Vastra and Jenny).

daisyashfordlizshawtimtreloarthirddoctorkatymanningjograntandjonculshawbrigadier_large.jpg
timtreloarthirddoctorkatymanningjograntjonculshawbrigadierandjohnlevenebenton_large.jpg

https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/third-doctor-jo-grant-and-liz-shaw-return
And the Third Doctor Adventures Volume 5 is announced, episode titles but no synopses, with The Brigadier and Liz Shaw (voiced by Jon Culshaw and Caroline John's daughter Daisy Ashford, respectively), and Sergeant Benton (John Levene, who has only done this role with Big Finish twice before) returning.

inb4 @UnKillFill denounces everything because he doesn't like the way the titles are spelled
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You know, I was about to give you a :winner: tag for being so thorough, and for including a ton of new info I hadn't even heard yet... but then you had to go and call me out twice... for frankly terrible reasons.

For one thing, I don't even buy the physical releases, so I could not care less that they chose to add the (admittedly dumb-looking) new logo to the CDs. I even said as much earlier when someone else complained about it here earlier.

I've also previously said, I have no problem with female characters, so long as they aren't written terribly. (Hence why I have spoken *positively* about the first 3 River Song box sets, despite not even particularly liking the character when she was written by Moffat.) Problem is, they're rarely written 'not terribly'.

To be fair to you though, that "8 angry women" thing does look like it's going to be really bad, but I will still give it a fair shake before passing judgement on it.

You still get a :dumb: from me though for thinking I care at all what logo they use when I've already said I don't. For shame.
 
UnKillFill said:
You know, I was about to give you a :winner: tag for being so thorough, and for including a ton of new info I hadn't even heard yet... but then you had to go and call me out twice... for frankly terrible reasons.

For one thing, I don't even buy the physical releases, so I could not care less that they chose to add the (admittedly dumb-looking) new logo to the CDs. I even said as much earlier when someone else complained about it here earlier.

I've also previously said, I have no problem with female characters, so long as they aren't written terribly. (Hence why I have spoken *positively* about the first 3 River Song box sets, despite not even particularly liking the character when she was written by Moffat.) Problem is, they're rarely written 'not terribly'.

To be fair to you though, that "8 angry women" thing does look like it's going to be really bad, but I will still give it a fair shake before passing judgement on it.

You still get a :dumb: from me though for thinking I care at all what logo they use when I've already said I don't. For shame.
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The first two mentions of you were references to you hating Moffat's (admittedly) crappier writing and River Song 4, the third was just taking the piss out of how much you hate shit you don't like about it. I didn't mention the logo once, how the fuck did you get "oh he hates the logo" from any of this?
 
Mr. 0 said:
I didn't mention the logo once, how the fuck did you get "oh he hates the logo" from any of this?
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Perhaps I misunderstood the following then?
Mr. 0 said:
inb4 @UnKillFill denounces everything because he doesn't like the way the titles are spelled
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Doesn't matter. I'm not even mad. I'm genuinely excited about most of what you said. (Particularly happy about the potential 8/Charley reunion.) Enjoy your :winner:, you deserve it.
 
This was a visually beautiful episode. And I’m really starting to like Graham. And I love the Doctor doing the wedding ritual with the girls and mentioning she never did this before. I’d like more conflict between the team though because the twist happened a little too soon so it kind of gave the team nothing to do except watch the wedding and wait.

I think with Yaz she’s someone really stubborn who is by the book and is rigid, and at the same time can be impatient, but they’re having problems showing it.
 
Watched this week's episode last night. It was really good - up there with "Rosa" as my favourite episode of the season so far and gave Yaz some much needed development. This production team should stick to doing historical stories because they're clearly very good at it.
 
TheImportantFart said:
Watched this week's episode last night. It was really good - up there with "Rosa" as my favourite episode of the season so far and gave Yaz some much needed development. This production team should stick to doing historical stories because they're clearly very good at it.
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I agree with everything except giving Yaz development. A literal rock might be more interesting
 
I'm definitely out of touch in regards to Dr. Who, I last watched Eccelston as far as the new stuff went and the classics through re-runs. It was always a really fun concept, but I doubt I'd pick it up now, considering the crap the BBC spews out on a regular basis.
 
I liked the idea of this episode, and most of it was pretty neat except the end felt pretty rushed.
 
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