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Good stuff.

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Good stuff.

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squinky style guide

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With that logic, might as well say, we don't need the classic Doctor's or companions to return considering that we have audio adventures and comics.

I cannot stress how much I do NOT want a UNIT spin off btw.

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This a very fun story. However, the way it just switches readers halfway through a scene is very distracting. But besides that, it's a very fun story set during series 10!

New Master release!

The Chaos Cascade is now available on the Big Finish website. This is an audio book narrated by Dan Starkey, Beth Chalmers, and Rebecca Root.

Michelle Gomez is not performing as Missy.

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I think a body swap in POTD would have worked better here. Imagine these lines said by Jodie!

That said, Sasha does a great job portraying a disturbed Doctor. Especially the twinges of the Doctor trying to break through.

DOCTOR WHO — The Power of The Doctor (BBC Centenary Special) ››› Sacha Dhawan as The Doctor

#power of the doctor #sacha dhawan

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The Doctor can't for the same reason, they can't just go back to U.N.I.T in the 1970-1980s. The Doctor can't go and intentionally meet their past self.

Even if Fifteen does, they won't even remember the encounter...

fifteen saying 'i have no family' was just so funny to me. you're in london right now you could literally get a bus to donna's house

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Saving this for later

Interested in getting into the Eighth Doctor Adventures novels but don't have the time or inclination for all that pesky reading? Well fanboy A.A. Mitchell made audiobook versions of four out of five of the first books in the series, available free at the links below!

The Eight Doctors by Terrence Dicks

Vampire Science by Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum

The Bodysnatchers by Mark Morris

War of the Daleks by John Peel

(I highly recommend Vampire Science instead of the Eight Doctors as a jumping-off point for new readers to the series)

#will do #doctor who

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I think that difficulty was intentional and part of it's charm.

In a way I think Light and Ace are forced to face their fears that they were choosing to ignore.

For Ace, she's having to face what she chose to ignore. Especially, how she burns the house down in the past purely by the feeling of evil. By she eventually goes onto accepting it.

Light, on the other hand, can't. Instead, they are destroyed by that fear.

i have now watched ghost light several times and i still have legitimately no idea what the plot is

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I think it goes along the lines of:

Light enjoys collecting figurines. They find out that said figurines are all limited edition. Not only that, but the manufacturer's make far editions too many to even begin collecting them all.

Light then goes to sleep for some reason and wakes up to find even more varied toylines.

So, having "Gotta catch em all" attitude, Light goes on a tantrum and freezes the company or reduces the toy lines to molten plastic.

Strange question mark person and one extra, comes along and tells Light is also changing. So Light commits die to stop themself from changing.

Note: Instead of collecting, replace it with cataloguing. Instead of toylines, replace it with organic life.

i have now watched ghost light several times and i still have legitimately no idea what the plot is

#doctor who #ghost light #season 26 #Seventh Doctor

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It's not like got off easy either:

- For Amy and Rory, they had to leave their life behind, Power of Three showed what they had. There was even a deleted scene released with Rory's dad having to get the news, not from the Doctor themself but the child of Amy and Rory

- Clara, on the other hand, has to know that she is travelling on borrowed time, we know that she eventually returns to that point of time that the Doctor witnesses in Hell Bent.

- Bill, after getting a hole blasted in, gets to spend the majority of her natural life in a hospital with people silently screaming to kill them. Then, fight a knowingly unsinkable battle just to watch her best friend die

But they get to live. Well, that's alright then.

People tend to rag on Moffat for not 100% killing his companions but every case has perfect narrative sense and makes for a stronger story than if they would have just died for shock.

Amy was forced to choose between Rory and The Doctor so she choose to live a normal domestic life with her husband instead of adventures in time and space. Which like, yeah, I genuinely can't think of a more fitting ending for these two. Acting as a tragic but bittersweet reprise of Amy's Choice.

Clara died because of becoming too much like The Doctor only for The Doctor's inability to say goodbye leads him to bring back Clara and turn her into an immortal with a Tardis and a companion, completing the transformation. This being the conclusion that the entirety of series 9 was building up towards.

Bill surviving ties to the "where there's tears, there's hope" theme. If everyone had just died it would be a completely bleak ending, she surviving is that "hope" that even after 10 years of suffering under a fascism regime of killing cyborgs can exist and can save her.

#steven moffat #doctor who #people don't bother to watch

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Doctor Who 60th Anniversary so far.

Stand alone-wise, it's pretty good. I loved the new episode of the Wild Blue Yonder and the concepts involved.

In spite of it's anniversary status, it's really good at celebrating RTD's own stuff rather than the rest of Doctor Who.

I just wished this series wasn't presented as the 60th anniversary. I mean don't get me wrong, it's featuring old content, but so did other series, it's not really a new thing adapting old concepts. It'd be better if it was it's own thing.

#doctor who 60th anniversary #doctor who #If I didn't expect so much out of it I think I would've enjoyed the stories more

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It's really hoping that following the anniversary special, Series 14/Season 1 doesn't feel like a continuation of RTD1 but its own thing. Like it's fine for returning major characters like Donna to come back for the anniversary but Ncuti should have their own independent stories.

#doctor who #doctor who series 14 #ncuti gatwa #Mel doesnt count because at least its been a long time #UNIT is also mainstay from even the classic seasons

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Peter Capaldi’s best ever laughing-squeak. He literally squeaks.

It’s been ages since I reposted this soooooooooo enjoy.

#doctor who #twelfth doctor #peter capaldi

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I hope that the BBC Class plot gets continued by Big Finish

I'm thinking that that they're probably withholding it, in case it ever does get a continuation for a television show. But, it's been ages.

Why not just give it to Big Finish? (I really want them to resolve the cliffhanger and how they would deal with April's situation).

#BBC Class #Doctor Who #Big Finish

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If your looking for Fifth Doctor and Nyssa, I strongly recommend Circular Time.

It's a set of four stories that, although are unrelated to each other, explores the relationship between them.

I especially enjoy the last story of the set, which I can not expand upon without spoiling it.

In terms of your fkx for Ace stuff, I recommend Nightshade, which kind of also has a parody of old science fiction/mystery shows within it. It does hreat on character work and is definitely an excellent listen!

people of the internet! please suggest to me your favourite big finish audios/ audiobooks of the fifth doctor era (preferably nyssa ones) or any audios with peri in.

#fifth doctor #nyssa of traken #big finish #dorothy mcshane