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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: starbug on June 04, 2006, 01:49:20 pm
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I have just watched the new ep Impossible planet from last nite (gota love sky+) and did anyone notice that it is very very similiar to the storyline of Doom 3! ie group of scientists find an ancient Civ with the Devil locked away = UAC in mars exploring ruins of the ancient civ that fought the demons. Also the bits were the Beast talks to one of the Scientists just like when Betruger taunts the marine in the game. Then when the station has power problems the sounds are the same sounds of the doors opening/closing in the original doom!
I have to say a good ep, can't wait for next sat! and the show has gone back to its roots a QUARRY!!!!
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I completely agree, Its all good though, The doors sounding the same must have been done on purpose. BTW Scooty mc fit-bird (the one who ended up in the black hole) She was fit as hell.
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Felt like it was borrowing from Event Horizon to me. Good episode. Worst sets I've seen in a sci-fi show in ages. Carrying on the great tradition of british sci-fi as Starbug suggests.
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Starbug (obviously a dwarfer :yes:) did you see Dr Who extra? It mentioned quarry once or twice iirc :lol:
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LOL It's also carrying on in the fine tradition of Doctor Who backdrops ;) I'll always remember one scene where Cybermen are marching down a corridor, and you can see the silver foil on the walls wobbling in time with their marching ;)
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I have just watched the new ep Impossible planet from last nite (gota love sky+) and did anyone notice that it is very very similiar to the storyline of Doom 3! ie group of scientists find an ancient Civ with the Devil locked away
Riiiiight. Because Doom invented the idea of accidently releasing a sealed-away ancient evil. ::)
And 3DRealms writes their own catchphrases.
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I'm putting my money on the Beast being the Master.
The trapdoor was similar in design to the one that held the Eye of Harmony in the '96 Dr Who movie. I reckon the blackhole is actually the Eye of Harmony. It would make sense for the Beast - who has nurtured evil since the dawn of time - to be a Time Lord. Outside the temporal and physical reach and knowledge of the Tardis would be a logical place to imprison a Time Lord. It would explain what happened to the Eye of Harmony. The technology required to wield the power the gravity-field is generating seems to be outside the reach of anyone or anything the Doctor has encountered with the exception of the Time Lords themselves, who harnessed the power of the Eye of Harmony blackhole.
It all just kinda makes sense for the Beast to be the Master.
Oh and in the 'Next Time...' trailer it has the Beast saying "You shall die, so I may live" - which was the Master's goal in the '96 movie; to steal the Doctor's remaining regenerations so he could recorporealise himself.
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Y'know, I really hope you're right.
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Starbug (obviously a dwarfer ) did you see Dr Who extra? It mentioned quarry once or twice iirc
Yip i am a Dwarfer and very proud of it :D :D !!! and i love Dr Who, You can't beat British Sci-fi, with lines like, Lets get out there an Twat it! or Better Smeg than dead.
It would be cool if was the master, but i am hoping that it is Sutekh(sp) sum how survived the Pyramids of Mars( tom baker ep), cos the Beast refered to him self as Satan and a few others which is the same names Sutekh used to call himself and the guy playing the beast is the same actor who played Sutekh. Well thats what the Wiki says. Wonder why these shows kill of the beautifull women? and i though the sets were ment to look well crap on purpose in that ep from what i remember from the Drwho Extra on BBC3?
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Yeah, they were supposed to look like they shipped the bits in on special order from Ikea.
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Yeah, they were supposed to look like they shipped the bits in on special order from Ikea.
:lol:
Wonder why these shows kill of the beautifull women?
I'll always have chloe annett........
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You can't beat British Sci-fi, with lines like,
My favourite Red Dwarf quote:
"Go to red alert!"
`Are you sure sir? It does mean changing a light bulb"
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Space Corp directive 317-17B?
'Crewmembers with dentures should not attempt Oral Sex in a Zero-G environment'?
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Kryten's whole "What do you expect to see in there" speech from Quarantine always makes me laugh :)
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<Lister> Love is what seperates us from animals.
<Rimmer> No, Lister. What seperates us from animals is that we don't use our tongues to clean our own genitals.
And the ultimate ****ing classic:
"Busy, Dave?"
"Well, yeah. I am, actually."
"Oh, then you won't want to know about the two super-light-speed fighters that are tracking us."
"What?!"
"I'll leave you to your bubble blowing, mate."
"No, Hol, come on, come on."
"They're from Earth."
"Three million years away?"
"They're from the NorWEB federation."
"What's that?"
"The North Western Electricity Board. They want you, Dave."
"Me? Why? What for?"
"For your crimes against humanity."
"You what!"
"It seems when you left Earth three million years ago, you left two half-eaten German sausages on a plate in your kitchen."
"Did I?"
"You know what happens to sausages left unattended for three million years?"
"Yeah. They go all mouldy."
"Your sausages, Dave, now cover seven-eighths of the Earth's surface. Also you left seventeen pounds, fifty pence in a bank account. Thanks to compound interest you now own ninety-eight percent of all the world's wealth, but since you've hoarded it for three million years nobody's got any money except for you and NorWEB."
"Why NorWEB? "
"You left a light on in the bathroom. I've got a final demand here for one hundred and eighty billion pounds."
"A hundred and eighty billion pounds! You're kidding!"
"April fool."
"But it's not April."
"Yeah, I know, but I could hardly wait six months with a red-hot jape like that under my belt."
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The all time best=Queeg, although ACE Rimmer is possibly my fave by a nanometre.
Kochanski + Cottage Cheese with Pineapple chuinks in = ;7 :lol: ;7 :lol: ;7 :lol: ;7 :lol:
If i had the option i would drop my wife in an instant and be on her like st1nk on $h1t :D
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She sucked as Kochanski, but Chloe Annett is ****en hawt.
Way hotter than Claire Grogran.
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(http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/deck06/images/chloe_3s.jpg)
(http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/deck06/images/chloe_6.jpg)
Perfection.......
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/me saves
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Yip think i will save that to :D
Smoke me a kipper i'll be back for breakfast! but the all time best has to be the polymorph!!!!!! i never get fed up with that ep.
Edit, just seen a pic from the BBC dr who website( http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/ ) of the Beast, oh my i don't think its done on the cheap! and i don't think it is the master! just wait a while for those squid things to say we are the legion of the beast and keep mouse over the pic and see what happens
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Yeah I saw that as well.. not the Master in any incarnation I've ever seen him!
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Ah, well.
At least I can still hope he ressurects the Daleks and Cybermen. Who apparently are beating the living **** out of each other in the finale.
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How do you know?
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Vague, ill-confirmed reports on the interweb.
It's been 'known' about for a while.
I'm guessing that was the general purpose of the whole 'alternate universe' thing - to let them bring back the Cybermen and Daleks even though they'd been thoroughly dispatched previously.
Still, it'd be nice if they put everything down to some AU Daleks. Like have the 'hiccup' that jerked the Tardis out of this universe being part of a greater arc showing the Daleks of the multiverse were beginning to meddle in things that previously only the Time Lords could.
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Russel t Davies said that the Cybermen have been confirmed to appear in the season finale, its has also been slipped the it would be possible that the doc would face a Dalek in this season, and Russel has stated that the season finale will have an epic cliffhanger. So it is possible the the Daleks fight the Cybermen with little old earth in the middle, that is one fight i have always wanted to see since i was a kid. (sad i know but who cares!)
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Still, it'd be nice if they put everything down to some AU Daleks. Like have the 'hiccup' that jerked the Tardis out of this universe being part of a greater arc showing the Daleks of the multiverse were beginning to meddle in things that previously only the Time Lords could.
With no one to counter them in this universe now that the Time Lords are gone it would be a fairly interesting idea.
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Since an0n mentioned The Master though, I do really want to see him return. The Daleks remain my favourite 'Who bad guy but The Master came a close second and it'd be great to see a better modern day interpretation of him than the last film the Americans did.
(No offence to any Americans meant here, but it was a poor film).
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I firmly agree. I've always wanted to see The Master return since they restarted the show. Maybe they're keeping him back for season 3 though. :)
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Still, it'd be nice if they put everything down to some AU Daleks. Like have the 'hiccup' that jerked the Tardis out of this universe being part of a greater arc showing the Daleks of the multiverse were beginning to meddle in things that previously only the Time Lords could.
With no one to counter them in this universe now that the Time Lords are gone it would be a fairly interesting idea.
I was confuzzled about something, actually, not being a particularly regular viewer; are there are also no Time Lords in the alternate Cybermen universe?
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That's a good point y'know.. just because the Time Lords were wiped out in one dimension doesn't mean they were across the board..
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That's a good point y'know.. just because the Time Lords were wiped out in one dimension doesn't mean they were across the board..
Unless they're pan-dimensional, which I guess could be possible.
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The Time Lords might have been but I'm not sure the Daleks were... in the first Cyberman episode the Doctor made some comment about his people stopping that kind of thing from happening, repairing dimensional holes etc...
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This is gonna sound kind of bad i know but bear with me it just popped into my head.... In the episode where Rose saves her dad, "reapers" (for lack of a better word) Appear and f**k everyone over until Roses dad kills himself healing the "tear" in time. They come about because someone interfered in the natural flow of time and things. Correct?
So why for Jeebus Cripes sake, dont the same thingies appear any time the Doctor stops anyone from getting killed? EG, Fist one of the new series with the dummies with guns in their hands?
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This is gonna sound kind of bad i know but bear with me it just popped into my head.... In the episode where Rose saves her dad, "reapers" (for lack of a better word) Appear and f**k everyone over until Roses dad kills himself healing the "tear" in time. They come about because someone interfered in the natural flow of time and things. Correct?
So why for Jeebus Cripes sake, dont the same thingies appear any time the Doctor stops anyone from getting killed? EG, Fist one of the new series with the dummies with guns in their hands?
Maybe because the Doctor is a Time Lord and sort of gets away with **** like that?
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Lecky git :D
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This is gonna sound kind of bad i know but bear with me it just popped into my head.... In the episode where Rose saves her dad, "reapers" (for lack of a better word) Appear and f**k everyone over until Roses dad kills himself healing the "tear" in time. They come about because someone interfered in the natural flow of time and things. Correct?
No. The Reapers appeared because two of the Doctor and Rose being in the same place at the same time had created a weak point.
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:lol: I dont notice girls until theyre over 21, even on tv lol.........
Cheers for dat :yes:
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I got the impression that the Time Lords were unique, in that they were the first and only race to master the higher order mechanics of the multiverse. Meaning they were the first (and through that virtue, the only) race capable of opening gateways to other dimensions.
They spread out to police the multiverse before anyone else and steered others away from that knowledge for fear of the havok they'd wreak.
So when Gallifrey was wiped out and the Eye of Harmony became kaput, and the Tardises lost the only thing powerful enough to let them skip dimensions, and began having to resort to draining energy from temporal hotspots to keep themselves fuelled for time-jumping.
As for the Reapers - they only showed up because a paradox was created. A few infact.
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Right it was shown on saturday, Satan or not, What are your views?
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I don't know but the story fell apart towards the end.
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I agree, the whole Eternal demon about to be set free had a LOT of potential in DR WHo as i thought they might throw a half intelligent story behind it. But it all spiralled towards Doctor + Rose + love = beat the odds.
It feels like a bloody plot-line from grange hill :wtf:
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Just say no!
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The season enders always seem to be rushed...
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Just say no!
To Doc Who? I couldnt stand it when i was younger, but my 13 year old bro stayed over one weekend i took him on a central tour, First one i saw was WW2 gasmask zombies. Its saturday afternoon wind-down tv. :D
I remember Doctor Poo from Either Viz (quality reading) or Spitting Image, and he flew around in a portaloo called the Turdis. Man those were the days :nod:
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Just say no!
To Doc Who? I couldnt stand it when i was younger, but my 13 year old bro stayed over one weekend i took him on a central tour, First one i saw was WW2 gasmask zombies. Its saturday afternoon wind-down tv. :D
I remember Doctor Poo from Either Viz (quality reading) or Spitting Image, and he flew around in a portaloo called the Turdis. Man those were the days :nod:
Don't you remember the God-awful Grange Hill anti-drugs song?
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Sometimes I wake up screaming at 2am trying not to.... ;)
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Just say no!
Don't you remember the God-awful Grange Hill anti-drugs song?
:lol: sorry Aldo, Yeah that was terrible, It was a bit before my time Im an 82-born, I never got int GH til i was about 14, then it waned at 16. I've seen it on those crappy bb2 i love 198(insert year)
Back in the 80's it was --(in order of preference
Transformers
MASK
Thundercats
He-Man
GI Joe
Centurions
Visionaries
Gobots
Wakkaday
Jayce & the wheeled warriors
Telebugs
Dungeons & Dragons
Denver the last dinosaur
--Any i've missed feel free to add or start a new thread ;7
That was quality TV
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Bagpuss, DangerMouse, button Moon,The Clangers (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,26705.0.html), and Fraggle Rock all spring to mind.
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Chorton and the Wheelies, Take Art and The Banana Splits :D
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Chorton and the Wheelies
What the heck is that, Sounds quite dodgy...
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One of the best animations ever created :D
http://nyanko.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/chamb/chorlton.html
And I forgot Bagpuss.
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Trapdoor (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFpxAPBrXpk) :D
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Meh bagpuss was arse, Smurfs were original Gangstas, Causing old men trouble and Chvving his cat, while banging the village Ho - Smurfette, and Papa smurf was the pimp lord of smurfland...
OMFG Trapdoor had the best Themtune of all time.
Knightmares a given we all new that was he don corleone' of ITV..
Rainbow was crap apart from the episode where the writers thre in all sorts of crap about twangers etc..
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Meh bagpuss was arse, Smurfs were original Gangstas, Causing old men trouble and Chvving his cat, while banging the village Ho - Smurfette, and Papa smurf was the pimp lord of smurfland...
Smurfs are dead (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tis73-I2Ixg), man, didn't you know?
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Their spirit lives on in that f**king awful pop video though :(
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Chorlton is possibly the creepiest show I saw as a youngster. Something about it just ain't right.
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So first the BBC loses Chris Eccleston, and now Billie Piper. When does the Tardis's contract renewal come up?
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Is Billie gone?
Damn, shes not brilliant or wank-worthy, but she does make it easier to watch with her chest/arse jiggling about.
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Maybe you'll get lucky and she'll star in an updated version of Treasure Hunt.
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Uggnh, Anneka rice was on the box last sunday, and se hasnt aged well, its like someone tied ia knot in the skin at the back of her head, her face reminds me of the last surviving human from the Earth Death episode.........
But her arse was fine in the eighties, i was just to you young to appreciate.
Like Erin Gray (wilma from Buck rogers) most timewarp totty is retrospective.......
<ashamed>felicity kendal was hot in the good life too :rolleyes:</ashamed>
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Dude? Spoiler? The latest episode hasn't aired in the UK yet...
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Dude? Spoiler? The latest episode hasn't aired in the UK yet...
Um, the story is on the bbc website.
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Its from last series, what you talkin'bout fool <shaft>?
With the crappy spider rip-offs and the fit tree-bird who held down a lever to stop some giant fans... (eccleston era)
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Rose 'dies' in the finale.
I say 'dies' because it's generally accepted that Rose will die, given what The Beast said about the 'valiant child who dies in battle'. But the producers have said it'll all be very vague and open. They've admitted that Piper is leaving, but Rose's exit - while technically a death - may not be a proper Death.
My guess is that the Time Vortex pops back up.
I say that because while I'm sure you've all noticed the 'running theme' thing this series is the mention of Torchwood in each episode (New Earth excluded) - I doubt many of you noticed that last season's theme of 'Bad Wolf' has also been popping up, indicating that the Bad Wolf (merged Rose/Vortex) may have made more changes to the timeline than simply wiping out the Daleks.
The two most notable references were when the werewolf said Rose had 'something of the wolf about [her]' and in the latest episode where the Torchwood database's information on Rose had been corrupted by 'the Bad Wolf virus'.
So I'm guessing the Bad Wolf made some connection with Rose in whatever timeframe the finale takes place and her 'death' is something along the lines of merging with the vortex permenantly.
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Um, the story is on the bbc website.
And I've not read that either. I want to see it happen rather than read it then see it... for the same reasons I don't read the Lost spoilers before the series is aired over here.