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Classic Who...sorta
Ah, so it's "Gallifray" and not "Gallifree." Screw that. I still say "dayleck" because of the accent. As in, "I would like a plushie dayleck, please!"
WOO! Synthesizer theme music! *bops*
This must be Seven. The Doctor *really* has a thing for old crap. Record player here. Betamax tapes later. I'm starting to think he spends days just rummaging through people's cans on trash day. Also, that's a fucking lot of clocks.
TARDIS: The Ostentatious Years
Oy. Reading "The Time Machine" and the record player skips on "time." You can't even really call that symbolism. That's...obviousism or something.
SWIRLING VORTEX OF TEA! Screw the Master in the box! THE TEA EXPLODED! The Doctor: "Hmm. Exploding tea. Doesn't usually happen on Tuesdays."
Wow, the TARDIS was much more polite back in the day.
Dude. Seriously. That is an AMAZING amount of candles surrounding the remains of the Doctor's "nemesis." I'm smelling UST.
Extraneous closeup of a fish. Symbolic, perhaps, of the way time can smell? Or swim? Swimming in the time stream! Yes!
Ah. Gangs with automatics. Typical. Of movies about gangs with automatics.
See, now THIS is why you need to check the monitor before exiting the TARDIS. Blah blah blah, more fun not knowing what's out there. Until you get a bullet in the chest. That's not living on the edge, that's just poor planning!
*does nails during hospital/Master-slithering scenes*
Oh no. Nononono. Crying-at-opera woman dramatically runs through hospital wearing poofy prom dress. This does not bode well.
Bwahahaha! Okay, I'm *slightly* questioning whoever they had as medical supervisor on this movie. But, you know, it seems the Doctor has always been somewhat of a cracked-out squirrel.
Aaaand more running through the hospital in the prom dress.
Yup. The Master is a perv. But sadly, has wound up in the bedroom of a couple that hasn't had sex in 10 years.
OMG! THE MASTER IS A GOA'ULD! WHICH MEANS THAT TIME LORDS ARE GOA'ULDS! OMG! *FLAILS*
Yeah, the Frankenstein cut ins with the regeneration? Doesn't work. They just wanted to use the "it's alive!" line probably because they thought it'd be neat. Also, the Doctor kinda looks like Jesus.
Oh, of course there's a creepy, deserted part of the hospital filled with water coming through the windows. Because that's what you want in something attached to a hospital - mold. Can you say "lawsuit?" And in the middle of the rampant mold spores, the Doctor decides to have a little cry. Probably knowing he'll be dealing with farting aliens soon. Or...the Time War. Yeah. Time War, not farting aliens, made him cry.
Or amnesia.
Okay, stroked out for a minute during the Doctor/Master flashing. Dude, they were *so* going for the UST thing there.
Eight's got a bit of the melodrama thing going, doesn't he?
Okay, 25 minutes in and I just can't watch any more right now. Brain's melting.
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And of course he looks like Jesus. ;)
(also, the hospital was having construction work done, but it's one of those throw-away lines you miss unless you've
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I think it was the pauses that did it for me. The "WHO. AM. IIIIIII?!!!!!!"
And of course he looks like Jesus. ;)
He should stick with that toga look.
(also, the hospital was having construction work done, but it's one of those throw-away lines you miss unless you've been obsessed watched it a few times through... Though, I'm not sure it rains all that much there...)
Ohhhhhh. Yup - totally flew by me. But it wasn't a very secured construction site! MOLD.
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...Maybe. (Paul McGann's scenes are pretty uniformly awesome, but the rest of it...oy.)
Also, the Doctor kinda looks like Jesus.
Heh. Definitely my first thought when I saw it. I guess someone got "regeneration" and "resurrection" confused?
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...Maybe. (Paul McGann's scenes are pretty uniformly awesome, but the rest of it...oy.)
Ha! Well, I'll probably finish the rest just out of curiosity. *hopes for more cracked-out squirrel-ness*
Heh. Definitely my first thought when I saw it. I guess someone got "regeneration" and "resurrection" confused?
Probably. Frankly, the whole Frankenstein thing said to me that whoever did this really didn't have a firm grasp on the whole concept.
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Yeah, I actually wrote about the "Doctor = Jesus/God" aspect of this movie in one of my essays for Uni. XD From the shroud and regeneration/ressurection to the coroner's, "Oh my god..." upon seeing the risen Time Lord (=P I had to use that phrase, sorry). There's also a scene wherein the Doctor wears what looks like a crown of thorns (sorry, I might have spoiled the last battle for you, there) and is effectively crucified by the Master.
The Master coming back is a sheer plothole. >.>; This said, the books explain it -- there's one in which the Master ingests a sort of worm that will help him survive death before going to meet his fate on Skaro.
Still, I love the 8th Doctor. <3 He's so sweet once you get to know him. Listen to some of the audio dramas or read the books. Sam (books) and Charley (audio) are excellent companions both. ^_^
~Fif
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Apparently! :D I'm actually kinda surprised this was made in 1996. Feels much more 80s, which is not a compliment, unfortunately.
Yeah, I actually wrote about the "Doctor = Jesus/God" aspect of this movie in one of my essays for Uni. XD From the shroud and regeneration/ressurection to the coroner's, "Oh my god..." upon seeing the risen Time Lord (=P I had to use that phrase, sorry).
Oh, completely. He said it a couple of times, I think. At which point I was also thinking not only obviousism but also wondering if the person who wrote and/or directed was familiar with Doctor Who at all.
There's also a scene wherein the Doctor wears what looks like a crown of thorns (sorry, I might have spoiled the last battle for you, there) and is effectively crucified by the Master.
*HEADDESK*
Don't care about being spoiled. That's just...
Really have no words.
The Master coming back is a sheer plothole. >.>; This said, the books explain it -- there's one in which the Master ingests a sort of worm that will help him survive death before going to meet his fate on Skaro.
Yes! He did! The worm was a Goa'uld! ;)
Also, the Skaro thing confused me. I thought the Dalek group was called the Cult of Skaro. But Skaro was a Time Lord planet?
Still, I love the 8th Doctor. <3 He's so sweet once you get to know him. Listen to some of the audio dramas or read the books. Sam (books) and Charley (audio) are excellent companions both. ^_^
Yeah,
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Skaro, actually, was the home of the Kaleds and, I believe, the Thrals (see early series -- notably, Genesis of the Daleks). There was a war on Skaro which involved weapons of mass destruction. A scientist on Skaro named Davros came up with our favourite menace as a way of fighting the war. He called them Daleks -- an anagram of "Kaled", do you see?
I'm not sure where this "Cult of Skaro" came from. >.>;; And it wasn't a Time Lord planet -- they simply nicked the Gallifreyan technology in the new series. It was a Gallifreyan prison ship, if the scripts are to be believed.
~Fif
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That's not living on the edge, that's just poor planning!
You know, this is a problem with the Doctor. Not only is he a procrastinator par excellance, he can't plan to save his life. Literally. No wonder he needs companions. "Um, Doctor? Don't you think you should check what's outside first?" "No, where the fun in that!" *walks outside* BLAM! *companion pulls the Doctor back inside the TARDIS where he can regenerate in peace*
THE MASTER IS A GOA'ULD! WHICH MEANS THAT TIME LORDS ARE GOA'ULDS! OMG! *FLAILS*
Oh, I laughed so very hard at this, but only because it's TRUE.
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HA!
You know, this is a problem with the Doctor. Not only is he a procrastinator par excellance, he can't plan to save his life. Literally. No wonder he needs companions. "Um, Doctor? Don't you think you should check what's outside first?" "No, where the fun in that!" *walks outside* BLAM! *companion pulls the Doctor back inside the TARDIS where he can regenerate in peace*
Totally! He's a tad flaky, it would seem.
Oh, I laughed so very hard at this, but only because it's TRUE.
It is!! It was like, "holy crap! snake!"