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Post by Curufea on May 12, 2013 8:36:23 GMT
I still don't think they're scary enough, but it may be a watershed issue
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Post by Curufea on May 11, 2013 23:30:36 GMT
The Cybermen were the best we've seen so far in the new series. However I would have preferred if they didn't talk as Nick Briggs suggested. Also - I wish the Doctor possession would have been less camp. Possibly less brightly lit would have been good as well Otherwise good, but short.
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Post by Curufea on May 6, 2013 4:24:55 GMT
I liked that it wasn't a male bad guy for a change - that hasn't happened since New New Earth (or possibly the Silurian 2 parter) and it wasn't a world destroying badness.
But as a work colleague pointed out - it was good up until the Doctor appeared. Suddenly it's farcical, with character pastiches and poses, and the evil madwoman suddenly becomes a caricature of herself - gone is the public speaking puritan with a plan.
Also, there seemed to be very little for the majority of characters in the story. Strax was comic relief as usual - but it was mainly a Doctor and Jenny episode.
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Post by Curufea on Apr 28, 2013 21:34:26 GMT
It was nice to see that the pool was also quite close to the library.
However I thought the episode was a bit bland.
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Post by Curufea on Apr 22, 2013 4:08:05 GMT
I've not used it - but I'm a backer of Realm Works, and am really looking forward to using that for roleplaying!
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Post by Curufea on Apr 22, 2013 0:55:20 GMT
I agree with zebaroth - It was similar in style to many classic stories (the majority of which can be classed as "base under siege")
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Post by Curufea on Apr 22, 2013 0:53:53 GMT
That's the same as Coupling though. Did they meet in Press Gang or was it after that?
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Post by Curufea on Apr 21, 2013 17:15:35 GMT
Possibly after call the midwife finished :-) (is that the same actress?)
Also, I agree with stahlman, less Doctor romance! Although it was good to see that occasionally monsters are just misunderstood.
My wife, however, thought that this episode does help with the "no romance" between them, as she doesn't take his hand.
Another thought about the visual TARDIS interface being used again for a companion rather than the Doctor when he's dying - is this a character development for the TARDIS, rather than Clara? May we see the TARDIS become more like Compassion?
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Post by Curufea on Apr 19, 2013 1:18:50 GMT
Has anyone else noticed the similarities in the Moffat era Doctor Who to his comedy special Curse of the Fatal Death? Not only has the Doctor "got married" but also the line is used "Maybe even the Universe can't bear to be without the Doctor" also hinting at a sentient Universe. I've also noticed a trend in these past 3 seasons of things needing to be "explained later..."
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Post by Curufea on Apr 16, 2013 3:01:47 GMT
Interesting question - it depends if you include the audios as well as the TV series for me
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Post by Curufea on Apr 14, 2013 6:20:03 GMT
Best Mark Gatiss by far. Not sure they should have shown his head in full light - I can see why they kept him mostly off camera when out of the suit - they're just not that good at CGI yet in the UK. However, that being said - it's Who, so SFX are the least important part. Good characters, good story, nice classic monster return - and with such a speedy rescue (obviously they have FTL communication - which somehow also produces radio waves that can be picked up on walkmans) - a possibility of more Ice Warriors in the future (but then they'd be mad to have spent so much money on the wonderful armour, and use it for only one episode). Also - David Warner! Everything is better with David Warner in it.
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Post by Curufea on Apr 9, 2013 0:43:01 GMT
Or a Vampire as in the things Time lords used to fight? The ones the Time Lords fought - from outside our universe - were they called Yssgaroth? Also I thought they were a about the size of a city in size (based on the State of Decay episode)
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Post by Curufea on Apr 8, 2013 0:48:43 GMT
I liked it. There's even a possibility that Clara may become the Doctor's Granddaughter, IMHO. A loss of memory on his part...
Also - the TARDIS doesn't like Clara and isn't translating for her. Is it because of what she did, or what she will do?
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Post by Curufea on Mar 28, 2013 3:08:58 GMT
I've just cleaned up the matrix a bit (sorry if I've accidentally deleted a comment) from various spam attacks. I've closed the user registrations now as that'show they kept getting in. If you want an account so you can add content, let me know and I'll create one for you
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Post by Curufea on Mar 20, 2013 2:13:17 GMT
Nice!
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Post by Curufea on Mar 7, 2013 3:25:26 GMT
Also, it must be said - if you want a proper Doctor Who combat system, the best way to go is the Doctor Who Miniatures Game. It covers all combat you're likely to want to simulate - UNIT version invading aliens, etc...
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Post by Curufea on Mar 4, 2013 22:43:56 GMT
There's a nice rule in the Hero System you could use as well to add some realism - stun.
If a character takes in a single round, more damage to their hit points than the highest attribute used for it, they are stunned and must spend the next round recovering.
So for MsRani's two PHP and MHP - Whichever is the highest of Strength, Coordination, Presence, and Resolve would be the amount needed to physically stun a character - this could be shock, trauma, blood loss, pain - all the reasons why someone shot with a bullet doesn't immediately do something, but is not yet dead. Whichever is the highest of Awareness, Ingenuity, Presence, and Resolve would be the amount needed to mentally stun a character - this could be shock, horror, nausua, catatonia, concussion - all the reasons why someone suddenly confronted with the dead body of their dearest love don't immediately keep walking by...
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Post by Curufea on Feb 26, 2013 0:24:44 GMT
I'm hoping for one of the Great Intelligence stories!
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Post by Curufea on Feb 26, 2013 0:22:11 GMT
I agree with Rel Fexive.
However the Doctor is becoming the main reason why the Earth is so important.
If you view events that occur in time as a hierarchy of possibilities, the further back in time you change Earth, the more things you affect in the future. That's common sense. There's no Human empire conquering the galaxy if Humans never evolve.
So you've got Human potential as a major reason to invade Earth - although this is mostly for the time-capable races. Which the majority of invaders are not. However, the time-capable races, especially those that survive under the oppression and dominance of the Time Lords always policing time travel - are master manipulators and often very subtle - and they often use "lesser" races to invade with (See the Invasion of Time story of Tom Baker for a more blatant manipulation). Ergo - anyone invading Earth is likely made to do it by a time-capable race deciding to manipulate them into it.
Then we have the Doctor. He's been everywhere, he's changed nearly every major event in the history of the universe- not just those in our little galaxy (which is quite a way distant from the galaxy where the Doctor comes from). He goes to Earth at different times. If you change the Earth - you change the Doctor's movements - you change how he effects the univers. If there were no Humans, there would be no Human companions (see the Turn Left episode with Donna Noble and David Tennant for possible results)
So while Humans as a race are a temporal major event for the galaxy - the continued interference from the Doctor makes them a potential target for anyone in the universe.
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Post by Curufea on Feb 26, 2013 0:11:55 GMT
There's also a good Cyberman series from Big Finish about the war with the Androids created by Humans.
Anyhow, the usual way to stop someone leaving a scene before they need to is to have something happen to their transport. Next most common trope is to require them to perform some long ritual in order to succeed. In fantasy settings, this is usually a magic ritual with chants and waving of items - in scifi settings, this is usally programming, hacking or building gadgets.
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Post by Curufea on Feb 26, 2013 0:08:23 GMT
There are naturally occuring time anomalies as well - storms and eddies in the Vortex that affect the normal space dimension.
You don't need a reason to have a time anomally - but if the players ever come up with a really good idea as to why it occured, grab it and retconn it as being the reason all along (I'm quite good at pretending I planned things that way all along, rather than making it up as I go along)
You can also retconn the reason when you can think of a way to link it to something important in the plot in a later session. It gives some gravitas to whatever it is that you link it too (ie the players will be more impressed)
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Post by Curufea on Feb 22, 2013 2:16:58 GMT
Now we need someone to do the other two doctors
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Post by Curufea on Feb 22, 2013 2:16:00 GMT
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Post by Curufea on Feb 22, 2013 2:11:33 GMT
I'm not sure I've looked at FG2. However, I am funding Realm Works on kickstarter (it's a campaign manager, rather than a email rule/game system manager), and it will be my major system for every RPG I run from now on, so I don't know if I will in future try FG2
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Post by Curufea on Feb 15, 2013 4:27:08 GMT
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Post by Curufea on Feb 9, 2013 9:38:41 GMT
Hmm - harder to get as I don't have any DVDs of that series - I'll see if I can find something on Doctor Who. Possibly in the World War Three episode...
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Post by Curufea on Feb 8, 2013 3:54:32 GMT
I can probably write you a PHP script and host it on my website if you like. Or there's the slightly clumsier method of using tables in HTML and having the background of a cell be the image. You can do layers fairly easily - especially if you use translucent images like PNG or images with transparent areas like GIFs.
On that note - I can't offhand remember episodes that feature good images of the newsreader. Let me know of one you like, and I'll capture that off my DVDs for this tool.
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Post by Curufea on Feb 8, 2013 3:46:32 GMT
What about future lives of non-existent characters? Just wondering if Little Brother Williams from The Pandorica Opens and Little Sister Amelia from The Girl Who Waited might be classed as extracannonical? They being characters derived from the series, but in the current timeline are no longer existing. However - in extracannonical sources, characters from alternate timeline can be rescued...
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Post by Curufea on Feb 8, 2013 3:41:41 GMT
Izzy was voiced to perfection by the Hex/Lost in Austen actress, Jemima Rooper
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Post by Curufea on Feb 8, 2013 3:39:01 GMT
I've posted Faction writeups for a character from Alien Bodies- Cousin Justine - allthough in that book I believe she's only a Little Sister (the writeup is later on in her career)
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