[DEPOSITION]:
Recently the Kourts have been flooded with numerous unscrupulous spammers. They have been incessantly flooding our case posts with requests for upvotes so that they can meet the minimum threshold to post on r/CryptoMoonShots and the like. This is in spite of our Rules clearly stating that Karma Begging is not allowed here.
[CHARGES]:
CHARGE: Spam.iso
CHARGE: KarmaBegging.exe
[EVIDENCE]:
EXHIBIT A: A guy attempting to get us to dox Steam
EXHIBIT B: A CryptoMoonshotter doing his thing
EXHIBIT C: How much more blatant can you get?!
EXHIBIT C4: A particularly nasty plastic explosive
Exhibit D: Another example
EXHIBIT E: Two-for-one
EXHIBIT F: Three-for-one
[DEFENDANTS]:
- u/Difficult-Arrival453
- u/JroyBulldoggin
- u/EuraeGabriel
- u/MistressDoe
- u/ozansan
[REQUESTED SENTENCING]:
- Banhammer
- Temporary suspension of their right to freedom from witch-hunting
[POSITIONS]:
JUDGE- u/airrules420
DEFENSE- u/Niviso, u/Heinrik-
PROSECUTOR- u/J_S_M_K
Other-
- Bailoof: As always, u/ShellyXT
- Critical Bystander: u/calibuildr
- Banhammer Polisher: u/thebrokenfan
- Dual Sovereigns Doctrine Invoker: u/readthisresistor
- Malingerer: u/MrsKravitz
- Scoffer in the Galley^([sic]): u/Cramso
I noticed it just now. Been looking for it forever. I watched it live on BBC America the day it aired and had to suffer through 700 commercials and haven’t been able to watch it since!
I was watching it with some friends yesterday who haven't watched Classic DW before. For a while I've been of the opinion that Remembrance is THE greatest Classic Doctor Who story ever, and second only to Dalek as the best Dalek story.
But I noticed that in many ways, it seems to do things that New Who would become known for. It almost feels like the sort of thing that would be written by RTD.
It's a lot faster paced than most CDW. The supporting cast are excellent and there is a real sense of warmth and heart to their characters, not unlike some of those in RTD's era.
There is wonderful social commentary in the story addressing 1960s racism (the "No Coloureds" scene was beautiful in its subtlety), not to mention the parallels between the Daleks war over purity and the fascists desire to "keep the outsiders out". That sort of comparative could have appeared in a Moffat story.
Ace gets a decent subplot of her own and gets to do a lot more than companions typically did in CDW. You could argue this is the first DW story to make the companion the emotional centrepiece of the story.
And finally, Remembrance looks amazing. I read somewhere that the production team went over budget, and it shows. Obviously, you can't escape the fact that it's a BBC show from 1988, but the explosions and effects all look incredible, and much of it still stands up today. And that flying Dalek! I was 7 in 2005 when the Daleks flew then, but I wonder how kids in 1988 must have felt watching that moment?
I'd go as far as to say that the only quintessentially Classic Who things about Remembrance were the wobbly Daleks and Keff McCulloch's soundtrack (and I mean that affectionately. Keff's music is wonderful, especially the moment when Ace and the Doctor run from Daleks in the street).
Opinions?
THIS IS JUST UNFORGIVABLE! We aren't talking about just any court rabble, we're talking about one of our veterans, who judged in the Supreme Kourt a shit ton of times! But before I go on a murder spree, let me tell you what happened:
Backstory
I've been volunteering at a charity (I'm very kind) for kids with cancer, and I was responsible for taking care of a sweet 8 years old girl with a brain cancer tumor (we'll call her P), who's also the daughter of u/Father_Capone a famous Kourt bartender who's also a member of our law firm, SJPLRS. P asked me for food from Dalek's bar, saying she knows he's really kind and makes the best food. Obviously, I went to buy the food, but when I ordered, very politely, HE PRESSED A BUTTON AND SENT ME TO THE MOON! TWICE! (Exhibit A)
I realized something was fishy, since P said Dalek was a good person, and I called the karma police. They said that it's possible that the person I'm talking about is the culprit responsible for the horrible abuse that P experienced a long time ago. They let me look at the security cameras (Exhibit B) and I confirmed, it was indeed Dalek. He basically manipulated P into having Stockholm Syndrome and thinking that he's a nice person and he's doing it for her own good.
I would describe what he did, but there's no need for it since he ADMITTED TO DOING IT AND DESCRIBED THE ABUSE IN DETAIL (Exhibit C), PURPOSELY TRYING TO ANGER AND MOCK ME AND P!
After further investigation, the police found Dalek's address. They entered while Dalek wasn't home, and on the wall in his bedroom, they saw "KILL SJPLRS" "KILL" written repeatedly with what seemed like human blood (Exhibit D). Clearly, the motive behind his actions is to destroy our firm so his law firm, KDA law, will be more successful!
CHARGES
*Customer assault.
*Abusing, exploiting and manipulating a vulnerable 8 years old girl who has a cancerous brain tumor.
*Harassment and mocking about said abuse.
*Emotional distress.
Evidence
Roles
Judge (cool af 😄): u/J_S_M_K
Prosecution (Epic pog based gigachads 😎) : u/ShellyXT, u/Niviso
Defense (Ew big poopoo 🤢🤮, even I wouldn't eye penetrate them): u/thesmallshot
Bailoof (Legend 😇):
Others:
Get me friends pls
A complaint I see time and time again is that Asylum of the Daleks should've been a Cybermen story because of the converting humans (including Clara). Humans haven't been converted into Daleks before or since, so it's very weird and out of place. But what if the Daleks had their own converted humans who acted as slaves before the Cybermen? Oh wait, they do. Enter the Robomen, from The Dalek Invasion of Earth. The key issue would be that Clara by the end of the episode needs to be too far gone for the Doctor to save, but really they could just swap that out for her throwing herself out a window or something. Keep in mind I haven't seen this story since it aired so I might be getting some details wrong.
The 4th Doctor finds this gun on Skaro, and it clearly belongs to the Drahvins from Galaxy 4.
In reality, the props department clearly just dug out a 10 year old gun for a quick scene so they didn't have to make a whole new futuristic-looking gun, but wouldn't it be far more fun to speculate on the in-universe connection between the two?
Just watched Tom baker’s genesis of the daleks and thought it was great and was wondering about the general consensus on it. What do you guys think?
As a lot of us know, Revolution is now on HBO Max (I’m in the US) so I finally got my chance to watch. I’ve had some issues getting into 13’s episodes but I watch anyway because Doctor Who is always better than no Doctor Who.
All I can say after watching this special is thank goodness for Jack, since he was the only piece I really enjoyed (although he could have also been better). The idea of another Dalek invasion is always interesting, and the prison that the Doctor was in looked intriguing but neither were done well in my opinion. I would have loved more time spent in the jail and seeing her save herself rather than needing rescue (although I loved when Jack shows up!), maybe not as intense as 12’s breakout but at least to get something.
I found myself very frustrated by the companions reactions to being without the Doctor for ten months…like that’s a long time? There are MANY past companions who would like a word about that! None of them even asked about the jail time or how she’s doing, they basically pouted and showed how weak they are compared with past characters. It just feels like there’s no real depth, risk, or competency anymore which is frustrating
It’s not all bad of course! I did enjoy the visuals and some world building with the jail and other species (an imprisoned Weeping Angel!). I think that forcing a (sentient, right?) Tardis to kill itself is a good setup for future conflict as well
I know I’m late to the game with this, any other thoughts about this special?
I read recently that Moffat was originally asked to write Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks, but was unavailable and so wrote Blink as a compromise to RTD while Helen Raynor wrote the Dalek story.
Based on how Moffat-written Dalek stories were in his era of the show, how different do you think Manhattan would have been if Moffat wrote it? Assuming the basic premise of the story stayed the same (Daleks in New York experimenting on humans, only one Dalek survives to set up *The Stolen Earth/Journey's End), how do we think Moffat would have handled it?
What are people's opinions on the Dalek emperor returning (or a new version being introduced). I pwrsonally think that the dalek emperor from series 1 was absolutely terrifying (especially with quotes like "Purify the earth with fire. The planet will become my temple And we shall rise.") And reintroducing it could really present with skne cool oplortunities.
During the Series 4 finale, the Daleks kidnap Earth as part of their reality bomb plan. It is possible that this happened around the same time that the Master was ruling Earth in an alternate timeline.
What would have happened if Davros and the Daleks kidnapped Earth during the Harold Saxon Master's rule? He has the Toclafane enforcing his rule over the planet, but would they be a match against the Daleks? I can't see them working together for a second. Would the Doctor, aged into a frail, ancient man, be able to fight off both the Master and Davros?
I only recently realised the show or any other media never explained what happened to the Thals after they were last chronologically seen in Planet of the Daleks. I know they were in Genesis of the Daleks but that was set during the Thal/Kaled war.
What happened to them, did they leave Skaro or did the Daleks wipe them out?
So essentially it goes something like this: before the events of The Dalek Invasion of Earth (while they were actually invading), the Daleks raided the Black Archive and saw old Cyber Technology (from events such as The Invasion, and most importantly Doomsday). With the Cyber technology they saw how easy it was to convert humans into mindless, emotionless slaves, and they saw how that could be a benefit to their operation. So, the Daleks repurposed the old Cyber Conversion Machines and streamlined that tech in order to create the Robo-Men
So, I’m confused. They said that the future Doctor Who seasons would be on HBO Max but, why is the holiday special on AMC+? I know it must be because of streaming rights but, it’s been almost half a year and it still isn’t on HBO Max. I’ve already seen the special but still, in case I would like to rewatch the series in the future, I don’t want to have to buy another streaming service just for one holiday special.😕
It’s really stupid, I remember watching the season four season four finally when the meta crisis doctor decided to destroy the race that hates anything that’s not them and created the reality bomb, following this the psychopathic raisin who made them declares the doctor is the destroyer of worlds, the show for its troubles seemingly took the raisin’s side on this one as the doctor banished the meta crisis to pete’s world for destroying the people who roll around in murder tanks feel nothing but hate and whose slogan is exterminate.
Now let me make this clear, having someone call the doctor out is a good thing he’ll 13 could do with it happening more often, but it shouldn’t be a villain because you know most of them would happily do worse with no real justification, it’s like having your argument swallow a grenade then spit the pin out, that’s why as I state below it should fall to the companion aka the literal humanity in the tardis.
Some criticisms I can imagine
“It’s a good thing to check the doctors morality” agreed but that’s the job of the companion not a race of creatures whose moral terrain is approximately 50 thousand feet below sea level.
“Having the daleks say it scares the doctor” if I was him I would take it as empty psychological warfare and not care what they say.
“Your only saying that because the doctors defending humans” yes this is an argument I’ve heard people say but let me ask does anyone think the daleks or the cybermen or the sontarans are gonna stop at earth? The doctor doesn’t just defend earth trillions of lives are still alive because of him.
Have I missed anything?
It seems to be a generally accepted view among the Doctor Who fanbase that the Daleks were presented very strongly throughout the Russell T. Davies era before the Moffat era came along and ruined them, and fans often point to Victory of the Daleks as the culprit for this because of the Paradigm Daleks which unfortunately looked very silly in that episode.
However, upon rewatching Russell's era from start to finish, I've realised that it was actually Journey's End that ruined the Daleks, and this is mostly due to the fact that The Stolen Earth presented them so strongly that they couldn't do anything but fall in the second part of the two-part story. There are several reasons why I've come to this conclusion:
- Lots of characters in Journey's End are given weapons which can destroy Daleks in one shot - this basically reduces them to fodder and significantly reduces their threat level compared to previous Russell-era Dalek episodes which presented them as almost invincible. I understand that the writers wanted lots of scenes of Rose looking cool and cocking her gun, but there was no need to give Jackie and Mickey these guns other than to avert the climax of The Stolen Earth with Sarah Jane being trapped. Also, Jack's anti-Dalek gun from The Parting of the Ways is inexplicably repaired so he can magically show up to blow up the Dalek that shot the Doctor in the previous episode.
- The Daleks don't exterminate anyone directly in Journey's End, and they spend the majority of their time standing around while Davros talks. This is exacerbated by the fact that the incredible sequences of the Daleks destroying Human resistance on Earth from The Stolen Earth are already concluded by Journey's End, so again the Daleks seem to just trundle around
- The Daleks are destroyed in an incredibly stupid way that basically amounts to Russell's worst deus ex machina yet. The DoctorDonna is somehow able to manipulate controls in the Daleks' dungeon to incapacitate every Dalek in the Crucible, causing them to spin around pathetically. This really doesn't contribute to the whole 'Daleks are scary' philosophy that the Russell-era Dalek stories are based around
- The Daleks can be touched by Humans, and get pushed around by the Doctor's companions once they have been incapacitated, which again doesn't do them any favours in terms of fear-factor and goes against what we learned in Dalek: "The last guy that touched it burst into flames".
So whilst it's clear tha
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In my opinion they are an incredibly underrated design. I do like them and while their big that makes them a bit more imposing don’t you think? Sure, they looked plastic-y but they were literally just made! They should be tip top condition. And later in asylum of the Daleks they became metallic which was very good. I feel we need a break from the bronze ones. No hate to bronze ones but their getting old. Paradigm was the perfect break. Have them for a while and then bring back bronze Daleks. Overall I really did like the paradigm Daleks and I vote we support them. What do ya say?
It would have been cool to see the hierarchy in action along with armies of red drones.
It feels to me like they put a lot of effort into establishing these new types of Daleks, only to chicken out of sticking with them when they weren’t as well received as they hoped. Plus I think they actually look really cool (even if a lot of people don’t seem to agree 😂)
I remember being so confused as a kid when they seemed to gradually disappear from the show after their grand introduction 😂
People always sleep on this episode tbh. Of course, it wasn't anything special, but it still covered some extremely interesting themes. Human Dalek Sec was an interesting character. 1930's New York was a cool setting. The Daleks were as scary as usual, even though there were only four... three this time. David Tennant and Freema Agyeman were great as usual. The jokes landed more often than not. It's easily the weakest Dalek episode in the RTD Era, but it's still a good episode. And it's still miles above anything Moffat has done with the Daleks besides Asylum.
Edit: and why
