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DOCTOR WHO | 2x13
↳ Doomsday
#doctor who#daleks#cybermen#doomsday#dw#dwedit#daleks vs cybermen#gif#gifset#where the hell did they learn to sass each other#dailyflicks#live action
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Based on "Doctor Who" meme
#inside job#rand ridley#reagan ridley#alpha-beta#robotus alpha-beta#doctor who#daleks vs cybermen#digital art#fan art#my art#illustration#artist on tumblr
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I don't think I'll ever get over the absolute sass and snark 2 primarily robotic alien species had against each other in Doctor Who.
You know the scene...season 2 episode 13...
Honestly they should have given us more of that.
Why didn't they give us more of that???
#random thought#doctorwho#tenth doctor#daleks vs cybermen#dalek sass#cybermen be throwing shade#dalek really said: this is no war - its pest control#cybermen declared: its obvious they have no concept of ✨️elegance✨️#INFERIOR#robitic aliens#they don't get along at ALL#i love this 🤣🤣🤣#wish this kind of interaction between the two had happened a few more times#the enemy of my enemy is ignored - lowkey mentality#cuz neither saw humans as a threat
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started watching doomsday. unprepared for the emotional devastation i’m about to experience (even though i’ve seen it before)
#the daleks vs cybermen is hilarious tho#laughing through the inevitable tears#doctor who#tenth doctor#rose tyler#doomsday
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i don’t remember any of the events of nuwho BUT that means that when i rewatch it, i’ll get to see it “for the first time” Again.
#i keep seeing gifs of 10 doing smth profound#and am j like#??#the only things i rmr are the cat nurses#the daleks vs cybermen battle#s2 finale#9 being super cool <33#and martha being underrated >:0#nuwho rewatch soon?#doctor who#nuwho#dash rambles#also i stopped watching when the 11-12 regen happened#sorryyyyyyyy
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Doctor Who: Army of Ghosts/Doomsday
I rewatched this two-part serial on 23 June 2023. It ends the 2006 season, and we now farewell Billie Piper as Rose Tyler. She gets a proper send-off, too. A bit mawkish for my tastes, but given her role over 2005 and 2006 it is fitting.
We begin with a reminiscence by Rose about her life with the Doctor and how it ended. It’s a good little teaser. Our heroes arrive back at Rose’s home to discover a weird worldwide manifestation of “ghosts”. I love the EastEnders joke in the media round-up. Meanwhile, Torchwood is up and running… and they have a problem with Cybermen! I do like the way the incidental music is what becomes the music in the spin off series (I’m unable to rewatch Torchwood or the other spin offs at this time - I did do so the last time I did a watch through of the stories from 2005 plus).
Then the Cybermen invade wholesale. Mickey Smith returns from the alternative Earth to defend his planet… and then the Daleks appear! This story rapidly turns into a quite fun battle between the Daleks, Cybermen, and our heroes.
No surprises as to who wins, but it is a bit of a Pyrrhic victory.
#doctor who#army of ghosts#doomsday#cybermen vs daleks vs the doctor and friends#torchwood#farewell rose tyler and fam
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the concept of the borg and the rogue changelings working together has me on the floor it's so fucking funny and unlikely, are you kidding me. look me in the eye and tell me the foundress and the borg queen wouldn't get in the most fucked-up catfight of all time while everyone else is standing around wondering whether any horrific intergalactic tyranny and violence is gonna get done today.
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no i am not fully sliiping back into one of my oldest hyperfixation w literally no way to channel it oh my god
#shut up danni#look not to be like ‘i was a fan before it got popular!’ but like. yeah#i had a boxset dvd of series 2 and i used to watch it ALL THE TIME#i know them all off by heart that i usually have to skip them#but i’ll never skip that finale bc that really cemented my love for the series#the daleks vs the cybermen….man it just felt so epic#i used to play weeping angels in the playground w my friend#it was like a modified game of idk what the game’s called#but one person would be the angel and the other…..#hm i can’t remember if the goal was for the non-angel to catch the angel w/o their hands over their face before they got tagged#orrrr it was heavily weighted in the angel’s favor is in the non-angel never won#my friend used to love winning and seeing me lose so the weighted in her favor would be in line#either way v much adore the series#and my brain is just like a car stuck in the mud#the tyres are spinning but nothing’s moving#i mean what am i gonna do? go back and watch thirteen AGAIN?#i’ve already watched it twice in the last few months#sigh
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Who is your favourite companion?
TOURNAMENT MASTERPOST
propaganda under the cut
Ace McShane
She's brilliant. One of the best written and developed companions of the classic series, such a template for the modern era. So many different fates and stories across the different media. If you don't love her in one you're bound to in another. And then she got her return in the new era to boot.
Oh yeah; and beating the crap out of a Dalek with a Gallifreyan enhanced baseball bat. What a legend. she's... ACE! (@seven-times-champion /@elden-12 )
Ace is the natural predecessor to modern female companions. She's a fighter, smart, caring, an explosives "expert", a match for the Doctor despite being so young. She follows her own morality, will smash a dalek with a baseball bat no problem, and has a banging wardrobe! (anonymous)
Bill Potts
have you ever died horrifically but came back (mostly) correct because of your immortal sludge girlfriend. she's quite literally everything she is THE quintessential companion of moffat's whole era she is so terminally some guy and she is so special for it!!! she saved twelve's life multiple times, saved humanity through her memories of her mother, and she always holds on despite everything (the monks. the cybermen) and still always looks at the universe with wonder and curiosity and love and her storyline ruined my life. oh good lord WHEN the "i would rather die as i am than live as something else" hits and WHEN that directly ties into twelve's own refusal to regenerate. anyway bbc i am asking you to bring her back for the 70th and give her a happy ending or [gif of bill shooting twelve with a gun] (@aq2003 )
#showdown 2k24: third place final#this is my true final#actually no thats a lie my true final would probably have turlough of vicki or jo in it#but of the semi-finalists this is my final#i do love them both they're both in my top 5 as well#anyway theirs nothing between these two for me#so voting ace as the underdog
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the dalek vs cybermen snark-down is the most british thing to exist on television perhaps ever. “this is not war, this is pest control” hello!!!! “you are superior in only one respect. you are better at dying” ELLO GOVNAAAA
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cris watches dr. who: s02e13 - "Doomsday"
"And I suppose… if it's my last chance to say it… Rose Tyler…"
Hee @ the chiming in with the knowledge about the Time War
“Who is the least important?”
“We don't work like that.” Attagirl, Rose
Dalek vs Cybermen – was this a huge fandom want at the time? It's a fun kind of fan service, though
The Cult of Skaro! Such a dope-ass name
No alliance for the Cybermen? Damn, these Daleks take no prisoners. They're absolutely not here to make friends
By the way, the Dalek are better. More sassy. They're the right kind of old fashioned killbot
Heyyy! It's Mickey's boyfriend!
Oh, Rose has elevated heartrate with the Doctor – I'll say. Hee
Hee. Jackie, always remain a menace
“Social interaction will cease!” Me when anyone suggests going to an after at dancing all night
Jackie shushing The Doctor through his explanation of alternative universes is very on brand. I'm going to miss her
The Dr has a tendency for heroic sacrifices at the end of the season -- it's an odd coincidence
Rose chooses the Doctor! Love wins!
And we've never even seen their bed on the TARDIS!
The Director was the worst, but she is tenacious, overcoming the Cyberman's mental overruling
Hee. Dalek whirlpool
Oh no, Rose! I'm sorry for laughing at the whirlpool! DON'T GO ROSE
Rose Tyler, protector Of the Earth. I'll miss you
My God, Bad Wolf Bay is hauntingly beautiful
Rose 🌹
What?! Donna appears out of the blue?! We don't even get to mourn Rose for one episode?!
8 out of 8 Tardes. Heartstrings were plucked, jokes were laughed at, Dalek were exterminated. Good, good finale
#cris watches#cris watches dr who#doctor who#dr who#rose tyler#billie piper#the tenth doctor#tenth doctor#10th doctor#david tennant#cybermen#daleks#doomsday#s02e13#8 out of 8 tardes#donna noble#catherine tate
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DOCTOR WHO | 2x13
↳ Doomsday
#this episode lures u in with the sass off then obliterates u with the ending#doctor who#dalek#cybermen#doomsday#daleks vs cybermen#dw#dwedit#gif#gifset#dailyflicks#live action
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What is the greatest Doctor Who story ever told?
Everything has been split into groups of 32 that I think are of similar levels of notoritiy, but likely not popularity. Seeding within the groups decides the matches. At the end of the round groups are paired up and mashed together to do it all again.
What that means right now is the order the matches below are listed in has no baring on what they'll be against in the next round
There will be 16 matches a day with Fridays off
Lastly, you can still submit propaganda for posts here
ROUND 1
ROUND 2
Day 16
The Metaphysical Engine or What Quill Did vs Alien Avatar
The Last Oak Tree vs Dead Man Walking
Black Hunger vs Dream-Eaters
From Out of the Rain vs Detained
A Day in the Death vs Nightvisiting
Fragments vs Taphony of the Time Loop
Lost Library of Ukko vs The Custodians
Sirens of Ceres vs Children of Earth
K9 and Company vs Regeneration/Liberation/The Korven
Mutant Copper vs Reset
For Tonight We Might Die vs The Lost
Miracle Day vs The Cambridge Spy
Mind Snap/Angel of the North/Last Precinct/Hound of the Korven/Eclipse of the Korven vs Fear Itself
Exit Wounds vs Something Borrowed
Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart/Brave-ish Heart vs Oroborus
The Fall of the House of Gryffen vs The Curse of Anubis
previous and future days under the cut - unfortunately i've had to get rid of the links because there were too many and the post broke, however they are all tagged #round 2
Day 1
The Mind Robber vs Galaxy 4
The Moonbase vs The Daleks' Master Plan
The Evil of the Daleks vs The Space Museum
The Gunfighters vs The Macra Terror
The Dalek Invasion of Earth vs The Celestial Toymaker
The Reign of Terror vs The Daleks
The Rescue vs The Ice Warriors TIE
The Ark vs the Romans
The Tenth Planet vs The Web Planet
An Unearthly Child vs The War Machines
The Invsion vs The Keys of Marinus
The Underwater Menace vs The Aztecs
The Edge of Destruction vs The Massacre
The Sensorites vs The Seeds of Death
The Chase vs Marco Polo
Planet of Giants vs The Time Meddler
Day 2
The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances vs Love and Monsters
Human Nature/The Family of Blood vs The End of the World
The Waters of Mars vs The End of Time
The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit vs Fires of Pompeii
Blink vs The Unquiet Dead
Boom Town vs Utopia
Army of Ghosts/Doomsday vs Father's Day
Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks vs Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways
Dalek vs New Earth
Rose vs Planet of the Ood
The Runaway Bride vs The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky
The Girl in the Fireplace vs Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead
Partners in Crime vs The Christmas Invasion
School Reunion vs The Stolen Earth/Journey's End
The Unicorn and the Wasp vs The Sound of Drums/Last of Time Lords
Tooth and Claw vs Midnight
Day 3
A Death in the Family vs The Eleven
Ship in a Bottle vs Blood of the Daleks
Albie's Angels vs Phobos
No More Lies vs UNIT Dating
Horror of Glam Rock vs Companion Piece
The Grey Man in the Mountain vs The Love Vampires
Human Resources vs The Widow's Assassin
The Company of Friends: Izzy's Story vs The Side of the Angels
Day of the Master vs The Crucible of Souls
1963: The Assassination Games vs The Red Lady
Stranded vs The Sonomancer TIE
The Doomsday Chronometer vs The Silver Turk
Absent Friends vs The Eighth Piece
Paradox of the Daleks vs Better Watch Out/Fairytale in Salzburg
Inside Every Warrior vs Robophobia
Stop the Clock vs To the Death
Day 4
The War Games vs The Abominable Snowmen
The Sea Devils vs The Time Warrior
The Time Monster vs Fury from the Deep
The Tomb of the Cybermen vs Terror of the Autons
The Three Doctors vs The Ambassadors of Death
The Highlanders vs The Power of the Daleks
Doctor Who and the Silurians vs Carnival of Monsters
The Faceless Ones vs The Daemons
The Enemy of the World vs The Monster of Peladon
The Mind of Evil vs Frontier in Space TIE
The Claws of Axos vs Inferno
Spearhead from Space vs The Ark in Space TIE
The Horns of Nimon vs The Seeds of Doom
Planet of the Spiders vs The Web of Fear
Colony in Space vs The Green Death
Invasion of the Dinosaurs vs The Curse of Peladon
Day 5
Vincent and the Doctor vs Closing Time
The Snowmen vs The Beast Below
The Doctor's Daughter vs The Rings of Akhaten
Vampires of Venice vs The Doctor's Wife
Gridlock vs A Town Called Mercy
The Wedding of River Song vs Amy's Choice
The Girl Who Waited vs Time of the Doctor
Hide vs Smith and Jones
The Eleventh Hour vs Curse of the Black Spot
A Christmas Carol vs The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone
A Good Man Goes to War vs Name of the Doctor
Dinosaurs on a Spaceship vs The God Complex
Day of the Doctor vs Asylum of the Daleks
The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood vs The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon
Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel vs 42
Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS vs Turn Left
Day 6
The Lumiat vs A Spoonful of Masters
Nightshade vs Rhys and Ianto's Excellent Barbecue
Solitaire vs Paradise 5
Serenity vs The Last Post
No Place vs The Hollow King
Warfare vs Square One
The Cars that Ate London! vs Out of Time
Iterations of I vs A Full Life
I am the Master vs Forever Fallen
The Creeping Death vs Expiry Dating
Peshka vs The Forgotten Village
First Days of Phaidon vs The Scorchies
Gallifrey IV vs The Queen of Time
Wink vs Death and the Queen
Too Many Masters vs Peri and the Piscon Paradox
The Concrete Cage vs The Fifth Citadel
Day 7
City of Death vs The Creature From the Pit
The Key to Time vs The Ribos Operation
The Keeper of Traken vs The Masque of Mandragora
Image of the Fendahl vs The Brain of Morbius
The Horror of Fang Rock vs The Armageddon Factor
Terror of the Zygons vs Mawdryn Undead
The Sunmakers vs The Androids of Tara
The Sontaran Experiment vs The Pirate Planet
Genesis of the Daleks vs Destiny of the Daleks
Warriors' Gate vs The Invasion of Time
The Stones of Blood vs The Hand of Fear
The Leisure Hive vs State of Decay
Logopolis vs Robot
Full Circle vs The Face of Evil
The Deadly Assassin vs Pyramids of Mars
Meglos vs The Robots of Death
Day 8
Heaven Sent vs Cold War
Under the Lake/Before the Flood vs The Zygon Invasion/The Zygon Inversion
Flatline vs The Return of Doctor Mysterio
The Angels Take Manhattan vs Dark Water/Death in Heaven
The Magician's Apprentice/The Witch's Familiar vs Empress of Mars
Smile vs Extremis
Hell Bent vs Knock Knock
The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People vs The Husbands of River Song
Mummy on the Orient Express vs The Power of Three
Twice Upon a Time vs Listen
Face the Raven vs The Eaters of Light
Robot of Sherwood vs The Pilot
The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang vs The Girl Who Died
The Pyramid at the End of the World vs Oxygen
Time Heist vs Deep Breath
The Lodger vs World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls
Day 9
The Bekdel Test vs The Blood Cell
Human Nature vs Doctor Who and Shada (fan novelisation)
The Book of the War vs The City of the Dead
The Adventuress of Henrietta Street vs The Stranger
Mad Dogs and Englishmen vs The Crooked World
Anachrophobia vs Alien Bodies
Harvest of Time vs Interference
The Blue Angel vs Vampire Science
Lungbarrow vs The Turing Test
Oh No It Isn't vs The Eleven Day Empire/The Shadow Play
Living Legend vs The Gallifrey Chronicles
Engines of War vs The Year of Intelligent Tigers
Scratchman vs The Scarlet Empress
Psychodrome vs Camera Obscura
This Town Will Never Let Us Go vs Unnatural History
The Martian Invasion of Planetoid 50 vs A Photograph to Remember
Day 10
The Caves of Androzani vs Warriors of the Deep
Revelation of the Daleks vs Paradise Towers
Snakedance vs The Mysterious Planet
The Visitation vs Ghost Light
Survival vs The King's Demons
Black Orchid vs Battlefield
Planet of Fire vs Frontios
Attack of the Cybermen vs Enlightenment
The Curse of Fenric vs Mindwarp
Terror of the Vervoids vs The Mark of the Rani
Kinda vs Trial of a Time Lord
The Two Doctors vs Earthshock
The Five Doctors vs The Ultimate Foe
Terminus vs Vengeance on Varos
Castrovalva vs Ressurection of the Daleks
Delta and the Bannermen vs Remembrance of the Daleks
Day 11
Whatever Happened to Sarah-Jane? vs Kerblam!
Flux vs The Caretaker
Eve of the Daleks vs Revolution of the Daleks
Praxeus vs Last Christmas
Village of the Angels vs Revenge of the Slitheen
The Ghost Monument vs War of the Sontarans
Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror vs Resolution
The Tsuranga Conundrum vs The Haunting of Villa Diodati
Demons of the Punjab vs Eye of the Gorgon
The Halloween Apocalypse vs Rosa
The Woman Who Fell to Earth vs Once, Upon TIme
Ascension of the Cybermen/The Timeless Children vs Spyfall
The Power of the Doctor vs Can You Hear Me?
Invasion of the Bane vs Fugitive of the Judoon
It Takes You Away vs The Witchfinders
Arachnids in the UK vs Thin Ice
Day 12
Downtime vs Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
Dalek Weetabix advert vs The Fallen
Divided Loyalties vs The Land of Happy Endings
Summoned by Shadows vs Space in Dimension Relative and Time
More than a Messiah vs Step Into the 80s/On Through the 80s
Famine Appeal vs The Devil of Winerborne
Unnatural Selection vs Lepidometry for Beginners
Ground Zero vs Merry Christmas Doctor Who
The Zero Imperative vs When to Die
Fear Itself vs 12 Doctors, 12 Stories
Zygon: When Being You Just Isn't Enough vs The Room With All the Doors
The Terror Game vs Eye of the Beholder
Old Friends vs In Memory Alone
Wall's Sky Ray lollies advert vs Nothing at the End of the Lane
Something Borrowed vs The Flood
The World Shapers vs The Star Beast
Day 13
The Chimes of Midnight vs Minuet in Hell
The Holy Terror vs Spare Parts
The Happiness Patrol vs The Company of Friends: Benny's Story
Dragonfire vs The Company of Friends: Fitz's Story
Doctor Who and the Pirates vs Singularity
The Condemned vs The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
The Girl Who Never Was vs Neverland
Other Lives vs Caerdroia
Scherzo vs The Company of Friends: Mary's Story
Jubilee vs The TV Movie
The Harvest vs Seasons of Fear
Terror Firma vs Storm Warning
Zagreus vs Arrangements of War
Master vs The Natural History of Fear
The Marian Conspiracy vs The Apocalyse Element
Loups-Garoux vs The Kingmaker
Day 14
Death of the Doctor vs The Gift
Lost in Time vs The Mark of the Berserker
Small Worlds vs Secrets of the Stars
Sleeper vs Everything Changes
Countrycide vs To the Last Man
They Keep Killing Suzie vs Out of Time
Cyberwoman vs The Nightmare Man
Combat vs The Temptation of Sarah-Jane Smith
The Wedding of Sarah-Jane Smith vs The Empty Planet
Random Shoes vs Adam
Goodbye, Sarah-Jane Smith vs The Mad Woman in the Attic
Prisoner of the Judoon vs Ghost Machine
The Curse of Clyde Langer vs The Lost Boy
The Last Sontaran vs Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Sky vs The Day of the Clown
Mona Lisa's Revenge vs Captain Jack Harkness
Day 15
Time Crash vs Tardisodes
Dreamland vs Dr Who and the Daleks
Shada (webcast with 8) vs The Battle of Demons Run: Two Days Later
Ronald Rat Continuity Announcement vs Pond Life
P.S. vs The Shrink
The Daleks' Invasion of Earth 2150AD vs Doctorin' the TARDIS
Farewell, Sarah-Jane vs The Infinite Quest
Shada (1992 version with linking narration) vs An Adventure in Space and Time
Night of the Doctor vs The Doctor's Meditiation
Real Time vs Dimensions in Time
Clara and the TARDIS vs The Great Detective
Rain Gods vs Scream of the Shalka
Doctor in Distress vs Space Time
Night and the Doctor vs The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Shada (2017 animated reconstruction) vs Born Again
Search Out Space vs The Curse of Fatal Death
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All episodes from our first series of "Please Attened Carefully" are now available to all listeners. In this series, we covered one story from all the main Masters. There are a few others we didn't include, but they are part of stories we want to take a bigger look at!
We'll be taking a short break and then returning with series 2 featuring an in-depth look at the history of the Master vs. The Daleks and Cybermen!
#doctor who#doctor who podcast#the master#dhawan!master#macqueen!master#warchild!master#the lumiat#decayed!master#crispy!master#unbound!master#daleks#Cybermen
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DOCTOR WHO CREATURE/ALIEN/MONSTER SHOWDOWN MASTERPOST
64 species, 5 rounds, 1 winner. Who will be the Creature Of All Time?
Voting for Red Group Round 1 starts Feb 16, noon EST.
Qualifying criteria:
must be a species, not an individual. Species of which only one remain are okay, but this is judging the Creature Factor of the species as a whole, not how much you like that specific individual. ie. it's not about how much you like the Star Whale in The Beast Below, but rather Star Whales as a general concept
cannot be a human OR a mostly-human-looking alien. exceptions include the Carrionites and the Midnight Entity, because I love them.
must appear at least once on either Doctor Who (1963) or Doctor Who (2005). No EU creatures, sorry. No, not even from Torchwood or Sarah Jane Adventures. We have to cut it off somewhere. Also, Beep the Meep isn't on the show *yet*, so we're holding off until next year.
Groups and schedule below the cut
ROUND 1: GROUP STAGE
RED GROUP: noon EST Feb 16 - noon EST Feb 17
Dalek vs Zocci
Foamasi vs Haemovore
Ogron vs Whisper Man
Macra vs Saturnyn
The Silence vs Tractator
Absorbaloff vs Mentor (TIE)
Star Whale vs Minotaur
Ood vs Tritovore
YELLOW GROUP: noon EST Feb 17 - noon EST Feb 18
Silurian vs Voord
Sensorite vs Krillitane
Stenza vs Racnoss
Sea Devil vs Tetrap
Slitheen vs Tharil
Vashta Nerada vs Pyrovile
Dæmon vs Kroton
Sontaran vs Vinvocci
GREEN GROUP: noon EST Feb 18 - noon EST Feb 19
Cybermen vs Zarbi
Fendahl vs Hath
Midnight Entity vs Rutan
Adipose vs Skithra
Zygon vs Tivolian
The Flood vs Nimon
Carrionite vs Menoptra
Nestene vs Vervoid
BLUE GROUP: noon EST Feb 19 - noon EST Feb 20
Ice Warrior vs Wirrn
Draconian vs Headless Monk
P'ting vs Reaper
Catkind vs Sycorax
Judoon vs Time Beetle
Monk vs Optera
Cryon vs Krynoid
Weeping Angel vs Vespiform
ROUND 2
ORANGE GROUP: noon EST Feb 20 - noon EST Feb 21
Dalek vs Haemovore
Whisper Man vs Macra
Silence vs Abzorbaloff vs Mentor (TIEBREAKER)
Star Whale vs Ood
Silurian vs Sensorite
Racnoss vs Sea Devil
Slitheen vs Vashta Nerada
Dæmon vs Sontaran
TEAL GROUP: noon EST Feb 21 - noon EST Feb 22
Cybermen vs Hath
Midnight Entity vs Adipose
Zygon vs Nimon
Menoptra vs Nestene
Ice Warrior vs Draconian
Reaper vs Catkind
Judoon vs Optera
Krynoid vs Weeping Angel
ROUND 3
12:15 PM EST Feb 22 - 12:15 PM EST Feb 23
Dalek vs Macra
Silence vs Ood
Silurian vs Sea Devil
Vashta Nerada vs Sontaran
Cyberman vs Midnight Entity
Zygon vs Nestene
Ice Warrior vs Catkind
Judoon vs Weeping Angel
ROUND 4
12:30 PM EST Feb 23 - 12:30 PM EST Feb 24
contests TBD
SEMIFINALS
12:45 PM EST Feb 24 - 12:45 PM EST Feb 25
contests TBD
FINALS
1:00 PM EST Feb 25 - 1:00 PM Feb 26
contest TBD
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8th Doctor Main Range Audio Drama Mini-reviews
I've been listening to the Big Finish 8th Doctor stories on Spotify (the first 50 Main Range dramas is on there, plus a lot of the following "8th Doctor Adventures" stories) so I wanted to give a bit of a run down of my impressions.
Storm Warning
A solid start, classic Who shenanigans and introduces a solid companion in Charley Pollard, she's feisty and fun, but also not madly enamoured with the Doctor like so many companions can be. It makes for a fun reintroduction to the 8th Doctor, not seen since the movie some 5 years prior, allowing him more time to breathe.
The premise of humans trying to make first contact in order to steal alien weapons is tried and true but the cast elevates it and makes it more entertaining than it sounds. Lord Tamworth makes for an interesting support character, especially when his role could have been taken in a very cliché direction. The final scene sows the ongoing thread of Charley having been saved from her intended fate and the potential consequences of that.
7/10
Sword of Orion
Doctor Who does Alien/Aliens but with Cybermen and a background helping of the Android/Human conflict of Blade Runner, and it works bloody well. The initial mystery intrigues and while everything feels off from the start it's not til quite a way through that things start to make sense and align.
A more forgettable cast of characters (with many being left to be cannon fodder) but the premise is strong enough to bear out the runtime.
8/10
The Stones of Venice
Ugh. The first real dud. a somewhat tedious romp through a collapsing Venice with plot twists a savvy listener can see coming ten miles off and the longer they put off the "reveal" the more tiresome it becomes. The art curator was a fun enough support character but the upper class humans vs lower class aliens along with prophecies and a pining King leave for a very rote story that does little to excite or entertain and leaves the Doctor and Charley feeling irrelevant for large swathes of runtime, aside from use as props.
4/10
Minuet in Hell
This is more like it! A real mystery to sink one's teeth into. While it's somewhat frustrating that Eight has amnesia (again!) it works in the story's favour, weave a complex web of a narrative trying to see how all the narrative pieces interlock. Some of the performances (mainly the Americans) are a little hammy for my taste, but why make Doctor Who if you can't be a little silly for once. The return of the Brigadier more than makes up for Eight's rather limited airtime, but the audio tortures us by frequently putting the amnesiac Doctor with him but not letting them recognise each other until the drama is almost over. Nonetheless, an entertaining ride.
7/10
Invaders from Mars
A somewhat lacklustre alien invasion story, another with humans using alien tech to gain power, buoyed a little by some great performances from some actors and some truly unhinged and unrecognisable turns from Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes doing the thickest American Mobster and Russian agent accents you've ever heard. There's also a delightfully scenery chewing turn from who I assume is Nicholas Briggs as the aliens. Nothing much of note here aside from this being Mark Gatiss' first DW script and sadly, much like some of his TV DW work, it's a lot of interesting ideas thrown at the wall, only some of which hit satisfyingly.
5/10
The Chimes of Midnight
This is it. This is the big one. A truly fantastic story, classic time loop premise but not in the usual fashion. It weaves a narrative that confuses and engages in equal measure throughout along with a lot of great work from the two leads. Has all the hallmarks of DW's best (perhaps not surprising that the writer Robert Shearman also wrote one of the all time great NuWho episodes in "Dalek" - in turn based on his audio drama "Jubilee") and would heartily recommend to any DW fan interested in getting to know the Eighth Doctor. I would say you need to have at least heard "Storm Warning" first to get the most benefit, as it ultimately centres on Charley and the paradox of her existence.
10/10
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