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Post by Knuckles on Dec 1, 2015 23:42:33 GMT
Long time no messages on this thread. I have to say I am not a fan of Capaldi and the new series in general
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Post by Knuckles on Feb 12, 2014 9:37:23 GMT
Hi guys, I'm starting this topic hoping there might be someone interested in backing my recent project. My last short film was well received and went on to be nominated for a few awards so I'm hoping for the same success.
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The idea is to film the first episode and distribute it via itunes and Amazon, selling at £3 each with any profits made going in to filming a second episode.
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
http://www.indiegogo..._todos=true#_=_
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Post by Knuckles on Nov 23, 2013 6:44:14 GMT
I liked Eccleston, he was a good Doctor. Was very good for the one series he did. He really was, he was great as a Doctor suffering the effects of the Time War, not particularly an eccentric or Doctorish Doctor, and lacking quirks, but he played his role well and considering what has been revealed about the Time War in recent episodes I feel he is a huge miss. I would have loved to have seen him after the revelation of Hurt as the incarnation he tries to forget. He was also much better than Tennant, who I used to like as The Doctor but rewatching episodes and even seeing him in the trailer for tonights episode I'm fed up of him. He's overrated and brought nothing to the role besides cheap melodrama and a goofy face. Matt Smith portrays convincing emotion, and is to me, the perfect example of how to play The Doctor. Tennant is a poor Doctor in my opinion and I'm not looking forward to the scenes with him and Smith. On a different note, with the next Doctor now the Thirteenth Doctor surely that means Peter Capaldi will be The Valeyard? And while I know there will be no limit to The Doctor's regenerations, I hope they at least acknowledge the Thirteen regenerations rule.
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Post by Knuckles on Sept 11, 2013 23:25:49 GMT
I met Sylvester McCoy celebrating his 70th birthday during the Fringe last month. He is such an extraordinarily nice man and was happy to talk all night, even playing air guitar on his crutches at one point. Great guy
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Post by Knuckles on May 20, 2013 12:53:22 GMT
I think "silence will fall" refers to the damage done to the Universe should the Doctor's name be uttered at his grave, then someone accessing the wound in space from the Doctor's actions. That or, if the question is asked silence should fall when the answer is given so that the grave cannot be opened in the first place... And somehow that got misunderstood by people like Kovarian and the Silence themselves, who thought the Doctor himself would cause the the destruction of the Universe, rather than someone else [censored]ing with his timeline. That's just how I've interpreted it anyway. But in the end, The Doctor did [censored] everything up. Clara went in, sorted it all and made it a perfect circle. The Doctor messes that up by jumping in after her, even though we've been told the Clara he knew wouldn't exist anymore. How she exists has to be explained, but The Doctor jumping in after her was just silly. It was a perfect circle up until then. Also, on borrowing from Sonic, I genuinely was reminded of "Robotnik Reigns Supreme" when Strax went bad and Jenny disappeared because there was no Doctor.
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Post by Knuckles on May 19, 2013 13:39:42 GMT
She also mentions she saw "all 11" of The Doctor's faces which is strange as there should be more surely? All of the faces that haven't happened yet. Firstly, she clearly didn't see all of them anyway, as she never saw the "lost" Doctor (so however she was strewn across his timeline, there were clearly restrictions). Secondly, an extra regeneration makes Matt Smith's the 12th Doctor, and Tennant used up one of his regenerations after being shot by a Dalek (and Moffat set this up as being a definitive use of a genuine chance to regenerate by making River give up all of hers to revive the Doctor in Let's Kill Hitler), making this Doctor the last regeneration (this is the biggest deal with there being one extra regeneration in the timeline) as far as existing canon goes. We can also see that the TARDIS the Doctor dies with, is the current incarnation. Essentially, Matt Smith is being set up as the final incarnation of the Doctor, presumably to make a bigger story out of how he manages to regenerate again. And I can dig that. If Tennant can get a bombastic farewell, given how great Smith has been at the job (it was genuinely heartbreaking to watch him being upset at learning about Trenzalore at the start of the episode), I'd like to hope that they give him as big a farewell as that, too. Moffat said this episode would begin to reveal where his run on Doctor Who has been leading to the entire time, and between the Doctor writing himself out of history, officially 'dying', and there being an extra regeneration in the total count, it seems to me that the only place all of this is leading to is essentially a 'reboot'. Matt Smith and Moffat are both almost certainly out the door next year, so the anniversary will likely build up this idea further and it'll be finally played out in the next series. I always wondered about the Dalek shooting regeneration and think I posted as such on here a while back, but it was explained as he had a part of his body (an extra arm?) so could focus part of his regeneration energy in to that so didn't count or something. But as I said, it was a wonder of mine so if they do make this the final regeneration, as you've justified how they can, then that's amazing and gets me all excited. Except isn't Matt Smith essentially The Valeyard then? With him jumping in to his own timestream there's logic to suggest he could become The Valeyard. I would still like there to be more justification to his actions, due to the fact Clara shouldn't exist and a bit more of a conclusion to The Great Intelligence jumping in to the timestream. But that explanation you gave makes sense and is very clever regarding the absence of future Doctors.
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Post by Knuckles on May 19, 2013 12:49:56 GMT
I loved the start, thought it was full of great ideas and had fantastic potential and using Clara interspersed with classic footage was brilliant.I agree Strax was overused but he has been an old joke ever since the Pleasantville episode so I find him tedious anyway.
The middle was also great, with a fantastic story and I loved it all the way up until The Doctor chased after Clara in to his own timeline. Then it got all confusing and a bit silly.
Had they left it at Clara saving The Doctor and wrapped it up somehow I'd have loved it, and there's logic to her coming back in his future, but having The Doctor cross his own timestream to get her back when she shouldn't even exist now there's a thousand of her made it a little bit weird. Also now The Doctor shouldn't exist as there's a thousand of him in his own timestream and the paradox makes my head hurt. I feel they built up a great story carefully, only to throw bricks at it towards the end.
Also, if The Great Intelligence is suddenly defeated I'm actually angry at that. I would have liked to have seen how Clara actually stopped him and it would have been sound reasoning to involve the 10th Doctor as we all know is happening. She also mentions she saw "all 11" of The Doctor's faces which is strange as there should be more surely? All of the faces that haven't happened yet.
I'm not actually sure where/when they were when they saw the "Lost Doctor" and how they were both in one piece, and how River Song got out of the library and found her way to Trenzalore, but maybe a rewatch will answer those questions.
My biggest issue is just that we never see The Great Intelligence being defeated, we just see Clara guiding The Doctor, which is poor. A great villain and such a poor conclusion for him, serving only as an excuse for the timey wimey jump.
But then, Steven Moffat has always been dire at concluding the awesome mysteries he creates. I've not enjoyed the conclusion to River, to the cracks in time and I'm not liking what's been set up here. It's a bit weak.
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Post by Knuckles on May 14, 2013 4:10:25 GMT
Overall, entertaining. But Gaiman is usually incredible at making me forget about nitpicking and just enjoy the storytelling, so what happened? This was built on some really shaky grounds. 1) Why would the Doctor EVER leave the kids to nap in the middle of a room where he KNEW Cyber-technology was skulking around? 2) The episode was apparently trying to bring the fear back to the Cybermen. They had: a fairground. Cybermen taking off their heads and spinning them 180º. A CAMP CYBERLEADER. 3) Chess game was entirely pointless and such a dull cliché. 4) Chess game was resolved when the Doctor decides to STOP PLAYING CHESS. I wouldn't have minded but it was a huge time investment that was literally dropped. Gaiman must have went "oh, I can't be bothered thinking of a clever way to end this game". 5) This is the big one. Dragon Ball Z school of plot resolution. "By the way, millions of Cybermen. Blow up the planet." That's not... tense or fulfilling, that's just lazy! It's the first chapter in "How to Raise the Stakes": blow up the planet. 6) Why were the kids there, seriously? Was this one of those production members' families things? Also, Clara. Urgh... right, there's a preview up that basically confirms that Clara is supposed to be bland. She's supposed to be the Doctor's dream girl or whatever. But for goodness' sake, it's the character that drives the plot! It doesn't matter if you KNOW she's dull, she's still dull! If a chef handed you a plate of fresh faeces, it doesn't matter that he KNOWS it's [censored], you still wouldn't eat it! It's symptomatic of the depressing trend in serialised media to work towards the next marketable finale/anniversary rather than prioritise the story. The fact that a main character being dull is a PLOT POINT is arse backwards to an alarming degree. Agree with you about the points in the spoiler tag 100%, the episode wasn't great for all the reasons you listed and I think that the kids may have been forced on Gaiman by the production staff at Doctor Who, limiting what he could do with the episode. If so, that is extremely disappointing. However, I disagree with you about Clara. She's proven to be smart and resourceful, much smarter than Amy and Rose, and she's the only companion I've truly liked since Martha. She's useful and doesn't need the obvious explained to her. As for the chemistry, towards the end of Amy and Rory's run they overemphasised the love for the two characters far too much to avoid the love triangle they had written for themselves, which in itself is a repetition of Rose, the Ninth Doctor and Mickey. The only problem I have with Clara is the falling in love thing the preview shows. Amy, Rose, River and Martha all had feelings for the Doctor. In 50 years of the show being on it's only been since 2005 The Doctor has consistently had companions he can't be purely platonic with and to be honest it's getting very silly every season a new companion and The Doctor go through the same steps. It also would be disappointing as I've felt he's been cold towards Clara on more than one occasion and I liked that as it made sense. He saw her as a mystery, no more than that, and in Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS we saw he didn't even trust she wasn't hiding her secret from him. He was cold and unattached after everything that happened with Amy (again, something we saw with Tennant after leaving Donna), and so it made so much sense he wasn't treating Clara the same. To ignore all that and make another lovey dovey companion would just be horrible and show the show just does not progress from season to season.
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Post by Knuckles on Apr 30, 2013 18:39:06 GMT
I thought the ep was decent, though there was so much happening that they didn't fully explore the potential of an episode inside the TARDIS.
Some good moments, and some of the rooms, especially the library were decent, though I was a little underwhelmed at the android/human storyline.
Again, The Doctor looking at Clara not as a companion but as "salvage" is interesting and shows the different dynamics he has with her than he did with Amy or previous companions. She really does seem to be little more than a mystery to him, or did until the end of this episode at least.
Not a fan of the timey wimey reset button ending, but to be honest it was expected as soon as Clara mentioned knowing his name.
All in all, 7/10, though it could have been more if executed properly.
This whole thing about the TARDIS not getting along with Clara is starting to be a little stale though, from episode 2 onwards there's been at least one mention of Clara not getting along with the TARDIS, as though it needs to be drummed in to us Clara is an enigma and the TARDIS is alive. Gaiman's personification of the TARDIS episode was excellent, but since episode 2 and especially in this episode, some of the personification has been a little over the top.
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Post by Knuckles on Apr 26, 2013 11:10:53 GMT
I found that episode to be pretty weak for a couple of reasons. The Doctor mentioning the psychic being in pain and agony could be interesting just wasn't Doctorish at all. Also, him telling Clara she's just a mystery after she's witnessed the vastness of the world ending just isn't Doctorish when compared to how he treated Amy in similar situations. This could be explained by him having no attachment to Clara other than the fact she's a paradox, but he's not displayed the same callousness to her before now, so it was strange.
The story was a little dull at times, but what really annoyed me was the return of the "baddie isn't really bad at the end" trope. All in all, I found it a poor episode.
Next week's however, looks pretty interesting and exciting.
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Post by Knuckles on Apr 15, 2013 7:14:00 GMT
That little splotch of blood on the photo was probably the most blood this show has ever seen. I've never seen Ice Warriors before now so I kind of have mixed feelings about the episode. I would've liked to see them in their prime back in the classic series first, but whatever. Also kind of disappointed that all the Russians didn't even speak with Russian accents. :/ They've only been in a few stories. And the last story (very many moons ago) showed them living peacefully - not as an attacking alien race. The point of the Ice Warriors (not unlike the Silurians in many respects) is that they're much closer to 'humanity' than most of the Doctor's enemies. They're capable of being good people, but also capable of being terrible to themselves and others. I don't think you're missing a whole lot by not seeing the previous stories. All the main layers of how they're handled there across all the previous stories are handled here in a single episode. I've been feeling that this may have been a pitch by Mark Gatiss for the top spot. He did certainly seem to bring an A game to this one over previous spotty examples. Just so long as Chris Chibnall, the guy that wrote the awful Power Of Three, the innuendo-laden and barely passable Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, the mediocre Silurian two-parter and a not insignificant amount of Torchwood, doesn't get it. That'd be fine with me. The episode was ok, but I seriously hope Gatiss isn't the next showrunner. His previous episodes have been so dire. One had The Doctor running around council flats knocking on doors for the better part of an episode and the other was the ridiculous spitfires in space... not a fan of Gatiss in the slightest and I even prefer Dinosaurs on a Spaceship to anything he had done prior to this episode. However, this episode was decent though the lack of Russian accents bothered me too but I guess that's to do with some language matrixy thing. Though how it works here but not so Clara can understand the dog alien I don't know... As I said, decent episode that had all it needed to in it really, though as someone else mentioned I hope Clara doesn't make speeches every episode as that will get dull fast. However, I'm liking her so far, and liking the mystery involved with her. Next weeks reminded me a little of Ecclestone's episode "The Unquiet Dead". Not looking forward to it too much, but I was really not looking forward to this season's Gatiss episode and it surprised me, so we'll see.
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Post by Knuckles on Jan 10, 2013 11:11:12 GMT
Personally, I've always envisioned Doctor Who ending with his final regeneration turning out like The Master, bitterly and desperately looking for a new way to survive, and while he looks for a new way to survive, taking reckless and dangerous chances, becoming a danger to those around him, he is hunted by a group of cunning and smart soldiers who reveal themselves at the end to be all his previous incarnations who have come to stop his turn to evil/turning into the Valeyard. Would be fitting if all the previous Doctors knew their future was to eventually kill himself in his final regeneration considering their unwillingness (especially Tenth's) to give up their own regenrations, face their deaths.
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Post by Knuckles on Jan 2, 2013 20:54:31 GMT
Pretty decent episode, and definitely an improvement on last years. Already prefer Oswin to Amy, she was sharp, clever, and observant. It'll be nice and refreshing to have an intelligent companion who figures things out as opposed to being there and having things explained to her. From the one word test, to The Doctor telling her to figure out his plan, to realising the umbrella was for her, she really was a great addition to the episode. And of course, she has mystery. My main fear is Moffatt has a tendency to build up awesome mysteries with disappointing let downs. The cracks in time and the mystery of River Song were mysteries I followed and liked only for their conclusions to be less than satisfactory, so I really hope that doesn't happen this time. Also, loved Matt Smith as Sherlock Holmes. A nice in joke and I fully expect Bendict Cumbernautch to dress up as a doctor at some point in Sherlock now
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Post by Knuckles on Dec 13, 2012 13:36:43 GMT
Apart from the Katherine Jenkins Christmas Special which I found awesome, I've honestly felt let down by most of the Doctor Who episodes on Christmas Day, so not getting my hopes up this year.
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Post by Knuckles on Oct 10, 2012 23:59:33 GMT
Was extremely disappointed with the episode. It felt like an RTD episode (especially with the statue of liberty walking around, that was plain stupid), the plot was contrived and lacked emotion and as mentioned so many flaws.
The first one that annoyed me was the argument between The Doctor and River. He was meant to break her wrist. She ended up breaking her wrist. It still changed what was meant to happen. It really didn't matter her wrist broke. It was who broke it that mattered.
The gravestone was stupid. and yeh, The Doctor could have just went to get Rory and Amy at another time.
So I wasn't impressed with that episode, alongside last week's it was very weak. But those are the only two I haven't enjoyed so still looking forward to what I hope is a strong Christmas special
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Post by Knuckles on Sept 21, 2012 21:23:45 GMT
Just saw the episode, liked it for the most part. Felt the moral ambiguity was a bit forced but liked The Doctor once again showing his darker side, and being reined in by Amy. Also like to see him not always knowing the answer, and admitting it.
The ending with the self destruction made it silly though, and made the Sherriff's death (and the whole episode) seem a little pointless, so I wasn't satisfied without it ended but overall, it gets a pass from me. I prefer my Doctor Who episodes more on the serious side, and while I don't mind a splash of silliness (and revel in Matt Smith's silliness and playfulness in his portrayal of The Doctor), I love my Doctor Who the most when it gets in to the emotions and human side of the show. I think it's why I'm possibly alone in my opinion that RTD actually did a fairly good job on his run with the show (though rewatches prove that the show then was really just melodrama and Moffatt's run hits the balance perfectly).
This episode didn't quite hit it as well last week's conclusion did or episodes such as Family of Blood but it gave it a good go and it pass marks from me.
Next week's looks boring.
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Post by Knuckles on Sept 9, 2012 22:59:17 GMT
It's also difficult not to notice that the former co-producer for Torchwood manages to sneak in some really crude humour and innuendo, either... Ugh. That's why, then. I also loved the Mitchell and Webb bots. :B But did anyone else think that the Doctor deliberately sending someone to their death was a little "woah"? We've seen The Doctor be extreme with his punishments before. "Family of Blood" is one example, and the episode with the spiders he was all for burning before Donna stopped him. It was very surprising, but The Doctor never stands for anyone harming his companions, and the man he killed had just commited genocide and shot a very cute triceratops. For a fun, zany episode it got dark awful fast. I liked the last ten minutes, The Doctor's anger superbly acted by Matt Smith. This was also Amy's best episode in a long while for me, taken away from Rory for the majority of the episode she was able to shine instead of being reduced to the love-in that became stale in the last season. I felt the genetics twist deus ex machina was irritating but that's just because I hate situations like that in TV shows (the one time Rory's dad appears he saves the day because he's needed due to his link to Rory). But that minor quibble aside, it was, as last week was, a fun enough episode that felt a little empty up until the last ten minutes. Next week's looks decent enough, back to America to appeal to the BBC America audience.
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Post by Knuckles on Sept 7, 2012 17:36:25 GMT
I really enjoyed the episode, quite interested to how they're gonna develop Oswin and how she returns and how she ends up as his companion. Does anyone think the Pond's are gonna die? Or do you think they'll have a happy send off, like Amy can get pregnant and her and Rory decide to give up the life of adventure? I think Moffatt already confirmed it would be a tragic farewell for the Ponds. I don't know if that means they'll die or not, but I really doubt it'll be a happy ending. Considering River was in the trailer for this series it'll no doubt have something to do with her.
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Post by Knuckles on Sept 3, 2012 2:31:03 GMT
Overall liked it even though good chunks of the main action were lost as I was watching online and it kept freezing.
I have a couple of issues with it, one of them being a quote from the Dalek prime minister stating they found it offensive to kill other Daleks. Didn't the Power Ranger Daleks kill other inferior Daleks quite happily, and for that matter the inferior Daleks were happy to be destroyed. So yeah, that confused me.
The Rory/Amy thing bored me only because it's been done to death now, in so many episodes (the future Amy one springs to mind).
But yeah, decent enough episode, the plot twist was a bit samey and anti climactic and Daleks being scared so asking The Doctor for help was a bit "ok I can stretch my suspension of disbelief I guess but come on...". Overall, good fun episode, but I hope there's more to come that is a bit better. It seems under RTD and Moffatt we've only had average seasons of 9 average or poor episodes and 3 classic awesome episodes. Hopefully this year is the year to change that.
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Post by Knuckles on Apr 13, 2012 14:45:39 GMT
Flashback is a game I've always thought would look good adapted in to comic form. And Streets of Rage has lots of potential as a gritty, GCPD style comic story.
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Post by Knuckles on Apr 9, 2012 10:26:32 GMT
I have to say I'm disappointed at only 5 episodes this year and at how long it's taking for Doctor Who to come back on our screens. I wasn't a massive fan of last series and hope this year is worth the wait but with each passing month, I'm finding I'm becoming less bothered by Doctor Who. Absence in this case, does not make the heart grow fonder.
I thought I read there would be a break from Daleks....? They seriously need to be left for a long long long long long long time if they are to regain any of the fear factor they had. I fear the weeping angels may go the same way if they are constantly used throughout the series as well.
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Post by Knuckles on Feb 3, 2012 19:13:00 GMT
Decent debate here, I'd agree with a lot of Nambot's comments but certainly there is still room for longevity and influence in today's music despite such talent shows which may have dominated the music markets for a long time but recently seem to be dwindling in popularity.
I'd argue Lady Gaga will hang around long enough and has had the backing of Sir Elton John. Westlife, however dire they may be, certainly stood the test of time, and Britney is still going, although certainly not as strong as she once was but one could argue that's more to do with her personal life than the state of the music industry.
While there is more choice for music and a massive variation is what people listen to, I don't think it's affected the longevity of stars all that much. If an artist is good enough they'll last the test of time regardless of talent shows and phone in popularity contests which define who is Christmas number 1. I'm still confused as to why Christmas number 1 is regarded so prestigously anyway. Or number 1 spot at all. Many many artists have made it huge without claiming many number 1 singles or albums.
As for defining decades I'd put Elton John up as a case for the 70's especially in America where he dominated album sales throughout the first half of the decade. Of course, I'd also claim he's the most influential and continously popular artist still releasing records, and his attitude and opinions on shows like X Factor is largely public.
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Post by Knuckles on Dec 27, 2011 21:01:57 GMT
The episode summed itself up with a quote from The Doctor himself "went a bit funny in the middle there but it turned out alright in the end" or something like that. Too many silly things in there, Bill Bailey's soldiers were cringeworthy, and the whole plot was a little bit slack especially compared to last years gem of an episode. The bit with Amy was the only decent bit in there but wasn't worth sitting through the hour for. The start of the episode made me hopeful it would be decent, but I think it was hashed together with no real thought put in to it really. Bit poor but I've never really been a fan of the Christmas specials, last years excepted, so this hasn't dented my confidence in the show overall and I still can't wait for the new season. A whole nine months though
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Post by Knuckles on Dec 17, 2011 20:39:24 GMT
whatculture.com/tv/doctor-who-companions-amy-rory-leaving-the-show-next-year.php I look forward to this. There's not much more Moffat can do with them and already I know a lot of fans are complaining they keep going round in circles and taking up screen time by repeating the same emotional stuff. Also, The Doctor needs companions like Batman needs Robin. Sure, they're part of the universe but both are cooler without and just going solo. As much as I've loved the companions (not so much in the new series though), I feel The Doctor should have some solo adventures much like the Tenth Doctor did for a while.
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Post by Knuckles on Oct 1, 2011 18:59:04 GMT
Was awesome up until the end of the episode with the silly robot Doctor loophole. That was a little lame. Other than that it was decent though.
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