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I don't know a bunch of those. I know some are novels, but are some comics too?

If Extremis had been a panto world like in the Benny one, that would have been the best.

>tfw 16984 days until the 100th special

Fun Fact: 16984 days ago Yusuf Bin Ishak, the president of Singapore died

Yes. TV, audios, novels, and comics.

There are so many novels and comics with jacking into cyberspace or sequences inside the Doctor's mind or whatever (the VNAs overlap with the cyberpunk era, after all) that I couldn't list everything. If you like a different one, I guess just pick whichever one is closest.

feeling comfy lads?

Also, yes, Bill-Jack and Dame Nardole arguing "Oh no it isn't! Oh yes it is!" and then an audience of Truth Monks joining in with Nardole would have made Extremis 11/10 GOAT.

Why did you drop the trip?

Will we finally see Eccleston then?

Nardole, I can't see Eccleston, I really can't. I can't see anything ever again! I'm still blind!

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Have you ever killed anyone

Trips are gay

I forgot. Suicide now or later?

Quick!

Post a 13th that isn't Haley Atwell or Kris Marshall

13th Doctor Will Sasso

I really liked the idea of Iain Glen like some user suggested recently.

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First Irish Doctor

Better female Doctor than Hayley Atwell or Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

Better female Doctor than Hayley, Phoebe, or Olivia

>Haley Atwell
Why do people want a generic brunette bimbo as the doctor exactly?

her lack of eyebrows unsettles me

She was the controller of Satellite Five. PASS

She's brunette, but she's not generic, or a bimbo.

She could play the part as a sort of female John Steed, someone who looks and acts like a dilettante who's obviously going to fall apart when the going gets tough, except that when it actually does get tough, she turns into, basically, Agent Carter.

There are a handful of people (of both sexes) I could see pulling that off characterisation of the Doctor, and I'd love to see it.

SuperDoctorHans

>her lack of eyebrows unsettles me
That's how she keeps people off guard. They're too busy wondering "Where are her eyebrows" to notice that she's reversed the polarity on their death ray.

Also, we need a contrast to Capaldi for the 13th Doctor, and whose eyebrows are more un-Capaldi than hers?

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One of the few possibilities who'd work well enough with Missy that she'd be worth keeping around.

>and whose eyebrows are more un-Capaldi than hers?
Matt Smith's

The Time of the Briggs is upon us.

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SAY IT WITH ME NOW

INTRODUCING

Too bad I can't find a single interview where she even mentions Doctor Who. Not even a "Quit asking me about Doctor Who" interview.

Rosenthalanon is going to be so sad that he missed his chance.

And I'm not going to post Tom Rosenthal for him.

It's going to be kris marshal and you know it.

Just get someone to dress up as David Bowie's ghost and tell her that he wants her to be the Doctor, and she'll do it in a second.

The only problem is that the best person to dress up as David Bowie's ghost is Tilda. But I'll bet she'll play Bowie convincing herself to play the Doctor if we ask nicely.

If I had to be stuck with the doctor being female next regeneration, this would be my pick

First beardy Doctor

I remember there was a retarded theory out there a decade ago that suggested the 13th Doctor was Luke from SJA, and he regenerated into a young boy to live out his life with one of his favorite companions.

We all know the only reason Chibnall is showrunner instead of Gatiss is that Gatiss can't do both jobs at once.

cute

Nah, Luke's going to be the Rani, and Rani's the Doctor.

That was, without any doubt in my mind, the worst fucking episode I have ever seen, and I've seen some real stinkers since that asshole Moffat beginning heading the show.
> That patronising and definitely blasphemous depiction of the Catholic Church. I'm an Agnostic personally, but even I felt like they shouldn't have gone with showing a female pope.
> The fact that we couldn't understand the Pope, but we could understand everyone else: completely lore-breaking
> How ultimately the Catholics had nothing to do with anything
> That cheesy depiction of the death planet or whatever the fuck they were meant to be: "you understand how many times I've been killed don't you?" Faggots just run off; not even the cringiest cliche in the episode
> The endless dullness of watching these people walk around the library, with only some gimmicky visuals to leaven the soul-crushing boredom
> The incredibly generic nature of the villains: just some cunt in a leathery mask. It's as though the writers think they're too cool for basic character motivation these days
> The incredibly insulting "it was all just a dream denouement"
> The fact that virtual Doctor is somehow able to send an email to the real version, despite the fact that he's just a fucking sprite, and even for a fantasy show that's fucking stupid

And so much more; really, it's not even science fiction anymore: the sonic screwdriver may as well be a fucking wand for all the relevance their is in the nothing of a distinction. Moffat should have both his right and his left hand cut off after putting out something like that. I can't believe that went through pre, and all the way to post-production. If I was a britcuck, and my taxes were going towards something as though grade as that, I'd be running at government officials screaming "Attica! Attica!".

I would unironically be ok with this.

Thanks for telling us that you're too stupid to follow a kids' show.

>even I felt like they shouldn't have gone with showing a female pope
Nice to see how good you are at getting offended on other people's behalf. What's your tumblr name? Meanwhile, I'm pretty sure the Catholic Church that had paintings of the fictitious Pope Joan up in official galleries for 500 years can handle it.

>How ultimately the Catholics had nothing to do with anything
Except for translating the Veritas, and keeping it hidden for over 1000 years, and being the ones who sent it to CERN, and being the ones who brought the Doctor in to investigate.

>you understand how many times I've been killed don't you?
It was how many people he's killed. But sure, that's the same thing, right?

>The fact that virtual Doctor is somehow able to send an email to the real version
Yes, because nobody's ever hacked their way out of a sandbox before. By the way, I have an applet I'd like to you run.

>Meanwhile, I'm pretty sure the Catholic Church that had paintings of the fictitious Pope Joan up in official galleries for 500 years can handle it.
Also the fact that it's Benedict IX.

>You dare to imply that the first gay Pope, the one we deposed, twice, for having open gay orgies in the Palace, might have been a woman? Our feelings are hurt by that!
--no Catholic person ever

As long as Gatiss doesn't get to write any episodes for himself, but does write a non-canon comedy sketch every year, I could live with him as the Doctor.

> Nice to see how good you are at getting offended on other people's behalf. What's your tumblr name? Meanwhile, I'm pretty sure the Catholic Church that had paintings of the fictitious Pope Joan up in official galleries for 500 years can handle it.

Alright I didn't know about this legendary figure in time. That still doesn't change the fact that it's condescending to catholics.

> Except for translating the Veritas, and keeping it hidden for over 1000 years, and being the ones who sent it to CERN, and being the ones who brought the Doctor in to investigate.

They had nothing, whatsoever, to do with the conclusion

> It was how many people he's killed. But sure, that's the same thing, right?

It doesn't matter, it's still a completely lazy way of ending a situation that could possibly be difficult for the Doctor. It's like watching a Bobby Fischer chess game, and his opponent just soils him/herself and fucks off. Nobody wants to see that, nobody cares, nobody came to see that

> Yes, because nobody's ever hacked their way out of a sandbox before. By the way, I have an applet I'd like to you run.

He just pressed a couple of buttons on his (fake) glasses, and was somehow able to communicate with the outside world. The show didn't even give us a conclusion, because they'd spent too much time wandering around a dark library.

God, you Whovians are so salty and defensive.

I liked user's idea yesterday morning of Tilda being a one-year Doctor, where we know from the start that she's going to regenerate in episode 12 (and that Chibnall's not going to cheat the way his predecessors did with 10 and 11, because the 14th Doctor gets hired and announced before episode 12).

That also opens the door for lots of other good candidates who are probably too busy to commit to three years.

You sound upset user, are you Catholic OK?

>That still doesn't change the fact that it's condescending to catholics.
No, it really isn't condescending to Catholics. No actual Catholics feel that way. If you really want to play SJW on Sup Forums for some reason, can you at least whine for people who actually need justice?

>They had nothing, whatsoever, to do with the conclusion
Besides getting the Doctor and his companions to the right place and/or giving them key information, guest characters almost never have anything to do with the conclusion. Gulliver in The Mind Robber, Jago & Litefoot in Weng-Chiang, Lynda in Parting of the Ways, Latimer in Family of Blood—they do their part, and then have nothing to do with the conclusion. Why is that a problem?

>It doesn't matter
Of course it does. The fact that you're too stupid to understand the difference between someone dying 12 times and someone killing zillions of people doesn't mean everyone else is that stupid.

>He just pressed a couple of buttons on his (fake) glasses
So you're mad that sonic sunglasses aren't a real-life thing from 21st century Earth? And that hacking doesn't always involve two people banging away on the same keyboard as fast as they can?

>God, you Whovians are so salty and defensive.
No, we just think idiots are funny. Seriously, I've got a 6-year-old nephew who was able to figure this episode out while only half-watching it, but you weren't. And the fact that you're so angry about it makes it even funnier.

There's nothing to figure out, it's just stupid- stop acting as though this poorly written mess is some kind of ancient riddle. Though, if the fact that you've finally found something that both you and your nephew can understand, I'm very happy for you- maybe one day you'll beat him at checkers if you down a full pack of ritalin at once and keep repeating 'checkers... checkers' under your breath so you can stay on one subject for more than a second

>I can't understand it, so it must be stupid
Yeah, that's how it works.

*dies in 5 seconds from blood loss*
pssh... nothing personnel... kid...

Forget the Catholic criticism, it's obviously too much you to look at something from more than one perspective, although such a practise is commonly seen as a signifier of intelligence.

I'll abandon the other criticisms- though they still annoy me- and stay with the shitty villains, and the fact that a computer program can send an email, as well as the other ones that you are studiously avoiding or being obtuse about

>the fact that a computer program can send an email
The fact that you think this is a criticism says everything there is to say about you.

I'm not catholic, you're just an asshole

Computer programs can send emails user, that's how you send emails in the first place.

The actual flaw in the logic of it is that assuming he broke the sandboxing, he'd still have to hope it would be transmitted out of the simulation somehow. I know he's got ansible tech that doesn't give a fuck about distances or even time, but why would the machinery running the simulation let anything out? Wouldn't it just be simulated tech, unable to interact with the real world?

>Wouldn't it just be simulated tech, unable to interact with the real world?
No, because then they couldn't get any information out of it, much less insert avatars of themselves into the simulation.

> guest characters almost never have anything to do with the conclusion.

That's a fucking lie, it's common for the day to be saved by guest characters in these shows, or for them to be around at the end of the episode. They never used to appear, talk to the characters, and then fuck off- at least they didn't when Russel T. Davies was the showrunner. This took a real nosedive after he left, it's as though all the emotion left the show.

> The fact that you're too stupid to understand the difference between someone dying 12 times and someone killing zillions of people doesn't mean everyone else is that stupid.

You stupid fucking autist, I was referring to it as a narrative problem, not a plot problem; (1) it's a cliche; (2) it's far too easy a way of ending a sticky situation and (3), it's boring, hence the Fischer comparison.

> So you're mad that sonic sunglasses aren't a real-life thing from 21st century Earth?

No, I am not mad that the sci-fi object is no real. I am mad that this show is increasingly ending every fucking plot with the Doctor smashing some buttons and somehow saving the day as a result. The writers must have a very low opinion of their viewers.

That's what I was trying to say. I don't understand why a separate, closed program even had the ability to do that. It should have no connection to the real world whatsoever.

I agree user.

Catholic here. Wasn't really offended. Most people don't know more popes than fingers on one hand, let alone Benedict IX. A secret woman pope is hardly the weirdest thing the Church could've seen. I was weirded out by her having a relationship with the Doctor, but I hate all of the celebrity paramour stuff the new series has done, so it's partially unrelated.

Yeah, I can't stand the "whenever the Doctor mentions a female historical figure there is heavy implications that they Fucked" trend. Hopefully Chibnall doesn't continue that. It's really boring and immature.

>That patronising and definitely blasphemous depiction of the Catholic Church.
Stopped reading there tbqh

The problem is that every Doctor from now on used to be 10, and 10 fucked everyone in history. They're going to have to give him amnesia or something.

Rose - Rose saves the Doctor
End of the world - wooden girl saves Doctor
Unquiet Dead - guinet saves the Doctor
Slitheen eps -- Harriet Jones did a lot of work
Long Game - black girl saved everyone
Father's day Pete saved everyone
Empty Child - almost every character is present in the resolution
Boom Town - its developing characters: the episode
Finale - everyone Who tries to help dies

So side characters were always useless one liners like now, eh?

I forgot that Charles Dickens also saved the Doctor, and Mickey and Jackie also saved everyone

Jesus Doctor forgives you.

Yeah, me too.

Also, the later line
>at least they didn't when Russel T. Davies was the showrunner. This took a real nosedive after he left, it's as though all the emotion left the show.

Fuck that, I'm sick to the eyeballs of RTDfags. Moff's leaving at the end of this series anyway.

that whosoever INTEGRATES with HIS MATRICES shall not perish, but have UNLIMITED RICE PUDDING

This. One of the things that I liked about the doctor was that he is meant to be one of those people who inspire the good in others, like that scene in the first episode set on Satellite 5, where he inspires the hack journalist to search for the story and truly use her mind for once. Now, the doctor is basically the only person solving things, and he tends to spend a large amount of the episode scolding the other characters over their misconceptions about things. It does seem patronising, in my opinion.

Ever since he took the show over, Moffat has been incapable of ending an episode or arc in a satisfactory manner. He's great at setting up a mystery, but the episodes' conclusions always make you feel like you're meeting the wizard behind the curtain. He's like a slightly more obnoxious Lindelof.

>10 fucked everyone in history

Kek.

Keep being content with shit

I remember when I was 13 and series 5 just aired I used to insult 'RTDfags'. Now I feel like I like RTD's style of writing much more overall.

I remember when I was 13 and season 24 just aired and I didn't get to insult Sawardfags because there weren't any.

Nah, I'll probably stop watching when Chinballs takes over. There's always ear stories.

>nuBig Finish
Keep being content with shit.

Feels good.

I remember when I was 13 and season 375 just aired and I was insulted by my virtual classmates for preferring season 373.

>Doctor Who
Keep being content with shit.

Does being negative 300 years old count as underage for Sup Forums?

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Hey /who/, I have a question.
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How is a Pineal Eye (at least I think J said Pineal) supposed to actually wok?

Are you asking about the real pineal eye in many amphibians and reptiles (and a few fish), or the new-agey update of the third eye to make it sound more sciency?

In real animals, it's usually a photoreceptor just underneath the skin between the eyes, which is connected to the pineal gland, and basically how their hormone systems know when the sun is out.

In a few animals, like the tuatara, it's actually evolved into a real eye, with a lens and retina and everything, which is used to see forward/upward while the main eyes are placed way off to the side.

If you're asking about the new age idea: The basic idea is that we have a pineal eye, just like lizards, except ours sees into the mystical realm instead of the physical one.

Various different new-agers have added all kinds of pseudoscience on top of this, like the fact that our pineal eye does exist but it shrinks instead of growing during fetal development, and therefore it can see down to the quark level, which is where all the mystical vibrations of the universe can be seen. But the basic idea is borrowed straight out of Blavatsky's Theosophy (via 20th century occultism).

Blavatsky was merging together the Hindu ajna chakra, the Taoist third eye, 19th century anatomists' discovery of the parietal eye in lizards connecting directly to the pineal gland, and Descartes' idea of the pineal gland being the place where our nonphysical mind connects to our physical brain, so it kind of makes sense (as long as you don't have a problem with the basic theosophical idea that the non-physical is physical).

Was this Class?

Is anyone able to make one/several mega folders with the audio books "light at the end" and "dark eyes 1-4"?
The only torrents I have been able to find for them aren't actively being seeded.

Can someone explain way Chibnall is being hyped so much around the internet? The episodes he's written are pretty mediocre, does it have to do with his work on torchwood? Whether or not you agree with this, can I get an explanation?

can you give us some examples? I've literally never seen anyone be excited for Chibnall's arrival.
I have seen people excited to see the end of Moffat, but that's not the same thing

I see more anti-hype as hype, and even more people saying meh, I'll give him a chance. But I have seen a few people hyped. Their arguments seem to be:

1. Pond Life and PS.

2. Torchwood S2, where he was unofficial showrunner, he definitely wrote much better stories than in DW or in TW S1, where he wasn't.

3. Broadchurch. Personally, I got bored mid-S2 and quit, but a lot of people say if you stick around to the end of S2 and especially to S3 it gets much better.

4. You can excuse each of his mediocre DW episodes for different reasons (although I'm not sure why that's a reason to be hyped for him rather than just a reason not to be anti-hyped).

Most recent example I can think of is on youtube's comment section as well as regards by people on facebook. It's just something I've noticed but couldn't understand where it comes from.

People are probably just sick of Moffat and will praise anyone else as savior of the series.

Maybe because he wrote this year's most watched TV show here in the UK?

But yeah, his Who stuff has been pretty average so far.

If no one's seeding, have you tried buying it?

I don't have copies of all of them, so I can't make a mega, but I was able to find working torrents for each season, each of which has at least one seed that isn't on any of the others. None of them are that fast, and the DE4 one is really slow, but it's still under a week, which means it'll probably be done by the time you finish listening to DE1-3, right?

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If any of those don't work for you for some reason, there are a bunch of other alternatives if you search skytorrent for "dark eyes" "doctor who".