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Reminder that Vortex

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what if john hurt shows up in the war master box set

^^^Some extracts from the current Vortex if anyone wants em, mostly about 8's Time War set. A few Torchwood things and Briggs talking about potentially more novel adaptations.

Yeah some good stuff incoming

It's weird right? I remember being here when it was announced.

B-but how?

There's nothing you can do to delay the exultation of moronic guidelines!

/who/ BOOK CLUB - SHIT TRIPS: VOLUME 2
WEDNESDAY EDITION (cont'd)
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Shit Trips 2 is here, so let's engage in some community self-love by reading and appreciating some of this mammoth work every Wednesday and Sunday. We'll be going through the whole thing in order.

TODAY'S STORIES:

>Item #: SCP-6062
By Catharticspurious

>Thirteen Avenues To see
By Arwyn

>A Cruel Fate
By Bored Hermit

FULL SCHEDULE: i.imgur.com/kj92Fs9.png

Read, enjoy, discuss, reflect, shitpost.
Got questions about a story? Was there something you thought was GOAT? Memeyness that made you laugh? Let us all know. The floor is open all day.
If you wrote a story and you want to answer/ask questions in authorial capacity, consider a temporary trip.
Make it obvious which story you're posting about, & browse sensibly if you don't want to get spoiled on any stories.

Out of the loop but want to jump in?
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Feedback from last thread:

I'm hungry. I can't spend any money because bills. But I'm hungry. I'm am so hungry.

I live with 9 other boys, miss the company of girls. What do?

>Dark Eyes
>clean slate
Didn't it used to be literally in the EDA section on their site? It's a direct follow up in plot and themes from the EDAs.

Any food bank services or anything in your area? Sometimes there's more than you'd think. Make sure to try and get filling stuff when you do have the coin too. That probably sounds patronising, sorry. Look out for yourself user!

Go out and meet girls?

i don't understand the problem
you don't need to live with a girl to socialise with one

no other option user - go gay

Heterosexuality is the cancer killing /who/.

>Go out and meet girls?
Please stop rubbing the fact you are a "chad" in our faces. I pity you. It unfailingly makes me sick the way you casually reference past relationships and flirt easily with people. You will never truly appreciate any fandoms as long as you cling to socialisation. You will never truly immerse yourself in anything. You will always live a half life. Enjoy women, because one day that's all you'll have.

Holy shot is this real

>Holy shot

Too nervous to go out and meet them.

It's nice to have them around, much easier to talk to.

I'm not gay despite my mother thinking I am.

We're all wrong in the head for liking Doctor Who. We all know it's awful. But we still actually enjoy it.

This guy gets it.

...this is a pasta, right? r-right?

No which fucking sucks. I'm just waiting for work to pick back up again, I'm sure things will be fine in the long run. I just need $20 to make it through the week in terms of food though. I wish I was one of those people who had attics filled with old relics that sell for thousands, that'd do me good right now.

I think it might just be a joke?

utter kek, saved for copypasting in the future, thanks

>Enjoy women, because one day that's all you'll have.
fantastic

Well. This thread is off to a great start. What's /who/ with you?

You can't honestly tell me you approve of it. Can you truly tell me it doesn't bother you the way he casually references relationships and casually flirts with people? It might be normal irl. I could care less. It isn't normal for here. I can't wait until he starts posting here less. I don't care if he takes her with him. But it's an insult to /who/ to act as he does. Talking about the show, the rare time he does it (notice most of his posts are about the audios which shouldn't even fucking be here) is just stroking his ego. He doesn't care about any of us. He doesn't even make any OC the way Edge or Lymerence, even Lymerence, has.
If you guys want to keep sucking him off, go for it, but I seriously don't think we should let anyone approaching normie stay here.

HAHAHAHAHAHAH THE ABSOLUTE MADMAN

I rewatched Dark Water earlier. I still love how indulgently fucked up it is that Danny meets the child he accidentally murdered. It's the icing on the cake of possibly the most nihilistic Moffat-credited episode ever.

Whoops thread died

Big Finish is scurred of muh looms
Auld Mortality was basically a Lungbarrow adaptation anyway


>mfw no Benny-style Doctor-less adaptations of the Faction Paradox EDAs

Have you tried the great social lubricant that is alcohol? Or even online dating so you can build a rapport beforehand, if you are extremely nervous? I don't know how anxious you are but it really can be hugely thrilling to push yourself out of your comfort zone and do it. Don't worry about rejection, go in with a mindset like "the first 10 women are 100% going to turn me down" and even if that actually happens you'll have gained experience and confidence from normalising it as you do it. Also can any of those 9 guys act as a wingman for you? Plenty of options user.

Goddamn, that does suck user. I'd say try and go out further to find any sort of food bank but then you run up transport costs...I know this is useless to say, but try looking again maybe? Sometimes universities offer free food in places and it's not really advertised. Could potentially just walk in.

Listening to some tunes in bed, kinda dreading the morning.

The start of the ep surprised me more than any standard "plot twist" could, it was such a jarring descent into depressing reality.

>it really can be hugely thrilling to push yourself out of your comfort zone and do it
I despise you. I despise the fact you can say that. I despise the fact I know you truly believe it.

WEW. This is some weapons grade autism here, user. If we could grind this up into some sort of, uh, particle, like some sort of autism particle, we could have a great macguffin for another BF boxset.

Why are you dreading it, Neo?

>He doesn't even make any OC the way Edge or Lymerence, even Lymerence, has.

Have you missed the literal FOUR HOURS of audios he made this past week?

>notice most of his posts are about the audios which shouldn't even fucking be here
Now I know it's bait.

Could it actually be they're wary of Lungbarrow?

Have to pick up my dog's corpse from the vet. Gonna dig a hole in the yard to bury her in.

Gonna put Fear Her on cws in a minute if anyone wants to join and make fun of it with me!

I don't drink.
Dare not use online dating.
My roommates are all autists. I wish I lived with normies. Honestly.
My usual friend is on holiday but he's trying to get me to date this girl. It's been pretty boring without him here.

One foreign girl I met said that she dressed up as the Eleventh Doctor at conventions (not my favourite doctor, probably my least favourite but I can look past that). I was looking forward to talking who with her but she never turned up to the writing club I'm part of. Ticked all the right boxes but never turned up.

I'm in.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, they belong on Sup Forums. This is Sup Forums. If /got/ can't keep up its general to discuss non TV stuff like the books (a new ASOIAF spinoff book came out today and /got/ STILL ISNT ALLOWED TO HAVE A THREAD) then /who/ shouldn't be allowed to have the audios allowed. I cannot stand hypocrisy.

>Gonna dig a hole in the yard
I bet you fucking will, I bet you will sweat and your arms will flex and you'll use a shovel like a real fucking man and I bet you'll honestly think you can still belong here afterwards. I'm glad it's dead. And no one gives a shit about you except the fucking girl here, surprise surprise.

I'm sorry, Neo.

user, the trolling was kind of funny until you said shit like the stuff you just said in there. That's just not right.

>I bet you fucking will
I get you're trolling man, but that's a pretty cruel thing to joke about

Dark Eyes from the beginning, was always advertised as being a clean slate, despite following on quite directly from the EDA stuff.
No, I don't understand it either.
But that is how Briggs's mind works.

But Doctor Who has been one tv for >50 years.
Got hasn't. I doubt people remember GOT in 50 years.

>they belong on Sup Forums
Sup Forums is for music discussion i.e. songs. Don't talk about boards you have never visited.
/got/ isn't allowed to have a thread because /got/ is shit. This is all very simple.

You're a gift that keeps on giving, honestly.

That's a little too far user. Don't be such a prick.

please just report this retard and move on

Not drinking is fair enough =)

As for online dating, I'm not suggesting something too "normie tier" like Tinder, but more lowkey, slow-paced sites like OKCupid might work. If you're very apprehensive, try making a fake profile for a while just to get the lay of the land (don't lead folks on though!) and get your bearings before making a real one?

That'll be nice when your usual friend is back, he sounds great!

Damn that girl sounded good, what a shame. Tried following up with her?

Thanks. I'll be alright :)

Heh, sure, be on in a mo

>This is your mind on Briggs
I actually love Dark Eyes and didn't really like the audio EDAs, I think that's an aberration from what I hear from fans usually

My condolences, Neo. I had a cat that passed away my last year at Uni, while I was away unfortunately. I know how much this must suck for you.

F

there is no board for dedicated audio drama, so this is the best we have.

based moddies

Fear Her kino just started

I get that it might bother you to see two people flirting here (even though they always relate it to Doctor Who discussion and it's never in your face, so you're already overreacting massively) but you have seriously lost the plot. Calm the fuck down and don't be such a massive dick.

I'm leaving the country in a few weeks so yeah in a weird way I'm glad I was here to be with her when she passed instead of gone like that :/ Thanks for your kind words

I'll be on a minute, I don't exactly mind missing the start t b h...

>too "normie tier" like Tinder
Oh cmon that's shit advice. user just needs rejection therapy. Go out there and talk to a lot of girls, get over the fear, figure out how to be nice and interesting conversation. Tinder lets you try to talk talk to a habajillion people quickly, which I think should work.

Sexy new steelbook

Yeah, I recommended an approach more geared towards that here but if he's dragging his feet about that something slower might be better to sink in to at first. He can try plenty of things though really. It's just getting over that anxiety of it. I find a lot of guys are surprised how easy it comes when they get over that hump.

Anyone wanna give/lend me $20? You'd be doing the Doctor's work, I promise. Imagine you're 8 letting Chang keep those sacks of gold.

Oh shit, stoked they're doing that, the S9 steelbook was bloody amazing
>tfw no nardole steelbook
>tfw no simm/gomez steelbook

>/who/

Regular boxset looks GOAT as well.

Okey guys, I was out of /who/ yesterday, but all the time I was thinking about Capaldi, his series, and his Doctor.

You see, I think we can agree 12 does not feel like the Doctor on series 8, and this is good, it is supposed to be this way, he was re-discovering himself, learning things he had forgotten after the centuries in Trenzalore. He did not think he was a good man anymore, and being the Doctor is this sort of thing where the more you want to be him, the more you'll stray away from it, right? This is what he realizes in Death in Heaven. He realizes that to be the Doctor he does not have a set thing to achieve, and it is not something he can force, he must be "an idiot" and try and be the best of himself. Now, this is all fine and dandy, but does knowing what could be the Doctor, make you the Doctor?

>this entire thread

Tinder's a waste of time, honestly.

sent ;)

I like this cover very much, reminds me of the credits to True Detective.

oh it's a trip reunion episode?

Oh fuck me, that's some zhangkino right there.

The answer is no, of course no. This is something 12 struggled with all of series 9. He knew how to become the Doctor, and he did everything he could to do so, but for some reason, we only ever saw a true "Doctor" in a very few select moments in the series. Neither 12 or the audience knew what was wrong. Then, Heaven Sent happened. We took a peak into the Doctors mind and in the episode, while in the mindscape, we listened to a small remark by the Doctor. "Why can't I just let them win! Just this once, it'd be so easy!", and we saw what was wrong.

>does knowing what could be the Doctor, make you the Doctor?
No. 'The Doctor' is an ideal, but it's also an ideal that can only really be achieved by him, due to his abilities and his life experiences.

I was thinking of the Classic fm romance site though I'm not sure if there will be many younger people on it.

>Tried following up with her?

Don't know her name.


I don't think I'd like tinder, I'm not willing to just love for the sake of love if you catch the gist. I'd rather make friends with someone first.
Looks good.

Don't be mean mate I'm hungry!

Oh my shit, purely for the white background + space overlay on Capaldi I think that's the best cover for a full series box set since...god knows when, maybe ever.

Actually, the fucking star ratings ruin this. If you can't find three 5-star ratings why even bother, let alone puss out and shit the bed with a 4-star one? Especially considering most of them will be for specific episodes and thus meaningless.

12 was doing what he was doing, in order to win. To beat the bad guys! For glory! But by doing this, he did not become the Doctor. Then Hell Bent happened. He was truly at his darkest hour, until a new writer recons it at least, he fell down so low. He could not get the win. He could not save Clara from the street. And so, he took a break. He stopped. 24 years on Daryllium, and 50-70 years at the university. Of course, he could not really stop could he? Its like an addiction. But the point is made that he just was not the Doctor anymore.

Very nice. Are the rumours true they're holding it back until TUaT can be included?

I also think Death in Heaven was in large part a refutation of the NewWho doctor characterisation (literally jesus, lonely god, etc) and return to the 'wanderer' Classic who approach

Give it a try (your fm site thing), can't hurt!
And those reasons against Tinder are totally legit, plenty of sites that would cater more to you

If you haven't noticed, it's a thing that happens on pretty much all media which shows multiple ratings. I assume it's a subconscious thing that makes you think it's more legit, I guess?

>Time War! What is it good for?*
>*Really good audio drama!
why is this so funny

These are both so good. Probably my favourites so far.

The Doctor is the Doctor, and his speech in Death in Heaven was not him realising what he needs to be, it's him realising who he already is and always has been.

No seriously someone lend me $20 I'm going insane slowly but surely.

How do we "fix" Fear Her?

>This is something 12 struggled with all of series 9. He knew how to become the Doctor, and he did everything he could to do so, but for some reason, we only ever saw a true "Doctor" in a very few select moments in the series
I'm not sure I know what you're talking about desu. What is a true Doctor?
I'd say it's more like the reverse where he had specific moments of weakness.

I don't think it has any redeeming features.

The TARDISode for it is kinda funny

But then, if all of this is true, then why does series 10 feel like a true Doctor? Well, I think it is because of Bill. Because of his first adventure with Bill, and most importantly how Bill convinced him to let her keep her memories, is how he realized, the Doctor did not do stuff to "win" nor for "glory", he did them because it was right, it was decent and most importantly kind. And so, when Bill asked "what changed your mind?" and his answer was "Time", we know how much time it has took him to come here. Not to the university specifically, but to this point in his life where he realized "what the hell". This directly leads into Missy's arc of redemption. When he did the speech on kindness in The Doctor Falls, he was sharing everything 12 had learned that meant to be the Doctor. I don't know about you guys, but sometimes, people tell me advices and I cannot really comprehend them, mostly because it has not happened to me. This is why his speech is not effective to Simm. That master had not lived to see his effects, but on MIssy? She realized, she knew, she "heard the music" and this is why she turns around and stands with the Doctor. What do you guys think? I'm gonna answer now.

Reposting from last night because /who/ was asleep.

So actually I've been meaning to ask /who/s opinion on something for awhile.

I'm considering starting a YouTube channel to guide interested parties into Doctor Who. Not just the show, but the entire franchise; books, audios, comics, etc. My thought is to start with an introduction to the New Series since it's easily accessible, then going over Classic Who, then novels, audios, so on and so forth. Trying to gauge interest. I thought about doing this because I wish I had had some sort of guide on how to access some of the more obscure stuff. Would you watch it /who/? I know most people here are here because they've gone past tumblr like obsession with Tennant and Smith and are already into EU stuff, but would /who/ be interested in watching? I've got a rough outline for a few episodes taken care and [spiler]am trying to learn the ins and outs of video editing lol[/spoiler]. Thoughts? Opinions?

>/who/

>I was Ada Donse

What did 10 mean by this?

Go for it. I don't know if I'd actually watch it myself since I don't need introductions to these things, but it's something that ought to exist and be accessible (and not done by tumblr).

There's a pretty good one on YT alreayd but I forget the name

I agree! The Doctor was a god because he was the the Doctor, but when he stops being the Doctor, he stops being all powerful. Although I have never agreed with him being a god, because at his core, he does not pic and choose who lives or who dies, who to save and who to leave behind. He works his best to save everyone he can.

I disgree. I am of the belief that everyone can be the Doctor. As he said in Extremis, "You don't have to be real to be the Doctor! So long as you never give up!" I think this is applicable to us too. Yes, our chances of saving an entire alien is slim to say the least, but being the Doctor does not mean that. Being the Doctor means to follow your heart, to plant yourself to the tree. To never be cruel and never be cowardly, and if we are to always make amends, to laugh at everything, but most importantly to be kind. I realize I sound like a child, but I truly do believe in this I am saying.

I'd watch it.

Neo! What a surprise that audio! Really outdid yourself on it! Definitely going in the album.

Hey McGanon, did you get a chance to work on the thing?

Also, mafia today?

The guy who runs the Doctor Who subreddits (and gets advance previews of episodes) has been throwing this idea around a lot recently. Idk if you'd want help or to just do it alone, but it'd be pretty stupid if two channels started the same thing at the same time.

Rethink the finaĺ scene with olympics
Find a better actress for Chloe
Focus more on urban theme and explore it
Add some depth to mom / Chloe, dad / Chloe relationship

My thoughts exactly. I kind of want to get to it and present in an as unpolitical way as possible. Tumblr would ruin it.

Really? I looked on YouTube and found plenty of stuff for the New Series, some for the classics, and even one for BF but I didn't find any for novels o comics or spin-offs at all.

Are you referring to PCJ or someone else? I'm not on reddit very often, so this is news to me.

Yeah I didn't love the god stuff though I suppose it was interesting for the show to try for a while.

Thanks so much! Can't wait for the album

That would help a tonne

Not yet, unfortunately.

>Also, mafia today?
Hm, depends if people are up to it... and if I can stay awake. I'm sleepy.

There's a fantastic one for the novels, I'll link it when I get on my PC, there's also some good ones for the spinoffs, not sure about comics. I'll let you know later

Yeah, right now I am just waiting on one more audio, but when that's done the audio will come out!

No worries, do it when you can. Don't try to shit it out, I'll wait.

Well I'm certainly up for it!

What is the best version of the middle eight?

The TV Movie

Great analysis. Your interpretation of the Pilot and "time" and "what the Hell" is really interesting. 12 experienced hell of an emotional journey, but I really hope The Doctor will have a chance just to have fun wandering the universe when being 13.
By the way, I hope one day I will be brave enough to write an analysis of emotional journey of 9 and 10 in the same manner. I think people often miss it.


I have nowhere to go tomorrow so I can setup mafia all night if you're going to be sleepy.

Video for reference: youtube.com/watch?v=pqyUZUqTqcE

Derbyshire's is best, just like it's the best version of the rest of the theme.
The runner-up is probably Howell.

Yeah, PCJ on reddit. He was talking about it on the Discord. If you do do it, I'd (obviously) love to help with one on Faction Paradox.

Reminder that neoreaction is NOT coughheilhitler a racist ideology.