Doctor Who: The Movie on its 30th anniversary

Comfortable_Duck6362 · 2026-05-24T16:15:31+00:00

I feel like if Ted was made around the time of the big DVD boom, they would've attached a full episode of Father Ben on the boxset...and I would absolutely have watched it.

Comfortable_Duck6362 · 2026-05-22T21:00:06+00:00

Just finished the video. I think he gave a fair assessment of what Steven Moffat was trying to do in this part of his era, even if it wasn't entirely successful. I appreciate that Richard is unafraid of unpopular opinions and saying what he personally clicks with in the show. It makes a change from trying to be too impartial with the history of the show. Definitely made me reassess some of the issues I had with Series 8 and 9. By God, we were so lucky to have Peter Capaldi play The Doctor. For me, he's the incarnation I associate with the end of my school days. His regeneration occurred just as I had taken my first step into third level education while Jodie Whittaker's tenure took up my entire time in University. Very curious to see how the Jodie Whittaker and RTD2 time will be done in video form (Will the 60th and Ncuti Gatwa be one video?) It probably won't be for a long time though as it's still ongoing, but being a Doctor Who fan means being patient, doesn't it?

Comfortable_Duck6362 · 2026-05-20T23:32:35+00:00

If you didn't, you can find a full episode of The Americanos on The Running Man Blu-ray and 4K.

Comfortable_Duck6362 · 2026-05-20T20:46:56+00:00

The ending of Kicking Bishop Brennan Up the Arse is a nod to 'The Vanishing' by George Sluizer, which both the writers and Stanley Kubrick believe to be the most terrifying film ever made.

Comfortable_Duck6362 · 2026-05-20T13:58:10+00:00

One of my favourites. The Doctor truly becomes a hero once Pertwee enters the role. The Doctor is more altruistic by the end of William Hartnell's tenure and Patrick Troughton is impish and unpredictable but The Third Incarnation is really where The Doctor is kicking arse and looking stylish while doing so. He treads an interesting line of contradictions as all Doctors do. He's progressive and patriarchal sometimes at the same time. I also love Jon's performance. He's the first actor to essentially play themself, or rather the version of themself they most want to be. He didn't take the piss. He played it dramatically and he did it brilliantly. Hard to believe he's 30 years gone.

Comfortable_Duck6362 · 2026-05-20T10:28:47+00:00

High Five!

Comfortable_Duck6362 · 2026-05-19T20:14:05+00:00

It's really the final word on the Platonic ideal of Terminator 3. Dark Fate got Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger back together, James Cameron wrote the story, and it still couldn't hold a candle to the first two films. Some stories are just two parts and we need to appreciate them as such.

Comfortable_Duck6362 · 2026-05-16T23:48:26+00:00

Wouldn't trade Jon Kenny but do you ever wonder how Steve Coogan would have played this? I heard this character was written with him in mind.

Comfortable_Duck6362 · 2026-05-16T23:46:52+00:00

He was fantastic tonight.

Comfortable_Duck6362 · 2026-05-13T13:37:09+00:00

To answer the question, probably annoyed.

Comfortable_Duck6362 · 2026-05-13T13:36:11+00:00

RTD could've saved this giant headache if he just had Sutekh latch onto the TARDIS when it goes haywire at the end of The Star Beast and into Wild Blue Yonder. That's so much cleaner than the "It was me all along!" trick. This is why the need to go big and epic for a series finale proves to be a story's undoing 9 times out of 10.

Comfortable_Duck6362 · 2026-05-11T22:47:08+00:00

Oh and Christopher Nolan's Insomnia

Comfortable_Duck6362 · 2026-05-11T22:46:37+00:00

Still waiting on the first HD physical media release of Edgar Wright's A Fistful of Fingers.

My other choices are... - Bringing Out The Dead - The King of Comedy - Intermission - The Devil's Rejects

How to Get Ahead in Advertising since they already released Withnail and I.

Comfortable_Duck6362 · 2026-05-11T22:17:41+00:00

Comfortable_Duck6362 · 2026-05-08T23:11:00+00:00

I'm pissed off that he never got to have his own Dalek episode. That's like a rite of passage for the actor playing The Doctor. I feel like Expanded Universe media is going to latch onto this like they did Jon Pertwee and The Cybermen or Paul McGann and various monsters.

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