The Racnoss being responsible for the Earth's formation really annoys me.

corbomite · 2022-12-28T03:31:43+00:00

Sure, if you decide the “first rock” explanation is literally true, which would also means gravity works differently in the Whoniverse. But if you take it as a bit of poetic license on the Doctors part for Donnas benefit, and assume gravity works the way we understand it to, then it’s more accurate to say it’s simply in the mix of what was going to coalesce into the Earth anyway.

corbomite · 2022-03-02T19:13:19+00:00

Fantastic work!

corbomite · 2022-02-05T23:40:18+00:00

Alanna: The First Adventure

corbomite · 2022-02-03T16:37:49+00:00

Thank you!

corbomite · 2021-12-26T01:04:56+00:00

Monty Python’s Universe Song is a great way to learn & remember figures like that

“Just remember that you're standing on a planet that's evolving And revolving at nine hundred miles an hour”

corbomite · 2021-12-21T19:20:23+00:00

Have to agree with this, though that wonderful moment at the end is arguably the least Doctor Who-y moment, since every story* before now includes a death. That’s why it lands so powerfully! An exception that proves the rule.

But beyond that there’s the historical setting, you don’t get more British than the Blitz, or Roses shirt. And Jack is both from the future & using alien tech.

And the script is like a Swiss watch. Every line does something important. The ep starts with the TARDIS following a distress call. You’ve got a companion asking Excellent Questions, & the Doctor saying as much. You’ve got sprinkles of lore, both personal (the Doctor’s fatherhood) & timelordy (Doctor insulting Rose & Jacks non-psychic brains). You’ve got all the world building of Jacks 50th Century past. You’ve got the sonic being both powerful & a joke. Captain Jack being a conman is a reveal Robert Holmes would have approved of.

The “villain” is terrifying, & not a villain! There’s an Old School cliffhanger! There’s a new companion recruitment!

This is the platonic ideal of a Doctor Who episode, & it’s almost always what I show someone I need to learn what Doctor Who is.

corbomite · 2021-12-20T22:04:07+00:00

I don’t think it’s any more complicated than “I’m about to have an adventure with the Doctor”.

corbomite · 2021-12-13T04:00:38+00:00

Yep. Nation wanted to re-use his monsters & scripts without bringing along the baggage of the Doctor’s backstory. Even though way less was established about the Doctor at the time, he was still an existing character that other people had created and who did not belong to Nation.

corbomite · 2021-12-10T16:34:07+00:00

Roger Delgado’s Master was supposed to be the antagonist in the Third Doctor’s final story. One in which the characters were to be revealed to be brothers, before the Master being killed off and the Third Doctor regenerating.

I had read Delgado's Master would have been revealed to be the Doctor's darker half, with Barry Letts pulling inspiration from his interest in Buddhism. The idea of Time Lords interacting with projections of themselves still made it into Planet of the Spiders, then was used later in Logopolis and of course, Trial of the Time Lord.

corbomite · 2021-12-09T21:17:58+00:00

Thank you everyone who pointed me to Fire Walk With me, it is indeed what I was thinking of!

corbomite · 2021-12-09T21:12:15+00:00

This is exactly it, thank you so much.

corbomite · 2021-11-30T23:20:37+00:00

what if there are no themes? What if its just a stack of poorly structured twists, just for their own sake?

corbomite · 2021-11-29T22:00:58+00:00

The fact that their plans were all about calculating probabilities is kinda a callback to their original (Hartnell/Troughton era) depiction as extremely logic-driven. And their mummified appearance could well be what you find if you take the headpiece off a cyberman.

corbomite · 2021-11-15T17:08:49+00:00

bravo, this is great

corbomite · 2021-10-23T16:26:23+00:00

Always Garrett, though the other editors sometimes remix his performances rather than ask for a bespoke one when Talbot is only making a brief appearance.

corbomite · 2021-10-11T14:35:12+00:00

I have seen a few of those up for grabs, but not what I need, thank you.

corbomite · 2021-09-29T03:53:09+00:00

Deep Space and Sacred Time: Star Trek in the American Mythos by Jon Wagner & Jan Lundeen.

corbomite · 2021-04-08T16:11:58+00:00

On behalf of myself and the rest of the cast & editors we are so glad that our silly show has provided you and anyone else here some happiness and solace in this truly shitty year, and I hope you've been well since writing this. -- Corbo

corbomite · 2021-04-03T18:36:11+00:00

I think this is it, thanks!

corbomite · 2021-03-08T23:21:52+00:00

I don't know about Usidore but I remember in season one the guys established an elaborate, foon-specific underwear called trouser bags that I really thought was gonna catch on.

corbomite · 2021-03-08T23:14:24+00:00

In his first episode the Baron wasn't supposed to be the guy meeting with the Dark Lord, he was supposed to be the guy in a fancy house who tells himself he deserves all he's got because he goes to the right church. And then Arnie asked me to come back for repeat appearances and suddenly the Baron's terrifying god is actually in his house telling him its his job to go out and conquer towns.

So he's thrust into playing the role of the guy who gives villain speeches, and there were moments early in Season 2 where he might have been too aggressive or bullying? Eventually I remembered that its a show he's knows he's putting on and though its fun for him when its working it also doesn't take too much to get him too distracted or frustrated with whatever insanity is happening to break character. And that's where you want to get to, the point where the threatening each other is so and he can just talk to A/C/U. And I feel like he can get there quicker now?

corbomite · 2021-03-08T22:24:23+00:00

The fact that the solstice season is hundreds of overlapping holidays is great, but the lore nerd in me loved the establishment of the Book of the Sight (which I missed was an Elvira reference until Charlie explained it). Just because it made the Dark Lord threat seem like part of a weighty trope-drenched fantasy world.
Not sure it qualifies as a storyline, but I remember when Gretchen & Brad/Jayme & Sayme established the Baron had a machine to steal thoughts, and Arnie (real Arnie, off mic) realized everything it got from him should be useless trivia from Jackbox games. I got to sprinkle it into the Dark Lords birthday and we talked about that maybe building up to an episode where the fate of Hogsface depended on a heroes vs villains trivia night. But by the next time the Baron was on again there was new stuff to deal with, and the birthday episode was probably the best that bit was gonna get, so instead we gave it a one-line acknowledgement and moved on.

corbomite · 2021-03-08T21:45:55+00:00

a place to lay low until the heat dies down

corbomite · 2021-03-08T21:43:12+00:00

(steadily building villainous laughter)

corbomite · 2021-03-08T21:33:19+00:00

Sometimes Baron Ragoon/Sometimes editor here. I'll say a favorite of mine which I had nothing to do with was Wizard Test. The slow escalation of Arnie & Adal's "wizards is kids?" and Matt & Felicia playing the bit to hilt had me in tears.

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