Dr Who - NZ Style

SpaceKiwi · Sep 8, 2005

<blockquote>In reply to:<hr />Go ahead and do it.<hr /></blockquote> Yeah, do it kane. As I'm on my ion-engine-powered 'rush' towards solar-system status, and unfettered picture posting, I could use the extra post of my presence towards the total. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Who is this superhero? Henry, the mild-mannered janitor ... could be!-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Bring Back The Black! </div>

yevaud · Sep 8, 2005

Me too. I'm somewhere around 60 posts short of (*gasp from the audience here*) Galaxy. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Differential Diagnosis: "I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are." </div>

SpaceKiwi · Sep 8, 2005

That's good going on your part! I'm a 'mere' 1135 posts from solar system status. I've come to the conclusion that I read around here much more than I post! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Who is this superhero? Henry, the mild-mannered janitor ... could be!-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Bring Back The Black! </div>

yevaud · Sep 8, 2005

I've had the summer off from both my second job and school. Plenty of time... ...to waste posting all of the time. I'll lay off a bit in the next few days. Back to it. But it was a *nice* summer off. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Differential Diagnosis: "I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are." </div>

star_sirius · Sep 9, 2005

<blockquote>In reply to:<hr /> Jaffas, please note most foreigners wont have a clue what a Jaffa is - I mean the chocolate variety not the "Just another...". <hr /></blockquote> Wow!, I dunno about that but I prefer the orange soda with chocolate flavor! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> A dazzling bluish luminosity from A distant south pacific. <img id="cb51e87e-8221-424c-8ff2-78c95122196c" src="http://sitelife.livescience.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/11/15/cb51e87e-8221-424c-8ff2-78c95122196c.Large.jpg" alt="blog post photo" /> </div>

star_sirius · Sep 9, 2005

<blockquote>In reply to:<hr /> In reply to: Interesting. I wonder how many kiwis are in this forum. I think there's a few of us. We could probably field a basketball team, with a little bit of depth (if not height!) on the bench. <hr /></blockquote> So far, I know six plus a couple more waaaaay back. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> A dazzling bluish luminosity from A distant south pacific. <img id="cb51e87e-8221-424c-8ff2-78c95122196c" src="http://sitelife.livescience.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/11/15/cb51e87e-8221-424c-8ff2-78c95122196c.Large.jpg" alt="blog post photo" /> </div>

SpaceKiwi · Sep 9, 2005

Who you got? I make you, me, avaunt, mattblack, kane007, earth_bound_misfit (AWOL), skylark. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Who is this superhero? Henry, the mild-mannered janitor ... could be!-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Bring Back The Black! </div>

star_sirius · Sep 10, 2005

Here's a couple of members from waaay back : Ray8 used to have a space poem website stating he's from south Auckland, he'd shifted to Australia and completely disappeared from SDC boards. M83gxy used to post some useful and knowledgeable tropics before the SDC "Big Crunch" and she might be still in Auckland. Guessing : steve82 might have some Kiwi connections? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> A dazzling bluish luminosity from A distant south pacific. <img id="cb51e87e-8221-424c-8ff2-78c95122196c" src="http://sitelife.livescience.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/11/15/cb51e87e-8221-424c-8ff2-78c95122196c.Large.jpg" alt="blog post photo" /> </div>

CalliArcale · Sep 12, 2005

<blockquote>In reply to:<hr />Well, just so long as she has been to the drug-store to get something for the chronic flatulence since we last saw her! I suspect a character feature aimed at the younger part of Dr Who's target demographic.<hr /></blockquote> Rest assured, there is virtually no farting in "Boomtown." We do get a scene where she becomes so desperate to shed her skinsuit disguise that she makes up a story about needing to get to the bathroom *now*, but in the end, the scene contains no potty humor and is surprisingly poignant. The surviving Slitheen has a great many regrets, it turns out. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> "People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff." -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink" </div>

SpaceKiwi · Sep 29, 2005

Page THREE of the Sci-Fi section???!!! You fellow Kiwi's should be ashamed! <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> Oh well, T-15 minutes and we're green across the board. Looks like a doozy finale from the adverts I've seen. (and more than 3 Daleks in one shot AND seemingly believable CG, I'm a little bit impressed!) <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Who is this superhero? Henry, the mild-mannered janitor ... could be!-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Bring Back The Black! </div>

SpaceKiwi · Oct 4, 2005

Any Kiwi's got some thoughts on last week's finale and the season overall? I thought it was rather good, ultimately disappointing to see Eccleston go (he was beginning to grow on me!), but looking forward to the new bloke. The series did seem to find its feet as the episodes went on. I'm not entirely certain about the return to storylines overall, I think I would have preferred to see more villans introduced with such a short season to be begin with. Personal preference I guess, and it did give them the opportunity to flesh out characters of course. All in all a good start I think! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Who is this superhero? Henry, the mild-mannered janitor ... could be!-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Bring Back The Black! </div>

SpaceKiwi · Jul 3, 2006

Just a reminder to all Kiwi's who look in here that you should be setting your time devices for the premiere of Season 2 of 'Who on Prime this Thursday at 7:30pm. I've been religiously avoiding the updates from our resident Time Lady here so that it will all be a surprise, so really looking forward to some new episodes with the latest incarnation of the Doctor. Rock on Thursday! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Who is this superhero? Henry, the mild-mannered janitor ... could be!-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Bring Back The Black! </div>

CalliArcale · Jul 5, 2006

Sorry for the spoilers. <img src="/images/icons/crazy.gif" /> You will enjoy it! Warning: "The Christmas Invasion" isn't very good, in my opinion. But the rest of the season is very good. There are some lovely suspense stories. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> "People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff." -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink" </div>

star_sirius · Jul 5, 2006

Advice taken, just can’t differentiate between Dr Who and Dr Flynn. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> A dazzling bluish luminosity from A distant south pacific. <img id="cb51e87e-8221-424c-8ff2-78c95122196c" src="http://sitelife.livescience.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/11/15/cb51e87e-8221-424c-8ff2-78c95122196c.Large.jpg" alt="blog post photo" /> </div>

kane007 · Jul 5, 2006

Until FreeView - free to air satellite digital tv - comes online in 2007 in NZ, I wont subscribe to sky for a few hours a week of tele. UHF reception isn't the best so I download from the Bittorrent network and watch at my leisure. Just finished "Rise of the Cybermen" S02E5 and trying to find the time to watch part 2 - "The Age of Steel". S02E04 - "The Girl in the Fireplace" was really quite a touching episode - sad. "The Christmas Invassion" according to the BBC website is S01E14. I agree it was a bit daft!

SpaceKiwi · Jul 6, 2006

<blockquote>In reply to:<hr />Sorry for the spoilers.<hr /></blockquote> No, no, no, please don't be! I love your enthusiasm for the show, and all things Who-vian. My comment was meant more as a friendly back-handed compliment to your great efforts in keeping us all apprised really. I'm sure I speak for many of us here when I say that your infectious delight for this quirky British sci-fi show has rekindled our interest and enjoyment of it as well! It's all the more impressive because you are an American and probably haven't had the 'advantage' of many of us, who were brought up on the Doctor and his adventures. Besides which, I'd be lying if I said that I didn't take a sneaky peak at your spoilers! I'm impatient like that. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> P.S. Kiwi's, half an hour 'til Season 2!! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Who is this superhero? Henry, the mild-mannered janitor ... could be!-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Bring Back The Black! </div>

SpaceKiwi · Jul 6, 2006

kane, does that Bittorrent thing have the Stargate Atlantis episodes? I don't think I can wait until they start showing Season 2 of that on TV here. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Who is this superhero? Henry, the mild-mannered janitor ... could be!-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Bring Back The Black! </div>

SpaceKiwi · Jul 6, 2006

Wow, I quite enjoyed that! If "Christmas Invasion" is one of the weaker stories, then I think we're in for an excellent sophomore season. Quite a twist at the end with Prime Minister Jones dealing to the alien ship on the retreat. Hard not to associate Penelope Wilton with Ever Decreasing Circles though! That was a great Brit-com in its day. The 'six word' line was a nice touch also. They showed some upcoming clips of K-9 and the Cybermen at the end of the episode, can't wait! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Who is this superhero? Henry, the mild-mannered janitor ... could be!-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Bring Back The Black! </div>

CalliArcale · Jul 6, 2006

"The Christmas Invasion" is definitely the weakest one so far. You're in for a treat the rest of the season. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> "New Earth" starts off the new season ("Christmas Invasion" is technically a special) and it's a wonderful start. There's a hilarious scene with the lifts early on. I won't spoil it for you. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> The last one I saw was "Love & Monsters". It features the Absorbaloff, a monster created by a 12-year-old who won a Blue Peter contest to design a monster to be featured on an actual episode. (Blue Peter is a British kids show with a long and happy relationship with Doctor Who.) It's surprisingly grim for something invented by a kid, especially the way it's realized, but the episode has plenty of fun to make up for that. The Doctor and Rose barely appear in that episode; it's told from the perspective of a man who briefly met the Doctor when he was a little boy and who joined a group of people who have encountered the Doctor and are now searching for him. I was pleasantly surprised by that one; I was expecting it to be unbearably cheesy, even for Who, but it wasn't. BTW, I was grinning in the real world when i said "sorry for the spoilers". <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> I should've put a smilie in here too. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> "People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff." -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink" </div>

yevaud · Jul 6, 2006

Actually, SK, Doctor Who used to be common fare on many of our Public Broadcasting stations for many years. Same with Red Dwarf and Blakes 7, and of course, all of those marvelous BBC mysteries, such as Inspector Morse ("Lewis!"). We watched far more of it than you'd think. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Differential Diagnosis: "I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are." </div>

kane007 · Jul 6, 2006

Stargate Atlantis seasons 1 and 2, Stargate SG1 seasons 1 through to 9, Battlestar Galactica seasons 1 and 2 are all up. But note the older the episode the slower the download - less peers online. Stargate Atlantis s3 and SG1 s10 starts on the sci fi network friday 14 July USA time - Saturday night/sunday morning our time there should be alot of episode files online for downloading. Galactica s03 not till October so maybe tv3 might play s02 before then, or not. Decent jetstream account and you can download a 350MB episode in 1.5 hours. Just remember while your downloading your also uploading - sharing. Note Dr Who the UK is up to episode 13 while Prime may officially start s02e01 next week. So we only 3 and a quarter months behind. Further about the older the episode. I'm downloading e02 & 03 of Space 1999 and its taking forever! Alternatively you could subscribe to a USENEXT or other news reading group and get them at faster speeds.

kane007 · Jul 6, 2006

Bittorent is fab tool. Downloaded and watched, sometimes many months prior to broadcasting on New Zealand television: Stargate SG1 s7 to 9 Stargate Atlantis s1 to 2 Battlestar Galactica s1 to 2 Smallvile s4 to 5 Weeds s1 Tripping the Rift s1 to 2 Dr Who (2005) s1 to 2 - ongoing Space 1999 s1 - downloading Commander in Chief s1 - what a shame its ended Lost s1 to 2 - NZs got about 4 episodes to go? Prison Break s1 Threshold s1 Invasion s1 and a couple of documentaries plus others I just can't recall at the moment.

kane007 · Jul 6, 2006

Next week: Dr who continues SG1 s10 Atlantis s3 Eureka s1 starts I think 17/18 July. Looking forward to October: Battlestar Galactica s3 Heroes s1 Anyone else have a list of good, interesting shows up or due - don't have to be SF.

chriscdc · Jul 7, 2006

Inspector Morse wasn't actually a BBC production, it was actually made for ITV. Kane using bittorrent to obtain copies is illegal in many countries and you might want to watch your comments.

yevaud · Jul 7, 2006

Worse than that. Kane, the US RIAA in conjunction with many nations broadcast industries are watching Bittorrent and initiating lawsuits for theft of their products. I would sincerely advise you to cease now. Seriously. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Differential Diagnosis: "I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are." </div>

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