OH HELL YES. It’s back! We haven’t done a liveblog in a while and I’m told that perhaps this is the only way we can all survive the only appearance of the Eighth Doctor, Paul McGann. Let us all suffer and rejoice while watching Doctor Who: The Movie.
For some of you, this may be your first chance to participate in an event like this, so stick around if you’re unfamiliar with a liveblog. You will soon learn the true beauty of such a thing!
Our liveblog of Doctor Who: The Movie begins at 11:00am PDT. What time is that where you are? Well, the lovely nanceoir created this nifty time zone guide to determine precisely what time YOU will start the movie in your respective place of watching!
At that exact moment, you may press play from the main DVD menu or on your digital file or WHATEVER. We may all be a second or two out of sync, but that largely doesn’t matter. During the liveblog, treat the comments below as your blank canvas of livebloggy goodness. Yell at the screen. Respond to others. Include appropriate GIFs and screenshots. In general, it’s a chance for all of us to experience this film at the exact same moment!
This is my first introduction to both the Seventh and Eighth Doctors, so I’m rather excited. I will watch past serials dealing with the Doctors I’ve yet to see in the coming weeks, but I thought it would be fun for all of us to do this as a liveblog! My review of the TV movie will go up on Monday at the normal review posting time.
See you tomorrow!
Ooooh, I like McGann!
TARDIS SO PURTY
Wait how the hell did the Master get in?
It's bigger on the inside. They have to include that reaction in every revision don't they?
Oh, hello, Grace Scully. Didn't I see that coat on X-Files once?
This Tardis reminds me of the Lodger upstairs bit.
That was totally what I thought when first watching The Lodger.
TARDIS! I've been missing you! MASTER IN THE TARDIS! I know what you'll do in the future, you stay away from her!
Yeah, leave the TARDIS alone! <img src=http://i43.tinypic.com/6o2zk1.jpg>
I AM RATHER ENJOYING THE EIGHTH DOCTOR. And this isn't *TOO* bad so far
It's bigger on the inside.
Now we get the TARDIS stuff we should have got the first time we saw it…
And how Chang Lee worked out it as the key is anyone's guess…
Plus, the Master and his plot-hole based TARDIS breaking in.
One of my favourite "It's bigger on the inside!" moments in the entire series.
IA with others, this should have been the first instance of seeing the Tardis interior.
Serious redecoration, eh?
OMG YOU GUYS.
THIS TARDIS HAS MORE THAN ONE ROOM. WE GET TO SEE MORE THAN ONE ROOM.
Words cannot express how happy this makes me.
Can the Master hypnotise people?
Is… that a thing?
YES. "I am the Master and you will obey me"
It seems like the Master has a lot of special features other Time Lord models don't.
The Doctor has the same hypnotic/mindbending powers he just doesn't use them often.
Doesn't the TARDIS have a defense system?
Uh how did the Master get in the TARDIS? Unlike Asian kid he ain't got the right key.
Chang Lee? Really? I will never get over that.
This version of the Master isn't as threatening as he thinks he is…
"The TARDIS really likes you."
Just don't push her buttons.
*DRAMATIC SUNGLASS REVEAL*
"So who are you?"
EEEEEEYEEEEEEEESSSSS
ok, master, stop lying so much. it is not your body.
Why is the Seal of Rassilon everywhere in the TARDIS?
Brian gets the sofa, Grace gets the shoes.
You really should turn off a microscope when you're done.
"You get to live."
AHAHA WORST LINE EVER
See, here I thought it was epically beautiful. I shed a tear for it and everything.
The Master has fooled Chang Lee into thinking he's the good guy because Chang is too stupid to recognise cliched evil.
And Brian took the sofa but left his shoes…
Back to eight being awesome…
I feel like he's trying to be Crowley in Good Omens…
GALLIFREY!
"YES!" "What?!" "THESE SHOES! They fit perfectly!" Oh Eight you have no attention span at all do you? <3
Brian took the sofa but not his shoes?
"THESE SHOES!"
EIGHT SO MUCH LOVE <3
YES! These shoes fit me perfectly!
Soooo Doctorish. There are flashes like this when the script gets something so right. Sadly not enough.
TURN OFF THE MICROSCOPE WHY ARE YOU LEAVING IT ON BE KIND TO YOUR EQUIPMENT.
Or as my professor says "YOU DON'T FUCK AROUND WITH ILLUMINATION"
Doctor examining the strange lifeform who's examining him. Another nice moment in a dodgy movie.
He took the sofa but left his shoes?
I love you Paul McGann!
You're spinning gold out of this rubbish…
Also, what doctor has a fucking microscope and slides and shit in their home? She's not a fucking pathologist.
I'd love a microscope if I could afford it.
MTE, she should have looked at him, not us.
these shoes!!!
THIS MAN IS THE DOCTOR.
lol exactly, he's so great.
Yeah, it's a fantastic moment.
A lot of people say that: It's a terrible movie, but the "shoes" moment proves that this man is the Doctor.
Now that's not giving McGann proper credit.
I said that, but for some reason it went to admin. *confused look*
i literally just quoted it and said i loved eight and it went to moderation too…:S
It's a shame that apart from lots of audio adventures this is all there is because they definitely cast the right guy.
"These shoes! They fit perfectly!"
Why have like 3 of my comments been sent to moderation? i've not said anything weird in them? am i commenting too much?
Oh Chang Lee, you're so dumb…
So excited over shoes! Oh my goodness, I love you!
Well-fitting shoes with good grips on the soles are Very Important when you do as much running as the Doctor does.
Crowley is a lot better than this Master.
Genghis Kan? REALLY!?!
Eight: cutest Doctor y/y?
Hmm, it's a big fight with Five.
And Eleven, too. *twirls*
IDK guys, it's close, but going on attitude combined with appearance, I'm going to have to say Eight wins as the Doctor that most makes me want to pinch his cheeks. The length of his on-screen appearance versus the others' might, admittedly, have warped the perception of how frequently he is being cute- but my god, that little happy shoe dance!
I think Eleven has taken quite a bit from Eight. And that's fine by me.
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ILU EIGHT.
Master, what is it with you and the creepy face-touching?
Also, I forgot how much Grace sort of grates on me. The actress is annoying. But Paul McGann is just beautiful. PLEASE BE A PART OF A MULT-DOCTOR STORYLINE. MCGANN IS ALL FOR IT.
The Master was Genghis Khan? YOU ARE BULLSHITTING, MASTER.
TARDIS STOP LIKING CHANG LEE! HE BELIEVES WHAT THE MASTER'S TELLING HIM! THIS IS NOT SOMEONE TO TRUST HONEY!
I'm loving seeing more of the TARDIS interior. (Do you hear me Moffat)
EWWW KISSING
Hahahahaha gold dust what the shit.
WHO JUST CARRIES GOLD DUST AROUND
People who have to fight monsters that are killed by gold dust. (Yes, he did. Several times.)
WHY are there bats in the TARDIS?
Because bats are Gothic! They go with the architecture!
Especially the belfry. 🙂
See also: dead leaves?
There are birds/bats in the TARDIS?
The Cloister Room! omg (and bats)
OMG OTHER TARDIS ROOMS!
THE EYE OF HARMONY.
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW YEAH.
I love the medieval Tardis
The TARDIS is not so fucking stupid to let some dumbass human kid waltz through her.
TARDIS does not have a power source! The TARDIS is a sentient time vortex that wouldn't be letting the kid do all this.
For more, see `Logopolis`. That's all I'm saying.
Hell, he just needs to watch "Logopolis" in general.
Thank you, Youtube.
Master. You are not nearly cool enough to be Crowley, and the Doctor is too crazy-cakes to be Aziraphale.
Also, wtf is with Chang Lee and the Master? So weird.
Wow… The Rose looking into the heart of the TARDIS thing really owes a lot to this.
Random kissing? I see where Ten gets it!
I don't mind the kissing.
I want this TARDIS so freaking much.
WTF?
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS
"The new Doctor – he's so young!"
You ain't seen nothin yet!
Doctor stop kissing, the TARDIS needs you!
"Do that again, " yeah!
Only this time without the three-foot string of drool!
I'm not kidding, either. It took me until about the third viewing to notice it (LOOK, IT WAS THE ONLY NEW WHO I'D HAD FOR TEN YEARS AND I HAD NO IDEA THERE WAS GOING TO BE ANOTHER SERIES DON'T JUDGE ME) but it's… wow.
No judging! I'd done the same, I really like Eight.
I hadn't noticed the drool, I'll go back to it now, hahaha.
The set is beautiful but it's too over the top for my taste…
"The Eye of Harmony" this is where longtime fans' brains started to explode…
http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Eye_of_Harmony
Also, kissing! Out of nowhere! Fans brains pop!
"the Doctor is half-human"
And lo the fandom exploded in rage and fury
MAKE OUT TIEM NAO
half-human~~~~~
Can we all just agree now that the half human thing never happened? Thanks.
The what thing? What's this now?
<img src="http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/6100/thecrack.jpg">
Toss it in.
I had no idea where this was coming from in the movie. Random and unnecessary. So I ignored it.
But your suggestion is BEYOND PERFECT.
Toss it in. FOR SURE.
The writers thought if it worked for Mr. Spock, it would work for the doctor. My brain explains it by saying either 'he's still confused post regen' or it was part of his plan to fool the master. Or the regen went a bit strange due to the blood transfusion, but in a few days it passed and he was all time lord again.
Whoa, whoa, whoa!?!?!! KISSING? CASUALLY KISSING?!
I almost forgot about that half-human crap
Eight you are smooth
"The TARDIS like likes you."
TARDIS: WTF NO I DON'T WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE HELP BAD TOUCH
Also, Master, never say "Doctor" like that again.
wait what is going on
Yeah, pretty much.
Shallow: I like Grace's purple gloves.
aaaaaaaaand here's where the fans went WTAF WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE'S HALF HUMAN.
Why half-human?! WHAT THE HELL
Half-human? NOOOOO! <img src=http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad311/Chritter710/NOOO.gif>
OMG this info dump! No wonder Grace runs away! She's terrified of this script!
Eight, you deserve better than this!
AHAHA HALF-HUMAN HAHAHAAHAHA
I hate this Master. Urgh.
LOL TV MOVIE: INVENT DIFFERENT EYES FOR TIME LORDS GOING AGAINST 30 YEARS OF CANON THEN MAKE IT A PLOT POINT ABOUT SOMETHING THAT ALSO GOES AGAINST 30 YEARS OF CANON.
PUUUUUUUUURE EEEEEEEVIL.
Paul McGann, you are so ridic I love you.
Just heard that line, laughed out loud, refreshed the page and saw this comment at the top. ILU.
IT'S A TRAP!!!!!!
Atomic Clock = Macguffin!
My computer exploded for fifteen minutes and I am now really confused. Eight manages to fit about 15 words into one second, I am impressed. Also HALF HUMAN WHAT.
half human what is this i dont even
Even Paul McGann can't make this info-dump interesting.
ALSO ERIC ROBERTS STOP DOING THINGS ARGHHHH
This movie is so much better if you ignore the actual plot.
HOW DID HE GET THROUGH GLASS?????????????