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Ben Williams @wenbbilliams.bsky.social · 6h

If it wasn't for those stupid fucking Quark pieces of shit Anne Travers would've been in The Invasion and possibly even in 70s Doctor Who, maybe instead of Liz Shaw. The Quarks and their consequences will never truly be comprehended lol.

Ben Williams @wenbbilliams.bsky.social · 6h

It's my favourite example to use when revival regeneration stories are criticised for being self-indulgent, of course they're self-indulgent! It's the only time I don't mind them being so.

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Ben Williams @wenbbilliams.bsky.social · 6h

Give Lloyd and Bryant some credit though, there is an attempt at an arc where she's never really comfortable with travelling and it's a well done one where she eventually settles down on Earth.

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Ben Williams @wenbbilliams.bsky.social · 6h

Victoria isn't a terrible Doctor Who companion (I don't actually there ARE any terrible companions) but it's clear no one really knew what to do with her in any story. Web of Fear for example she's completely replaced in the female companion role by Anne, who's basically proto-Zoe.

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Ben Williams @wenbbilliams.bsky.social · 8h

I like IMDB for looking up actors, film trivia etc. Still my go-to for references and stuff. But I avoid the ratings system like the plague. I do like how you can make lists of actors though, unlike Letterboxd.

Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 9h

I have gathered my thoughts and turned it into a fun blog about how IMDb is hell. I hope you like a long, under-explained list of movie ratings. aftermath.site/imdb-review-...

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Ben Williams @wenbbilliams.bsky.social · 9h

Extent this to like, I dunno, beginning with 1973 (The Exorcist) and ending with 1993 (Jurassic Park). Those 20 years need to stay away from modern films. Nothing new can come out them with regards to original IPs. If it pre-exists the blockbuster era, it's earnt its place.

Ben Williams @wenbbilliams.bsky.social · 9h

Then again, even with an older source, if you make it deliberately to EVOKE the older film, then you're doing it wrong. An attempt to redo Conan for example will just be copying Arnold. Wrong. You should adapt the books. But they won't.

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Ben Williams @wenbbilliams.bsky.social · 9h

There is not a single 80s film that needs a modern day sequel or remake/reboot. Not a single, solitary one. Unless it's based on an existing older source where fair enough, and you make it different. But nothing else needs one. I liked Beetlejuice 2! Didn't need to exist. None of them do.

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Ben Williams @wenbbilliams.bsky.social · 10h

Tom Baker was in 41 Doctor Who stories, only 7 featured a returning villain, most right at the beginning or right at the end. That's less than a *fifth*.

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Ben Williams @wenbbilliams.bsky.social · 11h

Hell, screw that, you had the Hinchcliffe years that used the Daleks once at the beginning and Cybermen straight after whilst the Master was an unrecognisable husk but everything else was new. If you're going to leave behind the iconography, we need NEW iconography.

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Ben Williams @wenbbilliams.bsky.social · 11h

It's interesting that a criticism of RTD2 is that there are no Daleks, Cybermen. That's NOT the issue.

You had the 67-72 Dalek hiatus where the rest of the rogue's gallery were introduced, the Big Three took a backseat in Matt Smith's run... it's the failure to replace them that was the issue.

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Ben Williams @wenbbilliams.bsky.social · 11h

Film Twitter hates Reynolds but he's clearly a good and funny guy as this shows, meanwhile a bunch of their faves are shilling for AI.

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Ben Williams @wenbbilliams.bsky.social · 11h

Chibnall loves Pertwee era Who, again, makes a lot of sense, set piece driven, driven by social commentary, big ensemble cast.

Ben Williams @wenbbilliams.bsky.social · 12h

I think RTD says his favourite is Ark in Space? That makes sense, optimisim with a hint of darkness, humanity enduring etc etc. Moffat loves Snakedance, again, makes sense, it's lyrical, weird and surreal, no one dies.

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Ben Williams @wenbbilliams.bsky.social · 12h

Similar to how learning what a Doctor's favourite story of theirs recontextualises how they viewed the character - Hartnell loved historicals cause he saw the Doctor as a kid's tour guide, Davison loved Androzani as the climax of a good man's journey to be a better man etc.

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Ben Williams @wenbbilliams.bsky.social · 12h

Does anyone know if RTD, Moffat or Chibnall have said definitively what their favourite Doctor Who story is? We know Gatiss has Terror of the Autons as his favourite, which makes a lot of sense. I'm convinced a favourite story would reveal a lot about the showrunner's approach to Doctor Who.

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Ben Williams @wenbbilliams.bsky.social · 14h

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Ben Williams @wenbbilliams.bsky.social · 16h

I shamefully get her and Harriet Walter mixed up, I was like “wait was she the PM in an episode?” nope, that was Harriet Walter.

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Ben Williams @wenbbilliams.bsky.social · 16h

Celia Imrie is having quite a big year 😂😂 she was briefly #1 on IMDB after Thursday Murder Club and now everyone’s talking about her farting lol. I was gonna say “she should be in Doctor Who” then remembered she was!

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Ben Williams @wenbbilliams.bsky.social · 22h

Companions in pure historicals: Getting put through the fucking wringer

Meanwhile the Doctor:

a man with a beard is sitting on a chair with his legs crossed

ALT: a man with a beard is sitting on a chair with his legs crossed

media.tenor.com

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Ben Williams @wenbbilliams.bsky.social · 1d

I hear they're hiring for Voldemort... a cult leader with an obsession over teenagers who we're not allowed to talk about most of the time due to badly kept open secrets would be a very real challenge for him.

Ben Williams @wenbbilliams.bsky.social · 1d

I'm curious if British media enjoys this more than American media, will this be this year's Better Man where the country where the source is from actually understand it a bit more? I dunno, it looks like it has broad appeal.

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Ben Williams @wenbbilliams.bsky.social · 1d

If John Bishop is aware of NSFW fanart (oh god remember that) and Youtube Poop I think he's aware of Letterboxd. Is the man a cinephile?

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Ben Williams @wenbbilliams.bsky.social · 1d

WHERE.

IS.

JOHN.

BISHOP'S.

FOUR.

FAVOURITES.

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Ben Williams @wenbbilliams.bsky.social · 1d

Thankfully Twitter won’t exist by 2027 😈😈

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