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Also, all of these were technically box office bombs. I like all four of these flicks.

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This bombed hard enough that it broke Squaresoft and ultimately led to a merger/takeover with Enix.

I saw it in the theatre with my best friend and had a great time. It’s also the last movie I ever bought on VHS.

Single panel cartoon in the style of Gary Larson Far side. Hacker T. Dog, a dog puppet in a flashy shirt, pulls a goofy smile behind a table of 4 crudely made tools as his co-host, Lauren, puts her thumb and forefinger to her nose trying to stifle laughter. Caption reads "just normal tools."

what do you mean 'normal tools'?

This might be one of the dumbest things I’ve ever typed.

a cup of coffee with milk being poured into it on a black background . ALT: a cup of coffee with milk being poured into it on a black background .

Half and half implies the existence of quarter and quarter and quarter and quarter.

screencap from the Doctor Who story Colony in Space #doctorwho

#106 Colony in Space (1971)

The worst part of an exile is probably thinking that it’s over, only to be thrown back to where you started. That’s what happens to the Doctor here. He gets his first trip to a new planet since being sent to Earth (not counting his brief jaunt to a parallel universe in…

…evil here. His appearance is expected in season 8, although its delay until the second half of the story is less expected. I like the idea of the Time Lords hiding little artifacts and problems around the universe, leaving them vulnerable to theft. The novelization of this story is excellent.

…Interplanetary Mining Corporation. While I can’t disagree with the evils of capitalist exploitation, especially in this context of natural resources, this does absolve the colonists themselves of any wrongdoing, including their treatment of the indigenous inhabitants. Delgado is his usual charming…

…Inferno) but only to complete a mission for the Time Lords. This is the first story of our Human Empire trilogy, looking at Earth’s colonialism project largely from the perspective of the colonists. The colonists are portrayed as largely good intentioned, with villainy largely allocated to the…

screencap from the Doctor Who story Colony in Space #doctorwho

#106 Colony in Space (1971)

The worst part of an exile is probably thinking that it’s over, only to be thrown back to where you started. That’s what happens to the Doctor here. He gets his first trip to a new planet since being sent to Earth (not counting his brief jaunt to a parallel universe in…

Ah, my absolute favorite quiz show. VCM is devastatingly dry.

Hollandspiele
Holland
Amsterdam
New Amsterdam
New York

This has got to be a trick question. I’d have to pick a game that I didn’t like to see if the improvements changed my opinion significantly. If I game that I liked was changed, I can’t see myself enjoying it as much, especially since I like cheap and/or poor graphics. I like rough-edges game play.

I’ve not seen the film (it’s one of two Spielberg movies that I plan on skipping), but the book is utterly hollow and soulless . And I’ve read it a few times. I blogged about it the last time I read it; here is an excerpt.

I was trying to find the most concise screenshot I could find, but a fair point to include.

There’s a lot of opacity in Jorge Luis Borges’s fiction—and wholly intentionally—but you can still see the steel beneath the velvet glove in there.

This is the book that I had (and probably still have somewhere, packed in a box).

In this metaphor, Cybermen are hamburgers and Daleks are hot dogs.

screencap from the Doctor Who story The Unquiet Dead #doctorwho

#107 The Unquiet Dead (2005)

My personal theory about this story was that the production team was uncertain if the revival of the show would work, so they made sure that they got their Christmas episode one way or another. As such, the revival was a runaway success and this story’s holiday status…

…often gets forgotten. As a ghost story, it’s fine. As a historical celebrity story, it works as always off the strength of its guest star, and Simon Callow is quite good here, as is Eve Myles as the ultimately canon-insignificant Gwyneth. This works well in the standard present/future/past trilogy.

screencap from the Doctor Who story The Unquiet Dead #doctorwho

#107 The Unquiet Dead (2005)

My personal theory about this story was that the production team was uncertain if the revival of the show would work, so they made sure that they got their Christmas episode one way or another. As such, the revival was a runaway success and this story’s holiday status…

Seven-parters consume me. I love them.

He’s an environmentalist who name-drops his friendship with Mao Zedong. Certainly not a Tory.

Of course. Now we’re cooking.

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I would add costumes and makeup to that list.

I certainly agree with your first point.

I didn’t know that there was any question about this.

Taken as a whole, b&w Who is the best Doctor Who. Taken as a whole, post-1990 Who is the worst Doctor Who.

Well, you nailed the brief. I do want to disagree with that.