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Forum: Science Fiction 01-27-2007, 01:31 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 15,942
Posted By Scooter
DARDIS was used in the third Dalek serial, "The...

DARDIS was used in the third Dalek serial, "The Chase" (1965), to refer to the Dalek time machines. (This is the first time we see directly that the Daleks have developed the capacity for time...
Forum: Science Fiction 12-12-2006, 03:08 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 16,129
Posted By Scooter
If you're going to include film 2001 is a...

If you're going to include film 2001 is a compelling choice, because it made it possible to view sci-fi in a serious light, building on what had been done by Robert Wise with The Day the Earth Stood...
Forum: Science Fiction 12-10-2006, 04:19 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 13,483
Posted By Scooter
Hey, it's cool if you don't watch, it's cool if...

Hey, it's cool if you don't watch, it's cool if you don't like it. We all have our things. I don't want to be the guy who gets wound up if people don't like his show. My original responses were to...
Forum: Science Fiction 12-09-2006, 04:15 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 13,483
Posted By Scooter
Interesting point, and the way fans talk about...

Interesting point, and the way fans talk about the ten Doctors (not even mentioning the extra, non-canonical Doctors (speaking of Curse of the Fatal Death -- or how about Scream of the Shalka?)), it...
Forum: Science Fiction 12-09-2006, 02:21 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 13,483
Posted By Scooter
Well, DT definitely has the "cute" and...

Well, DT definitely has the "cute" and "energetic" thing going. I wonder about the lack of exposure to other Doctors -- I'd be interested to find out how much of the voting audience had either seen...
Forum: Science Fiction 12-07-2006, 02:55 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 13,483
Posted By Scooter
David Tennant named 'best Dr Who'

Fans have named David Tennant the best ever Doctor Who in a poll, beating Tom Baker into second place.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6211584.stm?ls

Man, Valium must need a Valium...
Forum: Science Fiction 11-21-2006, 06:57 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 15,944
Posted By Scooter
I still haven't seen it (or anything but Lost, to...

I still haven't seen it (or anything but Lost, to be honest), so I reserve the right to get passionate about it. The who let's-be-sexy-because-it's-not-teatime thing kind of dulled my initial...
Forum: 5MV Talk 11-16-2006, 04:01 AM
Replies: 55
Views: 26,981
Posted By Scooter
It's great if you're not also working full-time...

It's great if you're not also working full-time and teaching. I love teaching and I love being in grad school and I kinda wish those were the only things on my plate.
Forum: 5MV Talk 11-15-2006, 10:55 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 26,981
Posted By Scooter
Two words: Grad. School.

Two words: Grad. School.
Forum: Science Fiction 11-15-2006, 10:51 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 34,098
Posted By Scooter
This is a really cool discovery, IJD, thanks. For...

This is a really cool discovery, IJD, thanks. For some reason it reminds me of the clarihew, in which you give a pithy biography in the space of a brief quatrain. I only ever remember the famous one...
Forum: 5MV Talk 11-15-2006, 10:38 AM
Replies: 55
Views: 26,981
Posted By Scooter
I read Homer Price 15 times when I was a kid, but...

I read Homer Price 15 times when I was a kid, but I'd forgotten about it too. For some reason the main thing I remember is that it was the first time I encountered the phrase "nothing new under the...
Forum: News 11-05-2006, 09:48 AM
Replies: 45
Views: 38,504
Posted By Scooter
Great, now I have a head revolving on a turntable...

Great, now I have a head revolving on a turntable stuck in my brain.
Forum: Science Fiction 10-08-2006, 10:45 AM
Replies: 57
Views: 36,607
Posted By Scooter
Some people I know habitually rename Trek eps...

Some people I know habitually rename Trek eps using the "Friends" format -- "The One with the Gorn," "The One with Ricardo Montalban," "The One where the Crew Are Turned into Dodecahedrons," etc....
Forum: Science Fiction 10-03-2006, 06:39 AM
Replies: 57
Views: 36,607
Posted By Scooter
You know, I was going to say "Amok Time" but then...

You know, I was going to say "Amok Time" but then I saw your reply and went, "Duh." Definitely "Corbomite Maneuver." It's one of the few episodes that captures the real vastness of space, the sense...
Forum: 5MV Talk 10-03-2006, 06:32 AM
Replies: 55
Views: 26,981
Posted By Scooter
I thought there was also one about there always...

I thought there was also one about there always being coffee in that nebula. Could be wrong.

Anyway you're forgetting:
7. Always make references that are so obscure that, even if they're not...
Forum: News 09-17-2006, 04:52 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 15,439
Posted By Scooter
As much as I would prefer to be classical than...

As much as I would prefer to be classical than ancient, all other things being equal, "classical" refers to a narrower range of history than "ancient."
Forum: News 09-16-2006, 02:41 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 21,611
Posted By Scooter
"Only"? . . .

"Only"?
. . .
Forum: Science Fiction 09-13-2006, 10:03 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 16,419
Posted By Scooter
Hmm, isn't your point that the Daedalus comes...

Hmm, isn't your point that the Daedalus comes from a more primitive time? I was assuming no turbolifts. My guess would be something more along the lines of an airport moving walkway. I'm picturing it...
Forum: Science Fiction 09-12-2006, 11:02 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 16,419
Posted By Scooter
I sure wouldn't want to serve on the Daedalus. It...

I sure wouldn't want to serve on the Daedalus. It doesn't look very practical. Everything arranged along a long thin shaft like that? Archer would have a five-hour hike every time he had to go from...
Forum: Science Fiction 09-11-2006, 02:33 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 16,419
Posted By Scooter
I think the lack of placement of the NX-01 in the...

I think the lack of placement of the NX-01 in the rec room in TMP can be easily explained by the fact that the movie was made several years before the NX-01 was developed for Enterprise.

No...
Forum: Science Fiction 09-05-2006, 06:11 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 9,227
Posted By Scooter
More minor awards for Doctor Who: ...

More minor awards for Doctor Who:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5314890.stm
Forum: Science Fiction 09-01-2006, 08:17 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 9,227
Posted By Scooter
Now now, Mrs Whitehouse never said Dr Who was...

Now now, Mrs Whitehouse never said Dr Who was tasteless. It was perfectly fit for the Queen to watch as long as they stopped drowning the Doctor in freeze-frame at the end of the episode. Which I...
Forum: Science Fiction 08-28-2006, 01:33 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 9,227
Posted By Scooter
Doctor Who wins Hugo Award

This rocks, especially since it beat out serious competition from BSG.

From Outpost Gallifrey:

Doctor Who Wins Hugo
Steven Moffat's first series episodes The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances...
Forum: News 08-12-2006, 07:51 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 10,682
Posted By Scooter
We should do some of our own. It'd be kind of...

We should do some of our own. It'd be kind of like that "Five Second Star Trek" we're always talking about...
Forum: 5MV Talk 08-09-2006, 03:00 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 6,588
Posted By Scooter
Are you at work? The software that Derek wrote...

Are you at work? The software that Derek wrote for the fiver submission site can be inhibited by browser restrictions imposed at some workplaces (like mine). I have to do all my submissions from my...
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