Behind the Scenes - The Stolen Earth/Journey’s End (Part 24)
Excerpt from Benjamin Cook’s set report for the Radio Times:
As the director calls, “Cut!” Julian Bleach [Davros], in his creepiest Davros voice, utters the immortal words “Am I bovvered?!” The set breaks into applause.
“After Julian said that,” reveals Catherine Tate later, “he came up to me, really apologetic. He said, ‘I’m so, so sorry.’ ‘Honestly, it’s fine,’ I said. ‘It was very funny.’ Poor Julian was really worried.”
Although Russell T. Davies’s favorite elements of a Doctor Who series finale are “the size and the scale, and the fun of it all, really,” he says, “this series belongs to the Doctor and Donna. For all the spectacle, it’s about character, in the end. It’s an honour to write dialogue for David and Catherine.”
“It’s heartbreaking,” adds Tate. “Russell’s scripts are so clever, but really affecting. The repercussions of what Davros has done, and [what that means] for the Doctor’s companions, are huge and far-reaching. It’s a brave way to end the series.
Link to [ part one ] of the Stolen Earth/Journey’s End Behind-the-scenes posts or click the #whoBtsStolen tag, or the full episode list [ here ]
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“When I first heard it, from a dog trainer who knew her behavioral science, it was a stunning moment. I remember where I was standing, what block of Brooklyn’s streets. It was like holding a piece of polished obsidian in the hand, feeling its weight and irreducibility. And its fathomless blackness. Punishment is reinforcing to the punisher. Of course. It fit the science, and it also fit the hidden memories stored in a deeply buried, rusty lockbox inside me. The people who walked down the street arbitrarily compressing their dogs’ tracheas, to which the poor beasts could only submit in uncomprehending misery; the parents who slapped their crying toddlers for the crime of being tired or hungry: These were not aberrantly malevolent villains. They were not doing what they did because they thought it was right, or even because it worked very well. They were simply caught in the same feedback loop in which all behavior is made. Their spasms of delivering small torments relieved their frustration and gave the impression of momentum toward a solution. Most potently, it immediately stopped the behavior. No matter that the effect probably won’t last: the reinforcer—the silence or the cessation of the annoyance—was exquisitely timed. Now. Boy does that feel good.”
— Melissa Holbrook Pierson, The Secret History of Kindness (2015)
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Fake News!
Episode 52 Part 10
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Ep 41, Ep 42, Ep 43, Ep 44 Ep 45, Ep 46, Ep 47, Ep 48, Intermission, Ep 49, Ep 50, Ep 51
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Excuse me sir, that's my Emotional Support vicious lurca hound
....soooo Batcher is fully Crosshair's puppy now, yes???
-spending the morning at the beach with him instead of Omega
-sitting next to him at the table
-staying near him while everyone was yelling
-squaring off against the wyrm ("YEAH YOU BETTER RUN!!"), then going right to Crosshair to check in, then STAYING THERE while Crosshair has his moment with Hunter
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i do think merlin and arthur had the perfect dynamic. an episode would end with arthur being like merlin you're my closest friend and confidante and the greatest man i've ever met. and merlin would be like i'd kill and die for you we are two sides of the same coin. and then you'd start the next episode and it would begin with arthur smacking merlin upside the head and calling him an ugly peasant and merlin calling arthur a fat idiot.
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Vivziepop male character: *is supposed to be hot and attractive. Canonically everyone wants to fuck him, he is flirty, confident and makes everyone fall in love with him as soon as he appear. Hes got the best voice actor to make the most masculine and attractive voice to match his supposed sexiness. Everyone in the fandom talks about how he makes them wet their panties*
The fucking character design:
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in light of the pokemon anime being spread across so many platforms…
..I’d like to share every episode from season 1 to season 19 for free from Archive.org
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Well THIS looks familiar.
Episode 52 Part 1
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Season 1, Season 2, Season 3, Season 4, Season 5
Ep 41, Ep 42, Ep 43, Ep 44 Ep 45, Ep 46, Ep 47, Ep 48, Intermission, Ep 49, Ep 50, Ep 51
Bonus:
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