Thought you all might enjoy some discussion of 5MDW on the Outpost Gallifrey forums. The specific impetus was my post on the publication of 5-Minute "The Parting of the Ways". It's just a trickle now, but we're slowly spreading the word... I am the Whofivervangelist!
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Galacticzero:
5-Minute "The Parting of the Ways" has been posted at 5-Minute Doctor Who, part of yet another Cliffhanger Week event at Fiveminute.net. Here's a preview:
Doctor: Let's go. The Daleks are going to attack the space station and then Earth.
Jack: Did you find out how they survived?
Doctor: They've been grinding up humans ejected from the reality shows to make new Dalek tissue.
Jack: You mean --
Doctor: Yes. The Daleks ... are made of Spam.
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drassad:
Well, seeing as how they imply that BW/POTW may not be the best plotted thing since sliced bread... the 5 min parody may not prove to be too popular around here! You have been warned...
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agent compassion:
Baked beans are off!
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Lord_Fear:
The title says it all really, and it makes a very good funny job at it.
I thought I'd never see Daleks chanting some bits of the spam song... I'll get me sausages.
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matt52
No...surely no-one is suggesting that TPOTW might not be the best plotted thing ever? Perhaps they might be the same shameful lot who claim to have spotted differences in the quality of writing over the series and suggested that some shows are less deserving of a 5/5 than some of the others? Or maybe even those wreckers who have dared to question whether some participants in the recent series overstretched themselves by trying to take on too many roles at the same time? Or that emotional content works best in the context of decent storylines? Gosh how I hate those people.
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Mari:
Well, I enjoyed reading it. Does that mean I'm going to be banned from the boards? Please, not that! (I can't cope without my "Squee Thread" fix...)
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matt52:
On the basis of their mini-scripts, I think the 5 min gang deserve an episode of their own next series. Go on RTD be brave (and take a rest from writing so many episodes - one a season is surely enough for you, given everything else you've got going on).
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Wil Cantrell (moderator):
I had no idea these existed! I've read the 5-Minute Enterprise stories from TrekToday and always got a kick out of them.
Thanks for the linkage!
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galacticzero:
Originally Posted by drassad
Well, seeing as how they imply that BW/POTW may not be the best plotted thing since sliced bread... the 5 min parody may not prove to be too popular around here! You have been warned...
O.K., so... Doctor Who fans are not supposed to have a sense of humor about anything written by St. Russell? Oh dear. I hadn't known that.
For the record, I loved the episodes, and if I really thought they sucked I would have been too depressed to write a parody. I loved "The Unquiet Dead," but that didn;t stop me from writing a snarky parody of that, too.
I'd swear by my own head, as Claudius used to, that RTD and the new Doctor Who are the best thing to happen to TV in 40 years. But if we have to be blindly loyal and we can't have a bit of fun then what's the point?
Thanks for all the kudos from the rest of you, and stop back again periodically for Classic and New Series parodies through the summer. Starting at Christmas and in the new year we'll be trying to put out regular parodies of episodes soon after broadcast.
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drassad:
Hey, I'm with you on that, mate. In my book, parodies and humour done out of affection is simply marvellous, and you can tell easily whether a person likes his subject matter or loathes it. I think the 'Completely Useless Encyclopedias' should be on the bookshelf of every self respecting Dr Who and Star Trek fan! For the record, I thoroughly enjoyed the site!
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Viala:
That was great. I'd insert the 'rotfl' animated smiley if this forum had one!
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Wil Cantrell:
It's my understanding that in the 5-Minute writings, no writer or character is immune to the satire, no matter how saintly he or she is.
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Admiral Mudd:
I loved reading them.
btw, I'm begging them to join my webring. I'd love to have a great site like this be a member. Pleeeeeaassssse join 5MDW!
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veemoffa:
Great fun! Especially liked the parady of "Dalek" and the 1st Doc material. I'll be checking back for more.