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[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 3 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I think it looks great!

I'm no longer available today, but I was working on replacing the light blue pixels with light grey - it just seems to look better.

If anyone is able to finish that, awesome. If not...still awesome!

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The first perfect, or nigh-perfect of the revived series.

This episode does a couple of things exceptionally well. Firstly, it introduces the Daleks to a new audience. In doing so, they take something that's unquestionably goofy-looking and goofy-sounding, and making it seem like a credible threat. The second the Doctor sees the Dalek, he absolutely panics, begging to be let out of the room. This leads to Eccleston spending the episode showing his true range, from that panic, to sorrow, to rage. It's superb.

Related to that, we get the more complete update on what, exactly, the Last Time War was, and how it has affected the Doctor. He's burdened by what he's done, and what he's lost, but won't hesitate to justify it, and even gloat about it if the situation calls for it.

The supporting cast is quite good, too. Van Statten is the sort of character that often doesn't land well on this series, but he works pretty well. Hiring an American actor to play the prominent American character helps a lot, and his dialogue seems more effective than "American" dialogue on Doctor Who often does. Anna Louise-Plowman is also pretty memorable in a role that would normally be a bit of a throwaway.

The episode is adapted from the Sixth Doctor audio story "Jubilee" - I've never listened to it, but the wiki summary suggests quite a lot was changed.

I guess the last thing I'll note is that the gimmick of Rose's DNA somehow repowering the Dalek is pretty silly, but its the sort of silly that makes a good story work.

I'm sure there's loads more to say - I'm looking forward to hearing what others think!

Yeah, I'm going to go ahead and enourage everyone to get creative with the dish, and find what looks best. A blue/red combo that resembles the show should probably be possible.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I ran into an issue where once I was logged in, I had to close the tab and re-launch the template from the link in the post. Annoying, but it worked.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It's fine for the Enterprise to have corporate sponsors...right?

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Here's what I'm going with for the colour replacement:

The darkest green in the template = "medium grey"

The lighter green = "light grey"

White = "light grey"

Light blue = "light grey"

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Leaving the other ones on top is exactly the plan!

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 3 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

People are already drawing "over" our template - this is absolutely fine, since they almost certainly can't see it, or what we're doing.

I think it will be cool if we can just go "around" their stuff, so it appears that the Enterprise is in the background of whatever they're doing.

I'm glad they made the call - I'm certain the same thing would have happened had there been a game in Winnipeg this week.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 13 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't know about "quickly" - at the rate they're going, the show won't end until 2028...

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I'd be happy to move the Enterprise to a more clear space - is there an obvious way to do that that I'm missing?

I'm just mad we're exporting the stuff for free.

 

"I have rules on it that are quite strict about no blood because there are very young children [watching]... You can have laser beams, you can have deaths, you can have all sorts of deaths, but not blood bursting out of people. There's plenty of that happening on other pieces of television."

Full YouTube interview here.

 

Written by: Russell T Davies

Directed by: Keith Boak

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July 12: Canvas 2025 (startrek.website)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by ValueSubtracted@startrek.website to c/quarks@startrek.website
 

Canvas 2025 will be upon us on July 12, and we've got something ready to go for our community's contribution:

I'll update this post with the template URL once I've got everything set up.

Edit: Template URL

 

I wasn't sure if this option would still be available to us, but the new season will continue to be shown on TV.

I thought it would be good to note this in case anyone wants to avoid a Paramount+ subscription for, you know, reasons.

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