GT for Sunday the 21st of May 2017

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Welcome to the Sunday the 21st of May 2017 edition of Gallifrey Times!

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- Discussion, Reactions, Reviews and News -

• The BBC website have their Extremis microsite up, featuring the usual factfiles, clips and quizzes.
• Extremis Reaction Posts and Polls
  • jjpor posts who_at_50's, here.
  • The Gallifrey Times has a reaction post and poll.
  • nostalgia has some reactions here.
  • I posted doctorwho's reactipoll here.
• Extremis Reviews
  • Blogtor Who says it shakes up the status quo (insert Francis Rossi/Rick Parfitt joke here).
  • The Grauniad says Moffat is bending the show almost to breaking point.
  • CultBox says it was smart and weird scifi.
  • beccaelizabeth felt frustrated by some elements of it, but liked others.
  • Den of Geek thought it was more about the setup than the payoff.
  • jesuswasbatman thought it was impressively creepy, but the plot had been done many times before.
  • Doctor Who News says it plays like the setup of a season finale.
  • lizbee thought it was weird and complicated and scary
• Extremis Extras
  • Cultbox reveals their top five religious figures in Who, and has this week's emergency fanwank hotline.
  • Blogtor Who has a list of Continuity references.
  • Den of Geek has a list of geeky spots and easter eggs.
  • The Gallifrey Times has the Overnights.
• The Gallifrey Times has the final results of their Oxygen poll.
• Blogtor Who has an advert for that TARDIS-flying game.
• silvainshadows wants to know if anyone has made a Doctor/Master fanvid to Genghis Khan by Miike Snow yet? in doctor_and_master.
• Former Doctor Colin Baker has been having cyber attack problems (in an attempt to be helpful, I went on twitter and advised him to get a password manager).

- Podcasts and Audiovisual Discussion -

• The Official BBC Doctor Who YouTube channel has the Next TIme Trailer for Pyramid at the End of the World.
• Staggering Stories (audio podcast) Episode 263 discusses Knock Knock and Oxygen, and a recent visit to the Doctor Who studios in Cardiff and the Capitol 2 Doctor Who convention, and various other stuff as well.
• Doctor Who: Time and Space (autoplaying audio podcast) Episode 212 discusses Oxygen.
• The Doctor Who Show (audio podcast) has Episode 8 of their You and Who strand and their review of Extremis.
• Doctor Who: Podshock (audio podcast) Episode 340 reviews Smile.
• Tim's Take On... (audio podcast) Episode 384 reviews Extremis.
• Doctor Who Fifty Years Ago (audio podcast) Episode 36 reviews The Faceless Ones Episode 6.
• 42 to Doomsday (autoplaying audio podcast) Episode 67 is a good long chat about how production teams, and fans, (mis)handled continuity over the shows' history.
• Lazy Doctor Who (audio podcast) Episode 88 discusses The War Machines episodes 3-4.
• Who New (audio podcast) discusses The Runaway Bride.
• Doctor Who: The Fan Show (YouTube channel) has Michelle Gomez on for their aftershow this week.
• Eyes of Harmony (YouTube channel) have their Extremis first thoughts vid.

- Fanworks -

Fanart: (rating; characters/pairings)

• JoScribbles drew SupportiveGrandad!Twelve. (G; Bill, Twelve)

GIFsets, Caps, and Photosets:

• purplecat has Corpses in Spacesuits.

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