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    Hah, no, it was at least RAF aircraft - the other one, the Hawker Hurricane. (to add insult to injury, the ones shown in the image had two-bladed propellers so the picture might even have pre-dated the Battle as well...!).
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    Oops. A few months ago, a newspaper in the UK ran an article decrying the state of childrens education and how they didn't know "basic facts" about things like World War II. They illustrated the article with a picture captioned something like "Battle of Britain history: a flight of Spitfires". See if you can guess which aircraft were actually in the picture...?
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    Incidentally, as part of the 50th Anniversary year, the BBC will be broadcasting "An Adventure in Time and Space", a drama about the real-life creation of the show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dEwikIhEZrE
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    People are already speculating about a prequel series... (possibly worth pointing out that although he never got much screen time, No.8 had quite an active life in novels, the Doctor Who magazine, audio dramas, etc... )
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    "Space Runaway Ideon" was a series "Gundam" creator Yoshiyuki Tomino did after "Gundam"; it was similarly science-fiction but on a grander, more space operatic scale. Basically a bunch of space-going refugees find a transforming big rig that eventually turns out to be animes most absurdly overpowered mecha ever (well, until "Guraan Lagann" came along), and one that they're not entirely in control of. "Be Invoked" is one of two "Ideon" movies, and like "End of Evangelion" presents an alternative ending to the T.V. series (famously, its one of the most apocalyptic anime endings of all time, though opinion varies a bit on exactly how apocalyptic). In fact, "Ideon" explores some similar themes to "Evangelion" during the course of the series, something which is a little unlikely to be a coincidence, given that Gainax have always been one of the most culturally-aware anime studios and that Hideki Annos name pops up in a lot of places if you look at older anime (seriously, its almost frightening...!)...
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    Its in some ways a typical Tomino show - an incredibly well realised world (whatever you may think of him as a director of anime, Tomino certainly knows how to build a world), with some very ahead-of-its-time ideas (as you mention, the semi-organic Aura Battlers), but from a modern perspective can be a bit wearying to watch (all the characterisation seems to happen inbetween fight scenes). Of course, as always with older series, they were never meant to be watched in mutli-episode blocks but once-a-week "treats"; I know at the age the series was probably aimed at I would have been disappointed if there hadn't been a lot of action each week...!
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    I think it was quite possibly the first subtitled anime I ever saw, back in the day when mentioning "dub" was almost like slapping someone in the face (they've got better, generally - and there were still the odd decent one around back then, too). In the UK, you had to order them - one episode on one VHS tape at a time, don't ever let me hear you kids whining that you only got two episodes on your Dee-Vee-Dee, y'hear?! - from AnimEigos UK sister arm, Anime Projects, based in Bangor. You can imagine that when I saw where they were racing to in "Scramble Wars", it slightly blew my mind a little bit...
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    The BBC also announced an improved iPlayer and various upcoming digital TV projects (unrelated to Who) today; I suspect some wires have gotten crossed at the media over what the "big" announcement today would be, but at least it looks like theres at least some truth to the rumours...
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    Supposedly the BBC is having a press conference on Tuesday: http://io9.com/two-newly-discovered-lost-doctor-who-episodes-come-out-1441777339
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    I'm guessing inspired by designs like the He. 111Z or Twin Mustang...
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    To help you imagine - not embedded as NSFW due to - its Malcolm Tucker. Guess. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Blf073f2Lc
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    Well, what the hell do I know? Its: . Initial impression is getting a slight Pertwee/Baker (T) vibe, but then they've only been in the job five minutes...
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    You know one name I'm amazed hasn't come up is Benedict Cumberbatch (who I've long suspected must have been considered during previous rounds). I know his profile is much, much higher now but then the same could be said for Idris Elba. Everyone seems to be hoping for Peter Capaldi, from the satrical comedy "The Thick Of It" - mostly because, rather childishly, we Brits want the Doctor to have, ahem, a way with words like Capaldis character Malcolm Tucker from that series... [1] [1] Tucker swears. A lot. But its not just the words, no-one can string a sweary sentence together like Malcom Tucker...
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    I'm gonna call it - it won't be any of the names all the tabloids here have been speculating about. It will be someone largely unknown to the general public, though possibly someone who has been critically acclaimed for theatre or T.V. work but who - Who? - has so far escaped widespread notice. You know, like the last three Doctors.
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    I admire your faith that my government will actually somehow conspire to make it happen. Having said, they have just secured about £120 million of development funding from both the British government and the European Union.
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    Regards jets vs props - leaving aside encounters between the Me262 and Allied piston-engined fighters, I remember reading that the RAF once wanted to know what would happen if they sent in to deal with an insurgency in a former colony or similar equipped with older planes, so they dusted off a few Spitfires and sent them up against English Electric Lightnings... Some IR-guided missiles are "all-aspect" and capable of homing in on reflected heat from aircraft surfaces, not just the engine (though thats usually the strongest heat source). And yes, it was common for World War II pilots to cruise with the cockpit open; in fact pre-war many pilots openly protested against fully enclosed cockpits, especially in Japan.
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    I loved the idea of "Black Jack" just reading about it - I finally found one of the Viz issues, but it would be years before I got to read anymore, thanks to the recent collected volumes. If you want to read one of the most disturbing comic stories ever, try "MW", which will probably make you re-evaluate the man and his genius. This Kickstarter may interest some of you, though time is probably running out: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kansaiclub/limited-edition-translation-of-osamu-tezukas-the-c Theres always more than side to everything , though; I was reading recently that one aspect of his legacy is that because his animation studio always tried to undercut competitors, its why pay rates and budgets in the anime industry are traditionally rather low...
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    Neat - the "British" character is a de Havilland Comer Racer!
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    Hasbro actually had to rename a "Transformers" toy in the UK because of this issue; thats how I became aware of it in the first place. However, similarly, though I've heard the word used several times in US media (most infamously, by Frank Millers "All-Star Batman"), I hadn't previously been aware that "retarded" has similar connatations in the US; I think when its used here in the UK its intended in a generally milder manner and probably because its something people have picked up from imported TV without realising. Anyway, back to the Time Lord... Regards all the speculation about casting, I very much think that - ahem - whoever is it, its going to be a similar situation to the last three choices i.e. someone who has done some previous work in TV/film, possibly even critically acclaimed work, but not someone who is generally known to the public.
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    Just a piece of advice, considering we are talking about a UK-originating show, that last word has a different and much more insulting meaning in the UK than I believe it does in the US.
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    Slyia Stingrays Mercedes "Gullwing" from "Bubblegum Crisis"?
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    Regards the Iranian drones armament - they appear to be not so much missiles as unguided rockets; I believe the Russian RPG-series have "pop-out" fins which only unfold after launch (now I think of it, so does the TOW missile, but thats obviously launched from a tube) which probably explains the lack of fins. Theres some video of this thing taking off - it looked distinctly wobbly, like an overgrown R/C aircraft. I think they have a little while to go before its as stable as our future robot aerial murder-machine cyborg overlords...
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    The Latin suggestion isn't a bad idea - reminds me of how "Lupin" become "Wolf" due to copyright issues, actually - but what happens when people start asking why it isn't Gundam LXXXIII then...?
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    The other irony, of course, is that we're discussing changing a characters name from the Japanese original in a thread about the accuracy of translation... I'm also not really sure what else would be similar in meaning whilst not sounding so... odd in English. "Full On"...? "All Out"...? "In Yer FACE!"...?
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    While to an extent I agree that "Full Frontal" is a pretty silly name for a character, especially in a future war drama, on the other hand its little oddities like that that form part of the charm of watching anime in the first place.
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