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Re: Doctor Who.
« Reply #50 on: December 16, 2018, 12:22:15 PM »
Haven't watched Dr Who since Christopher Eccleston. He was good. Loved watching Dr Who as a kid. Tom Baker was my favourite.
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« Reply #51 on: December 16, 2018, 12:26:13 PM »
Quote from: ad_orientem on December 16, 2018, 12:22:15 PM
Haven't watched Dr Who since Christopher Eccleston. He was good. Loved watching Dr Who as a kid. Tom Baker was my favourite.


Patrick Troughton and Tom Baker were mine, I haven't watched it in years, the rest were a disappointment to say the least.
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« Reply #52 on: December 16, 2018, 01:33:51 PM »
I'm another Tom Baker fan. I think the Doctors got less and less impressive as it drew towards the 16-year hiatus, but they've been much better since it was revived.
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Re: Doctor Who.
« Reply #53 on: December 16, 2018, 01:53:51 PM »
Our DS son is a great fan of Dr Who. :)
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« Reply #54 on: January 01, 2019, 08:06:50 PM »
Well, just watched the New Years Special. Daleks are back, all is right in the Whoniverse.

One of the strongest of the series, and the first one that felt as if it had settled into being Who.

Loved the throwaway scene with the family deprived of its wifi.
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« Reply #55 on: January 01, 2019, 08:22:58 PM »
I thought the melding of slow paced dialogue with the exciting fast paced stuff was well done. The whole story was a great bit of scripting. Did you note the casual bit about questions about U.NI.T and cuts in funding? Still manages to be topical!
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« Reply #56 on: January 01, 2019, 08:40:05 PM »
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I thought the melding of slow paced dialogue with the exciting fast paced stuff was well done. The whole story was a great bit of scripting. Did you note the casual bit about questions about U.NI.T and cuts in funding? Still manages to be topical!

I did notice it yes, Chris Chibnall through and through. Plus he has brought his considerable skills at writing about family situations (see Broadchurch)  to bear with great effect here; with Ryan, Graham and Ryan's father's relationships playing out rather touchingly.
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« Reply #57 on: November 21, 2019, 09:58:23 AM »
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2019/dw-fry-henry

News about the new series.

Always interesting when they have biggish stars in the series. Does it upset the balance and become a vehicle for the guests, or does the casting blend properly? We will see.
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« Reply #58 on: November 23, 2019, 06:50:40 PM »
 Just a wee reminder...and I've just watched it again.
Today, in 1963, two teachers noticed a police box in a scrap yard......
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Unearthly_Child
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« Reply #59 on: January 02, 2020, 09:04:52 PM »
First episode of new series was good and old Whos doing rather well on Britbox


https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2019-12-28/classic-doctor-who-britbox-viewers/
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« Reply #60 on: January 02, 2020, 10:36:06 PM »
Quote from: Nearly Sanity Clause on January 02, 2020, 09:04:52 PM
First episode of new series was good and old Whos doing rather well on Britbox


https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2019-12-28/classic-doctor-who-britbox-viewers/
   
I thought it was a bit flat, TBH.
As for classic 'Who'?
I spent much of last night and this afternoon re-visiting "The Invasion" (Troughton)
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« Reply #61 on: January 02, 2020, 11:08:28 PM »
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I thought it was a bit flat, TBH.
As for classic 'Who'?
I spent much of last night and this afternoon re-visiting "The Invasion" (Troughton)

Not watched it yet, so no spoilers please.

As to Troughton, not the original but very definitely the best. I know, I'm old.
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« Reply #62 on: January 03, 2020, 12:21:23 AM »
Who was everyone's favourite Doctor?
Me - Tom Baker.
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« Reply #63 on: January 03, 2020, 12:31:02 AM »
Ideal adventure: the Tardis materialises on the bridge of the USS Enterprise. Captain Picard (for it is he) orders security to the bridge. The Doctor steps out, along with her companions, and says that she's there to help the Federation repel a combined Dalek/Borg invasion force. The captain is understandably cautious: he knows of the Doctor, and knows that she is basically on the side of good, but also that she is mercurial, and doesn't take orders from anyone. Take it from there. The Master and Q are involved somehow, as well. And maybe a few previous doctors.
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« Reply #64 on: January 03, 2020, 09:03:31 AM »
Quote from: Trentvoyager on January 02, 2020, 11:08:28 PM
Not watched it yet, so no spoilers please. As to Troughton, not the original but very definitely the best. I know, I'm old.
I remember Hartnall, but Troughton was my first Doctor. I'm glad thet are animating more of the lost episodes. 'IInvasion' was one of the first to have animated episodes replacing the ones that are still lost. Being a geek, I like the notes on the DVD.
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« Reply #65 on: January 03, 2020, 09:06:48 AM »
Quote from: Oliphant Chuckerbutty on January 03, 2020, 12:21:23 AM
Who was everyone's favourite Doctor?
Me - Tom Baker.
   

Depends on who was writing the scripts.
The Troughton and Pertwee scripts were edgy for their time, and many of the 'Gothic' Tom Naker ones were superb. Mind you, several of the Colin Baker and the last two McCoy season scripts were spot on.
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« Reply #66 on: January 03, 2020, 09:09:10 AM »
Quote from: Oliphant Chuckerbutty on January 03, 2020, 12:31:02 AM
Ideal adventure: the Tardis materialises on the bridge of the USS Enterprise. Captain Picard (for it is he) orders security to the bridge. The Doctor steps out, along with her companions, and says that she's there to help the Federation repel a combined Dalek/Borg invasion force. The captain is understandably cautious: he knows of the Doctor, and knows that she is basically on the side of good, but also that she is mercurial, and doesn't take orders from anyone. Take it from there. The Master and Q are involved somehow, as well. And maybe a few previous doctors.
   


I think there's a comic novel on that very theme - with the David Tennent Doctor.
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« Reply #67 on: January 03, 2020, 10:01:46 AM »
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I think there's a comic novel on that very theme - with the David Tennent Doctor.
The idea of a Doctor / Startrek joint adventure isn't new. Each show references the other from time to time, in various ways.
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« Reply #68 on: January 03, 2020, 10:13:48 AM »
Quote from: Oliphant Chuckerbutty on January 03, 2020, 10:01:46 AM
The idea of a Doctor / Startrek joint adventure isn't new. Each show references the other from time to time, in various ways.

   



Yes.
I think the earliest might have been the Pertwee alternative universe  story 'Infewrno', when the earthbound Doctor kicks the TARDIS console in frustration and says "What we need is an Enterprise!"
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« Reply #69 on: January 03, 2020, 10:20:17 AM »
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Yes.
I think the earliest might have been the Pertwee alternative universe  story 'Infewrno', when the earthbound Doctor kicks the TARDIS console in frustration and says "What we need is an Enterprise!"

Some of the connections

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Doctor_Who


And the crossover

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation/Doctor_Who:_Assimilation2
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« Reply #70 on: January 13, 2020, 09:22:22 AM »
Last night's episode of Dr Who presented some interesting situations - one was a planet Earth, sometime in the future, suffering from cataclismic effects of climate change. Most of this appeared - in a Gallifreyan way - to be logical.

One thing did puzzle me however: in a world of desolation so much was being destroyed by fire.

How, on a planet where oxygen had been displaced by carbon dioxide, could something burn and there be flames?
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« Reply #71 on: January 13, 2020, 12:22:10 PM »
It was bunkum ... though I did enjoy the little environmental lecture at the end.
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« Reply #72 on: January 14, 2020, 01:42:43 PM »
I'm a fan of classic Doctor Who.  My favourite Doctors are Troughton, Pertwee and Baker.  I've not been over-keen on most of the reboot.  It started well with Ecclestone, especially commencing bang in the middle of an Auton story, which was inspired.  But the romance with Rose spoiled it for me.  I didn't like it when Hartnell had a dalliance with a Roman woman, but at least it was only one story.  Tennant, a really good actor in my opinion, hammed it up unforgivably and at that point I stopped watching regularly.  My favourite stories would include The Empty Child, but not much else from the new era.

Whittaker has been quite good, I think, I like the self-contained stories, but she needs to calm down now she's over the regeneration trauma.  I enjoyed this series opener, it reminded me of classic stories, with greedy CEOs being used by bad aliens.

Among my favourite stories, on the spot and without reminding myself of anything, are Spearhead from Space, The Daemons, The Pyramids of Mars (and the other gothic Bakers, but that's my favourite), The Green Death, Remembrance of the Daleks, The Abominable Snowmen (book and audio  :'( ), The Tomb of the Cybermen, City of Death...  OK, too many to list.

I think the animations are excellent, I wish they'd do all the missing episodes, and quick, while I'm here to enjoy them.


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« Reply #73 on: January 14, 2020, 01:59:04 PM »
Geek alert - wasn't it an Aztec woman (Cameca) rather than a Roman one that Hartnell's Doctor dallied with?
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« Reply #74 on: January 14, 2020, 02:09:34 PM »
I realise I hadn't answered Steve's question about favourite Dr. It's a difficult one since it depends on the stories. Tom Baker was probably the Doctor I watched most but in later years it was a parody of acting. I think he should have finished ealier. I loved Matt Smith in part because of the seeming echo of Troughton. In the end though, despite a lack of great stories, perhaps only the one in my top ten, my favourite is often Davison.
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