Doctor Who
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UPDATED: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 03:16
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I would only be able to get you an NTSC copy.... unless I record to hard drive and burn a video cd....ok, this bears some thought.
And I think it's got the unaired version too, basically a dress rehearsal with cameras that was done before the show hit the air. Not too different, except the Doctor is from the 54th century or something goofy instead of being an alien. I'll futz with computers this weekend and see what I can do.
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Thanks Dug
"Gorramit Mal... I've forgotten my line."
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I am eagerly waiting for the Dr. Who series. I'm American and been a fan since Jr. High though I'm just a *touch young to have caught it on PBS during the glory days in the 80's. I have vague memories of seeing The Face of Evil, Castrovalva, The Krotons, Enlightenment, Vengeance on varos and the Three Doctors as a child back then.
Anyway thanks to home video and some friends in High school I was hooked up with videos of all the episodes, and became a die-hard fan. Ironically it was the Dr. Who novelizations that got me into the series before I really sat through an entire episode.
Anyway I'm hoping they work out who's airing it here and that they won't be too far behind the UK screenings. I'm happy to see it back on TV since the Fox TV Movie but I have my worries about the fact it looks like they may be trying to hard to make the Doctor be contemporary. A lot of what I liked about it is that he always seemed out of place in the time he visited.
But I liked Russell T Davies miniseries "The Second Coming" so I'm willing to give it a shot. Plus it's got Simon Pegg, Daleks and Autons. It can't be that bad!
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Originally posted by manofsteel25:
I'm happy to see it back on TV since the Fox TV Movie but I have my worries about the fact it looks like they may be trying to hard to make the Doctor be contemporary. A lot of what I liked about it is that he always seemed out of place in the time he visited.
Ah yes. Can't blame you for being worried. I was too until I read this in SFX 126: "Eccleston is bloody marvellous - charismatic, electric and crazed, like a hardnut tom baker." so it sounds like even though he looks modern, he's still going to be the weird and crazy doctor we love. Yay!
"Gorramit Mal... I've forgotten my line."
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Well it's true- if the performance is there then we should be alright. I want to like some new Who I really do, but it's a tricky thing. Sometimes Who reached great heights and other times it plumbed some serious depths.
So speaking of which what are:
1- Your favorites episodes/stories?
2 - Favorite Doctor?
3 - Favorite Companion?
4 - Favorite Villain/monster?
5 - Favorite logo/opening Sequence?
Right now I'm re-watching the show fomr era-to-era. With fresher eyes I can say I love the first part of An Unearthly Child. Pretty much all of Seaosn 7 especially Ambasadors of Death and Inferno. I found the Green Death to be suprisingly entertaining. Season 12 is just wonderful. Ark in Space and Genesis of the Daleks being strong favs. I highly enjoyed watching Pyramids of Mars, Robots of Death and the Seeds of Doom. For Davison so far I'd say Mawdyn Undead and Enlightenment have held up pretty well. The years have not been kind on the McCoy era but I still like Remembranc eof the Daleks and the story (but not the production) of Battlefield.
The story I still would vote as the best is The Ark in Space.
My Favorite doctor is still Tom Baker. I even threw together a 4th Doctor costume for Halloween. But I'm surprised how much I'm enjoying seeing Pertwee and Davison again.
My favorite companion is probably Sarah Jane. I liked her relationship with the Doctor most. Although the prettiest is a dead tie between Victoria and Romana I.
Favorite Villain: This is tough. I love the Cybermen but they're never used very well. I like the eerieness of the Celestial Toymaker. But overall I'm going to say Davros in Genesis and Sutekh in Pyramids of Mars. I prefer creepiness to guys in rubber suits. Srtong honorable mention for the aliens in the spacesuits in Ambassadors of Death though!
Fav opening: Well, I have a fondness for the early 80's opening and rock-like theme but the Seaosn 12-17 vortex effect and diamond logo is pretty much perfect for the show.
I also picked up the Lost in Time set recently and really enjoying re-watching better copies of these Troughton stories. The faceless ones is just fantastically well done, very moody atmosphere - something they didn't do as much in the later years.
-Bob
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As a relatively new fan, I'm sure looking forward to a new series, though I must say that my wife managed to make me like the 4th Doctor best, just like her (and many other fans, I'm sure).
When I was growing up, I DID make my own K-9, so I guess he'd have to be my favorite - though I really liked the first Ramana (is that the right spelling?). The K-9 was a silver toaster (with 'K-9' in magic marker on the side) with a clock radio for a head and two construction paper ears. The tail was a big black phono plug - when it was in place, K-9 would move forward thanks to a Radio Shack motor (and some help from my grandfather) - when you removed it, he stopped. Lots of fun!
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Favourite stories: Genesis of the Daleks has always been one of my favourites. Watching Delta and the Bannerman is also a special experience for me, because it was filmed in my home town and I recognise most of the locations used. I went home and watched that after I saw some of the filming of the new series. It was surreal.
Favourite doctor: Tom Baker. Without a doubt. But recently watched the Colin Baker era for the first time and was amazed by how much I enjoyed it. He's better than his reputation.
Favourite companion: Ace. I grew up watching the McCoy era and became very fond of Ace. She's possibly the gutsiest companion, after Leela.
Favourite villain / monster: need I say it? The Daleks. Obvious choice but never mind. They're a classic.
"Gorramit Mal... I've forgotten my line."
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Have no fear, the new Doctor ? series will be great, take my word for it. Why? Because of Russell T Davies, thats why. Most of my fellow britts here will understand what I mean.
Davies created an incredible production for TV called THE 2nd COMING. Also starring Christopher Eccleston. It was, of course, about the return of Jesus Christ to planet Earth. But not in Palestine, Jerusalem, or Bethlehem. No.....in Manchester in the North of England.
One of life's losers, with no future, who works in a tiny video rental shop, has a breakdown and dissapears on the Yorkshire moors for 40 days and 40 nights. When he returns he's a changed man, claiming to be the Son of God. Confused and scared, even he doesnt know what that means. He just knows that he is. Naturally, everyone thinks he's a nutter and should be put away. That is untill he says that he will change darkness in to light, in of all places, Main Road Football Stadium. Did he do it? You'll have to go buy the DVD yourself. It's an awe inspiring production that nobody should miss. It's been available for a while now and you won't be dissapointed.
Yep..........................that went well!
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Originally posted by manofsteel25:
So speaking of which what are:
1- Your favorites episodes/stories?
2 - Favorite Doctor?
3 - Favorite Companion?
4 - Favorite Villain/monster?
5 - Favorite logo/opening Sequence?
Part of me is going on memory...haven't really watched any of the show in a long time, but my memory is pretty good.
Favorite Ep/Stories: I really enjoyed some of the deeper, darker McCoy episodes. Also some of the more irreverent Tom Baker eps.
Favorite Doctor: Allout, I'd still have to say Tom Baker, but some of my best memories and biggest influences came from the McCoy years.
Favorite Companion: Ace. Straight up! I still have my own bomber jacket with patches and badges (been to four different countries) just because she had one!
Favorite Villain: Daleks. I mean, they're just a classic. The Master's a close second.
Fave Opening Seq: Tom Baker's. But the Pertwee years were also pretty neat. There's something about black and white that give the opening a different feel.
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Robinhood:
I saw the Second Coming about 6 months ago. I highyl enjoyed it. Very interesting, thought provoking stuff. I gave tape sof it to a lot of people and it sparked many a debate. If I had any complaints about the miniseries it's that I felt it was almost too short- it could have supoorted a part 3 to really the the mass effect the ending had on humanity - on top of which It did bother me that Eccelston's Son of God only seem to get his information in pieces rather than have at least some base knowledge. INtriguiing but it did get on my nerves. Granted that kind of thing is really hard to write. Perosnally I liked the take Larry Gelbart used in the movie Oh God!- Some kinda message but with ... a slightly more hands off approach.
But if Davies can keep that up- then I'm down to see the New Who.
Back to classic Who: I'm seeing a lot of people have fond memorie sof the McCoy era. I'm a bit torn here. When I first got into the show, he was the current Doctor, and I liked some of the mor emodernistic things like the CG opening, some of the elements of a dark, manipulative Doctor etc. But upon watching his stories again, most of them have fallen short. They just feel on the whole cheaper and less effort put into the production than the previous 80's stories. Perhps this is due to the Video-Only look, I'm not sure. McCoy's performance was err... often erratic and unconvincing most of the time. He seemed fond of running into a room or out of a room shouting "ACE!!!!!" in a very prolonged way. But... he did have his moments and he was a fav of mine when i was younger. I did a presentation in a Dr. Who Story format once and which Doctor was I? Yep- the 7th.
I do start to have issues with the doctor as a manipulative chess player. I think they took it too far in the New Adventures and it's part of the reaosn I stopped reading them about halfway through. Can the Doctor really have had qualms about destroying the Daleks in genesis and yet have no remorse about destroying Skaro in Remembrance?
Also to make matters worse I watched the McCoy era backwards so I saw the best first and worst last. Season 24 is just an awful mess... I had to watch those stories in the same mindset I'd watch an Ed Wood movie, they were so bad.
Moving on... does anyone have any thoughts on The Fox TV movie/Paul McGann as the 8th Doctor? I know the fim had problems but I liked it on the whole, and I loved McGann's Doctor. I only wish he got a better run than the movie and a handful of audios.
-Bob
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