Doctor Who

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ROBINHOOD

Friday, January 14, 2005 9:37 PM

MANOFSTEEL25:

Interesting you should mention about the series being too short. Apparently the TV company cut a "whole day out" for some reason??? I've read that it's been included in the DVD version which I STILL haven't got yet. Must get round to that. I was never hugely pleased with the ending though.
Spagetti Bolagnase????

Yep..........................that went well!

MANOFSTEEL25

Friday, January 14, 2005 9:42 PM

The DVD- at leats the American release which I rented, di indeed have a lot of deleted scenes- especially a long sequence of the 'dsiciples' being tempted by demons. But I never saw it as a whole day being cut out. I was mor einterested in seeing a grand global effect of how the world would change after such an ending (and if everyone beleived it to be true though that was the impression I had) and also theologically what that means for humanity once we die as individuals. it raised a lot of interesting questions and the ending while I wans't entirely on board with it was certianly original. Better than just seeing another judegement day drama.

ROBINHOOD

Friday, January 14, 2005 10:59 PM

MANOFSTEEL25:

I understand what you mean, what we got though was an awkward chat in a shopping centre carpark, if I remember rightly.
As it was for TV, I think it would have been way too controvercial to explore what society would be like if all religion ceased to be. There were complaints about it being shown here in the 1st place, though not particularly strong ones.
Originally it was written here for Channel 4, once a popular medium for controvercial subjects such as this, (as is BBC2) but it's gone limp over the past few years and they backed out late on. So it was, surprisingly, snapped up by ITV, traditionally totally non controvercial family viewing.
Maybe if it had been produced for the big screen it would have, to some extent, explored the after math as you mentioned? But we'll never know

Yep..........................that went well!

MANOFSTEEL25

Friday, January 14, 2005 11:13 PM

I suppose I'm thankful the mini-series was made at all considering the flak something like that would get. I really liked it overall. Definately the sort of thing that might have made an interesting sort of "Survivors" like drama if produced week to week. Still would be a great idea to flesh out how the world would be without God perhps in a novel or something.

BERENTAUR

Saturday, January 15, 2005 12:48 AM

Favourite episodes: The first episode I ever watched was Rememberance of the Daleks, when I was very young, it's probably still my favourite. On the whole I'm a big fan of the McCoy era. There are some very oddball episodes (The Happiness Patrol....with the Kandyman, The Greatest show in the galaxy) I think they tried alot of new things during his era, not all worked, but I enjoyed them. Darker too.

Favourite doctor: Tom Baker is the ultimate doctor. I've seen more of the later doctors though. I'm a big fan of Davidson and McCoy. Did'nt like the 6th doctor though.

Favourite companion: Ace, possibly why I enjoyed the 7th doctor so much.

Favourite villian: The Daleks, no question. I also really like the robots in Robots of Death....they were cool, freaky.

MANOFSTEEL25

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 9:01 PM

Still very interesting to run into fans raise don the McCoy era. Frm everything I read this was when the numbers declined the most but nice to know there were still some newbies being converted.

I like Remembrance as well but definately fine a lot of the Sly McCoy stories to be a bit whacke dout like.. well all of seaosn 24 and Happiness and greatest Show... and will someone please explain what the heck Ghost light is about? I still think that one's a mess yet it seems to be considered a classic.

Colin Baker's a mixed bag. I like his Doctor, he's warmed to me over the years...although his performance son the BF Audios are much better than a lot of his TV performances at the Doctor. He's certinaly the most interesting Docotr they've got, and I like Davison and McGann but they aren't used as well.

THATWEIRDGIRL

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 9:42 PM

jake added Who to our netflix queue. I didn't know he did that for me. I've been talking about Who for years. He says it's only fair that he has to watch the series with me since I watch all of his series with him. I hope we get the doctor in America soon. It's going to be awesome, i know it.

My dad and i used to curl up on the couch and watch Dr. Who on PBS. He is a huge fan. so am I. Eccleston should be great as the doctor.

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MANOFSTEEL25

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 9:52 PM

So you're a Who fan too? Very cool. Yeah sounds like your Dad did what my Dad did when I was growing up but he had a bit of a soft sell approach at first. But it's because of him I like all this Brit comedy/scifi stuff.

I had this problem recently of trying to convert a couple of friends to the show and it's a tough bag because some of Dr. Who is..well fairly bad. But some of it is brilliant. I always say Tom Baker's the bets one to start an American on - and The Ark in Space and Pyramids of Mars are the two best current DVD titles to start someone with. Spearhead, Tomb/Cybermen and Caves/Androzani are other good titles to sample some of the other Doctors. It's a shame they don't put them out faster.

Which titles are you going with first? And have you warned him about the err.. fluxuating production values of a typical Dr. Who episode?

Anyway I hope the New Who series will be great. So many remakes/reboots don't quite capture the original but I'm willing to have faith here. And you're right, Eccelston will probably make a great Doctor even if he does look a bit.... normal....

SPIKEANDJEZEBEL

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 10:54 PM

Nobody's really talked him up too much on this thread, but I have to say my favorite Doctor is Patrick Troughton. I've been watching a lot of Dr. Who on DVD lately, and it's amazing how well his episodes and performance hold up. Somehow, the production values of the 60s episodes look much better today than those of the 70s episodes - I think because the black-and-white hides a lot of the flaws of the sets.

I highly suggest watching "Tomb of the Cybermen" if you are new to the B&W years - it actually makes the Cybermen frightening, which I never really felt in the latter shows. They became much too human/emotional for my taste.

"I like smackin' 'em!" - Jayne Cobb

MANOFSTEEL25

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 11:10 PM

A good point. The 60's episodes did have a lot going for them in tersm of style- especially the Troughton episodes. I love Tomb, I also love the remaining episode sof The Faceless Ones, The Wheel in Space, Web of Fear etc for the errieness they create. For my favorite complete story , it's The Mind Robber Hands down. Part One alone packs quite a punch.

Hartnell though I find is an acquired taste. I still love the original pilot episode though. They originally made the Doctor to be somewhat more of a sinister figure...

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