How about Doctor Who instead?

POSTED BY: tomelord
UPDATED: Friday, March 10, 2006 13:05
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TOMELORD

Tuesday, May 14, 2002 12:46 AM

Instead of "Firefly" I wish Joss Whedon would produce an American/British co-production of Doctor Who. I think that he would be the only person in the United States, if not the world, that would be able to produce a new Doctor Who series and make it work.

On the bright side "Firefly" kind of sounds a bit like the British series "Blake's 7" I hope it is of similar quality (if not better).

Best of luck to Mr. Whedon.

Matt DiTomasso

PILLOWTALK

Tuesday, May 14, 2002 5:13 PM

I totally agree, it could be part funded by the BBC and we could have Anthony Head actually getting the role of the Doctor this time instead of Paul Mcgann. Then pit him against dark forces of evil from other realms, have him being transported to different destinations by use of teleportation spells instead of the Tardis. And we couuld call it 'Ripper' instead of Doctor Who. Hmmms, some of this is starting to sound somewhat familiar :-)

JONWES

Thursday, May 16, 2002 5:52 PM

That would be incredible!

I think Joss would do a great job with Doctor Who. I actually like Paul McGann (one of the few aspects of the TV movie - besides the inside of the Tardis - that I liked) but Anthony would be a great Doctor.

NOFETSUR

Thursday, May 16, 2002 11:33 PM

Guess what? Such a project has been in development with the assistance of the Buffy writing team!

However, the BBC seems to have rejected it. Stupid morons.

JONWES

Saturday, May 18, 2002 7:49 AM

The BBC are stupid Morons. Their treatment of the Doctor Who property as a whole is proof of that.

"Gee, look at this mega-popular brand name we have that's a house hold name here in the UK and has a strong cult following in the US. Let's just sit on it forever till absolutely NO ONE remembers it and a whole generation that never heard of it goes by."

Stupid BBC.

NOFETSUR

Monday, May 20, 2002 12:51 AM

Well, admittedly they did try it in 1996, but the US ratings weren't good enough so nothing more became of it.

Personally I think that the main problem with the BBC here is not so much that they cancelled Doctor Who but that they didn't even bother trying to replace it with any other sci-fi. The last half-decent one they made was Crime Traveller in 1997? And they axed that after one series. They recently made a pilot for something called "Strange" but it wasn't sci-fi and in my opinion was utter rubbish. And now it's being made into a series! You can see why they can't afford to buy the third series of Roswell.

SUCCATASH

Monday, February 27, 2006 5:47 AM

Dr. Who is awesome.

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"Gott kann dich nicht vor mir beschuetzen, weil ich nicht boese bin."

CYBERSNARK

Tuesday, February 28, 2006 1:07 AM

Heh. Kinda funny, lookin' back on all these folks sayin' how BBC will never bring back Dr. Who. . .

(Hey 'Tash. Haven't seen you around in a while.)

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BLINKER

Tuesday, February 28, 2006 2:24 AM

I'd certainly love to see a Jossified "Who." But then, I'd love a Jossified anything. Jossification could make "Sheriff Lobo" a whip-smart must-see comedy-drama.

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REGINAROADIE

Tuesday, February 28, 2006 3:39 AM

You know, it's funny looking at the 2002 era posts with four years or so hindsight.

Not only did DOCTOR WHO come back without any of Joss's involvement, but it's actually the best sci-fi show since FIREFLY. For the record, I've seen BATTLESTAR GALACTICA and like it. But I'm just waiting for both first and second seasons to be out on DVD before I jump back in.

But DOCTOR WHO on the other hand, I am totally psyched about. Great humor, action, pathos and all around entertainment. The first season didn't have a single weak episode in it at all. And we Canucks can get it on DVD before you guys get to see it on SCI-FI since we already saw it on CBC. I don't even mind dropping $100 plus for it.

What were some of your fave eps of the first season? My favorite episode of the first season was "Dalek", because it actually made the Dalek's scary. I just love that scene when the Doctor sees it. You know that something's deadly wrong when you see that the Doctor is actually scared just to hear it's voice. That awful voice that sounds like something that only has a basic understanding of the English language. And then when you see the Doctor go from scared to sadistic when he realizes that the Dalek is weakened. You know you're not seeing just another alien species. And then when it's loose and is on the top floor and it's exchange with Van Staten.

"Van Sta-ten...You..tor-tured me...Whyyyyy?"

"I wanted to help you..I don't know...I was trying to help...I thought if we could..get through to you..mend you.. I wanted you better...I'm sorry..I'm so sorry..I SWEAR...I JUST WANTED YOU TO TALK!"

"THEN HEAR ME TALK NOW!!! EXTERMINATE...EXTERMINATE...EXTERMINATE!!!"

Stuff like that makes any geek feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside.

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