Doctor Who - The 11th Doctor
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On the other hand, it would free him up for an upcoming, high-profile role that I think he would be perfect for: young Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbitt.
Speaking of Tolkien: how about Andy "Gollum" Serkis for Doctor?
He's just done a great turn as Einstein in the new Dr Who special shown last night* (in which the Doc reprises his "John Smith" persona from "Human Nature", goes back to 1914 and helps Einstein prove his theory of General Relativity).
Eh? What do you mean it wasn't Dr Who? What about the pocket watch? All the stuff about space and time? The understated homosexual subplot? The iffy CGI'd solar eclipse? OK, there were no alien monsters but hey, 1914, who needs extra horror?
*Sorry - I'm being silly: in reality, the BBC has just shown an excellent fact-based drama Einstein and Eddington with Serkis as Einstein and Tennant as Eddington, the British astronomer who helped prove his theory despite the slight obstacle of the first world war. I'm sure it will be repeated or turn up on the intertubes.
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I have seen most of the Doctors, not all, and Tennant did a fine job. I have liked all of them. Each has brought a new dimension to the character. Baker was my favorite, but I have no complaints about the others. So I am hopeful that who ever is choosen will prove to be an interesting character.
The only thing I would like to see is more travel to other planets. There seems to be less of that in this new series. The Tardus seems grounded on Earth. In the past the Doctor visited other planets with different civilisations on them. That would be a nice change in the future episodes. Other planets need help to.
It has been great seeing th Daleks, though their voices are get on my nerves, and the Cybermen again, so I am hoping to see the Master and some of the Doctor's other nemesis.
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Traveler
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Originally posted by traveler:
The only thing I would like to see is more travel to other planets.
Trouble is - there's nowhere left to
Have you seen what they've done to Skaro?
Here it is in 1975: http://www.english-nature.org.uk/imagelibrary/image_details.cfm?id=109
999
(...or maybe that's Magrathea from HHGTTHG, its so hard to tell)
Now look at it!: http://www.edenproject.com/whats-at-eden/eden-in-pictures/general-eden
/index.php?entry=7&pagenum=0
I mean, the building is pretty SciFi, but its much too distinctive to use (although the producers of "Die Another Day" didn't think so).
I suspect the other "alien planets" have been similarly done for: the gravel pit in Surrey is probably under a shopping mall and I expect the spoil heap in Wales is now either an indoor ski slope or a nature reserve.
Where else can you film an alien planet? The only other types of known alien geography are:
1. The Californian desert (Firefly, Star Trek)
2. A forest just outside Vancouver (Stargate, BSG)
3. Tunisia
...but they're not available on a Doctor Who budget.
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Since when did Dr Who need an actual place to go to film another planet?
The best part about the Tom Baker/Peter Davidson years for me were the cheesy sets that somehow worked to create different worlds.
They have been doing more CGI stuff so they could really have a great time imagining other places.
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I also suspect this new series has a bigger budget. I have been impressed with the work they have been doing. It almost makes you wish for a little of the old cheesy low budget shows of the original. I enjoyed the obvious painted scenery and some of the monsters dated back to the fifties. But the imagination was there and that made it great. And that is why it had to come back.
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Paul Bettany could do the Doctor, but if you want a 'jinj? - how about Damien Lewis? And it's a shame Gattiss has already been in it - he's got that otherworldy bonkers thing going on. As does Alan Davies. Paterson Joseph will forever be the Marquis de Carrabas for me, which makes sense in view of the rumours as to who will be writing for the specials.
I'm sorry, David Morrisey doesn't cut it. He's too much like that abhomination foisted on us after Peter D.
ps - the return of the Master? I think;
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he moved his consciousness into his wife, and it was a shadow copy that died in the series - I don't think Gallifreyans can prevent their reincarnation happening. Plus, the hand that picked the ring up? Now that would be an interesting showdown.
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Originally posted by traveler:
The only thing I would like to see is more travel to other planets.
Trouble is - there's nowhere left to
Have you seen what they've done to Skaro?
Here it is in 1975: http://www.english-nature.org.uk/imagelibrary/image_details.cfm?id=109
999
(...or maybe that's Magrathea from HHGTTHG, its so hard to tell)
Now look at it!: http://www.edenproject.com/whats-at-eden/eden-in-pictures/general-eden
/index.php?entry=7&pagenum=0
I mean, the building is pretty SciFi, but its much too distinctive to use (although the producers of "Die Another Day" didn't think so).
I suspect the other "alien planets" have been similarly done for: the gravel pit in Surrey is probably under a shopping mall and I expect the spoil heap in Wales is now either an indoor ski slope or a nature reserve.
Where else can you film an alien planet? The only other types of known alien geography are:
1. The Californian desert (Firefly, Star Trek)
2. A forest just outside Vancouver (Stargate, BSG)
3. Tunisia
...but they're not available on a Doctor Who budget.
have you watched the past 4 seasons??
good chunks of several eps have been shot in a welsh gravel pit. just off hand...The impossible planet/The Satan Pit, planet of the ood, Utopia/The Sound of Drums, The Fires of Pompeii, and others i can't think of at 7am. the old Doctor Who tradition of making quarries look like alien planets is alive and well.
( it helps to watch Doctor Who Confidential each week)
and you forgot a 4th type. Arctic tundra - (Alaska, northern Greenland, Siberia, Antarctica, Etc.) As used in The Empire Strikes Back. (Depicted in the planet of the Ood, by dressing a gravel quarry in august with a fine paper mulch. actors were supposed to be freezing cold, with parkas and what not, but it was in the upper 70's to mid 80's (F) and many on the crew were getting sunburn from the light reflected back up from the white mulch fake "snow"
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