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Dr. Who looking more promising.

POSTED BY: Haken
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 05:36
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Sunday, April 4, 2010 9:06 PM

Matt Smith...

I think I will enjoy his version

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Slightly mad, very upbeat... but can go very dark on a seconds notice. Could be very interesting.


I really like the companion as well

her 14 year obsession, as well as possible being really actually crazy could be great.






whose your daddy


rofl



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Sunday, April 4, 2010 9:08 PM

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Originally posted by lwaves:
Agreed that the music is terrible



Just for any people who don't get it - here's the original 1963 theme and title sequence:



...painstakingly constructed, without the benefit of modern synths by Delia Derbyshire gluing together individual notes on pieces of tape.

Imagine that coming over your B&W telly in the 60s or 70s, before you'd heard any electronic music or seen the stargate sequence from 2001...

and here's the 2010 version:



It's OK but totally loses the minimalism of the original...

(I couldn't find a version with the titles and good sound - this actually sounds like a better "mix" than we got on air).

Fortunately the show itself was quite good :-)

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Sunday, April 4, 2010 11:18 PM

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Originally posted by ImNotHere:

Sunday: new Johnathan Creek



There is a new Jonathan Creek?

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Monday, April 5, 2010 12:36 AM

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Originally posted by Haken:

There is a new Jonathan Creek?



Well, new one-off episode - "The Judas Tree" - aired tonight in UK.

Same actor. Same "companion" as the Xmas 2008 one-off.

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Monday, April 5, 2010 11:18 AM

Indeed and it stars Paul McGann, the Eighth Doctor, plus Sheridan Smith, who plays his companion in the audio dramas of Doctor Who. Plus Ian McNeice is in it and he'll turn up in two episodes time. An enjoyable episode too.

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Wednesday, May 12, 2010 4:10 AM

I just tonight saw my first new ep of the new Doctor (Weeping Angels).

HATE the new theme song, opening credits, and TARDIS. Are they trying to be steampunk or something?

It doesn't look right, either. I'm not sure how they're filming it, but it looks weird -- not like Doctor Who at all and it annoys me.

If I didn't actually watch the action, I could hear the echoes of what would have been an awesome episode with either of the newer old Doctors. This companion could be good, but she came off really annoying and as a bad actress to me.

I was very, very disappointed.

The story was great, but I thought the execution was awful.

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Wednesday, May 12, 2010 5:36 AM

I've enjoyed Dr Who for.. sheesh must more than 30yrs. If you guys haven't already seen it check out the music video from the president of the Dr Who fan club of Woolongong. Bloody well done :)


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