Author Topic: Great news for Dr Who fans (Read 7668 times)

Grasshopper · « **Reply #40 on:** March 14, 2005, 06:43:10 pm »

Jon Pertwee kicked --I'm attempting to get by the auto-censor and should be beaten after I re-read the rules--. Definitely the best doctor IMHO although Tom Baker was pretty good as well.

What I particularly liked about Jon Pertwee was that no matter how unrealistic the monsters were, or how preposterous the plot was, he always played the role with utter conviction!

danny_galaga · « **Reply #41 on:** March 14, 2005, 09:26:00 pm »

MY GOD!! you dont have jelly babies in the uS? can you blame this on Dubya?

ErikRuud · « **Reply #42 on:** March 15, 2005, 09:17:08 am »

We can get them here, but only from special shops that import them.

We CAN blame Dubya for almost anything we feel like, but I don't think he's guilty this time.

Stingray · « **Reply #43 on:** March 15, 2005, 11:17:08 am »

Quote from: ErikRuud on March 15, 2005, 09:17:08 am

We can get them here, but only from special shops that import them.

We CAN blame Dubya for almost anything we feel like, but I don't think he's guilty this time.

I'm okay with blaming him anyway.

-S

rchadd · « **Reply #44 on:** March 16, 2005, 02:46:42 pm »

just seen a trailer for the new show - looks like the special effects are going to be much better

But is K-9 going to be in the new show?

it could be sponsored by Sony Aibo

danny_galaga · « **Reply #45 on:** March 16, 2005, 08:54:57 pm »

Quote from: rchadd on March 16, 2005, 02:46:42 pm

just seen a trailer for the new show - looks like the special effects are going to be much better

But is K-9 going to be in the new show?

it could be sponsored by Sony Eibo

hehe. the other day my mum visitedand i was watching dr who (tom baker). she saw k-9 and said 'aren't they selling those nowadays?'

ErikRuud · « **Reply #46 on:** March 21, 2005, 02:09:06 pm »

I finally got to see the first episode of the new series. I liked it!!!!

When did the TARDIS control room get so big? Was it like that in the 1996 movie? I don't remember.

I also managed to see the very first Dr Who episode ever aired. It was interesting, but I think he has to be my least favorite docotor so far. I haven't seen any of the sixth or seventh Doctor's episoide yet.

danny_galaga · « **Reply #47 on:** March 21, 2005, 09:31:35 pm »

Quote from: ErikRuud on March 21, 2005, 02:09:06 pm

I finally got to see the first episode of the new series.

ErikRuud · « **Reply #48 on:** March 21, 2005, 09:47:10 pm »

There is a site out there that lists all the episodes and what condition the archives are in. Oddly enough it is the second doctor that has the fewest intact episodes.

I especially liked that I could see them without commercials.

When I firstr started watching Doctor Who, the local PBS station only had Tom Baker episodes. At the end of Tom Baker's run, they aquired and started showing the John Pertwee episodes. Then wthey went through all the Tom Baker episodes again. I think the repeated John Pertwee and Tom baker a few times until they were able to get the Peter Davison episodes. By the time they were showing Colin baker episodes, I was too busy with real life, and I only saw one or two Colin Baker episodes. I don't think they ever showed the Sylvester McCoy episodes. Somewhere along the line I think they showed a couple of William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton episodes. Other than that the only time I had seen the first two doctors was in the "Five Doctors" andf the "Three Doctors" episodes.

I did see the movie in 1996 and thought it was OK, but I remember thinking that they had made some bad decisions with the storyline.

I also saw the first of the Peter Cushing movies, and thinking it ws really disappointing. Especially the inside of the Tardis. Yech!!!a

quarterback · « **Reply #49 on:** March 22, 2005, 12:13:47 am »

Quote from: ErikRuud on March 21, 2005, 09:47:10 pm

When I firstr started watching Doctor Who, the local PBS station only had Tom Baker episodes. At the end of Tom Baker's run, they aquired and started showing the John Pertwee episodes. Then wthey went through all the Tom Baker episodes again. I think the repeated John Pertwee and Tom baker a few times until they were able to get the Peter Davison episodes. By the time they were showing Colin baker episodes, I was too busy with real life, and I only saw one or two Colin Baker episodes

Sounds like my experience as well. I started watching them in the 80s on PBS when I was a teen. The effects were campy even at the time but that was part of the charm. I too got started with Tom Baker, then was introduced to Pertwee and eventually Peter Davison and I don't think I ever saw any of the Colin Baker episodes.

Leela was my favorite "companion"

rchadd · « **Reply #50 on:** March 22, 2005, 09:10:30 am »

heres interesting page with details/images of all doctors, companions, monsters and other characters

http://www.shillpages.com/dw/dwia.htm

ps. heres nice pictures of Leela - don't you love a girl dressed in leather

rchadd · « **Reply #51 on:** March 22, 2005, 09:36:32 am »

didn't even realise there was a

Grasshopper · « **Reply #52 on:** March 22, 2005, 02:26:15 pm »

Nice site. I'd forgotten how good Leela looked! I used to like Jo Grant as well.

Billie Piper has some hard acts to follow.

ErikRuud · « **Reply #53 on:** March 23, 2005, 03:05:34 pm »

rchadd,

There are more than one movie!

In 1965 we got Dr. Who and the Daleks

In 1966 it was Dalek's Invasion Earth: 2150 AD.

1996 brought us the american made for TV movie Doctor Who: Enemy Within

The first two starred Peter Cushing as the Doctor. I was able to borrow the first one from the library. The production values weren't much different than the TV show and the TARDIS interior set was a joke. The doctor in these two movies is a human inventor and not a Timelord. The script of the first movie is very similar to one of the early Dalek episodes.

The TV movie tried to fit in with the rest of the TV series, but they made some changes that I don't understand. The Doctor is half human? Why would it take a human to open the Eye Of Harmony? The production and secial effects were very good, but the plot gets a little bizarre at the end.

rchadd · « **Reply #54 on:** March 23, 2005, 06:10:08 pm »

Its Dr Who day this saturday on UK Gold

http://www.uktv.co.uk/uktvGold/More.cfm?ccs=15&cs=27&highlight=dr%20who

ErikRuud · « **Reply #55 on:** March 23, 2005, 07:07:07 pm »

I don't think that does us much good here in the states.

danny_galaga · « **Reply #56 on:** March 23, 2005, 08:35:48 pm »

Quote from: quarterback on March 22, 2005, 12:13:47 am

Leela was my favorite "companion"

rchadd · « **Reply #57 on:** March 23, 2005, 08:49:06 pm »

Quote from: ErikRuud on March 23, 2005, 07:07:07 pm

I don't think that

danny_galaga · « **Reply #58 on:** March 28, 2005, 09:07:58 pm »

i finally saw the new dr who episode. not too shabby at all! i really thought it would be impossible to pull off but it works for me. and that billy piper, what a nice arse (",). i'm guessing she's world famous in england?

Grasshopper · « **Reply #59 on:** March 29, 2005, 07:19:24 am »

Well I feared the worst after all the hype. But I saw the first episode on Saturday and was surprised how good it was. They actually appear to have spent some money on it.

The writing wasn't up to the standards of the best Jon Pertwee/Tom Baker era stories but it's easily the best Dr Who episode I've seen since Tom Baker left.

Apparently the new series gets better as it goes along so I'll definitely keep watching.

rchadd · « **Reply #60 on:** March 29, 2005, 06:56:14 pm »

the special effects must be the best the bbc have ever done

apparantly the first episode is just character intro, its supposed to get much better....

heres a young billie photo

rchadd · « **Reply #61 on:** March 31, 2005, 05:00:56 am »

Eccleston quits Doctor Who role

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4395849.stm

SirPeale · « **Reply #62 on:** March 31, 2005, 10:23:45 am »

Quote from: rchadd on March 31, 2005, 05:00:56 am

Eccleston quits Doctor Who role

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4395849.stm

Yeah, I heard that. Apparently he doesn't want to get 'typecast' or some crap.

danny_galaga · « **Reply #63 on:** March 31, 2005, 09:45:01 pm »

oh, man. just when they sold me on the idea. did he at least finish filming the 13 episodes or whatever it was? didnt seem to say in that link...

rchadd · « **Reply #64 on:** April 01, 2005, 06:51:51 am »

yes the 1st series is complete

disappointing news but at least the actors they are suggesting in the article are pretty good.

dave 1945 · « **Reply #65 on:** April 01, 2005, 07:01:45 am »

Iv seen it.

I was never a fan of Dr. Who in my childhood but it was alright TV (not like some of the crap we get in the UK.) Im glad they used some grate special effects. Unlike the old episodes where people were attacked by egg boxs on wheels or killer dolls!

danny_galaga · « **Reply #66 on:** April 03, 2005, 09:27:05 pm »

Quote from: dave 1945 on April 01, 2005, 07:01:45 am

Iv seen it.
Unlike the old episodes where people were attacked by egg boxs on wheels or killer dolls!

i bet you are under 30. you just wouldn't understand...

ErikRuud · « **Reply #67 on:** April 04, 2005, 09:29:56 am »

Based on some of the previews, the egg boxes are back!!

rchadd · « **Reply #68 on:** April 04, 2005, 07:02:01 pm »

i thought the effects in the 2nd episode was pretty good - apart from the umpah lumpahs with blue faces and the woman made out of wood.

ErikRuud · « **Reply #69 on:** April 05, 2005, 09:54:33 am »

I'm in the process of "acquiring" the second episode now. It may take a couple days.

I have picked up a few of the older episode on DVD, and downloaded a few others off the internet to watch. Two of the files were not actually Dr. Who episodes which was aggravating after waiting a few days to download them.

rchadd · « **Reply #70 on:** April 05, 2005, 10:10:27 am »

thing is we must remember "grown ups" aren't really the target audience really for the the new Dr Who - its really for the kids

ErikRuud · « **Reply #71 on:** April 05, 2005, 11:10:47 am »

I downloaded and watched a BBC produced documentory about Dr. Who.

rchadd · « **Reply #72 on:** April 05, 2005, 12:12:56 pm »

here's a shortlist of potential candidates:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4396295.stm

i think any of them would be fine

Grasshopper · « **Reply #73 on:** April 05, 2005, 04:29:19 pm »

To be honest I was a little disappointed with the second episode. The story was a bit thin and things like how the Doctor knew who the culprit was were not properly explained.

In particular, the bit when the Doctor plugged what seemed to be a new battery into Rose's phone so she could speak to her mother in the past was totally absurd! I know this is only a kids show but come on!

I think the main problem is the writers have decided to fit a complete story into each 45 minute episode which doesn't give enough time to develop a substantial plot. They got away with it in episode one because everything happened so quickly.

Another thing I miss from the old series is the cliffhanger at the end of each episode.

Anyway I'll keep watching if only to see the flying Daleks!

RayB · « **Reply #74 on:** April 05, 2005, 11:58:41 pm »

I just saw the first episode on TV. I didn't like it. It had too much of a "Nickalodeon" kids show feel to it.

ErikRuud · « **Reply #75 on:** April 06, 2005, 01:21:52 pm »

RayB,
It is a kid's show! Always has been intended as a kids show, except possibly the 1996 Fox TV movie.

ErikRuud · « **Reply #76 on:** April 06, 2005, 01:23:58 pm »

I watched the pilot for the "K9 and Company" spinoff series.

It was a decent sory, but it seemed to be lacking something without the Doctor. The theme song was really irritating.

ErikRuud · « **Reply #77 on:** April 18, 2005, 12:32:35 pm »

Well now I have seen the first four episodes of the new Dr. who.

I am impressed. The first three stories seemed a little short because they were a single episode in 45 minutes, so there were no cliffhangers.

The fourth episoide however did end on a cliff hanger, and I guess it will be a two parter.

Grasshopper · « **Reply #78 on:** April 18, 2005, 02:23:08 pm »

Anyone here got any thoughts on the new Dr Who?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4396961.stm

Not a bad choice IMHO. I think he's perhaps a bit young for the role but I thought he was very good in Casanova.

ErikRuud · « **Reply #79 on:** April 18, 2005, 02:58:28 pm »

I'm in the US, and I have seen him act, so I really couldn't say for sure.

There is a brief clip from Cassanova in one of "A New Dimension" special that aired just before the first new episode. Russle T Davies was part of that show as well as the new Dr. Who.


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