Doctor Who - Page 4

KnipKnup · 06-25-05, 07:31 AM

I used to watch Dr. Who as a kid way back before MTv, it would be 3 hours of music videos on FMTV then two back to back episodes of Dr. Who and then two back to back episodes of Hickhikers Guide to the Galaxy. All this was on the local PBS channel. The only Dr. Who broadcast in my area in years has been that movie that came out 5 or so years ago that stunk. I personally think MTv ruined it all.

06-25-05, 07:36 AM

Originally Posted by G M Fude

It was indeed brilliant! After the disappointment of Eps 4 & 5 (the double), "Dalek" was an impressive 45 minutes of science fiction television. Not at all what I expected. The utter malevolence of the creature was chilling; at least until the final scene, which was perhaps slight homage to the Patrick Troughton series "The Evil of the Daleks" when the Doctor infected them with the human factor.

Or maybe not. Good viewing, at any rate.

By episodes 4 and 5 i guess you mean the slitheens i really hated those :realmad: you can imagine how angry i was when they came back later in the series but it was actually a very good episode also youve got the london child coming up mommy

very scary :approve:

07-03-05, 11:37 AM

Sorry to bring this back up i just wanted to show you this

Good isnt it hears the creaters website
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?im...lr%3D%26sa%3DG :approve:

07-03-05, 11:39 AM

It's on ABC in Australia - Saturday evenings.

07-03-05, 11:52 AM

Originally Posted by rob1303

It's on ABC in Australia - Saturday evenings.

Have you been watching it? do you like it? what episode are you up to?

G M Fude · 07-03-05, 08:57 PM

We've just seen Episode 7. It's good entertainment; varies a bit in story quality. The ABC is broadcasting in widescreen and with 5.1 sound so it's quite immersive on my plasma TV.

Later this week (about an hour after Ep 8 on ABC) we have Michael Parkinson interviewing Billie Piper. That could be revealing.

technotherapis · 07-09-05, 09:11 AM

I've been a huge fan of Dr. Who since the early 80's... my father, being the Sci-Fi fan that he was, actually had a shrine to Asimov and had recorded copies of Dr. Who going all the way back to 1963 I believe... not sure when the first episode aired and my memory isn't what it used to be... I have not really been keeping up with the new episodes as they are not aired in my area of the U.S. However I have obtained more than a few from, well... questionable sources... By the Way, Orbital did an excellent live techno version of the Dr. Who theme... good for even those who aren't into techno...

Choirguy · 07-09-05, 12:38 PM

Here in the US, it's likely that the DVDs will come out before PBS carries the new episodes. PBS really burned itself (in my opinion) by pretty much choosing to not carry Dr. Who anymore on a nearly nation-wide scale--the show still had not dipped in its popularity with college students at that time (late-80s)--people that would be more than likely big donors to PBS funding drives now that they are professionals with nearly 20 years of work experience.

I was saddended to be in London a few weeks ago, and unable to purchase the new series because it is in REGION 2 DVD format. Grrr.... (Volumes 1 & 2 are available for purchase in the UK already)

tallredwookie · 07-09-05, 12:52 PM

Originally Posted by fishwood

What do you guys think of David Tennant i think he could do a good job :approve:
(I thouhgt Eccleston was great :approve: )

I thought Eccleston was good too....hopefully Tennant will bring a bit more of eccentricity to the role that the older Doctors had....he certainly has the teeth for it.

07-09-05, 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by Choirguy

(Volumes 1 & 2 are available for purchase in the UK already)

I know i have got them both they are very good :approve:

HAPPY BEAU · 07-09-05, 06:16 PM

I think I will see if I can change my name to Happy K9!

G M Fude · 07-09-05, 10:05 PM

Originally Posted by technotherapis

... my father, being the Sci-Fi fan that he was, actually had a shrine to Asimov and had recorded copies of Dr. Who going all the way back to 1963 I believe...

If you still have your father's old tapes, you should try to sell them back to the BBC. Their policy in the late 60s was to erase the 2-inch video tapes and re-use them for new shows. Yep, that's right, delete a show that may have cost tens of thousands of pounds to produce to save the cost of a £50 tape. Policy. Maybe the guy who made that decision went to work in the USA and was the goose who cancelled the original Star Trek...

Most of the tapes lost were from the Patrick Troughton era; sadly, since he was my favourite of the Doctors. The episodes the Daleks appeared in during Troughton's run were absolutely chilling, for example The Evil of the Daleks as I mentioned before. One is being resurrected as an audio tape (The Power of the Daleks), but the video is gone. There was another great one featuring the mecahnical Yeti (The Web of Fear) in the London Underground; the sets were so authentic that the London transport department got cranky with the producers because they were convinced it was actually shot in the tube tunnels!

technotherapis · 07-09-05, 11:44 PM

I may actually look into that... I'd probably have to tie him up, force him to change his will, then kill him before he'd ever let me take those tapes... but I have got him to agree with copying them for me...

G M Fude · 07-10-05, 03:45 AM

Yeah, might be worthwhile.

The ABC in Australia began re-broadcasting all existing Dr Who episodes, right from the original one in 1963 where the shape of the Tardis as a 1960s police box actually made sense (which was when its chameleon circuit broke). There were some big gaps, up until the John Pertwee series. Although just as they were showing us those 18 months ago was when the legal battle was happening with Terry Nation's (Dalek creator) estate, and we never saw the Pertwee era Dalek episodes. (C'mon ABC, hows about showing them now?)

Here's a review of some of the lost bits and pieces that have been collected on a DVD: http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/dvd-title-d/...-time/1006803/

And the audio reconstruction: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho...13/19278.shtml ; I must get a copy to listen to on the drive to work. Over and over again...

07-29-05, 07:34 PM

Soory to bring this back up but i did not want to start a new thread :approve: wh felt sorry for the dalek (you know the last one or was it) the series has ended everywhere now so what did you think of the final two episodes i thought that they where really good :approve: