Doctor Who
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I got rained out of work last night (I'm a baseball umpire), so my wife and I decided to rifle through our old DW tapes for something good to watch. I found "The Three Doctors," which, I believe, is William Hartnell's last television appearance before he died.
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martinput:
Just finished watching Doomsday. No spoilers - but I don't reckon there are many Dr Who fans with dry eyes right now.................... Martin
Man, that was very very emotional! Great show! I can see why you wouldn't want to give anything away. It was a show you HAVE to watch! Podgie (I can't believe it is the end of the series now!...at least till the Christmas Special) Monkey
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Agreed - phenomenal episode. Plus I had the pleasure of watching it sat right behind Noel Clarke (Mickey)! (I was at a Doctor Who convention). You're right, not a dry eye in the house
I said it after the end of the last series, but how can they improve on that?? -
Series Two is scheduled to debut in the US on September 29, but there are no announced plans (yet) to air "Christmas Invasion."
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The Christmas Invasion links the two series together, so I hope for all of you across the pond they show that episode too.
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The problem seems to be fitting the episode into an American time slot (with commercials included throughout the show)...
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There were two American-made movies in the '60s starring Peter Cushing as the Doctor and pitting him and his cohorts against the Daleks.
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howlaround:
There were two American-made movies in the '60s starring Peter Cushing as the Doctor and pitting him and his cohorts against the Daleks.
I didn't realise they were American made. Of course they feature some differences from the actual series - Peter Cushing plays "Dr Who", who as far as we know is a human, who built his TARDIS. The movies were remakes of original William Hartnell TV stories "The Daleks" and "Dalek Invasion Of Earth".
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BBC has formally announced that Series Two will begin in the USA on 29 September, with "The Christmas Invasion" leading off.
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Cor, I've just rescued this thread from the trimmer, it was last post on the last page! And with good reason! For UK viewers: Torchwood starts this Sunday 22nd October for viewers capable of receiving BBC Digital services on BBC3 at 21.00 hrs. They are showing the first two episodes together. http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchwood/ Click on the Hub Tour link for a virtual exploration of the Torchwood Hub - the organisation's underground bunker and headquarters - with the opportunity to vist each workstation and find out about each member of staff etc Video recorder poised and ready to run........... Martin
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Yeah I'm sure all fans are ready.
There is some other news too: The National Television Awards Nominees Revealed! The nominees for The National Televistion Awards have been announced and David Tennant is up for the award for Most Popular Actor. It's been a good year for Doctor Who, with David's co star Billie Piper nominated for Most Popular Actress and the show up for Most Popular Drama. Make sure you cast your vote online at www.itv.com/nta or by calling 09018 88 88 99 calls costs 25p per minute and should last no longer than 5 minutes. Mobile rates may vary. -
The BBC microsite for Torchwood has a trailer with clips running now which answers the question that has been nagging me - namely why so late? Torchwood is Dr Who for adults - described as "dark, sexy and dangerous" and definately post watershed material. Whilst a spin off from Dr Who it shouldn't be thought of a Dr Who Mark II. As it's half term holiday I had thought of allowing the children to stay up late to watch the first two 50 minute episodes on Sunday - but having seen the trailer I'll send them to bed, watch and tape it and consider it's suitability for them. I spent hours of my childhood hiding behind the sofa through Dr Who - better not scar my children for life............
Martin -
I've been clicking on the advent calandar
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What did you think to the Christmas Episode?
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I thought Catherine Tate was an excellent choice - and either the script writers have watched her comedy shows for inspiration, or she's been allowed input in the script herself - I must look up the writer credits. Although her Donna character is an excellently skilled observed parody on a particular type of person it is so believable. I don't particularly like her comedy characters in her own show as she chooses some fairly ugly persons to ape - I particularly dislike her letcherous male senior citizen. I though the sequence where Donna described how Lance pestered her to marry him charming - and probably so true! I was a little disappointed that Dr Who made his standard offer to take her with him at the end - I thought that was a bit desperate - although I was drawn to the Donna character by the end and felt for her loneliness. Martin
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Heh. Until a couple of months ago I never knew what Doctor Who was. Thanks to a certain friend of mine, I now know. >_> She's exposed me to a lot of the 4th Doctor, 8th Doctor (burned audio dramas for me too, lulz), 9th/10th Doctor, and some of the 1st Doctor. The same friend ended up getting her parents to order a Sonic Screwdriver from England as a Christmas gift. XD
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My favourite Dr Who episodes....and unfortunately this shows my hideous age...were in the late 60's with Patrick Troughton as the Doctor against the Yeti's in the London Underground tunnels, covering everyone in cobweb like substance. The Brigadier and his troops got their butts kicked until the Doctor saved the day...great, and really scary, even though it doesn't sound like it!...mind you I was only 7 or 8 years old. Unfortunately the BBC wiped all the tapes to save money, so unless there are some lurking out there in some commonwealth TV station they're gone forever. Favourite Doctor - Jon Pertwee (check him out as a great comedy actor on many of the glorious BBC radio comedy shows of the 1950's and 1960's). If David does leave the role in the middle of series four then who next? What about a woman? My choice Caroline Quentin, wonderfully talented actress and comedienne and sexy...or if they stay male then it has be the eccentric Dame Stephen Fry.
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martinput:
I thought Catherine Tate was an excellent choice - and either the script writers have watched her comedy shows for inspiration, or she's been allowed input in the script herself - I must look up the writer credits. Although her Donna character is an excellently skilled observed parody on a particular type of person it is so believable. I don't particularly like her comedy characters in her own show as she chooses some fairly ugly persons to ape - I particularly dislike her letcherous male senior citizen. I though the sequence where Donna described how Lance pestered her to marry him charming - and probably so true! I was a little disappointed that Dr Who made his standard offer to take her with him at the end - I thought that was a bit desperate - although I was drawn to the Donna character by the end and felt for her loneliness. Martin
Hi Martin
It was a bit of a strange one for me. At first I thought I loved it, but I had been suffering from a bit from Dr Who withdrawal. I really like Catherine Tate normally and find some of her comic characters hilarious. I agree like you've said her character was played really well, but I think I'm a bit disappointed with the episode in general...........but then again, I wasn't keen on the Peter Kay episode either. This episode seemed a bit too predictable for me and with Rose's character having gone, it left the episode feeling like it was badly missing something and as good as Catherine Tate is, I don't think it worked for me. I'm still looking forward to the new series though 
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david mitchelson:
My favourite Dr Who episodes....and unfortunately this shows my hideous age...were in the late 60's with Patrick Troughton as the Doctor against the Yeti's in the London Underground tunnels, covering everyone in cobweb like substance. The Brigadier and his troops got their butts kicked until the Doctor saved the day...great, and really scary, even though it doesn't sound like it!...mind you I was only 7 or 8 years old. Unfortunately the BBC wiped all the tapes to save money, so unless there are some lurking out there in some commonwealth TV station they're gone forever. Favourite Doctor - Jon Pertwee (check him out as a great comedy actor on many of the glorious BBC radio comedy shows of the 1950's and 1960's). If David does leave the role in the middle of series four then who next? What about a woman? My choice Caroline Quentin, wonderfully talented actress and comedienne and sexy...or if they stay male then it has be the eccentric Dame Stephen Fry.
Jon Pertwee was the Doctor I really most remember as a kid although I can just about remember Patrick Troughton as I have older brothers who watched Dr Who. I loved Bessie!! and always said I'd have one when I grew up (I said the same about Lady Penelope's pink Rolls though ;))....needless to say I didn't get either
I think Caroline Quentin would be a great choice as a female Time lord There was rumour they were going after Robert Carlisle but as much as I think he's a fantastic actor, I can't see him as Dr Who ?
