03-19-2005, 09:54 PM | #1 |
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Dr Who returns!
Well just a week left to it returning. As a kid I can just about remember the Patrick Troughton version, grew up with the Jon Pertwee version but most enjoyed the Tom Baker version.
Anyone looking forward to it? Christophe Ecclestone is a great actor (and the other half fancies him), Billie Piper might not be a great actress but I quite fancy her, and apparently they've spent a few quid on special effects for a change. Me, I always thought the cybermen were scarier than the daleks. But I still remember the Sea Devils too, and the Pyramids of Mars, and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stuart, and the invasion of the unconvincing green crinkly things, etc
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03-20-2005, 01:29 AM | #2 |
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I am looking forward to it, but, I dont think anyone could out do Tom Baker. Tom Baker is the only Dr. Who that matters. He is the only one who looks like a timelord. He's got the white 'fro goin on. Plus, he had the hottest "assistants".
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03-20-2005, 07:43 AM | #3 |
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certainly looking forward to it, the reviews have been good and the FX decent looking (wonder if that in a nostalgic sense a good thing?).
Tom Baker best Doc of course! Is there going to be another Brigadeer i wonder? yeah im very hopeful for it. |
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My roommate e-mailed this review to me last week.
I know we won't get Doctor Who here in the States for quite some time, but it's something to look forward to. I first saw the Tom Baker episodes and loved them (cheesy effects and all...) and thought that Colin Baker was the best Doctor. Herewith is the review: Quote:
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03-22-2005, 08:54 PM | #6 |
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i never liked dr who, and won't watch the new ones, but tom baker is the best
also, in a star trek episode, deanna troi is looking at a list of names on a computer screen, and all of the names are the names of all the dr who actors gene roddenberry was a huuuge dr who fan, apparently |
03-22-2005, 10:35 PM | #7 |
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The Beor is a Leela fan.
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03-23-2005, 01:21 AM | #8 |
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Tom Baker? Ye buncha heathens... clearly the only Doctor worth watching was Patrick Troughton's!
Ach, now I've said me piece, I'm going back into hibernation.
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03-23-2005, 06:24 PM | #9 |
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Good! Git on, ya Tom Baker hater!! Git on!!!
(Whats up, Beard?)
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03-28-2005, 02:04 AM | #10 |
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i watched the leaked first episode weeks ago, thought it was very mediocre.
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Well, this is a pretty old thread, considering that in the UK we're now in the middle of the second new series. I know the first one has reached the US now too. So any thoughts?
I've never seen any of the old Dr Who episodes (I think I was three when it ended...) but with nothing to compare it to I like the new ones. I'm still a little unconvinced by David Tennant - sometimes he's great and sometimes just way over the top. Maybe it's meant to be like that though
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05-27-2006, 03:41 PM | #12 |
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I watched the first new season very diligently, and I watched the first ep for the David Tennet series, but I've been a bit lax in ... acquiring... the following episodes. Nothing against David Tennet as he was great in the xmas special, but the first episode of the new season was a bit off-putting.
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05-28-2006, 03:52 AM | #13 |
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I'm really enjoying the first new season that they are finally showing in the US. Rose is great. It's too bad that the new Doctor doesn't seem to be as good as Ecclewhat'shisname.
but I've been a bit lax in ... acquiring... the following episodes. BearofPants This scares me. If Anna doesn't like it then the second season must really suck. ...Wait, that didn't sound right. I mean that Anna has a good nose for quality and if she can't be bothered to "aquire" the new episodes then that doesn't bode too well.
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06-11-2006, 12:09 PM | #15 |
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When anyone complains that a particular Doctor isn't like another of their personal more beloved ones, I think... Well that's the point of being a Time Lord isn't it! Change.
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Soon, soon, soon we'll have the fourth series! Been re-watching season 1 and 2 with a poor friend who has missed them (lucky me, being forced to watch them again!), and we'll try watching season 3 before this new one begins..
Uuuuuiiiiuuuuu..
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Nerdanel, when does it come out?
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From what I've heard, within a month. I can't find the exact date, not even on their webpage, so I guess it's not official yet. But anyway, around the second or third week of April, I'd say.
I so look forward to that..
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YEAH!!!!!!! I can't wait!
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03-19-2008, 07:13 PM | #20 |
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At the moment, I'm showing Doctor Who, season 2 to a couple of friends.. They have some catching up to do. And in the meantime, I'm gettin incredibly impatient. I want the Doctor, now.
And where is Draken, who started this thread? I miss him!
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