doctor who fans

[Dan B]

Ben Goldacre. Or Brian May, if it has to be a guitarist

 

[Profpointy]

[QUOTE 3999441, member: 45"]Doctor Who is rubbish now. There's no action, just lots of pretentious talking and music.

If it wasn't for Clara they'd have lost a viewer.[/QUOTE]

not like in the old days where the planet of the week looked like a gravel pit in Hounslow, and to escape the monster you just had to walk slightly briskly. Remember the Merka (spelling?) anyway - perhaps the crapest monster of them all, and given it added nothing to the plot (Silurian base under siege) why stick the bloody thing in

 

[midlife]

But that said, I think it's great they tried to do something different dramatically / narratively, maybe not wholly successfully, though I enjoyed it. OK, the "plot" as such didn't really make sense, but perhaps that doesn't matter much, as it was at least partly narrated by someone else who was trying to mislead. "blink", one of the best ever in my view had similar ambition

"Blink" and "the empty child" were a couple of the better ones

Shaun

 

[Profpointy]

"Blink" and "the empty child" were a couple of the better ones

Shaun

Probably the two very best of the new lot; both brilliant.

I must admit, I've particularly enjoyed this new series, but can see the reasons some people upthread are less keen.
I am an avowed fan, but admit not all stories are great, and there have been some stinkers, and a bit too many where they've painted themselves into a corner, then wrapped it up a bit too conveniently at the end. I applaud the greater ambition of the current series - trying different things, filmically (if that's a word), dramatically and how it's narrated. Some pretty biting satire here and there too.

 

[midlife]

[QUOTE 4029816, member: 45"]Tonight he's just wandering up and down a corridor talking to himself.[/QUOTE]

Talking badly to himself........

Shaun

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I think I just watched Groundog Eternity.

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

I thought it was a good episode but there was still too much Clara in it.

 

[srw]

[QUOTE 4029867, member: 45"]It's like being at a classical concert and being annoyed because the bloke behind you won't stop talking.[/QUOTE]
Go and find a CD of Beethoven's 3rd symphony, and listen to the slow movement - the music was basically just a simplification of that. Excellent for incidental music, hopeless as a standalone piece.

I thought last night's episode was phenomenally good - a very simple idea, extremely well executed. The hint about a regeneration in the trailer for next week is interesting.

Having spent the last few months watching Hustle from beginning to end of 8 series Adrian Lester would be a good contrast to Capaldi as the next doctor - a different kind of wit but the same outstanding acting ability.

 

[Profpointy]

Well I thought it outstanding - gothic horror mixed with steam punk sci fi. And the ending was superb and clever and neatly avoided the all-too-easy magic escapes they occasionally do

 

[Julia9054]

I struggled to understand what was going on for most of last night's episode. Then it all fell into place - brilliant!
Did wonder how the hell a 9 year old is supposed to grasp it though. (Maybe I'm a bit dense!)
Lots of Peter Capaldi on screen suits me!

 

[Tin Pot]

I saw a few Pertwee episodes the other day. Wow.

I think Karl Pilkington would be an excellent companion.

Stephen Fry as The Doctor?

Brian Cox?

Or they could go a bit more hard edged with Tim Roth.

 

[Profpointy]

I saw a few Pertwee episodes the other day. Wow.

I think Karl Pilkington would be an excellent companion.

Stephen Fry as The Doctor?

Brian Cox?

Or they could go a bit more hard edged with Tim Roth.

Pertwee was "my" Doctor as it were, though also Tom Baker in my later childhood.
Many of Pertwee's stories were terrific - "The Mutants" and "Day of the Daleks" being particular favourites - both of which stand up pretty well maybe 45 years on. The Autons stories and those with the Master (the great Roger Delgado in those days) also still rather good.
There are some duds of course, and some that are quite good, yet miss the mark.

Even the later rubbished years had the odd gem - McCoy's Curse of Fenric in particular was terrific despite being the fag end of a series way past its best. McCoy's a fine actor and a great doctor in my view, but hampered by some very weak material in much of his tenure unfortunately

 

[Yellow Fang]

While a bit drunk I bought a DVD of some of lost episodes of Dr Who during the 60's. It was a reminder that not everything was better on the telly in the past. It was very stagey and cod Shakespearean.

 

[Tin Pot]

Pertwee was "my" Doctor as it were, though also Tom Baker in my later childhood.
Many of Pertwee's stories were terrific - "The Mutants" and "Day of the Daleks" being particular favourites - both of which stand up pretty well maybe 45 years on. The Autons stories and those with the Master (the great Roger Delgado in those days) also still rather good.
There are some duds of course, and some that are quite good, yet miss the mark.

Even the later rubbished years had the odd gem - McCoy's Curse of Fenric in particular was terrific despite being the fag end of a series way past its best. McCoy's a fine actor and a great doctor in my view, but hampered by some very weak material in much of his tenure unfortunately

No one can defend McCoy's Doctor - it was heinous.

Did Pertwee have a son? Give him the job.

 

[Profpointy]

No one can defend McCoy's Doctor - it was heinous.

Did Pertwee have a son? Give him the job.

I think it's fair to make a distinction between McCoy's Doctor, and Doctor Who in the McCoy era.
He was arguably the only "classic" Doctor who to appear alien or not-of-this-world. And as I say, Curse of Fenric was a cracking story.