Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 A "best of" clip reel might do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 I could recommend certain available stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 The Classic era is too dated, and too long to sift through. You might happen across a decent story or two, but is it worth wasting so much time to find those? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Yes it is, R! Don't listen to Steef; he's talking from the same place that Cassandra was talking from, in NEW EARTH! Nu Who would never have happened if DW had not been broadcast from '63 - '89. All of DW history is in Classic Who, and it unfolds over 26 wonderful years. I do, however, understand why people would want to start with Eccleston. At the very least, it saves time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Nu-Who has a higher good episode to failure ratio. 1 minute ago, Richard said: Yes it is, R. Nu Who would never have happened if DW had not been broadcast from '63 - '89. All of DW history is in Classic Who, and it unfolds over 26 wonderful years. I do, however, understand why people would want to start with Eccleston. At the very least, it saves time. It's not just time they're saving, it's a precedent RTD and his team set for making Doctor Who contemporary and with quality. Season One looks like utter shit, but as the BBC increased the budget, the show really does contend with other high quality drama shows - the camera work, the music and the acting are all taken up a knotch! Of course, we wouldn't have Nu-Who without the Classic, I would say that it's becoming more irrelevant to watch the Classic era first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Agreed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 30 minutes ago, RPurton said: 4 minutes ago, Richard said: 30 minutes ago, RPurton said: Out if interest, R, how many Classic Who stories have you seen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 About thirty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,495 Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 I think I've said this before, but I've seen everything of WHO since the beginning -- even the "lost" episodes that are only available as still images and audio. Which is weird, because I disliked "classic" Who all through my childhood and teenage years (whenever they showed old episodes on Super Channel or Sky Channel). It was only with the 2005 reboot that I became a fan, and decided to spend about half a year going through the entire run since the dawn of time itself. Well, as you can imagine, it was a sluggish experience at times, but I championed through. I don't regret it now, when there are all these references to the old characters and doctors. I think Gatiss may very well play the Brigadier here. If so, I'm not entirely sold on the idea. He doesn't have the charisma and "gentleman masculinity" of Nicholas Courtney. But we'll see. David Bradley is of course the spitting image of Will Hartnell, a role he's previously played, so that's every kind of great. To see him not only as Hartnell, but the Doctor himself. Looking forward to this; could be one of the better Christmas specials, despite Moffat. Arpy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 If he's the Brigadier, it would certainly lend well to the fact that he has said he's met multiple Doctor's prior to The Five Doctor's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Until the end if the last series, Bradley did not play The Doctor. If you want to be picky, he played William Hartnell playing The Doctor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,495 Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 8 minutes ago, Richard said: Until the end if the last series, Bradley did not play The Doctor. If you want to be lucky, he played William Hartnell playing The Doctor. Yup, I mentioned this earlier. And he really nailed it in that special. Not only in looks, but also in mannerisms. Especially because there aren't any interviews with Hartnell (live footage) to work from, AFAIK. [Edit: well, apparently there is: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2013/aug/22/doctor-who-rediscovered-william-hartnell-interview] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 32 minutes ago, RPurton said: If he's the Brigadier, it would certainly lend well to the fact that he has said he's met multiple Doctor's prior to The Five Doctor's. Of course he had. Prior to the THE FIVE DOCTORS, he met 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Nicholas Courtney even worked with Doctor#1, in the sixties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,495 Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 And here's the interview (come to think of it, I've seen this before, right around the time it was released: Interviewer: "This is your debut in pantomime. Do you see a future in pantomime?" Hartnell: "No....no". I shouldn't laugh, perhaps, but I found that rather funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Interesting. I assume that that was just after DW, or perhaps toward the end of his tenure? Thanks for that, Thor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,495 Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 2 minutes ago, Richard said: Interesting. I assume that that was just after DW, or perhaps toward the end of his tenure? Thanks for that, Thor. Yes, it was right after his tenure, when he had to resign the Doctor role due to illness. I think it was just months before his death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 As he died in '75, it was probably not. If you watch him T3Ds, you can see that he was going downhill fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,495 Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Good point. I wonder what he did those last few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 19 minutes ago, Richard said: Of course he had. Prior to the THE FIVE DOCTORS, he met 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Nicholas Courtney even worked with Doctor#1, in the sixties. When he said the line I was referring to, he had only met two Doctors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 8 hours ago, Evil-Lyn said: Shouldn't this be The Doctor's final regeneration? In the 1990s TV movie, the 8th Doctor said he had 13 lives. actually, EL, he said that he had 12 lives, but the line was redubbed! It's the "of course not" scenario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieter Boelen 740 Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 9 hours ago, Richard said: I could recommend certain available stories. Please do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 12 hours ago, Pieter_Boelen said: ...who's the blonde? As the scene is in the first Doctor's TARDIS, and it's at the south pole, I have a feeling that it might just be Polly. 2 hours ago, Pieter_Boelen said: Please do! I will, right after I've finished watching ROSE. Eccleston is a pure delight! Pieter Boelen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieter Boelen 740 Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 1 hour ago, Richard said: As the scene is in the first Doctor's TARDIS, and it's at the south pole, I have a feeling that it might just be Polly. Polly? I assume that's a character I haven't reached yet. I didn't get further than Ian and Barbara leaving, but that was months ago. Have to find a sea of time to watch the rest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Polly is one of two companions - the other being Ben - who witnessed the first Doctor's regeneration. Pieter Boelen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 That Yorkshire accent is sexy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 Yes it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 I really hope she uses it for the Doctor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 Lots of planets have a north! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Her most recent role is of a woman pretending to be a doctor. Hmm. Sounds familiar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Sexist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 17 hours ago, Disco Stu said: I really hope she uses it for the Doctor "Eee up, lad, 'ere cum t'Daleks". You want this? Really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Yes. If Eccleston can use a Mancunian accent and Capaldi can use a Scottish accent why can't she use a Yorkshire accent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Baker>Liverpool>no accent McCoy>Scotland>no accent McGann>Liverpool>no accent Grant>Swaziland>no accent Tennant>Scotland>no accent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 So? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 So! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Her accent is like beautiful music to my ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 49 minutes ago, Richard said: McCoy>Scotland>no accent Tennant>Scotland>no accent McCoy had an accent! Tennant had an Estuary accent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 1 minute ago, Stefancos said: McCoy had an accent! Tennant had an Estuary accent! Yes, he's just showing his biases by pretending that a home counties accent is a "default." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Very regionalist! Southern twat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,192 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Keep the accent! It was a huge missed opportunity that Tennant wasn't allowed to keep his. Although who knows if we'd ever gotten a Capaldi Doctor (yet another Scotsman?) in that case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,686 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Anyone any idea why Tennant couldn't keep his? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 I quite liked Tennant's Doctor accent actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 2 hours ago, Stefancos said: Very regionalist! Southern twat! 53 minutes ago, Stefancos said: I quite liked Tennant's Doctor accent actually. Now who's the...woman's personal parts? Anyway, what makes you think that I'm from the South? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 I wish there was a way to block someone's posts, but only in one specific thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Whose posts would you like to see blocked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,192 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 2 hours ago, Stefancos said: I quite liked Tennant's Doctor accent actually. Oh, I did too, but I would probably have liked him even more with his Scottish accent. I'm probably going to watch Broadchurch again someday just for Tennant's accent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 I prefer the Doctor as a man whisking attractive young ladies off on adventures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Now, she's going to be a woman, whisking attractive young laddies off on adventures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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