Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 On 20/11/2022 at 6:52 AM, TSMefford said: Looking forward to seeing these two carry the show. Very welcome change and new era! I still need to finish Whitaker's run - just haven't had time to follow Who the last couple of years, but I enjoyed the handful of Whitaker episodes I had time for. Love the ease with which these two bounce off each other! Reminds me of all the behind the scenes stuff with Matt Smith and Karen Gillan back in 2010 - two gorgeous young people having a laugh, brimming with chemistry and fun. It's a shame we have to wait til 2024 to see the two of them in action together, unless she debuts alongside Ncuti in the Christmas special next year, which is entirely possible. TSMefford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave 217 Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Tracklist: Spoiler CD 1: Eve of the Daleks Here We Are Again Out Of Service I Am Not Nick Deja Vu The Correction Sorry Sorry Sorry Not A Great Plan Took You Long Enough We Will Not Stop We Go Again and We Win The Doctor Cannot Save You A Brilliant Plan Important Stuff to Do Fireworks CD 2: Legend of the Sea Devils You Have No Idea What You're Doing Catching a Whopper Pirate Queen Who Wants to Be Next Celestial Navigation Going Up Say Hello to My Crew This Is Gonna Be Tricky A Good Legend CD 3: The Power of the Doctor You Shall Not Disrupt Our Mission We Should Go In Why Would I Ever Trust You Dealing with Multiple Somethings Magnificent Attention to Detail A Calculated Risk Say Hello to My Friends I Am The Doctor We Are Not Finished What’s The Plan Reunite All Hands On Deck Activate Everything She’s The Doctor https://silvascreen.ochre.store/release/353751-segun-akinola-doctor-who-series-13-the-specials Tracklist at Music Box Records. TSMefford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,528 Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 I notice that The Sea Devils are nowhere to be seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,689 Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 I remember literally none of the music from Sea Devils. The fact that I skipped the last third might have something to do with that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,389 Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Sea Devils wasn't life changing but I have seen much MUCH worse Doctor Who. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,528 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 6 hours ago, Tallguy said: Sea Devils wasn't life changing but I have seen much MUCH worse Doctor Who. In terms of writing, performance, directing, pacing, and music, I can't think of much worse than LEGEND OF THE SEA DEVILS. A giant, festering turd, it was. Even PARADISE TOWERS was better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,389 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Happy November 23rd everybody. I fancy that I'll be watching The Five Doctors today. Docteur Qui and Naïve Old Fart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,528 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 3 hours ago, Tallguy said: Happy November 23rd everybody. You did quite well, quite well. 3 hours ago, Tallguy said: I fancy that I'll be watching The Five Doctors today. Extended version, in 5.1, I trust? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,389 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 27 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Extended version, in 5.1, I trust? Oh heavens no! I'm a purist. Give me my video trapezoid over the cg translucent dog poops. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterTech 994 Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Walmart has suddenly become a place for me to buy random TV show sets because the price was very appealing (Quantum Leap was $10 for the whole series when I bought that, for instance). In this case, series 1-10 with all the specials for $50 was too good a prospect for me to pass up. I can't imagine it being standard def will be an issue for 9 and 10, though I'm sure it's less ideal for 11 and 12. I certainly wish this was in a proper slipcase instead of put together so slap dashedly, but there's a weird charm to finally owning these lazier "exclusive" sets a store can have. I can't imagine I'll be quick to watching these, but I'm glad I finally have a proper incentive to watch the revival instead of continuing to merely think about it. [Oh yeah, I bought another copy of Thriller because my previous one is scratched up, I miss when I actually bought CDs at retail stores, and the bonus tracks were too appealing in spite of some sounding worse than when they were released elsewhere.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,528 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Ooh! THRILLER AT 40. An essential purchase. 14 hours ago, HunterTech said: In this case, series 1-10... That's "series 27-36"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,689 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 I've occasionally been tempted to pick up BDs of the later seasons (the ones shot in HD) but the thing with DW is I rarely rewatch them outside of the odd episode here and there, and iPlayer is there for those odd episodes. The soundtracks are a much more valuable 'keepsake' for me although I don't have them all on CD. Gold lost me musically with 9 and I ended up just buying a few tracks from that one, then I only got Akinola's first series on CD and got the rest digitally. Lately I'm a weird sort of collector where I put much more stock in finding the highest resolution and clearest possible cover art than trying to find CDs, for the majority of cases. 21 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said: That's "series 27-36"! The DVD, soundtrack designers and, well pretty much everyone else disagrees with you there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,528 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Richard Penna said: The DVD, soundtrack designers and, well pretty much everyone else disagrees with you there! In that case, fuck the DVD, soundtrack designers and pretty much everyone else! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,389 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 As someone who never lets the words "Episode IV: A New Hope" escape his lips or appear on his screen I'm going to draw a line at calling the series in 2005 "Series 27". It's Doctor Who 2005 Series 1, obviously. ThePenitentMan1 and Docteur Qui 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,528 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Thin ice, my friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,389 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 5 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Thin ice, my friend. Ahhh yes, that's from Season 10 of Doctor Who 2005, right? Naïve Old Fart and Docteur Qui 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,528 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Very funny (!). Truth to tell; I understand completely, that Auntie and the showrunners, would want to trumpet Nu Who as a whole new enterprise. I also accept that there is an entire generation that has never even heard of Classic Who, let alone watched it, just as there is an entire generation that has never not known Episodes IV, V, and VI, as Episodes IV, V, and VI. I've no wish to sound contrary, but I grew up with DW (I've stated, on this very website that DW is my favourite programme, of any kind... ever!), so the thought of calling Nu Who "Series 1, 2, 3" etc., is anathema. Of course I know exactly what someone means when they talk of - for example - "series 4", but I choose to call it "series 30". Having said that, I'm prepared to go from series 10, to series 11 (when Gatwa takes over), and pretend that the last four years did not exist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 I almost had a heart attack and died when somebody called Matt Smith a “gorgeous young person” in a post on this page. Docteur Qui 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,389 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 39 minutes ago, mstrox said: I almost had a heart attack and died when somebody called Matt Smith a “gorgeous young person” in a post on this page. Beeeeecause he's 40 now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Because he's quite Neanderthalic. But hey, if that's your thing, no judgment. Docteur Qui 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 4 hours ago, mstrox said: I almost had a heart attack and died when somebody called Matt Smith a “gorgeous young person” in a post on this page. If you mean my post I was referring to his very first season, when he was still in his 20's. That's surely young?! If you don't think he's gorgeous, well that's on you! Tallguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mstrox 6,651 Posted November 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 29, 2022 Was talking with my friend about this topic today and I’m breaking the bonds of “private posting” to share her great comment on the matter Marian Schedenig, DarthDementous, Tallguy and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,360 Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Tallguy and Docteur Qui 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,528 Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 I would never call Matt Smith a "hot, young guy", but each to his own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,389 Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 57 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said: I would never call Matt Smith a "hot, young guy", but each to his own. My wife had a fair number of students who did. (But Tennant usually won that battle.) Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,689 Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Nearly forgot that in 2 days we get Eve of the Daleks I'll be giving the special a quick skim to remind myself of the music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 On 29/11/2022 at 11:35 PM, Naïve Old Fart said: I would never call Matt Smith a "hot, young guy", but each to his own. Hot is in the eye of the beholder. And when it comes to the Doctor, so is "young". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,389 Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 1 hour ago, Docteur Qui said: And when it comes to the Doctor, so is "young". Well 11 thought he was young and thought 12 was old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,528 Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 I realised that Moffat was talking about The Doctor, and not Matt Smith. So...my bad. For anyone who is interested: BBC Radio 4 Extra has a show called "The Reunion". This week, it features Carole Ann Ford, Warris Hussein, and William Russell. It's on tomorrow at 11am, GMT, and it's repeated at 9pm, GMT. Ok, so it's from the 50th anniversary celebrations, from 2013, and it's a repeat, but even a repeat of this is better than recent stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,360 Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Will hopefully catch up with that on BBC Sounds ... finding myself listening to a lot on there lately (a 1968 adap of The Day Of the Triffids, dramatisations of Dan Dare stories and Bulldog Drummond read by Julian Rhind-Tutt, amongst others). Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,528 Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS is fantastic! So is the radio adaptation of THE MIDWICH CUCKOOS. There is a live radio version of THE KRAKEN WAKES, with Tamsin Greig. That's decent, as well. The old Dan Dare stuff is great, as is A FOR ANDROMEDA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave 217 Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Here We Go Again (2:16) Out Of Service (2:36) I Am Not Nick (2:33) Deja Vu (3:39) The Correction (3:06) Sorry Sorry Sorry (1:09) Not A Great Plan (6:57) Took You Long Enough (8:43) We Will Not Stop (3:50) We Go Again And We Win (4:01) The Doctor Cannot Save You (3:28) A Brilliant Plan (3:56) Important Stuff To Do (4:11) Fireworks 54 Minutes https://music.apple.com/nz/album/doctor-who-series-13-eve-of-the-daleks/1655254239 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,689 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Sea Devils is out and I did essentially an isolated score watch of the episode to be able to hear the music in context. The episode itself is better than I initially gave it credit for - it's still not a good episode in a relative sense, but hardly 'worst ever'. Certainly better than the utter crap that was the end of Flux. But actually, I like the score more than Eve of the Daleks. Akinola did some nice oriental material as a bit of a change, and it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave 217 Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 "The Power Of The Doctor" album is 77 minutes long. I hope it's good. I'm not that impressed by Eve and Sea Devils so far... https://music.apple.com/nz/album/doctor-who-series-13-the-power-of-the/1657551764 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IheartMelissaBenoist 35 Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 29 minutes ago, Dave said: "The Power Of The Doctor" album is 77 minutes long. I hope it's good. I'm not that impressed by Eve and Sea Devils so far... https://music.apple.com/nz/album/doctor-who-series-13-the-power-of-the/1657551764 Agreed. "Sea Devils" especially seemed very drone-y and repetitive/monotonous. Moreso than usual, even for Segun. Sucks that we get music officially released from all of Segun's episodes, but still do not have an official release for an entire season-plus-special from Murray! I demand JUSTICE! Justice...? Or revenge...? <anguished grimace of shame> (Hey, that still fits! Calibos was played by Neil McCarthy, who played Barnham in Mind of Evil! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave 217 Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 There was an ENTIRE era of Doctor Who between Series 10 and it's still non-existing score release... fucking unbelivable... But in the end I think Segun did a really good job most of the time. After his disapointing Series 11 score I was positively surprised by his music from "Spyfall", "Fugitive Of The Judoon", "The Timeless Children", "Revolution Of The Daleks*" and all of Series 13. There was a constant increase in musical quality. I never would've thought that I'm going to say the following: It's kinda sad to see him go. *I'm still surprised that this score worked as a complete release Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,389 Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 37 minutes ago, schultz.kevin1972 said: (Hey, that still fits! Calibos was played by Neil McCarthy, who played Barnham in Mind of Evil! ) Don't forget Thalos (Tim Pigott-Smith) was in The Masque of Mandragora. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IheartMelissaBenoist 35 Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Tallguy said: Don't forget Thalos (Tim Pigott-Smith) was in The Masque of Mandragora. True. But he wasn't in the scene I was quoting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,689 Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 2 hours ago, schultz.kevin1972 said: Agreed. "Sea Devils" especially seemed very drone-y and repetitive/monotonous. Moreso than usual, even for Segun. Sucks that we get music officially released from all of Segun's episodes, but still do not have an official release for an entire season-plus-special from Murray! I disagree about Sea Devils - I actually like it more than Eve of the Daleks at the moment. But yes it's very strange to look at my Who playlists and see 8, 9.... 11 with the gap. I was worried for a bit earlier this year that given that Akinola has now departed Flux had been forgotten about. And my hope had been just for the specials to get some sort of release, even as a third disc on S13, so having near complete episode scores for all three is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,389 Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 21 minutes ago, schultz.kevin1972 said: True. But he wasn't in the scene I was quoting. Surprisingly Maggie Smith has never been on Doctor Who. Seriously, that's kind of a shock, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 Not really. She was a top tier theater and film actress from the 60s on, hardly the kind of actor that guested on Who, especially in the original run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,389 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 2 hours ago, Disco Stu said: Not really. She was a top tier theater and film actress from the 60s on, hardly the kind of actor that guested on Who, especially in the original run. No, I'm pretty much going with nuWho. She just seems to be in that sweet spot of English / famous enough to be a big deal / not so famous to be impossible / possibly has grandchildren bugging her to be in it. Kind of in the John Hurt zone. Who was the biggest star to be on Classic Who? Brian Blessed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,360 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 There's quite a cool thing happening in Doctor Who Magazine ... the comic strip in it is usually 'separate' adventures from the show's current timeline, but the one that started in last month's issue ('Liberation Of The Daleks') began with the Fourteenth Doctor walking back into the Tardis on the regeneration clifftop and going to the '66 World Cup final, where his oldest enemies proceed to turn up and cause mayhem. It's going to run right up until the 60th anniversary specials next Nov. So Fourteen's first story will be, strictly speaking, in print form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IheartMelissaBenoist 35 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 14 hours ago, Tallguy said: No, I'm pretty much going with nuWho. She just seems to be in that sweet spot of English / famous enough to be a big deal / not so famous to be impossible / possibly has grandchildren bugging her to be in it. Kind of in the John Hurt zone. Who was the biggest star to be on Classic Who? Brian Blessed? John Cleese? Apart from cameos... Brian Blessed probably leads the pack. Geoffrey Palmer? Julian Glover? Jean Marsh? Martin Clunes? Kate O'Mara? Alexei Sayle? Honor Blackman? Ken Dodd? Stubby Kaye? The Beatles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,528 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Martin Jarvis... twice Cyril Shaps Fulton Mackay Patrick Ryecart Eleanor Bron (much more attractive than Cleese) Stratford Johns Barbara Murray Frank Windsor Michael Cochrane Samuel West Catherine Schell Simon Williams as Grp. Capt. "Chunky" Gilmore George Sewell Barbara "oh, do be careful" Salem Michael Sheard Harry Fowler Dinsdale Landen Anne Reid Sheila Hancock Rico Ross Anton Diffring Courtney Pine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthDementous 1,059 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 14 hours ago, Sweeping Strings said: There's quite a cool thing happening in Doctor Who Magazine ... the comic strip in it is usually 'separate' adventures from the show's current timeline, but the one that started in last month's issue ('Liberation Of The Daleks') began with the Fourteenth Doctor walking back into the Tardis on the regeneration clifftop and going to the '66 World Cup final, where his oldest enemies proceed to turn up and cause mayhem. It's going to run right up until the 60th anniversary specials next Nov. So Fourteen's first story will be, strictly speaking, in print form. I've enjoyed RTD's attempt to revitalize pretty much every facet of the Doctor Who franchise instead of the main show, but that's hardly surprising from the man that managed to launch (and write for!) two successful spin-off shows concurrently. Russel understands the important of being holistic and taking advantage of any opportunity, and by the time the 60th launches I don't think hype will have been that high in years for the franchise's return. Sweeping Strings and Docteur Qui 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2022 I don’t like referring to Tennant as the 14th Doctor. Naïve Old Fart, ThePenitentMan1, Tallguy and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,528 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 I agree, Stu. Although there is no precedent for this happening (except, maybe, #12, and Romana 2 choosing their appearance), I am open to the possibility that it could happen. To call him #14, though, isn't right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,360 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Placeholder Doctor? Improving The Ratings Doctor? Ten-porary Doctor? Docteur Qui 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,389 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 2 hours ago, Sweeping Strings said: Ten-porary Doctor? ThePenitentMan1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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