40 years of a timelord.

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It's now officialy 40 years since Doctor Who first began. UK Gold have been doing a special weekend-long celebration and they're doing a pretty good job too. Much better then the BBC's pitiful efforts. A 5 minute bit on Blue Peter and a jaw-droppingly appaling sketch on Children In Need. Let's hope the documentary for next month is better.

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I heard something about a Cartoon version.

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who was your favorite Who? i always thought tom baker was the best.

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Tough one.  Either Jon Pertwee or Peter Davison.

I caught the lead in to Attack of the Cybermen on UK Gold.  Even 20 years older Nicola Bryant still looks cute!   

[EDIT}Nurdy, there's a cartoon version that is/will be shown on the Internet.

But more importantly, there's a new series of Doctor WHo starting in 2005!!!  [/EDIT]

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I like Tom Baker best too... In fact I have a Tom Baker video collection somewhere here...  Aren't they starting a new Doctor Who (oh wait someone just said that)... What life will he be on, and who will be playing him?

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It's Time Lord, not timelord, darn it.

 

Originally posted by Metdude:
...a jaw-droppingly appaling sketch on Children In Need.

Ah, Dimensions in Time.  "Pickled in time, like gherkins in a jar."  And those Spitting Image heads of Hartnell and Troughton.  You know, I'm one of the relatively few people in the world who's seen the "Big Ron" version of that, though I'm probably also one of the relatively few people in the world who even remembers it.

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They made a Dr. Who tv movie for Fox one time, I remember seeing it and thinking how weird yet I wanted to see it sooo bad and did.  I think they wasted a whole life for that tv movie....

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Originally posted by Metdude:
... a jaw-droppingly appaling sketch on Children In Need....

You expect something good from "Children in Need"? Children in need is an annoying event in my callendar now. Red Nose Day has the right approach, their Bi-Annual appeal means that it's not been over campaigned and i still try and tune in for it, it's organised much better too.

Dr. Who? I'm not old enough to remember him much, i can remember him and watching him, but i remember nothing about him or anything about the shows i've watched.

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Originally posted by winna:
Aren't they starting a new Doctor Who (oh wait someone just said that)... What life will he be on, and who will be playing him?

Assuming they count Paul McGann (from the FOX TV movie) as the 8th Doctor, the 2005 Doctor will be the 9th.

Several candidates for the role are:

Alan Davies (the media's choice)
Antony Head (the fan's choice)
Eddie Izzard (Tom Baker's choice)
Bill Nighy (RTD's choice)
Richard E Grant (Appearing in the internet cartoon)
Stephen Fry (His name keeps coming up for some reason)
Sean Pertwee (son of Jon)

Tom Baker has also said that he'd like to play the Master...

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just once i'd like to see a star as Who. not that we need to turn the series into a James Bond saga, but it  would be interesting to see and could be a real boon for the show. 
and how about companions? i always had a thing for Sarah Jane Smith.....(*insert tongue roll*) and who could forget the lovely Leela?   hmmmm?

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I don't think a big star's such a good idea.  The new show needs to be finding it's audience, not puffing up the already bloated ego of some big name.

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well maybe not a "big"star.. how about Mr. Bean?
(just joking)

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I've been watching the Doctor since 1978, and have only become more of a fan as the years went by.  Here's a tidbit for any Whovians around here, I'm gonna go check out the new Looney Toons movie, why you may ask?

Because:

Show spoiler

A friend of mine went to see it this weekend, and he's also a whovian, and he told me to watch out for two Daleks, in the movie, and they do say, Exterminate! Exterminate!!!

So, I'm going to check it, and see if he's pulling my leg or not.

Favorite Doctor: Seventh, kicked butt like I thought a Time Lord shoud.

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Yeah, Sylvester McCoy's probably my third favourite.

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As for who should play the new Doctor, I really like Alan Davies.  He's got a quirky style about him, which is what the Doctor needs in my opinion.  Next choice would be Richard Grant.

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Tom Baker as the Master... how odd.  Isn't the 9th life like the last or something?  And what life is the Master on now?  It's been awhile.

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The 13th is supposed to be the last.  The Master was on his last but he took over another body to keep on living.  But if you count the TV movie, he became a sort of liquid creature.  Anyway, I think they ought to just kill him off for good.

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Originally posted by Action Jackson:
The 13th is supposed to be the last. The Master was on his last but he took over another body to keep on living. But if you count the TV movie, he became a sort of liquid creature. Anyway, I think they ought to just kill him off for good.

However, in the 5 Doctors, the Time Lords did offer the Master a completely new set of lives, and he was on a borrowed body when they told him that.  And Doctor Who has played fast and loose with continutiy when it had to, they could probably give him a new body, and explain it away

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Originally posted by winna:
They made a Dr. Who tv movie for Fox one time, I remember seeing it and thinking how weird yet I wanted to see it sooo bad and did.  I think they wasted a whole life for that tv movie....

I dont get why everyone Hates the Doctor Who movie. I liked it.

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Yea I mean it wasn't the best WHO out there but it was better then some old episodes I have seen. Although I hated the Eye Of Harmony being on the T.A.R.D.I.S. But they did waste a life since they won't bring McGann back. So it would have to be on to #9.

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I didn't say I hated it... I generally liked the movie... although it was like a whole series in about an hour and an half...

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I say Rowin Atkinson should be the next Doctor.

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Originally posted by Action Jacktion:
The 13th is supposed to be the last.  The Master was on his last but he took over another body to keep on living.  But if you count the TV movie, he became a sort of liquid creature.  Anyway, I think they ought to just kill him off for good.

Nah, you've GOT to have the Master!  But Eric Roberts was the worst possible choice to play him.  I cheered when he got eaten on South Park. 

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You can watch the online cartoon here, in case anybody was wondering. I need to see the next few installments before I can decide whether it's any good or not. The animation is pretty bad though. I guess you can't expect too much from an internet cartoon, but the faces don't show any emotion at all and it annoys me.

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*watches part one and gives up part way through*

Laughably bad.  The opening scene of the two guys watching the meteorite crash looks like it was animated by the South Park team.  And the title sequence looked more like Ghostbusters Extreme than Doctor Who. 

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Hmmm. I'll check it out tommorow. PCC Fred isn't a true nerd so his opinion does not count.

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My favourite doctors are Pat Troughton and Jon Pertwee. I was watching the survivng episodes of The Faceless Ones and The Web Of Fear today due to BBC Video's new release. They're pretty good especially Web. It is as good as everyone says it is. Shame the other episodes don't exist.

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Have to go for Pertwee as the best Doctor so far. I was a big fan back then, but I guess I’ve lapsed. As for the candidates to take over the role, I’d say Alan Davies would make a good job of it.

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Has anybody listened to Real Time on the BBC's site.  I've gotten through the first segment, and am going to listen to the rest over my Thanksgiving holiday.  What do you think of the new Cyberman designs?  Would you like to see that on the new episodes, or something closer to my favorites, the Earthshock style?

I was on my Trek board earlier today, and someone posted that Terry Nation's estate is in a definite argument with the BBC, to the point that they will not let the Daleks appear on the new Doctor Who series.  Any one know the reasons behind this?

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Originally posted by Nurdbot:
PCC Fred isn't a true nerd

Phew!

With today's video release of odd episodes from several stories, the BBC have released EVERY existing Doctor Who episode.  That's almost 600 episodes over a period of 14 years!!!

*hugs his twelve year old copy of The Five Doctors and weeps*

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Originally posted by zoidberg74:
who was your favorite Who?

I like Tom Baker the best.  All of the other Doctors that I've seen were pretty good, but not as good as Tom Baker.

 

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and how about companions?

My favorite was always Romana.   

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BBC I have got a online new dr who series with Richard E Grant as the dr I was wondering does any one know if its any good?

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I've seen part of it and didn't like it, but you can judge for yourself by clicking here.

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Oh and Tom Baker was the best Doctor.

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thx pcc fred

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Personally ive only seen random episodes and when the BBC repeated them for a while, they Were amazing i loved them as a child and being my age i don't really remember them that much, also i ain't seen the anim,

having a 56k modem stops me cause i have Short intension span to wait for it to load   

looking forward to the new Dr. Who but i don't think it will not be as good as the originals, but then i can't really judge cause i ain't seen all episodes of Dr. who   

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Thx for the n put flas can u remember what episoded u sore?
work those brain cells

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Not really oh though it did have the daleks in it


work those Guns

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Originally posted by Wonderbee31:
And Doctor Who has played fast and loose with continutiy when it had to, they could probably give him a new body, and explain it away

"Continuity" (in Doctor Who terms) is merely something that fans do to make themselves feel important.  Some have even made a career out of it   

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Originally posted by Wonderbee31:
 However, in the 5 Doctors, the Time Lords did offer the Master a completely new set of lives, and he was on a borrowed body when they told him that.  And Doctor Who has played fast and loose with continutiy when it had to, they could probably give him a new body, and explain it away

The Doctor's saved the Time Lords on several occasions.  By now they must owe him a favour or two.