Dr Who

Chris · 24 Aug 2005, 14:41

Because i can't be the only Dr Who fan on the forums, a thread to talk about anything Dr Who related!

And just to start things off, a spoiler from the new series:

sherrie87 · 24 Aug 2005, 19:45

I am a big Doctor Who fan as well, though the "new" series isn't shown in the US.

I am a big fan of the Pertwee and Davison eras, but for some reason I never was terribly fond of the Tom Baker version- so your spoiler wasn't as big a thrill as (for instance) a return by UNIT or Turlough or Nyssa. I haven't seen anything past first few the Sylvester McCoy shows, but I'll be glad to chat about anything related to DW!

Sherrie

Chris · 25 Aug 2005, 22:22

**Diane** · 25 Aug 2005, 23:50

Just looked at your spoiler Chris. Anthony Head also played Frank'n'Furter on stage in The Rocky Horror Show. Hmmmm The Master in fishnets and suspenders .... that would be different!

Diane

Chris · 26 Aug 2005, 16:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diane

Just looked at your spoiler Chris. Anthony Head also played Frank'n'Furter on stage in The Rocky Horror Show. Hmmmm The Master in fishnets and suspenders .... that would be different!

Diane

Given that it would have the Master in fishnets, a camp Casanova playing the Dr and is to be written by Stephen Fry....

....the mind boggles at what it will be like!!!

Keab42 · 27 Aug 2005, 23:49

highly entertaining i hope

needmoremeat · 28 Aug 2005, 17:49

I enjoyed the last series of Dr Who! I'm surprised this is the first post on the subject! I've seen a couple of the old ones with my brother and parents, and me and brother were laughing a lot where we shouldn't have been!

There was a part with an evil woman who wanted something the Dr and his assistant had, and they played piggy in the middle with her for about three seconds before she keeled over and died, and you realised she's a robot of some sort. Then a Dalek came over the hill and began to say "Extermin -" and then it blew up!

Then there was this green alien person in one of those things like a big baby walker that they sit in with wheels in who my brother used to be scared of (bless!

), and you could see the actor had to really move his feet to make the thing move!

I'm starting to miss the new episodes, I don't watch a lot of TV as it is, and I'm eagerly awaiting the next installment!

Chris · 28 Aug 2005, 19:04

I'm puzzled as to how the Master can return!

If i recall correctly, the Master is a time lord who turned evil. In the last series the Dr said he was the last of the Time Lords as the rest had perished in the Final Time War.

The best baddies were without doubt the Cybermen.

**SueW** · 28 Aug 2005, 20:14

And the actor who played The Master was killed in a car crash (I think).

I was dubious about how good the re-vamped show would be but I really enjoyed it. Good storylines with humour added too made a great package. I thought that "killing" the losing contestents on Big Brother and The Weakest Link was a brilliant idea and the farting aliens and Second World War episodes were really well thought out, plus they even made us feel sorry for the last remaining Dalek.

The Daleks and the Ice Warriors were the most scary for me.

Chris · 28 Aug 2005, 20:25

He did - Roger Delgado.

They are using old footage of him and morphing it into Anthoney Head for a regeneration.

The Ice Warriors were scary- to be honest, i was scared of most of the villains!!!

Pixie · 28 Aug 2005, 23:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by SueW

And the actor who played The Master was killed in a car crash (I think).

I was dubious about how good the re-vamped show would be but I really enjoyed it. Good storylines with humour added too made a great package. I thought that "killing" the losing contestents on Big Brother and The Weakest Link was a brilliant idea and the farting aliens and Second World War episodes were really well thought out, plus they even made us feel sorry for the last remaining Dalek.

The Daleks and the Ice Warriors were the most scary for me.

Yeah, the farting aliens were great - my kids were just as scared of the new 'monsters' as I was when I was their age - except they spotted the woman farting alien guest-starring in Casualty/Holby last night straight away!!

Will be great to see the Cyberman back too...so who do we think played the 'ultimate' Doctor?

Chris · 28 Aug 2005, 23:26

I don't think there is an ultimate Dr.

Each of the actors has played the different incarnations in such different ways.

William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton both seemed to play very moralistic Drs who were out to do good deeds whereas Eccleston was a much more humourous and mischievous Dr.

I kinda liked McCoy's version but only because that wqas the one from my era. All the rest were the old Doctors!

The only one I cannot stand is Tom Baker as I cannot abide him in anything! (I know a dodgy story about him but it isn't overly suitable for this forum!!)

If I had to choose I would say Ecclestone is the best so far.

Having said that, the early clips of some of Tennant's scenes from the Christmas Invasion are brilliant.

needmoremeat · 02 Sep 2005, 20:30

Just remembered the other day that a little while ago I had a dream that a Dalek was chasing me through Sunderland city centre!!

It was so scary and so not fair as the town was packed with people yet it was singling me out to chase! And you know how Daleks move quite slowly? Well I was running faster and faster to get on my bus home so I'd be safe, but the Dalek kept catching me up even though it was going at normal speed and............!!!! It finally caught me up and exterminated David Tennant's Dr, who just appeared beside me then out of nowhere, and I can't remember what happened after that, but still............scary!!!!!!!!!!!!

sherrie87 · 05 Sep 2005, 02:09

I know that Roger Delgado (my favorite of the two actors to play "the Master") died in a car accident, but another actor (Anthony Ainley is the name that is popping into my head, though that could be wrong) played him in the Davison era- perhaps he will be used rather than old footage of Delgado?

Sherrie

Chris · 05 Oct 2005, 16:08

Time to return from gazing in to the vortex at the heart of the TARDIS to bring you yet another spoiler.

sherrie87 · 05 Oct 2005, 18:06

Oh my, that's deliciously complicated, idnit? Though <name deleted due to spoiler> would be my last choice of former Doctors, it does sound interesting. Now they need to get going on bringing back my high school boyfriends, Mike Yates and Sgt Benton!

Sherrie

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris

Time to return from gazing in to the vortex at the heart of the TARDIS to bring you yet another spoiler.

**SueW** · 05 Oct 2005, 23:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by sherrie87

bringing back my high school boyfriends, Mike Yates and Sgt Benton!

Sherrie

I remember those!! I liked it when they had UNIT ... I think it was partly because aliens on earth brings it home more than on another planet (or that silly skin stretched thin episode of this series, although I like all the others).

Is Jon Pertwee still alive?

Chris · 05 Oct 2005, 23:55

As far as I know he is.

The stretched skin thing was called Cassandra and she will be back in series two but it will be earlier in time before she became just a piece of skin.

sherrie87 · 06 Oct 2005, 03:56

Sadly, Jon Pertwee died of a heart attack while on vacation here in the States in May of 1996, at the age of 76.

I met the three major member of UNIT in 1984, when I was 15, and I was absolutely enamoured with them for a good 2 or 3 years. Nicholas Courtney (The Brigadier), Richard Frankin (Mike Yates) and John Levene (Sgt Benton) were somehow convinced to come to a "UNIT Reunion" Doctor Who convention in August in Tampa Florida, and the air conditioning went out on the first day of the three day con. They were absolutely melting, all of my photos feature sweat soaked UNIT folks. John Levene goes by a completely different name now (I can't remember what it is), and is an actor and caberet performer on cruise ships in the US. Hows that for useless DW trivia?

Sherrie

Chris · 26 Oct 2005, 14:11

Yet more Dr Who related gossipy goodness for you all!

There is to be a new spin-off series of Dr Who.

In the last series we met Captain jack who is obviously some sort of alien as he has access to time travel devices and the like.

Well, there will be a spin-off starring Captain jack as part of a team who track down and investigate alien technologies and the like when they are stolen or used maliciously.

The series will be written by Hunter T. Davies who is the current driving force behind Dr Who. The team will be featured in series 2 of Dr Who and then the separate series will be launched.

However, hunter Davies has said that it will not feature time travel which kind of intrigues me!

EDIT> there is no point putting this as a hidden spoiler - the BBC have already run the story. The show is to be called Torchwood. (think anagrams!!)

**Diane** · 26 Oct 2005, 14:59

Thought anagrams Chris. Good one!

Diane

Pixie · 26 Oct 2005, 15:46

Sounds kind of like a cross between The X Files and Afterlife - intriguing! Hope it still has the same blend of intelligent humour!

**SueW** · 26 Oct 2005, 19:37

I just hope it has the same acting playing Captain Jack as he was really nice looking!

Chris · 26 Oct 2005, 20:46

It is the same actor. Signed up for a feull season plus christmas special and a couple of guest appearances in he new Dr Who as well.

Reading some of the comments that are floating abut this new programme, it looks distinctly like it could be a sort of UNIT type place. It certainly looks good.

More on this as we get it!

Chris · 30 Apr 2006, 19:46

Having just watched episode three, I have to make one comment:

Never ignore the shooty dog type thing!

K9 is back.
And He Rocks!!!

24 Aug 2005, 14:41	#1
Chris Mega Loafer Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Somewhere in the real world. Posts: 7,527	Dr Who Because i can't be the only Dr Who fan on the forums, a thread to talk about anything Dr Who related! And just to start things off, a spoiler from the new series: K9 will definitely be returning with Sarah jane in episode 3. The contracts have been signed with the people who own the rights to K9 but expect a bit of press querying about whether they will agree in order to get people talking. And what will K-9 look like after all those years in the extra dimensions with Sarah?

25 Aug 2005, 22:22	#3
Chris Mega Loafer Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Somewhere in the real world. Posts: 7,527	The Master is going to return. He is going to be played by Anthony Head (Star of buffy and Nescafe ads.) and there will be a morph scene thingie where the old actor morphs into the new one!

05 Oct 2005, 16:08	#15
Chris Mega Loafer Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Somewhere in the real world. Posts: 7,527	Time to return from gazing in to the vortex at the heart of the TARDIS to bring you yet another spoiler. This morning contracts were signed for Tom Baker to make his return to the series. He will be playing the mouthpiece of the Time Lords. It is highly likely that the storyline will mean that The Dr sees his previous incarnation as the front of ther Time Council whereas if the Master was summoned by them he would see his own previous incarnation. Although the contracts have been signed, negotiations are still being carried out over whether Baker will be seen or just heard. Technically the Dr will not be allowed to see him but that rule was abandoned by the Time Council in both "The Three Doctors"a nd subsequently in "The Five Doctors". It does also appear that the Time Wars must have not destroyed all the Time Lords as suggested in series 1. My money would be on the Dr containing a secret of gallifrey in his head and so being made to believe he was the last one to prevent him utilising the knowledge!!

26 Oct 2005, 14:11	#20
Chris Mega Loafer Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Somewhere in the real world. Posts: 7,527	Yet more Dr Who related gossipy goodness for you all! There is to be a new spin-off series of Dr Who. In the last series we met Captain jack who is obviously some sort of alien as he has access to time travel devices and the like. Well, there will be a spin-off starring Captain jack as part of a team who track down and investigate alien technologies and the like when they are stolen or used maliciously. The series will be written by Hunter T. Davies who is the current driving force behind Dr Who. The team will be featured in series 2 of Dr Who and then the separate series will be launched. However, hunter Davies has said that it will not feature time travel which kind of intrigues me! EDIT> there is no point putting this as a hidden spoiler - the BBC have already run the story. The show is to be called Torchwood. (think anagrams!!) Last edited by Chris; 26 Oct 2005 at 14:27.

24 Aug 2005, 19:45	#2
sherrie87 Mega Loafer Join Date: 20.02.2003 Location: Largo, FL Posts: 1,262	I am a big Doctor Who fan as well, though the "new" series isn't shown in the US. I am a big fan of the Pertwee and Davison eras, but for some reason I never was terribly fond of the Tom Baker version- so your spoiler wasn't as big a thrill as (for instance) a return by UNIT or Turlough or Nyssa. I haven't seen anything past first few the Sylvester McCoy shows, but I'll be glad to chat about anything related to DW! Sherrie

25 Aug 2005, 23:50	#4
Diane Super Moderator Join Date: 04.02.2003 Location: Guernsey, Channel Islands Posts: 3,462	Just looked at your spoiler Chris. Anthony Head also played Frank'n'Furter on stage in The Rocky Horror Show. Hmmmm The Master in fishnets and suspenders .... that would be different! Diane

27 Aug 2005, 23:49	#6
Keab42 Astrophysicist At Large Join Date: 19.04.2003 Location: Beneath his dreaming tree Posts: 4,284	highly entertaining i hope

28 Aug 2005, 17:49	#7
needmoremeat Mega Loafer Join Date: 23.11.2003 Location: Sunderland, UK Posts: 1,416	I enjoyed the last series of Dr Who! I'm surprised this is the first post on the subject! I've seen a couple of the old ones with my brother and parents, and me and brother were laughing a lot where we shouldn't have been! There was a part with an evil woman who wanted something the Dr and his assistant had, and they played piggy in the middle with her for about three seconds before she keeled over and died, and you realised she's a robot of some sort. Then a Dalek came over the hill and began to say "Extermin -" and then it blew up! Then there was this green alien person in one of those things like a big baby walker that they sit in with wheels in who my brother used to be scared of (bless! ), and you could see the actor had to really move his feet to make the thing move! I'm starting to miss the new episodes, I don't watch a lot of TV as it is, and I'm eagerly awaiting the next installment!

28 Aug 2005, 19:04	#8
Chris Mega Loafer Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Somewhere in the real world. Posts: 7,527	I'm puzzled as to how the Master can return! If i recall correctly, the Master is a time lord who turned evil. In the last series the Dr said he was the last of the Time Lords as the rest had perished in the Final Time War. The best baddies were without doubt the Cybermen.

28 Aug 2005, 20:14	#9
SueW Moderator Join Date: 14.04.2002 Posts: 1,345	And the actor who played The Master was killed in a car crash (I think). I was dubious about how good the re-vamped show would be but I really enjoyed it. Good storylines with humour added too made a great package. I thought that "killing" the losing contestents on Big Brother and The Weakest Link was a brilliant idea and the farting aliens and Second World War episodes were really well thought out, plus they even made us feel sorry for the last remaining Dalek. The Daleks and the Ice Warriors were the most scary for me.

28 Aug 2005, 20:25	#10
Chris Mega Loafer Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Somewhere in the real world. Posts: 7,527	He did - Roger Delgado. They are using old footage of him and morphing it into Anthoney Head for a regeneration. The Ice Warriors were scary- to be honest, i was scared of most of the villains!!!

28 Aug 2005, 23:26	#12
Chris Mega Loafer Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Somewhere in the real world. Posts: 7,527	I don't think there is an ultimate Dr. Each of the actors has played the different incarnations in such different ways. William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton both seemed to play very moralistic Drs who were out to do good deeds whereas Eccleston was a much more humourous and mischievous Dr. I kinda liked McCoy's version but only because that wqas the one from my era. All the rest were the old Doctors! The only one I cannot stand is Tom Baker as I cannot abide him in anything! (I know a dodgy story about him but it isn't overly suitable for this forum!!) If I had to choose I would say Ecclestone is the best so far. Having said that, the early clips of some of Tennant's scenes from the Christmas Invasion are brilliant.

02 Sep 2005, 20:30	#13
needmoremeat Mega Loafer Join Date: 23.11.2003 Location: Sunderland, UK Posts: 1,416	Just remembered the other day that a little while ago I had a dream that a Dalek was chasing me through Sunderland city centre!! It was so scary and so not fair as the town was packed with people yet it was singling me out to chase! And you know how Daleks move quite slowly? Well I was running faster and faster to get on my bus home so I'd be safe, but the Dalek kept catching me up even though it was going at normal speed and............!!!! It finally caught me up and exterminated David Tennant's Dr, who just appeared beside me then out of nowhere, and I can't remember what happened after that, but still............scary!!!!!!!!!!!!

05 Sep 2005, 02:09	#14
sherrie87 Mega Loafer Join Date: 20.02.2003 Location: Largo, FL Posts: 1,262	I know that Roger Delgado (my favorite of the two actors to play "the Master") died in a car accident, but another actor (Anthony Ainley is the name that is popping into my head, though that could be wrong) played him in the Davison era- perhaps he will be used rather than old footage of Delgado? Sherrie

05 Oct 2005, 23:55	#18
Chris Mega Loafer Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Somewhere in the real world. Posts: 7,527	As far as I know he is. The stretched skin thing was called Cassandra and she will be back in series two but it will be earlier in time before she became just a piece of skin.

06 Oct 2005, 03:56	#19
sherrie87 Mega Loafer Join Date: 20.02.2003 Location: Largo, FL Posts: 1,262	Sadly, Jon Pertwee died of a heart attack while on vacation here in the States in May of 1996, at the age of 76. I met the three major member of UNIT in 1984, when I was 15, and I was absolutely enamoured with them for a good 2 or 3 years. Nicholas Courtney (The Brigadier), Richard Frankin (Mike Yates) and John Levene (Sgt Benton) were somehow convinced to come to a "UNIT Reunion" Doctor Who convention in August in Tampa Florida, and the air conditioning went out on the first day of the three day con. They were absolutely melting, all of my photos feature sweat soaked UNIT folks. John Levene goes by a completely different name now (I can't remember what it is), and is an actor and caberet performer on cruise ships in the US. Hows that for useless DW trivia? Sherrie

26 Oct 2005, 14:59	#21
Diane Super Moderator Join Date: 04.02.2003 Location: Guernsey, Channel Islands Posts: 3,462	Thought anagrams Chris. Good one! Diane

26 Oct 2005, 15:46	#22
Pixie The Mad Scientist Join Date: 22.03.2004 Location: In a land where I don't have to stay Posts: 1,306	Sounds kind of like a cross between The X Files and Afterlife - intriguing! Hope it still has the same blend of intelligent humour!

26 Oct 2005, 19:37	#23
SueW Moderator Join Date: 14.04.2002 Posts: 1,345	I just hope it has the same acting playing Captain Jack as he was really nice looking!

26 Oct 2005, 20:46	#24
Chris Mega Loafer Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Somewhere in the real world. Posts: 7,527	It is the same actor. Signed up for a feull season plus christmas special and a couple of guest appearances in he new Dr Who as well. Reading some of the comments that are floating abut this new programme, it looks distinctly like it could be a sort of UNIT type place. It certainly looks good. More on this as we get it!

30 Apr 2006, 19:46	#25
Chris Mega Loafer Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Somewhere in the real world. Posts: 7,527	Having just watched episode three, I have to make one comment: Never ignore the shooty dog type thing! K9 is back. And He Rocks!!!