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Re: Dr. Who
« Reply #150 on: November 22, 2013, 02:12:43 pm »
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I watched An Adventure in Space and Time last night (historical drama about the start of Doctor Who, written by current DW and Sherlock writer Mark Gatiss). It's amazing. You should watch it too.

Really? I am surprised! I wasn't planning on watching it, but maybe I will.

David Bradley, while perhaps not carrying the voice of Hartnell, is a still a striking image of likeness in mannerisms and attitude. And from what I understand, Jessica Raine really shines.

Mark Gatiss did something similar to this years ago, and it really wasn't up to standard - but having that experience under his belt, An Adventure in Space and Time is a wonderful trip back to the early days of Who.

Plus, c'mon, how awesome is the idea of bringing TV of 50 years ago back to life in color and modern times? All of a sudden, an era so distant (not in time, mind you, but in technological evolution) becomes connected to the world we know and see today. All of a sudden, the show of our childhood, or the show of our parents, relates to what we know to be Doctor Who today - and that's important, because the show we watch today simply isn't the show of 50 years ago. TV has changed, and with it so have the shows we love. For Doctor Who, especially in this, it's 50th year, the feeling of connection to the roots of the show is very nice indeed.

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Re: Dr. Who
« Reply #151 on: November 22, 2013, 05:31:41 pm »
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Tried to watch a random episode last night.  The tv said it was season 17...looked like Black Adder in space without the comedy.  Felt old.  Was that an old one?  The doc had crazy big hair, a hippie girlfriend, and was talking to the bad guy officers from The original Star Wars.
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Re: Dr. Who
« Reply #152 on: November 22, 2013, 05:35:35 pm »
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Tried to watch a random episode last night.  The tv said it was season 17...looked like Black Adder in space without the comedy.  Felt old.  Was that an old one?  The doc had crazy big hair, a hippie girlfriend, and was talking to the bad guy officers from The original Star Wars.

Season 17? That would have been Fourth Doctor, the old show (your episode is from either 1979 or 1980). That's the critical consensus best Doctor of the old series (you'll invoke the DW version of Kirk/Picard debating Fourth Doctor/Tenth Doctor). I don't know what serial you were watching, maybe someone else can ID it from your Star Wars clue.
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Re: Dr. Who
« Reply #153 on: November 22, 2013, 05:39:10 pm »
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Its bloody every otherprogram about Dr Who here at the moment.

Its getting a bit annoying, next up is 'the science of Dr Who' as if they have ever followed scientific principles or anything

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Re: Dr. Who
« Reply #154 on: November 22, 2013, 05:43:37 pm »
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Its bloody every otherprogram about Dr Who here at the moment.

Its getting a bit annoying, next up is 'the science of Dr Who' as if they have ever followed scientific principles or anything

It's 50 years, let us annoy you for one week.  ;D
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Re: Dr. Who
« Reply #155 on: November 22, 2013, 05:44:58 pm »
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Re: Dr. Who
« Reply #156 on: November 22, 2013, 05:45:38 pm »
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Its bloody every otherprogram about Dr Who here at the moment.

Its getting a bit annoying, next up is 'the science of Dr Who' as if they have ever followed scientific principles or anything

While we don't have it on BBC1, 2, 3, 4 etc...

BBCA has been running every current episode from Ecclestone to Smith, in order, broken only long enough to show the specials (Science of, Companions of, Stories from, etc). This started Tuesday at 6:00 am and is running through Saturday. I think between 4:00-5:00 am each morning they do an hour of BBC World News, but that's it for anything not Doctor Who.
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Re: Dr. Who
« Reply #157 on: November 22, 2013, 05:57:49 pm »
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Its bloody every otherprogram about Dr Who here at the moment.

Its getting a bit annoying, next up is 'the science of Dr Who' as if they have ever followed scientific principles or anything

While we don't have it on BBC1, 2, 3, 4 etc...

BBCA has been running every current episode from Ecclestone to Smith, in order, broken only long enough to show the specials (Science of, Companions of, Stories from, etc). This started Tuesday at 6:00 am and is running through Saturday. I think between 4:00-5:00 am each morning they do an hour of BBC World News, but that's it for anything not Doctor Who.

BBCA also got those "The Doctor Revisited" specials while the real BBC didn't.

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Re: Dr. Who
« Reply #158 on: November 22, 2013, 06:22:23 pm »
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Tried to watch a random episode last night.  The tv said it was season 17...looked like Black Adder in space without the comedy.  Felt old.  Was that an old one?  The doc had crazy big hair, a hippie girlfriend, and was talking to the bad guy officers from The original Star Wars.

Season 17? That would have been Fourth Doctor, the old show (your episode is from either 1979 or 1980). That's the critical consensus best Doctor of the old series (you'll invoke the DW version of Kirk/Picard debating Fourth Doctor/Tenth Doctor). I don't know what serial you were watching, maybe someone else can ID it from your Star Wars clue.

It was Part 3 of something, if that helps.
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Re: Dr. Who
« Reply #159 on: November 22, 2013, 06:33:07 pm »
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Tried to watch a random episode last night.  The tv said it was season 17...looked like Black Adder in space without the comedy.  Felt old.  Was that an old one?  The doc had crazy big hair, a hippie girlfriend, and was talking to the bad guy officers from The original Star Wars.

Season 17? That would have been Fourth Doctor, the old show (your episode is from either 1979 or 1980). That's the critical consensus best Doctor of the old series (you'll invoke the DW version of Kirk/Picard debating Fourth Doctor/Tenth Doctor). I don't know what serial you were watching, maybe someone else can ID it from your Star Wars clue.

It was Part 3 of something, if that helps.

Unfortunately it doesn't. Everything that season was a 4-parter.

You're definitely not consuming it in a good way by watching a random episode of a serial - they're broadcast in parts and will likely seem pretty random/nonsensical on their own. A random serial (multi-part episode from the old series) or random episode (from the new series) is the only way to go.

It gets a little tricky with the different formats between the old/new!
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« Reply #160 on: November 22, 2013, 06:40:07 pm »
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Thats the thing though, they are showing everything EXCEPT Dr Who episodes!
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« Reply #161 on: November 22, 2013, 07:14:01 pm »
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Tried to watch a random episode last night.  The tv said it was season 17...looked like Black Adder in space without the comedy.  Felt old.  Was that an old one?  The doc had crazy big hair, a hippie girlfriend, and was talking to the bad guy officers from The original Star Wars.

Season 17? That would have been Fourth Doctor, the old show (your episode is from either 1979 or 1980). That's the critical consensus best Doctor of the old series (you'll invoke the DW version of Kirk/Picard debating Fourth Doctor/Tenth Doctor). I don't know what serial you were watching, maybe someone else can ID it from your Star Wars clue.

It was Part 3 of something, if that helps.

Unfortunately it doesn't. Everything that season was a 4-parter.

You're definitely not consuming it in a good way by watching a random episode of a serial - they're broadcast in parts and will likely seem pretty random/nonsensical on their own. A random serial (multi-part episode from the old series) or random episode (from the new series) is the only way to go.

It gets a little tricky with the different formats between the old/new!

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Re: Dr. Who
« Reply #162 on: November 22, 2013, 08:16:03 pm »
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So tomorrow the university society I'm kind of still part of (it's where I play board games for 8 hours a week :P) is doing a Doctor Who special, watching some favourite old series and new ones over the course of the afternoon, followed by - obviously - the 50th anniversary episode in the evening. Should be pretty exciting.
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« Reply #163 on: November 23, 2013, 10:15:25 am »
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« Reply #164 on: November 23, 2013, 10:39:31 am »
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It's today!!!

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« Reply #165 on: November 23, 2013, 10:43:29 am »
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#SaveTheDay

Up in San Francisco now, getting an early breakfast before finding the theatre!
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« Reply #166 on: November 23, 2013, 10:53:44 am »
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#SaveTheDay

Up in San Francisco now, getting an early breakfast before finding the theatre!

You lucky dog, you, living in a city where the simulcast is in the theater!

I, alas, do not have that luxury, nor do I have cable, so I'll be buying it on Amazon tomorrow.

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« Reply #167 on: November 23, 2013, 11:23:46 am »
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This is going to be a massive anti climax you realise?

The cinema here is doing it in 3D, but cant be arsed.
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« Reply #168 on: November 23, 2013, 03:03:16 pm »
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hang on, have i missed something

last bit i remember was Clara entered the doctors timestream and was fighting his battles in there. Now she is back teaching at a school? Did I miss something?
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« Reply #169 on: November 23, 2013, 04:22:31 pm »
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Whooooooo! The special was so good!
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« Reply #170 on: November 23, 2013, 04:25:36 pm »
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Apart from the really stupid bit...
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« Reply #171 on: November 23, 2013, 06:12:20 pm »
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Yeah, the plot had problems, but it always does. I generally dislike the "big" episodes (finales especially, Bad Wolf/Parting of the Ways is the only one I kinda like, and even that has that giant Deus Ex Machina), but this was really much more fun than I anticipated it to be. I thought we would get the regen into Capaldi though, so I guess they're keeping that for Christmas ?
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« Reply #172 on: November 23, 2013, 06:42:11 pm »
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Yeah, regen is Christmas

So is no one else find it terrible the way that the Daleks killed themselves by the planet suddenly dissapearing? That somehow A) all the of the Daleks were at that one point in time and space, and that the flow of weapons (which we could see, and wasn't complete coverage by any stretch) went across the gap and managed to hit every other dalek in existence? These are some of the most fiendish warriors in existence...

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« Reply #173 on: November 24, 2013, 11:22:38 am »
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It was amazing.
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« Reply #174 on: November 25, 2013, 04:54:57 pm »
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After a manic effort to finish Season 7 Part 2 before Saturday, I very much enjoyed the anniversary special. What I'd like to know is how much time is meant to have passed between the newly revealed Doctor 9 Hurt and us seeing him as Doctor 10 Ecclestone. Though interesting they are saying it's all Bad Wolf doing a super sort out...
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