Dr Who, hit or miss?

[onemonkey]

but what a twat to quit for fear of getting typecast.. that goes with territory, he shouldn't haven't taken the roll at all if he worried about that.. cnut

after all, it was never a problem for worzell gummidge or that vet bloke

and since Tom Baker IS doctor Who he doesn't count

 

[dlx1]

^ would you like a jelly baby

 

[silentNate]

Auntie's already committed to a Christmas special (for the first time since 'The Feast of Steven' and "Merry Christmas to all of you at home") and a full second series. Excellent!

But most likely David Tennant will be Dr Who by then

 

[Wowbagger]

You know, I'm struggling to think of anyone aside from Tom Baker who actually suffered from typecasting.

Hartnell was old and practically unable to act anyway by the time he stepped down, Troughton had had a decent career and had more of a decent career afterwards, Pertwee did Worzel Gummidge in addition to his long and distinguished comedy career (incidentally, he took the role for the same reason Eccles did but in reverse: Eccles was a serious actor who wanted to show he could be more light-hearted, Pertwee was a comedy actor who wanted to show he could be serious), Peter Davison had been Tristan Farnon and has done many things since then (A Very Peculiar Practice, Campion, At Home with the Braithwaites, The Last Detective, Distant Shores), Colin Baker had been Paul Merroney and has had a decent career on the stage since being sacked, Sylvester McCoy had a very good stage career beginning just before he got into Doctor Who which he continued once he left and Paul McGann barely managed a cup of tea as the Doctor. Literally, IIRC.

 

[dlx1]

But most likely David Tennant will be Dr Who by then

I see that name too on Ceefax too still don't know who he is and that with IMDB

David Tennant .... Caretaker (voice) - Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka" (2003) (mini)
that was the cartoon on BBc website with Richard E. Grant as The Doctor (voice)

Well still hope this saturaday I know if it a hit or miss. someone said they get better as it gone on

Fingers X'ed

 

[Pingu]

bill baily would make a good Dr Who in my book


or that bloke from little brittain

no not the baldy one


or the tall one


you know the one that does the voice overs.. he sounds like he would make a good Dr.


I am serious btw - his return would be great (hartnell was not exactly a spring chicken and imagine the fun they could have with the scripts)

 

[maya]

you know the one that does the voice overs.. he sounds like he would make a good Dr.

...who?

 

[silentNate]

David Tennant played the younger Casanova in Russell Davies recent drama on BBC3 as well as being in Harry Potter (couldn't tell you what character)...

 

[Wowbagger]

He was also in 'Blackpool'. I remember thinking he was quite good in it, too.

Along the 'headfuck' lines, how about Eric Richard (a.k.a. Sgt. Cryer from The Bill)?

 

[Psychonaut]

but what a twat to quit for fear of getting typecast.. that goes with territory, he shouldn't haven't taken the roll at all if he worried about that.. cnut

after all, it was never a problem for worzell gummidge or that vet bloke

....especially seeing as regenerations are limited to 12, so now they either have to fuck up the plot-continuity, make the last 3 guys should sign a lengthy contract (scaring away the higher-profile actors) or risk prematurely ending the thing in 3 years time (2 if you count Peter Cushing)

 

[Wowbagger]

Ah, they'll get around it somehow. It's just a shame that Robert Holmes died before he could figure it out, because he was the one that invented the whole 12-regeneration rule in the first place.

Incidentally, if you look *very* closely at some of his stories from 'The Brain of Morbius' onwards, there's rather a lot of evidence that the Doctor is in fact by now on his *second* regenerative cycle, of which the first incarnation was Colin Baker. The reason why the Doctor insisted on pretending that Peter Davison's was his fifth incarnation rather than his final one is unknown. Perhaps he did some nasty things with some of his incarnations prior to leaving Gallifrey and reforming, which is why he doesn't ever talk about it.

 

[1927]

I actually quite like the idea posted on the other "Dr" thread.......Ray Winstone.

 

[treelover]

Lol

'I actually quite like the idea posted on the other "Dr" thread.......Ray Winstone.'

 

[1927]

Lol

'I actually quite like the idea posted on the other "Dr" thread.......Ray Winstone.'

Who's the Doctor?

 

[mwgdrwg]

Maybe the end of the regeneration cycle for Dr Who will just mean regenerating into a woman.

Who would make a good female Doctor?

 

[akirajoel]

Germaine Greer!!!!



(she's already done BB - so why not?)

 

[mwgdrwg]

I was thinking more on the lines of Rachel Weisz...

 

[Wowbagger]

Arabella Weir did a Doctor Who: Unbound audio a couple of years ago...

Here's an out-of-the-blue suggestion. Tim McInnerny?

 

[akirajoel]

Really cool second episode.

Really well written. Stuff for the kids, adults, scary, funny, thought-provoking etc.

Hit.

 

[maomao]

I like the bit where the last living human rolls on a 50's jukebox and tells everyone it's an ipod. What was the second track played on the jukebox though? Sounded awfully familiar, and not in a good way.

 

[Belushi]

What was the second track played on the jukebox though? Sounded awfully familiar, and not in a good way.

Britney Spears 'Toxic'. One of her better hits.

Another excellent episode, really well written. Seeing more of the Doctors dark side and Billy is superb.

 

[Wowbagger]

RTD certainly picked the right episode to go out after the almighty hissy fit from the hardcore fans after learning Eccles wasn't coming back.

See, the "Gallifrey doesn't exist any more" stuff was all dealt with in extreme detail in the BBC Books Eighth Doctor series, which has been running since the TV Movie, and now everyone's jumping up and down with delight that he's taken something from the books' continuity, and and Eccles' departure is being quietly shuffled under the carpet.

 

[_angel_]

Really enjoyed the second episode as well.

 

[Stigmata]

I didn't quite catch the name of those black-robed aliens. They seemed to be based around some odd concept?

 

[Lisarocket]

I didn't quite catch the name of those black-robed aliens. They seemed to be based around some odd concept?

Was it a maths theory?

Loving the new series

 

[golightly]

I'm not enjoying the single episode stories. They make for extremely thin plots. This episode was an Agatha Christie with a really obvious villain. I'll give it a few more goes but I don't think the improved production values make up for the lack of suspense and plot twists.

 

[Wowbagger]

I'm not enjoying the single episode stories. They make for extremely thin plots. This episode was an Agatha Christie with a really obvious villain. I'll give it a few more goes but I don't think the improved production values make up for the lack of suspense and plot twists.

There's a two-parter coming up not next week, but the week after.

 

[golightly]

Excellent. One of the great things about Doctor Who was the cliffhanger at the end of the episode. Also, having a story over a number of episodes gives the script writers time to develop an idea.

 

[maomao]

I didn't quite catch the name of those black-robed aliens. They seemed to be based around some odd concept?

The repeated meme of (forget where).

 

[Wowbagger]

Excellent. One of the great things about Doctor Who was the cliffhanger at the end of the episode. Also, having a story over a number of episodes gives the script writers time to develop an idea.

On the other hand, there were a lot of ideas that were stretched and padded out far too much. I'd sooner have too much stuff packed into too little time than too little stuff padded into too much time.