T-minus 4 hours to New Who!Doctor Who! Something about Mars!

[nicksonic]

All the episodes of the classic series are on a site called dailymotion.

i'll check that out although all this doctor who chat has made me think i really should invest in some dvd's

 

[TrippyLondoner]

i'll check that out although all this doctor who chat has made me think i really should invest in some dvd's

Gotta correct myself slightly, all the doctor who episodes available are on dailymotion, cause ofcourse some very old ones got destroyed for some reason, stupid BBC.

 

[nicksonic]

Gotta correct myself slightly, all the doctor who episodes available are on dailymotion, cause ofcourse some very old ones got destroyed for some reason, stupid BBC.

yes, let's record over all the old tapes because of *course* no-one will want to watch repeats of ANYTHING, especially not classic sci-fi

 

[hektik]

watched this last night - thought it was OK, although it suffered from the amount of hype surrounding it - if it had been an episode of a normal series, it would have been a delightful surprise. But because it was a standalone, it had loads of great trailers which made it look like it was going to be really dark and interesting - so when you saw the final episode it was ultimately disappointing.

i think him going a bit loopy with his power was the really interesting part, which was obviously done with a mind to the next set of specials..it will be interesting to see what they do with the master, because the doctor was starting to get the same taste for power that he [the master] generally displays.

plus of course, he's only gone loopy because of his link with "humanity" - if he had stayed a proper time lord, he would have let all of those people on the base die, as well as the family he saved at pompeii (in which episode i recall they worshipped a figure of the doctor and donna and tardis as the house gods, which is a nice bit of foreshadowing of this episode). It's only because he hangs around with humans so much that he has developed a knack for interfering and saving people he shouldn't.

 

[elevendayempire]

indeed. peri was an american character - giving the sixth doctor some good banter opportunities - but nicola bryant is in fact a brit.

Doesn't she have a US passport? ISTR they used that to pretend she was American when she was cast.

 

[fogbat]

well it seems like you've eventually realised your mistake so it's forgiven

did you know that her and colin baker did a spinoff (of sorts)...?

can't remember what it's called offhand but i have it on vhs.

Tom's Putting it in Now, IIRC...

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

this was half of a good episode and half an RTD shit pile ok more like 80:20

it had the possibility of being a good episode all about cabin feaver hidden infection and isolation a bit like the thing (jc moive) or the satan pit however it fucked over the ending

the ending was another RTD big pile of pooh over the top ending that tries to be epic but ends up being melodramatic

they just keep fucking up these specials


proper epic was that moment in genisis when about to blow up the daleks baker just aks himself what is he doing .... you don't need fire explostions and timelord victorious bullshit you need quiet moment of reflection

 

[elevendayempire]

this was half of a good episode and half an RTD shit pile ok more like 80:20

it had the possibility of being a good episode all about cabin feaver hidden infection and isolation a bit like the thing (jc moive) or the satan pit however it fucked over the ending

You do realise that Russell T Davies basically wrote The Satan Pit, right? It has another writer's name on it, but Davies did a shit-ton of rewrites on it.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

that would explain the really bad use of the demon at the end...


actually i don't hate RTD i just look back at his track record and it looks pritty bad