Notices tagged with drwho
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The criminally underrated Doctor Peter Davison (though I suppose being possibly Britain's second-best-loved actor after Judi Dench and never being out of work a day in his life has been some consolation). Perfect casting (more by good luck than good judgment) undermined by a production team that sincerely loved and believed in the show, but fundamentally didn't understand it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXARnlPFsOk #DrWho
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The story I heard long ago about the aborted 70s #DrWho movie was not so much simply "lack of funds", rather that Tom, Ian, Liz, and I think even Nick Courtney, decided to check out the competition. They went to the cinema to see this new little sci-fi thing called "Star Wars" and emerged thoroughly disheartened. http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2018/11/tom-bakers-scratchman-to-be-released-in.html
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'Twas ever thus. For 55 years, #DrWho, in accordance with Cory Doctorow's law that science fiction is always about the present rather than the future (or indeed the past), has been the zeitgeist as reflected in a funhouse mirror. https://microblog.mjd.id.au/url/21851
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Also pleased to see that Peter Davison is a fellow wild-haired scruffy baldy. Finally he's a role model I can realistically emulate. #DrWho
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Oh, nice. I have no idea how anybody has enough time to listen to all the #BigFinish productions, and I will not be listening to this, but I'm glad it was done. http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2018/11/jenny-meets-fifth-doctor-for-big-finish.html #DrWho
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#RIP Derrick Sherwin, who served as midwife when 1960s #DrWho gave birth to the colourful 1970s. Notable also for his bravura cameo as Speechless Car Park Attendant opposite Jon Pertwee at his most haughty, in Sherwin's last story and Pertwee's first. http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2018/10/derrick-sherwin-1936-2018.html
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"I can see you've been doing the Tardis up a bit. Hmm. I don't like it." http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2018/10/new-tardis-pictures.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbnWmR7piEg #DrWho
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Oh my. Tone deaf and totally wrong merchandising presents: http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2018/10/doctor-who-limited-edition-barbie.html #DrWho
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> I almost forgot about the new Doctor Who season. Looking at the comments, it seems it's not that good.
@commagray The first four episodes were pretty dull.
Also packed with social commentary, which is painfully obvious because of the overall weak execution including the said commentary.
But the fifth episode (the last one aired to date) was fun though. Pure fantasy, love it.
The influence of the Classic Doctor Who is pretty obvious too, but… the contemporary popular Internet culture references are still there and as strong as ever.
I was hoping they'll be gone with Stephen Moffat, but apparently not. Ugh, mediocre.
I will still tune in for the sixth episode of !drwho :-). Have a Jelly Belly and allons-y!
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#TV looks so much better in black and white. As I very young kid, I would rather watch the Brady Bunch than #DrWho, until on a school holiday stay with my grandparents, I watched it on their portable B&W, and decided it was the most brilliant thing ever. Later, inspired by Woody Allen's late-70s monochrome films, I used to turn the colour all the way down on our TV. It makes everything look better. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/nov/08/uk-households-black-and-white-tv-licensing
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#DrWho #2018 E01-05 tl;dr: Jodie Whittaker is perfect casting, stories have been mostly forgettable.
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Really enjoyed #DrWho 2018 ep. 4. Coming together nicely. Special treat seeing that young lass from Dinnerladies again. As Yaz's mum. God, I'm old. David Tennant being a couple of months younger than me I could just about take; the increasing unlikelihood of anybody older than me ever being cast as the Doctor will take some getting used to.
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#DrWho 2018 ep. 2 was a bit meh. Never doubted Whittaker's ability to fit the part perfectly, but the story was decidedly lightweight, and carried all the hallmarks of being filler in yet another series-long story arc. These didn't work on the couple of occasions they were attempted in classic Who and are a tiresome trope in new Who. Chibnall, who as a fan suffered through the trial of series 23 on initial broadcast, should know better. In the 45+ minute format, two-parters are with rare exception the minimum required to support a rewarding plot, and it's far more reasonable to expect a casual audience to watch two consecutive episodes than twelve.
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#RIP Michael Pickwoad, production designer for the last 7 years on #DrWho, who cut his teeth on a little Handmade Film called Withnail & I. As Stephen Moffat says, gone too soon at only 73. http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2018/08/michael-pickwoad-1945-2018.html
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@moonman And I've been worried about the partially lost !drwho episodes.
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Looking forward to seeing the #DrWho new series premiere at #Sawtell Cinema tomorrow night, now that all the fuss has died down about casting the first Doctor from Yorkshire. It's the 21st century for heavens sake! And anyway, she's an alien; Gallifrey probably has _two_ Yorkshires.
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The opening titles to Carl Sagan's Cosmos and 1980-86 #DrWho in one convenient package: https://space-is-the-place.glitch.me/ (via #BoingBoing)
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So I booked to go with Em. I'm sitting between the only other two couples who are nerdy enough to have also booked. #DrWho
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@tregeagle Ah! I hadn't thought to parse it that way. To be anoraky, I must point out that K9 was usually less electrical than intended. Initially it was because his radio control was on the same frequency as the studio cameras, but generally it was because his motor was so damn noisy. Much of the time he was pulled along on fishing line. There's an analogy there for life in general, but I can't think of what it is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZgN5658H-I #DrWho
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#DrWho series (not "season"!) 12 Blu-ray enters the charts at second place. I haven't seen Black Panther, but it must be bloody good to beat Genesis of the Daleks _and_ Ark in Space. http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2018/07/season-12-blu-ray-enters-charts.html https://hooktube.com/watch?v=yanNgk1bHY4
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