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Hey folks, Harry here... Indeed it is true, my new British TV show got underway yesterday on SKY MOVIES, but I haven't seen it, cuz I live in the United States which doesn't have SKY MOVIES, so instead I have to hear how bad I suck from folks in just about every other country on the planet, but my own. Hell, friends in New Zealand can watch it, but not me. Not that I'd watch me anyway... ANYWAY... Not sure if this BBC DR WHO thing is a TV thing or a Film thing or possibly both. DR. WHO has long been attempting to get off the ground now. Whether on film or TV, here's the latest...
Hi Harry,
Great site, can't believe I missed your new show on
Sky this Saturday, you actually looked quite scary in
the adverts.
FYI, British newspaper the Sunday Express reported
that a certain Mr Shane Richie (actor, presenter,
comedian, cockney, Man Utd supporter?!) is in talks
with the BBC to play Dr Who! I take it that Paul
McGann is out of the picture then.
Shane has been a TV presenter for years - think Wheel
of Fortune, the Price is Right etc - and not
particularly highly thought of. However, in the last
few months, he has joined the cast of our most popular
soap Eastenders, and showed personality and actual
acting ability. He is fast becoming a national
institution over here, you can't help but love his
funny & charming character Alfie.
I had heard a while ago that he was throwing his hat
into the ring for Dr Who, and his new found celebrity
maybe just the thing to resurrect the series.
Heres hoping!
A year ago I would never have believed that I would be
rooting for Shane Richie to be Dr Who.
The only quote is from one of Shane's colleagues -
"Shane is so pleased. He's always loved Dr Who and
watched it as a youngster."
If you use this, call me Chorlton.
Cheers matey.
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Doctor Who could be cool if they come up with some great Effects-I loved the show as a kid (when your a kid, you don't find yourself critizing the special effects as much). The Fox pilots was not bad, but it wasn't great by any means. Hope they pull this off nice-Red43j
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Now there have certainly been some leftfield choices for Dr Who down the years... but the idea that Shane Ritchie might get it fills me wih more fear than being trapped between a horde of Daleks, with no stairs in sight!!! While we're at it, lets cast Dale Winton as the next James Bond!!!! I pray that this is someone's idea of a joke.
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From GallifreyOne.com
During an interview by Fern Britton on the June 25 edition of ITV's "This Morning," British actor/presented Shane Ritchie was touted as the "next" Doctor Who. Asked for his reaction to this apparent exclusive, a surprised Ritchie said, "Really? Wouldn't that be great!" I loved all the hat and long scarf." "How would you dress as Dr. Who?" an excited Britton asked him. Ritchie replied: "It would have to be black leather trousers. A Matrix look." "Yes, that's what an updated Doctor needs!" chipped in the other interviewer, former kids TV frontman Philip Scofield who chatted with Sylvester McCoy many times back in the 80's. Of course, we'd like to point out that this is certainly not the way the BBC would have a new Doctor announced, nor do we put any credibility into it...
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... or are unfortunate enough to know who Shane Richie is, then you already know what an epic casting error this one is. Right up there with Queen Latifah in Taxi. I don't even like Dr Who, but I wouldn't wish Shane Richie on it. Sorry Shane, stick to gameshows, please.
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He cant act and Eastenders is shit! The entire fucking cast cant act!
And does anybody really give a crap about Doctor Who anymore? Was it really ever any good! Those fucking Daleks and Worzel Gummidge!
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Nah, sorry, not buying. The latest I read in Starburst magazine this past weekend said there would NOT be an onscreen return this year. In a choice between the Sunday Express (hysterical over-reactionary middle class newspaper) and Starburst (well respected genre magazine now in its 300th monthly issuse), I think I'll choose Starburst.
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Wow, when's the last time AICN had 2 DW headlines at the same time. Granted this one is old news and compeletely bogus, and the other one sounds more like a Fan Film than a real film. Anyway, all this Who talk must be good news. To reitorate what I mentioned in the "other" Who article... Do the BBC even have the rights to do a Doctor Who TV series? I heard Universal held the rights to a series and BBC only had rights to movies and spin-offs... Anyone know for sure?
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Fear it, people...
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Jun 30, 2003 11:56:32 AM CDT
Harry Knowles is the sorrid love child of Carrot Top, and Mama C
by mbaker
And Dr. Who get's sodomized by...of all things...time travling warewolves & vampires while Hulk Hogan has a bear, and cheats on Rowdy Roddy Piper! That never gets old!
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Now wouldn't THAT just be a kick in the pants! sk
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I've never gotten why Americans cared so much about low, low, low budget british SciFi shows. Weather it's Dr Who, or Red Drawf or whatever. Between the funky british humor and it looking like it was made in my moms basement I just find nothing of value there. can anyone plaes explain?
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Does Paul not want to reprise the role for TV? He's still portraying the Doctor on Big Finish Productions' line of DOCTOR WHO CD audio adventures...
Bring in Paul and bring back DOCTOR WHO!
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I think you had to have seen these when you were a kid. The monsters and robots were scary. The plots and sci-fi elements thrown in were cool, if you didn't think about them really hard. The cheap production values just glided right on over your head. BBC Sci fi seemed to have better acting and writing, and more interesting and varied plots than Star Trek (the refuge of the unimaginative nerd). Anyway, I would much rather a show have good acting and writing than good special effects but that's just me. (See the Twilight Zone for another example of cheap but good sci-fi).
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Richard Coyle without a doubt.
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Although It'd be worth watching just to see Shane shouting "Show us yer balls!" at the Daleks.
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I would love a new TV series if it were done properly, and would enhance the series in some way. As much as I wasn't a fan of the 1996 Telefilm, I realize it is part of the overall story, and I hope the writers don't contradict it. The other hope I have is that they hire some better actors and maybe even a decent director, and put in a serious effort this time around.
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...Sure, Eric Roberts sucked as The Master and okay, the Daleks sounds like they overdosed on helium and yes, it was just a little freaky to see The Doctor kissing Grace. Apart from that though, the TV movie is far superior to any DOCTOR WHO produced after the Peter Davison era. I mean, the special effects were easily the best seen in DOCTOR WHO history, the orchestral theme arrangement was pretty cool, Sylvester McCoy made himself available for an honest-to-Rassilon regeneration sequence (made extra sweet with the clever use of Puccini), there was a fun Pertwee-style motorcycle sequence, and most importantly of all, a decent Doctor portrayed by Paul McGann. C'mon, tell me you didn't grin with fanboy delight at "These shoes..." "What?" "They fit perfectly..."
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Because the whole concept of the lived-in grungy future is strictly British, both in writing and artwork. There'd have never been a Star Wars without the sleazy but charming British scifi sensibility. And Lexx is good dirty fun. An artificial intelligence singing a love song to his human girlfriend as she dies and rots--for a whole show no less--just wouldn't happen in the pristine Puritanical world of American scifi.
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I have to apologize, because i'm normally the one railing against all the spiteful, mean things that talkbackers normally say but...what's with the spelling, man? Sorrid? Sordid! Time TravEling! WErewolves! I hate sounding like a petty, juvenile, asinine...oh, wait, I mean sounding like a normal talkbacker, but try the spell check there, buddy...that's what its for.
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Jun 30, 2003 5:59:56 PM CDT
Hell Yeah! why not have Kat Slater as the master and Big mo slat
by danzigg
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Let's face it. In this country, the only Dr. Who that caught our attention was Tom Baker. Other Dr. Who's paled in comparison. They were bland and uninteresting. As I recall, the two Dr. Who's following Baker were blond and wan and just not very intriguing. Baker was something special. Without him, Dr. Who would likely never have been seen on these shores. Or if seen here, the show would not have captured the same level of interest. Baker was a driving force, much the way the actor who played Sherlock Holmes in a series of TV movies in the mid-1980s captured our attention and held it. I have no idea who this TV personality is, but if he going to play Dr. Who he better have some zing and panache. Like Baker.
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...Or Rik Mayall. And bring back Sophie Aldred as the older version of Ace!
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The stories, man! The stories! Here in the States we get CRAP for sci-fi on TV. We get either poorly-written Star Trek rip-offs or poorly-written Star Trek. Dr. Who had low-rent effects, but the stories were often dazzling and original. Red Dwarf is just out-and-out funny. Sure, Daleks are covered in tennis balls, but the CONCEPT of Daleks is pretty interesting. Watching Dr. Who is kind of like reading a decent science fiction novel, but with basic visual aids. They leave a lot of the visuals to your imagination, but they fill in the story a lot better than the other sci-fi shows on TV.
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That was British and it didn't have bad teeth either ! I'd like to see a movie of that even if it was a made-for-TV Sci-fi Channel crap production. Dr. Who had it's moments and there's already a feature length movie made a hundred years ago so I don't see a real need unless there's a burning rock of a script somewhere.
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Jun 30, 2003 8:34:43 PM CDT
Couldn't be as bad as Eric Banna as THE HULK........ Nothing cou
by theginger twit
There was a Dr. Who film not long back. It wasn't a cinema release, but it was a good fun film none the less.
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The 2nd Romana (monkey-faced blonde) and Tom Baker were shacked up once upon a time, and it's really disturbing to think about the 2 of them having sex. I just had to bring that up. + Don't be slammin' the Key to Time series with the far superior 1st Romana, or the Peter Davison years with the very hot though whiny Turlough. Those Stones of Blood scared the living crap out of me. You just can't beat a pirate's robot parrot having a laser duel with K-9. And don't get me started on the Mara - the snake was cheesy but that Mara guy rocked.
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Ralph Fiennes as The Doctor and Kelly Brook as his assistant. Don't argue.
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Peter Stringfellow and Kate Winslet. You know it.
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INT. SKARO PRISON - DAY
The Doctor and Ace have been imprisoned by the Daleks, seemingly with no means of escape.
ACE: Doctor, we're in prison, again, and there's no means of escape! What will we do?
THE DOCTOR: Do wot as it 'appens knock it on the 'ead lav a dack jellied eels barrel o' mankeys u mappet u slag daaaaahn to Margit -
Jun 30, 2003 10:50:24 PM CDT
Just whatever the BBC does KEEP AMERICANS OUT OF IT! We would j
by smeg for brains
Don't go to Hollywood. Make it low budget, and fun, and have a good story. These days low budget is not a bad thing. I mean home computers can rival Hollywood effects when used by talented individuals. Also to the guy who mentioned Red Dwarf with anything but total love, Red Dwarf has hokey effects BECAUSE IT IS A SITCOM. It is a comedy first, and foremost. Also Lexx is not British. It is Canadian, and German, I believe. Also America has produced some good Scifi show. Farscape, Babylon 5, and Space: Above and Beyond to name a few. They just always get cancelled because americans would rather watch American Idol, Joe Millionaire, C.S.I., and other brain rotting shit like that.
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I've no reason to think he'd ever DO it of course. But in my head Bowie could be perfect: a blend of intellect and alien otherworldliness. Plus the big-name appeal would help sell it internationally.
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Jun 30, 2003 11:48:37 PM CDT
Dr. Who. Not just yes but HELL yes. And it needs to be on the bi
by noriko takaya
OK--Brit actors, directors and scriptwriters, American cash money and SFX. Stick to that formula = megahit; get it the other way around and = cinematic disaster. DO NOT INTERFERE WITH WHAT THE TIME LORDS INTENDED!! Toppu o Nerae!
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Remember what we yanks did to Judge Dredd?? Oh my god, and poor Tank Girl?! BLECHH! Oh, the shame of it. As an American I almost hung my head and cried! Don't let this happen to Doctor Who. And whoever suggested Bowie for the Doctor is right on. He can act and he can project that just-slightly-off strangeness that the Doctor needs. Whooooo, this can be so cool if only it is done correctly. Toppu o Nerae!
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...is the Fourth Doctor. And if you make a Ninth Doctor, he'd better be damn interesting, and not have celery on his lapel (5th) or a damn clown coat (6th) or stupid question marks (4th - 7th) placed there by John Satan-Turner. And Rassilon help me, if a new Doctor is dressed like he came out of the bloody Matrix I'll choke someone with my scarf. Jellybaby?
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Jul 01, 2003 1:37:50 AM CDT
The Galifreyans: too culturally sophisticated a species for orth
by allegos
Hence the English teeth.
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...was the episodes written by Douglas Adams. **sigh** Great Kreeghar, everything that man touched was gold. If Hollywood gets there hands on this property, we'll get a movie about The Master's childhood, and his eventual downfall toward evil. No, wait, a trilogy...
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So, Shane Ritchie (Sorry for the wrong spelling) was surprised to hear about being in the frame for Dr Who on GMTV? I have heard his name mentioned quite a few times over the last year or so - and if I had heard about it, I think he might have. He may be... wait for it... not wanting to talk about it in case it screws things up?
In any case, who cares, at least people are talking about it, and that might be more the thing to get Dr Who remade than ignoring a distinct possibility.
If Shane does it, it will be slightly funnier than if it's Paul Mcgann, Rob Schneider or whoever you lot mentioned, but at least maybe British TV might let some of our writers use their imaginations and try to make up for Strange. Dr Who has British sensibilites and ideas, please stop copying American shows, when they quite obviously do that sort of thing better than us. -
I've been hearing about a feature film for years, the last I heard was Paul Anderson was interested in doing one. Personally I think Dr Who should stay on the small screen either as a new series or as a series movies, sort of like those "Alien Nation" movies except not so lousy.
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We need actors to play the Doctor, not celebrities....Shane Richie??????? Jesus.......
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Firstly, as someone who totally adored Doctor Who as a child, I am baffled by the BBC's abject failure to make more of the single greatest Sci-Fi character and concept of ALL TIME...This guy can travel through Time and Space for f*** sake - the potential storylines are literally limitless!!!
More to the point, forget Shane Ritchie, Paul McGann and even Tom Baker - the man for the job is Pete Postlethwaite. He's absolutely perfect for the part. -
Jul 01, 2003 8:06:01 AM CDT
Paul McGann was a great Dr. Who. It would be quite a tragedy if
by monkey_king
Are they planning on bringing the Master back? Eric Roberts did a great turn at the Master in the TV film, but I'm sure they will find some way to bring him back. Put the FARSCAPE writers on this project and the Henson Creature Shop and you've got a series. BTW Sci-Fi Channel still sucks for cancelling FARSCAPE and keeping other crap shows on.
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Yee Gods, the bloke HAS to be British. I can see Bowie in the role but will strip naked at Prince Williams 22nd birthday if it ever happens. And get a British scriptwriter for crying out loud. Dr Who is more British than anyone. Ahhh, what the fuck. If it gets made, it'll stink. Unless THGTTG actually does get made and is ok. And Red Dwarf. But they'll stink as well. Bollocks.
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I always thought Geoffry Rush would be a perfect Dr. Who. He reminds me of Bakker. If they don't use him as the Doctor they are wasting a whole movie!
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Jul 01, 2003 10:03:28 AM CDT
If Shane Richie is the new Doctor I'll eat my own shit and prete
by avon
That's how bad an idea that is. The cockney git.
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Who better to replace "I" than "Withnail"? Richard E. Grant could definetely nail this, granted he's done some shit in his time, but when he's in the zone he's the nuts!
The Doctor Who character has always been an eccentric English gent. Not a mockey wanker like Shane Ritchie, and shut the fuck up about David Bowie as well! If not Grant then why not bring back Tom Baker, he's not dead yet... -
There was a character in the BBC drama called Anton Meyer, he was the chief surgeon. Now he would by far be the best candidate for Dr Who. just cant remember his real name?!
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Think about it. Wait. Wait. Hold it in your minds for a second. Ahhhh.... there you go. Nice, isn't it?
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Because we're idiots. Or because we haven't read the Hitchhiker books. Or because we've read the Hitchhiker books and desperately would like something similar and have to settle for a second-rate sitcom in space instead.Or because we don't.
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Although technically, The Master has used up all his regenerations plus a spare or three. They'd really have to work to get him back into the storyline! Perhaps we could get Bowie as a new enemy timelord? There haven't been any new evil timelords lately... And really, The Master and The Rani have done it all. How about Bowie as The Valeyard (another regeneration stolen from yet another timelord after his attempt to steal all The Doctor's remaining regenerations failed)? The Doctor's worst enemy could be the far-off future version of himself! I still say Rik Mayall for the Doctor, though! And Kylie Minogue as herself int he role of his companion (Why WOULDN'T The Doctor hang out with a celebrity?)
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i was sure a while back anthony stuart head was up for dr who was he not i thought i read it
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Jul 01, 2003 1:56:14 PM CDT
if shane ritchie becomes doctor who then this will definately me
by mansep
i don't think he'd be a good doctor who anyway.
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Shane Richie would never be Doctor Who. That's the most ridiculous rumour I've ever heard.
How many times are actors mooted to play the Doctor? From Denzil Washington, to kd lang, there have been a host of ridiculous "rumours". The most credible, I thought, was when Anthony Stewart Head was mentioned. But even he said that he'd never been contacted about it. Which is a shame, I think he'd be bloody good.
A Doctor Who feature film will never happen. But if it does, it certainly won't be Shane "National Treasure, my arse" Richie. What's wrong with Paul McGann? As someone said above, he's doing the Big Finish audio dramas, and did the Shada webcast. As he turned in such a fine performance in the TV movie (it's surely not a matter for dispute that he was the best thing about it), he'd surely be the first choice if something new was to come up. And if they don't go for McGann, it would have to be a significantly older actor - McGann was almost too young as it was. -
that's all.
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too watered down. It did two things they never should have done, made the Doctors companion a potential Love interest with the Kiss and had a car chase.
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But Peri is married now! She's a QUEEN! Why would she run off with a completely different Doctor when she's busy shacking up with Brian Blessed's King Yrcanos? No- The Doctor's only hope is to pair up with a new Rani, as played by Kylie Minogue.
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I recently watched the Shada webcast on BBCi. Seeing this an idea into my head. A Dr Who animated series. Either network/syndicated or web based.
Dr Who would be a perfect for an amimation. Since the show is travels to different alien world for every story a new costly sets must be built. With an animated series all that need to be done is draw up new backgrounds. The worry over FX mentioned alot in this board could be handled easier via animation. No need to add in laser bolts, flashing negatives when dalek shoots someone, no space ships that look like a tinfoil wrapped catsup bottle.
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We need to give Mr McGann a full British televisual outting!He has so much potential and has already proved this to die hard fans of the Big Finish CDs. Never has a Doctor Who actor shown so much scope in his oppening adventure. If its going to be done let the people who care have a say. BBC take note. Big Finish have a problem in that they rely on listeners being Doctor who boffs (which most of them are). Finding the essence of the Tom Baker years, adding these new ideas from Big Finish, and keeping the extremely popular choice of doctor in Paul McGann seems to me, the best way in achieving the show a new deserved sucess. PAUL McGANN !!! Start the potitions now!
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Its a great idea... and yes very good at coserving costs. Doctor Who could be as epic as it sometimes aims. But whos gonna take it seriously. The show had a great sucess because it walked the fine line between in places childrens show and at other points aldut science fiction ideaolgy. A 'cartoon' would clearly point viewers in to thinking its meant for children. I dare say who ever is incharge of the shown in its animated state would eventually butcher the thing to appeal even more so to it younger audience. Unless this new 'Escape from Newe York' animated series proves me wrong I say its a bad idea. Whos gonna animate it Cosgrove hall?
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There is only one man for the role : Alan Rickman
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Before we start veering off into the realms of fantasy with miscast comedians and talentless rock stars, why not try somebody who can act instead. Somebody who - like Patrrick Troughton, is a dep-cover player who can do comedy yet convey a dark sidelurking underneath - GARY OLDMAN. However, Geoffrey Rush is an excellent choice. Pity the Peter Sellers film seems in limbo.
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