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The Friday Docback Undertakes 'The Chase'!! DOCTOR WHO Story #16, And More!!
Merrick here...
...with a look at "The Chase," a Hartnell-era DOCTOR WHO story which transmitted May-June 1965.
Terry Nation is credited with scripting this tale, although the DVD's extras imply more than one person may ultimately have had a hand in the penning of this adventure.
"The Chase" introduces a new companion for the Doctor and Vicki, and exits a pair of old friends.
WHOTININNIES PODCAST (9 and 10 NOW ONLINE)!!
A brand new WHOTININNIES podcast is online, for better or worse.
An indispensable testament to why anyone producing a podcast should edit their work, WHOTININNIES 10 is....much like "The Chase"...perhaps our most ADD and fragmented effort to date. This week's topics include...
** The wonder and horror of THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL
** The profundity of HE-MAN AND SHE-RA: A CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
** A protracted and non-productive distraction by eBay
** Glen's desk collapses during the podcast, making typing impossible and threatening to drop his entire computer to the floor
** a recap of "The Chase"
** a brief preoccupation with the Sexual Happyness Woman Cat Animal Dress
** numerous communications lags as our Skype connection hiccups, or something
** a tease about an upcoming DOCTOR WHO related announcement which shoiuld happen on AICN this week via a mid-week mini-Docback posting as well as on AICN's main page...
** contemplation of the word "droidgasm"...
** and more!
WHOTININNIES 10 can be found HERE, while previous installments are available HERE.
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We posted the previous installment of WHOTININNIES at an odd time last weekend. In case you missed it, here's the link once more. Keep your eye on this very space for another installment, later today (Friday Feb 17) or over the weekend. Links forthcoming.
The current WHOTININNIES 9 considers:
** the greatness of Kubrick's PATHS OF GLORY
** the misguidednesss of THE THING (2011)
** the awesomeness of WINGS (1927)
** the not-so-awesomeness of RED TAILS
** lambasting PHANTOM MENACE 3D and the STAR WARS Special Editions in general
** pondering why contemporary Science Fiction television and film rarely seems to carry social resonance
** why DOCTOR WHO: "The Sensorites" may've ended up sucking when it didn't have to
** an exaltation of ICE PIRATES
** a disagreement regarding DOCTOR WHO: "The Caves of Androzani"
** Ken evokes Rick Moranis and sends me into a PTSD meltdown
** and more!!
You can find WHOTININNIES 9 HERE, with previous episodes being available HERE.
"THE CHASE"
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Feb. 17, 2012, 10:55 a.m. CST
I agree about the Chase being a platform to let Ian and Barbara leave
by DoctorTom
That is the biggest thing in the story (with the second biggest probably being the introduction of Steven). To me, this story is like Hand of Fear; both aren't particularly memorable stories in and of themselves except for absolutely brilliant scenes at the end where a companion leaves. Having the Dalek timeship called a DARDIS indicates the direction this serial is going to take - not that seriously. For those who don't follow the Bernice Summerfield audios, Jaq Rayner did a beautiful send up of the Chase in her audio The Grel Escape, using Grel (first seen in the first Benny audio, Oh No It Isn't, also featuring Nick Courtney as the cat Wolsey in that story). These are wonderful, deliberately rubbish villains. The audio is highly enjoyable.
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Back to a weekly schedule? Yaaay!!!!
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BBC4 has announced a new 3 part Dirk Gently series (I don't know when it's airing). The second story's written by Matt Jones (The Impossible Planet/ The Satan Pit), who started writing in Doctor Who magazine and started novel writing with Bad Therapy for the Doctor Who New Adventures line. (This is before he was script editor for Queer as Folk - I suspect that RTD had met him through Who fandom)
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"Ticket to Ride" if I recall correctly!
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Unfortunately, due to rights issues that was trimmed from the Region 1 DVD release.
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Feb. 17, 2012, 11:32 a.m. CST
@doctortom: Dude - I totally <3 'Hand of Fear'..."Eldrad MUST live!"
by obijuanmartinez
1) Loved the Eldrad character in both male & female forms (both actors did great work, especially Judith Paris' interactions w/ Lis Sladen's Sarah) 2) Liked the pre-story showing the demise of Kastria 3) Liked the Kastria sets at the end, and the face-off w/ the holo-image of the long-dead King Rokon 4) The utter awesome 70s-ness is fun as well - Nuclear power plant run-throughs were enjoyable and capture the Cold War mindset admirably 5) Sladen's farewell performance (original, that is...) is solid, and she gets to have some fun when possessed by the will of Eldrad whilst wearing his ring
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Feb. 17, 2012, 11:33 a.m. CST
Sorry - It ate my 'heart' emoticon - The tag is "I totally heart 'The Hand of Fear'"
by obijuanmartinez
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It's a silly romp for most of the story, which has its charm (though not of the best quality Doctor Who can achieve), but the ending with Ian and Barbara is well achieved and worth the time it took to see them go. The ending highlights the change in the Doctor from when he picked them up and when they left, how much the Doctor is who he is in part because of them.
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I'm not saying Hand of Fear was bad. It definitely had good moments. Compared to the rest of that season, though, the only thing it really had going for it was Sarah's leaving. (I'll grant you that it had stiff competition that season - if it had been, say, a Season 24 Sylvester McCoy story it would have been hailed as a return to the classic era.) Masque of Mandragora had this issue of trying to compare to the latter 2/3 of the season also, but it had the Doctor in the time space vortex, a historical setting and Portmeiron going for it. In some ways, I'd like to have seen it if they had gone ahead with the original 6 part version with the Brigadier and UNIT in it. Like the Chase, Hand of Fear worked for showcasing the people about to leave the show. Lis Sladen did well with the Eldrad possession bit, and the ending was one of the best things she's done.
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Feb. 17, 2012, 11:59 a.m. CST
Scientists watch The Time Monster a bit too much and reveal what the crystal is
by DoctorTom
http://tinyurl.com/8xkh7jl I'm just waiting to see if this theory leads to someone actually establishing Project TOMTIT
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Some talented chap has put together an inspired mock trailer for that abandoned movie version of The Chase. Essential viewing for all fans of 60s British camp/cool! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=josI9YR45dI
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I came to the Hartnell years after already watching Baker, Pertwee, and Davison in the early 80's and I wasn't sure how much I'd like the really early stuff (especially after reading the Doctor Who production books that talked about how the early episodes were full of script flubs and production errors.) The Chase was one that I really enjoyed. It didn't drag anywhere too long, I liked the Marie Celeste, the Halloween monsters, and I thought Steven was great. Ian and Barbara's departure was poignant and a great scene. Hand of Fear is the first episode of Doctor Who that I can remember seeing ever and it was instantly the greatest piece of television that I'd ever seen up to that point. It's a stone cold classic to me, after that I wouldn't miss an episode ever. Even when Doctor Who was opposite the Green Bay Packers (and in Wisconsin, that's damn near unforgivable.)
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Merrick, you done good.
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Need to catch up on my Hartnell episodes. As I said, it is on my to do list. I will say though, that this past summer at a convention, I did run into a woman dressed as Hartnell, so that was awesome. Got a pic with her, so, it was me as the 11th, and her as the first, way cool :P
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Feb. 17, 2012, 2:17 p.m. CST
@darthdevious: Doctor Who - The Lost Years is a good set to check out...
by obijuanmartinez
...covers some really good Hartnell material, inc. one of my faces "The Celestial Toymaker"
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Feb. 17, 2012, 2:21 p.m. CST
doctortom mentioned 'Masque of Mandragora' - LOVE that one too...
by obijuanmartinez
Can watch it over & over. Love the period-piece setting & costumes, the location shots, and the bit characters are really solid from Hieronymous, Count Federico, Giuliano on down...and it has the TARDIS' secondary control room: Steampunk ahead of its time!
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Late to the Docback this week, but I'll check in again later this week when I get a chance to. Quick word on The Chase though. I actually quite like this one. Not the greatest Dalek story ever told, but definitely worth it for the ending and the character progression of the Doctor. Sarah Jane's departure is still one of the most touching so far. At least for now...
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I won't be going to Spain myself, but I'm wondering if any of you will be in Spain for the next week or two, possibly three. Just curious. If you are in that part of the world, or perhaps visiting on holiday, keep your eyes and ears open.
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Will any of you be attending the official convention in Cardiff on March 24th and 25th? I'm sure it'll be worth your while if you can make it...
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Feb. 17, 2012, 2:46 p.m. CST
Oh, and don't forget that filming officially commences soon
by Mister Vertue
On Monday, in fact. That may have some connection with the convention and it being worth your while attending. One can only assume the two would be connected somehow, don't you think?
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The Doctor meets his new companion? Does this count as a continuation of Time Crash, where the Doctor admits he has fans?
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If I had the money to fly from Florida to the UK for the convention, I would be there in a flash.
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Hartnell's Season 2 is one of my favorite Who seasons ever, because it manages to strike so many different tones and tells o many different kinds of stories in such entertaining ways (I even think I'd be rather fond of The Web Planet if it were just two episodes shorter). The Chase is kind of anj oddity for its period, so silly and so hyperactive, but it showcases one of the defining virtues of the show, which is its ability to continually explore new avenues. Plus, yeah, the departure of Ian and Barbara genuinely gets to me, much moreso than the departure of Susan earlier in the year (although overall The Dalek Invasion of Earth is certainly the stronger tale).
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Umm-ed and aaah-ed for ages but finally booked my ticket for Sunday the 25th. Yes, I know I whinged about the prices in an earlier DocBack, but that was mainly because there were no concession prices for kids. Having watched the guest line-up expand, I finally decided to take the plunge. Of course, the fact that I also booked for a photo with Karen Gillan may have swayed me somewhat ;) I am rather annoyed with myself in that my dithering cost me a place on the Tardis tours that are running alongside the convention. You get to go to Upper Boat studios and visit the actual set! Also, it's free if you have a convention ticket. However, my faffing about means that all the Saturday places on the tour are fully booked. Bugger. Still, you know what they say, he who hesitates is a tw*t. Would be great if some other DocBackers were attending, we could perhaps arrange to meet for a sociable half or two? It'd be nice to put some faces to names.
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How much were the signing prices for each guest? Were they advanced tickets, or pay when in line?
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There are only prices for Matt, Karen and Arthur. These are available to pre-book, and you're only allowed to book one signing or photo per admission ticket. Matt's photo or signature were £25 each I believe, though those sold out pretty quickly. Karen and Arthur's photo op. or signing are £20 each. There are plenty of other guests, but not sure what's happening with them regarding photos or autographs. I know The Moff isn't charging, but not sure if he'll be available for a chat and a photo. Hope so. Guess convention goers will find out nearer the time. Having read MOV's comments I'm now even more excited about this than I was before!
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Thx dude. Thats' fun. :)
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Feb. 17, 2012, 4:15 p.m. CST
Well, we know they'd never portray the next companion as a Docbacker...
by Perigee
Because she'd spend the entire season second-guessing his every move. ~hysterical~ ~You're wearing a RED bowtie, and you pressed three RED buttons - that means something, doesn't it?~ ~...It means I had to push three buttons. That were red...~ ~No - no, it was more than that, wasn't it?~!
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Feb. 17, 2012, 4:34 p.m. CST
perigee shhhh I'm the next companion. Ok, sorry, I let it out
by HornOrSilk
But the Dream Lord made it happen.
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Tweettweet Tweet tweet...
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden
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Very, very soon.
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I really liked the review, but this part was hysterical. Just such a non-Dalek way of putting it.
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That first Mechanus city model is ALL kinds of awesome, is it not?? I have seen not a clip from either of these stories (maybe the Chase... 2 people on a bridge running?) so I'm actually not going to read a single line of text about them here and just grab the DVD, which has what I consider to be the best Doctor Who DVD cover to date. (Suddenly, Gotilk notices the price at Amazon and chokes on his Toblerone) Yes, I'm getting it anyway. *sigh* What on earth justifies almost 40 bucks for that 3 disc set? In any case, I must have it. So.... I'll just cut back on the fast food this month. Bad for me anyway.
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I get something weird this time.... *NoScript filtered a potential cross-site scripting (XSS) attempt from (http://www.aintitcool.com) Technical details have been logged to the Console.* Now, my concern is NOT about aicn doing something nasty to me. The opposite. I'm concerned that somehow my NoScript install is perhaps screwing up your affiliate link in my browser and not giving you credit for my purchase. So if anyone else here uses NoScript, choose *unsafe re-load* so that the affiliate link works correctly, just in case. I know it sounds TERRIBLE, but there's actually absolutely NOTHING UNsafe about re-loading these particular pages. Nothing. I still don't know what Amazon does these things the way they do, but they do.
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pot roast a second time. DASH DASH upon you all !! You will feel the wrath of my peppery succulence. I shall savor my savory victory! Sorry for peppering this post with black humor. I'm not as seasoned as some of you. Is that enough pepper-pot puns for one evening? I think it is. And I apologize.
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I could not let a Friday go by without at least one post with that subject. Thanks for posting it in my stead, Doctortom. By the way, last Whotininnies was one of the best. I still hope you do something special for the 10th podcast. It is a special anniversary.
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Dang. That really sucks. Maybe I'll grab the other one and just hope to get a region free player someday soon. I hate it when they do that stuff.
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Feb. 18, 2012, 6:13 a.m. CST
Sadly, the Daleks exterminated the Beatles from the Chase
by HornOrSilk
Or so it would seem with the DVD.
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If you can put up with the KIA ad at the start, here it is: http://en.zappinternet.com/video/pisSbiFfeN/Doctor-Who-and-the-Beatles Call me a philistine but I like this better: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xijuwx_doctor-who-menace-of-the-monkees-the-chase-the-beatles_shortfilms
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Feb. 18, 2012, 8:43 a.m. CST
Sadly (or not so much), the Monkees didn't exist 'til 1966! *Giggle*
by obijuanmartinez
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Everything I've said is either out there for you all to see, or pure 'speculation' on my part... And I'll also guess that this will be the last chance to see the current cast together for quite a while, so get those tickets booked for Cardiff if you can folks! It's one hell of a line-up! I'm sure Merrick will give a full report on the events afterwards for anyone who couldn't make it. There's got to be some 'news' announced that'll get the Docback in late March bouncing.
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Was at SFX weekender convention in Wales a couple of weeks ago. Sylvester McCoy and Colin Bakerwere guests. Both excellent in the Q&As. McCoy did the roving mic himself, which was quality. Baker mentioned the way he thought of to beat Weeping Angels....don't blink, wink. And alternate the eye that you close. Was interesting how much of the actor's own personality inhabits their performance as the doctor. Anyway...Spain. According to Colin Baker, some of !The Two Doctors! Series was filmed in Spain. And the costumes went missing in transit for a few days. So they foiled the time at the villa having various team games, each Doctor teamed with their own assistant. At one point, they were wrestling in the pool. Poor old Patrick Troughton having Fraser Hines sitting on his shoulders. Lucky old Baker having Nicola Bryant sitting on his. Both McCoy and Baker feigned ignorance when the subject of a multiplie Doctor story for the 50th anniversary, although the Moffat could have sworn them to secrecy.
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Gwen Cooper from Torchwood as new companion. Eve Myles suggested she would be up for it if asked. Discuss?
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I don't think I'd mind it; it would be nice to have a break from the Gee Whiz Girlies for a while, and have someone that knows the score and can handle themselves (somewhat). Considering Torchwood was essentially put together to stop The Doctor, she would fit the ~Last Place~ clue. And, purely as fanwank, it would make a Barrowman return extremely fun. She kinda has that Canton Delaware competence about her... but perky... Yes. Definitely could do that.
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But I would want her to have some response to her own statements about the Doctor/Earth from Children of Earth after some time with the Doctor. I don't think she will be the companion, though. We all know Hitler from an alternative universe will be. Ok, good thing I am joking. Or am I?
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Missed your post about a DocBacker being a companion before. Best post in years... I laughed until I cried a bit. It's funny because it's true. Can you imagine buzzing around space and time with some guy telling you *Well, I'm having fun with you, but really I wish (insert McCoy, McGann) were here because he didn't get a fair shot.*? lol Dodging every shadow thinking it was the Dreamlord. (let alone dusting the console for Psychic Pollen constantly)
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Of course I don't see it happening. Please just let it not be Barrowman. NOT for the obvious reasons some would cite. I'd just get so sick of hearing people say he needs to tone it down. Heck, the most compelling episode of the last Torchwood series featured him being very, very gay in the past. It was a rare glimpse of humanity and good storytelling in a sea of *why are we doing this and why should the audience care?* for that poor, cursed series. I'd be afraid of Jack being toned down too much to be honest.
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Thanks guys! Just made my weekend.
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Were video cameras allowed? I'd LOVE to see that q&a. Sounds like you had a blast.
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Or do I want to know? Okay, done DocBacking alone. Be back later. I think everyone is sleeping in today... or outside somewhere.
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they didn't seem to mind people filming, but not being a fan of Torchwood i didn't bother with that one. Eve Myles came across as a pretty nice person though, and was fairly funny. Now, Brian Blessed..I filmed a chunk of that. very very funny man, was like an hour of stand up comedy. The whole weekend was pretty cool....got the surreal sight of someone in a proper working dalek with the voice modulator and everything suddenly stop hollering "exterminate" at every one in sight and start apologizing profusely because he bumped into a girl in a wheelchair.
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That sounds like it was a BLAST! Blessed IS awesome. He's hilarious and no-one has the physical presence that man has. And the voice? Just wow. I'm so jealous. Any chance the Blessed footage will be YouTubed?
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Where is everyone? Is this a holiday long weekend and everyone is away from home or something?
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The Daleks have chased away the discussions....
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Feb. 19, 2012, 3:21 a.m. CST
I do wonder if the problem is less people have seen the old BWs so less talk on them?
by HornOrSilk
But I hope the readership is still high.
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I ain't put mine up for a variety of reasons, but someone else might have....look for SFX weekender 3, I suppose
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Just checked. They have been put up..Blessed, mules, McCoy.would post links, but I'm using a tab at the moment. And I can't be arsed, if I'm honest....I'll stik a couple up later
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I now see the problems in this ep. as half in the writing and half in the direction. Soo Lin Yao living above the Lucky Cat is in the screenplay, however, and so are her comments about trying to get away from the smugglers for five years. So that's still a mystery. But ... The "small strong hands" comment doesn't refer to the little boy in the picture, but to the fingerprints on it. Rewatching, it appears the killer gymnast must have been eating messy cream buns prior to handling that photo. To the director's credit he did try to give a visual clue to explain how Sherlock can see fingerprints without dusting for them ... but no way does this scene work ... Holmes and Watson's uncanny knowledge of the number system is supposed to come from their seeing it all over the markets, not just on the bottom of the cup in the Lucky Cat. And Holmes was supposed to have slapped his forehead to indicate that his mistake was not thinking of the code as numbers, and that of course he knew about the system ... There's a very cool shot that didn't make it into the show as filmed - after Soo Lin Yao is dead her teapot has been smashed. Really a shame they didn't do that. Little bits of poetry make shows worth watching. And another - the ~look behind you~ gag that worked on the arabian swordsman was supposed to be tried and failed on the chinese warrior. Without it the second scene is horribly dulled. In the script Sherlock has to hunt for the tramway - he doesn't just find it by magic. Also Zhi Zhu ~The Spider~ is an angular man who kills by tangling his victim in grey silk - which could have been a neat effect if applied properly. So ... it remains to translate the graffiti properly and find out what it actually says ...
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Maybe it's since it's the First Doctor stuff. I'd have to watch it to add anything to the discussion, and I'm still going through the Fourth Doctor DVDs I've bought but not watched. I just finished The Invasion of Time, so still have quite a bit to watch. There's also a local place that has some Who DVDs for rent. I watched Sea Devils last week and rented the Silurians for this week (yeah I guess I did it out of order), so I've gotten some viewing of Third Doctor stuff in too.
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You all liked him, right? Just checking. No particular reason...
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It would be very fun for him to show up again, either in guest star or full companion capacity (either the 1969 or the 2011 version). Heck, for that matter I don't think anyone would object if either one of the Shepards became the Doctor after Matt Smith decides to leave. Morgan Shepard, especially, would make an interesting choice as a Doctor. It would be funny getting to see how River Song reacts when a Morgan Shepard Doctor shows up to call on her.
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He'll be the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car. We'll have to see if he's faster than David Tennant.
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Now now MOV - you KNOW the answer to this. You have turned into a ridiculous tease recently.. Just so you know- We like. Nikola Tesla. Canton Everett Delaware III The 8th Doctor. Sally Sparrow. Lorna Bucket. The Lesbian Silurian. The 9th Doctor. The 10th Doctor. And we also like Edgar Wright. If you start implying that some or all of these things will be in the next series we will all Squee like Pavlov's* dogs and you know it. Squeeeeee! *Actually, they should do an episode with Pavlov.
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Feb. 19, 2012, 1:21 p.m. CST
notspock2 - a few guesses for the next series (and beyond)
by Mister Vertue
If I were working on Wall Street (and I'm *very* glad I'm not), these are the shares I'd be buying right now: Nikola Tesla - don't see these spiking in the future, but never say never. Canton Everett Delaware III - I'd say these shares were the hottest commodity right now, at least in terms of your list, so buy, buy, buy! The 8th Doctor - keep an eye on this company. Not likely to pick up soon, but I see them doing very well in the next year or two. Sally Sparrow - sadly, a company whose shares have all been bought up and has now become privatised. The owner would need to negotiate before shares could be bought again. Lorna Bucket - I'd buy a few of these shares, perhaps as a future investment, but there can't be any guarantees of a return. The Lesbian Silurian - see Lorna Bucket. The 9th Doctor - see Sally Sparrow. The 10th Doctor - see The 8th Doctor. And regarding Edgar Wright, I honestly can't see him having the time for *anything* in the next 12 months, can you? He's a busy guy. His schedule in 2013 however... who can say?!
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Morgan's appearance was likely a one-time thing, but you never know what's going on behind the scenes. Mark on the other hand, it would be criminal for us not to see him again. Criminal. Fine actor who had a great rapport with Matt.
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Mark will be one of the guests at the official convention in Cardiff in March, so he's got to be there for a good reason, right? Of course he could just be there to enjoy the ride, or maybe he'll be giving us some further information about Canton's future involvement with the show? All we can do for now is speculate!
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Feb. 19, 2012, 1:45 p.m. CST
Well, if you're going to tease us, MOV, you might as well mention
by DoctorTom
that if Mark is going to be at the convention in March, that is certainly after the time the new series starts filming....
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWA7rgCMGrA&feature=related
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Doctor Who series 5 theme done Red Dwarf style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXEt7H5rVFU&feature=related
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you be the judge of which one you like better http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-X6t7-THbk&feature=related
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Feb. 19, 2012, 1:53 p.m. CST
Okay, I might have changed my mind about having the Borg in the DW/ ST:TNG crossover with the Cybermen
by DoctorTom
I'm wondering if the writers had seen this trailer on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C2gWh6SUwU&feature=related
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Oh yes, the convention takes place slap bang in the middle of first few blocks of filming, which begin tomorrow. I doubt any significant clues regarding Amy & Rory's exit will be given, but I'll be very surprising if one or two wee tidbits aren't slipped out to get us talking on the Docback. Autumn seems so far away and we all need something to feed on between now and then.
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Yeah, it *is* a slow Docback this week. Interestingly, it feels like the overall number of Talkbacks on AICN was lower than usual this week. I've noticed this type of ebb and flow in the past. I'm not sure what accounts for it in terms of social mechanics, but there it is. Re: "Classic WHO" -vs- "New WHO" on the Docbacks. On average (with a few exceptions), "New WHO" outperforms "Classic WHO" in Docback participation by several fold - there are often between 4 to 8 times as many Docbacks for "New WHO" when compared to "Classic WHO." That ratio *has* been considerably higher. "Classic WHO" is a tough sell. I know many "new WHO" fans who steadfastly refuse to commit time and energy to the older stories - this is one of the truths I'm hoping to shift by presenting these weekly pieces. Off the top of my head, I can name a number of Docback "regulars" who watch the new DWs, but not the older ones. Or, Docback regulars who haven't seen the *very* oldest WHOs. All of this makes it difficult for some to participate in conversations (despite my belief that Docbacks are, and should be, about "all things WHO" and not just the episode being written about at any given time). Within the last few Docbacks, we've had multiple posts from readers stating they've never seen the episode being written about. I'd expect the number of Docback posts to remain in flux for some time this year as we continue making our way through vintage WHO. I'd guess we'll see participation escalating as we progress towards more current/"popular" Doctors, as we approach S7, and as more and more details about that series...and the show's 50th Anniversary plans in general...emerge.
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Yes, the net can have times when it is slower than others. I do think the B/W Who is going to have less comments than when we get to Pertwee, and Tom Baker will bring in more to the conversation when you get to him. I love the whole of Doctor Who from start to finish, but yes, for many it is hard to get them to adjust to the old style (Baker) let alone the really old style (B/W era). But it is worth going through them all, and the series will be a good guide for people who want to know something to sample. Indeed, that might be something you want to do at the end of watching each Doctor -- make a list of those you thought were the best and those you thought the hardest to watch -- for the sake of people who just want samples of each era.
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****NoScript filtered a potential cross-site scripting (XSS) attempt from (http://www.aintitcool.com) Technical details have been logged to the Console.**** Huh! Interesting. I...have no idea. Have never come across that one. I very much appreciate your concern about the purchase credit, and your continued support. It really does mean a lot...
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Feb. 19, 2012, 3:43 p.m. CST
The Chase got partially covered a few weeks back when we passed through The Space Museum - I think that (at least partially) explains it...I seem to recall
by obijuanmartinez
my own ham-fisted segue out of The Chase when seeing the 2-story DVD cover at the top of the article, picking the story I had actually seen. I then noticed Space Museum was in fact the serial being covered that week, not The Chase. To channel my inner Austin Powers: "And...I'm spent!"
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I guess we'll know if it's an issue if you don't see credit for my purchase. I *think* you get credit for the other stuff I'm buying as well. (Zune accessory, blu-rays) But I'm not sure. I'll go through the link here before heading to my shopping cart. As for the slow DocBacks, yeah it seems to ebb and flow.I love it no matter what. That and the Whotininnies. Never quit!! Thanks!!!
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Having watched Dr. Who since it first came to the US in the late 70s, I will say the 1st & 2nd Doctors' stories read much better than they view. I think the show had a lot of bugs and kinks to work out by the time they got around to the superior Pertwee & Baker years. It was a bit of a hard sell to go from watching the 3rd & 4th Doctor stories to the B&W stories when they first started airing on PBS in the early/mid-80s (and I was in grade / middle school at the time). I still watched, and felt a richer grounding in the show's legacy - I further read most of the Troughton / Hartnell Target novelizations, and found a good many memorable stories! That being said, I still view Classic Who as more legitimate science-fiction than the New Who series - The new ones simply lack the gravitas of say the Phillip Hinchcliffe/Tom Baker years (which are known as the Golden Age of Dr. Who), and the new show feels like a light beer version. I do watch them both, and don't see any reason not to continue, but the new episodes (for me) definitely fail to really deeply satisfy my SF jones. Hope they've got something spectacular planned for the 50th anniversary of the show next year!
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I've said it before - I'll say it again; You may want to consider a "Coming Next Week" announcement, so those of us who are not encyclopedic in our episode knowledge can scare up a copy (or check it on youtube) to get up to speed book-club style. Speaking for no one but myself, time is gruesome during the week (9-7 including commute), but I'd definitely try to keep up with the convo if possible, were I to know what the topic was.
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Yeah - I think it's a good idea. I'd actually started doing just that, but got off-track with the "next week" scheduling for a variety of reasons. In the next week or so, I'll be able to post a list of the next several articles & will try to maintain that kind of forward projection...
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VERY good idea.
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Feb. 19, 2012, 5:12 p.m. CST
BTW: Got 5 back-issues of The Whovian Times on eBay last week for less than 5 bucks - EPIC!
by obijuanmartinez
For those not familiar, this was the newspaper published semi-annually by the old (now-dissolved) Doctor Who Fan Club of America. Really great stuff - took me back to those grade school & middle school years in the mid-80s! Some interesting fan fiction too, including a great biography of the renegade Timelord Morbius! Would be great to scan some bits from these (if legal) and share w/ the gang... Really shows how (comparatively) small the pre-internet world was: You could SEND AWAY for British CyberMat model kits by MAIL! Whoa!
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But what of the 7th Doctor? All that Radagasting about will soon come to an end, and he brings his own spoons...
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I'm not sure if we talked about it in a Whotininnies (who can remember all that digression?), but I know Glen and I have gabbed about how much fun it would be to see 11 go on walkabout within his own history for the anniversary, a la BTTF2, as a way of bringing those classic adventures to the fore with a new, unseen twist. Maybe a little mystery that can only be solved/something scattered in the winds of his past. AnyWHO.
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The coming of the Terraphiles? What did you think of it?
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That would indeed be an amazing way to celebrate the anniversary. I'd pay to see that.
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Sounds all kindsa pervy. Is that really a title?
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Gotilk, I haven't read it yet (or listened to it - also have the audio though I think it's abridged). When it came out though I remember a lot of grumbling because it read like a Michael Moorcock novel with the names of some of the characters filed off and the Doctor and Amy's name written in their place. They were saying if you like Moorcock it's a decent book, but it's not really a Doctor Who book. As far as the hardcover Doctor Who books, The Silent Stars Go By (by Dan Abnett) has had a much better reception. Abnett writing Ice Warriors - it seems to be a good matchup.
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when I first saw that book cover too. Yes, and the reason I ask is that I recall the book got some really scathing bad reviews at one point. Maybe even here. I was just wondering if any of the regulars had actually read it. I've never read any Moorcock beyond short bits on the Internet and I think a short story at some point in an anthology or zine. I'm thinking of picking up The Silent Stars Go By first. I thought I already had it on order, but I must have removed it from my cart at some point. I was shocked to see Barnes and Noble had almost a whole bookshelf of Doctor Who books. Then I spotted the anniversary edition of American Gods and was tempted. I was tempted to grab a few of the Who books too, but I've got too many books waiting for me to read them already. I'm still only about 75% through Snow Crash (and liking it more now than I did).
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actually you can, as the walls of my place are about to burst from all the books and such inside. Still, it's a good philosophy to have. For some reason, BBC Books are available electronically on the Kindle but not any other platform (I'm guessing that the BBC likes the DRM on the Kindle versions). I wish they'd also put out epub versions for the Nook. So far it looks like it's only some of the British publishers not also doing the Nook - BBC and allied imprints, and Orbit books. (There might be others, but I haven't noticed them yet.) Gotilk, if you feel the need to get Gaiman and do ebooks, right now most places have Neverwhere for only $2.99. Ah, 48 minutes into the podcast and we're actually getting commentary on the Chase! This brings up a side note from the podcast - looking at toy prices on ebay. If you think the Tobor prices are high, look at the prices for Major Matt Mason stuff. For the moon station with the moon crawler and the hoversled, someone wanted $400. I remember playing with that stuff as a kid, I kind of wish I had some of that around now.
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Just read that subject again, out loud. It's almost as if it's one of THOSE joke titles you heard when you were a kid. Except there's some reference you're not *getting*. Remember those? Under the grandstand by Seymore Butts? Yellow River by I.P. Freyley? lol Well, luckily for him his name isn't Richard Moorcock.
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It's true. But I have SO many books. I need to decide what's precious, what's not. Then I'll have enough space left over to put in a gym. Or.... I dunno... better books? lol ... I can't stand DRM. When I do get myself an e-reader, I will buy books. But then for the sake of my own back-up purposes, will do my best to grab pirated versions that are DRM -free after I make the purchases. I know it doesn't sound like the right thing to do, but neither is drm. You know? They'll figure it all out eventually. DRM will go the way of the Dodo eventually, we just have to be patient and do what we need to do in the meantime. Because it's hard to say if my format of choice and platform of choice will be the one to survive. So my Kindle/Sony/whatever quits working and there's no other reader that reads the format and they've stopped making my reader of choice. Then it's just lost, even though I've done the right thing and purchased it instead of downloading a pirated version. Frustrating. One of the main arguments that tell me DRM is wrong though is the archive issue. The industry has proven that it will drop the ball when given the opportunity (and responsibility, since they want to outlaw personal archives.. they can't have it both ways... DRM makes it their job) to preserve works. And then they want to make it illegal for us to do their jobs for them. Doctor Who is a perfect example of why personal archives are important. You just cannot rely on the PTB to take care of it for us. A friend of mine has an archive of about 600 rare or out of print films from sources as varied as old VHS tapes, things taped off TV, bootlegs, foreign DVDs, foreign bootleg DVDs, etc etc. There are many examples of films he has copies of where it is entirely possible that he has one of few or even the ONLY copy in the world left. I've promised to spend a weekend here and there to make copies of his archives so that they're in more than one place. I think it's important work, but the industry seems to think it's a crime while they refuse to put in the work to do it themselves. endrant It's a pet peeve of mine.
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I look at those dates at the top of this article and am reminded that in fact Doctor Who has existed in this world quite a few years longer than I have.
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What, nobody else on this board was there? Shame! Let's see... just from memory. William Russell, Wauris (sic) Hussein - director of "An Unearthly Child", Louise Jameson (Leela), the actor who played Captain Mike Yates, the actress who played little Amelia Pond, the actor who played Dorium, Mark Sheppard and the acting legend that is his father, Tony Curran, Nick Briggs, and...oh yeah...PAUL MCGANN, ERIC ROBERTS and his wife ELIZA, DAPHNE ASHBROOK, YEE TSO, and TV Movie producer [and producer of practically everything currently on the Discovery Channel] Phil Segal. Sylvester McCoy wasn't available because he was busy shooting, ahem, *some movie* in New Zealand at the time [although we aren't supposed to say by name what that movie's title is, wink]. Forgot that John de Lancie was also there, and Amber Benson too. The panels were great. For an actor who originally was afraid of cons, Paul McGann knows how to work a crowd of 3,000 people. And for the record, he wants to return to onscreen WHO. He said it several times although he apparently isn't going to call the BBC to make it happen [there was a joke said about how the BBC seems to wait for the actors to state their interest in newspaper interviews before inviting them aboard officially]. Daphne and Yee mentioned how their characters [Grace & Chang-Lee] were tied up by Universal who is preventing them from being officially used on tv, audio adventures, books, and other licensed materials [a fan made an unofficial action figure set of the 8th Doctor with Grace and presented it to her at her panel]. Paul McGann told a touching story of how he sees the characterization of The Doctor and how it is based upon his 20 year friendship with the UK's oldest surviving WWI veteran [who is now deceased] that made the audience rather misty. Tony Curran also had a misty eyed story of how he was at Whole Foods and a lady approached him about his portrayal of Van Gogh and how much it meant to her since she suffers from depression; she ended up crying and he hugged her in the middle of the store. Mark Sheppard hinted that Canton will be back, and for us Supernatural fans that we should be asking whether Crowley is really a demon or not.... Mark's father shared stories of his work with Tom Baker and Richard Burton, as well as working with his own son and what he had to do to get a SAG waiver in order to appear as the older Canton on WHO. I could go on and on but seriously, I had more fun there than at the past two WonderCons. The actors were awesome both in the panel discussions and also in person, especially the TV Movie Cast...
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Sounds like an amazing experience. Thanks for posting that.
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Have listened to a couple of his audios (most recent was Vengeance of Morbius I think, which also had Alexander Siddig in...I like him as an actor. It's sad his 1 onscreen outing as the Doc was the abortive American / Fox version. He's been pretty solid in most everything I've seen him in, from the Hornblower series to more recent stuff like Idris Elba's "Luther"...
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I wouldn't call it an "abortive" version. Had Fox scheduled the TV Movie to air the week before in the same time slot [instead of "Tornado"], it would've won it with monster ratings and the show would've returned in 1996/97 instead of 2005. I'm still amazed at the section of fandom that still have their claws out for the TV Movie. At the TV Movie Reunion Panel at GallifreyOne Saturday night, there was one fan who lined up for questions who thought he'd try to call out Phil Segal over the Daleks putting The Master on trial at the beginning of the TVM as if that was something out of character for them. His accusatory tone and question was "since when have the Daleks ever put anyone on trial?" I was tempted to call out that "fan" in front of the 3,000 people that the Daleks threatened to put Davros on trial during the Classic Series, but alas, I held my tongue. That or the female fan who thought she was correcting McGann's opening narration about Time Lords having 13 lives by shouting "12 lives" when in fact the old rule was Time Lords had 12 regenerations and thus a total of 13 incarnations/lives and thus she was totally wrong. Personally, I would've preferred 5 seasons of Doctor Who produced by Phil Segal instead of the 4 we later got with Russell T. Davies at the TARDIS Console.
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...but yes, McGann is awesome and is solid in all of his roles, whether he appears in something like "Empire of the Sun" or "Queen of the Damned". McGann said he views The Doctor as being ancient and battle damaged - plus with father issues - yet he still retains his child-like sense of wonder and excitement about life. He mentioned this is how his friend the WWI vet was. He said he went to a wedding of a biographer who was profiling the remaining WWI vet survivors in the UK and the vets slipped out and down the road to the local village when it was having a computer faire. McGann walked down to the village and found his friend with a VR Headset strapped to his head and blasting aliens in the video game while one of his fellow WWI vets was watching on an external monitor and critiquing his game play and how he needed to play it faster. Thus here were these men well above their 90s playing kid games and being excited about life in spite of the horrors they had endured. He said he believed if The Doctor heard a funny joke, he would probably laugh so hard that his whole head would move [essentially he wouldn't half-ass humor] just as his friend had done...
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to continue... !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wheeeeeeee!!!!!!
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Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! CantonCantonCantonCanton Canton Wiki-I-po! CantonCanton Canton Wiki-I-po! WIKI-I-PO! CAN! Can-tucky Tucky, Canton Wiki-I-Po! Canton Wiki-I-po! ... OK. I'm better now. Whee.
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I'd love to see your reaction when/if Canton actually does return.
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The 50th anniversary will only be happening once and most of us might not be around for the next big party, so I'm sure the Powers-That-Be will be doing everything they can to get anyone of any significance from the history of this fine show involved in some way. Actors who previously played the Doctor will surely be invited back to take part. In what capacity though, who knows?!
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Feb. 21, 2012, 6:26 a.m. CST
Paul McGann is 100% part of the show's official history
by Mister Vertue
Just as much as Hartnell, et al. I'm pretty sure he won't be forgotten by those responsible for casting actors for the anniversary year.
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Feb. 21, 2012, 6:40 a.m. CST
On the bright side, you couldn't see the *Canton Wiki-I Po* Dance.
by Perigee
Picture Morris Dancing with two American Flags on the sticks... ...Wheee!
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Have you auditioned yet? If not, why not? You'd get my vote (assuming non-Americans are allowed to vote, of course).
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But I'm still not watching the show.
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there's not enough of a history of Morris dancing in the States where it would play well on America's Got Talent. Now, if they'd remake the Gong Show again, there'd be a better chance there.
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And something unique. Unless you turn up that day and there's someone else doing Morris dancing too. That always happens. Well, it happens to me. A lot.
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I do Morris dancing now. Morris dancing is cool. Except on Venus. The Venusians *definitely* do *not* like Morris dancing. Something about the tassels apparently. Interferes with their reproductive organs. Didn't really hang around long enough to find out. That day ended with a significant amount of running. Except it was running on Venus. Have you ever been to Venus? Running is *not* fun on Venus. Ever.
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I know it's been around for a while (certainly, long before The Daemons). But, after having watched too much Top Gear, I am forced to ask if there's any relationship between liking to Morris dance and wanting to own a Morris Minor? More importantly, is the Morris that the Morris company is named after decide after developing automobiles to travel back in time and invent Morris dancing? This of course leads to the amusing image of someone trying to get a Morris Minor to go at 88 mph in order for the flux capacitor to work. (Check out the pictures in wiki to see why this is an amusing thought). The only ways I know of getting a Morris Minor to that speed on its own would be to replace the engine, strap a rocket engine on to it, or drop it and have it reach 88 mph as it plummets.
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The 12th Doc regenerates as a big endomorphic guy with bow legs. Sexy will decide Doc should lift weights rather than run. Lace his custard with steroids. Land him on a bunch of high gravity worlds to keep the cellulite off his butt. Issue a Sonic the size and shape of Conan's broadsword. Then when the Daleks attack he can just kick sand in their faces. And at the 50th anniversary piss-up he'll call all his earlier incarnations ~girly-lords~.
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And that will be one of the tracks on the 50th anniversary CD? Spoons?
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...that compelling angel of promise who once graced these venerable Docbacks. I'm referring to "a blue blob called Steve" - first met here: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/52308 Interestingly, "a blue blob called Steve" -especially if he/she/it were to, say, Morris dance, meets the criteria recently laid out by The Moff regarding S7's newest companion. Specifically, that said companion is... *** "...someone very different - the Doctor is going to meet someone very new in the very last place he could ever have expected..." *** I therefore submit with absolute certainty *[[[ahem]]]** that the Doctor's new companion will, indeed, be A Blue Blob Called Steve. But where would one least expect to meet a blue blob? Especially one called 'Steve'? A toilet? Under a fingernail? Inside of a garbage pail? Perhaps within of a yogurt container? The mind reels with startling possibilities!
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Feb. 21, 2012, 5:39 p.m. CST
hornorsilk - close, but I think it's more accurate to say...
by Mister Vertue
... that Sly (Can we *really* call him that? Hasn't he been knighted by the Queen yet? What?! He hasn't? That's outrageous) will be auditioning one of his spoons for the part of the new assistant. I believe 'The Moff' said something along the lines of him/her/it being found in the place we least expected. Mr McCoy's cutlery drawer. It's obvious now, isn't it?
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I was typing that before your message popped up. Rather spooky that we both addressed the same quote from 'The Moff'. So now he's under pressure to incorporate a blue blob called Steve, and a *spoon* into his scripts. Better him than me. I'm off to bed!
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I know MOV likes to play his cards close to his chest. But if a blue blob named Steve ever did show up in DW the amount of carry-on on the Docback would look a lot like the ~We Are Here~s issuing from the speck carrying Seuss's Horton's Whoville. Now wouldn't that make a wonderful Christmas Special? I mean ... The Doctor. In Whoville. On a speck of psychic pollen from the Candle Meadows of Karass Don Slava ...
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Wouldn't it be quite exciting and fun if The Moff were to bring the brilliant Daniel Kaluuya from The Fades over for a role in the coming season, be it big or small. Boy, wouldn't that be brill... Eh, Glen? PS - Steve insists on being called The Blob Of Many Colors, Depending On His Mood, Thank You For Asking
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That's the phrase flying around the news as season 7 ramps up today, straight from Auntie's mouth. Are we talking episode length do ya suppose, or are we in for more Star Warsy "Good Man" spectacle? And, of the three guests confirmed, Shep isn't one of 'em. I guess I ought to stow the Morris sticks for a while longer...
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I don't see any reason why one or two actors from The Fades won't migrate over to Who now and again in the future. I'm sure it makes Andy Pryor's job a wee bit easier, which is what he needs right now, I'm guessing. Oh, and at this rate, Steve will need his own spin-off show. I just know he's going to overshadow the anniversary year and ruin everything. But hey, that's Steve! p.s. Caroline Skinner really *is* a complete nutjob. Losing Confidential this year really will be our loss. I'll bet you a penny to a pound that she makes it onto the dvd though...
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I'm assuming it's referring to the 'look and feel' of the episodes more than the actual length. Having moved to better facilities that offer a greater scope for production, I think we'll be seeing more spectacular scenes that make it feel like we're watching a 'blockbuster movie'. Didn't 'The Moff' mention something along the lines of this series being the 'Die Hard' sequence of episodes? That could be a clue.
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If you want some Kaluuya/Doctor Who action, then you should watch the episode called 'Planet of the Dead' from David Tennant's stint on the show, in which Daniel played the part of Barclay. Doesn't mean he can't come back again to maybe play a more prominent role on the show. Other actors have done that, so it's not entirely out of the question.
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The show was written as a trilogy. Seeing how well it's done in the UK and overseas, I don't see why the BBC wouldn't continue the story as planned by Jack and Caroline. Keep those fingers crossed!
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also known as Rutan Steve. We get the nod back to the past (Horror of Fang Rock/ just about any classic Who story with the Sontarans whinging about their war with the Rutan). Since the Rutan are also shapeshifters, you can have Rutan Steve looking like anyone. This means if you want to do stunt casting, you could get someone in to play Steve for an episode. One story you could have a Brian Blessed Rutan Steve, the next story you could have Ray Winstone Steve Rutan Steve, then Bill Bailey Rutan Steve followed by Frankie Boyle F***ing Rutan Steve the F***ing Blob, For Shite's Sake (somehow I see Frankie Boyle taking the expanded name for Steve the Blob). This would also be a way to bring in Paul McGann, Tom Baker et al without having to worry about them actually not looking like they did when they were younger - it's just Steve the Blob looking like an older version of that Doctor. As a nod to the fans, you could get Robert Jezek playing Steve the Blob for a story and have the blob turn into a penguin briefly. And, when we get tired of having Steve as a companion, we can get Matthew Waterhouse to play Steve and in an uncanny sense of deja vu, stick him in a space freighter and crash him into a planet. Some companions practically write themselves.
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I'm assuming the blockbuster movie reference was talking about the look and feel. The pace of stories has generally been faster with the series since it came back, cramming 4 classic episodes worth of story into 45 minutes (at least 4 episodes - with Pertwee's stories you'd take 6 episodes worth of story in 45 minutes after you filter out the padding. With something like the Sensorites you'd finish the story about 20 minutes in and spend the next 25 minutes dealing with the aftermath, or pulling an Ark trick and jumping ahead in time to see the results). The Die Hard reference could be to an adventure taking place in a high rise building. (Paradise Towers II: The Wrath of Pex) Or, it could be a reference to Alan Rickman appearing in Doctor Who. I doubt it, but it's fun to throw that one out there.
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No - never mind; don't want to see that...
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Feb. 22, 2012, 1:10 p.m. CST
Awww heck. Now I have that image stuck in my head. I hate me.
by Perigee
Like a movie poster, With The Doctor Kung Fooing a bare foot into the center.
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and he's playing a Time Lord. *You ask for miracles, Doctor, I give you the Celestial Intervention Agency*
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Feb. 22, 2012, 1:28 p.m. CST
The most frightening crossover of all time. And space. "Harry Potter and The Lord of Time."
by Perigee
With David Tennant as Dobby, all shrunk up by Punk Master, and looking for Timelord DNA in Smith's stolen socks to restore himself... Get us some Emma Watson companionship. And KILL KILL KILL Rupert Grint, before he becomes teh Valeyard. Hey. Moffy was right - this really could be a blockbuster episode. Just bring spare socks.
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Feb. 22, 2012, 1:42 p.m. CST
And Daniel Radcliffe? Nekkid, in the background, always chasing a pantomime horse with a pair of knitting needles.
by Perigee
Yep. Never a showrunner, me. Never, ever, ever...
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And a brilliant Who turn it was. And yes, a return from Daniel would be quite nice, for he is a lovely bloke. For anyone unfamiliar, have a listen to my Bit of a Chat w/ Daniel, in which we talk Fades, Charlie Brooker, Rowan Atkinson, Who, taxes, and burning eggs... http://www.asitecalledfred.com/2012/01/17/daniel-kaluuya-ken-plume-chat/ (If the links is garbled, you can always view all of the Chat archives at asitecalledfred. com / kenplume (remove the spaces). Scroll down and you'll see the link to Daniel. And wouldn't it be grand if The Moff were to do A Bit of a Chat sometime? Yes... Twould be a delight...
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I'm guessing y'all did; I'm definitely a junior partner in these docbacks. Nonetheless, a bit from Dark Horizons: Though Darvill and Gillan will leave as regulars this season, the pair are confirmed for at least the first three episodes. Alex Kingston's River Song will appear in the first episode which Steven Moffat is penning.
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MOV? He/she could use a digital voice disguiser to maintain the mystery … If you manage that I bet a bunch of us would be pleased to make a party line of it … the first inaugural Whotinbackies …
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Great job with the Trek stuff this week. *The Trek that could have been* would be something I'd subscribe to if it were a magazine.
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That's a fantastic idea.
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are you trying to/ hoping for Moff for a normal chat? Or are you planning for a special episode of Whotininnies with guest star Moffat?
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I decided to look at Doctor Who items on Amazon, and found that somebody is offering posters of The Pandorica Opens (the Van Gogh picture) for only 41 cents, and the Dalek To Victory poster for only 89 cents (plus $3.99 shipping each). These are 94% off list price - quite the steal! I just ordered a copy of each; I'll have to see how quickly they can get these out.
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Just checked in, read the bits about lack of contributors to some of the Classic Who DocBacks. I'm the same as a lot of people here, haven't seen much Hartnell or Troughton, really started watching with Pertwee so I guess I'll be able to contribute more when the DocBacks get to him. Really enjoy reading what others have to say, however. As an aside, it looks like no-one else who posts here is going to the convention in March. Really? If so, that's a shame.
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One possible reason for the lower number of posts over last weekend was probably that some of the normal posters were at the Gallifrey convention and were too busy having fun there to post on the website. The stories being old (by my standards i.e. before I started watching, pre-Tom Baker ;) ) probably doesn't help, but then again they're not episodes being currently shown on tv. There's going to be a lot more comments posted on an episode that was just shown on tv compared to one that wasn't. Speaking of the Hartnell and Troughton episodes, though, it would be nice if the BBC would get copies of the 2 Who episodes recently found (episodes of Galaxy Four and The Underwater Menace) to Merrick at an appropriate time to be able to discuss them when he reaches those stories in future Docbacks.
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Do you mean the one in Cardiff? Wish I could go and yes it is a shame. I just can't get away, I'm responsible for the care of another , probably for an extended time (thankfully) and I just won't be going to these types of things, at least not far away (I'm in CA.) for a while. I do hope SOMEONE here goes and reports back though. Have fun if you make it, Gland_of_Omega!
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The Van Gogh poster is something I MUST have. Gotta wait a few more days before I can put in my Amazon order(s).
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I noticed it's going to be a convention exclusive. Does this mean they will not be releasing it to the public on DVD, or that there will be a delay or a different edition with something other than a different slip-case? Anyone know?
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It's probably just something with the packaging. Amazon US has the release date for the DVD as April 10. I already have it preordered.
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