For the fans of Dr. Who

Baglady · Post by **Baglady** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 7:54 am

Actually the americans killed the good Dr. They baught the rights and made a TV movie and, in typical yanky fashion, killed the show. Americans can't do British comedy. Their attempt at Regie Perin was a complete disaster too. Sounds like the BBC has the rights back and so The Dr. rides again.

Tom Baker was my first and so my favorite. Just the right amount of tongue in cheek. K-9 and that whispy, wafeish girl, the last piece of the key to time, (oh what was her name...) were also the best.

How big IS it?

susnfx · Post by **susnfx** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 8:30 am

Forget all those middle-aged cerebral Doctors. Peter Davison was the one! It's been years since Dr. Who was carried on any local channels here, but I followed him faithfully for a very long time. I hate to see remakes and re-dos. They're never the same - and always "updated" in some idiotic way that takes away all the charm of the original.

Susan

Hils · Post by **Hils** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 9:38 am

For all you Tom Baker and "Monarch of the Glen" fans. Tom will be playing the part of Donald McDonald a blacksheep of the family. Airing in the UK in the fall, I don't know when us North Americans will get it.
Romana (Lalla Ward) was his lady friend in "Dr. Who" and they were married in real life for about 16 months.
Tom has his own web site see -:
http://www.tombaker.tv/
Oh yeah....I'm a fan of Dr Who and I still have all the Dr Who magazines from that era including #1. Gee who knows maybe they will be worth something now and I can sell them and get a new whistle or maybe a grand piano....oops I'm dreaming again.

kevin m. · Post by **kevin m.** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 10:30 am

Never mind the 'Whispy,waifish girl' what about LEELA??

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/gal ... ndex.shtml

MarkB · Post by **MarkB** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 10:59 am

The whole story on the New Dr. Who from the BBC official website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/newtv/index.shtml

MarkB

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 11:17 am

When I was grade-school age, my sister (a little younger than me) used to watch Dr. Who, and when we moved to the Philippines, she watched it there, too.

Surely in terms of endurance it's about the most successful sci-fi franchise of all. It first aired in 1963. And it ran, doctor after doctor, for decades. A new series, I don't think should be seen as a remake, but as yet another in the long cycle of Doctor Who.

For comparisons of longevity, some other shows that started the same year:
The Outer Limits (didn't last the decade, but did have a remake)
The Fugitive (didn't last the decade, but was remade as a popular movie)
Astro Boy (has had a couple of remakes or so)
The Patty Duke Show (revived for a reunion show)
Petticoat Junction

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 11:21 am

kevin m. wrote:Never mind the 'Whispy,waifish girl' what about LEELA??
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/gal ... ndex.shtml

Was that the girl that Eric Clapton was on about.

Slan,
D.

Paul Reid · Post by **Paul Reid** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 11:28 am

susnfx wrote:Peter Davison was the one!

Susan, was he the one with the longish white hair and velvet smoking jacket?

susnfx · Post by **susnfx** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 11:40 am

This one:

http://peterdavison.s5.com/dw.html

Young. Stalk of celery.

kevin m. · Post by **kevin m.** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 2:11 pm

dubhlinn wrote:
kevin m. wrote:Never mind the 'Whispy,waifish girl' what about LEELA??
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/gal ... ndex.shtml

Was that the girl that Eric Clapton was on about.

Slan,
D.

Don't know about Clapton's girl,but She's DEFINATELY NOT like 'Lola',who Ray Davies and the Kinks sang about!

susnfx · Post by **susnfx** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 3:28 pm

dubhlinn wrote:Was that the girl that Eric Clapton was on about.

That was Layla.

Susan

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 3:36 pm

susnfx wrote:
dubhlinn wrote:Was that the girl that Eric Clapton was on about.
That was Layla.

Susan

Layla,Leela,Lola,

I'm getting confused now.

Slan,
D.

Paul Reid · Post by **Paul Reid** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:13 pm

Ah, yes Susan. That was the guy who also played Tristan in All Creatures Great and Small.

susnfx · Post by **susnfx** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:37 pm

Paul Reid wrote:Ah, yes Susan. That was the guy who also played Tristan in All Creatures Great and Small.

Yes, and very cute he was then, too!

Susan

Hils · Post by **Hils** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 7:04 pm

Coronation St has been a favourite since first airing Dec 9th 1960. Are there any other "Corrie" fans here? I remember watching the first episode in England with my mother we, like many other Brits, found there were people in our own street that were almost doubles for the characters on Corrie. Every street has an Ena Sharples and an Elsie Tanner, oh,oh I'm dating myself.....

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