Doctor Who

[Kirsty Harris]

I was just wondering if any of you guys have been watching the new series of Doctor Who.

I have to admit, I have been completly hooked on the series, even though I thought I would hate it, given how much I loved the old-style series when I was a kid!!!

I really think Christopher Ecclestone has done a 1st-rate job, and it's a real shame he isn't doing another series

(I blame the BBC, they should have signed him up for two series, not just one).

Billy Piper has been surprisingly good as Rose, but best of all has been the guy who plays Captin Jack (I don't know what the actors name is, but he is great!!!).

Sadly, looks like the doctor will be regenerating next week, and then no more till Christmas.

I expect all of you have better things to do on a Saturday night than watch tele, though, which only goes to prove how sad I am!!!

[Zainub]

I've heard the name of this tv show a lot, never actually managed to find out what's it's really all about. Would anyone like to tell me?

[Pete]

Science Fiction. About a person who can travel through time and space.. in a police box. And his appearance can change too. He doesn't die, he regenerates into someone else.

[Kirsty Harris]

It's hard to explain, but i'll give it a twirl!!

The Doctor is a TimeLord, who has a time machine, called the TARDIS (which looks like an old fashioned blue police box). He can use this to travel through time and space, anywhere he likes - although due to BBC budgetry constraints he mostly opts for Earth.

The Doctor does not die, but he regenerates - there have been nine of them so far (if you include the one who was in the rubbish American one-off show), all of them rather different in appearence, personality and temprament. The best one's to date (IMO) have been Tom Baker and Peter Davidson (but that's just cause I grew up watching them, I'm sure!), and Chris Ecclestone has done a lovely job too, as the current doctor.

Along the way, they meet up with some lovely people, who become their Companions, and together they lark around saving the universerse from evil-doers like the Daleks and Cybermen, who, trust me, are seriously nasty dudes!!

Well, that'll have to do, as a start...

[Pete]

Peter Davidson?! You should be made to watch a whole series of Sylvester McCoy now

I first started watching it near the end of the show when it was aired in 1989. But I saw repeats on BBC2 and UKGold. Jon Pertwee was my favourite doctor, I thought he had all of the best storylines. The Daemons, Terror of the Autons, Sea Devils and Planet of the Spiders.

Not keen on this new series. Some of the jokes just haven't been working and the stories are over too quickly at times. Plus! How come nobody questions a police box at the bottom of a block of council flats in south London?!

[Zainub]

Aha, sounds interesting. Does it ever come on BBC Prime, I get that down here, I will check listing if its available to me.

[Kirsty Harris]

Originally Posted by Pete

Peter Davidson?! You should be made to watch a whole series of Sylvester McCoy now

I first started watching it near the end of the show when it was aired in 1989. But I saw repeats on BBC2 and UKGold. Jon Pertwee was my favourite doctor, I thought he had all of the best storylines. The Daemons, Terror of the Autons, Sea Devils and Planet of the Spiders.

Not keen on this new series. Some of the jokes just haven't been working and the stories are over too quickly at times. Plus! How come nobody questions a police box at the bottom of a block of council flats in south London?!

He he - I saw those ones. McCoy was a big improvement on the awful Colin Baker, who I just loathed. Sadly, I'm too young for the Pertwee years, although I remember seeing a re-run of the 'Three Doctors' where he was arguing with Patrick Troughton, which was fab!! I loved 'The Five Doctors' also, although I was upset that Adric wasn't in it, as when I was a kid I thought he was great and I cried when he was killed Now I realise he was a terrible actor!!!)

I agree about the stories being too short at times. I have enjoyed the two-parters more than the one part shows, but overall I think it's been great! Bringing a show back from the dead takes some doing, and I applaud Russel T Davis for bringing the series up to date without losing the essence of the series. And of course, it still has the coolest theme music EVER!!!

Pete, did you see the episode with the Dalek in it? That was really great!! When their taking the pee out of the Dalek because it can't get up the stairs, and then it goes 'levetate' so funny!!!

[Kirsty Harris]

Originally Posted by Zainub Razvi

Aha, sounds interesting. Does it ever come on BBC Prime, I get that down here, I will check listing if its available to me.

I don't know, but I imagne that the BBC will be showing it worldwide eventually.

If you want more info on Doctor Who, here is a web site devoted to it:

http://www.gallifreyone.com

[Pete]

Originally Posted by Kirsty Harris

He he - I saw those ones. McCoy was a big improvement on the awful Colin Baker, who I just loathed. Sadly, I'm too young for the Pertwee years, although I remember seeing a re-run of the 'Three Doctors' where he was arguing with Patrick Troughton, which was fab!! I loved 'The Five Doctors' also, although I was upset that Adric wasn't in, as when I was a kid I thought he was great and I cried when he was killed Now I realise he was a terrible actor!!!

Pete, did you see the episode with the Dalek in it? That was really great!! When their taking the pee out of the Dalek because it can't get up the stairs, and then it goes 'levetate' so funny!!!

I don't think i've seen any Colin Baker episodes, just clips. Nor really seen many Davidson episodes but the ones I have seen, like Kinda and 5Dr's I thought were pretty average. I feel for Sylvester McCoy though, he's taken alot of flack that's not his fault. The show was coming towards the end back then, Colin Baker set the rot and the storylines were generally crap.

I did see that Dalek episode, but I wasn't too impressed with the ending of it. It was meant to be a ruthless killing machine

[Pete]

I can't even believe I like this show. It must be the only Sci-Fi program that I like and the old 70's type FX when watching old episodes don't bother me much either