Doctor Who 2023

[danny la rouge]

Currently rereading the David Whitaker adaptation (after over 40 years). It's so dark and strange, Ian is an out of work scientist who meets Barbara for the first time at the site of an RTA in Barnes Common...

So there's 4 versions of the tale. Can't wait to see the latest iteration!

Yes, I read that one many years ago!

 

[danny la rouge]

I watched the colour dalek adventure. Started off ok, but the editing became an absolute mess from half way. Two thirds in the new music was absolutely unbearable. Too loud and didn't fit the story at all. Dreadful.
I've only previously watched a handful of Hartnell, but this story has got to be one of the worst. . . Even more so than that planet of the bee men.

So let me get this straight: you don’t like New Who, you don’t like RTD2/Disney Who, and you don’t like Classic Who…have you ever considered that you maybe - just throwing this out there - don’t like Doctor Who?

 

[krtek a houby]

Yes, I read that one many years ago!

Was one of the first Target novels I got. This is a later reprint with an introduction by Neil Gaiman (massive fan of classic Who).

Got rid of the Target books in my late teens because went through a short period where felt that I had outgrown that sort of thing. Foolish boy!

 

[CNT36]

Finished watching the anniversary special with my daughter last night. I mean the 20th anniversary special obviously. She loved it.

 

[krtek a houby]

Finished watching the anniversary special with my daughter last night. I mean the 20th anniversary special obviously. She loved it.

The Five Doctors?

 

[danny la rouge]

Rewatched the Star Beast this afternoon for a second opinion. I was right: it’s great.

“Mad Paddington” lol.

 

[CNT36]

The Five Doctors?

Yep

 

[krtek a houby]

Yep

Loved it at the time, but there's a few scenes that don't quite do the reunion justice. It has been revamped a couple of times, special fx and all, but feel that one scene in particular: Sarah Jane's rolling down a hill and being rescued, was always a bit naff. Yes, Jon Pertwee's Doctor was the "action" incarnation... but it just doesn't convince.

Overall, a treat, though.

 

[seeformiles]

Was one of the first Target novels I got. This is a later reprint with an introduction by Neil Gaiman (massive fan of classic Who).

Got rid of the Target books in my late teens because went through a short period where felt that I had outgrown that sort of thing. Foolish boy!

My first one was “Giant Robot” - bought at Newport Pagnell services while driving to see my German grandma in 1975

 

[CNT36]

Loved it at the time, but there's a few scenes that don't quite do the reunion justice. It has been revamped a couple of times, special fx and all, but feel that one scene in particular: Sarah Jane's rolling down a hill and being rescued, was always a bit naff. Yes, Jon Pertwee's Doctor was the "action" incarnation... but it just doesn't convince.

Overall, a treat, though.

Yes, that never rang true when I first saw it back when I was in Primary School. Gentle slopes are a bugger.
The one on Iplayer seemed pretty similar to the VHS copy I first watched. I think the copy I have in a box somewhere is one with updated special effects. The time scoop effect in particular stands out as different.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

The Five Doctors?

I loved the silver jumpsuit assassin. I played that for weeks afterwards. Its like the rabbit in the holy grail.

 

[ruffneck23]

Finished watching the anniversary special with my daughter last night. I mean the 20th anniversary special obviously. She loved it.

I was so gutted as a child when Tom Baker didnt have a huge part, but watched it again about 10 years ago and it has aged remarkably well.

ETA going to watch it again now and report back.

 

[CNT36]

It's a story full of brutal cyberman deaths. Another high point is when a Cyberman spots the Doctor at one point it says "Ah" and lumbers off to get its mates. My favorite cyberman moment is probably the two Cybermen having a bit of a gossip in a corridor in Earthshock. You can't hear them but watching them gesticulate is great.

 

[CNT36]

I was so gutted as a child when Tom Baker didnt have a huge part, but watched it again about 10 years ago and it has aged remarkably well.

ETA going to watch it again now and report back.

I'd watched Planet of the Spiders the last Pertwee story over a couple of weeks lately and you can see a massive difference in how dated it looks compared to the Five Doctors. Who2 probably didn't help.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

It's a story full of brutal cyberman deaths. Another high point is when a Cyberman spots the Doctor at one point it says "Ah" and lumbers off to get its mates. My favorite cyberman moment is probably the two Cybermen having a bit of a gossip in a corridor in Earthshock. You can't hear them but watching them gesticulate is great.

Love earthshock.
I think I loved just about everything at this point, even the snakey mirror one with the shite little walking machine thing. I can hear the noise it makes in my head right now.

 

[CNT36]

Love earthshock.
I think I loved just about everything at this point, even the snakey mirror one with the shite little walking machine thing. I can hear the noise it makes in my head right now.

Ah yes. Doc Martin gets possessed. I had that one on tape too. I bought it because it was set directly before a missing adventure I enjoyed as a child.

 

[krtek a houby]

I loved the silver jumpsuit assassin. I played that for weeks afterwards. Its like the rabbit in the holy grail.

Raston Warrior Robot.

 

[krtek a houby]

Love earthshock.
I think I loved just about everything at this point, even the snakey mirror one with the shite little walking machine thing. I can hear the noise it makes in my head right now.

Kinda? Snakedance?

 

[CNT36]

Kinda? Snakedance?

The walking machine was Kinda thinking about it. Maras behaving badly was Snakedance though I also bought Kinda a bit later on.

 

[krtek a houby]

Nice to see that the comic is continuing to get some well deserved attention.

Also, if you still have the story, it's worth a few quid.

Doctor Who: How Russell T Davies Adapted the Original Star Beast Comic

The 1980 “Doctor Who and the Star Beast” comic strip could be seen as the basis for all Modern Doctor Who

www.denofgeek.com

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Kinda? Snakedance?

First one.

 

[ginger_syn]

RTD explains his reasoning during this short documentary.

Doctor Who: Unleashed - Extras: Children in Need Doctor Who: Unleashed

Go behind the scenes of this Children in Need special with Steffan Powell and David Tennant and find out more about the Fourteenth Doctor’s first on-screen adventure.

www.bbc.co.uk

Its still davros before the bombing though, just seems an odd thing to get overexcited about(internet people, not you ).

 

[Chz]

The Beeb have licensed some Big Finish stories as a part of their celebrations. I do recommend, though I don't know these particular stories. BF is decent quality stories at a minimum, and sometimes very, very good. It doesn't have the same... er, "lows" that the TV series has on occasion.

BBC Sounds - Doctor Who: The Audio Adventures - Available now

Available episodes of Doctor Who: The Audio Adventures

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[CNT36]

The Beeb have licensed some Big Finish stories as a part of their celebrations. I do recommend, though I don't know these particular stories. BF is decent quality stories at a minimum, and sometimes very, very good. It doesn't have the same... er, "lows" that the TV series has on occasion.

BBC Sounds - Doctor Who: The Audio Adventures - Available now

Available episodes of Doctor Who: The Audio Adventures

www.bbc.co.uk

I was thinking about posting similar. There are some War Doctor and tenth Doctor stories available on sounds as well if you search for them.

 

[SpookyFrank]

I liked Cushing when I was a child.

Being able to see Dr Who on the Big Screen was wonderful. I agree, though, that he was not a proper Doctor.
A few years later, I entered a competition in TV21 in which the prize was a real film Dalek. (Which were taller than television Daleks). I wonder what my parents would have done if I'd won. Where would we have kept it?

My dad worked in a children's home in the 80s and the BBC had given them a dalek, a proper one you could get in and scoot around. Sadly for my dad he's six foot tall and didn't fit in it.

 

[Dystopiary]

I've got a MASSIVE load of catching up to do.

Meanwhile, I just saw this. This DW fan has been making details of the Whoniverse more accessible to blind and visually impaired people.

The world of Doctor Who has been brought to life for blind and visually impaired people thanks to a fundraising campaign by a fan from Bradford.

Louis Moorhouse, 22, lost his sight as a child as a result of complications from cancer.

The lifelong Whovian raised nearly £25,000 for charity Living Paintings to help create tactile images and accompanying audio of the show's world.

The charity has created tactile and audio resources for blind and visually impaired children and young people

The packs are free and include audio descriptions to help people guide their fingers over raised images of the show's iconic characters, props and sets.

The resources feature audio by actors Tom Baker, Sir Derek Jacobi and Katy Manning, as well as Nick Briggs who voiced the Daleks and Cybermen.

(Unfortunately the BBC doesn't tend to include alt text for its pictures, even in an article like this one.)

Liz Davies of Living Paintings says "Further packs featuring more characters would be released next year."

Doctor Who brought to life for visually impaired fans

 

[8ball]

Ww watched that. It was interesting and helped remind us that there was so much to Dr Who, both good and bad.

Especially good to be reminded about the bad after watching last week’s effort.

 

[Epona]

FUCK SAKE - I've arranged the grocery delivery for the 1 hour timeslot when it's on.
FUCK FUCK FUCK.

 

[8ball]

FUCK SAKE - I've arranged the grocery delivery for the 1 hour timeslot when it's on.
FUCK FUCK FUCK.

Ah, I forgot to do that.
Maybe they’ve got some slots left.

 

[dessiato]

FUCK SAKE - I've arranged the grocery delivery for the 1 hour timeslot when it's on.
FUCK FUCK FUCK.

It'll be on iplayer.