Doctor Who 2023

[danny la rouge]

It’s possible… RTD says the Whoniverse will expand.





More from the link in the story.

The first Dalek story, now colourised and edited, airs at 7:30 on BBC4 this evening! Followed by An Adventure in Space and Time.

Happy Doctor Who Day to all who celebrate!

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[PR1Berske]

I am speechless at the colourisation.

 

[danny la rouge]

I love it.

 

[PR1Berske]

I love it.

It's so well done. It's the original in spirit and treated with so much love. The colour! It pops out of the screen!

 

[Santino]

We've been rewatching some of Catherine Tate's series so this weekend's special will make sense for our daughter, and it's really chock full of clever ideas. The Silence in the Library two-parter has four or five individual ideas that could sustain a whole story. Midnight and Turn Left also feel like a million miles away from anything that recent Who would have done.

Ok, on the other hand, it's tough making sense of the plot of the finale for any viewer who hasn't watched every episode since the start of Ecclestone plus all the Torchwood and Sarah Jane bobbins.

 

[danny la rouge]

Good of the Daleks to leave out toilet rolls with the food.

 

[PR1Berske]

Once we've watched this I have to share this video:

 

[danny la rouge]

That was fab. I’m all hyped up for Saturday now.

 

[PR1Berske]

That was fab. I’m all hyped up for Saturday now.

That montage!

 

[CNT36]

I watched about ten minutes. I found some of the music a bit jarring but otherwise enjoyed it. Will hopefully be able to convince my daughter to watch it with me.

 

[PTK]

I watched about ten minutes. I found some of the music a bit jarring but otherwise enjoyed it. Will hopefully be able to convince my daughter to watch it with me.

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[danny la rouge]

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[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

The first Dalek story, now colourised and edited, airs at 7:30 on BBC4 this evening! Followed by An Adventure in Space and Time.

Happy Doctor Who Day to all who celebrate!

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Excellent!! I assume it will be on BBCi.
I hope my daughter is still interested.

 

[danny la rouge]

Excellent!! I assume it will be on BBCi.
I hope my daughter is still interested.

Both on iPlayer, but I assume you mean this: An Adventure in Space and Time

 

[Leighsw2]

The colorisation was excellent, added to the 'otherworldliness' of it. Love it if they applied this to one of the Troughton cybermen series.

 

[krtek a houby]

Back in the 80s or 90s was not at all into the idea of colourisation of old films but am not so precious about it now and the technology is amazing... hopefully one day get to see this.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Both on iPlayer, but I assume you mean this: An Adventure in Space and Time

No I mean the Dalek one.
I have seen the other one, though I wonder if my daughter might be interested in an adventure in time and space. I think the trouble is that the timeless child REALLY made her lose interest. She was fine with the daft impossible girl clara stuff and a lot of things I thought were a bit shoddy (writing).
I'm willing to ignore all the new stuff, but my daughter grew up with the 'timey whimey' new doctors.
Personally I liked it when he was just a cheeky nobody time lord who nicked a tardis and ran away.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Oh. I have just seen that the 'Star Beast' was actually written as a comic story in the 80s by (2000ad Legend) Pat Mills (drawn by Dave Gibbons of watchman fame) for Baker era who.

This is actually bringing back some vague memories. The name, the look of the aliens and 'Fizgig'






It was the story that was later selected by Marvel to introduce Doctor Who to the american comic market.





I don't know if this ties in with the Disney merge.

 

[CNT36]

Oh. I have just seen that the 'Star Beast' was actually written as a comic story in the 80s by (2000ad Legend) Pat Mills (drawn by Dave Gibbons of watchman fame) for Baker era who.

This is actually bringing back some vague memories. The name, the look of the aliens and 'Fizgig'


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It was the story that was later selected by Marvel to introduce Doctor Who to the american comic market.



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I don't know if this ties in with the Disney merge.

Yes, the Doctor will be the one to bring Yoda over to New York to get Ant Man put of a spot of bother.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I only meant that it was a story a very minimal amount of americans might have known from their youth and could be used for press.
Plus it was written by Pat Mills (originally) so it surely can't be that bad.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

Oh. I have just seen that the 'Star Beast' was actually written as a comic story in the 80s by (2000ad Legend) Pat Mills (drawn by Dave Gibbons of watchman fame) for Baker era who.

This is actually bringing back some vague memories. The name, the look of the aliens and 'Fizgig'


View attachment 401346



It was the story that was later selected by Marvel to introduce Doctor Who to the american comic market.



View attachment 401348

I don't know if this ties in with the Disney merge.

Oh god I have vague memories of the fizgig.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Oh god I have vague memories of the fizgig.

I know I picked up one or two doctor who mags, but I wasn't into it. I don't remember any stories, but somehow that star beast (the name) and the first page really rings a bell. . . as does fizgig. Though I might have that mixed up with the dark cystal.

 

[Santino]

No I mean the Dalek one.
I have seen the other one, though I wonder if my daughter might be interested in an adventure in time and space. I think the trouble is that the timeless child REALLY made her lose interest. She was fine with the daft impossible girl clara stuff and a lot of things I thought were a bit shoddy (writing).
I'm willing to ignore all the new stuff, but my daughter grew up with the 'timey whimey' new doctors.
Personally I liked it when he was just a cheeky nobody time lord who nicked a tardis and ran away.

I think the problem is that by modern standards the action and jeopardy are utterly laughable. The fact that the Daleks may be powered by electricity is brought up as a plot point.

 

[danny la rouge]

No I mean the Dalek one.

Aye, it’s there. Doctor Who (1963-1996) - Season 1: The Daleks in Colour

 

[danny la rouge]

I think the problem is that by modern standards the action and jeopardy are utterly laughable. The fact that the Daleks may be powered by electricity is brought up as a plot point.

It’s charming and fantastic for us old timers, but even I literally laughed out loud (at most of the things it turned out that Keiron Hodgeson parodied in the wonderful spoof that PR1Berske posted above). And I’ve seen it before (in B&W).

 

[Santino]

I also wondered whether Ian is typical of how men were represented in 60s media, specifically his kind of natural air of capability and stoicism, or is it meant to be a character note? Or is it just bad writing?

 

[CNT36]

I only meant that it was a story a very minimal amount of americans might have known from their youth and could be used for press.
Plus it was written by Pat Mills (originally) so it surely can't be that bad.

I'm with you just a joke at Disney's expense. The only comics I remember were the strips in Doctor Who magazine in the original content void that was my youth.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I think the problem is that by modern standards the action and jeopardy are utterly laughable. The fact that the Daleks may be powered by electricity is brought up as a plot point.

No, my daughter doesn't care about that and neither do I. It is of it's time and part of the charm.
Doctor who always looked shonky and had some pretty bad scripts, but changing the whole nature of what / who Doctor Who is was perhaps the final straw for my daughter (who is a lot more forgiving than I am).

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

The only comics I remember were the strips in Doctor Who magazine in the original content void that was my youth.

That's what Star Beast is from. Republished for Marvel in the US.

 

[PTK]

Did anyone read the comic TV Century 21 in the 1960s? That had Dr Who in it, as well as Thunderbirds, etc.