Anyone a fan?
*craves*
I've always wanted to watch this show, but never got around to it.
You must. *insists* David Tennant's incarnation of the Doctor is my ideal.Quoting Kurosawa Fan (view post)
*pines*
Ditto. It seems like the sort of thing I should/would be into, but I've just never really tried it.Quoting Kurosawa Fan (view post)
Is this a new series? I thought it was rather old. If it's a newer version, I haven't seen either. Should I watch one over the other?Quoting SpaceOddity (view post)
I have seen many episodes of the original series. The new series, which had Christopher Eccleston as the doctor for the first season, I haven't seen much of. I have seen a couple with Tennant and he is quite good. Though, if I'm not mistaken, isn't it time for another regeneration?
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My family loves it, have seen all of the new episodes and have the first two seasons on DVD. I've never actually sat down and watched all of them, but from what I've seen both Eccleston and Tennant are superb but some episodes are more monster-of-the-week than anything actually essential to a bigger plot (especially in season 3).
Of all the episodes I've seen though, my favourite has to be the standalone episode "Blink" written by Steven Moffat. It maybe has only two full scenes or so with the Doctor, but on its own it's just a fantastic piece of television (for sci-fi and horror especially) set in the universe of the show.
It may be not be huge in North America, but it really seems to be like the biggest thing over in the UK from what little news bits about it I come across.
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*straps bomb to self*Quoting Raiders (view post)
The old one ran for the 60s-80s. It was resurrected a couple of years ago.Quoting Kurosawa Fan (view post)
You should definately watch the David Tennant episodes. I'm sure your family would love them.
*nods*
I've seen some of the old series thanks to PBS reruns. I've seen most of Season 1 of the new series also thanks to PBS, and some of Season 3 (or was it 4?) since I have the Sci-Fi channel. Its pretty good stuff for the most part, but nothing that I love dearly or really want to catch up on.
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As my avatar should indicate, I'm a pretty huge fan, especially of the old series. When I was a kid, I remember having to plead with my parents to stay up late enough to watch new hampshire public television to watch the Doctor.
The conceit of the show was what really captured my imagination. Traveling through time and space with a genius alien in a funky spaceship. When I was a kid, all I could say was wow! And his pacifist tendencies were really the thing that made me respect him. Always the ethicist, that Doctor. I also grew up watching Anthony Ainsley as the Master: his brand of villainy was just so much fun.
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I was a fanatic as a child, too. Jon Pertwee was my fave, though. *shocks*Quoting monolith94 (view post)
Who was your second fave Doctor?
Have you seen the new version? What's your opinion?
Btw, watch this...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_qZUpb8Pz9c
*utilises opportunity for pic of David Tennant*
Is that ETM from icine?Quoting [ETM] (view post)
Thank you for the av. Fits perfectly with my username.
*nods*
The one and only. Glad you like it.Quoting SpaceOddity (view post)
Pertwee would probably be my second favorite. I always thought that Peter Davidson was kind of cool though too.Quoting SpaceOddity (view post)
I do like the new series, and I think that Tennant is probably a better fit than Eccleston. Although it's good to have both serious and funny doctors. Pertwee was mostly serious, whereas Baker was more lighthearted. Really, the role calls for alternating actorly abilities.
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-Ivan Illich, Deschooling Society
Tom Baker is the one I've seen the most of, and I love him as the Doctor. Eccleston it seems came pretty damn close to capturing that same spirit. And Tenent has been pretty badass, but also capable of showing the same cheaky spirit that makes the Doctor such a great character. I wonder what pretty lady will join the Doctor in his travels next-the guy seems to always have a foxy lady by his side. He's got pimp status man.
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Anyone see the children in need special? It were crap.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yn_NDKNlUa8
Why were it crap? I liked it.
I don't like Peter Davison's incarnation of the Doctor.
*DT zealot*
Peter Davidson had the right tone down, I think, for the Doctor, and had the right look, but he was never supported by the best scripts.
Also, his performance in that children in need video isn't really indicative of his normal doctor performance. Much more curmudgeonly, also he's getting old and fat.
"Modern weapons can defend freedom, civilization, and life only by annihilating them. Security in military language means the ability to do away with the Earth."
-Ivan Illich, Deschooling Society
Rose's returning!!!! *victory dance*
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7114699.stm
John Simm could be the next Doctor!
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/whats...1466-20096490/