New Doctor Who
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Topic: New Doctor Who
Posted By: comicbookguy
Subject: New Doctor Who
Date Posted: March 29 2005 at 07:36
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Anyone see this? Cool or What? I thought Eccleston was exellent as the new Doctor, and experiencing the Music/Tardis/Monsters(Autons) again was giving me Prog style Seventies flashbacks. Oh, and does anyone else think that the original Grainer/Derbyshire Theme music could be considered an iconic bit of prog ?
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Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: March 29 2005 at 13:03
I watched and thought it was OK.Trying to be too family-orientated is not the way to win devoted fans though.The effects were pretty crappy and I always thought when buildings exploded everything was showered in glass! ------------- 
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comicbookguy wrote:Posted By: synthguy
Date Posted: March 29 2005 at 17:42
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Oh, and does anyone else think that the original
Grainer/Derbyshire Theme music could be considered an iconic bit of prog ? As to if it's prog, I'll leave that up to the experts. But, it's one hell of a memorable piece of "space music". I remember watching it on public TV here in the states when I was growing up. Mostly Tom Baker(?) as the doctor. That's what we saw here in the US anyway. Some pretty cheesy visual effects. Ie. Papier machie (or however you spell it) scenery. Loved that stuff though. Part of my early teenage year ------------- Wearing feelings on our faces when our faces took a rest... |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 29 2005 at 18:11
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It was slow to get going (understandably) as the characters were introduced but the last 10 minutes worked fine and was actually quite exciting.The CGI looks a bit second rate though...did they spend all the £1million budget on Christopher Ecclestone's salary? Anyway I'll tune in next week for sure although annoyingly for sci-fi fans there will be a clash with a new version of the Quatermass Experiment which is going out on BBC3 at more or less the same time on the Saturday night. |
Posted By: Fragile
Date Posted: March 29 2005 at 18:50
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Missed it sad to say, so I'll have to see where I can get it , but it sounds encouraging |
Posted By: comicbookguy
Date Posted: March 30 2005 at 03:58
| I honestly thought the effects wer'nt too bad for UK sci fi, the next Episode 'The End of the World' is supposed to have some really freaky effects. I think it's a bold move to try and get a family audience for a Sci-Fi show, most existing fans are watching it anyway because there has'nt been a new Doctor Who TV broadcast since the TV Movie about 9 years ago. It got 10.5 million viewers in the UK beating all other terrestial channels. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: March 30 2005 at 04:36
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Quite good. I like the new Doctor. So far the storyline seems pretty crap, but then again I may just have blurred, rose tinited memories of how 'good' the Zygons and the 'Robots of Death' really were. 6/10 ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: comicbookguy
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 06:26
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And now Eccleston is leaving Still Theres a Christmas Episode, a second season and this guy David Tennant looks like he might make an interesting Doctor if he's picked. |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: April 01 2005 at 02:25
I heard he was afraid of being typecast; what did he expect?!?  ------------- 
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 01 2005 at 05:52
Ecclestone's decison is dissapointing.I may decide not to watch any more episodes as a result. 
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: April 01 2005 at 06:09
I have to say, I was surprised when he took the role in the first place, after all it is a bit of a come-down (ducks to avoid rotten fruit being thrown by Dr Who fans) - somewhat akin to Anthony Hopkins accepting a role as the landlord of the Queen Vic  -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 01 2005 at 18:19
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Probably they needed a 'big name' on board to get the new series made.However it's already backfired big time and I predict that it will lose viewers over this.I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking that the audience needs to become 'attached' to the lead character in order to continue watching ..otherwise it just becomes another average sci-fi TV show.Now I feel let down and not sure whether I really want to watch the remaining episodes of the current series.Whoever does it next should commit for at least the next 3 series. |
Posted By: arkitek
Date Posted: April 02 2005 at 05:21
Brilliant hardly altered fomr the old one either 
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Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: April 02 2005 at 14:48
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As long as Eric Roberts isn't playing The Master in this one, I'll be happy. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/sollipsist/?chartstyle=kaonashi"> 
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Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: April 02 2005 at 14:51
I've recorded tonight's episode-not had time to watch it yet.(To hard disc-so c****s may be available)No spoilers,cos I cant help reading them!  -------------
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Posted By: goose
Date Posted: April 02 2005 at 16:46
There shouldn't have been any damn CGI |
. Doctor Who is all about rubbish costumes/special effects
.Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: April 02 2005 at 18:07
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Second Episode not bad but story slightly stolen from "The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe" 7/10 v.g. -------------
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 03 2005 at 05:32
| Yep I did watch it after all.It was entertaining ..the writing is sharper than ever, but is it really necessary to have somoene(a 'tree person') burn to death in a story? That seems a little too dark even if very little of it was actually shown in detail. |