Er, hello? It's Doctor Who, not Senior Staff Nurse Who.
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 27 April 2006 11:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 27 April 2006 11:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― JimD (JimD), Thursday, 27 April 2006 11:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 27 April 2006 11:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 27 April 2006 11:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 27 April 2006 12:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 27 April 2006 12:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 27 April 2006 12:36 (eighteen years ago) link
Pretty much all of the 4th Doctor/Leela(/K9) stories are must-owns, ESPECIALLY "Talons", "Horror" and "Robots". Also don't sleep on the 5th Doctor; "Frontios", "Black Orchid", "Mawdryn Undead", "Enlightment", "Terminus", "The Caves Of Androzani", "Castrovalva", "The Visitation", "Kinda", "Snakedance"...
― Dan (SO GOOD) Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 27 April 2006 13:43 (eighteen years ago) link
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― Dan (Holy Shit I'm Old) Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 27 April 2006 13:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Thursday, 27 April 2006 13:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Thursday, 27 April 2006 13:59 (eighteen years ago) link
C'mon, we both know I'm the regenerated version of you. The timeline just hasn't caught up yet.
― BARMS, Thursday, 27 April 2006 15:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 27 April 2006 15:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Monday, 8 May 2006 14:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― Lucretia My Amnesia (Lucretia My Reflection), Monday, 8 May 2006 14:43 (eighteen years ago) link
Doctor Who spin-off 'cancelled'Billie Piper in Doctor WhoThe show would have starred Bille Piper's character, Rose TylerPlans for a Doctor Who spin-off show starring Billie Piper were scrapped at the last minute, series producer Russell T Davies has revealed.
"It was actually commissioned by the controller of BBC One and budgeted," the writer told Doctor Who Magazine.
Davies later decided the programme, Rose Tyler: Earth Defence, was "a spin-off too far" and called it off.
Piper, 23, left Doctor Who earlier this year. She will be replaced by Freema Agyeman, 27, in the next series.
"We hadn't formally approached Billie," said Davies, "although we'd mentioned it to her."
Cold feet
"It was going to be fantastic. We'd have had a lovely budget and done brilliant things with it, maybe one Bank Holiday special a year."
However, the writer said he got cold feet while filming Piper's final appearance as Rose Tyler earlier this year.
Captain Jack meets the DoctorA separate spin-off, Torchwood, stars John Barrowman as Captain Jack"It spoils Doctor Who if we can see Rose... if we see as a concrete fact that her life continues to be as exciting without the Doctor," he said.
Davies added that the decision to abandon the programme cost him "a fortune".
A separate spin-off from the science fiction series is still going ahead, and will be shown on BBC Three this autumn.
Called Torchwood, it focuses on a squad of secret agents facing human and alien enemies, with actor John Barrowman reprising his role as time traveller Captain Jack.
The 13-part series will also be written by Davies, who acts as executive producer for the Doctor Who programmes.
Meanwhile, the third series of Doctor Who is currently being filmed in Wales.
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Monday, 21 August 2006 13:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jesus Dan (Dan Perry), Monday, 21 August 2006 13:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― chap who would dare to start Raaatpackin (chap), Monday, 21 August 2006 13:34 (eighteen years ago) link
Monkey Girl: Earth Defence would've been a better title.
Apropos, does anyone know if Bella And The Boys (starring B Piper) will be released on DVD? Torrents hard to come by I've found.
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 21 August 2006 13:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― GILLY'S BAGG'EAR VANCE OF COUPARI (Ex Leon), Monday, 21 August 2006 14:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― chap who would dare to start Raaatpackin (chap), Monday, 21 August 2006 14:38 (eighteen years ago) link
Seriously, had anyone heard anything about this thing before it got "cancelled"?
― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 21:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Real DG (D to thee G), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 21:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― GILLY'S BAGG'EAR VANCE OF COUPARI (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 21:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Real DG (D to thee G), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 21:36 (eighteen years ago) link
"Mawdryn Undead"!"Mawdryn Undead"!"Mawdryn Undead"!
also, "Warriors of the Deep"! Davison just nails the tragic finish!
― literalisp (literalisp), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 22:01 (eighteen years ago) link
Hello ILE. I have decided to educate myself in the way of old-skool Who and am watching as much of it as I can, over the internet, in order.
I have got as far as the second episode, but that lengthy scene with the cavemen arguing about who gets to be the leader is interminable. Talking to someone who'd never heard of Doctor Who, you'd never be able to convince them that it would survive, on and off, for over forty years.
― Matt DC, Friday, 1 June 2007 16:54 (seventeen years ago) link
Things get better with "The Daleks".
― HI DERE, Friday, 1 June 2007 16:57 (seventeen years ago) link
i have never attempted to watch dr who in any kind of order
― rrrobyn, Friday, 1 June 2007 17:00 (seventeen years ago) link
well obv except for these latest seasons and i guess when it was on tv when i was younger
i commend you
Dan is right, "The Daleks" is quite brilliant.
― aldo, Friday, 1 June 2007 17:38 (seventeen years ago) link
Matt, when you say "over the internet", do you mean some streaming thing? Or torrence?
― accentmonkey, Friday, 1 June 2007 17:39 (seventeen years ago) link
I've been doing exactly the same thing Matt, I'm a few months ahead of you. I'm at the start of T Baker now. I haven't been watching them all, that would be far too much of a mission - what I suggest doing is going to the very comprehensive episode guides on the BBC site and skim reading the review bit at the bottom of each to determine if the serial is worth watching.
"The Daleks" is quite brilliant.
Absolutely, for the first three or so episodes. It does drag rather towards the end. If you don't mind skipping ahead a bit and want an example of how great the Hartnell stories could be, I recommend 'The Ark'.
― chap, Friday, 1 June 2007 17:46 (seventeen years ago) link
Oh, are you planning to listen to the audio of the incomplete ones? I didn't bother.
― chap, Friday, 1 June 2007 17:51 (seventeen years ago) link
all I remember of this is the pantomime horse monster.
― The Real Dirty Vicar, Friday, 1 June 2007 22:00 (seventeen years ago) link
what's brought this on?
― Alan, Friday, 1 June 2007 22:14 (seventeen years ago) link
Well it was mostly discovering this really, but also I just wanted to watch them.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 2 June 2007 00:00 (seventeen years ago) link
It's a real pity about the drop in quality between the first-ever episode and the rest of "An Unearthly Child."
I watched "Ghost Light" for the first time recently. Similar to "Warrior's Gate," in that I spent much of the episode wondering what the powers that be were smoking when they approved the script. "Warrior's Gate" made slightly more sense, though. The first couple episode are marvelously creepy and insane (why the hell does the moth collection come alive?), though the conclusion is kind of a letdown.
― clotpoll, Saturday, 2 June 2007 00:19 (seventeen years ago) link
dud
― blueski, Tuesday, 27 November 2007 12:23 (sixteen years ago) link
The scene with Rose, Martha and Donna all in the same room is going to be dreadful.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 27 November 2007 12:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Like the threesome in Secret Diary of a Call Girl.
― Alba, Tuesday, 27 November 2007 12:28 (sixteen years ago) link
and then they all lez up
― onimo, Tuesday, 27 November 2007 12:28 (sixteen years ago) link
xpost
You only see it through the Dalek eye.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 27 November 2007 12:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Oooer missus long stalk with a single eye at the end, nudge nudge DIE RTD DIE YOU CUNT
― aldo, Tuesday, 27 November 2007 12:32 (sixteen years ago) link
billie piper is the only reason ever to watch this trash.
― darraghmac, Tuesday, 27 November 2007 12:34 (sixteen years ago) link
darra out
― aldo, Tuesday, 27 November 2007 12:35 (sixteen years ago) link
would watch if jol was shexy companion.
― Frogman Henry, Tuesday, 27 November 2007 12:38 (sixteen years ago) link