NEIL PENSWICK
Man, the reaction that book caused! lol
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 01:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Dueds Kylie Minogue's in the Crimmus santabotlien special!
― Abbott, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 02:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Jonathan Morris >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> * >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Terry == Barry
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 02:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Mark Gatiss (scripts) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> * >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mark Gatiss (that horrible book about #3)
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 02:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh actually some stuff >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mark Gatiss (scripts)
Everyone else who ever wrote a Doctor Who book >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jon de Burgh Miller
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 02:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Way to break my horizontal layout
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 02:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Mark Michalowski is missing from this recent discussion.
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 02:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Also let's not forget Craig Hinton.
I LOVED CRAIG HINTON
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 03:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Right, there appears to be a very large number of old-skool Who episodes on Veoh and I've been meaning to do some sort of crash course in the first five Doctors for a while now. Which stories should a virtual novice make a beeline for?
(I am assuming that the C Baker/McCoy episodes are not really worth bothering with).
― Matt DC, Friday, 25 January 2008 10:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Genesis of the Daleks Tomb of the Cybermen Caves of Androzani (apparently; I've not seen it since I was 10) Pirate Planet (also the Robert Holmes one before it (can't remember what it's called) Inferno
― Autumn Almanac, Friday, 25 January 2008 10:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Top 3 for each Doctor:
The Daleks The Romans The Time Meddler
Tomb Of The Cybermen The Invasion The War Games
Inferno The Daemons The Time Warrior
Genesis Of The Daleks Terror Of The Zygons The Seeds Of Doom Pyramids Of Mars The Talons Of Weng-Chiang The Ribos Operation
Black Orchid Resurrection Of The Daleks The Caves Of Androzani
(4th Doctor gets twice as many because he was there twice as long. 1st and 2nd constrained by existing episodes)
― aldo, Friday, 25 January 2008 11:24 (sixteen years ago) link
That'll do nicely :)
― Matt DC, Friday, 25 January 2008 11:25 (sixteen years ago) link
YES THE WAR GAMES
― Autumn Almanac, Friday, 25 January 2008 11:26 (sixteen years ago) link
(although note The War Games is very long)
― aldo, Friday, 25 January 2008 11:28 (sixteen years ago) link
(although note The War Games is 10 episodes of bliss)
― Autumn Almanac, Friday, 25 January 2008 11:33 (sixteen years ago) link
(although note The Invasion is 8 episodes of bliss too)
― aldo, Friday, 25 January 2008 11:40 (sixteen years ago) link
For Hartnell I'd add The Ark.
― chap, Friday, 25 January 2008 12:59 (sixteen years ago) link
O RLY? It does betray its origins as a four-to-six episoder padded up to ten, one reason why the novelisation is so much more enjoyable.
― The Real Dirty Vicar, Friday, 25 January 2008 13:10 (sixteen years ago) link
When does the new season start?
― Abbott, Friday, 25 January 2008 16:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Spring. I think it was April last year.
Here's the trailer if you've not seen it. Sontarans! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXWHSg08Bv0
― chap, Friday, 25 January 2008 17:03 (sixteen years ago) link
It's got those cthulu guys again!
― Abbott, Friday, 25 January 2008 17:04 (sixteen years ago) link
The Ood.
― chap, Friday, 25 January 2008 17:10 (sixteen years ago) link
My suggestions:
The Daleks The Aztecs
The Mind Robber The Invasion? (I'm in the middle of it, and it seems good) The War Games
Inferno (or Spearhead from Space, or The Silurians) Carnival of Monsters The Daemons
Talons of Weng-Chiang The Robots of Death City of Death The Face of Evil Warriors Gate The Ribos Operation Pyramids of Mars
Haven't seen much Davison, but Caves of Androzani is great, and Enlightenment is pretty good.
Revelation of the Daleks is the only C. Baker one I've seen, and it's fun, if rather strange. The last season of McCoy is also worth watching - Curse of Fenric, Survival, and Ghost Light are all really interesting.
― clotpoll, Friday, 25 January 2008 18:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Carnival of Monsters is excellent, yeah. I also have a soft spot for The Three Doctors - the interaction between Troughton and Pertwee is a joy.
I need to get on the Davison, don't think I've seen any since they first aired when I was very young indeed.
― chap, Friday, 25 January 2008 18:10 (sixteen years ago) link
wow there are so many classics i haven't seen! i am so doing some solid hungover doctor who watching tomorrow
― rrrobyn, Friday, 25 January 2008 18:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Have started watching the restarted series. Not bad.
― kingfish, Sunday, 16 March 2008 06:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Barry Letts RIP
Was a joy on the commentary tracks, Pertwee era DVDs will seem odd without his input.
― I thought I could make it work because you look a bit like a man (aldo), Saturday, 10 October 2009 13:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Watching 'Genesis of Daleks' this afternoon...great stuff.
― VegemiteGrrrl, Sunday, 3 January 2010 02:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Still haven't got into Davison much, can anyone recommend me a couple of indispensable stories?
― Communi-Bear Silo State (chap), Sunday, 3 January 2010 02:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Black Orchid is lots of fun, and not a huge time investment at around an hour long.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Sunday, 3 January 2010 03:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Black Orchid is probably my favourite. Caves of Androzani. Black Guardian trilogy. Planet of Fire. Resurrection of the Daleks.
I'm not really much of a fan of the Wet Vet, mainly because I don't like any of his companions.
― Never in, Kuyt (aldo), Sunday, 3 January 2010 11:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Black Orchid my favourite too. But I've been watching the Davisons in order recently, and I think he's a bit of a failed experiment. A fallible Doctor is a nice idea, but one who consistently messes stuff up and then fails to make the decisions needed to fix things again just gets a bit annoying.
― JimD, Sunday, 3 January 2010 11:51 (fourteen years ago) link
(xpost) Nyssa and Tegan particularly are a huge PITA. Possibly that's what puts a lot of people off Davison, because from the very first post regen story (Castrovalva) they have N & T lugging a box with the Doctor in it around the place and complaining to each other.
― an executive by day and a wild man by night (snoball), Sunday, 3 January 2010 12:12 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm not much of a fan of him either, but Kinda and Enlightenment are pretty cool.
― clotpoll, Sunday, 3 January 2010 15:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Four to Doomsday has its peculiar charms.
― Attention please, a child has been lost in the tunnel of goats. (James Morrison), Monday, 4 January 2010 02:56 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSaD0g8xY_k
― Born too beguiled (DavidM), Friday, 13 August 2010 10:06 (thirteen years ago) link
^Some inspired 'casting' in that.
― Born too beguiled (DavidM), Friday, 13 August 2010 10:07 (thirteen years ago) link
WTF is this all star perfect day????????
is this a thing?
over here we do not know
― a CRASBO is a "criminally related" ASBO (contenderizer), Friday, 13 August 2010 10:13 (thirteen years ago) link
10-year-old anti-poverty charidee record - it topped the charts for ages.
Also Heather Small's solo sounds like Tardis takeoff/landing REAP REAP REAP REAP REAP...
― duchy of Pornwall (suzy), Friday, 13 August 2010 10:16 (thirteen years ago) link
but perfect day is SO FUCKING CREEPY!!! how could it be charity record? world will you please make sense?
― a CRASBO is a "criminally related" ASBO (contenderizer), Friday, 13 August 2010 10:21 (thirteen years ago) link
been meaning to do an all-star perfect day poll for ages. no time now.
― ledge, Friday, 13 August 2010 10:28 (thirteen years ago) link
the original BBC charity song from 1997, it was in aid of Children in Need, would you believe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJpQJWpVJds
― Born too beguiled (DavidM), Friday, 13 August 2010 10:40 (thirteen years ago) link
so now that they've shown all of the new season over here, can I just say that Matt Smith is a fucking fantastic Doctor and Amy has the possibility of being a great character now that they don't have a plot device sucking her backstory into a void, turning her into a one-note cypher?
Kind of amused that Rory turned out to be the interesting companion.
― How could you forget the crazy hooker? (HI DERE), Friday, 13 August 2010 13:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Cosign although I have noticed that fans online are all kinds of creepy about Rory, which is off-putting. They act like he is the star of the show and complain about the Doctor and Amy taking away from his screentime? It is so weird.
― ô_o (Nicole), Friday, 13 August 2010 14:05 (thirteen years ago) link
ha I am glad I stopped paying attention to online fandom; I don't really think I could bear watching people going all TEAM RORY
― How could you forget the crazy hooker? (HI DERE), Friday, 13 August 2010 14:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Episode quality was super patchy at times the season, especially compared to last year; "Victory of the Daleks" is probably the worst of the entire series (or at least on par with "The Idiot Lantern") but "The Lodger" was fantastic.
― How could you forget the crazy hooker? (HI DERE), Friday, 13 August 2010 14:12 (thirteen years ago) link
I kind of feel bad for ragging on Mark Gatiss now because I really liked his writing on Sherlock, but he probably should never write for Doctor Who again.
― ô_o (Nicole), Friday, 13 August 2010 14:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Watching the interview with West Country News on the Revenge of the Cybermen disc, I have become convinced this was Eugene Levy's template for Mitch in A Mighty Wind.
― Hey Jabulani! Pope of four four two. (aldo), Friday, 13 August 2010 15:08 (thirteen years ago) link