Fantasies Attic
Main Floor => Getting Acquainted => Dr. Who-aholics | BBC America shows => Topic started by: Jherrith on May 30, 2020, 07:42:59 PM
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Holy my goodness and all other statements of enjoyment.
Wore my T-shirt saying "You never forget your first Doctor"
And both my normal cashier at Publix (yes, she is cute) and one of the cart people out side both commented and liked my shirt.
Got the pleasure of having a short conversation with both on who their "First Doctor" happened to be and they are but newcomers to the wonderful world of "Dr. Who". They both liked Matt Smith, which is not a problem mind you, just an observation.
It was nice to educate them on the background story for the show.
She is pretty though, so there is a chance I might just share a USB drive of an episode from the classic years. Since her first Doctor was Matt Smith, she has no classic background. I might just have to change that .... :heeheehee:
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For a lot of people it was either John or Tom. Although I did talk with a young person that said Tristan was hers. (Peter Davidson)
Of late it's usually Chris or David.
Not many of us that remember Will and Pat.
8 ) Cheers
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Which is why I educate them every chance I get ... especially considering ... I have every episode ever broadcasted
And having watched them to the point of being able to quote chapter an verse at the drop of a hat.
I might be able to spread the joy of "Dr. Who" even further ....
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It must be nice...... having a memory.... errrmmmm.... What are we talking about?
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Cheers
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How cute the cashier is at the store :pervy:
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Aaaaaahhhh.... the attractiveness of females, Mmmmmmmmmmmm....
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Cheers
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Knew that would jog your memory
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Jacqueline Hill she was a pretty good looker for her time. So how many remember her and the part she played?
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Yes she was,
Besides her being one of the original companions, she also had a another role in the episode with Tom Baker and Lalla Ward in the episode "Meglos"
:thumb_up:
I also was fond of Carole Ann Ford back then ...
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Did have a thing for teachers. C.A.Ford was a cutie that grew into a beauty. I was fond of Deborah Watling (Victoria), great to look at, hard on the ears when the alien monsters appeared.
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Cheers
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I believe that Ford was the grandchild of Dr. Who named Susan. I know she came back to work in the five doctors.
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Yes, she was introduced as his granddaughter, an in the episode "An Unearthly Child" she stated that she was born in the 51st century if memory serves.
Plus in the "Dalek Invasion of the Earth" where he locks her out of the TARDIS to stay on Earth with David, in his good bye message to her he refers to her as his granddaughter multiple times.
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Did have a thing for teachers. C.A.Ford was a cutie that grew into a beauty. I was fond of Deborah Watling (Victoria), great to look at, hard on the ears when the alien monsters appeared.
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Cheers
Well, I am a teacher ... part time .... :iminnocent:
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Yeah, but you're no Barbara.... 8 )
In the Movie with Peter Cushing, they felt the need to add another grandaughter.
So... one for the kids, one for the teens and Peter for the ladies.
Bernie for the younger ladies. Kinda nice they brought him back during Tennant's tenure.
Cheers
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A little time to vent. I think the writers have destroyed the history of Dr Who and have destroyed the television show too. When it came back from the 1980's into the 21st century is carried on in the same tradition from the first doctor and one could identify with the original series since it had a history that dated back to the first doctor. Now that the history has changed I believe the Show is dead.
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I presume you're talking about the last Whittaker episode?
Two edged, on one hand.. totally frelled, on the other what a reveal.
Though does makes things interesting with the end of Smith's tenure.
8 ) Cheers
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The story is so far out of the bounds it seems not finished and not thought through. The in a way the Master personality was lacking compared to all the others whom played the roll made the acting was flat for the master. Basically the master seem rather plastic. I think if they could have had a brief flash back to William Hartnell on Gallifrey maybe for a second or two may have made a full circle to the complete series. Someone like Neil Gaiman could have made it better show. I really don't like Paul Cornell work on the series he seem to be lacking in completing a story by using the past to create the present and leaving an open ended pause for the next episode. I don't like the fact the Doctor is locked up for the a life sentence and for what is the Doc being jailed for? They should have stopped at the Rino coming through the door and saying she is under arrest. This would have built up more curiosity tension to wanting to see what is next. Instead of seeing the Doctor in jail at the end.
To sum it up basically it is writing and acting.
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Reminds me of the War Lord, "I've been hearing disquieting rumors, are they true?"
Well, I was not impressed with season eleven, Jodie's debut and from all the spoilers and blurbs that I have been hearing methinks season twelve is not going to make me any happier.
:sigh:
Last season was bad enough with all of the "e**ing" political correctness, plus the man giving birth episode, all time low in my eyes.
Tis so sad that such an entertaining classic that has been aired for over 50 years, has met its Waterloo at the hands of ... well I don't know what to call the writers and directors that have ruined it, but rest assured it isn't pretty.
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I don't really understand the last 2 episodes of Dr Who. Even when I watched it on Demand, it didn't make sense. Jodie is a good actor but the nuances of the character is lost on her. Is it me or did the show lose something in the script? It didn't make sense and still doesn't make sense. (Well the part leading up to the reveal of the "new Black" Dr). :whatthe: :whatthe: :whatthe:
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They got Sylvester McCoy to hand over to Paul McGann, I thought that a nice touch. And the Doctor returning to tea and boocke a lovely touch. *Insert looong pause*
John Hurt, Added later,
Chris Eccleston, portrayed a Doctor near consumed with rage and sadness, but hid that behind "feeble" humour.
David Tennant, The rage lessened to anger, the sadness deepened, but bettre at hiding behind humour.
Matt Smith, Reprised Pat Troughton's Doctor as a child with nukes. deep depression and anger well hidden with humour.
Peter Capaldi continued Smith's Doctor with touches of all the previous. Accentuated Memory crisis, From McGann on each regeneration had a more difficult time incorporating prior memories. Which made sense as each regen should be a bit harder than previous ones.
Jodie Whittaker, Personally I think if Moffet was still show runner it would have worked bettre, but over all, not too bad. The latest (last?) season kinda twisted things up a bit, and made The Doctor considerablly more important to Time Lord existance. *shrug*
Cheers
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Well, what I am still waiting for is a region free version of the Faceless Ones to be released, they keep pushing the region whatever version that they state will not work on most USA Blu-Ray players.
I will be damned if I give up $29 plus shipping for something that may or may not work ... that is rubbish
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You know what really blows me away is that in each and every time that the Daleks are encountered the weapon of choice by humans is still guns .. it is like they have yet to learn that guns do not and will never work against Dalek.
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ok Think of it like this How well informed would you say the Average person is about Classified things? Would the normal Police officer / Soldier know about this?
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And how many citizens\military walk around with 350 Megawatt pulse cannon?
[Colin Baker's Doc the Quixote character had one worked quite well. Until up against a number that could outshoot the cycle time.]
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Of course there's always "Script, to show how powerful they are and how clever the Doctor is."
Cheers.
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And speaking of the Daleks I am having a Dalek marathon this weekend. Each and every episode that features those "wee tin pepper pots" are the ones that I have been watching. Including the ones that I have as reconstructions.
From the very first one with William Hartnell as the Doctor. Finished the ones with Patrick Troughton and now currently watching the episodes with Jon Pertwee as the Doctor.
Just finished the Day of the Daleks and am now watching Frontier in Space.
Loving it
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Last nights adventure was one of the previous almost dead versions of "The Master"
"The Keeper of Traken"
Tonight's first up is from the classical era .....
"The Sensorites"
then possibly
"The Deadly Assassin"
I so love having my own personal copy of all episodes
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Love this line from The Dalek Invasion of Earth
"Doctor you are a genius."
"Yes, and there are so very few of us left."
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Once more it is time for more Dr. Who
The War Machines at the moment with William Hartnell
First question if the computer Wotan is supposed to be so intelligent and knows what "TARDIS" means then how is it not aware of the detail that the Doctor is not a "human" even though they all keep stating "Wotan must have one unique human mind. Doctor Who is required."
Never could figure that one out.
Did finally catch the moment, some time ago, where in the episode the Doctor dropped a key from his cloak that he handed to Ben, he picked it up and tried to give back but was unsuccessful, which was how at the end of the episode Polly and himself were able to enter the TARDIS before it dematerialized.
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:lostme: That is Season one where they still where up in the air about him being a Gallifreyan Vs a Odd Human.
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:ummm: What is referred to season one is when Christopher Eccleston was the Doctor.
We are going back to the classic series when William Hartnell was the Doctor.
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That would be Season one is William Hartnell for me was the Beginning not this Stuff now days! :thud: Too many Cooks in the Kitchen now days Classic Was Way better than the Current Tripe. I Pretty much stopped after Tom Baker anything else is Heresy to Me. :ifonly:
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Ah indeed the tripe that is now being presented is well .... blasphemous to say the least
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Doing a run of Patrick Troughton as the Doctor, since yesterday and currently watching the Ice Warriors, just noticed that when Storr was killed by the Ice Warriors and when they turned and faced each other prior to going into their ship they gave each other what certainly looked like a fist bump
:thud:
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Watching the "Enemy of the World" now and has it ever occurred to anyone that if you have an underground shelter with 30 people in it, presumably an even mix of men and women ... and they have been in there for five years.
And not one of them has considered bumping uglies and having children??
Seriously :thud: :pervy:
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:ifonly: I Think it is a Trope called something in the water. :lostme:
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Or little people are kept deeper in the shelter for protection.
Or the show's "G". 8 )
Cheers
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:tearlaugh:
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New one just for S & G watched episode 10 then 17, followed by 34 and 68 then 92 so what do you think the next one should be based on the math presented so far...
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Remembrance of the Daleks (1988)
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:ifonly:
My Neighbor Totoro
The Cat Returns
Spirit of Wonder Scientific Boys Club
Knights of Sidonia.
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Technically was looking for an episode number based on the math shown previously which in theory should have been #116 Logopolis.
Serendipity strikes ... That was very first episode I ever watched.
However this evening after I pulled out the previous Dr. Who episode I decided that "The Cat Returns" sounds like a good place to start
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Here is some fun, watch Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and tell me what is wrong with Brian and Rory piloting the Silurian spaceship away to safety?
I'll give you a hint "seating arrangement"
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New trivia question.
What is The Doctor's lucky number?
It was revealed during Tom Bakers time as The Doctor.
So what is it and in what episode was it revealed?
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Well do not know if it is a first or last name for the officer in the episode "Daemons" but it was just noticed by me while watching it his evening.
Sargent Osgood ... um brother and sister or cousins ....
You all remember Osgood in the 50th anniversary episode ... :tearlaugh:
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New trivia the character in Clash of the Titans (1981) who played the warrior at the gates of Joppa and answered Perseus questions also starred in a Dr Who episode during the Tom Baker years.
Can you name which episode?
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Guess we have a few people that are not as obsessive as me since no one answered the previous questions :whatthe:
It happens ...
The real fun is this you all know all the rubbish spread about the other rocket group. Found out something interesting about it while I was out there and that is the booster is brought back down and landed in an upright orientation.
Compared to what used to happen to each stage of a rocket in the past that was intriguing to my mind. So no more discarding of the "booster rocket" that should save a couple of dollars since they now be reusable. Saw a video of the booster coming down and it is in the middle of the ocean on a specially designed ship. Pretty cool the video was I thought ... anyway here is the truth bomb.
That sounds pretty high tech and fancy yes, considering that we haven't got around to doing it till now.
Here is the cool part in "The Seeds of Death" w/Patrick Troughton they land a rocket on the moon with them in it, in the same orientation, upright and vertical.
The episode was aired originally in 1969 ... yes 1969
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Disneyland - Man in Space (1955)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFXza9RH7-E
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Watching a very old episode in which the dreaded fluid link was first mentioned and discussed, and ye old Doctor is one of those that is so forgetful that he never carries any of the fluid that is essential.
What the hell, so guess what there are another two episodes that I can recall off the top of my head where the fluid link was central to the story.
So why is first off such a random fluid "mercury" the one of choice and just how is it that they can find it whenever they need it regardless of where they happen to be ... how convenient.
And why does he never have any extra?
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:whatthe: Plot Device. Poor Writers. Lazy Script. Etc...
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Sounds about right to me
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How interesting "Resurrection of the Daleks"
While on the space station that houses the prisoner we have the crew on the bridge doing routine watch. I have seen this before and I guess never realized the event. We all know how obsessive folks are about smoking these days. We have ye ole lady officer on the bridge puffing on a cigar .... :tearlaugh: could have sworn that smoking on a space station was a big no no
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Really good filters.....
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:tearlaugh: The filters could not have been that good since the troopers for the Daleks released gas and it contaminated and mutated the crew, except those that had a personal breathing mask on at the time.
Although later on, apparently it was filtered out since the remaining crew took the mask off and all was good for them.
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Hrrrmmm.... Defective plot device? *cough* I mean filters...
8 ) Thing is some of the devices are adaptive, both sides.
Cheers
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Guess cigar smoke is easier to filter then a killer gas weapon. :tearlaugh:
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Well....... the airborne particles are usually bigger. 8 )
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How cute another continuity that has been missed for centuries by me
Warriors Gate part three of the E-Space trilogy.
Biroc escapes from the ship with chains and manacles on his wrists, walks the time lines and gains entry into the TARDIS and starts working the controls .... the chains and manacles are missing ... sets the console and then exits the TARDIS and runs off to who knows where ... the chains and manacle are back.
Enters the gate into his universe and the chains and manacles fall off as he passes through the mirror.
:ummm:
Not certain how I managed to miss the scene in the TARDIS where the manacles are gone but they are present elsewhere seems a bit off to me :tearlaugh:
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Haven't watched it yet but they had series 13 this "Flux" season in the store, it is Dr. Who even if I am not fond of the direction they took with the main character. I watched season 11 and the Christmas special, thought the episodes for the season were crap, the special was alright since we had the Daleks in that. Then I bought season 12 and its special have yet to watch any of it still and then yesterday bought season 13 well, let us see if I get around to watching them now or not, time will tell ... it always does
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Well, have been feeling off the last week, but was able to build cables for a project at the shop, so no people interaction. :yippee: ... well at least until I got up to walk around to stretch the legs.
At any rate was watching on the computer, clips of the new Doctor while building cable and answering the odd email.
One of them rang a bell of WTF in my head
The Sontarans
Yes big, bulky, nasty, brutish, three fingered warriors ... Right ....
Explain to me this then,
How is it that to gain access to the rooms and corridors of their ship you have to press a handprint pad that has three fingers outlined in it. One would think that it would, or more to the point should, recognize only a Sontaran hand, right ???
Then how is it the Donna Noble way back with David Tenant as the Doctor could gain entry into their ship just by rearranging her fingers to fit the scanner ... should it not have detected that it was a human entering ???
Which brings us up to the 13th season Flux, there is an episode with the Sontarans again (yea) and yet again we have a human gaining entry to the flight deck this time by just rearranging his finger to fit the hand scanner .. the funny bit and you had to be quick to catch it was he rearranged his finger into the familiar form adapted by Spock in the original Star Trek.
:ummm:
It lets him enter ... later on we see that the current Doctor has also entered a Sontaran ship she rearranges her hand in a different pattern to gain entry as well ... Time Lord and human can both enter a Sontaran ship using the hand scanners that are for the Sontarans with no difficulty.
Talk about some lame security on the Sontarans part ... either they are over confident or just plain stupid when it comes to subterfuge which I guess that might be it, Sontarans are nothing if not up front, blunt and brutal. Why would they care if just any ole person can gain access to their ships we shall crush you
Although we do see later in the next scene where that guy who gained entry, that a Sontaran came in the room probably because he was apparently alerted that human had entered (?) so it was obviously time to capture, threaten to kill, torture and execute him, was stupid enough to be tricked into turning around so the guy could whack him on the probic vent on the back of the Sontarans suit.
And yes, the "dimness" of the Sontarans has been demonstrated to us in earlier episodes, with Matt Smith as the Doctor and Strax. So I guess it could be easy to "trick" them.
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Back when, the Sontarans were 7-8' tall massed about 850-950 lbs.
The war with the Reutans esculated, and troop numbers had to be increased, resulting in the current short, very heavy Sontarans. Perhaps the intellegence matrix was determined inofficient for all troops.
The deal with the door switch, just have to avoid the outer smooth area when pushing to activate, not really a lock, just a doorknob. Cheers
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That would be the best explanation because my devious mind says,
"A perfect opportunity to keep the less intelligent troops out of important areas and keep the other species out"
I don't like it to simple :tearlaugh:
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Well..... the Sontaran do suffer from near fatal hubris.
"Pffft Who needs locks? We'll crush any intruders then conquer their planet."
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Sounds like you have been to one of their training classes
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Rutan enemy recognition classes. sponsored by Galaxy 5.
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Aha
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Well, I was surprised in a good way as to the plot line of the story with the Sontarans in the latest season of Dr. Who it was fairly solid and not contrived as in Jodie's first year or season as the Doctor.
I guess maybe someone did listen and get their act together, still not keen on such an iconic character as the Doctor changing genders, even if it can happen, "since regeneration is a lottery", according to the seventh Doctor.
But I digress and am injecting my personal opinion ... anyway will most likely watch more of the Flux season and most likely backtrack to the 12th season which I have also not watched any of, :shrug: as a collector I sometimes buy just because it is available not because I intend to watch or read it. ... :o_go_on: .... don't judge