The Doctor Who Thread

[Demoncrat]

Still enjoying Aliens In The Mind on 4Xtra btw.

[Susan Foreman]

"The BBC has released the first official shot of David Bradley playing William Hartnell in the First Doctor’s costume. The photograph (above) also features the exterior of the TARDIS as it will appear in An Adventure in Space and Time, the BBC drama exploring the origins of Doctor Who."

BBC - Blogs - Doctor Who - David Bradley IS William Hartnell ? the First Doctor

"The cast also includes Brian Cox as BBC exec Sydney Newman, Sacha Dhawan as director Waris Hussein, Jamie Glover as William Russell (who played Ian), Jemma Powell as Jacqueline Hill (who played Barbara) and Claudia Grant as Carole Ann Ford (who played the Doctor’s granddaughter, Susan). Reece Shearsmith is also on board as Patrick Troughton (the Second Doctor) and Mark Eden, who appeared as Marco Polo back in 1964, returns to the world of Doctor Who playing Donald Baverstock."

[RedEyeTheCylon]

This year's Comic Con exclusive:

[Susan Foreman]

Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special Will Be “Feature Length

[Hawkmonger]

You wanted a link between the TV series and audio's Dem, you just got it! BBC and Big Finish have just revealed that the sixth (and finale) series of Gallifrey will chronicle the start of the Time War and provide one of the first links between the audio format and TV. LOOK AT THOSE DALEKS!

[Susan Foreman]

"The key catalyst in this is the characterisation of the Doctor and his interactions with his companions. The First Doctor could not be more different to the Doctor of today; he is cranky, passive-aggressive, mocking and secretive to the point of actually kidnapping the two schoolteachers to preserve the secret of his and Susan’s identity. The status of Hartnell’s Doctor as an ‘anti-hero’ is certainly not a new concept for the established fan, but in many respects, the extent to which this applies is truly shocking when you really take time to notice it – he really is, in everything but his manner of dress and physical appearance, truly alien.

From the moment he encounters Ian and Barbara, the Doctor plays a smugly superior game of cat and mouse with the two human schoolteachers, treating them almost like children. When challenged about why he would be afraid to open the police box to prove that Susan isn’t locked in there, he retorts with ‘Afraid? Oh, go away!’, openly mocking their concern for the teenage girl they believe is lost. Initially, this could be explained away by the age difference between an apparently elderly man and two relatively younger adults, but after they have forced their way into his ship, it’s clear that something far more sinister and calculated is at work."

TV Rewind: Doctor Who - An Unearthly Child | So So Gay magazine

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

BBC Worldwide have anounced details of a new series of DVDs featuring the best Doctor Who "monsters". Each DVD set will feature a "classic" and "new" Who story and will have an RRP of £10.20, available from September.

The Monster Collection: The Daleks
Features: The Daleks (1963) and Asylum of the Daleks (2012)

The Monster Collection: The Cybermen
Features: The Tomb of the Cybermen (1967) and Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel (2006)

The Monster Collection: The Sontarans
Features: The Time Warrior (1973) and The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky (2008)

The Monster Collection: The Master
Features: Terror of the Autons (1971) and The End of Time Parts 1 and 2 (2009-10)

The Monster Collection: Davros
Genesis of the Daleks (1975) and The Stolen Earth/Journey’s End (2008)

The Monster Collection: The Silurians
Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970) and The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood (2010)

*All info nicked from Blogtor Who. http://blogtorwho.blogspot.co.uk/

Whilst its a decent selection of stories, i would have gone with Attack of the Cybermen rather than Tomb seeing as Colin Baker didn't feature in the recent Regenerations box set.

[Gothmogxx]

Originally Posted by Demdike

BBC Worldwide have anounced details of a new series of DVDs featuring the best Doctor Who "monsters". Each DVD set will feature a "classic" and "new" Who story and will have an RRP of £10.20, available from September.

The Monster Collection: The Daleks
Features: The Daleks (1963) and Asylum of the Daleks (2012)

The Monster Collection: The Cybermen
Features: The Tomb of the Cybermen (1967) and Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel (2006)

The Monster Collection: The Sontarans
Features: The Time Warrior (1973) and The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky (2008)

The Monster Collection: The Master
Features: Terror of the Autons (1971) and The End of Time Parts 1 and 2 (2009-10)

The Monster Collection: Davros
Genesis of the Daleks (1975) and The Stolen Earth/Journey’s End (2008)

The Monster Collection: The Silurians
Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970) and The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood (2010)

Whilst its a decent selection of stories, i would have gone with Attack of the Cybermen rather than Tomb seeing as Colin Baker didn't feature in the recent Regenerations box set.

Nice! Now perhaps many more of the younger viewers will watch the classic episodes on the DVD's and get interested in watching more.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Gothmogxx

Nice! Now perhaps many more of the younger viewers will watch the classic episodes on the DVD's and get interested in watching more.

And they'll realize how cartoony the current Sontarans seem in comparison to Lynx.

[PaulD]

I finished the David Tenant specials the other day. God, the ball was really dropped with the last 2 episodes. Aside from all the insanely stupid stuff (the jumping hoodied hungry bleached hair Master, the Star Wars-aping spaceship battle across the sea, the wasted opportunity of the return of the Timelords, the ridiculous Master Race plan (genius idea to have a copy of villain in a woman's blouse. Really threatening!), the cringeworthy Obama bit and the unnecessary gung-ho action scene of the Doctor jumping from the ship with a gun and crashing through the glass ceiling) the way the Doctor's fate was written as an an impending death was really jarring. The analogy of his death reflecting RTD leaving the show was far too on the nose ("I don't want to go!") and the bit where the Doctor travels to see his previous companions, while quite sweet, seemed a bit self-serving from a writer's point of view, as if RTD was reminding everyone of stuff he'd done during his tenure. It felt more like a goodbye to RTD than the Tenth doctor. And the stupid bloody explosive regeneration, jesus that was stupid. Tenant deserved a much better story than that.

It also made me realise how awesome it would have been to have a full series with Wilfred as his only companion. That felt like a real missed opportunity.


Gonna move on to more Classic Who shortly. Sure the sets are creaky, the effects dated and some of the performances a bit off at times but the stories are never infuriating or smug and I love the cliffhangers.