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Post by Nick on Mar 26, 2005 22:22:20 GMT
Well I thought it was brilliant...right mix of humour and drama..good effects......can't wait for next saturday
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Mar 26, 2005 22:34:09 GMT
It wasn't bad for an introductory episode but Christopher Eccleston said last night it gets scarier as the series go on. I hope it does improve and will go down as classic. Didn't like the incidental music much. There was too much and it was the same, driving me mad.
Patsy
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Post by Nick on Mar 26, 2005 23:38:24 GMT
You have to ease in gently with a first episode and build up
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Mar 26, 2005 23:54:16 GMT
Yes and first eps of things are usually a bit on the crap side anyway. Look at An Unearthly Child. No, hang on. The first one was fine. It was the cavemen that were crap! LOL! Imagine that as today's. It's a shame though there's no cliffhanger. I miss that. I don't want that "Next time" nonsense. I want to be surprised. Though I must admit to lapping up all the clips I could manage to see over the past week. ;D There were several laugh out loud moments though. You could easily substitute Christopher Eccleston for Tom Baker I think. I was disappointed with the Autons. All that hype and for what? Did you ever get those Auton spin-off videos? They were pretty crappy (even though the last one was filmed in Southampton) but at least featured more like they had originally. I am looking forward to next week. I won't be surprised if it beats Ant and Dec this week for the curiosity value. But it's unfair for 5000 people to have boxes that say how many millions are meant to watch something.
Did you get that Graham Norton and the audience laughing during it as well?
Patsy
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Post by Lugz D. McPie, Esq. on Mar 27, 2005 0:45:57 GMT
I got Graham Norton too - mess up on the Strictly Dance Fever microphone front...
This is the first Doctor Who I've seen. I'm not a big fan of alien type stuff, so watched it so that I could abuse it properly. However, from the very first bit I was into it. I really enjoyed it, it was funny as well as being a bit 'scary'. I'll definitely be tuning in next week.
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Post by sallywebster on Mar 27, 2005 10:11:22 GMT
Ive never seen Dr Who before so decided to watch to see what it was like. For a Dr Who beginner I thought it was very good and entertaining. Will certainly watch again.
Yes we had Graham Norton in the background but only for a few seconds. I watched it on BBC Wales on NTL Digital though.
Ant and Dec are so past their sell by date now, Dr Who is bound to beat them in the ratings and rightly so, ITV need to get their acts together and stop showing the same stuff all the time (Ant and Dec and WWTBAM every Saturday, soaps every other night) I watched the Stars in their eyes final and then Dr Who.
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Post by sootycat on Mar 27, 2005 12:29:04 GMT
As a big Doctor Who fan, I loved it, I think it will be a massive hit.
I am also glad I do not have a Wheelie bin !! ;D
I think the partnership between Christopher Eccleston works very well, they haven't tampered with the music, and the screech, when the Tardis comes and goes is the same.
I think they have modernised it very well
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Mar 27, 2005 13:47:35 GMT
ROTFLOL! I'm glad we don't too, sooty! Tell you what though. Thinking about it since transmission it was lacking in story than the past. Where were the plastics killings? And I thought the hand over Rose's face was very like when the daffodil squirted Jo's. I was anxiously waiting for Rose's mum to be throttled by the hairdryer. IMO it moved too fast. There is definitely something to be said for 4-parters. A lot of Davison 2-parters are complete crap (mind you, so was a lot of his era) and this was shorter than them. Can you imagine classics like Robots of Death, Weng-Chiang, The Aztecs, The Daleks, Tomb of the Cybermen, The Green Death, Caves of Androzani etc being this short? It seriously lacked character and story development. The cliffhanger would be good too instead of stand alone stories. Call me picky but I can't imagine what people would want to tune in for next week when there's no continuation. If it's a success (and despite a few gripes I sincerely hope it is) I think they need to look at a few things and make a few tweaks. It should go to a second series anyway because things take time to build up. Sooty, have you ever been to a convention? I wonder how much Christopher Eccleston would cost to be a guest? LOL! Paul McGann's lovely. He said conventions (and he's only done 2 I think and the first he did no photos or signings) has helped him overcome his stage fright. Lovely man.
Does anyone else remember the gust of wind when the Tardis materialised/dematerialised? Is the actual box bigger than it used to be? Or is it just me? It's got a mauling by Ian Hyland and Garry Bushell already. But hey, it's us fans who are the biggest critics and most give it the thumbs up (unlike the McGann film).
Jezziekins, you have no idea how desperate ITV get when they're up against DW. They stuff they've thrown at it and occasionally won. But then, it had a following then. This is like a new series. We'll have to see. If the ratings dip from ep 2, I expect they'll rise again when the Daleks appear as they always did.
Now I want BBC3 to either run late OR repeat that bloody programme. It doesn't give much time to change tapes over, especially if it runs late on BBC1. My BBC1 is crap so I have to watch on satellite (and am taping in case it gets pulled and never released on DVD!). Did anyone watch that last night? I was on it! ;D Just for a second with my friend Paul in the queue for Katy Manning's autograph so blink and you'd miss us. She argued with that Dalek on the right which held up the queue so I hope they'll show more of that in the coming weeks.
Patsy
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Post by sallywebster on Mar 27, 2005 16:44:21 GMT
Jezziekins, you have no idea how desperate ITV get when they're up against DW. They stuff they've thrown at it and occasionally won. But then, it had a following then. This is like a new series. We'll have to see. If the ratings dip from ep 2, I expect they'll rise again when the Daleks appear as they always did. Now I want BBC3 to either run late OR repeat that bloody programme. It doesn't give much time to change tapes over, especially if it runs late on BBC1. My BBC1 is crap so I have to watch on satellite (and am taping in case it gets pulled and never released on DVD!). Did anyone watch that last night? I was on it! ;D Just for a second with my friend Paul in the queue for Katy Manning's autograph so blink and you'd miss us. She argued with that Dalek on the right which held up the queue so I hope they'll show more of that in the coming weeks. Patsy Pat, Ant and Dec are never going to be able to compete they are way past their best. I heard the first ep of Dr Who beat them but its not official yet, it was posted on another forum. Pat, i missed the BBC3 special unfortunately. Jez |
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Mar 27, 2005 17:38:55 GMT
I hardly watch Ant & Dec anyway. I saw it the other week when they were puppy training by chance because it reminded me of trying to train Barbara (not that's she's any more obedient at 2 years old!). But that was it really. I don't usually watch TV on a Saturday because it's too crap. You missed me.  Well make sure you don't miss any more.  I just hope they don't show any more of my great fat backside. Never watch yourself in wodescreen! LOL! Patsy |
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Post by sallywebster on Mar 27, 2005 17:41:28 GMT
I hardly watch Ant & Dec anyway. I saw it the other week when they were puppy training by chance because it reminded me of trying to train Barbara (not that's she's any more obedient at 2 years old!). But that was it really. I don't usually watch TV on a Saturday because it's too crap. You missed me. Well make sure you don't miss any more. I just hope they don't show any more of my great fat backside. Never watch yourself in wodescreen! LOL! Patsy Yes Saturday tv is overall quite poor. Yes, I thought it was another night you were on BBC3 - when are you on again? |
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Mar 27, 2005 17:44:41 GMT
I just noticed I put wodescreen instead of widescreen. Well, seeing my backside so big makes me full of woe! LOL!
So did I. But it looks like they are cutting footage into all of them. Hope so anyway. I know part 12 on the 11th June of about fans and conventions. But absolutely no idea if I'll be in that or even before it. It's wait and see.
Patsy
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Post by sallywebster on Mar 27, 2005 17:47:32 GMT
I just noticed I put wodescreen instead of widescreen. Well, seeing my backside so big makes me full of woe! ROFLOL! |
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Mar 27, 2005 17:51:14 GMT
It gives new meaning to, "Does my bum look big in this?" LOL! I will never mention Barbara Knox's in 1989 EVER again!
Patsy
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Post by Peter on Apr 1, 2005 18:12:03 GMT
First off i should say i'm not a big Dr. WHo fan as i never watched it growing up (During the 80's), it just didn't interest me so i never bothered to watch(Unfortunbetly )
However in adult life i've picked a few little bits up and always wish i had expecially in the Jon Petwee & Tom Baker years (Somw of which would've required being born earlier though!).
So as i guess, a kind of new fan, i really really enjoyed that. Mainly for Christopher Eccelston, he's very charismatic as the doctor and has that quirkyness like Tom Baker & Pertwee (From clips and bits i have seen).
Also have to say, despite what i may think of Ms Piper's singing abilities/songs, she was rather good in this. The mannequins were kind of an eerie concept (I gather it was a previous idea from past series, again saw on clips once), especially when the hands opened up and started firing, fantastic stuff.
The only niggles i had was the belching bin And the conspiricy guy, they could've left him out and it would've still worked, it just felt unessacary.
Overall, I think i could really really enjoy this.. (whilst it lasts)
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Apr 1, 2005 19:42:10 GMT
He was definitely more Baker than Pertwee. Pertwee was fairly serious whereas Baker was manic and there was good humour (especially when Douglas Adams was script editor). I did enjoy seeing the Autons again but the originals had more killing and everything was more menacing. Even Spearhead From Space which was a regeneration/Liz Shaw introduction story pretty much like Rose was, was better. There was tension that was lacking. Oh and a terrible octopus that throttled the Doctor as he tried to destroy it which was the Nestene Consciousness then. Then we also had the eerie scenes set in Madame Tussauds where they came to life. They even looked like plastic whereas this lot looked more like rubber. I did enjoy it and look forward to seeing how the series pans out. Pity about CE quitting though. I agree about the conspiracy guy. That was a nod towards the sad bastards Russell T Davies is always moaning about I expect. Those superimposed pics of the Doctor through the ages were pretty naff. Did you know someone's actually set up a similar site? My friend Richard told me about it today. www.whoisdoctorwho.co.ukPatsy |
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Apr 9, 2005 22:27:34 GMT
Found this review of the first ep from the Stage from the 4th April:
TV Review
Harry Venning
It was Star Wars that did for the old Doctor Who. Once you had witnessed an Imperial Battlecruiser pass across an entire cinema screen for what seemed like forever, extras in tinfoil suits running around plywood sets would never quite hit the mark again.
But the magnificence of the Doctor Who theme music remained undiminished by time, trends or taste. Sinister, intriguing and urgent, the theme created an air of anticipation in the viewer that was, more often than not, left sadly unfulfilled.
Not tampering too much with the theme tune is the first of many things that the brand new series of Doctor Who has got right.
It heralded a fabulous, imaginative, funny and sometimes frightening reinvention of the esteemed, if somewhat time ravaged, Time Lord. Eagerly anticipated, the new Doctor Who was well worth the wait. Like the physics-defying Tardis, it was hard to believe that a humble 45 minutes could contain so many great lines, memorable scenes, shocks, plot twists, special effects and surprises. Even the tiresome problem of exposition was inventively solved, courtesy of an internet conspiracy theorist, tracing The Doctor through history.
Russell T Davies’ script may have been knowing and witty but it wisely avoided parody or pastiche. It took the threatened conquest of humanity by shop window dummies very seriously indeed - and quite right too. The opening scene, which found shop assistant Rose Tyler terrorised by a basement full of animate mannequins was about as scary as an early Saturday evening would allow.
In stark contrast to the female assistants of old, who were fit only to scream or be captured, Billie Piper’s Rose has all the makings of an action hero in her own right. Displaying disbelief over an extended period is a trial for any actor new to Doctor Who but Piper came through this rite of passage with flying colours. She is compelling, charismatic and adept at comedy. Shallower reviewers than myself would also point out that she is very sexy. Had someone had the courage to cast a woman as Doctor Who, Billie Piper would have made a good one.
Instead we have Christopher Eccleston who, ironically enough, is the show’s biggest disappointment. A very fine actor when cast in heavy dramas, Eccleston looks uncomfortable playing fantasy. Behaving impishly is clearly torture to the poor chap. Suffice to say, that when Eccleston’s Doctor finally confronted the sentient blob of lava manipulating all the chaos, it was the blob’s performance I found more convincing.
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LOL! Good review.
Patsy
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Well make sure you don't miss any more. 
I just hope they don't show any more of my great fat backside. Never watch yourself in wodescreen! LOL!