The Dr Who thread

Bog · Post by **Bog** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 1:33 am 0

And - just as importantly - is he fond of Eccles Cakes?

toxibunny · Post by **toxibunny** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 2:01 am 0

HippyDave wrote: think they ought to have given the role to Johnny Vegas, meself...

agreed.

sponge · Post by **sponge** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 2:39 am 0

Well Bog, I'm glad some other 3D folks are here to point out the naffness!

Naff CG is much worse than naff rubber masks or suits. Something about something being kinda naff looking, yet convincingly evil. It's an odd balance. Something hard to explain. Your imagination comes into play a little more. Even under obvious studio lights and wobbly sets, it somehow worked, and worked quite beautifully. Even watching it now, it's not just a 'charming nostalgia'. Nothing is disapointing. Things are still quite creepy after all these years.

Not saying all Doctor who things were all naff, though. I still believe the Dalek is one of the most effective designs for a frightening and utterly inhuman machine, ever. Actually, sod that. THE most effective design. Can't think of anything scarier.

I don't know what the answer is. Maybe the budget restraints helped shape some nice designs, whereas the almost limitless potential of CG, is, um, limitless.

Doesn't style often come through limitation?

I dunno.

Tighten the budget and send them a vat of latex.

Eccleston is alright despite being 'pointlessly northern'. I do think Tom Baker was the best. Downright potty. Dismissive. Charming. Almost Dangerous. Big hair and scarf. Fabbo.

But, I like the '60s garb of the new chappy, but I haven't seen him yet. Just seen a few publicity photos. Looks the part.

Speaking of which, I've always thought that Richard E Grant or Richard O'Brien would have made good doctors. Both are bordering on madness.

Who I would definitely like to see play the Doctor is Mark Heap. He'd certainly be great, but I'm sure he can't be doing with the type cast curse.

toxibunny · Post by **toxibunny** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 2:46 am 0

the new guy seems to turn into 'needless shouty angry to make people obey mode' every episode, which annoys me... in real life he'd get twatted a bit more often...

Richard E Grant was rumoured, IIRC... he'd be brilliant, - I reckon they asked him but he told them to bollocks off...

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:07 am 0

Naff CGI is the new rubber masks/wobbly sets. The BBC can get away with it because it's Doctor Who. To be honest it's only us that it bothers anyway. Everyone else just goes "Ugghh. They're getting chopped up"

Post by **Jedburgh** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 9:01 am 0

Bog wrote:And - just as importantly - is he fond of Eccles Cakes?

And does he know what time it is?

Ollie · Post by **Ollie** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 9:07 am 0

Just got around to watching last week's Doctor Who Confidential. The cheek of RTD, comparing last week's poor effort to last season's excellent Empty Child! Essentially he was saying, 'we found last year that a scary child works really well, so I thought "we'll have another one of them."'

zip accident · Post by **zip accident** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 9:56 am 0

DutchLlama wrote:

Does Christopher Eccleston come from Eccleston?

With staqe names, you can never tell.

Usually, in England, (I thought on the continent too?) the way it works is that you get your surname from your father's surname (I'm aware that Icelandic and thence Danish is different).

Surnames usually started centuries ago, but when they did, it would often be that the person who got the name was named for their trade, a personal characteristic, or perhaps moved somewhere new, and in the new place their name would be "<firstname> from <oldplace>" and after a while the "from" would be dropped, leaving them with a surname.

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 10:35 am 0

I'm just a soppy bugger really. Someone has uploaded a fan music video to youtube about Rose and the 9th Doctor. I think it works really well. It had me fair filling up by the end guvnor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiPjc5gutX4

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 10:39 am 0

I was wandering down Oxford Street yesterday afternoon and nearly walked into the lad who plays Mickey outside HMV. My mate had to restrain me from slapping him

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 10:50 am 0

Oh noes! Will the Fifth Doctor defeat Davros?? Will Teagan survive?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuB0J-JI ... ctor%20who

Alarm · Post by **Alarm** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 11:00 am 0

HGFB wrote:I'm just a soppy bugger really. Someone has uploaded a fan music video to youtube about Rose and the 9th Doctor. I think it works really well. It had me fair filling up by the end guvnor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiPjc5gutX4

That is great.

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 11:16 am 0

DutchLlama · Post by **DutchLlama** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 11:27 am 0

HGFB wrote:Doctor Who goes with anything
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xomhJA2 ... ctor%20who

Nicely done. Especially when considering that The Tripods was a (great) replacement for Doctor Who after it temporarily got cancelled.

HGFB wrote:I don't care what you say. 7th Doc rocked
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjYXA9mB ... ctor%20who

I bet most people who said that he was completely crap never watched The Curse of Fenric.

Istar · Post by **Istar** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 11:28 am 0

WiteWulf wrote:I was wandering down Oxford Street yesterday afternoon and nearly walked into the lad who plays Mickey outside HMV. My mate had to restrain me from slapping him

Oddly enough, I bumped into Craig David on Kings Road on Sunday. Wife-of-Istar had to physically restrain me from shouting "Oi! David! STFU with the singing already"