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I'm surprised they haven't been able to get doctorwho.com. I swear they had it at one time.
The fan site at .com hasn't been updated since 2011.
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Doctor Who Series Seven |OT| The Question You've Been Running From All Your Life
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I'm surprised they haven't been able to get doctorwho.com. I swear they had it at one time.
The fan site at .com hasn't been updated since 2011.
Hot Coldman
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Man, the First Doctor had a lot of companions.
Exterminieren
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Quite a few died an episode or two after he got them.
infiniteloop
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Sara Kingdom was only one episode, shouldn't count.
APZonerunner
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In the first sort of drafts of the show and in early episodes, The Doctor wasn't really viewed as the lead character, but instead the companion as the lead, with him as a guide.. a bit like Marty being the main character in BTTF, I guess. That's why there was such a massive companion turnover... offering different perspectives and such. Ian was the 'lead' essentially, though. That structure of the companion at the audience's eyes is still there, but the Doctor is definitely the lead now.
I think that's been less true in Moffat's run, though. At least when it comes to Amy. People have even gotten quite upset about it.
EleventhDoctor
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Ian was the man. Dude got inside a Dalek and drove it around like a car.
Exterminieren
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Rory has plainly been Moffat's audience surrogate, commenting on the Doctor and Amy and their oddness.
I kinda wonder if Clara will be more down to Earth, or whether she'll have a Rory analogue.
Worthintendo
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I'm working my way through the first series now, Susan and Barbara just seem to scream, maybe Susan will come up with the odd good idea. But dear god, Ian is a legend, the whole getting in the Dalek case was so awesome and stupid. He takes no crap and just does whatever it takes.
Also those stamps are awesome, do want
EleventhDoctor
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He popped it open like a can of Pringles, hopped in, looked at the controls for about 10 seconds and started driving around like he's on the bumper cars.
KuwabaraTheMan
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Ian's great and all, but Steven was the best 1st Doctor companion.
She was only in one story, but she was in 8 episodes. That's more than Katarina, at the very least.
She was only in one story, but she was in 8 episodes. That's more than Katarina, at the very least.
Worthintendo
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The best bit was him talking in the Dalek Voice, really funny to hear him talk casually with the Doctor and the companions with that voice.
I'm actually surprised at how much I am liking him on the show. Wasn't really expecting to get into the Hartnell era stuff as much as I have and if it was for the Bad Assness that is Ian I don't think I would be.
Worthintendo
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I have a guy a work with, he is in his mid to late 50's, huge Dr Who fan much like myself, we talk about it heaps. He's been watching it since it started, he can't really remember much of the earlier stuff other then whats been released on VHS/DVD but I always envy him for having seen all these episodes I'll never get to see.
It would be great if one day they find in some vault somewhere the tapes to all the missing episodes, to be able to see the Tenth Planet in its fullness or the missing Troughton stuff would be awesome. I'd love to see his Dalek Serials or the Cybermen ones.
APZonerunner
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I have a guy a work with, he is in his mid to late 50's, huge Dr Who fan much like myself, we talk about it heaps. He's been watching it since it started, he can't really remember much of the earlier stuff other then whats been released on VHS/DVD but I always envy him for having seen all these episodes I'll never get to see.
It would be great if one day they find in some vault somewhere the tapes to all the missing episodes, to be able to see the Tenth Planet in its fullness or the missing Troughton stuff would be awesome. I'd love to see his Dalek Serials or the Cybermen ones.
Pre-2005 they thought everything that could be found had been, but since New Who the increased exposure has meant several new things surfacing each year. All the 50th push should help too, one hopes - as a lot of the 50th celebration news and things mention that there's episodes missing. Hopefully we'll find most of it over the coming years. Fingers crossed.
Ah, yes; in that period in history, life expectancy was much lower than it is today.
I must have this. Where can I get it?
Hot Coldman
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People assume that a thread is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff.
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Second audio revealed:
Sounds cool. Very curious to find out, come March, if they've actually got any of the living Doctors on board for the recording process of these.
Because these are part-produced by the BBC and not part of the regular Big Finish license, they're allowed to do things BF can't - the first one ties in some references to some New Who stuff, for instance, the first time any expanded universe stuff with a classic Doctor has ever done that. Exciting times!
Following an emergency landing, the TARDIS arrives on a remote world orbiting a peculiar star – a pulsar which exerts an enormous gravitational force, strong enough to warp time.
On further exploration the Doctor and his friends, Jamie and Zoe, discover a human outpost on the planet’s surface, inhabited by scientists who are there to study an ancient city. The city is apparently abandoned, but the scientists are at a loss to explain what happened to its sophisticated alien architects. The Doctor discovers that something dark, silent and deadly is also present on the world – and it is slowly closing in on the human intruders...
Sounds cool. Very curious to find out, come March, if they've actually got any of the living Doctors on board for the recording process of these.
Because these are part-produced by the BBC and not part of the regular Big Finish license, they're allowed to do things BF can't - the first one ties in some references to some New Who stuff, for instance, the first time any expanded universe stuff with a classic Doctor has ever done that. Exciting times!
Exterminieren
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Magpie Electricals gets everywhere, doesn't it?
Hot Coldman
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Soooooo that sounds like the plot to The Impossible Planet. Kinda.
DrForester
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That's one heck of a similarity to Matt Smith this guy has.
User 100115
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He's a pretty well known cosplayer in fandom.
He looks like Matt Smith, but with only his face photoshopped to 95% of it's original size.
User 100115
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I believe his name is Matt Holden? Maybe...
Edit: Nope, that was a different cosplayer, sorry. Matt Elliot is this guys name.
Exterminieren
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Currently indoctrinating my friend with The Eleventh Hour.
Christ, but this episode's perfect.
Christ, but this episode's perfect.
Needs more chin.
King of the Potato People
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http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/d...-to-play-william-hartnell-in-50th-biopic.html
'Doctor Who': David Bradley to play William Hartnell in 50th biopic
Interesting casting, he seems to play a jerk in everything I've seen him in.
'Doctor Who': David Bradley to play William Hartnell in 50th biopic
Interesting casting, he seems to play a jerk in everything I've seen him in.
EleventhDoctor
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Wow what's funny about that is when they released the trailer for Season 7 and he was shown from scenes from Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, people were like "OMG! THE FIRST DOCTOR!!"
I was one of them
infiniteloop
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good casting
Box of Bunnies
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Stealth casting for the First Doctor in the 50th anniversary episode.
Hot Coldman
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But he already played dinosaur murderer guy. That was this series, even.
Box of Bunnies
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Never stopped Colin Baker or most of the new series companions, though those weren't within the same series.
APZonerunner
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Seeing the rest of the casting is is a reminder - a Canadian Exec, a woman producer, an Indian-born director... Christ, this show was forward-thinking for 63.
I think Waris Hussein was gay, too, just to add to the mix.
Edit: And it's probably worth adding Delia Derbyshire to the list; a female music producer making one of the first entirely electronic TV themes.
Edit: Jessica Raine as Verity? I'm a big fan of Call the Midwife, so that's good. Although I do find that Jessica Raine does tend to remind me of someone else.
APZonerunner
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He was gay, a quick check reveals! Bloody hell. This show.
What a wonderful woman Verity was. There's an amazing interview with her from the year before she died, a joint interview between her and RTD. It was done some time between Christmas 2006 (Runaway Bride) and the start of Series 3. It was amazing to see those two talk to each other (and see RTD utterly gushing). She straight-up told RTD she didn't like the casting of Eccleston and thought it was a mistake when first announced! She did go on to say she thought Tennant was a perfect choice, mind.
What a wonderful woman Verity was. There's an amazing interview with her from the year before she died, a joint interview between her and RTD. It was done some time between Christmas 2006 (Runaway Bride) and the start of Series 3. It was amazing to see those two talk to each other (and see RTD utterly gushing). She straight-up told RTD she didn't like the casting of Eccleston and thought it was a mistake when first announced! She did go on to say she thought Tennant was a perfect choice, mind.
Exterminieren
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Brian Cox as Sydney Newmen! Brilliant.
Thought it was the physicist for a moment.
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Lord "Fucktard" Frey
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Love those shirts but $50 shipped to the US is ridonk.
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