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25 January 2013 at 15:20 #1913
Thanks for posting the link to new BBC site. I like how they’ve copied the colour themes of our site. 🙂
I like the counter and there are lots of rather cool features, but I rather miss the dark cosiness of the previous design. This looks a bit more “corporate”. (That’s probably just me, I’m a girl of the night-time!)
Anyone think there’s anything significant in series 7, part 2 going out at Easter weekend again? Apparently it was brought forward a week from original plan, don’t know who by. (Unless it’s to retcon all the earlier refs to Xmas and easter eggs, LOL)
25 January 2013 at 04:59 #1907LOL @ Dali daleks
What next? Mondas/Mondrian? New Who game… Artists and Monsters?
@craig NZ/Oz more lke SE England to Iceland 🙂 They’re all upside down there anyway! Re selling Dr Who coins abroad – it’s things like that that can destabilise economies, LOl. Or tip the balance of the world so UK is upside down, haha.
<Loves how the world is more surreal at 5am, but thinks it’s time she went back to bed :-)>
25 January 2013 at 04:55 #1905@blenkinsopthebrave Missed you! Hope your bit of Aussie-land has cooled down just a bit. Are you in Sydney btw? Did you see the Rubber Duck?!! Shades of Planet of Giants in there 🙂 I want one!!
24 January 2013 at 23:57 #1885Ooooh! Like the coins. Don’t think @blenkinsopthebrave can help tho – think he’s on the big lump of land some miles north of NZ. We need a new Zealand branch!!
24 January 2013 at 23:53 #1883Nice link. I do like the idea of the short stories, for exactly the reasons they descibe. Although I have to say Eoin Colfer may be a bit under-researched if he thinks drawing refs with the story he mentions, and setting it in that particular time is a new idea for Who, LOL.
(Not sure if the specific refs i didn’t mention above are spoilers, hence the circuitous refs. Worse than @IAmNotAFishIAmAFreeMan ‘s describe-something-only-using-100-most-common-words game – see On the Sofa thread).
24 January 2013 at 23:46 #1881Rockets are crazy! Re your other link “do the same” – That’s not easy!!
<goes back to anagrams 🙁 >
24 January 2013 at 23:32 #1879Following a link @phasehshift posted in News thread – to Radio Times site, I found a few posts by Stephen Moffatt doing preview summaries of various episodes to date. They’re worth reading for their quirky wee turns of phrase eg description of Daleks as (among other things) “a killing machine driven by a ranting slug”
It’s also interesting to see where he puts the emphasis. eg the reference to “the mysterious Darla Von Karlsen” made me wonder again why she was named. Why not just mysterious woman? (Link below is to Asylum of the Daleks one)
<Gets out the paper, pencil and scissors to work on anagrams. Again>
http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-08-28/steven-moffats-doctor-who-episode-guide-asylum-of-the-daleks?ref=Article.RelatedNews
24 January 2013 at 23:22 #1875Wooo, been busy on the sofa since I last looked in 🙂
Police box memories – love it. @juniperfish – the tardis game – yes, very much so (when i wasn’t playing “dodge the daleks” with cars!) definitley spoiled in Scotland with last remaining boxes.
Why has Scotland got so many left?
Probably a stuck in a time lock 😀
I don’t ever remember Glasgow police boxes being red!! (TARDIS must have crept into my consiousnesss and wiped out my memories of them in real world). and I still have a wee smile to myself when I go past one of Edinburgh’s converted-into-coffee-shop special double sized ones. They’re def smaller on the inside though!
20 January 2013 at 18:55 #1787what carries a movie … a half-decent script, a great director and some wholly decent actors.
It’s all you ever need.
Interesting posts, thanks. Will be back to this thread when I have a bit more time 🙂
19 January 2013 at 17:24 #1751If you take the alien out of the Doctor’s character it changes the whole perspective of the programme/film and the place of humans in the universe. If the Doctor is human then the only aliens we see in the films are either a) evil and out to get us or b) needing human help. If you have an alien Doctor then humans are just another species in a suddenly expanded universe.
Harrumph! Thanks @phaseshift for setting off my tirade this afternoon 😉
<this post has been brought to you courtesy of FOSRA ( Fair On-Screen Representation for Aliens)>
19 January 2013 at 16:58 #1749I’ve now realised my avatar is a bit sinister too (thouh maybe i chopped off too much of the letters….
Welcome to the dark side 😉
19 January 2013 at 16:42 #1747@bluesqueakpip Agreed.
Re no repeats – TV was a new medium, and ephemeral. Taped over by the following week. You had to concentrate not to miss anything, no catching up later except in discussing with your pals. Or in my case my long-suffering mum as very few of my friends were really into it. And you had to wait a whole week for the next half hour chapter!
Re formula film-making – why am I even surprised they took this route, LOL?! History of film is full of original ideas/books/plays being completely emasculated when churned thro the film processing unit
19 January 2013 at 16:33 #1741@phaseshift – re easy to make a movie of DW – you’d think so, wouldn’t you? A chance to go into more layers, not less! Though presumably the 60s films were being pitched at a mainstream audience (hence the casting etc) – they did look at things differently then. Moving it into the mainstream would have been seen as the route to commercial success, without the understanding that they were completely undermining the original’s original premise. (And no blog boards to remind them, haha).
@bluesqueakpip As a kid I was outraged at what they’d done to it. I felt conned. Re the Bernard Cribbins present – I hadn’t heard that, it’s a lovely gesture. Bet he was chuffed.
19 January 2013 at 16:23 #1739And making the Doctor fully human was a BIG fundamental mistake. Why do the movie-makers feel they have to give him a human heritage? It takes away most of what makes DW special (both the character and the programme), removing a lot of the layers and turning it into a much more conventional, one-dimensional sci-fi, as @phaseshift pointed out. No scope for bonkers theorising at all 🙂
19 January 2013 at 15:39 #1733@craig – hahaha – admit it, you’re just terrified of being subject to the ire of your co-mod 🙂
@phaseshift – re Doctor Who and the Daleks film. I remember being so disappointed when I saw it the first time. I liked Cushing so I was prepared and OK about him taking over Hartnell’s role. But I hated just about everything about it, particularly resented how they’d changed the story and companion relationships. The daleks were wrong (even their weapons were wrong – people didn’t go all negative when they were exterminated).
And the Thals seemed wussy! There was a toughness about them in their original TV incarnation (as I remember) that made them believable as survivors. There also seemed to be more moral fuzziness (tho there’s no saying I remember it right!) from the way the original story was presented on TV. The evil of the daleks came out slowly, their side of the survival story was shown first (eg talking of the Thals as monsters).
Tried watching the Cushing one when it was on TV a while back – gave up after 10 mins – life’s too short, LOL
A warning for anyone trying to do a film, esp after 50 years of history – don’t mess with the canon! And be very wary if you change the casting. Hmm, yes… Roy Castle as action hero is just weird – I’d forgotten that. Clear cash-in on the series if you ask me. Doctor-lite IMHO.
19 January 2013 at 01:04 #1695@bluesqueakpip – re the names on the newspaper (thanks for going back to it and well spotted) – Wrangell (Alaska) – Alaska was the name of Clara’s spaceship was it not?
(Not idea what it means, if anything but that newspaper is odd!)
18 January 2013 at 17:26 #1665We’re very friendly
Haha – much friendlier than you might expect from a group whose avatars include Ming the Merciless, the Master, man in a fearsome looking helmet (sorry @rob , not sure of the ref, but I like it!), a shoal of fish, inc 1 who’s obv got split personality and various birds, inc 1 with a pipe and a Sherlock complex. And a weeping angel (it’s OK, it’s chained!).
@craig @phaseshift – we bow before the awesomeness of our mods 😉
18 January 2013 at 14:27 #1661@sarahhawke Mwuhuhuhuh
Just don’t blink 😀
18 January 2013 at 11:02 #1651And thanks to @phaseshift, @juniperfish, @jimthefish for the science/magic/god discussion above – interesting stuff
18 January 2013 at 10:43 #1649Hartnell – absolutely amazing. Was known as a character actor up till then, usually small time crooks. he soared as the Doctor. Agree it would have been lovely if he could have had any sense of the legacy he left. In 1960s TV was a punky young whippersnapper, and a kids prog was waaaay down the pecking order. Or should have been! As a 7 y.o. he just blew me away.
He could be very impatient, though mellowed as he got to know and trust Ian and Barbara, mischievous, amusing and excited (esp about new things). He could take charge when needed – there was a sense of authority and dignity about him at times, when facing up to daleks etc. He could be very empathic (eg leaving Susan when he knew it was what she really wanted) and sometimes very selfish. He had a great twinkly-eyed chuckle. He was NEVER jaded!! (I was there, I will not be argued with on this! 🙂 )
He often deliberately stirred it – eg he would usually call Ian by a wrong variation of Chesterton. As a child viewer I also knew he was doing it on purpose, pretending to be forgetful. He could be arrogant in the sense of thinking he knew best cos he’s an aged timetraveller who’s seen more than most. But could also (occasionally) fess up – eg pretending there was a problem with the fluid link so that he would get to explore the city on Skaro, instead of taking off again when they discovered the atmosphere was toxic.
As people have said before, Who has always involved the interaction with companions – and those characters did develop (except maybe poor Susan who was stuck with the I-scream role mostly) as they travelled together.
And the hair! No-one else on TV had hair like that (not even the women!) Hair was on the brink of being a very big deal in this decade, LOL
<looks around for any other aged Whovians – I can’t be the only crumblie in this blog who remembers WH>
18 January 2013 at 10:20 #1647@phaseshift Absolutely re the environment thing. I maybe didn’t bring out enough (in my previous mega-post) that although DW is of its time(s), and got laughed at in the early days for its wobbly sets and budget costumes, it also in many ways set the standards for imaginative ideas, delivered with panache. The scripts and the acting average an amazingly high standard over the years.
On the subject of forward-looking programmes, there was an amazing series in the early 70s called Doomwatch. I couldn’t remember its name till now, and just looked it up. I hadn’t realised how many former Doctor Who creatives were involved in the production team- explains a lot. This was very much an adult series, dealing with big doomsday ideas, in a context of little steps so you could see exactly how it could just happen. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomwatch
Don’t know if there’s anything of it still exists, would be well worth checking out. Anyone else remember it?
Who has always been trailblazing, from the earliest days. A woman producer. In 1963 FFS!
Even the theme tune was like nothing else at the time (and not much since)
The fact that they showed exactly how to cope when your main actor wants to leave, and in a way which makes it unrepeatable for any other show (unless they want to be called out for copying DW), sums it up for me. 🙂
18 January 2013 at 09:41 #1645@phaseshift OK you’ve convinced me about Fringe! No idea when I’m going to fit it in, but it’s on my list of must sees. (that clip is very Gilliam-esque; love the frog’s Madame V impersonation 🙂 )
A Very British Coup is definitley worth checking out too.
17 January 2013 at 20:40 #1625Doctor Who has always been of its time to a certain extent. And because of the regeneration inspiration it can, and does, reinvent itself every so often. Instead of running out of steam after a year or 2 as most long-running series inevitably do as the creative forces behind it start to dry up (or want to go off an do other things), Who just brings in a new combination. Because it is simultaneously brand new and very old, it’s of its time and slightly off-centre as well. It’s completely original idea and no other programme could get away with it (then or now). Others have tried replacing a central character with a different actor – it never works (new series of Yes Minister anyone?!)
eg in the 60s the top (cool) TV programmes/films included the likes of the Avengers, Twilight Zone, Dangerman, Man From Uncle, James Bond, the Prisoner; political background of Kennedy, atomic bomb; still largely hierarchical, patriarchal society about to be radically challenged.
60s Doctors – Hartnell – grandfather type, Troughton – more like your favourite mad uncle (less authoritarian, more unpredictable) Gradually shook off the original concept of an “educational” programme (originally every alternate series was a history one) and evolved into more of an adventure series
70s – more concern about the environment, North Sea Oil, continuing interest in Eastern mysticism; punk; TV inc The Brothers, Onedin Line, Blakes 7 – longer more detailed background series
Doctors becoming younger, more anarchic, from Pertwee to Baker – More stories/ideas being used up, so deeper backstory develops. Doctor being more explicitly depicted as rebel/outsider. Not to mention the impact of Douglas Adams sheer wackiness.
80s – Bit of a disaster in many ways, especially fashion (stick of celery anyone?!) Long dark decade of Thatcherism, jobs cuts etc (Sorry someone else more contemporary with it is going to have to fill in this bit of the theory – am shaky on 80s Doctors!)
By the time NuWho comes around we’ve had long running paranoia series like XFiles which mixed myth, science and the downright weird, Nikita, Buffy (and Whedon spinoffs), mega sagas like Lost etc. Theology is hinted at, mixed with magic and with a veneer of science – there’s a wibbly wobbly timey wimey explanation for everything. Big Bads hidden behind layers of conspiracy. Relationships, backstories and serieslong arcs have become the norm. Plus technology has caught up with a lot of Doctor Who’s original ambition.
Throughout all this the Doctor himself has retained an air of authority when necessary, a genuine off-the-wallness (the easiest thing in the world to get wrong if the actor isn’t up to it) and a sheer magical, infectious enthusiasm for everything! (except daleks). Lots of his background has been hinted at, in often contradictory ways, but the central core of the character’s motivation etc re why he stole the TARDIS in the first place, is a mystery.
And should mostly stay that way. IMHO 🙂 By not defining him too closely he remains an enigma that we can project on to, read into what we each want to see in our favourite alien superhero.
<collapses in a heap on the sofa, exhausted>
17 January 2013 at 19:50 #1623@craig – def a supernova i think.
@juniperfish – think it’s your turn to bring the jammy dodgers…? 🙂
3-dimensional chess game – what a great idea! Multi-player option?? (With random “electrified” squares that explode and log you out of the forum when you land on them…. = @craig‘s revenge on people who keep asking him to add more threads, redecorate etc 😉 )
<looks round casually, examines fingernails, whistling casually… who? wha?… you mean me??!> (It’d be fun though!)
Haha – was just thinking – this website is definitely becoming “smaller on the outside” 🙂
17 January 2013 at 17:08 #1583@sarahhawke – Haha. No worries. It’s chained up 🙂
16 January 2013 at 03:48 #1489@juniperfish Agreed.
(interesting you brought up Morbius in light of discussions on Who memories thread; very mystical Holmes/Hinchcliffe epi)
@janetteb <waves at fellow B!> I find the newer more psychological monsters more scary now (and the VN are def in top 10), but daleks, cybermen and autons definitely did it for my younger self.
<settles back on couch with cup of coffee, reaches for thinking cap and an old theory to reconsider; tries not to think too much about spooky claws and cybermats>
16 January 2013 at 02:38 #1485I think one of the main things to remember is that I don’t think there’s actually a template for what we’re trying to create here (otherwise we’d all just migrate to that other place). It’s a uniquely quirky, experimental (troll and dalek free) little space. 🙂 (and thanks again to everyone for making it that way)
I agree we should leave it for a little while if poss, and see how it evolves naturally – which spaces get used, can we keep (mostly!) on topic without being exterminated or teleported by our mod overmeisters. (kidding! honestly we don’t think you’re that scary @craig @phaseshift !!)
I do have a suggestion for tidying up the front page tho – separate the topics, as you have with the Non-doctor topic categories.
Main bit – on the sofa (nice intro Craig), News, 50th, Speculation on 7 part 2, maybe keep Xmas special here too for now
Previous Episodes, inc Spoilers
Other – Who memories, Companions, Audio, fan fics,
That OK @craig? And as you say it will change as it gradually gets busier.
Right! Am off to try out the sofa 🙂
14 January 2013 at 10:30 #1417We’re only in the beginning stages of a 50th Anniversary Year fantastic experiment, so let’s just play with it, see what happens and enjoy the journey!
Works for me!
Re the newbies – I think we all tend to go thro the same process – a period of time lurking till a formulating theory becomes too strong not to share! How long that is will be different for everyone. Some people will be happy lurkers forever.
But maybe a general chat area could be useful. We could put the sofa in there (it’s not really got a home yet)! If it’s to work as encouragement for the newbies, would need to have it highlighted on the home page, with a wee bit of text suggesting it’s the first stop. I agree with Craig – there’s a fair bit of fragmenting already. Not to mention some deadly time loop lotus-traps (eg the fanfic strand) 🙂 Let’s see which threads get posted on and how many stay on-topic. Would link to Linda Lee’s reviews not come under news? (or fan creativity)
14 January 2013 at 10:16 #1415Just for info, this is what we said before on Dan Martin’s blog
I suspect this is one of those episodes which has grown in people’s affections/appreciation in time. Tho the response was generally positive, it suffered from being straight after the Van Gogh one, with its place in the overall arc not yet being clear.
And we still don’t know who/what was building the time machine If a very similar design hadn’t turned up with the Silence I might just have been prepared to go with it’s being a random off-course, on auto pilot time machine. But having reintroduced it, I’ll be disappointed if they don’t revisit it.
Re original broadcast coinciding with the World Cup – I’m always impressed with the obv forward planning of the episodes – original broadcasts often coincide with big current events (esp UK ones) that reflect events in-episode – see also Easter, gen election etc. Gives it that added frisson. (And possible legs to @blenkinsopthebrave‘s 4th wall theory)
14 January 2013 at 09:58 #1413Nice little interview with Eoin Colfer in today’s Guardian (about his earliest Who memories, and writing the e-book)
13 January 2013 at 17:27 #1387In the course of my reading session I discovered many valuable things. For instance, if you happened to be alone in a tent, an Auton could cut through the back and blast you into nothingness. If you were camping in the Himalayas you would likely be attacked and murdered by a robot Yeti. Suddenly camping seemed to have become a high risk holiday option.
LMAO
For me it was cybermats under the bed. Cars en route to school were daleks (streets were much quieter then, so it was feasible to pretend that the moving ones were daleks that could see you so you needed to duck down or behind a gatepost to avoid them!). Yeti and Autons scared the bejaysus out of me – I still don’t trust mannequins.
13 January 2013 at 17:12 #1385@phaseshift Craig Ferguson’s brilliant! (I also remember his earlier anarchic alter ego Bing Hitler, when he did the late night stand up scene to get his equity card). Great to see him doing so well (Cumbernauld not being noted for its connections to international careers of any sort). His sister Lynn’s pretty amazing actress/standup/writer as well but not much on TV or film
13 January 2013 at 16:40 #1379Having finally caught up with the McGann movie – I can only say – I’m really glad I’ve avoided it till now! As a transition piece and a look at the direction the show could have gone, it’s “interesting”. But I’m very glad RTD was the one who finally got hold of it. The difference is probably summed up in the scene where he wakes up locked in the morgue and proceeds to batter the door down (complete with ominous lumps in steel door). A proper Doctor would have tapped politely and offered the attendant who opened it a jelly baby!
Liked McGann tho.
13 January 2013 at 16:07 #1375As a girl growing up in the 60s there weren’t a huge no of role models on TV or film who weren’t complete airheads! Susan, Barbara, Zoe, Jo, Sarah-Jane, Leela are the ones that really stand out for me, who got under my skin and who I identified with. (Also liked Ian, Stephen and Jamie)
13 January 2013 at 16:00 #1373her fate at the end left me in tears. It actually seemed worse than physical death.
Completely agree. I felt the same about Jamie and Zoe when they had memories wiped – so cruel. Donna had so much unrealised potential that she doesn’t even know she’s capable of. She has huge respect for him but isn’t afraid to call him out on moral issues – which is lovely as she seems a complete airhead when we first meet her. The Doctor-Donna scenes could have been excruciating, but were heartbreaking instead.
Having said all that – it’s great dramatically when the writers do things like that!
13 January 2013 at 15:44 #1369Lovely reading over everyone’s earliest memories. One thing that strikes me is that Who provides a home for people that is slightly outside the mainstream. Quirkiness and cerebral brilliance is celebrated over physical brute strength. The Doctor is an outsider, unafraid to challenge injustice and fight for those who are marginalised, bullied or have no voice. We all have monsters to face up to.
13 January 2013 at 15:26 #1367@phaseshift Jealous, much!! – 8 yrs old – meeting T Baker in Dr Who exhibition – only problem with that is how do you make the rest of your life match up, LOL. I could have died happy then and there if it was me. Didn’t have anything as exotic as DW exhibitions in Scotland in 60s 🙁 (b/w telly, tiny screen, 1 channel etc etc – give it thump on the top or a gentle tap on the side depending whether the vertical or horizontal hold had gone that day)
I’m a Hartnell girl through and through (together with the original companion format of Susan, Barbara and Ian). I loved his unpredictability, his child-like petulance, esp when he didn’t get his own way. And every now and again the sheer brillance which saved everyone. At the last minute. I loved his hair. This wasn’t a conventional adult. (Well m’boy…? Hmmm?)
I remember loving An Unearthly Child – slightly confused (but happy) when they repeated it the following week (I was too young to pick up on the Kennedy assassination). The prehistoric one which followed seemed dark, scary, engrossing (my mum suggesting maybe too scary – vigorous head shaking from 6yo me!), followed by the Daleks (what..???!! (loved how perceptions changed even early on – Daleks orig portrayed as good, Thals bad)) and then the quirky little 2-parter Eve of Destruction. Historical, monster sci-fi and psychologocial one. Been hooked ever since. There was no video or view later (best I could come up with was making my poor mum sit thro any episode I had to miss (Xmas parties etc) to recount it back later – worked remarkably well) but although I only watched these episodes once each I still have remarkably clear memories of a lot of them.
I was a bit unsure when Hartnell morphed into Troughton but went with it as it was better than my fav programme being cancelled. That audacious piece of recasting worked so well that I’ve happily given every future Doctor a fair chance! Until they brought in Mel. Sorry, a bubbly scweamy assistant too far.
I missed a lot of the late 70s thro not having a TV for those years. Dipped in occasionally to check out new Doctors – CB seemed a bit grumpy. I still have a soft spot for McCoy – tho I think he was given nothing useful to work with. I’d propbably have dropped off after Pertwee – if his successor hadn’t been Tom Baker. The hair! The scarf! The jellybabies! I was hooked all over again.
The intermittent playground dalek phase was as far as I remember most of my contemporaries going with fandom. I don’t remember having anyone to really discuss the stories with (apart from my long-suffering, loyal mum (who I think had a sneaking liking for it anyway)). The local library had a few books in stock (quality varied enormously), which would keep me going between seasons. So to find this community so many years down the line, in conjunction with a rejuvenated, revitalised programme is just amazing.
12 January 2013 at 11:00 #1297Special request to @phaseshift – please stop posting such addictive links! Got trapped in a time loop with the dalek comic one. The layouts and detaills are fab. Pink security daleks, LOL
Re the books – I dipped into a few, quality variable but every now and again a gem (sorry don’t remember titles – long time ago!). That’s why I really like the ebooks idea. Especially that they will be short stories in a published book, as well as ebook. I like the idea that although they are related through the characters, each one will be different ie not all books have to be airport blockbuster size, or ongoing sagas. Depending on the writers to deliver of course, but it could turn a whole new generation of Who fans on to written stories.
12 January 2013 at 10:42 #1295I just watched the trailer again and it seems to me there may be an episode entirely on a boat/submarine, another entirely in a monastery, another in modern-day London (possibly with a plane sequence), and there is another episode supposedly entirely set in the TARDIS. Another looks like it is back in Victorian London with Jenny and Vastra, so will probably have been filmed back-to-back with the Christmas Special
You’re ignoring the possibility that could all be stuffed in to 1 episode!
😀
12 January 2013 at 10:35 #1293Can’t really add any more to that great rundown by @jimthefish They’re allowed the schmaltzy bit, in fact they need it, so they can counterpoint with the fact that even the knowledge that he is ultimately judged to be one of THE great artists, isn’t enough to counter Van Gogh’s personal monster. The poignancy of that is what makes this episode great for me, and keeps its images hanging around my head.
Looking forward to watching it again
Incidentally, re the two doctors theory – we know that’s the case – we’ve seen it (in fact there’s more than 2) – 903 yr old, 1100 yr old, current one(?) – there are gaps when we as the audience don’t travel with the doctor – we pick up with him from time to time. We don’t know that we always catch up with him in a linear order. This might never be made explicit in the text, beyond what’s been said so far, but it’s seeded throughout so the writers can pick up on it whenever. Especially useful for resolving those tricky continuity problems!
Finally, on a sidetrack – remembering the starry starry night scene reminded me of this little gem of scene from the film Gregory’s Girl (dancing lying down and not falling off the planet)
There’s an amazing no of fan tributes to the scene, with a diverse range of soundtracks – but my fav is the one with Vincent posted above, by @phaseshift
10 January 2013 at 22:03 #1185Wow!
Some really talented people out there. Haven’t been on deviant Art for ages. @juniperfish thank you so much for all your links, really beautiful. Just looked at the pictures so far 🙂
@jimthefish – multitalented Mr Fish! I love the other worldliness of Hartnell, nice touches with the lighting. You said it’s all photoshop – do you use a mouse or a pen? (I can never get that accurate with a mouse)
Nice thread 🙂
PS These are now on my want-list (only 165$ 🙁 ) – http://browse.deviantart.com/?q=dr+who?q=dr+who#/d2w5pep
10 January 2013 at 21:41 #1183Taking refuge in this nice cosy blog – world’s gone mad out there. the plots of Dr Who make more sense than our current government – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20978487
Sorry, it’s not Who news but I’m just gobsmacked. MPs want 32% pay rise in same week they’ve slashed benefits, while the House of Commons was in uproarious laughter. You couldn’t make it up.
Slitheen anyone?
<snuggles into the big comfy couch in the corner with a couple of warm new theories 🙂 >
10 January 2013 at 21:28 #1181Would also love to see orig console room again. I’ve never heard of the lime green thing before. (But only for the drama doc; the real thing should still appear white). Who was Prof Zaroff..?.
🙁
<hangs head in shame and bows before the amazing encyclopedic trivia knowledge of @jimthefish >
10 January 2013 at 12:54 #1115Nice spot re Delia Derbyshire. There’s been a massive amount of creative talent nurtured thro Who over the years.
Herald Scotland has this report on John Barroman who fell off a horse while in panto in Glasgow recently…! Bet he was panicking about being injured for April. OTOH don’t they know he’s indestructable? (sorry, that was mean 🙂 )
10 January 2013 at 10:39 #1099Interesting! It also adds to @phaseshift‘s other comment –
RUN : You Clever boy
AND
REMEMBER
(as in computer instruction)
9 January 2013 at 23:57 #1081Agree re Big Finish. I really think multi-doctor story will work much better done just as audio, then the writers don’t have to worry about having to come up with a solution for the age differential. Hopefully I won’t miss the sell-by date… as I managed to do completely with the anniversary calendar. 🙁
That’s an interesting point @blenkinsopthebrave Also the fact that all the previous anniversaries have had multi-doctors could also be an argument for not including one this time, just to keep being different.
9 January 2013 at 01:55 #1009@juniperfish Thank you <oops, takes sensible hat off again>
Go and check out what they’ve been up to on Spoilers thread – it’s very funny, and very silly
9 January 2013 at 01:46 #1003Dammit! I told you – it’s the big red do-not-touch button problem. Couldn’t resist a peek 😀
Love it!
9 January 2013 at 01:36 #999Every time I come in there’s new spaces! Love the new threads 🙂
I don’t think we should worry too much about promoting the site/attracting new people – we’ve built it – they will come!
Up to 49 now and the site’s less than 2 weeks old.
I think one of the main things is to preserve the very sociable/community nature of this site as far as possible – quality rather than quantity of members. eg DoctorWhoForum (not “THE” 🙂 ), formerly Outpost Gallifrey, has tens of 1000s of members and operates a strict no free email subscribers (ie no hotmail, yahoo etc) policy as they’ve had so many problems with trolls etc in the past. (Not suggesting we go that route tho, just pointing out there’s a MASSIVE (and diverse) bunch of Dr Who fans out there! Not all of them are pleasant)
For me a safe haven/community of like minded bonkers theorising enthusiasts is to be treasured. Selective postings of the link to here on the G CiF threads, but it doesn’t have to be frenetic, so shouldn’t piss them off. There’s nearly a year and the rest of season 7 to catch the Dan Martin bloggers for example and they’d be my main target.
Think we should let this grow organically, but not too fast. eg I remember a particular poster (names not necessary) on Dan’s blog who used to bait people endlessly and at 1 point (in season 6 I think) it threatened to destabilise the whole blog. That was the first time I noticed the special thing about that blog as several other posters rallied round to support the one who was being trolled. But it was noticeable that comments were less frequent when he was around. Thankfully he wasn’t around for 7a.
My point is that it takes just 1 person to drench the rest of the blog in cold, lumpy soup.
Now obv this is a less public forum and there are safeguards already in place (thanks @craig) but (IMHO) it will work better if it goes slow and steady as the numbers build so that new members start to feel part of the community and comfortable enough to try to get a word in edgeways!
9 January 2013 at 00:57 #979@juniperfish Tennant/Davidon relationship is the thing that stops me dismissing the idea of Troughton and Pertwee juniors. There are such unique actual family involvements with Who – if I was the showrunner <be still my pulsating heart – nae chance!> I’d find it so tempting to find a way to bring them all into it.
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