Classic Who for Discussion

I never thought a thread about Dr Who could be so much fun.

Who knew?

Been so busy with all this wedidng nonsense I almost forget-its Saturday night- WHo night. So here is the last two parts inthe opening story. Thoughts to follow.

Pettytyrant101 wrote:Been so busy with all this wedidng nonsense I almost forget-its Saturday night- WHo night. [/flash]

No weeping brides on the Who thread - Im still nursing my, tender bits, from Pretty booting me off the Wedding thread and you come here to weep at me too!

Oh Mirabella. You should have known better than come here. You can only blame yourself. You know Who fans have no class..

Hey Petty! I can't open my Saturday night servings? Some kind of cruel joke or something?

Petty says he just tried it-plays for him.

Pretty seems to have a Sonic Screwdriver in her mouth, I hope she doesnt do anything rash. or get one, you never know where Tennant put it.

Well, sometimes one comes up, or the other one, or none, or both - and they won't open. Tell you what, Petty, I'll sit on the page and give it time to load, okay? Then we'll see! I warn you though, my next post might very be on the Complaints Thread!

From the way Tennant's voice goes up at the end of sentences into a squeak I could hazard a guess Mrs Figg!

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xjducq_doctor-who-s01e01p3-the-forest-of-fear_shortfilms#from=embed

there the direct link- does that take you to the vid on daily motion?

Got through Episode 3, though from 10.53 on it was a radio play! Very interesting way of 'watching' Who, I must say. {{{I think one of the girls had an orgasm, but I'm not sure! ).

Now - episode 4...

Episode 4 disappeared again!

Um it shouldnt be a radio play at all -all the episode is there- with visual all the way through.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xjdwqi_doctor-who-s01e01p4-the-firemaker_shortfilms#from=embed

Oh my goodness. Talk about out of the fire and into the radiated forest!

So thoghts on the opening four episodes?

What about the Doctor in his younger days?

Spoiler:

And what of the first companions? Susan, Barbera and Ian? By modern standards the latter two would probaly be seen as too old for Who companions and too straight laced- I rather think however that it works.

I enjoyed them immensely, not always, but most often for the right reasons. Susan looks like an elf - or humanoid alien somehow. And the two teachers are great - very straight laced. I imagine Kafria for some reason. The Doctor is particularly inept - which is kind of cool, really.

Getting used to the little by little story structure. I have to say I like the companions!

I like the dynamic with Susan, who can tell him off in the way only family do. It is nice to see that in contrast to recent companions.
I also enjoyed the bit of alpha male between the doc and Ian.

Not sure what to make of the doctor yet.

He seems very dismissive of others, set in his own ways, somewhat incompetant and yes somewhat ruthless.

Spoiler:

by the by - both links worked fine for me

Spot on about the Doctor, Kaf. About everything actually --- did I just say that?

I'm looking forward to Saturday night. Great idea, Petty. I'm really curious about that "radiation" bizo. Sounds scary.

I just worked out what do with the Spoiler thing! {{{Gawd I'm a dunce, Kaf. But please don't tell anyone you know! It can be our little secret, okay?}}} {{{Oh yeah --- thanks Eldo, as usual. }}}

Spoiler:

Oooh, Petty... Do you realize what day it is in Ozhobbitstan?

I do indeed Orwell and here you go.

Interesting ones this as it will lead into the twisted world of Who canon- if there was any which the BBC deny- but thats for a later discussion.
First enjoy "The Dead Planet" and "Survivors".- oh and dont be confused by the Daleks title at the start- classic Who each individual episode had a name but episodes also fell into story arcs which also had an overall name - in this case The Daleks.

Know what I'll be doing later when my Missus runs out of things for me to do outside in the garden...

(Women! You know, she expects me to pull my weight around the place, and not stay in Forumshire day and night. I mean, what if I miss something important? I said, "But I'm on holidays." Then she says, "Well, a woman with two kids who has a full time job too is still on duty day and night, 24/7. Oh gawd. It's true, but why do I have to hear it all the time and be made to feel guilty so that I do stuff? I'm a guy! Women have been doing mostly everything at home since Eve sinned and brought Eru's wrath down on Womankind. It's not like their fate wasn't deserved. And, anyway, I'm not here 24/7, just during my waking hours! Women! )

Can't you tell her its Classic Who?! Um, ok maybe not....



I've added a third episode to this weeks viewing as this story is a 6 parter- so two sets of three.

Oh excellent.... Whoops! Gotta go --- I can hear footsteps....