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It's Almost 50yrs....I'm glad I spent it with you..!
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So.....Doctor Who was 8 Yrs & 10 months old when I graced the world with my presence in September 1972....I have followed the show since it first came in to my line of vision which, if my memory serves me correctly was during Tom Baker's Era with Lalla Ward as his Companion Romana (2) - I remember being asked by my dad to turn the telly over to BBC2 and having to go over to the wall and turn a circular dial to switch channels!! lol - This made me seeth with anger as I was missing my favourite programme!! No such thing as I Player, Catch up services, Video, DVD's etc in those days!!
What was your first memory of the show and can you remember what you were doing at the time?
What was your first memory of the show and can you remember what you were doing at the time?
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Who was very "in" at the time, Weetabix games kept me busy for hours...Basil Brush / Doctor Who / Generation Game - essential Saturday night viewing.
Davros made a big impact on a 5/6year old!
Stopped watching during the late 80's. Now get the same buzz I did in my childhood, but with my three children! Essential Saturday night viewing!
http://www.seven-wonders.co.uk/weetabix_drwho_3.html
Must have been the last episode of Wheel in Space.
As to what I was doing at the time... I'm pretty sure I was sitting watching television
I then spent the better part of 2012 watching the entire series, starting with 'An Unearthy Child', and finishing with 'The Angels Take Manhattan' in late November.
I've even managed to listen to a few Big Finish Audio stories (mostly everything with Lucie Miller), and even read the Sixth Doctor's final adventure in 'Spiral Scratch'.
The whole thing has been a wonderful experience, and I've had fun the entire way.
Wow, someone who became a fan due to Series 6! Let that be a lesson to somebody about something or other.
When I got the "Lost in Time" DVD recently, it was great to see it again, albeit only in part.
I vividly remember Tom Bakers first series. I love re-watching that series and it is still my favourite. Davros, Sontarans with deflating heads, mankind in suspended animation, some very deep SF storylines. I even liked the Cybermen with Birmingham accents. Excellent!
And how mad that must be to still love a show that started half a century ago and feels like you only watched it yesterday!!
Thank you all so much for your thoughts and memories, so interesting to hear them all and wonderful to see both older and younger viewers/fans continuing to love our wee Doctor!!!
I think he would have liked the new series. Shame he never got to see it.
Watching the show in it's declining years was very sad really and I was tuning out of loyalty. Some of the story's were good but it wasn't the show it was in there 60's 70' and early part of the 80's. the 96 movie wasn't the best but I was so elated it was back nothing could stop me from enjoying it.
when they announced in 20013 it was properly coming back I could not contain my self!:D The new series has done really well in my opinion and my kids now watch it! That's 3 generations of my family.
Tell me another show that does that!
Ken
Then I recall Colin Baker being brash in the TARDIS console room about something. I remember having a conversation about not liking Colin Baker as a small child with a family friend, so must have still been watching. I also vaguely recall the Vervoids.
But it really begins to become clear for me with Sylvester McCoy regenerating into Sylvester McCoy.
I wonder if kids actually hide behind the sofa today, like I used to.
I've not really ever watched it since..............apart from maybe the odd episode here and there
After that, I saw a two-page spread in The Sun, showing a number of the aliens that were to appear in Series 1.
After that, the first I saw was 'Rose', when it appeared on TV.
I remember watching the first episode. A proper omg moment when I saw how big the Tardis was inside!:)