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sigh, trolls.
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They could use lookalikes, like they did with William Hartnell
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In fact, I understand Sean Pertwee was in the running for the tenth doctor, but Matt Smith got it, so I bet he'd jump at the chance of playing his dad.
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They could use lookalikes, like they did with William Hartnell
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Or in two cases, sons
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In fact, I understand Sean Pertwee was in the running for the tenth doctor, but Matt Smith got it, so I bet he'd jump at the chance of playing his dad.
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ok getting SERIOUSLY spooked now. where has all this agreement come from???? have I entered a parallel dimension thread???
![]() It is nice that despite differing views about aspects of Who, we are all fundamentally in agreement on the basic principles. ![]() (cue massive argument about what the principles actually are )
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Cum negante principia nequit disputari! An old saying from philosophy... basically that you can't even have an argument without at least some basic principles agreed upon.
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Neither he nor the Troughton boys look anything like their fathers. There was only one Jon and one Patrick. Anyone else would just be doing an impersonation of the second and third Doctors.
I wouldn't like to see the actors recast as I don't think the Doctor is just another acting role like Hamlet or somesuch - the actor's personality is vital. However, nothing could be more distasteful than the floating heads in Dimensions in Time! |
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Please read Digital Spy's Terms & conditions para 2.1 before calling anyone a ponce!
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Absolutely right. David Troughton does look like his father but he doesn't look like the 2nd Doctor (if you see what I mean!). Rather beside the point but Fraser Hines has had a lot of good reviews for his Companion Chronicles impersonation... I don't hear it myself, though.
I wouldn't like to see the actors recast as I don't think the Doctor is just another acting role like Hamlet or somesuch - the actor's personality is vital. However, nothing could be more distasteful than the floating heads in Dimensions in Time! |
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Give it 3 more years and CGI may be able to put old actors into new scenes, it's not there yet but...
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Please read Digital Spy's Terms & conditions para 2.1 before calling anyone a ponce!
2. If you'll notice, I was referring to myself. 3. I've changed it and shan't do it again if it offends anyone, I promise. |
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Don't know if I like the idea of Avatar-esque technology reanimating William Hartnell just to keep Doctor Who fans happy! The actors have passed away so I'd rather they were represented by archive footage only. Anything else, for me, is in questionable taste.
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But why would this be worse than digging out old, fat actors to play their younger selves, it's only a story after all!
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But why would this be worse than digging out old, fat actors to play their younger selves, it's only a story after all!
Sure, it's "only a story" but I find the idea of Jon Pertwee's image being digitally manipulated just to service a TV show rather repellent. I know similar techniques have been used for adverts in the past but, I think, if you've died that should really be the end of your acting career! |
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But why would this be worse than digging out old, fat actors to play their younger selves, it's only a story after all!
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Because it would be disrespectful to the memory of the actors who created those characters, and insensitive to their families, friends and fans . Just as the phrase 'old, fat actors' is disrespectful to the ones still alive, in fact.
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You have'nt seen Colin Baker recently then?
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I think that would be a very bad idea. It didn't really work with Richard Hurndall and i think its just disrespectful to the actors' memories.
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Personally, I think "old, fat actors" do their best work as the Doctor on audio, nowadays!
Sure, it's "only a story" but I find the idea of Jon Pertwee's image being digitally manipulated just to service a TV show rather repellent. I know similar techniques have been used for adverts in the past but, I think, if you've died that should really be the end of your acting career! However, I'm fairly sure they would decline the idea quite frankly, as oassibly would one or two of the actual 'Doctors'. |
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Because it would be disrespectful to the memory of the actors who created those characters, and insensitive to their families, friends and fans . Just as the phrase 'old, fat actors' is disrespectful to the ones still alive, in fact.
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Diverging massively from the topic, what's the sentiment on, hypothetically, recreating lost stories from the original audio with the telesnaps as a guide should some sort of near magical computer technology for [re]animating dead actors in a photorealistic fashion appear?
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Floating heads and reanimating dead actors have never much appealed to me - I still remain to be convinced what possible benefit an 11 Doctor Story would have outside of fandom even if all Doctors were available to do it looking exactly as they did...I feel sure that if SM is still at the helm in 2013 (which ought to be pretty much a certainty) he and the Team will manage to come up with a suitable celebration of the 50th Anniversary that won't involve compromising the actual programme itself which, in my opinion, The Five Doctors came quite close to doing given all the problems it was subject to.
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I think that would be a very bad idea. It didn't really work with Richard Hurndall and i think its just disrespectful to the actors' memories.
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Does this mean that all the comics I have collect are all lies?
What a silly thread - the OP should be time locked in his own little world |
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