Or Doktor (just change any c in English into a k in German and it works).

Here is one of my favourite bits: Jon's appearance on Surprise Surprise

I find this intial post unnecessarily unpleasant and inflammatory and as I have posted, ill-befitting a Thread created by poppycod to celebrate the memory of a fine man. The only purpose behind it can have been to denegrate David Tennant, a theme poppycod returns to time after time - this is not the place for such a sideswipe.


Your tone immediately suggests confrontation and your language suggests worse - by perpetuating the defence of the above comment you are simply adding fuel to a fire that will eventually go out on its own - debate the topic not other forum members debating skills or alleged personalities neither of which you can hope to know.


And finally, just plain negative and of no use to the thread but more an expose of you as a poster...I, for one, will take it on board as I do with all others here and respond accordingly because quite frankly, the point of being here is to discuss a mutual interest (and in this specific case, a very lovely man in Jon Pertwee) not to score points.

Awww, that's more like it - wish I could find a clip of "Whodunnit?" - Patrick Mower was always on the panel lol

'Hauptmann' (literally 'main man') translates to 'Captain'.

The 'doch mal' bit doesn't really have a clear-cut English equivalent - the Germans tend to throw it into sentences to add emphasis, often in an instruction to someone else.

So 'Lach Doch Mal' could translate to 'Laugh then!', 'Laugh for heaven's sake' or (as I suggested) 'Laugh, God Dammit!' depending on how the person says it.

Or something like that...

Regards,

Cypher

LOL!

Regards,

Cypher

I've never seen him in that, but I loved Wurzel Gummidge. I honestly think he is wonderful, I was very upset when I heard he had passed away (and so was my other half).


Thanks Cypher, how do you know all these things? I know that the "doch" has no English equivalent, I wonder if htere is a old Scottish word though mmm. The poster is really lovely, I still have it hanging up!

It was a fab panel show - there was a 10 minute murder mystery and famous people (in the days before they were called celebrities - most of these panellists had talent in various fields) tried to spot the clues and identify the murderer.

I wouldn't say I *knew* these things, but I did live in Germany for a while, and it was just the vibe I got from the way I heard it used.

They certainly never taught us this sort of stuff in German lessons at school!


True, it seems to have lots of meanings depending on how it's used - either as a 'particle' word to add emphasis, or to mean 'though', or 'yes' to counter what someone else has said:

e.g.

Person A: You haven't tidied your room, have you?
Person B: Doch!

Where 'doch' would translate to 'Yes I have!'...

It's a funny ol' language!

Regards,

Cypher

Wasn't "doch" what DJ/YANA/TM'S assistant had to say at the end of every sentence to be polite? Or am I just being really slow on this one?

That was 'chan' and 'tho', wasn't it?

Regards,

Cypher

I think it was "Tho" (as in her name Chan'Tho), Chan at the beginning, Tho at the end

I love that frog - i had it on a pencil case when i was a kid


I went on an exchange to Stuttgart in college and "doch" was the curse word my lecturer would use, much in the same way we would say "damn"

It certainly is. This must be the only incident in which a German phrase or reply is shorter than an English one.


Wasn't that Doh (like Homer Simpson).

** to add to the topic thread, at one point I certainly thought that Jon was the most sexy doctor (probably until CE). I know even in Dr Who he was a lot older than me now, but he was so manly.

Yup! - that's 'doch' being used to add emphasis!

Depending on the way the person says it can make it seem like a cuss-word, tho', strictly-speaking, it's not really.

Regards,

Cypher

i cant picture him without thinking of the horrible Wurzel Gummidge "carrot" nose

You lucky person


We use it in our household (because of the poster), and it has turned into one of these words that we use for all sorts of weird scenarios. The good thing is that the pronounciation very much sounds like loch so it's not a big jump.

No I'm sorry and I'm really disrespectful to him (or maybe not), I fancied his doctor wildly (in my twenties). He also had a very nice body (in his fifties).

Aw I was really excited when I saw how many pages this thread had run to as I assumed there would be lots of lovely Jon Pertwee stories.

Feel a bit sick now I've realised the actual content of what should have been a respectful and heartwarming thread

I do apologise, as I'm partly responsible for it as well. Jon was lovely and a great Doctor

Aside from the 'Rate The Episode' threads, whenever you see a topic on here that goes past the 3 or 4 page mark, you just know there's been a bust-up in there somewhere...

Tis' the way of things...

Jon will doubtlessly be looking down, shaking his head, yet smiling, saying 'I loved my time on the show...but those bloody Dr Who fans...do they ever change?!'

Regards,

Cypher

Well I for one wish all the point-scoring would stop!
I loved Jon Pertwee - he was MY Doctor when I was little.

Now my 8 year old loves the new Doctors & has even got some DVD's of Jon's episodes.

Its fantastic that he is still loved and appreciated so many years later.

He would never say that. He loved his fans, I would have loved to meet him. Too late now, I'm afraid.

my first memory of JP as the doctor was when he was on a planet with the daleks, and their ray guns wasn't working anymore so the daleks changed it to a bullet gun..... and that was the moment i became hooked to Doctor Who and have seen everything, but if it wasn't for JP, i wouldn't of come across this great show that i grew up and loved

p.s. Sea Devils used to terrify the hell out of me lol

and I'm 27 years old at the moment

My first memory of Doctor Who is Jon Pertwee's first story 'Spearhead From Space.' The sight of the autons breaking through the shop front and shooting at people scared me as a small boy!! At the time we lived opposite a shop with dummys in the shop front!!

The stone angels do remind me of my childhood being afraid of the show!

Another Pertwee monster which scared me as a child was the Green Death!!!

Loved Jon Pertwee as the Doctor. Although I watched PT Jon was the first doctor I saw as mine. The maggots in the Green Death have stayed with me forever.