Originally Posted by darthbibble:
“That's a great bit in that when locked in a cell the Doctor say's he's going to use the electronic drinks dispenser (or something similar) to get the door open.... cue the next scene where the Doctor is bashing at the door with the machine....”
“That's a great bit in that when locked in a cell the Doctor say's he's going to use the electronic drinks dispenser (or something similar) to get the door open.... cue the next scene where the Doctor is bashing at the door with the machine....”
Oh yes...ofcourse...I remember that bit now!!! Its so Six!!!!
Originally Posted by tingramretro:
“I think that's basically it. Every Doctor has had their detractors and they're generally pretty vocal, they were at the time, but Colin was nowhere near as unpopular as a lot of people seem to believe. If he had been, there wouldn't have been such a huge outcry when the BBC decided to 'rest' the series in 1985, causing them to have to back down on what appears to have been a sneaky attempt at cancelling it (and Colin was very much in the forefront of the campaign to keep it going, which I still believe is partly why they fired him). The one significant group that Doctor Who was deeply unpopular with was BBC management, as it was too popular to drop but really didn't fit in with their overall plans.
It was in early 1985 that they put the show 'on hiatus'. It returned in late '86 after it became obvious they weren't going to be allowed to just not bring it back, so instead they scheduled the 1987 series against the country's most popular soap opera and didn't bother to promote it at all. It still hung on for three more series' though, even with the odds stacked against it.”
“I think that's basically it. Every Doctor has had their detractors and they're generally pretty vocal, they were at the time, but Colin was nowhere near as unpopular as a lot of people seem to believe. If he had been, there wouldn't have been such a huge outcry when the BBC decided to 'rest' the series in 1985, causing them to have to back down on what appears to have been a sneaky attempt at cancelling it (and Colin was very much in the forefront of the campaign to keep it going, which I still believe is partly why they fired him). The one significant group that Doctor Who was deeply unpopular with was BBC management, as it was too popular to drop but really didn't fit in with their overall plans.
It was in early 1985 that they put the show 'on hiatus'. It returned in late '86 after it became obvious they weren't going to be allowed to just not bring it back, so instead they scheduled the 1987 series against the country's most popular soap opera and didn't bother to promote it at all. It still hung on for three more series' though, even with the odds stacked against it.”
Oh 1985! thanks again....It does question the logic that he deserved to be fired when there was so much public support behind him and his campiagn.....
Originally Posted by Listentome:
“That scene is disgusting. It is clearly alluding to the fact that she damaged his willy! That sort of thing does not belong in Doctor Who. Its thanks to scenes like that one that we now get the soft porn stuff like at the end of Flesh and Stone with Amy and Doc11.
I am joking of course.”
“That scene is disgusting. It is clearly alluding to the fact that she damaged his willy! That sort of thing does not belong in Doctor Who. Its thanks to scenes like that one that we now get the soft porn stuff like at the end of Flesh and Stone with Amy and Doc11.
I am joking of course.
”
lol
Originally Posted by daveyboy7472:
“Crazzy, think you had it right first time round!lol!:D
I agree Colin Baker should not have been sacked. I've said previously an another thread that he was treated badly all round. Firstly, as I said in my last post, he was given an awful costume/scripts/debut story by the producer. He seemed to have taken the flack for it's hiatus in 86' and then pushed out of the role by a man who felt the show needed refreshing, but it was his fault the viewing figures fell in Season 23 in the first place. After taking the show of air for 18 months he did a lot of damage to the show's ratings. Colin Baker should not have been blamed for that.
Maybe if JNT had been replaced after Season 22 and the show kept on air, we may have seen Baker in the role for longer. In Season 23, he was such a better, funny and compassionate Doctor. I loved all that stuff about the books with Balazar in The Mysterious Planet. In Mindwarp, aside from what mentioned earlier, I loved all that stuff with Yrcanos and trying to keep him quiet in Episode 4 for that Elder. His reaction to Peri's death was probably the best bit of acting he did in the show. Terror of The Vervoids, the scene where he can't get a word in edgeways as Mel and Lasky talk and then the last two Parts, he finished on a high. His dialogue with both Glitz and Popplewick were really, really funny!
I love the Season 23 Sixth Doctor. If he'd started that way, I'd have had no complaints him following Peter Davison. You'd still have the contrast but not in a negative way.
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“Crazzy, think you had it right first time round!lol!:D
I agree Colin Baker should not have been sacked. I've said previously an another thread that he was treated badly all round. Firstly, as I said in my last post, he was given an awful costume/scripts/debut story by the producer. He seemed to have taken the flack for it's hiatus in 86' and then pushed out of the role by a man who felt the show needed refreshing, but it was his fault the viewing figures fell in Season 23 in the first place. After taking the show of air for 18 months he did a lot of damage to the show's ratings. Colin Baker should not have been blamed for that.
Maybe if JNT had been replaced after Season 22 and the show kept on air, we may have seen Baker in the role for longer. In Season 23, he was such a better, funny and compassionate Doctor. I loved all that stuff about the books with Balazar in The Mysterious Planet. In Mindwarp, aside from what mentioned earlier, I loved all that stuff with Yrcanos and trying to keep him quiet in Episode 4 for that Elder. His reaction to Peri's death was probably the best bit of acting he did in the show. Terror of The Vervoids, the scene where he can't get a word in edgeways as Mel and Lasky talk and then the last two Parts, he finished on a high. His dialogue with both Glitz and Popplewick were really, really funny!
I love the Season 23 Sixth Doctor. If he'd started that way, I'd have had no complaints him following Peter Davison. You'd still have the contrast but not in a negative way.
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Lol well you would say that!!! But i cannot forgive her covering Peter's face when he was regenerating!!!!
He is definitely a huge contrast to the fifth Doctor, and to an extent I can understand why that may have thrown some people....I mean the first obvious contrast is that one Doctor saves the companions life, and the other tries to strangle her....so it could have been a huge shock for some. I guess it was easier for me watching the show as New Who fan...and delving into different parts of its history without following it in a particular order...so the huge contrasts didn't bug me, it was just part and parcel of that Doctor....its probably similar to the way there is a contrast between Tennant and Smith has been a shock to the system of some (not all)...and yet they are not as different as Davison and Baker were to each other.
I hated him as dr who just didnt work for me 
I seen about 6 drs (non medical) 
Where does he shop?
