Originally Posted by StephenHKent:
“What did you think of inferno?”
“What did you think of inferno?”
Very good story, knocked down slightly by the acting of some supporting characters.
My Doctor Who Watching Challenge from Pertwee onwards
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Originally Posted by Mr Seta:
“Can't really disagree with any of that. The UNIT years were a great time on the show. Some might say (myself included), the best.
With the new series they've tried with UNIT but it hasn't really worked I feel. I think it's because its very hard to put in new military figures, replacing the like of the Brig or Sergeant Benton, without doing a poor imitation of either of them -they were both so perfect in the roles. And the new ones lack charisma (although Captain Jack was great -was he UNIT-?) Captain Yates? -nah -always too wet for my liking & not a memorable cast member. Ian Marter would have been much better had he been cast in this role.”
“Can't really disagree with any of that. The UNIT years were a great time on the show. Some might say (myself included), the best.
With the new series they've tried with UNIT but it hasn't really worked I feel. I think it's because its very hard to put in new military figures, replacing the like of the Brig or Sergeant Benton, without doing a poor imitation of either of them -they were both so perfect in the roles. And the new ones lack charisma (although Captain Jack was great -was he UNIT-?) Captain Yates? -nah -always too wet for my liking & not a memorable cast member. Ian Marter would have been much better had he been cast in this role.”
I like Kate Stewart in the UNIT stories now, but even she isn't a patch on the Brig or Benton.
Originally Posted by cat666:
“I'm pondering starting a similar thing, but from Hartnell.”
“I'm pondering starting a similar thing, but from Hartnell.”
I'm starting from Hartnell after I have finished my current challenge, hopefully more episodes will have been found and released by then.
Just watched Robot (Tom Baker's first one). I have to say it was better than I remembered. Tom Baker certainly hit the ground running.
Interestingly, he had some moments of amnesia at the start, just like in TotD. He didn't recognise the Brigadier or Sarah Jane.
Interestingly, he had some moments of amnesia at the start, just like in TotD. He didn't recognise the Brigadier or Sarah Jane.
Originally Posted by spiney2:
“kinda is worth a watch. ms fielding does some interesting stuff outside her usual tegan character. also has mary morris who played "the lesbian part" in pathfinders, the itv childrens show which pre dated and partly inspired dr who.”
“kinda is worth a watch. ms fielding does some interesting stuff outside her usual tegan character. also has mary morris who played "the lesbian part" in pathfinders, the itv childrens show which pre dated and partly inspired dr who.”
Mary Morris is brilliant in Kinda (as she so often is), but she wasn't in the Pathfinders series. The strong female character in Pathfinders was Professor Meadows, played by Pamela Barney. I have on occasion seen her referred to as a Lesbian character, but this seems wishful thinking, as the script does not support it: she clearly has an understated romance going on with Gerald Flood's Conway Henderson.
I wonder whether you are thinking of BBC's A for Andromeda (1961) and its sequel The Andromeda Breakthrough (1962), in both of which Mary Morris played Professor Madeleine Dawnay. The character as written is not explicitly Lesbian, but Mary Morris herself was (see the amusing anecdote from Susan Hampshire in the DVD boxed set extras), and it could be argued that some of this comes across in her performance.
You might be pleased to know that the BBC has recently issued its 1960 series An Age of Kings (based on Shakespeare's history plays) as a DVD boxed set. Mary Morris is superb in this, but the whole cast (Eileen Atkins, Sean Connery, Terry Scully, Julian Glover, to name but four) is astounding. It's 405-line, black and white, studio-bound drama, but the quality of the performances makes all that irrelevant.
Originally Posted by cat666:
“I'm pondering starting a similar thing, but from Hartnell.”
“I'm pondering starting a similar thing, but from Hartnell.”
Do it, is great fun! Here's an existing thread stated by Steveaki13: http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showt...528&highlight=
I have reached the John Pertwee years.
I have watched a vast number of the serials of William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton.
I enjoyed The War games serial. A 10 part epic, where we finally learn about the Doctors Alien heritage.
Continued into the first John Pertwee serial when we learn about his two hearts and strange blood.
It appears obvious that at this point they really wanted to make it clear The Doctor was a different being.
I have watched a vast number of the serials of William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton.
I enjoyed The War games serial. A 10 part epic, where we finally learn about the Doctors Alien heritage.
Continued into the first John Pertwee serial when we learn about his two hearts and strange blood.
It appears obvious that at this point they really wanted to make it clear The Doctor was a different being.
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