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Post by rewardman on Nov 18, 2018 20:02:02 GMT 1
I really do want to like the new season of Doctor Who but episode 5 was just not good enough. I have to agree that the alien creature or glove puppet was not nearly good enough. My wife’s reaction when it appeared onscreen said it all - credibility factor of zero.
Going to watch the one with Yaz’s grandmother.
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Post by Mart!n on Nov 18, 2018 20:37:43 GMT 1
As much as I love tonight's episode, I know the episode was a bit corny but I thoroughly enjoyed it, it was fun, killer bubble wrap just did it for me, who would have thought the outcome of that is pure genius. Amazing episode.
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Post by suedehead on Nov 18, 2018 22:38:55 GMT 1
Tonight's episode had a good balance between being entertaining but also including a threat. I loved the idea of bubble wrap being dangerous and liked the way they slowly revealed where the threat was coming from. It was a bit of a departure from the norm to have a few twists in the plot.
Oh, and fezzes are cool.
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Post by rewardman on Nov 18, 2018 22:50:03 GMT 1
The bubble wrap awaits me later tonight apparently.
I did just watch the Punjab episode and was pretty pleased with this one in an otherwise disappointing series to date.
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Post by Robbie on Nov 23, 2018 11:22:41 GMT 1
Happy 55th Birthday to Doctor Who! The first ever episode, An Unearthly Child, aired on the BBC on Saturday 23 November 1963 at 5.16pm. It's amazing to think that it all started with a modest budget and was intended to be a programme designed to fill a gap in the Saturday tea time schedules between Grandstand and Juke Box Jury. The BBC were hoping for a modest sized audience - which is what they got (4.4m viewers) - but hoped the programme might be a hit with viewers. I think it's fair to say that the programme ultimately passed the test...
The line-up that Saturday afternoon:
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Post by rewardman on Nov 25, 2018 0:54:15 GMT 1
Okay I admit I was initially sceptical about the Kerblam episode when the robot delivery man beamed onto the TARDIS with the fez.
However after the first fifteen minutes it was genuinely good with a pretty sinister threat unfolding. I also got surprised at the final reveal of the villain of the piece.
Let’s hope the final three episodes are more like this and less like most of the earlier ones.
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Post by rewardman on Dec 26, 2018 16:04:31 GMT 1
Apparently the last Who episode until 2020!!
Is the program in crisis?
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Dec 26, 2018 16:29:52 GMT 1
There was a 15 month gap between series 10 and 11 and a 16 month gap between series 9 and 10, which would mean by that time line the next episode would be no sooner than April 2020 so not sure what you mean, that is the usual gap between series
This series (11) has averaged 7.96m viewers, the highest since series 4 in 2008 (Tennant's last full series) and excluding movies and specials it has been the 2nd highest viewed Who since 1982 so I'm going to say terms of viewership most definitely not
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Post by rewardman on Dec 30, 2018 16:47:56 GMT 1
There was a 15 month gap between series 10 and 11 and a 16 month gap between series 9 and 10, which would mean by that time line the next episode would be no sooner than April 2020 so not sure what you mean, that is the usual gap between series This series (11) has averaged 7.96m viewers, the highest since series 4 in 2008 (Tennant's last full series) and excluding movies and specials it has been the 2nd highest viewed Who since 1982 so I'm going to say terms of viewership most definitely not Thanks for that Razzle. Being here in the US it’s difficult to get a feel for the critical and popular reaction to the latest incarnation of the Doctor. Very interesting audience figures. It seemed like moving the show to a Sunday and not putting out a special on Christmas Day showed a lack of faith in the show in this new era by the Beeb.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2019 15:31:36 GMT 1
www.doctorwhonews.net/2019/05/stephen-thorne-1935-2019.htmlThe actor Stephen Thorne has died at the age of 84. In the 1970s Stephen Thorne created three of the greatest adversaries of the Doctor, characters whose influence endures in the programme today. His towering presence and deep melodious voice were first witnessed in the 1971 story The Dæmons, where he portrayed Azal, the last living Dæmon on Earth, in a story often cited as one of the most appreciated of the third Doctor's era and story emblematic of the close-knit UNIT team of the time. He returned to the series in 1972 playing Omega, the renegade Time Lord fighting The Three Doctors, a character that would return to confront the Doctor in later years. In 1976 he opposed the Fourth Doctor playing the male form of Eldred, last of the Kastrians in the story The Hand of Fear. Stephen Thorn was born in London in 1935. He trained as an actor at RADA and spent several seasons with the Old Vic Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company. Television credits were many and included roles in Z Cars, Crossroads, Sexton Blake, David Copperfield and Last of the Summer Wine. His voice was suited to Radio work where roles included Aslan in The Magicians Nephew, Treebeard in The Lord of the Rings, and Colon in Terry Pratchett's Guards! Guards!. He has played many characters for Big Finish Audio productions including reprising the roles of Omega and Eldred. Thorne recorded over 300 unabridged audiobooks including children's stories and often gave readings at events in places such as Westminster Abbey. His awards include a Talkies Award 1996 for Enigma by Robert Harris and several Golden Earphones Awards from Audiofile Magazine. The death of Stephen Thorne was announced on Twitter by Lisa Bowerman on behalf of one of his great friends.
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Post by Robbie on May 26, 2019 22:57:02 GMT 1
^ According to imdb.com he also appeared in two episodes of "Frontier In Space" playing the part of an Ogron.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Jun 3, 2019 19:34:39 GMT 1
I heard this earlier, he was brilliant on Blakes 7... He did a lot of voiceovers for radio in his later life too. So sad. R.i.p
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2019 11:44:18 GMT 1
The late great Jon Pertwee would have been 100 today
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Post by Mic1812 on Sept 28, 2019 14:57:30 GMT 1
a great writer for dr who. Loved a lot of his stories.
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