Re: The New Doctor

by **tony ingram** Sun Apr 04, 2010 7:52 pm

Lucy McGough wrote:Could be the Trickster.

That reminds me; Jonathan Creek's back on tonight. In....blimey, eight minutes! Shocked

by Hourglass Sun Apr 04, 2010 9:50 pm

How did that remind you of creek?

by **tony ingram** Sun Apr 04, 2010 10:38 pm

Hourglass wrote:How did that remind you of creek?

I think it was the 'trick' bit...

by Hourglass Sun Apr 04, 2010 10:59 pm

So was Paul any good in it?

by codywillis1 Sun Apr 04, 2010 11:51 pm

Yeah, seen it. Didn't really like it, sorry. Smith is fine, but it all just seems same old, same old to me. Quite liked the first 15 minutes (as others have said, I think the kid Amelia/Amy was better than the grown-up one!) and can't help think the whole episode would have been better if it'd stayed on that track. But it was soon back to rush rush rush, yell yell, yell, jabber jabber jabber while Murray Gold once more attempts to make you bleed out of your ears and a bunch of extras gawp up at a spaceship in the sky above them (like, wow, cause we've never seen that on NuHu before ).

I may call it a day, to be honest.

by Hourglass Mon Apr 05, 2010 1:42 am

No shame in doing so. I expect my spirits will be crushed next week

by codywillis1 Mon Apr 05, 2010 2:51 am

tony ingram wrote:I doubt very much if you'll ever get an actor staying in the role past three or four years, to be honest. The only one who stayed significantly longer was Tom Baker, and it killed his career. Hmm, another negative verdict-but you're in the minority this time, I think. I popped into uber fan Ian Levine's forum earlier, and even he liked it-which is pretty much a first for any episode since 1989...

Really? I thought Levine was a total NuHu squeer?!

by **tony ingram** Mon Apr 05, 2010 10:25 am

codywillis1 wrote:
tony ingram wrote:I doubt very much if you'll ever get an actor staying in the role past three or four years, to be honest. The only one who stayed significantly longer was Tom Baker, and it killed his career. Hmm, another negative verdict-but you're in the minority this time, I think. I popped into uber fan Ian Levine's forum earlier, and even he liked it-which is pretty much a first for any episode since 1989...

Really? I thought Levine was a total NuHu squeer?!

He always likes them on first viewing. Then he has a bit of a think about it...

by Lucy Ingram Mon Apr 05, 2010 10:51 am

Hourglass wrote:I expect my spirits will be crushed next week

Watch this and cheer up!

by **tony ingram** Mon Apr 05, 2010 10:54 am

Lucy McGough wrote:
Hourglass wrote:I expect my spirits will be crushed next week
Watch this and cheer up!

C'mon, he's been more positive about the show these last two days than in the last two years-don't expect miracles! Very Happy

(sorry, Kyle)

by **GBF** Mon Apr 05, 2010 10:56 am

Sorry to be so down on this new series, peeps - but everybody I've spoken to (and a couple of those are REAL die-hard Who types) are not very happy with this stuff. Cody hit the nail on the head above with his "yell, yell" bit. As I said before, the producers really need to make up their minds where they want this to go. Or maybe they have...

by Lucy Ingram Mon Apr 05, 2010 11:28 am

GBF wrote:Sorry to be so down on this new series, peeps - but everybody I've spoken to (and a couple of those are REAL die-hard Who types) are not very happy with this stuff.

Aren't I a real fan? I'm working my way through the classic series and everything Sad

I even acted in a Sparacus play the other week.

by **tony ingram** Mon Apr 05, 2010 11:33 am

Lucy McGough wrote:
GBF wrote:Sorry to be so down on this new series, peeps - but everybody I've spoken to (and a couple of those are REAL die-hard Who types) are not very happy with this stuff.
Aren't I a real fan? I'm working my way through the classic series and everything

I even acted in a Sparacus play the other week.

GBF is not a fan of anything made after about 1979, and will certainly be unaware of the glory that is Sparacus. Your fan credentials are not in dispute, don't worry. Wink

by **GBF** Mon Apr 05, 2010 5:35 pm

I'll rise to Ingram's conclusions: I'm a HUGE fan of a lot of things since 1979 (where he gets that date from I don't know) - and Lucy is one of them! I just like GOOD stuff, that's all. And this bilge isn't even GOOD bilge. As for your being a real fan - I didn't say your weren't and I'm sure you are...but being a fan doesn't mean you are right. It just means you are a fan and more likely to see things the way you want. I LOVE the concept of Doctor Who. It's BRILLIANT. I just wish it were better than it is and as good as it could be. That's my opinion - everybody else has theirs...and I have mine. lol!

What the hell is a 'Sparacus' play? Do you mean 'Spartacus'??

by **tony ingram** Mon Apr 05, 2010 5:38 pm

GBF wrote:I'll rise to Ingram's conclusions: I'm a HUGE fan of a lot of things since 1979 (where he gets that date from I don't know) - and Lucy is one of them! I just like GOOD stuff, that's all. And this bilge isn't even GOOD bilge. As for your being a real fan - I didn't say your weren't and I'm sure you are...but being a fan doesn't mean you are right. It just means you are a fan and more likely to see things the way you want. I LOVE the concept of Doctor Who. It's BRILLIANT. I just wish it were better than it is and as good as it could be. That's my opinion - everybody else has theirs...and I have mine. What the hell is a 'Sparacus' play? Do you mean 'Spartacus'??

Nope. Sparacus is...well...a legend in Doctor Who fan circles, a living piece of art, a...well...oh, sod it. Anybody got a link to one of his Youtube bits?

by Hourglass Mon Apr 05, 2010 5:47 pm

by Hourglass Mon Apr 05, 2010 5:54 pm

And if you really want to scare yourself for life

by **tony ingram** Mon Apr 05, 2010 5:56 pm

Excellent stuff! For the uninitiated, these are actual transcripts from online conversations Spara has had, turned into animations by some enterprising soul. Truly, he is a paragon of Who fans!

by Hourglass Mon Apr 05, 2010 5:58 pm

by Hourglass Mon Apr 05, 2010 5:59 pm

by **GBF** Mon Apr 05, 2010 6:08 pm

Naa - as usual you've ALL got it wrong... I AM SPARACUS!!!

by **tony ingram** Mon Apr 05, 2010 6:11 pm

GBF wrote:Naa - as usual you've ALL got it wrong... I AM SPARACUS!!!

No, I'M SPARAC...oh, forget it... Razz

by Hourglass Mon Apr 05, 2010 6:13 pm

DO YOU REALLY WANT TO BE SPARACUS, YOUR EVERY LIVING HOUR DREAMING OF NOTHING ELSE BUT ADAM RICKETT IN A THONG!

by Lucy Ingram Mon Apr 05, 2010 6:14 pm

GBF wrote:I'll rise to Ingram's conclusions: I'm a HUGE fan of a lot of things since 1979 (where he gets that date from I don't know) - and Lucy is one of them! I just like GOOD stuff, that's all. And this bilge isn't even GOOD bilge. As for your being a real fan - I didn't say your weren't and I'm sure you are...but being a fan doesn't mean you are right. It just means you are a fan and more likely to see things the way you want. I LOVE the concept of Doctor Who. It's BRILLIANT. I just wish it were better than it is and as good as it could be. That's my opinion - everybody else has theirs...and I have mine. What the hell is a 'Sparacus' play? Do you mean 'Spartacus'??

Awww, thanks mate Very Happy

As a fan, my opinion (it'ssss all mine! my preciousssss!) is that no subsequent Doctor can ever be as good as William Hartnell Very Happy

by **tony ingram** Mon Apr 05, 2010 6:16 pm

That's because you've only just started on the Troughton era and are suffering from a Hartnell overload, hmmm? Hmmm? But Billy is great, I agree...

by Hourglass Mon Apr 05, 2010 6:28 pm

Lucy what is this play of which you speak?

by Lucy Ingram Mon Apr 05, 2010 6:51 pm

'Orchids in June', currently in post-production.

by **tony ingram** Mon Apr 05, 2010 6:52 pm

Lucy McGough wrote:'Orchids in June', currently in post-production.

So...it's about gardening?

by Lucy Ingram Mon Apr 05, 2010 7:00 pm

It's about a neurotic middle-class housewife. I play a police officer. And a siren.

by **tony ingram** Mon Apr 05, 2010 7:04 pm

Lucy McGough wrote:It's about a neurotic middle-class housewife. I play a police officer. And a siren.

Surely you mean a police officer with a siren?

by Lucy Ingram Mon Apr 05, 2010 7:11 pm

No. I go "nee naw nee naw nee naw!" I am a siren.

by **tony ingram** Mon Apr 05, 2010 7:13 pm

Lucy McGough wrote:No. I go "nee naw nee naw nee naw!" I am a siren.

I am sensing this production was done on the cheap... Very Happy

by Lucy Ingram Mon Apr 05, 2010 7:27 pm

Yes. We did it in a pub basement. Much alcohol was involved.

by felneymike Mon Apr 05, 2010 7:38 pm

*backs away*

I'll stick to the show about the bloke time travelling in a police box XD

by **tony ingram** Mon Apr 05, 2010 7:53 pm

felneymike wrote:*backs away*

I'll stick to the show about the bloke time travelling in a police box XD

On the whole, slightly saner, I agree.

by **GBF** Mon Apr 05, 2010 8:10 pm

Lucy - you are a star!!! And the rest of them - brilliant - I actually laughed out loud...or should that be (lol)...

by Lucy Ingram Mon Apr 05, 2010 10:02 pm

I know this is off-topic, but I've nearly finished 'Tomb of the Cybermen' and it is AMAZING.

by **tony ingram** Mon Apr 05, 2010 10:15 pm

Lucy McGough wrote:I know this is off-topic, but I've nearly finished 'Tomb of the Cybermen' and it is AMAZING.

It's a great story, it is such a shame so little of Troughton's era remains in one piece! If they were going to wipe stories, they could at least have wiped the lousy ones-how unfair is it that about 70% of Troughton's televised episodes remain lost but we've still got the bloody Dominators?

by Hourglass Tue Apr 06, 2010 6:45 am

Rounding off our sparacus season I present to you Aliens in the Orchid house. WARNINGl THIS WILL DESTROY YOUR SANITY.

by THEDRUNKENMASTERTWO Fri Apr 09, 2010 11:57 pm

great start to the new series last week, watched with around 300 others in a pub in London, will see this weeks with a smaller crowd, maybe there'll be 10 of us or more.

by **tony ingram** Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:12 am

THEDRUNKENMASTERTWO wrote:great start to the new series last week, watched with around 300 others in a pub in London, will see this weeks with a smaller crowd, maybe there'll be 10 of us or more.

Incredible to think that Doctor Who has now become a group activity! Who'd have believed it during the Wilderness Years?

by THEDRUNKENMASTERTWO Sat Apr 10, 2010 10:15 am

yeah, this was the official launch party, theres also various groups that meet regulary

by Lucy Ingram Sat Apr 10, 2010 1:45 pm

I'll be watching with my family Smile

They're not hardcore Who fans like what I am, but it's better than nowt!

by **tony ingram** Sat Apr 10, 2010 1:49 pm

Lucy McGough wrote:I'll be watching with my family

They're not hardcore Who fans like what I am, but it's better than nowt!

Mine are gradually warming to it...

by Lucy Ingram Sat Apr 10, 2010 1:49 pm

Deb and about fifty billion rabbits?

I can picture you all watching TV together Very Happy

by **tony ingram** Sat Apr 10, 2010 2:30 pm

Lucy McGough wrote:Deb and about fifty billion rabbits?

I can picture you all watching TV together

Merlyn and Houdini like Doctor Who. I think it's the music.

by Hourglass Sat Apr 10, 2010 2:32 pm

Lucy McGough wrote:Deb and about fifty billion rabbits?

I can picture you all watching TV together

I miss tonys Bunny avatars.

by **tony ingram** Sat Apr 10, 2010 2:37 pm

Hourglass wrote:
Lucy McGough wrote:Deb and about fifty billion rabbits?

I can picture you all watching TV together

I miss tonys Bunny avatars.

I shall post some bunny pictures somewhere just for you, HG.

by Hourglass Sat Apr 10, 2010 2:40 pm

Anyone else finding smith to be a bit like Troulghton?

by **tony ingram** Sat Apr 10, 2010 2:44 pm

Hourglass wrote:Anyone else finding smith to be a bit like Troulghton?

Very much so. Apparentyly the BBC gave him Tomb of the Cybermen to watch and he just latched onto that portrayal.

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