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alexdw
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Doctor Who, BBC Books, and New Movies
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Sep 14 17:02 UTC 1998 |
How many Doctor Who fans do we have here? I see that there was a Doctor Who
thread a while ago, but it looks like it's very old. I'll start. The BBC
range of Doctor Who books seems to be doing fairly well. I've so far read
The Eight Doctors, Devil Goblins from Neptune, Short Trips, Face of the Enemy,
and Mission: Impractical. I think that the newest one (M:I) was a very good
book. I know that many people didn't like the Sixth Doctor (as played by
Colin Baker) but I think that reviving the old Marvel comic strip companion
was a good idea. What else can I say? ... Michael (?sp) Sheard is slated to
play The Doctor in a new Cushing-esque Doctor Who movie. Bye for now!!
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scott
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response 1 of 14:
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Sep 14 22:05 UTC 1998 |
Well, the Doctor Who mania in Public TV stations died out a few years ago;
I haven't seen it in quite a while.
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starwolf
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response 2 of 14:
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Sep 24 15:03 UTC 1998 |
The last Dr. Who I saw was that TV movie a few years ago..in fact, I
think that's the *only* Dr Who I've ever seen...
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void
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response 3 of 14:
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Oct 7 06:54 UTC 1998 |
it would be nice, however, if pbs or maybe a canadian station would
start showing "dr. who" again. watching john pertwee or tom baker
every saturday afternoon was one of my favorite things to do when i
was a kid. :)
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scott
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response 4 of 14:
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Oct 7 10:44 UTC 1998 |
When I was into it, I had to stay up late on weekends to get my fix. I'd like
to see it on TV again too.
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mneme
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response 5 of 14:
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Oct 8 19:53 UTC 1998 |
It would; Dr. Who was pretty cool (and I'd like to see the many Pertwee
and Troughton episodes I missed when I was growing up).
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krj
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response 6 of 14:
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Oct 25 19:45 UTC 1998 |
The SciFi Channel was showing Dr. Who in the half-hour format.
I don't know if they are still doing so.
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alexdw
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response 7 of 14:
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Dec 16 02:23 UTC 1998 |
The SciFi channel is no longer showing Dr.Who because it was too expensive
for them. They figured that since no one was watching it (HA!) they were
wasting their money. It's understandable that few people were watching it.
Doctor Who was originally aired commercial-free, and the SciFi channel adds
lots of commercials to their programs. Because of DrWho's commercial-free
nature, lots and lots of little cuts had to be made, to the annoyance of fans
who had seen the episodes 462 times before and *knew* that something was
missing.
At least there's hope of a national Doctor Who feed to PBS stations. Nothing
much has been finalized yet, but they'll be airing (IF this idea comes to
fruition) one (maybe two) episodes a week. The episodes will be from the
first few Tom Baker seasons (ie Teeth & Curls).
For the fans with Sattelite dishes (or generous cable companies) there is BBC
America, which airs episodes 1-4 of "Robot" (Tom Baker's first story) every
week. Ick...
That's my take, and I'm AlexDW
http://fast.to/doctorwho
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alexdw
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response 8 of 14:
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Dec 16 18:17 UTC 1998 |
Sylvester McCoy RULES!!!
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otaking
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response 9 of 14:
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Sep 13 15:50 UTC 1999 |
I've been a fan since 1980. It's a shame that since the Sci Fi channel quit
carrying the show that none of the PBS stations renewed their contracts with
the BBC or Lionheart. Dr. Who always did well during the pledge drives. It
paid for itself with viewer donations. Hopefully, 56 will realize this and
buy the episodes again.
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gsibbery
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response 10 of 14:
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Aug 31 20:02 UTC 2001 |
Well, I am not sure they will be put back on the telly . . . to a lot of
people, they seem rather "old fashioned", but they are starting to put them
out on videocassettes now, so maybe there is hope after all!
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tpryan
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response 11 of 14:
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Aug 31 21:48 UTC 2001 |
I think Dr. Who DVDs are on the way for the American audience.
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scott
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response 12 of 14:
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Sep 1 00:24 UTC 2001 |
Will they be dubbed or subtitled? ;)
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gsibbery
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response 13 of 14:
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Sep 1 04:41 UTC 2001 |
Dubbed??? BLASPHEMY!!!!!
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gelinas
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response 14 of 14:
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Sep 1 04:44 UTC 2001 |
Uhh... re-read the last four responses. Slowly.
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