ok, I've been a massive Dr Who fan since the curly hair and jelly babies, and for those of you don't know who I'm talking about, TOM BAKER, the 4th Doctor.
any who, who is all tuning in on the 23rd at 7:50/ or even heading to watch it on the big screen at the picture's... I know I am.
and do you think it was what you expected?
Tom Baker, I've seen him, is he the one with the jelly babies and the scarf?
Virgin have put lots of old Dr Whos on catchup and I was watching one the other day with this old guy with white hair and a hot girl called Jo. She had a camel toe in most scenes, but she's really pretty.
I couldn't believe how bad the special effects were, I think it was the 1970s. It was like everything was made of cardboard and the monsters were funny. The acting was very amateurish too.
The Daleks were on it though and they were brilliant!!! I actually want a Dalek!
I'm in the US, and we get all our Dr. Who on Netflix like a year later. Best doctor: David Tennant. Best companion(s): Amy, Rory, River Song (yum!).
David Tennant for me was the best Doctor.
I cannot wait for Saturday night. I am hoping that Christopher Eccleston will make a surprise appearance. I am very excited.
I remember watching the first episode in 1963 from behind the sofa, William Hartnell played the first Dr he was a bit frightening.
Paul McGann, I don't class him as an official, but I do; Peter Cushing even though he wasn't a time lord, just a human with a Blue Box. yes the show ran for a long and stopped, till Eccalstion came along. when we heard that was happening we were excited, and that is how I introduced the programme to my oldest, they even know some off the original Who's.
DanielleX, I think your may be thinking of Rose Tyler (Billy Piper, she had a number one hit, before being married to Chris Evens and her acting career), she was the assistant to both Eccalstion and Tennant.
Mazza, love Peter Capaldie in the Thick of it, cannie wait to see how he plays as the Dr, also. but gutted he wasn't ginger, he's always wanted to be a GINGER...
What I really, really want is for River Song and Captain Jack Harkness to meet. My goodness, can you imagine the sparks that would fly?
Between them, they share all the best dirty lines in "Doctor Who". Her “Oh, that’s magnificent! I’m going to wear LOTS of jodhpurs!" (in "Let's Kill Hitler") is the best line ever.
I can admit this, I have watched the entire omnibus of Dr Who, well all episodes still available as the BBC lost a number. I enjoy the old series for the storylines as much as the new ones. They have all been written by great writers.
Tom Baker played the Dr really well, but have also enjoyed the reinterpretations of the new ones, especially Tennats.
I'm watching the special Sunday morning here in Australia as it is playing in sync with the Uk.
And please for those missing out, I promise "No spoilers" ;)
I actually liked Cushing as The Doctor, but they kind of nerfed him by removing the alien aspect of his character. Did enjoy both movies though (but I've also seen the original Hartnell stories and like them better).
I have become obsessed with Dr. Who recently. I'm American, with no chance of seeing the special when it airs, but I have a brilliant and wonderful Lush friend in the UK who has promised to hook me up.
i can not wait for the special...we have a BBC package we buy but i have to stay up crazy hours for some shows! but the TENTH dr. is my fav. when i was recently at convention a guy came with a crazy dalek he made completely....amazing! *if you have me on fb there are pics on there*
cant wait...nosebleed and sighs!
my newest :)
Actors I would love to see as The Doctor:
Steve Coogan
Benedict Cumberbatch
Daniel Radcliffe
Johnny Depp
Stephen Fry
I used to love Depp but have come to avoid him. He's simply been slumming in this twitchy, eccentric character mode for a while. That said, if an American is going to play The Doctor, he'd be a good one to go with if he can get back on his game.
Radcliffe could work, but I wonder about Rupert Grint (Ron). He might actually make a better Doctor than Daniel.
Fry is a given and, were we talking pre-House, probably his old buddy Hugh Laurie would be a candidate, too.
After watching the first two Sherlock episodes, I already had Cumberbatch pegged as Doctor material. He and his Holmes castmate Martin Freeman may be getting too big for the Who budget now, though given their growing careers in the movies.
My problem is that I don't watch enough British TV these days and that's where the next Who, like most of them, will come from. Almost all of the new Who actors were largely unknowns to me until they started on the show, even though all four (counting Capaldi) had pretty good resumes going in. I suspect that the next Doctor after Capaldi will be the same - someone with a strong resume on British TV but maybe not so well-known over here.
Coogan is not an actor, he is a hack, I have even seen him on stand up, and your humour must be dry... like his routine and "acting"
Cabbagepatch, somewhere in-between, that is just an insult to a SCOT'S MAN... I watched the first episode, "the guy is well to much up himself". I nearly boycotted STAR TREK: into darkness! and that it is a big deal for me, as the WRATH of KHAN is my number one TREK movie.
and is for Radcliff, not rating him on harry potter, can't never read or gotten into the films, ( sorry, I don't follow the flock ). am basing him on his performance in ' a young doctor's notebook'