Dr Who

talking about revivals I see that Dixon of Dock Green is coming back soon as a radio series on BBC R4.

Bob

We could try "Portia Faces Life" , or "When A Girl Marries", all top radio serials of the 50s. So old in fact noone would know the difference if they just replayed the originals.

Ah the 50's! When even radio was still black and white. Everyone wore roller skates, Ladybird T-shirts, Clarks sandals (with crepe soles) cable polo-necked jumpers and khaki shorts and everyone still spoke in a posh BBC voice.

We were always glued to the radio for "Journey into Space". The strange thing is that I can only remember the title voice at the beginning. I haven't a clue what happened after that.

Nime

I had to go out, so missed the end of this week's episode.
On arrival at my friend's house I was told that the Dalek had shagged Billie Piper and went off happy and serene.
Tell me the truth!

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Originally posted by Rockingdoc:
On arrival at my friend's house I was told that the Dalek had shagged Billie Piper and went off happy and serene.
Tell me the truth!

You are fantasising again.
Billie Piper killed the Dalek with kindness.
What a way to go! <sigh>

Nime

There is no way that Dalek is dead!

Hadn't thought of that Fool.

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Originally posted by bob mccluckie:
talking about revivals I see that Dixon of Dock Green is coming back soon as a radio series on BBC R4.

Bob

I'm listening to Paul Temple on BBC7.

Brilliant!

Regards

Stephen

I listened to the mega-exciting football match between Southampton & Norwich last weekend on the WS, radio definately still has a priority place in my book !


Fritz Von Revives the old imagination Dunnit

Hang on Fritz. Stay with me.... you gather 11 people at random from all over the world. (aliens presently excluded for the purpose of this thread) Then you get together an owner from Russia, a manager from S. America and a coach from somewhere nobody has heard of at all. Then you name this raggle-taggle bunch after a town somewhere in the world? (But it dosn't matter where or which?) And this is what you call football? Hmmm. What am I missing?

Nime

The "last" Dalek may have got emotions and exterminated itself......but what will the "new" Daleks be like....and who is the big bad wolf?

It seems like there is the story for each episode but also a larger story that covers the series.

Nime, Thanks for reminding me about "Journey into Space"
I think the leaders name was Mallory. This was a seriously scary serial which was the forerunner of " A Space Odyssy" though the eyes of a ten year old. There was some eerie musical piece played throuhout which started "when its nighttime in Germany" or something like it. Also the first time I found out that it would take six months to get to Mars.
Anyone remember a childrens book called " Mariners of Space". The mysteries of space flight and space adventure were well catered for back in the 50s.

My first serious reading as a child was mainly SF from the junior school library. It was like finding a glittering pirate's hoard just lying there with nobody to guard it. Odd how nobody else knew it was there. A thousand nights struggling to continue reading in my ever-darkening bedroom. Hoping until the very last moment for another photon to fall exhausted onto the page.

Nime

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Originally posted by Lomo:
Nime, Thanks for reminding me about "Journey into Space"
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You've just missed it on BBC7 - though they are running a sequel (I think) by Charles Chilton; 'Space Patrol' this week. It's also out on CD.

Listen at www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7

regards

Stephen

JohnR,

I am in fact 36 which I guess was around the same as the younger members of Blakes 7 in 1978!

Not too late for you yet I'm sure!

Jonathan

I'm sure tonight's episode was full of plot holes but I thought it was excellent again. So sad. My 10 year old who regards himself as a bit of an emotional hardman was wiping his eyes (it was hay fever).

I can't believe how good it's been so far.

Tom

I agree, this last series is excellent. I shall be sad to see Eccleston go as he seems to be developing the character quite well.

Regards

Mick

I agree that this series has been splendid - haven't felt need to watch any Dr Who before this series since 1960s.

This series has been particularly welcome as something worth watching on Saturday terrestrial tellie apart from MOTD.

I thought Sunday's episode was the best I had ever seen (except, perhaps, for the one where the Master mistook The Clangers for alien life forms).

Tomk,
I was impressed by the way the story carefully avoided the kind of plot holes I was expecting. I certainly didn't see any.

Mick,

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Originally posted by Mick Parry:
I shall be sad to see Eccleston go as he seems to be developing the character quite well.

I can't understand why he would leave so soon - the part has so much potential...

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Originally posted by JeremyD:
I can't understand why he would leave so soon - the part has so much potential...

How about working 12-15 hours days, 12 days out of 14 for 9 months?

When asked on a radio 2 documentary was he 'in it for the duration?', Ecclestone replied 'I've done the duration.'

After films it must have been a slog.

However, it was also a slog for everyone on the show!



Stephen

They're all bløødy overpaid prima donners!

I just wish they wouldn't do silly monsters! It is far more exciting and frightening when you don't actually see the monsters. No matter how well they are done it nearly always fails even if they're photo-realistic. IMO.

Which is why the first of the "Aliens" series was so good. The monsters were more suggested by shadows and movement. While the human facial expressions told the story.

Hitchcock knew how to do it. All the rest is just men in furry pyjamas with zips up the back.

Dr Who is still doing remarkably well. No giant leaps of faith required just yet. Had it been an American blockbuster we'd all be groaning about the glaringly-dodgy, juniorschool science flaws by now.

Nime

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Originally posted by Nime:
Had it been an American blockbuster we'd all be groaning about the glaringly-dodgy, juniorschool science flaws by now.

Nime

And the derivative scripts. Most of them have been pretty predictable.

Look at this from a Star Trek next Generation episode.

'"Time's Arrow, Part II" Season six opens with an away team on a mission to stop an alien race from traveling back to the 19th-century to transfer stolen neural energy to their planet, Picard, with an assist from Mark Twain, struggles to foil their dastardly deeds but becomes trapped in a cave-in.'

Replace Charles Dickens with Mark Twain....

Also, the 'Restaurant at the end of the Universe' by Douglas Adams compared with Episode 2 of the new series where the Doctor takes Rose to see the end of the earth?

I believed in the monsters but couldn’t believe the Doctor didn't kiss Rose during the last episode. I couldn’t have resisted.

Regards

Stephen

PS The Americans probably don't worry as much about scientific flaws in their entertainment. Apparently This has been a success over there.

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Originally posted by Stephen Bennett:

I believed in the monsters but couldn’t believe the Doctor didn't kiss Rose during the last episode. I couldn’t have resisted.

Down boy! It's the animal magnetism, that's always resisted, that makes it work. TV series are littered with these tense but impossible relationships.

I don't think The Doctor will ever snog Rose.
But it's great fun how they talk about the relationship in the script.

An 86-year-old very alert (?Time Lord?) friend of mine told me he saw last Saturday's episode - his first in about 40 years - and he thought it was good tellie too. I have advised him to catch up with the hovering empathetic Dalek one when it is shortly released on DVD. Thank goodness for some decent mainstream Saturday TV.

Starts here on sat next. He hasn't snogged her yet!
Not much to look forward to is there.
But then Biggles didn't get around to it either.