Old Doctor Who

Posted by: Dungassin on 24 March 2011

Currently watching lots of old Doctor Who. (cue derisive laughter and rude comments from some of our "less tolerant" forum members) Just got up to the Jon Pertwee years. Doesn't Lethbridge-Stewart look a lot like Rowan Atkinson?

Posted on: 24 March 2011 by Mr Underhill

JP - my favourite Dr.

I remember the series with the worms down in the mine really getting to me.

Was looking at some CDs today which had David Warner as the Dr, and David Tennant as a supporting character.

L-S, what a character - do you think they could get Rowan to take the re-introduced role!

Posted on: 24 March 2011 by Dungassin

Feeling a little peeved ATM. Just discovered that there is a new box-set of 2 JP episodes. I already have the first one (Spearhead from Space), but there is no other extant DVD of the other (Terror of the Autons). Think the BEEB have might have done it deliberately to increase their profits?

Posted on: 24 March 2011 by TomK

Jon Pertwee was my favourite of the old doctors. I thought being trapped on Earth with UNIT led to some genuinely interesting SF. The Brigadier was obviously a superstar.

At the risk of being accused of being a heretic I'll confess I prefer all the new doctors.

Posted on: 25 March 2011 by Richard Dane

John Pertwee as The Doctor brings back such memories of childhood. I remember the "worms" in the mine. Horrible. But for me, the Seamonsters were the most terrifying. We used to take the Hovercraft over to France during the holidays and I recall being pretty scared while standing on the slipway that at any moment the Seamonsters would appear out of the grey-green English channel. I don't dare go back and watch the episodes today for fear I might be ever so disappointed...

Posted on: 25 March 2011 by tonym

I'm with Tom on this; I think the last two have been particularly good. Tom Baker was pretty well up there as well.

Having met Jon Pertwee on a couple of occasions and finding him a pompous, arrogant twit, rather put me off his portrayal of the good Doctor.

Posted on: 25 March 2011 by Roy T

No star shines for ever Nicholas Courtney aka Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart.

Posted on: 28 March 2011 by Dungassin

I haven't been ignoring this (my own thread), but Naim Forums wouldn't let me post a reply, stalling with the "cogwheels" on screen. I've now (by chance) discovered that I can post if I untick "Watch This Post".

Go figure ...

Anyway:

Richard : I watched the "Sea Devils" episodes today. I always have to contain my mirth with the Sea Devils, as the head is so obviously just a hat.

Tony : I never met Jon Pertwee, but for me the main problem with his run is the REALLY naff music, which seems to go for a far to "jokey" feel. I'm always half expecting him to do one of his funny voices, e.g. the stuttering admiral from "The Navy Lark".

Tom : Lethbridge-Stewart really only reminds me of Rowan Atkinson when he has a moustache. Clean-shaven (as in the "alternate fascist universe" episodes, he doesn't look much like him at all.

Posted on: 29 March 2011 by Jono 13

Originally Posted by Mr Underhill:

JP - my favourite Dr.

I remember the series with the worms down in the mine really getting to me.

M

Still bothers me many years later.

The Autons also scared me at the time mainly due to the maniquins in a shop window at the end of Hounslow high street looking just like the scene where the Autons come to life and start running amock.

Jono

Posted on: 29 March 2011 by BigH47

There's a lot to be scared of in Hounslow high street.

Posted on: 30 March 2011 by Richard Dane

Originally Posted by Dungassin:

Richard : I watched the "Sea Devils" episodes today. I always have to contain my mirth with the Sea Devils, as the head is so obviously just a hat.

Hence my reluctance to re-visit the episodes now I'm (much) older. Probably best to keep the illusion intact. We all need our monsters...

Posted on: 30 March 2011 by Jono 13

Originally Posted by BigH47:

There's a lot to be scared of in Hounslow high street.

My parents come from there and I used to go back to visit grandparents during the mid 60's to the early 70's. I doubt I would recognise much of it now.

Jono

Posted on: 30 March 2011 by GraemeH

Did the 'worms down the mine' have that horrible chant in it that went something like: 'Om....Om....Om idi adi Om?

Used to scare the it out of me.

Posted on: 30 March 2011 by droodzilla

Originally Posted by GraemeH:

Did the 'worms down the mine' have that horrible chant in it that went something like: 'Om....Om....Om idi adi Om?

Used to scare the it out of me.

No, that was the "Planet of the Spiders" story - Jon Pertwee's last outing as the Doctor. Watch this video from 23:30 onwards:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7dSpBh8o8w&feature=fvsr

Posted on: 30 March 2011 by GraemeH

Originally Posted by droodzilla:

Originally Posted by GraemeH:

Did the 'worms down the mine' have that horrible chant in it that went something like: 'Om....Om....Om idi adi Om?

Used to scare the it out of me.

No, that was the "Planet of the Spiders" story - Jon Pertwee's last outing as the Doctor. Watch this video from 23:30 onwards:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7dSpBh8o8w&feature=fvsr

OK...but from behind the sofa with the sound turned down...

Posted on: 31 March 2011 by Dungassin

Don't remember ever hiding behind the sofa watching Dr Who (but then I was probably older than you when it started). Now, Quatermass and the Pit (original BBC) ... that was another matter.

Posted on: 31 March 2011 by tonym

Originally Posted by Dungassin:

Now, Quatermass and the Pit (original BBC) ... that was another matter.

Oh heavens, now you're talking really scared DG! It gave me nightmares for weeks.

Posted on: 08 April 2011 by Dungassin

Just reached "The Key To Time". What a gorgeous girl Mary Tamm was (is?). Probably the best-looking of the DW companions.

Posted on: 27 April 2011 by Dungassin

Well, finished the "classic" Doctor Who and dug out the new stuff (sad, eh?)

Just re-watched "Blink". What a superb episode. Still works even if you know exactly what's going to happen. Possibly the best episode ever - and he's hardly in it at all.

Suppose I should have started a new thread, but who cares?

Posted on: 27 April 2011 by JWM

I'm another 'worms down the mine' man. Cold sweat just thinking about it. If I touch anything slimey in garden I have to check an hour later to see if I'm mutating into it...