The Doctor Who Thread

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by iank

I have to admit that I'm afraid I just could not get into The Faceless Ones animation at all. It was Power all over again for me. Not sure what the issue was - I loved the part-animated Shada and the wholly animated Macra Terror, but while I've enjoyed the extant episodes in the past, I just found it agonisingly boring. I don't know whether the animation is worse again, whether the actual story is boring, or whether the animators have been held back by having to animate too much or by the largely real-world settings that prevent the kind of visual reimagining Macra Terror enjoyed, but this thing just kept sending me to sleep. Very disappointing.

I agree with you.

I too found it immensely boring for the most part. The best episodes were one and six, which were the ones which included other animation rather than people. The planes looked great, sadly the characters didn't.

I don't think it helped that Ben and Polly weren't in the story much and also the fact that the story was just so damn talky. As far as entertainment goes it was deadly dull. Oh and the Chameleons? What sort of monster were they? Absolutely pointless.

I planned to watch the colour episodes then the black and white ones with the recon last. I don't think i'll bother now. As a story it's bottom three in the classic era easily.

[nosferatu42]

Interesting... even classic who had shit stories who would have thunk it.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by nosferatu42

Interesting... even classic who had shit stories who would have thunk it.

I think quite a few Troughton ones are really poor.

[nosferatu42]

I like Troughton, but i would say every doctor has a fair amount of shit stories.
Convince me otherwise.
Honestly i'd probably say it's a 50/50 situation.
I'm just going to hide behind the sofa now.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by nosferatu42

I like Troughton, but i would say every doctor has a fair amount of shit stories.
Convince me otherwise.
Honestly i'd probably say it's a 50/50 situation.
I'm just going to hide behind the sofa now.

Nah it's never 50/50.

You really think half of Jon or Tom's stories are poor?

There are about five or six poor ones per Doctor at most in my opinion. Except 13. There are about five or six good ones of hers.

[nosferatu42]

Obviously growing up with The Baker I always think he's the man.

Has anyone ever worked out the shit story ratio?

I'm a dog for bad stories, i like bad films... but i definitely think the rose tinted glasses have a lot to answer for in regards to Dr who.

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Farewell, Sarah Jane

By Russell T Davies

Featuring the cast of the Sarah Jane Adventures plus Katy Manning and Sophie Aldred.

Heartbreaking farewell to Doctor Who’s Sarah Jane Smith reveals two companions are now in a same-sex relationship | Pink News

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #16: DVD Extra - 'The Daleks' noteworthy uncredited cast members
i) Name: Ruth Harrison
Year(s): 1964
Stories: The Daleks Episode 3: The Escape / The Daleks Episode 7: The Rescue
Character(s): Thal

Before Who:
Films - None
Television - None

After Who:
Films - None
Television - Londoners, Comedy Playhouse, Z-Cars, Doctor In The House, Up Pompeii*, BBC Comedy, Clochemerle

ii) Name: Lesley Hill (also known as Leslie Langley)
Year(s): 1964
Stories: The Daleks Episode 3: The Escape / The Daleks Episode 7: The Rescue
Character(s): Thal
Note: She was Miss United Kingdom and Miss World in 1965

Before Who:
Films - None
Television - None

After Who:
Films - Goldfinger* (1964)
Television - None

iii) Name: Steve Pokol
Year(s): 1964
Stories: The Daleks Episode 3: The Escape / The Daleks Episode 7: The Rescue
Character(s): Thal

Before Who:
Films - None
Television - None

After Who:
Films - None
Television - The Likely Lads, Adam Adamant Lives!

iiii) Name: Eric Smith
Year(s): 1964
Stories: The Daleks Episode 3: The Escape / The Daleks Episode 7: The Rescue
Character(s): Thal

Before Who:
Films - None
Television - None

After Who:
Films - None
Television - Likely Lads, Softly, Softly.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Helen A (Sheila Hancock) with Fifi in The Happiness Patrol (1988)

[Susan Foreman]

A rare picture of the Masterful Roger Delgado signing autographs in the early 1970's