"If nothing else, with RTD at the helm we should get something fairly dramatic, probably the best regeneration since Androzani."
I've always preferred Logopolis! "Caves of..." had an excellent regeneration scene though!
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I wasnt sure about Logopolis
adric was in it...urgh
enough said
adric was in it...urgh
enough said
"You should've put a bet on that bloke from cassanova being the new Dr ,Taylor_Mayed . You would have cleaned up !"
Well, I think it was pretty obvious really when you consider that...
1) He's a Who fan, and has appeared in many of Big Finish's audio CDs, including their 'Dalek Empire' spin-off series. He also narrated the 'A New Dimension' documentary shown last Saturday on BBC One.
2) He's worked with both Executive Producers, Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner, on "Casanova", and very recently too.
3) He's become something of a 'BBC face' recently, starring in "He Knew He Was Right", "Blackpool", "Casanova" and tomorrow in the live "Quatermass Experiment".
5) I know nothing of Harry Potter at all, so correct me if I'm wrong, but I'd guess that being 'Barty Crouch Jr' whoever he may be, will give him kudos with the kids.
6) He's a damn fine actor!
Also, Russell is now going around saying the whole thing was planned from the start...
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/
tm_objectid=15356540&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=dr-
who-actor-s-departure-will-unfold-on-screen--name_page.html
Oh, and "Logopolis" better than "Androzani" ? Pah! "Logopolis" isn't bad, in fact it's very good, but come on... "The Caves of Androzani" man! Still, each to their own... ;-)
Anyway, there are normal people watching, we shouldn't really be talking about this stuff.
Well, I think it was pretty obvious really when you consider that...
1) He's a Who fan, and has appeared in many of Big Finish's audio CDs, including their 'Dalek Empire' spin-off series. He also narrated the 'A New Dimension' documentary shown last Saturday on BBC One.
2) He's worked with both Executive Producers, Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner, on "Casanova", and very recently too.
3) He's become something of a 'BBC face' recently, starring in "He Knew He Was Right", "Blackpool", "Casanova" and tomorrow in the live "Quatermass Experiment".
5) I know nothing of Harry Potter at all, so correct me if I'm wrong, but I'd guess that being 'Barty Crouch Jr' whoever he may be, will give him kudos with the kids.
6) He's a damn fine actor!
Also, Russell is now going around saying the whole thing was planned from the start...
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/
tm_objectid=15356540&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=dr-
who-actor-s-departure-will-unfold-on-screen--name_page.html
Oh, and "Logopolis" better than "Androzani" ? Pah! "Logopolis" isn't bad, in fact it's very good, but come on... "The Caves of Androzani" man! Still, each to their own... ;-)
Anyway, there are normal people watching, we shouldn't really be talking about this stuff.
Taylor_Made - is Terrance Dicks still alive ? sorry if that sounds weird .Also how many Dr Who stories did he write ?
Dicks is indeed still alive - he'll be seventy this year I believe. He was at the Cardiff press premiere of the first episode of the new series early last month, and gave it a resounding thumbs-up.
He officially wrote four stories on his own, plus one ("The War Games", 1969) co-written with Malcolm Hulke. His four credited solo efforts are "Robot" (1974, Tom Baker's first story), "Horror of Fang Rock" (1977), "State of Decay" (1980) and finally "The Five Doctors" (1983).
In addition, he re-wrote much of Brian Hayles' script for "The Seeds of Death" (1969) in his then capacity as Assistant Script Editor - he didn't get an on-screen credit for this, however (although he did on the back cover of the 1980s video release). In 1976 he wrote the original script for "The Brain of Morbius", but the Script Editor, Robert Holmes, re-wrote large chunks of it, which annoyed Dicks at the time (he later calmed down, as he and Holmes were friends) and insisted that it go out under 'some bland pseudonym' - hence its transmission under the name of 'Robin Bland'.
As well as this he novelised a *ton* of TV Doctor Who stories for Target Books, and in the last decade and a half has written several original DW novels. I think he's got another one due out from BBC Books sometime later this year, actually.
Hope that answers your question! :-)
He officially wrote four stories on his own, plus one ("The War Games", 1969) co-written with Malcolm Hulke. His four credited solo efforts are "Robot" (1974, Tom Baker's first story), "Horror of Fang Rock" (1977), "State of Decay" (1980) and finally "The Five Doctors" (1983).
In addition, he re-wrote much of Brian Hayles' script for "The Seeds of Death" (1969) in his then capacity as Assistant Script Editor - he didn't get an on-screen credit for this, however (although he did on the back cover of the 1980s video release). In 1976 he wrote the original script for "The Brain of Morbius", but the Script Editor, Robert Holmes, re-wrote large chunks of it, which annoyed Dicks at the time (he later calmed down, as he and Holmes were friends) and insisted that it go out under 'some bland pseudonym' - hence its transmission under the name of 'Robin Bland'.
As well as this he novelised a *ton* of TV Doctor Who stories for Target Books, and in the last decade and a half has written several original DW novels. I think he's got another one due out from BBC Books sometime later this year, actually.
Hope that answers your question! :-)
That more than answers my Question , thanks !
Happy to help! :-)
Now, if anyone else has any questions in this "Ask Paul about Doctor Who" thread...
;-)
Now, if anyone else has any questions in this "Ask Paul about Doctor Who" thread...
;-)
still think Logopolis is better than androzani...
although I may have to watch it on dvd again!
although I may have to watch it on dvd again!
Happy to help! :-)
Now, if anyone else has any questions in this "Ask Paul about Doctor Who" thread...
;-)
Ok then,
Question one. How many series' have there been and roughly how many episodes have been shown?
Question two. What was the name of Roy Castle's character in one of the films?
1) The new series is the 27th series to be made. Up to and including "Rose" (last week's episode), that's 697 episodes.
2) A vastly inferior version of Ian Chesterton, as originally played much better by the original TV actor William Russell.
:-)
2) A vastly inferior version of Ian Chesterton, as originally played much better by the original TV actor William Russell.
:-)
Cheers Paul, thats real Doctor Who style trainspotting for ya :)
Taylor_Made - is Terrance Dicks still alive ? sorry if that sounds weird .Also how many Dr Who stories did he write ?
He's still alive as far as I'm aware because he wrote a Doctor Who novel recently. He wrote (as far as I can remember) The Brain of Morbius [under a pseudonym], Robot, The Five Doctors, State of Decay. That's all I can remember for the old stories. I can't remember how many novels he wrote - he's written about 200 Doctor Who novels.