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| Dr. Who Premiere on Sci fi; Share your thoughts... | |
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| Topic Started: 19 Mar 2006, 23:35 (7,413 Views) | |
| Deleted User | 19 Mar 2006, 23:35 Post #1 |
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I've never ever ever seen or heard of Dr. Who before this and I really liked the show. I'm a sucker for any time travel shows, but something confuses me. I dl'd the show cuz I missed the first hour on Sci fi (I saw most of "The End of the World"), but ... The first part "Rose", is only nine minutes long in the rip I got. But it goes all the way to the end... like it rolls credits, is that normal? How could it be? The show had a 2-hour timeslot.... Anyway, part II is 45 minutes which is the right length for a 1 hr show on TV but... 9 minutes for the first part? |
 
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| chrisis1033 | 19 Mar 2006, 23:55 Post #2 |
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Yeah the whole Dr Who thing confuses me... especially since the actor of is Dr Who seems to change frequently..!?! wtf I guess if I sat down and started watching it from the beginning I might be OK... but hell! When was the beginning... in the seventies? or even sixties? :blink: |
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| Deleted User | 20 Mar 2006, 00:36 Post #3 |
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I ....don't think that this new one is supposed to be a continuation. That's why I jumped in and started watching it. I think it's like a nuBSG kind of thing, rehash of old plot but with a few tweaks and stuff. If it DOES continue direction from the old series' (in which yes I have heard there were a dozen Dr. Who's) then yeah I won't know what's going on! But from the premiere it just looked like it was kicking off assuming you didn't know anything about this guy. |
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| Rigil Kent | 20 Mar 2006, 06:36 Post #4 |
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Actually, this is a continuation, you just don't need to know about all of the previous versions (although it helps). He's the Ninth Doctor. As a Time Lord, the Doctor has the capability to "regenerate" into a new body, complete with new idiosyncracies and the like. It originally began waaay back in the 60s on BBC. Man ... what kind of geeks are you? I thought watching Doctor Who was parting of getting your Geek Card... |
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| chrisis1033 | 20 Mar 2006, 07:31 Post #5 |
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Yeah? Well this geek has only watched a couple of Dr Who... years ago in the UK. I stick my geek label on watching stuff like... Six Million Dollar Man Buck Rogers in 25th Century TOS Battlestar Galactica Star Trek TOS Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea ....etc.. biggrin Doctor Who never really did it for me, but then again I never gave it a chance. crazy |
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| Deleted User | 20 Mar 2006, 18:18 Post #6 |
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Try the new one - it's got a little of a "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" feel to it with weird and wacky technology but I think that's a little of a british thing... I dig it :app: |
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| Neeka Keet | 20 Mar 2006, 20:45 Post #7 |
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It also reminds me a bit of Farscape, specially "The End of the World". I've never actually seen Who before though I am familiar with the story. I enjoyed both episodes and have been told by the Brits in the Who board on TBBS that it gets better as the season goes on. I'm way excited about this. :angel: |
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| chrisis1033 | 20 Mar 2006, 21:05 Post #8 |
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OK... now Farscape I understand! :thumbsup: |
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| Rigil Kent | 21 Mar 2006, 16:30 Post #9 |
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Having ... uh ... acquired the entire season and watched it, it does get a lot better. I really liked Eccleston (sp?) as the Doctor and wish he had stayed on for longer. I've yet to see the new stuff (The Christmas Invasion) but, from experience, the episodes immediately followed the Doctor's regeneration into a new incarnation are generally pretty weak. |
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| Deleted User | 21 Mar 2006, 20:46 Post #10 |
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Wait, I"m confused, Rigil you have the episodes that are going to come on Sci fi in the next few weeks? of the new show? Or are you talkiing abotu some past version of the show? |
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| Rigil Kent | 21 Mar 2006, 20:47 Post #11 |
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Not anymore. They aired these episodes a couple of months ago on BBC in England. I ... acquired them to watch 'cause I was such a big Who fan back in the day. I've since gotten rid of them for space reasons. |
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| Deleted User | 21 Mar 2006, 20:49 Post #12 |
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Oh... wow, I hadn't realized this was one of those "it's already aired over there" kind of things. Maybe it's them getting back at us for BSG :lol: |
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| T'Pol_82 | 1 Apr 2006, 21:49 Post #13 |
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:huh: It's a BBC production, so of course they'd have it before us. :) (and UK got bsg season one first, so nah!) I think it's not a bad show. Liking it so far, and it's nice to have new episodes of something on Friday while I wait for BSG to come back. |
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| Jedikatie | 3 Apr 2006, 03:27 Post #14 |
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I was happy to see the Doctor return. Been a long time since I watched Sylvester McCoy's seventh Doctor and Ace walk off into the sunset (I was still in college the first time I saw it, come to think of it). And I've got the Fox movie from '96 around here somewhere. Doctor Who started way, way back in 1963 and is the longest running sci-fi show. For those who want a quick listing of the previous Doctors, they were: William Hartnell (1st Doctor), who, when he started suffering health problems, TPTB came up with the idea of "regeneration" in order to keep their popular show alive, and he regenerated into Patrick Troughton (2nd Doctor), when he decided to leave the show, they had the Time Lords capture him and punish him for stealing the TARDIS by exiling him to Earth and forced him to regenerate into Jon Pertwee (3rd Doctor), who for the most part remained on Earth, helping UNIT. When he left the show, he regenerated into Tom Baker (4th Doctor), who was the Doctor the longest of any of the actors who played him. He was very fond of jelly babies and ran around wearing a long multicolored scarf. Most people are familiar with this particular version of the Doctor. He regenerated into Peter Davison (5th Doctor), who wore a celery stick on his lapel. He next regenerated into Colin Baker (6th Doctor), my least favorite. The Doctor is put on trial during his time by the Time Lords on Gallifrey. Eventually he regenerates into Sylvester McCoy (7th Doctor), who had a darker side they were just beginning to hint at when the show was cancelled in 1989. He regenerated into Paul McGann (8th Doctor), in the 1996 Fox TV movie. This doctor claimed to be half-human on his mother's side. Sometime between that movie and the new series, he regenerated into Chris Eccleston (9th Doctor), who is the current star in the version airing in America. I've seen most, if not all, of the available complete episodes of the original series. But it's been awhile. So far I like the new Doctor. I'm not so thrilled so far with Rose as his companion. She just hasn't been that interesting to me. Though I will say that she is better than Peri ever was. :yuck: Must remember to tape the second half of the show this weekend... |
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| Rigil Kent | 3 Apr 2006, 09:48 Post #15 |
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The only thing I'd add is that Chris Eccleston regenerates into David Tennant (10th Doctor) at the end of this current run... Wonder what they're gonna do when he hits magic number 12? |
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| Jedikatie | 3 Apr 2006, 11:42 Post #16 |
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^ Well, I did say that Chris Eccleston is 'the current star of the version airing in America'. Technically what you said is a spoiler, which is why I didn't mention it, since it hasn't aired yet for those of us who haven't acquired it by other means. ;) ETA: Ah, yes life #13 will be the last for the Doctor, unless he does something like the Master to extend his life. Though I'm personally interested in seeing how they work the Valeyard in... |
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| Rigil Kent | 3 Apr 2006, 11:43 Post #17 |
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Oops. Although it's pretty common knowledge... :blushing: |
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| T'Pol_82 | 6 Apr 2006, 10:18 Post #18 |
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Eh, no worries. I already heard about the cast change well before the show started airing here. what's with this magic 13? does he run out of body copies? |
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| Jedikatie | 6 Apr 2006, 11:33 Post #19 |
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Basically, when they first came up with the idea of regeneration (to explain why the main character's appearance changed from William Hartnell to Patrick Troughton), they didn't have a limit on the number of times the Doctor could regenerate. But during the Tom Baker years (I think, it's been awhile) I think was when they first definitely established that a Time Lord can live 13 lives (12 regenerations in all). And during the Trial of the Time Lord series of the sixth Doctor (Colin Baker, no relation to Tom), it was brought up again. Since we know that England is now on the 10th Doctor, that means he's only got 3 more regenerations left. So either the Doctor will die for good at the end of the 13th life, or they will have to come up with a way to extend his life (much as they did for the Master during the original series, because he had used up his lives) if they want to keep the show going. And thanks to the Trial of a Time Lord, those who are fans of the original series are wondering how and if they will deal with a particular detail of great relevance to our dear Doctor, should the show last that long... (I won't spoil the arc for you, in case you haven't seen it and might want to watch for yourself.) |
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| T'Pol_82 | 6 Apr 2006, 16:58 Post #20 |
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psst, you mean the UK is on the 11th doctor.... US is on the 10th.
;) Thanks for the info. :) |
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