[HPFGU-Catalogue] Re: Dr Who

[Sean Dwyer]

On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 11:22:50AM -0000, dungrollin wrote:

> The Tardis still makes the same noise, the sonic screwdriver is 
> ever-present, and of course, it wouldn't be Dr Who without the 
> incredible theme music, which still makes my hair stand on end. The 
> joy of Dr Who (for me) is that it's so very British, I didn't like 
> that Americanised TV movie, though Paul McGann wasn't bad as the 
> Doctor.  The first episode of the new series is the Autons 
> (intelligent plastic) - I saw a clip of a wheelie bin swallowing 
> someone, it looks *great*!

I won't spoil it for you but I found the special effects entirely appropriate,
and that's no mean feat.

> At the risk of offending any Trekkies, I'm of the opinion that you 
> can judge the quality of a sci-fi show by the quality of it's theme 
> music. So at one end you have Dr Who, Hitch-hiker, possibly even 
> Farscape, [which went downhill at exactly the point they changed the 
> theme tune]. And at the other end you have the various Star Treks, 
> Blake's Seven, Battlestar Galactica and all that other nonsense.

Hey I *like* Blake's Seven. It didn't even have the budget of Dr. Who but us
fans are still here *waves Avon for President flag*. I don't want a comeback
just all the series on DVD.

> Dot
> Still head-over-heels in love with Tom Baker.

Oh dear, really? I've seen him in Monarch of the Glen and he looks like an
18th century squire, round and red-faced. But his narration of Little Britain
is very naughty :)

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