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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    I think many of the best Dr Who stories, have a Gothic horror feel to them.
    I'm sure it's no secret that the second Master ( after the disfigured one )
    Anthony Ainley was also one of the police men who discovered Bond's dead
    Body in the PTS of YOLT.
  • fire_and_icefire_and_ice
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    Wow I never knew that will have to look out for that next time I watch YOLT
  • OHMSS69OHMSS69
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    I never watched much DR WHO but I have recently started watching 'Torchwood" Season 1 on Netflix. I know that this is a spinoff and what are some of your opinions concerning this more recent show?
    Eve Myles appeared in DR WHO?
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    I for one love it, I think Captain Jack is a great fun character. I do think series 3
    A five part special " Children of earth" is fantastic, almost a modern Quatermass.
    Series 4 made by bbc America is another brilliant idea, sadly stretched out over
    too many episodes. About one day " No one dies ...."
  • fire_and_icefire_and_ice
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    I have never watched Torchwood, I did attempt Miracle Day though did not get past the first episode.
  • fire_and_icefire_and_ice
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    Just saw this made me laugh.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    Series 1&2 are standard sci-fi stuff, chasing aliens etc.
    series 3 "Children of Earth" is fantastic, Peter Capaldi stars as a
    government civil servant. It's only five one hour episodes but I
    was hooked from the start.
    Miracle Day, is very slow, as mentioned running to 10 episodes when the
    same story could have been told in 5 or 6.
  • Lancaster007Lancaster007 Shrublands Health Clinic, England
    Posts: 1,874
    Thunderpussy wrote: »
    I love a good super villain and The Master is the DR's Blofeld. I'm sure he or she
    Will be back :)

    He was envisioned as a Moriarty to the Dr as Holmes, but really they used him too much, he turned up in every story of that season.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    I do agree, he may have been used a little too much, but at one point the Dr
    Was banished to earth ( no traveling to other planets ) so I guess it made
    Sense to have a recurring Villain ?
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    Posts: 7,653
    Thunderpussy wrote: »
    I do agree, he may have been used a little too much, but at one point the Dr
    Was banished to earth ( no traveling to other planets ) so I guess it made
    Sense to have a recurring Villain ?

    True and it made sense for a lower budget, everything on earth meant cheaper decor.

    I recently bought online 5 Doctor Who booklets and to my big surprise they turned out to be hardcover by Allan Wingate of London.

    Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom - my first viewing of any Doctor Who scared the living daylight out of me and made me a lifelong fan

    Doctor Who and the Lochness Monster - Another Alien, Zygons, that made the little fella I was hide behind the couch.

    Doctor Who and the carnival of monsters
    Doctor Who and the planet of Evil
    Doctor Who and the mutants

    Some reading for the holidays.

    Tom Baker being my first Doctor and he is truly alien and will always be my favorite even if Matt Smith will be close second choice.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    As a kid I had a couple of friends who weren't allowed to watch Dr Who, and
    I remember a few episodes, that scared me ! :) happily the modern show is
    Just as scary.
  • Lancaster007Lancaster007 Shrublands Health Clinic, England
    Posts: 1,874
    Although I don't remember it with the crystal clear clarity that some do, I do remember being terrified by The Web of Fear, and it was so great to be able to see that again on DVD.
    The Cybermen (Troughton era being the best) were the scariest monsters ever, way more than the Daleks.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    The green death, with giant maggots, really did scare me, even put me off
    Sausages for my tea. :D for a while.
  • fire_and_icefire_and_ice
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    Tomb of the Cybermen is one of my favourite from Troughton, the sets and cast for that period very good.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    I actually think the older version of the Cybermen were more frightening.
  • fire_and_icefire_and_ice
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    Quite ominous the original design, in New Who major villains have not always been portrayed well. The scene in Pandorica opens when Amy is stalked by the limbless/ headless Cyderman is by far the best scene in New Who with the Cybermen IMO.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    In "Flatline" I thought the 2d creatures very scary. People being pulled into walls becoming
    Graffiti.
  • fire_and_icefire_and_ice
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    That was probably my favourite season 8 episode, the 2 D creatures were relentless.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    Yes, If I'd been an 8 it 9 year old, I'd have been behind the settee watching it. ;)
  • Lancaster007Lancaster007 Shrublands Health Clinic, England
    Posts: 1,874
    Thunderpussy wrote: »
    In "Flatline" I thought the 2d creatures very scary. People being pulled into walls becoming
    Graffiti.

    Agree. Best story of that series.
  • fire_and_icefire_and_ice
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  • stagstag In the thick of it!
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    After Tom Bakers departure I only watched DW occasionally - did Peter Davidson come next? IF so I remember him more for being married to the helium voiced Sandra Dickinson.
  • GerardGerard
    edited August 2016 Posts: 5,981
    Good news : the TV Movie, with Paul McGann, will be released on Blu-Ray on september 19th 2016.

    doctorwhonews.net/2016/08/tvm-bluray-020816104508.html

    To pre-order, go here :

    astore.amazon.co.uk/thdowhnepa-21/detail/B01JAK5K7S

    Note that it's the second "classic" to be released in this format, after "Spearhead fromSpace". Unfortunately, it might also be the last, given that only those two stories were put entirely on film, and not the usual "Film Outside, Video Inside" so prevalent in british productions of the time.
    stag wrote: »
    After Tom Bakers departure I only watched DW occasionally - did Peter Davidson come next? IF so I remember him more for being married to the helium voiced Sandra Dickinson.

    Yes, that was Peter Davison. Then came Colin Baker (no relation), Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann. Since the series started again in 2005, we've got Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant (who married Peter Davison's daughter, BTW), Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi. Oh, and Sir John Hurt as well.

  • SaintMarkSaintMark
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    I just saw the Bluray Spearhead from Space and it worked excellently on Bluray. Looking forward to McGanns release here is a Doctor that was not enough around on tv (only twice so far) and who made a big impact on de Big Finish cd series.
  • GerardGerard
    edited August 2016 Posts: 5,981
    And here's the cover :

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    And Daphne Ashbrook is the next in the "Mythmakers" series ,by Reeltime :

    https://galaxy4.co.uk/product.thtml?id=4514&vts=geExAwM
  • GerardGerard
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    That one, I had to show you :

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  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
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    Capaldi is perfect as The Doctor. And I love Clara. I think she was played to perfection. I enjoyed every bit of her (except her ending).
  • GerardGerard
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    Which one ? ;)
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
    edited August 2016 Posts: 12,480
    Clara with Capaldi. That one. :)
  • GerardGerard
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    I do agree that it was like Peri all over again. But I liked it. Even if it didn't hold a candle to her actual death in "Face the Raven". Guess Moffat wanted to have his cake and eat it too (although I don't get that expression : are we not supposed to have our cake before eating it ? Or are we only allowed to eat cakes that are not our own ? In France, we say "Avoir le beurre et l'argent du beurre" - having the butter and the butter's money - which is more logical, because if you spend the money to get the butter, you don't have it anymore).
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