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     Matthew_fell (Matthew_fell) Username: Matthew_fell Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 216.232.189.45 |
For those who seem to dislike the work of Russell T. Davies - and there seem to be a few about,not least the unpleasant Telegraph blogger at the weekend - the news that Steven Moffatt is to take over as lead writer and executive producer of the series will doubtless be welcome. Full story here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7411177.stm Christopher | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 218.168.186.173 |
This is good news indeed! Moffat's episodes were easily the strongest, I think. I quite liked his work on Jekyll, too. | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 83.98.9.4 |
Best news I've heard this year personally. Although that Telegraph story's wrong about the number of doctors in the original run. It was of course 8 actors- the've forgotten Richard Hurndall who played the first Doctor in the Five Doctors storyline. (9 if you count the Valyard who was supposed to be an evil regeneration of the good old Doc) | ||
| Jonathan (Jonathan) Username: Jonathan Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.143.178.131 |
I think this is fantastic news. Moffat is a vastly talented writer and I'm sure what he does with new WHO will be exciting and refreshing. I think also that Russel T. Davies has done a fantastic job in bringing Doctor Who back and making it exciting for a whole new generation of children. Back in the dark days when it never seemed it was going to come back I could never have anticipated how succesful it would be. So all credit to RTD and all hail to the new producer and WHO going from strength to strength. | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.145.131.242 |
Yeah - there's been an undeserved backlash against RTD I think. It's like knocking the guy who invented the first car because cars since have been better. Something like that, anyway. He's given us some wonderful telly since the shows new inception and really it's a time to be happy (Moffat is exceptionally talented and imaginative) and sad (he brought a sort of humanity to the show, I felt, a much needed common touch). | ||
| Griff (Griff) Username: Griff Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.100 |
My dad was taught latin by Russel T. Davies' dad in grammar school. | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 212.74.96.200 |
RTD pulled a big trick out of his hat, getting WHO on prime-time TV for a family audience. I'm sure anything Mr M does afterwards will build on that and not fold it into a handkerchief to hide in his pocket. Place your bets for the return of Sally Sparrow . . .? | ||
| Griff (Griff) Username: Griff Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.100 |
I've just drunk my first bottle of Vin Santo! It's a better dessert wine than the Hungarian stuff I had recently. However, at over £15 a bottle it wasn't that special and certainly not as good as the dessert wines I enjoyed in Pierre Victoire in Cardiff many moons ago. Anyone know anything about dessert wines? Also in DrWho related matters, does anyone know why Billy Piper popped up recently? | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.163.48.60 |
Dessert wine? Shudder... Piper has been popping up a bit in this latest series, not sure why (yet)... | ||
| John_l_probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 90.208.214.35 |
Griff I love dessert wines! Don't know a lot about them, though. In the fridge at the moment is something called Chateau La Rame which is gorgeous and seems to have little in the way of hangover effect. That, too, though is about £17-00 a bottle but it's very nice. I also like a nice Orange Muscat. | ||
| Griff (Griff) Username: Griff Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.100 |
"Griff I love dessert wines!" Hoozah! Now I need some more career advice and reassurance, JLP. I've been told it's better in private practice than working in a hospital for pharmacists. Is this true? What's the work and workload like? It's been suggested that because of my legal background I could get work as a patents attorney or other gubbins in one of the big pharm companies but I'm fairly sure I don't want that. No more law! | ||
| John_l_probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 90.208.214.35 |
Hi Griff I'm afraid the last time I spent any worthwhile time with a pharmacist was about 20 years ago. Certainly then she said chemists / private practice was a much better bet than NHS work. If you've got a law degree you could certainly use that to get yourself up the ladder in the big companies if that's what you want. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 129.11.76.215 |
I've spent a lot of time in pharmacies. How come they all have 10 staff and it still takes 20 minutes to get a prescription? | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 83.98.9.4 |
She's a major player in the final 3 part story - the linking thread for this series. We'll find out soon enough. | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 83.98.9.4 |
That was about Billie Piper BTW | ||
| John (John) Username: John Registered: 05-2008 Posted From: 82.24.4.67 |
Thank christ. He did well to get it back on track again, but this series has been godawful so far. | ||
| Albie (Albie) Username: Albie Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.195.236.131 |
Not only that, it's so awful that the awfulness has bled out into my life too. Into everything! I pay my TV license for that? | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.145.131.242 |
My lazer; The new Who is great. Apart from the last two which were just ok. (and they all rolled over and agreed, writhing in agony) | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.145.131.242 |
Well. Tonights - oh, I'm utterly speechless. Tonights was the best episode there's ever been. | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 212.74.96.200 |
Will Moffat be able to carry the same quality through a whole series as head writer? | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.145.131.242 |
Also - will he alienate viewers with his weirdness? That could happen - this last ep was really stretching things, i thought. Good for us, but not everyone if the whole show is like that. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.249.146 |
It was great, wasn't it? Tennant has once and for all won me over as the Dr - he's superb in the role - and the whole structure of the piece was excellent. The weirdness factor was indeed impressive. :-) | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 212.74.96.200 |
He got to do some acting for probably the first time this series. Playing off Catherine Bovvered Tate's made him look like a pantomime performer. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.24.122.40 |
Mark, I guess you're not on dial-up today. | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 212.74.96.200 |
I am actually. Just don't care about the bill at the moment. It's the fever. | ||
| Adriana (Adriana) Username: Adriana Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.230.239.233 |
Well, I shouldn't really be commenting because I haven't been watching DR. WHO - but I for one am STILL excited, because after that awesome ep BLINK - I have just now watched "THE GIRL IN THE FIREPLACE" by recommendation, (also by S. Moffatt) and thoroughly enjoyed it. Cheers to S. Moffatt. Hurray! | ||
| Albie (Albie) Username: Albie Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.195.236.131 |
So you've missed the one with the man with a big toe for a tongue? | ||
| Adriana (Adriana) Username: Adriana Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.230.239.233 |
I hope so. In the meantime, I'm starting with the first season of new who and am going to watch it straight through now. I've decided that New Who will be my new husband. | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.164.143.204 |
Oh, Adriana, Who is one of my favourite things, and certainly the best hero in any genre or form. If his stories sometimes suck or ar cheesy he shines through. These times need someone like him. Words can't say enough. Sad that the best episode ever has just been on (watched it again last night) and that you've got to watch so much in order to get there, but what a fabulous sort of wait it is! | ||
| Albie (Albie) Username: Albie Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.195.236.131 |
If you missed the one with the toe tongue then you won't have seen the one where the Doctor rolls a body over and it unfurls like a toolbelt made of skin, with all the bones carefully slipped into pockets like spanners and a socket set. | ||
| Adriana (Adriana) Username: Adriana Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.230.239.233 |
Tony, the timing is perfect. I can retreat into the show just as the man in my life disappears. Dr. Who can be my new love interest. ;) I'm not really sure why I've resisted this long. I guess part of it is I've just gotten out of the habit of watching TV when it airs. Prefer to do the box-set thing. Though that backfired the other night when I couldn't sleep and put on a ghost episode of Who. And yes you're right. The times do need him. I just worry I'm going to fall in love with him, and then feel a whole other longing I can't ever satisfy... | ||
| Adriana (Adriana) Username: Adriana Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.230.239.233 |
ALBIE, you should write a spec WHO ep, and send it to the BBC. ;) | ||
| Griff (Griff) Username: Griff Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
Your new husband! Have you lost Donald down the back of the sofa?! | ||
| Adriana (Adriana) Username: Adriana Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.230.239.233 |
No. I've lost him in other places. Actually, he's looking for a room to rent, so he'll likely be gone very soon. | ||
| Adriana (Adriana) Username: Adriana Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.230.239.233 |
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| Griff (Griff) Username: Griff Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
Sorry to hear that, A. Donald seemed like a good chap. | ||
| Adriana (Adriana) Username: Adriana Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.230.239.233 |
Thanks, Griff. Yeah. He is. I've known him 16 years. It's hard to imagine a life that's not shared with the bugger. | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.44.96.248 |
A - Doctor Who was simply stunning again tonight. Really, if a fictional guy could ever save the world it's this one. But you can't have him you know. He's my boyfriend. | ||
| Adriana (Adriana) Username: Adriana Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.230.239.233 |
I had a feeling, Tony. ;) | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 79.70.59.70 |
Really, really disliked Dr Who last night. I almost begged for it to end. It dragged on and on, repeating....over and over again....until I thought I was stuck in some sort of loop system - yuck. | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.147.50.180 |
Sigh, how we need Doctor figures. When we watched last weeks exhilarating episode again I actually felt quite black after it, the world heavy as lead, for the world can never be so glorious. BTW anyone else feel how dishwater dull this year's movies are compared with this run of Who? And Who is free. Cinema must be really anxious. | ||
| Adriana (Adriana) Username: Adriana Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.230.239.233 |
I just watched THE EMPTY CHILD. Lovely ep. Moffatt doesn't disappoint. I'm almost at the end of Season 1 now. I feel like I'm going to miss Christopher, but it's weird because I know from seeing future eps that I wont. I feel like I've been watching this show via a time machine, myself. ;) | ||
| Adriana (Adriana) Username: Adriana Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.230.239.233 |
p.s. I wanted to dance with the Dr. at the end, no fair. ;) | ||
| Griff (Griff) Username: Griff Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
I'd be careful, A. You know what Billie Piper's nickname for him on set was don't you? | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.44.100.43 |
Bigfoot? | ||
| Adriana (Adriana) Username: Adriana Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.230.239.233 |
WHAT???????????????? | ||
| Griff (Griff) Username: Griff Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
T E N I N C H TENNANT  | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.44.100.43 |
Sigh. Glad we never heard such stories in the old days. Everything now seems so mucky. | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.149.134.59 |
On the contrary, Tony, that kind of suggestive nickname has 1950s showbiz written all over it. Which is probably the only reason for the nickname in the first place... | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.149.134.59 |
A, I'm very sorry to hear your news. Take care. | ||
| Albie (Albie) Username: Albie Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.195.236.131 |
I can't imagine Patrick Troughton carrying a similar soubriquet. Brrr. | ||
| Albie (Albie) Username: Albie Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.195.236.131 |
Did you get us in the seperation, Adie? | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 83.98.9.4 |
>>>I can't imagine Patrick Troughton carrying a similar soubriquet. Nether can I, he was famously not very well gifted in that department. apparently when he went for a pee he was lucky if he didn't pull out a hair and piss his pants by mistake. | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.44.100.43 |
Things you never wanted to know... | ||
| Albie (Albie) Username: Albie Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.195.244.67 |
>>lucky if he didn't pull out a hair and piss his pants by mistake. Hoho. I'm sure I invented the root of that joke. But nobody believes me. I heard William Hartnell had massive balls. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 129.11.76.230 |
A, very sorry to hear that. | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.44.100.43 |
And Tom Baker has a willy sticking out of his bum. And Jon Pertwee used to bathe in a vat of children every night. | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 79.70.107.6 |
I bet Alex Kingston is the next Dr Who - if you can sort that out in a story arc. Anyone want to try to plot it out and get to that point online? | ||
| Adriana (Adriana) Username: Adriana Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.230.237.60 |
Dear me, Griff. That is a bit frightening. Certainly not my preference. Eek. | ||
| Adriana (Adriana) Username: Adriana Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.230.237.60 |
How did she know??? | ||
| Adriana (Adriana) Username: Adriana Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.230.237.60 |
Thank you Gary and Joel. It's weird right now. Until he's really gone, I'm just kinda on hold. Threw my back out, which I hear is more vulnerable when you're under lots of stress. So mostly just laying down and watching WHO right now. Yes, Albie, it does seem that way. Though I reckon someday he'll pop by the RCMB again. I know he adores the people on this board - but like many things, he seems to have drifted away from it a bit. | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 212.74.96.200 |
>>I heard William Hartnell had massive balls. Tom Baker had massive eyeballs. I've seen a picture of Davros. You'll like it that he's got a metalhand, Albs. I hope D comes back to where he's most loved, A. | ||
| Griff (Griff) Username: Griff Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
To whom it may concern. I have an anecdote about Tom Baker as well. Heard it from a friend in the music business.* *busker. | ||
| Adriana (Adriana) Username: Adriana Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.230.239.233 |
Just watched the last ep in season one of New Who. Bye, Chris. Man this show really grows on you. | ||
| Adriana (Adriana) Username: Adriana Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.230.239.233 |
So how did fans originally respond to Eccleston as WHO? | ||
| Griff (Griff) Username: Griff Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
I prefer him to Tennant. | ||
| Griff (Griff) Username: Griff Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
*cough/TomBaker* | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.44.100.43 |
I like Chris very much. In some ways I feel closer to Tennant as a person, personally, but with Chris I felt more warmly toward him - he had a softness I liked, a sort of boyishness. I really wish he'd had another run. Folk here think he 'gurned' too much, but I liked that. You know you once said you liked Xander in Buffy the more time went on? It's like that. A - I am so jealous of you watching this for the first time - you're in for some real treats. | ||
| Adriana (Adriana) Username: Adriana Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.230.239.233 |
I think so too, Tony. I'm so happy to have a new love. ;) But I'd only just met the new Doctor, and now 3 days later he's gone. I think I should have a few hours of mourning before starting series 2. So how is Torchwood? | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.44.100.43 |
Hmm. Torchwood, apart from a few amazingly moving episodes, is largely sucky. After Doctor Who it's like having a dick waved in your face. | ||
| Adriana (Adriana) Username: Adriana Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.230.239.233 |
Meaning brainless and very mundane I guess? Though I guess it depends whose dick??? ;) | ||
| Adriana (Adriana) Username: Adriana Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.230.239.233 |
I shouldn't have written that. | ||
| Adriana (Adriana) Username: Adriana Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.230.239.233 |
ignore the girl behind the curtain | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.44.100.43 |
HA! It always sizzles yet shocks me to hear girls be rude. A- you know we have a nice posh woman here on tellt Called Kirstie Allsopp. She's lovely. I have no idea why I should mention her. | ||
| Adriana (Adriana) Username: Adriana Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.230.239.233 |
You think I'm rude, Tony???? | ||
| Griff (Griff) Username: Griff Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
Eeh the language! | ||
| Adriana (Adriana) Username: Adriana Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.230.239.233 |
!!! | ||
| Griff (Griff) Username: Griff Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
;) | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 83.98.9.4 |
How many respectable message boards will carry a debate on the respective sizes of Dr Who's genitalia??? This is one of the reasons this is a great board. | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.149.134.59 |
Well, you'd expect a Time Lord to have a massive clock, wouldn't you? | ||
| Griff (Griff) Username: Griff Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
*Badoom-tish!* | ||
| Griff (Griff) Username: Griff Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
I have a vaguely amusing anecdote about Tom Baker. | ||
| Griff (Griff) Username: Griff Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
It's true and it's slightly blue. | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.149.134.59 |
Er, do tell us about it, Griff. | ||
| Albie (Albie) Username: Albie Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.195.236.131 |
Chortle - to all the above. | ||
| Albie (Albie) Username: Albie Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.195.236.131 |
And I think I should contribute. Ahem! Tit eggs. I thank you. | ||
| Griff (Griff) Username: Griff Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
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| Albie (Albie) Username: Albie Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.195.236.131 |
The Bill Oddie school of comedy. | ||
| Adriana (Adriana) Username: Adriana Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.230.239.233 |
I still want to know how Billie knew. | ||
| Griff (Griff) Username: Griff Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
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| Griff (Griff) Username: Griff Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
That was the exact same expression she had when she did find out. | ||
| Adriana (Adriana) Username: Adriana Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.230.239.233 |
Is that a fact? ;) | ||
| Adriana (Adriana) Username: Adriana Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.230.239.233 |
In the special features, they seemed pretty cozy. I love that The Dr. Always seems to be grabbing/holding Rose's hand in the first season. (Not sure if that continues.) Right when they first meet he grabs her hand and saves her. So romantic!!! | ||
| Griff (Griff) Username: Griff Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
*nods head vigorously* | ||
| Adriana (Adriana) Username: Adriana Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.230.239.233 |
erm | ||
| Adriana (Adriana) Username: Adriana Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.230.239.233 |
Hey, I just learned that Russell T Davies wrote on QUEER AS FOLK!!! I LOVED that show!!! | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.149.134.59 |
Why so much fuss over David Tennant's collection of vintage shellac 78s? | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.149.134.59 |
A, did you see the original QUEER AS FOLK or the US version? The former is brilliant – groundbreaking TV, hard-edged but sensitive and wickedly funny. | ||
| Albie (Albie) Username: Albie Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.195.236.131 |
Phew. At least you didn't do the crusty cheese filled rim gag. | ||
| Adriana (Adriana) Username: Adriana Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.230.239.233 |
Hey Joel - The ORIGINAL. (I had no interest in the remake.) Agreed on your description, not to mention sexy as hell.  | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.44.100.43 |
When I watched QAF I had a flash forward to RTD writing Who one day. Really. It was amazing and great to watch it come true. | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 212.74.96.200 |
Ecclestone as WHO was interesting to watch, with flashes of brilliance in between the gurning, but he was a bit of a wild card choice. Tennant's much more in tune with the previous Doctors. As for the size of Time Lords' genitalia, well it has to be large because of course the Time Ladies are bigger on the inside than the outside . . . | ||
| Adriana (Adriana) Username: Adriana Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.230.239.233 |
ha ha | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 212.74.96.200 |
See, no matter how bright and witty you are, when a woman says that to you there's just no comeback other than to smile apologetically . .. | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.225.190.197 |
>>Well, you'd expect a Time Lord to have a massive clock, wouldn't you? A bit tick, you mean? Or tock? |