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The Official Doctor Who

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Jaffa Cake said:
I don't have any news on the 'third' series, but I have some about the 'first'... The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances picked up the prestigious Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form at the 2006 Hugo Awards a couple of days back.

Fantastic! :D
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Wow, that's great - nice to see the show getting some of the credit it deserves. It's not just "some sci-fi show", it's a very well-produced show, so it's nice to see it being recognized as such. :cool:
 
That's really too bad. I've said it before and I'll say it again - one of the reasons I enjoyed the Fourth Doctor's adventures the most was because it seems to me (IIRC) that the bulk of them were not on Earth. It made for more interesting stories, and seemed more "true sci-fi" in that aspect. It's weird, because I really enjoyed the Pertwee years too, and those were primarily on Earth as well, but the stories seemed cooler. ;) Perhaps also it was because the serials back then were longer, and therefore more epic, which made for better episodes IMO. Inferno is still one of my all-time favorite Who stories. :cool:

Ah well, we can't really complain, as it's just good to have Doctor Who back on the air in the first place. But it is really too bad in some respects that we're stuck with modern day London, nevertheless Earth. :( As proof of this, my favorite episode(s) from last season were, not surprisingly, The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit. ;) :cool:
 
At the same time, though, it's easy to see where RTD is coming from. It's better to be able to do an Earth-bound setting really well, rather than an alien planet badly.

It's a backlash against the old cliche of every planet looking either like a quarry or a forest. The only time Classic Doctor Who really succeeded in an alien-like environment was in "Planet of Fire", using Lanzarotte's volcanic areas as the alien environment. Problem was, of course, they also used Lanzarotte to show, well, Lanzarotte, so the effect was somewhat lessened.

That said, there have been some really impressive studio-bound alien worlds shown in the past - Planet of Evil and The Creature from the Pit come to mind - but today's audience would probably buy that even less than a gravel pit in Surrey.

I also really enjoyed the Impossible Planet/Satan Pit double - that's motion picture Doctor Who on the small screen, folks!
 
Dazzler said:
It's a backlash against the old cliche of every planet looking either like a quarry or a forest. The only time Classic Doctor Who really succeeded in an alien-like environment was in "Planet of Fire", using Lanzarotte's volcanic areas as the alien environment. Problem was, of course, they also used Lanzarotte to show, well, Lanzarotte, so the effect was somewhat lessened.
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But it did have Peri in a bikini.
 
That's craptacular news, IMO.

I, for one, am tired of seeing Cardiff (sp?) and raiding the BBC Elizabethan wardrobe department week in and week out for leftovers from the last shooting of "Little Women." :(

Dr. Who is about adventures in "Time and Space."

Perhaps the non-Earth shows had the lowest ratings not because they weren't on Earth, but because they just weren't good shows?
 
Abulia said:
That's craptacular news, IMO.

I, for one, am tired of seeing Cardiff (sp?) and raiding the BBC Elizabethan wardrobe department week in and week out for leftovers from the last shooting of "Little Women." :(

Dr. Who is about adventures in "Time and Space."

Perhaps the non-Earth shows had the lowest ratings not because they weren't on Earth, but because they just weren't good shows?
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Yeah, I must admit, I'm a bit skeptical on the whole Torchwood thing, but I'll reserve judgment until I see it. I, too, am tired of the same old locations, but meh, what can you do. I don't know why the ratings were supposedly so low for the non-Earth episodes - The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit were 2 of my absolute favorites from last season. But, to each their own... :cool:
 
Abulia said:
Isn't the all-time highest rated Dr. Who epsiode "The Ark in Space?"

:D
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In terms of viewing figures..no, that's City of Death.

I watched Ark in Space for the first time to other week and found it laughably bad!
 
Sky Blue said:
In terms of viewing figures..no, that's City of Death.

I watched Ark in Space for the first time to other week and found it laughably bad!
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"Ark" was the first episode I ever saw as a kid. Loved it and turned me into a devotee of Who. Actually, aside from the rubber aliens, it ages well, IMO.

I love "Ark" (and "City of Death").
 
Sky Blue said:
I guess it was the green bubble wrap, that did it for me...

City of Death is excellent though.
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Watching it over again I thought the green bubble wrap was ingenious. :D
 
Jaffa Cake said:
In other news, the Guinness Book of Records has officially recognised Doctor Who as being the longest running Sci-Fi show – after 43 years and 723 episodes.

They've been given a little certificate and everything. :D
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That article makes no sense. First it says:

Doctor Who has been named TV's longest-running sci-fi show, after 43 years and 723 episodes, according to the Guinness Book of Records.
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and then...

US series Stargate SG-1, now in its 10th series, holds the world record for "longest-running science fiction show (consecutive)".

It launched in 1997 and has run for 203 episodes without a break. Hit US series The X Files previously held the record, notching up 202 episodes.
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telecomm said:
Consecutive vs. not.
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Still doesn't make sense, since Doctor Who had 21 consecutive years (and way more than 203 episodes) before the first hiatus.

--Eric
 
Eric5h5 said:
Still doesn't make sense, since Doctor Who had 21 consecutive years (and way more than 203 episodes) before the first hiatus.

--Eric
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I think the idea is that it ran for 21 consecutive years, was cancelled, and then picked up again. Thus, it's discontinuous.
 
telecomm said:
I think the idea is that it ran for 21 consecutive years, was cancelled, and then picked up again. Thus, it's discontinuous.
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or maybe that they haven't missed a week without an episode - continuous?

No - 203 episodes is only ~ 4 years worth not almost 10

no idea then
 
Sorry to be a bit off-topic, but I believe there were a few Battlestar Galactica fans in this thread as well, so I just wanted to point out that I have now started an official thread on the subject, what with Season 3 premiering in a couple days and all. :cool:

Back on topic, did I hear right that Torchwood is set to premiere on October 21?
 
Okay I just got into this series..Yeah I know I am generations behind but tell me one thing please.

Does the doctor always change face..how often or they just play it off like the new actor was always the doc?



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