As someone who has never watched Doctor Who before (except the Joe McGann one) & doesn't really like much sci-fi I REALLY enjoyed this, I wanted to watch to the end & will watch again.
BTW we were lucky Graham Norton didn't swear in those accident fade ups, the cheering actually threw me at first
In regards to TV critics they winge at absolutely anything & everything, nothing pleases them, especially Ally Ross of News Of the World & Ian Hydland of the Sunday Mirror.
My message to all that keep winging of all of the sh*te on TV if you can do any better
DO IT YOURSELF!
Best thing on Saturday TV for ages & NOT ANOTHER REALITY SHOW. Although I am enjoying The Games, although that is another thread altogether
winge winge ''this was ****"... I knew this would happen..
If any hardcore fan come out the woodwork, moaning about how much they hate and unfaithful it was...you have no idea whats it like to be disapointed over a re-vamp
This is the best bit of of saturday night entertainment since Crime Traveller
Well put it this way I haven't watched Saturday Night tv since 1996/7. I enjoyed it & WAS glad it wasn't like the old style Doctor Who. Times have moved on it needs to change slightly.
BTW I forgot to space the words haven't & watched & it censored it because of the word t**t
This was the biggest TV event for me for as long as I can remember. I haven't looked forward to a specific transmission of a programme for several years.
I have a theory about the Strictly Dance Fever audio leaking through. Notice that there was a BBC Newsflash about the death of Jim Callaghan after the programme. I think that Pres were gearing up to do a quick switch AFTER Doctor Who by patching through a direct link from a Preview source which they were planning to route through to the BBC Newsroom. However at that time the routing wouldn't have been done, but the mixing desk would have been ready.
I think a quick-fade up was done to test it, thinking that the leakage wouldn't be noticeable, or that the leakage would only come through on Preview, and went out on live TX aswell/instead.
There was one area in which I thought this new series tinkers with one of the original premises though - that the TARDIS can't just move from place to place to place in the same vacinity in the same time. It seems now the TARDIS can be used as a "London Hopper" (Eccleston's words) and just move in and out of buildings without moving time. With this ability, most of the Doctor's earlier adventures would never have happened, because, in Patrick Troughton's words, "The TARDIS isn't suited to short-range travel. We'd miss by a few thousand miles ... or a few thousand years".
So this basic premise takes a lot of the suspense out of things, and the idea that Christopher Eccleston's Doctor can go exactly to any point in time at will, instead of being at the mercy of the element of risk associated with the previous TARDIS. That, I'm afraid, spoils it a little for me.
Apart from that though, very nicely done, and as true to the original as can be got away with in a modern context.
I think they should move it to the 8.15 slot - after the National Lottery. (An old Bugs/Crime Traveller slot) I tell you what needs scrapping now, Casualty!
There was one area in which I thought this new series tinkers with one of the original premises though - that the TARDIS can't just move from place to place to place in the same vacinity in the same time. It seems now the TARDIS can be used as a "London Hopper" (Eccleston's words) and just move in and out of buildings without moving time. With this ability, most of the Doctor's earlier adventures would never have happened, because, in Patrick Troughton's words, "The TARDIS isn't suited to short-range travel. We'd miss by a few thousand miles ... or a few thousand years".
Well, yes initially, the TARDIS had major navigational problems, which were largely fixed by Tom Baker's Doctor (hence his pinpoint accuracy - on the second attempt) to land round the Police Box in Logopolis (and necessitating the need for the Randomiser after the earlier Key to Time season).
And yes, I do appreciate that this was partly backtracked on in some later stories.
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So this basic premise takes a lot of the suspense out of things, and the idea that Christopher Eccleston's Doctor can go exactly to any point in time at will, instead of being at the mercy of the element of risk associated with the previous TARDIS. That, I'm afraid, spoils it a little for me.
No problem here - over the course of the show there have been numerous outside influences which affect where the TARDIS. Equally, knowing where and when you're going to arrive doesn't stop you getting into a risky situation.
From what I hear (not gospel so don't quote me) the DG and Controller were arguing up to the last minute where to put the Callaghan breaking news, before or after Dr. Who. The controller obviously got her way (lucky she wasn't bitten or strangled into submission). Pres kept their options open and did not delete the news event into Dr. Who just in case they changed their mind. This last minute change apparently caused the automation to fail. The audio over the programme was caused by a stuck lag, an automation issue.
From what I hear (not gospel so don't quote me) the DG and Controller were arguing up to the last minute where to put the Callaghan breaking news, before or after Dr. Who. The controller obviously got her way (lucky she wasn't bitten or strangled into submission). Pres kept their options open and did not delete the news event into Dr. Who just in case they changed their mind. This last minute change apparently caused the automation to fail. The audio over the programme was caused by a stuck lag, an automation issue.
That all sounds very plausible, knowing some of the 'foibles' that Colossus (the automation system) has.
It doesn't take kindly to last minute (or even last 10 minute) changes made to the schedule. I feel sorry for the network director and those in the Nations.
As for the stuck Lag Fader; I'm amazed it was able to lag the sound in the first place.
