bearing in mid the absorbalof was designed by a blue peter viewer the writers then had to write a story round it.
has anybody noticed in ths new series the tardis is more reliable at getting the doctor exacly where he needs to be. unlike the classic series where, for example, the 5th dr couldn't get tegan back to her own time frame of 1980s england so she ended up in 1960s england in a darlek story who's name escapes me (it had rodney bewes in it)
bearing in mid the absorbalof was designed by a blue peter viewer the writers then had to write a story round it.
has anybody noticed in ths new series the tardis is more reliable at getting the doctor exacly where he needs to be. unlike the classic series where, for example, the 5th dr couldn't get tegan back to her own time frame of 1980s englamnd so she ended up in 1960s england in a darlek story who's name escapes me (it had rodney bewes in it)
Wasn't the werewolf episode (which I loved) created from an unreliable jump....were they not aiming for an Ian Drury and the Blockheads concert?
And the cybermen episodes were kind of the Tardis falling into the wrong universe.
But yes, they seem to be able to get back to London, Earth quite easily!
bearing in mid the absorbalof was designed by a blue peter viewer the writers then had to write a story round it.
has anybody noticed in ths new series the tardis is more reliable at getting the doctor exacly where he needs to be. unlike the classic series where, for example, the 5th dr couldn't get tegan back to her own time frame of 1980s englamnd so she ended up in 1960s england in a darlek story who's name escapes me (it had rodney bewes in it)
That was Resurection of the Daleks, which was set in 1980's London, and was the last time Tegan appeared regularly. There were several other occasions, though, of the Doctor trying to get her back to her own time, which failed.
It was great to see Bella Emberg in last nights Episode.
Anyone who doesnt remember Bella used to be the "Fat Lady" in the sketches in Russ Abbots shows. She has also been in Dr Who 3 or 4 times before in the 60's/70's
I find it hard to compare the two, their 'style' of the doctor is fairly different in parts. Prehaps it's worth also comparing them to the previous doctors from the original series.
My favourite Doctor was Sylvester McCoys - I know that some of the stories during his era were down right awful, but there were some gems such as The Curse of Fenric, Silver Nemesis, Ghost Light, Remembrance of the Daleks and of course his last FULL story - Survival.
His Doctor was a complete enigma - how did he know the outcome or people before the events happened. It was a complete fresh new air of mystery that surrounded him - which has not yet been exploited by this new series.
All we know about this new series is that he COULD be the last Timelord (but if the Daleks survived, then why not the Timelords????) and that during the Time-War he supposedly destoyed the universe's eveil by also destroying his own kind - so where is the guilt, the sorrow and where is his fear of death? These are not what make the Doctor a mystery, these are the elements that show he is not human, bur alien as he does not show these feelings. There is no mystery, whatsoever, with regards to his personality.
Eccleston was rubbish. He played the Doctor as a simpleton.
I liked Eccelstone when Doctor Who came back last year.
However, compared to Tennant, I can't stand his grinning. I'm not too keen on Russell T Davies' over-sentimentality in either series, but Tennant does it better.
