Skip to comments.
Peter Capaldi revealed as new Doctor Who
BBC News ^
| 4th August 2013
| BBC News
Posted on 08/04/2013 11:54:37 AM PDT by the scotsman
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-34 last
To: the scotsman
Stopped watching the show after Baker (everybody has their favorite). Red Dwarf was always more to my taste and it took a total plunge into the embarrassing when they tried to revive it with the same actors who had grown old, fat, and unfunny. The Doctor’s periodic regeneration was a genuine stroke of genius.
21
posted on
08/04/2013 1:56:54 PM PDT
by
katana
(Just my opinions)
To: katana
I was never a fan until the rebirth, now I am a fan.
I love Red Dwarf. You know they reformed last year for a new series?.
To: the scotsman
He was a in a gem of a film called Local Hero years ago. Looks just like a cousin of mine.
To: the scotsman
No, I was not aware of that. I'll try to see if the new version is on the BBC America radar. Otherwise it might take ten years to make it across the pond.
As you can probably tell since there's an entire Red Dwarf ping list lots of American Freepers love the original series too, even if they've never actually experienced Prawn Vindaloo mouth incineration. There are lots of old BBC shows that never made it over here but should have. Rab C. Nesbitt, Some Mothers Do Have 'em, Bottom, just to name a few.
24
posted on
08/04/2013 2:31:58 PM PDT
by
katana
(Just my opinions)
To: katana
Some of those might be non-BBC productions. I know BBC Scotland produced Rab.
25
posted on
08/04/2013 2:35:04 PM PDT
by
katana
(Just my opinions)
To: 50sDad
McCoy was a great choice for the Doctor, but he was unlucky to take over when the show was in a tailspin. Senior members of the BBC wanted it off the air and stripped it of staff and budget. He had a good Dalek episode though.
26
posted on
08/04/2013 2:38:52 PM PDT
by
Vanders9
To: the scotsman
The new Dr. Who played in World War Z — what was his role? A doctor from the W.H.O.! How foretelling! LOL Congrats Peter Capaldi!
27
posted on
08/04/2013 2:54:54 PM PDT
by
kimmie7
(Can you hear the cries of “MORE CAKE” echoing off the hills?)
To: kimmie7
I have Tennant’s sonic screwdriver. :-)
28
posted on
08/04/2013 3:43:36 PM PDT
by
bicyclerepair
(Inbred, pedophile-worshipping, misogynists (mozlums) offend me.)
To: 50sDad
Colin Baker gets a bad rap... It wasn’t so much him, as it was the internals at the BBC and the desire to kill it off.
Try some of the Big Finish audio plays for the 6th Doctor for a better view of what could have been. He had potential. Same for McCoy, really...
29
posted on
08/04/2013 3:45:31 PM PDT
by
Koschei
To: Koschei
Colin Baker gets a bad rap... It wasnt so much him, as it was the internals at the BBC and the desire to kill it off.
I didn't mind Colin Baker, that's actually when I got into Dr. Who, so I guess it's more nostalgic. I liked his more brutal character. I found it fascinating. Also, we get the Valeyard character from the trial episode, which most fans suspect to be John Huston's "Doctor" incarnation.
Although, watching Tom Baker on tapes when I worked for Public Television station during late night certainly made me realize why people liked him.
30
posted on
08/04/2013 8:26:56 PM PDT
by
Thorliveshere
(Tais deau sá taghdedaul!)
To: 50sDad
The look on McCoys face says it all.
Only Tenth Doctor equivalent I can think of right now would be the adipose beings . . . although they werent malevolent.
31
posted on
08/04/2013 10:45:04 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Thorliveshere
John Huston? John Hurt, you meant?
32
posted on
08/04/2013 10:49:51 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: the scotsman
33
posted on
08/05/2013 6:39:45 AM PDT
by
knittnmom
(Save the earth! It's the only planet with chocolate!)
To: Olog-hai
DOH!!
Yeah, brain wasn’t in gear then....
34
posted on
08/05/2013 6:40:43 AM PDT
by
Thorliveshere
(Tais deau sá taghdedaul!)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-34 last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson