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RossW

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As for Torchwood, I think it would be so much better if they modelled the organisation on something like CSI - a core team of memorable characters who do all the important story stuff, backed up with a larger team of incidental regulars. It'd bump the believability up by several magnitudes while providing an additional source of 'redshirts'.

It seems so odd that Canary Wharf had about a regiment of soldiers in it, but this one has 5 unprofessional fools who bugger up all the time

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cassidy

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If that were true, Roger Moore would be my fave Bond.

Tom's just on a different level to everyone else, although I grant you I never watched any McCoy.

You must correct this Linkster.

In order of viewing

Fenric

Remembrance

GhostLight

Survival (DVD release next yr)

Greatest Show

Happiness Patrol

Battlefield

I'd skip Time and the Rani, Dragonfire, Delta and the bannermen(although I have a soft spot for it) and Paradise Towers.

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So. Angry.

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Are you sure about Remembrance, Cass? My sister got me it for my birthday because I had fond memories of it and to be honest it's a right clunker. Such a massive gap between my recollection and what it's actually like.

Ace and her Ghetto blaster, Geoffrey from the Fresh Prince running a cafe, wobbly wobbly daleks...

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cassidy

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Are you sure about Remembrance, Cass? My sister got me it for my birthday because I had fond memories of it and to be honest it's a right clunker. Such a massive gap between my recollection and what it's actually like.

Ace and her Ghetto blaster, Geoffrey from the Fresh Prince running a cafe, wobbly wobbly daleks...

All good points IMO and reason why its dear to me.

Quatermass references, unlimited Rice pudding. Racism 101. Davros and flying daleks.

And of course Michael Sheard :(

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For me, Ecclestone, Tennant, and Baker are all pretty much equals to me, mainly because of the stories they fronted. The likes of TEC and TGITF are better than anything Tom was ever in, but they're also quite different to what you'd find in classic Who, in which Tom is undoubtedly king.

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Garwoofoo

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I was the biggest Tennant fan ever, until he actually got to play the Doctor. On the back of Casanova, and indeed after the Children In Need special, and even after the jimjams special at Christmas, I thought he was going to be *amazing*.

And he wasn't. Not really. Good, but not great. Though I blame that largely on the writing.

I'll forgive him a lot for the final scene in The Girl In The Fireplace, which was extraordinarily touching for mainstream early evening telly. Truly great. "I'm always OK".

Still, though, nothing he's done has matched "I'm coming to get you, Rose". I didn't like Ecclestone much either, but I missed him powerfully once he'd gone.

McCoy was a twat.

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Are you sure about Remembrance, Cass? My sister got me it for my birthday because I had fond memories of it and to be honest it's a right clunker. Such a massive gap between my recollection and what it's actually like.

Ace and her Ghetto blaster, Geoffrey from the Fresh Prince running a cafe, wobbly wobbly daleks...

Remembrance...

250px-Imperialdalek.jpg

...is fricking ace.

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c-cat114

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McCoy to me is possibly my favourite Doctor, followed by Tom B followed by Tennant. Ecclestone was ok but just not... dunno...

Anyhow McCoy would have been the best if he'd had the run of a decent amount of stories and not been in a naff timeline for it imo, although that's only going from memory and I'm tempted to see the DVDs to see how the shows stand up. I just remember Ace being cringeworthy at the best of times and that awful monster Bertie Basset cobblers... But McCoy summed up everything I like about Dr Who as a character. I'd like to see a future one going back to the Colin Baker/original Doctor/Peter Cushing austere, almost unlikeable type phase but I can't ever see it happening.

Anyhow: Torchwood would be cooler if it was set in the Canary Wharf style setting, no question, and if it actually was the CSI type show it desperatley pretends it is for five minutes or so every episode. Maybe it can start getting some sort of focus towards the narrative that will do the show justice. I assume that the cliffhanger at the end of the season will be enough to scrape it into a second series and then they might be able to do something interesting with it. Hopefully it'll involve the Torchwood centre that they lost and give them an extended cast of adults who a: act like adults rather than walking catwalk adverts for Next brand Viagra and aphrodisiacs and b: can argue the case for getting slightly better scripts for them to act on.

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McCoy to me is possibly my favourite Doctor, followed by Tom B followed by Tennant. Ecclestone was ok but just not... dunno...

Anyhow McCoy would have been the best if he'd had the run of a decent amount of stories and not been in a naff timeline for it imo, although that's only going from memory and I'm tempted to see the DVDs to see how the shows stand up. I just remember Ace being cringeworthy at the best of times and that awful monster Bertie Basset cobblers... But McCoy summed up everything I like about Dr Who as a character. I'd like to see a future one going back to the Colin Baker/original Doctor/Peter Cushing austere, almost unlikeable type phase but I can't ever see it happening.

Anyhow: Torchwood would be cooler if it was set in the Canary Wharf style setting, no question, and if it actually was the CSI type show it desperatley pretends it is for five minutes or so every episode. Maybe it can start getting some sort of focus towards the narrative that will do the show justice. I assume that the cliffhanger at the end of the season will be enough to scrape it into a second series and then they might be able to do something interesting with it. Hopefully it'll involve the Torchwood centre that they lost and give them an extended cast of adults who a: act like adults rather than walking catwalk adverts for Next brand Viagra and aphrodisiacs and b: can argue the case for getting slightly better scripts for them to act on.

dont give russ davies the idea for any more spinoffs

and what was wrong with the theme to k9 and company, quite catchy to be honest

I stood next to the heavy weapons dalek and got a pic taken with it in blackpool!

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Heads up: Starting with the Christmas issue (out on the 12th Dec), the Radio Times are giving away two Doctor Who audio stories on CD (2 discs each).

Well, WH Smiths had an issue in yesterday (9th) with a free Dr Who audio story with it - and it looked like the Christmas issue. Seems like it's been released early.

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c-cat114

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dont give russ davies the idea for any more spinoffs

and what was wrong with the theme to k9 and company, quite catchy to be honest

RTD wouldn't accept any of my ideas with a bargepole I dare say... Not enough sexual intrigue (read: clumsy shennanigans with little point beyond childish tittilation and censor baiting naffness) and too little emphasis on silly panning shots and hare brained plotholes.

Now: K9 and company should equal Lone Gunmen style Sarah Jane and robotic dog battling faceless powers from the back of a moving hatchback car. Whoever is pulling the strings is trying to get the hands on the tin dog, suspended SJ's credit cards and made her a woman that on paper doesn't exist (much like a Torchwood scripted character ba doom tish) and then, towards the end of series one, she turns to, crossover spoiler, Cap'n Jack the todger for protection until it turns out the faceless power they're all running from is actually a competing Torchwood office, but this time a well run, disciplined and organised outfit. Cliffhanger is everyone pointing guns at each other then the resolve is that the Cardiff Torchwood mob get gunned down and everyone cheers. Woo hoo.

I can write the crowd pleasers y'know.

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davidcotton

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What kind of audio story? Big Finish?

Fraid not, its one of those readings of one of the new novel thingys.

As an aside to Big Finish though, don't forget that BBC7 are starting a brand new run (ie hasn't been released on cd yet!)of Paul Mcganns 8th Doctor adventures starting 31 december. New companion played by Sheridan Smith. First ones called Blood of the Daleks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_of_the_Daleks

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