New Doctor Who 1:6 from Big Chief Studios!

[Gruff Old Bear]

Re: New Doctor Who 1:6 and 1:4 announcement!

Hey BigChief, can you tell us how tall the Doctor figure will be?

 

[Doctor Who]

Re: New Doctor Who 1:6 and 1:4 announcement!

pixle is right. Good. You don't like the new era. Good for you, just let us "Not-Who" enjoy it and get the hell out of this thread.

 

[TheObsoleteMan]

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Cone on guys, it's a tv show. Reverse the polarity of your neutron flow, and chill out.

 

[Calcifer]

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I'm cool with bcm's opinion on the show ..there his own personal views after all. Not a fan of being called a non-fan but we all step over the line at some point and i'm sure he knows this.

 

[wookster]

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With hindsight I think I was trying too hard to like Nu-Who after Tennant left and got caught up in the hype of the new era.

Smith has brought nothing original to the role and is only marginally more convincing at being "manic" than Tennant.

Like 10 he does the exact same schtick every single bloody week....there's no variety in his performances which makes him very predictable and that, combined with the awfulness of Pondscum, River bloody Song and the storytelling style is why I stopped watching.

I hate to say this, but do you not think you might be attaching a little more 'gravitas' to the earlier 'Doc' portrayals than perhaps they deserve. I loved Pertwee and Baker, but I can still see what they did for what it was... i.e play a character (pretty well) in a low budget kids/family tea time show. It's not Shakespear, its not Tolstoy, hell, it's not even Poliakoff, but it does its job.
Basically it entertains while trying to get kids to think about deeper issues... why we are here, what it means to be human, what we can learn from history, where will it ultimately take us?
But at the end of the day its a family show... meant to entertain families... and it does that very well (just look at the figures... meaning ratings rather than dolls), it answers the brief, and as far as I am personally concerned the Moffat stuff has proved far superior to the RTD stuff. My kids love it, and as a byproduct so do I. Just my opinion.

 

[bcm77]

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pixle is right. Good. You don't like the new era. Good for you, just let us "Not-Who" enjoy it and get the hell out of this thread.

Oh look, the traditional pissy attitude from Nu-Who fanboys whenever someone has a go at it....why am I not suprised?

You're not a mod so shut the _____k up trying to tell me where to post.

 

[Doctor Who]

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I love how you call me fanboy when I like every era.

 

[TheObsoleteMan]

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I'm cool with bcm's opinion on the show ..there his own personal views after all. Not a fan of being called a non-fan but we all step over the line at some point and i'm sure he knows this.

Yeah. bcm is like the 6th Doctor. He's abrasive, outspoken and occasionally obnoxius, but he's a good guy at heart.

And hey, at least he never killed anyone with a cyanide soaked rag... at least not that I'm aware of.

 

[bcm77]

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I hate to say this, but do you not think you might be attaching a little more 'gravitas' to the earlier 'Doc' portrayals than perhaps they deserve. I loved Pertwee and Baker, but I can still see what they did for what it was... i.e play a character (pretty well) in a low budget kids/family tea time show. It's not Shakespear, its not Tolstoy, hell, it's not even Poliakoff, but it does its job.
Basically it entertains while trying to get kids to think about deeper issues... why we are here, what it means to be human, what we can learn from history, where will it ultimately take us?
But at the end of the day its a family show... meant to entertain families... and it does that very well (just look at the figures... meaning ratings rather than dolls), it answers the brief, and as far as I am personally concerned the Moffat stuff has proved far superior to the RTD stuff. My kids love it, and as a byproduct so do I. Just my opinion.

I don't really analyse things at any depth. I just go with my gut feelings on something and for me the modern show just doesn't have any characters that I can relate to or come close to liking.

I have never denied it's overall popularity, my niece still loves it, I can no longer be in a building if it's on. That's just the way it is.

 

[bcm77]

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Yeah. bcm is like the 6th Doctor. He's abrasive, outspoken and occasionally obnoxius, but he's a good guy at heart.

And hey, at least he never killed anyone with a cyanide soaked rag... at least not that I'm aware of.

I knew there was a reason I liked Colin's Doctor!

As for the latter I've been banned from any conventions that any of the main Nu-Who actors appear at

 

[Calcifer]

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Are you joking? ..i wouldn't be surprised!

On another note ,what did you think of Christopher Eccleston as 9?

 

[MR Regan]

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I can no longer be in a building if it's on. That's just the way it is.

I think you need to see a Dr for this!

 

[bcm77]

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Are you joking? ..i wouldn't be surprised!

On another note ,what did you think of Christopher Eccleston as 9?

Of course I'm joking!....or am I?

For the 35 seconds he wasn't shoved into the background in favor of the only Dr Who actress capable of beating Katy Manning in a "Who's got the hugest mouth" competition I thought Eccleston was FANTASTIC!

Too bad he wasn't given the chance to really shine.

 

[TheObsoleteMan]

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Of course I'm joking!....or am I?

For the 35 seconds he wasn't shoved into the background in favor of the only Dr Who actress capable of beating Katy Manning in a "Who's got the hugest mouth" competition I thought Eccleston was FANTASTIC!

Too bad he wasn't given the chance to really shine.

 

[Doctor Who]

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I'm agreeing with bcm on 9. Except for the background stuff. He was fantastic. Too bad Christopher didn't want to do more seasons. I loved him lots.

 

[bcm77]

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Straight after that he was literally pushed off camera so that Rose could have more screen time

 

[Calcifer]

Re: New Doctor Who 1:6 and 1:4 announcement!

Of course I'm joking!....or am I?

For the 35 seconds he wasn't shoved into the background in favor of the only Dr Who actress capable of beating Katy Manning in a "Who's got the hugest mouth" competition I thought Eccleston was FANTASTIC!

Too bad he wasn't given the chance to really shine.

I'm agreeing with bcm on 9. Except for the background stuff. He was fantastic. Too bad Christopher didn't want to do more seasons. I loved him lots.

I agree, i think he was great, he was a bit of a ____ at times but that's what i loved about him.

 

[wookster]

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Of course I'm joking!....or am I?

For the 35 seconds he wasn't shoved into the background in favor of the only Dr Who actress capable of beating Katy Manning in a "Who's got the hugest mouth" competition I thought Eccleston was FANTASTIC!

Too bad he wasn't given the chance to really shine.

He was given the chance, he just wanted to move on. For me he was the weakest of the 'Nu-Who' Docs, I couldn't buy into his portrayal. Just my take on things, as I liked Eccleston as an actor ('Our Friends In The North' was briliant) and his acting in Jude (The Obscure) was genuinly moving. But I found him too frenetic and not eccentric enough. Hence why I prefer Matt's more measured tone, whilst obviously being 'completely hat stand'!

 

[bcm77]

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He felt that staying on would have meant turning a blind eye to a lot of backstage BS that he didn't agree with so I respect him for sticking to his principles.

During one row with director Keith Boak he's alleged to have said "At least I don't have to watch this crap!" before storming off the set....Tom circa season 18 would have been so proud.

Another incident with the same director saw Eccleston nearly come to blows with him as one of the extras was very nearly injured by some pyrotechnics because of a lack of adequate safety precautions.

Then there's the rumors about John Barrowman's habit of exposing himself at random intervals

 

[Calcifer]

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He was given the chance, he just wanted to move on. For me he was the weakest of the 'Nu-Who' Docs, I couldn't buy into his portrayal. Just my take on things, as I liked Eccleston as an actor ('Our Friends In The North' was briliant) and his acting in Jude (The Obscure) was genuinly moving. But I found him too frenetic and not eccentric enough. Hence why I prefer Matt's more measured tone, whilst obviously being 'completely hat stand'!

The only thing about 9 that i did not like was how he looked, i liked his portrayal of the doctor but he did not look like the doctor, more though was put into David and Matts apperance then Chris's doctor i belive ..maybe he suffered from being the first modern doctor so they felt they had to make him look more normal looking and unlike the eccentric outfits the previous doctors had.