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Title: Dr Who
Post by Spot of Borg on May 16^th, 2012 at 7:04pm

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Post by KatusMaximus on May 16^th, 2012 at 9:38pm

Tom Baker, baby! :)

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Post by nairbe on May 30^th, 2012 at 6:27pm

David was just fantastic, he seemed to breath the part, but for me the doctor that brought me to the following was Jon Pertwee.

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Post by PoliticalPuppet on May 30^th, 2012 at 6:30pm

David was the best out of them three.. Matt Smith just ruined it, cant even be bothered watching it with him in it

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Post by Spot of Borg on May 30^th, 2012 at 6:35pm

Yeah DAvid was good. Out of the old doctors I didnt like colin baker much. Favorite was Jon Pertwee and of course Tom Baker.

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Post by Dnarever on May 31^st, 2012 at 12:20am

I once seen a picture of Tom Baker on first base.

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Post by Dnarever on May 31^st, 2012 at 12:27am

For me Jon Pertwee was the Doctor.

Tom Baker became the Doctor. (maybe best)

Christopher Eccleston & David Tennant were both excellent.

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Post by Kat on May 31^st, 2012 at 12:37am

William Hartnell was the Doctor when I first started watching it.

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Post by Dnarever on May 31^st, 2012 at 12:46am

Kat wrote on May 31^st, 2012 at 12:37am:

William Hartnell was the Doctor when I first started watching it.

Me too but I never really got any continuity at that time just an occasional episode.

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Post by Spot of Borg on May 31^st, 2012 at 6:43am

Kat wrote on May 31^st, 2012 at 12:37am:

William Hartnell was the Doctor when I first started watching it.

Your age is showing.

Actually my family didnt have a TV until I was 12. I dont remember who the doctor was when I started watching but I expect it was pertwee. Why else would he be my favorite?

Have you seen the movies? Or the original dr who episode? With the granddaughter and the basement? He wasnt even from gallifrey!

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Post by Spot of Borg on Jun 1^st, 2012 at 12:07pm

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Post by Kat on Jun 1^st, 2012 at 2:35pm

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Jun 1^st, 2012 at 12:07pm:

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Ah, yes, the Wire.

Liked that one.

Was on here in the East the other night.....

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Post by Kat on Jun 1^st, 2012 at 2:36pm

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on May 31^st, 2012 at 6:43am:

Kat wrote on May 31^st, 2012 at 12:37am:

William Hartnell was the Doctor when I first started watching it.

Got the movies, the Xmas Specials, and most eps from 1981 on.

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Post by Uncle Meat on Jun 1^st, 2012 at 2:45pm

Tom Baker, of course.

Why is he not listed on the poll? :(

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Post by Spot of Borg on Jun 1^st, 2012 at 2:50pm

Yeah I had the lot - all thats available including those first ones on video. Darnit no video player anymore though.,

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Post by nairbe on Jun 2^nd, 2012 at 7:07pm

Dnarever wrote on May 31^st, 2012 at 12:46am:

Kat wrote on May 31^st, 2012 at 12:37am:

William Hartnell was the Doctor when I first started watching it.

Me too but I never really got any continuity at that time just an occasional episode.

The first doctor i saw was Patrick Troughton, it was a video at a friends place. He was an excellent doctor and set the scene for Jon Pertwee. Tom was Good and i watched him with joy but Smith is plain ordinary.

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Post by Spot of Borg on Jun 3^rd, 2012 at 8:12am

One of my favourite episodes was one about jumping spiders in a cave or tunnel. They were so cool. Jumping up @ you just like spiders dont. Hahahaha. Another one was where there were some monsters made out of glad wrap on a hanger they someone off stage would shake now and then to make it rustle. the monsters are better nowadays but I reckon they kept the plots just as good. Storyline is what makes dr who.

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Post by nairbe on Jun 4^th, 2012 at 6:40pm

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Jun 3^rd, 2012 at 8:12am:

I always thought the cheap and nasty monsters made the show. I had a certain honesty about it.

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Post by Jasignature on Jun 6^th, 2012 at 11:43am

Tom Baker was popular because he seemed more of a Doctor than an Englishman. Davidson was ok, but again English with a cup of tea and cricket.

Personally I would like to see a re-incarnation of the Doctor as a tall raven-haired beauty similar to Cher, Xena, etc. That would bugger the Master over for sure!! ;D

Wonder if Tom Baker is still just wandering through all the Taverns rooting himself silly with all the female fans?

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Post by Spot of Borg on Jun 6^th, 2012 at 12:03pm

There was a takeoff of dr who done by a uni in england that had joanna lumley as a doctor as well as rowan atkinson. It was called "The curse of the Fatal Death" and was a proper episode length.

As for tom baker there was an aussie guy lived int eh blue mountains that looked like him. He looked so much like him that he started getting around with a scarf like toms. when he died there was some kind of tribute in the paper about him and his likeness to tom baker.

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Post by Spot of Borg on Jun 6^th, 2012 at 4:06pm

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Post by Spot of Borg on Jun 9^th, 2012 at 7:30am

huh dunnowhat that blank post is

Anyway Cybermen vs Daleks!

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Post by Spot of Borg on Jun 9^th, 2012 at 1:59pm

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Post by Spot of Borg on Jun 17^th, 2012 at 1:36pm

Look @ this Dr Who website i just found!

http://doctorwhowithcats.tumblr.com/

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Post by Spot of Borg on Jun 23^rd, 2012 at 7:24pm

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Post by Spot of Borg on Jul 1^st, 2012 at 5:34pm

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Post by Spot of Borg on Jul 20^th, 2012 at 2:50pm

Matt Smith being interviewed on ABC24 right now.

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Post by Dnarever on Jul 20^th, 2012 at 6:53pm

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Jul 1^st, 2012 at 5:34pm:

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Blink was about my favorite episode and the Dr was almost not in it.

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Post by Spot of Borg on Jul 21^st, 2012 at 5:22am

Dnarever wrote on Jul 20^th, 2012 at 6:53pm:

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Jul 1^st, 2012 at 5:34pm:

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Blink was about my favorite episode and the Dr was almost not in it.

Apparently the weeping angels are coming back in the next season.

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Post by Spot of Borg on Aug 24^th, 2012 at 7:25pm

Weeping Angels voted most scary monsters ever:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/articles/Weeping-Angels-Voted-the-Scariest-Ever-Monster

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Post by Grey on Sep 9^th, 2012 at 5:17pm

So what to think of the new series? So far so good?

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Post by Sappho on Sep 9^th, 2012 at 5:25pm

Grey wrote on Sep 9^th, 2012 at 5:17pm:

So what to think of the new series? So far so good?

Undecided. Then again, I've only watched 1/2 of the first episode on iview.

Off the cuff... it is bang on trend for Dr Who V.02

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Post by Spot of Borg on Sep 9^th, 2012 at 6:19pm

It was a good episode but i heard the doctor was getting a new companion. That didnt happen. Rumours?

EGG sterminate!

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Post by Spot of Borg on Oct 1^st, 2012 at 5:51pm

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Post by Albino Caterpillar on Oct 26^th, 2012 at 7:40pm

I hate Matt Smith with a passion and like there's no tomorrow. I really loathe the new angle on Doctor Who, in which it's now a show for hyperactive six year olds with the attention span of a gnat. >:( No good writing or acting, just 'comedy' schtick and hack showrunning.

I'm a big Peter Davison fan, for the record! I grew up watching him, you see. :D Adric's crap, though. :-[

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Post by Spot of Borg on Oct 27^th, 2012 at 6:15am

[quote author=775A545F5859697557425344465F5A5A5744360 link=1337159078/34#34 date=1351244437]I hate Matt Smith with a passion and like there's no tomorrow. I really loathe the new angle on Doctor Who, in which it's now a show for hyperactive six year olds with the attention span of a gnat. >:( No good writing or acting, just 'comedy' schtick and hack showrunning.

I'm a big Peter Davison fan, for the record! I grew up watching him, you see. :D Adric's crap, though. :-[/quote]

The new dr who seems to be the same kind of writing as the old dr who IMO. Its just that they have better graphics and monsters now. Its always been quite comedic too. Still I liked tom baker the best myself.

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Post by Frances on Oct 27^th, 2012 at 6:27am

Kat wrote on May 31^st, 2012 at 12:37am:

William Hartnell was the Doctor when I first started watching it.

I've got the DVDs of most of the Hartnell episodes and he's pretty good in the role. With a lesser performance in the lead role, the show probably wouldn't have got past the first series. What does let the Hartnell episodes down today (aside from being black and white, which puts some people off for some strange reason) is the production values, as it was done on a very limited budget - probably the most obvious example being The Edge of Destruction.