Dr. Who? Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison all did well IMHO. I've only seen a handful of William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton.... Kinda hard to find a complete collection of doctors 1 & 2. I've also seen a bit of #6 Sylvester McCoy.... not much mind you. Then nothing really until the series was re-introduced. The new season in which we are in the middle of a break in (and being offered up for sale already, or almost already) seems to be more action based than the early stuff. Yeah things are snazzier with the new budgets they have, but they did as good as possible with the dinky budgets they had for the original series.
Well, one of the reasons it is hard to find Troughton and Hartnell serials is that many of them were lost. The BBC used to have a policy of reusing or trashing old tapes, so huge numbers of their shows from the 50's and 60's are lost forever. The only reason we have record of the regeneration from Hartnell to Troughton is because a clip was used for a children's variety show (Blue Peter), and the producer for Blue Peter saved all of their old tapes herself. Some of the old serials have been found, either in the homes of production staff, or in the vaults of overseas stations that had bought versions of some Doctor Who episodes. Even up through John Pertwee there is one missing serial.
There are many things I love about the original serials, no doubt about it. But on occasion the writing was a bit sub par. Particularly after Producer John Nathan Turner decided they had to use mostly new, inexperienced writers.
Dr. Who... I have all of the Tom Baker episodes. I'll have to scan and post my autographed pic from him. My fav being Key to Time, which was a whole season. Mary Tamm was a babe! And the Dr's equal being a Time Lord herself. DOn't forget K9! The best Dr. in the franchise! My daughters dabbled in knitting and I always requested a Baker length scarf, but they never got that far! The cheezy effects and the over-the-top acting of the Brits, make it endearing! Kind of like the original Star Trek. My oldest daughter likes the new Doctor as well. I have not watched any, but - Karen Gillan looks a lot like the second Romana (who also became Baker's wife, for a short while...), Lolla Ward. Baker trivia: Tom Baker's voice is the fourth most recognized voice in GB behind the Queen, Thatcher, and Blair.
It's nice to know I am not alone!
Jim
I really did not watch the Dr. because Mary Tamm was a babe.
Honestly.
Ok, maybe she did make an already awesome show even better!
I always prefered Mary Tamm to Lala Ward (who, by the way, has for the last 20+ years, been married to evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins). That being said, Lala Ward did get better writing, and some better stories. And better costumes! The Girl Doctor costume in Destiny of the Dalek's is one of the great costumes of any of the Doctor's original companions (well, except for Peri's bikini, of course, but given that Peri was frequently out acted by her cleavage...)
Tom Baker is, of course, the best Doctor. That is a matter of faith for any REAL Doctor who fan. But the current guy, Matt Smith, is my second favorite. He has been great, and he is blessed to have Steven Moffat as his lead writer/executive producer. Moffat is great. Among other things, he wrote both Blink and the Library episodes for David Tennant's Doctor, so he is responsible for both the Vashta Nerada
and the Weeping Angels, which have won fan polls as the best Doctor Who monsters ever.
Gabriel
Topic: Silly childhood guilty pleasure? (Read 14136 times)