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RE: Dr Who is coming back - 11/16/2009 6:46:40 PM
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tacitus
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The new Doctor Who has always had a darker edge to it, though perhaps not quite as dark as in this episode. However as a younger kid I loved the scarier moments of the show (yes, from my vantage point behind the sofa) and I don't think there was anything in the show that was too horrifying (not compared to what else is on TV these days anyway). It's just good old-fashioned scary. (I was still more scared by the Blink episode!)
As for death in the show -- I watched a few Jon Pertwee episodes a while back and the body counts were quite staggering. I'd forgotten how many people used to die in the earlier series!
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RE: Dr Who is coming back - 11/16/2009 9:12:40 PM
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I don't want to derail the topic, although I guess there is not too much to discuss until the next episode or this one airs in the States.
tacitus, I guess it's a matter of opinion of how well Hugh Laurie has done. A financial success, certainly. However(this is where my opinion enters), House is just another crime show except set in a hospital where the crimes are replaced by diseases. It's ordinary run of the mill American prime time, with Hugh Laurie's performance being the only thing causing it to stand-out among the rest of the crime show garbage that has plagued television for the past decade. But that's my opinion, I know there is a lot of House fans on here.
Back in Doctor Who world, David Tennant is hosting next week's Never Mind The Buzzcocks with an all Who themed show. I'm very interested in seeing David Tennant completely unleashed and allowed to say anything he wants. Even though the humor on the show can be crass, which is what interests me about his appearance.
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RE: Dr Who is coming back - 11/17/2009 12:35:11 PM
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Back in Doctor Who world, David Tennant is hosting next week's Never Mind The Buzzcocks with an all Who themed show. I'm very interested in seeing David Tennant completely unleashed and allowed to say anything he wants. Even though the humor on the show can be crass, which is what interests me about his appearance.
I really enjoyed seeing him on the Graham Norton Show recently.
Re Buzzcocks, I am not sure at all whether I can stomach watching Noel Fielding in order to get to see David. I really can't stand NF, and though I'd love to see David, I'm just not sure I can tolerate NF in order to do so.
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RE: Dr Who is coming back - 11/17/2009 1:32:59 PM
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tacitus, I guess it's a matter of opinion of how well Hugh Laurie has done. A financial success, certainly. However(this is where my opinion enters), House is just another crime show except set in a hospital where the crimes are replaced by diseases. It's ordinary run of the mill American prime time, with Hugh Laurie's performance being the only thing causing it to stand-out among the rest of the crime show garbage that has plagued television for the past decade. But that's my opinion, I know there is a lot of House fans on here.
Laurie has won two SAG awards and two Golden Globes for his work on House and has received widespread critical acclaim for his role, so yes, by any measure, Hugh Laurie's move to the USA has been a great success.
And you have to remember that while David Tennant may be a fine Shakespearean actor (his Hamlet is being released on video at some point too) Doctor Who isn't exactly the pinnacle of high quality TV drama. Don't get me wrong, I have been a huge Doctor Who fan for most of the 40+ years I have been watching it, but it is what it is, a popular science fiction show with all the same imperfections that most TV series have.
So I will reserve judgement on Tennant's move to the USA. If it's a good show, then Tennant will make it a better one, but given all the uncertainties involved in developing a new show for TV there is no guarantee that it will be a success. However, I am looking forward to seeing what happens.
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Back in Doctor Who world, David Tennant is hosting next week's Never Mind The Buzzcocks with an all Who themed show. I'm very interested in seeing David Tennant completely unleashed and allowed to say anything he wants. Even though the humor on the show can be crass, which is what interests me about his appearance.
My parents met David Tennant once when he was with the Royal Shakespeare Company a few years ago, and were so taken with him in that short meeting that they have been great fans of his ever since. From that, and having seen him on several talk shows and some of the behind the scenes clips, I get the impression that he is an extremely nice fellow with a great sense of humor.
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RE: Dr Who is coming back - 11/17/2009 1:34:35 PM
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I really enjoyed seeing him on the Graham Norton Show recently.
Funny you should say that -- I was on the phone to my parents back in the UK and they said they watched it too, and enjoyed it, and Graham Norton is hardly their usual cup of tea.
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RE: Dr Who is coming back - 11/17/2009 2:52:38 PM
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I really enjoyed seeing him on the Graham Norton Show recently.
Funny you should say that -- I was on the phone to my parents back in the UK and they said they watched it too, and enjoyed it, and Graham Norton is hardly their usual cup of tea.
ACTUALLY, we find that Graham Norton is generally quite well behaved on his chat show, and does well as a chat show host, far better than a number of others. He at least makes it all about the guest, rather than all about himself (as, say, Jonathan Ross does).
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RE: Dr Who is coming back - 11/17/2009 8:05:11 PM
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I didn't even know Noel was on the show now. I don't like him either. I haven't seen Buzzcocks since Simon Amstell left. His relentless sarcasm towards the more talentless guests is what kept me watching.
Regardless of the talentless and annoying Noel, I have to see David.
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RE: Dr Who is coming back - 11/17/2009 8:25:52 PM
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I've seen David Tennent, John Barrowman and Billie Piper host the friday night project *courtesy of you-tube* and although crass.. it was hilarious!
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RE: Dr Who is coming back - 11/17/2009 11:57:35 PM
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I think it might have been more recent than a few years ago!! More like 12-18 months ago max! He was Berowne in Loves Labours Lost with the RSC, and then Hamlet in Hamlet.  Did they meet him in Stratford?
Well they saw both those performances and loved them (they live in Stratford and go to most RSC productions) but they met him during a backstage tour a number of years ago during one of his two earlier stints with the company. It was probably in 2000 when he was in a number of plays, but it could have been in 1996 when he first came to Stratford.
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RE: Dr Who is coming back - 11/19/2009 2:18:21 AM
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Ha, I actually did tell. I use an English proxy to stream them from BBC's website. Bit of a loophole there that I take advantage of.
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RE: Dr Who is coming back - 11/19/2009 2:38:28 AM
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It is very good news that it is coming back
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RE: Dr Who is coming back - 11/24/2009 1:36:22 PM
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OK, this is pretty awesome...BBC-America is airing Doctor Who: The End of Time, Part One on the same day as it airs in the UK...Dec 26th!
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RE: Dr Who is coming back - 12/14/2009 11:35:56 AM
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I love it! "Christmas is brilliant!"
He will surely be missed as the doctor. But I think I read or heard he will be playing a character on a program airing over here soon.
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RE: Dr Who is coming back - 12/21/2009 7:51:33 AM
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Well, this American has finally caught up! I had my DVR set to record on the SyFy channel, but Doctor Who has been gone so long, I forgot to switch over to the BBCA.
Anyways, just saw Waters of Mars last night, and I agree that the Doctor's god-complex at the end was the scariest part of all.
I'm gonna say that I like Sarah Jane Adventures, even if they are a bit silly. I've only seen the first Series, but I'm planning on getting Series 2 on DVD for Christmas.
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RE: Dr Who is coming back - 12/22/2009 3:22:04 AM
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I watched something at the w/end (ok, I recorded and and watched the bits I wanted to watch!) and they had a clip of the Dr Who that's going to be shown on Friday....
Oh my goodness... I'm going to have a cushion to hide behind I think...
Granted it may have just been that clip out of context but still...
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