avatar! | 1,802 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Any fans of the original series? I'm a huge Tom Baker fan. Thought David Tennant was great too. Haven't watched the new stuff. Thought about it, but good heavens! apparently it's flaming garbage... 17% audience approval... Well, I'll go watch Genesis of the Darleks from Baker's 1st season, it's one of the best episodes, in my opinion... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox | 1,663 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 (edited) David Tennant was great Edited April 1, 2020 by fox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,312 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 I did order some Jelly Babies from England - they are actually pretty darn good. Much better than those awful gummi bears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fox | 1,663 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Gummies are my jam. Where do I order these Jelly Babies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn | 31 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Big Doctor Who fan. Tom Baker is the best, I agree. He was the Doctor I watched as a kid on PBS I like the modern revival as well but the last couple years it's really changed a lot and hit or miss from one episode to the next. I really enjoy Peter Capaldi's portrayal of the doctor. I put him right up there with the likes of Tom Baker and Jon Pertwee. My favorites in order based only the TV show (not any of the comics or big finish audios) would be something like this below. Tom is always at the top but some of the newer Doctors could go up or down on the list. Colin Baker will always be at the bottom as well cause he absolutely sucked and shouldn' t have ever had the role IMO. Only reason I put McGann and Hurt low on the list as they are pretty much Cameo Doctor's as far as on screen goes. I wish McGann would have been given at least a full season. I know it didn't work out with the failure of the TV movie in '96 but I think it could work even today as he's aged well. The mini-episode for the 50th Anniversary where he regenerated into the War Doctor showed that well. I have Jodie at #10 currently as I've enjoyed her portrayal of the Doctor but not so much the stories she has been in. I'd say I enjoyed around half of the episodes from the last 2 seasons enough to ever watch them again. 1 Tom Baker 2 Peter Capaldi 3 Jon Pertwee 4 Patrick Troughton 5 David Tenant 6 Christopher Eccleston 7 Matt Smith 8 Peter Davidson 9 William Hartnell 10 Jodie Whittaker 11 Sylvester McCoy 12 Paul McGann 13 John Hurt 14 Colin Baker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Man | 14 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Damn just saw this topic. Recently became a huge Doctor Who fan as well since they're airing it on TV. Watched all of the episodes with Capaldi, Tennant, Eccleston, Smith and Whittaker and from most to least favorite, here's my list: 1. Peter Capaldi 2. David Tennant 3. Matt Smith 4. Christopher Eccleston 5. Jodie Whittaker Have yet to watch more episodes and other doctors to judge about them. I hope they're bringing out more seasons of Doctor Who! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,312 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, fox said: Gummies are my jam. Where do I order these Jelly Babies? I ordered them Amazon - they did come from England though. They are pretty addictive! Edited March 29, 2020 by Tabonga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatar! | 1,802 Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 6 hours ago, Ice Man said: Damn just saw this topic. Recently became a huge Doctor Who fan as well since they're airing it on TV. Watched all of the episodes with Capaldi, Tennant, Eccleston, Smith and Whittaker and from most to least favorite, here's my list: 1. Peter Capaldi 2. David Tennant 3. Matt Smith 4. Christopher Eccleston 5. Jodie Whittaker Have yet to watch more episodes and other doctors to judge about them. I hope they're bringing out more seasons of Doctor Who! I encourage you to watch Tom Baker. Many regard him as the best. Those that don't regard him as the best, still say he's one of the best. His companion, Sarah Jane Smith is often regarded as the best companion the Doctor ever had... although I like some of his other companions better I wish the BBC would just release ALL the episodes of all the doctors, but they don't. I have no idea how they think (or lack thereof) but for Tom Baker they have released Seasons 1 and 7... so his first and last. What about 2-6? Well, apparently they're going to release Season 3 next. I honestly think this is a testament to the fact that the BBC has no clue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel_Doyce | 470 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 The sheer amount of seasons is daunting. I mean, Star Trek only had 79 episodes in its first run and every Star Trek spinoff combined is still fewer than all the Doctor Who episodes. Has anyone here actually watched a majority of them? I've watched a few episodes over the years on PBS and I can recognize its tropes when other media reference it but never really got into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,312 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 For what it is worth the horror soap opera "Dark Shadows" had a total of 1225 episodes in its run from 1966 to 1971. It was able to rack up that impressive number since it (like all soap operas) was broadcast 5 days a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bighab | 58 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 I love Dr Who. Tom Baker being my favorite Doctor. Jon Pertwee was a close 2nd. I actually got to meet Jon Pertwee and get his autograph at a local Dr Who convention back in 85. I've never got around to watching any of the reboot Dr Who series yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn | 31 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 4 hours ago, Daniel_Doyce said: The sheer amount of seasons is daunting. Has anyone here actually watched a majority of them? I've watched them all. Some of my favorites many times over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel_Doyce | 470 Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 3 hours ago, Shawn said: I've watched them all. Some of my favorites many times over. Wow, that's impressive. Just on TV or do you have a DVD box set? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn | 31 Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 7 hours ago, Daniel_Doyce said: Wow, that's impressive. Just on TV or do you have a DVD box set? I've been watching the show for almost 40 years so it's really not that big of a deal. I've watched many on TV, some on DVD and some via online streaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatar! | 1,802 Posted April 3, 2020 Author Share Posted April 3, 2020 I also liked the original Doctor, William Hartnell. Although I recently learned... well heard, that he was racist and anti-Semitic. Anyone know about this? There's no mention of this on wikipedia, but of course that doesn't mean much. There's not that much out there, I can find a little bit mostly apparently from an interview http://www.80stv.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1382878011 I suppose some may wonder "if it matters" what his/her personal beliefs were. To me it does. I'm not saying I'm going to never buy a Hartnell Dr. Who episode, but I want to know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn | 31 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 4 minutes ago, avatar! said: I also liked the original Doctor, William Hartnell. Although I recently learned... well heard, that he was racist and anti-Semitic. Anyone know about this? There's no mention of this on wikipedia, but of course that doesn't mean much. There's not that much out there, I can find a little bit mostly apparently from an interview http://www.80stv.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1382878011 I suppose some may wonder "if it matters" what his/her personal beliefs were. To me it does. I'm not saying I'm going to never buy a Hartnell Dr. Who episode, but I want to know! All I see is a pile of hear say mostly from one person about multiple dead people who can't speak up to defend themselves. Some revisionist history going on there too. Shameful, really. Calling a dead man a racist and a bigot is a serious claim with nothing imperial to back it up. Continuing to spread such a message by quoting some random words on an internet forum as your post does surely isn't helping either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captmorgandrinker | 1,648 Administrator · Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Yes, let's please stick to fact based items on people rather than relying on memory, hearsay, and sensationalism. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatar! | 1,802 Posted April 3, 2020 Author Share Posted April 3, 2020 As I noted, I said I heard about this... and was asking if anyone has more information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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