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#481 Sniperscope

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Posted 15 January 2009 - 08:59 AM

Absolutely. New Doctor. New TARDIS. New titles. New logo. You wait...

Couldn’t agree more. I want all those things. Sure, I’ve liked Tennant, but with a new Doctor, I want a complete overhaul. It’s the change we need.

Absolutely! The old series used to do that. I remember how amazed I was when the starfield credits of Tom Baker's last season exploded on screen with the funky synthesized score of the 80s!
It used to be great when the console would change too...
I'd like to see the credits use more blue than the red it has now and create a score that's a little less "charging" than the current glam guitared-up version of Season 4.

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Posted 15 January 2009 - 04:21 PM

I really hoping for a face title sequence for Smith, personally. It's the only thing the new series is missing.

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Posted 15 January 2009 - 04:28 PM

Billie Piper talks Matt Smith and a bit about a trans-gendered James Bond:

http://www.tvguide.c...ho-1001658.aspx

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Posted 20 January 2009 - 01:00 PM

Absolutely. New Doctor. New TARDIS. New titles. New logo. You wait...

Couldn’t agree more. I want all those things. Sure, I’ve liked Tennant, but with a new Doctor, I want a complete overhaul. It’s the change we need.

Absolutely! The old series used to do that. I remember how amazed I was when the starfield credits of Tom Baker's last season exploded on screen with the funky synthesized score of the 80s!


Really? Don't you think the titles of the John Nathan Turner produced eps were, well, a bit common and vulgar compared with the sublime 60s/70s titles? Don't get me wrong, I think, on the whole, JNT gets a lot of unfair criticism; the constraints he was working under, financial and political, were huge and he produced some good stuff during his era. But I was never a fan of the credits, I have to say.

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Posted 21 January 2009 - 06:04 AM

Absolutely. New Doctor. New TARDIS. New titles. New logo. You wait...

Couldn’t agree more. I want all those things. Sure, I’ve liked Tennant, but with a new Doctor, I want a complete overhaul. It’s the change we need.

Absolutely! The old series used to do that. I remember how amazed I was when the starfield credits of Tom Baker's last season exploded on screen with the funky synthesized score of the 80s!


Really? Don't you think the titles of the John Nathan Turner produced eps were, well, a bit common and vulgar compared with the sublime 60s/70s titles? Don't get me wrong, I think, on the whole, JNT gets a lot of unfair criticism; the constraints he was working under, financial and political, were huge and he produced some good stuff during his era. But I was never a fan of the credits, I have to say.

As an adult I of course agree with you DB5, but when i was a kid it seemed amazingly modern and fresh. For me today it's a nostalgic look and sound despite it's obvious shortcomings. :( As I got older I definitely prefered the Pertwee / Baker 'tunnel' version with the classic theme.

Edited by Sniperscope, 21 January 2009 - 06:05 AM.


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Posted 22 January 2009 - 11:26 AM

Michele Ryan (you know; from Bionic Woman and Jekyll and Eastenders and all that) is in Cardiff at the moment and has been shooting scenes with David Tennant for the next special.

It seems that the filming in Dubai stories are true too. A double decker bus seems to play an important role.

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Posted 22 January 2009 - 11:39 AM

Absolutely. New Doctor. New TARDIS. New titles. New logo. You wait...

Couldn’t agree more. I want all those things. Sure, I’ve liked Tennant, but with a new Doctor, I want a complete overhaul. It’s the change we need.

Absolutely! The old series used to do that. I remember how amazed I was when the starfield credits of Tom Baker's last season exploded on screen with the funky synthesized score of the 80s!


Really? Don't you think the titles of the John Nathan Turner produced eps were, well, a bit common and vulgar compared with the sublime 60s/70s titles? Don't get me wrong, I think, on the whole, JNT gets a lot of unfair criticism; the constraints he was working under, financial and political, were huge and he produced some good stuff during his era. But I was never a fan of the credits, I have to say.

As an adult I of course agree with you DB5, but when i was a kid it seemed amazingly modern and fresh. For me today it's a nostalgic look and sound despite it's obvious shortcomings. :( As I got older I definitely prefered the Pertwee / Baker 'tunnel' version with the classic theme.


Ah, I see now. Maybe I was already too long in the tooth and a bit cynical at the time to have a sense of wonder about them...!

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Posted 22 January 2009 - 01:47 PM

Lee Evans is in the new story too.

http://www.chortle.c...r_in_doctor_who

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Posted 23 January 2009 - 08:53 AM

Lee Evans is in the new story too.

http://www.chortle.c...r_in_doctor_who

Yeah I heard that too but I was less than impressed. He's just too OTT for me. Says he's going to be a professor... Of what I can scarcely wonder but I get bizarre visions of Jerry Lewis! He'll be gurning and going manic, goggle-eyed, probably a lisp, maybe a limp, an assistant called "Igor"... the imagination conjures! LOL! One thing I do know is that he'll make Tennant look positively introspective!
Michelle Ryan however should be excellent!
I really hope RTD can put together a quality story... could be a bit MIDNIGHTish - I hear there's a double decker bus involved...

Edited by Sniperscope, 24 January 2009 - 12:24 PM.


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Posted 19 February 2009 - 11:06 AM

Did anyone else go to the Doctor Who convention (Gallifrey: http://gallifreyone.com) in LA this past weekend? Or has anyone considered going? I've been going since 2003 and it's always such a great time. Next year Peter Davison will be one of the special guests, I highly recomend checking it out if you're a fan.

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Posted 19 February 2009 - 12:59 PM

Lee Evans is in the new story too.

http://www.chortle.c...r_in_doctor_who

Yeah I heard that too but I was less than impressed. He's just too OTT for me. Says he's going to be a professor... Of what I can scarcely wonder but I get bizarre visions of Jerry Lewis! He'll be gurning and going manic, goggle-eyed, probably a lisp, maybe a limp, an assistant called "Igor"... the imagination conjures! LOL! One thing I do know is that he'll make Tennant look positively introspective!
Michelle Ryan however should be excellent!
I really hope RTD can put together a quality story... could be a bit MIDNIGHTish - I hear there's a double decker bus involved...


Lee Evans is FAR from the Jerry Lewis clone you make out. He's done a great deal of great work in straight drama.

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Posted 19 February 2009 - 01:51 PM

Lee Evans is in the new story too.

http://www.chortle.c...r_in_doctor_who

Yeah I heard that too but I was less than impressed. He's just too OTT for me. Says he's going to be a professor... Of what I can scarcely wonder but I get bizarre visions of Jerry Lewis! He'll be gurning and going manic, goggle-eyed, probably a lisp, maybe a limp, an assistant called "Igor"... the imagination conjures! LOL! One thing I do know is that he'll make Tennant look positively introspective!
Michelle Ryan however should be excellent!
I really hope RTD can put together a quality story... could be a bit MIDNIGHTish - I hear there's a double decker bus involved...


Lee Evans is FAR from the Jerry Lewis clone you make out. He's done a great deal of great work in straight drama.

Happily I have managed to completely avoid seeing any of Mr Evan's "straight" work although to compare him to Jerry Lewis was perhaps a dis-service on my part - to Lewis. :(
I can hardly imagine Evans will be called upon to demonstrate his *remarkable* dramatic skills, whatever they may be. His role, I am sure, will be largely comic.

Edited by Sniperscope, 19 February 2009 - 01:53 PM.


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Posted 19 February 2009 - 01:55 PM



Lindsay Duncan has been announced as a guest star in the second Doctor Who special.

The Rome actress will play assistant Adelaide in the episode, with producers claiming that she will be the most strong-minded and smartest companion The Doctor has ever had.

Duncan said: "I'm thrilled to be involved in Doctor Who. I've never done anything like this before."

In 2007, Duncan starred on the West End stage alongside future Doctor Matt Smith in Polly Stenham's That Face.

Executive producer Russell T. Davies said: "Lindsay is an incredibly talented actress and I've been an admirer of her work for some time.

"We are delighted to announce that she will be joining the team."

The second of four 2009 specials will be co-written by Davies and Phil Ford, with filming due to start in the spring.

It will be the follow-up to 'Planet Of The Dead', which will air on BBC One at Easter.

Michelle Ryan and Lee Evans have both been confirmed as guest stars in that episode.

http://www.digitalsp...tar-in-who.html



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Posted 02 March 2009 - 04:39 PM

As I touted...the TARDIS is going to get a rehaul...

http://www.digitalsp...l-redesign.html

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Posted 02 March 2009 - 05:30 PM

Great News. :(


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Torchwood/Doctor Who Crossover - End Of Days/Utopia



Here is my go at a Torchwood/Doctor Who crossover, from Torchwoods perspective. Using the episode 'The End Of Days' from Torchwood Series One and 'Utopia', the first part of the three part season finale from Doctor Who Series Three. I've used mostly Torchwood music, as I find it more sophisticated. The only Doctor Who music I have used is the climax of 'The Doctors Theme' from Series Four. I've removed Jacks jump on the TARDIS as I find it out of place, and almost childish.


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Posted 01 April 2009 - 03:37 PM

Planet of the Dead: Tv Trailer


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Posted 01 April 2009 - 05:12 PM

I have a question:
I have been racking my brain to remember the episode where Tom Baker was in Scotland (not the Terror of the Zygons) where he was walking along a road and he saw something slithering across it into a Loch (haven't a clue whether it was supposed to be Loch Ness but that wouldn't surpise me).

I remember this episode for that one fact and I have never been able to locate it.
Or am I thinking of something else?
Anyone please? B)

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Posted 01 April 2009 - 11:04 PM

Doesn't ring any bells with me.

Terror of the Zygons was great (apart from that dodgy CSO bit at the end). They should get Robert Banks Stewart to write for the new series.

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Posted 01 April 2009 - 11:11 PM

http://www.thesun.co...icle2354616.ece
More on Tennant and Ryan.
Anyone think the picture in this article looks very QoS? :tdown:

Doesn't ring any bells with me.

Terror of the Zygons was great (apart from that dodgy CSO bit at the end). They should get Robert Banks Stewart to write for the new series.


Thanks for replying anyway RD. :tdown: I must of imagined it. B)

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Posted 10 April 2009 - 09:52 PM

just a reminder that 'Planet Of The Dead' the easter special is to be broadcast tomorrow night at 6:45 on BBCOne!


Some spoilers on the remaining specials...
Spoiler


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Posted 10 April 2009 - 10:10 PM

Superb news about the Doctor's final assistant in the Christmas two parter and Tennent's swansong. The old meets the new in more ways than one with Bernard Cribbins being placed alongside Tennent in the TARDIS. Cribbins was one of the earliest and more famous assistants in the mid 1960's (he was in one of Cushing's films) and was tender, aptly cast and comedic (no mean feat in sci-fi) in his recent DOCTOR WHO appearances...

Bring on Christmas...

Or November when the next special arrives...

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Posted 10 April 2009 - 10:17 PM

Russell T Davies says the next special will air november-ish, with a MASSIVE two part Tennant finale on Christmas Day & New Years Day.

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Posted 12 April 2009 - 11:05 AM

Well I'll take one thing back - Lee Evans was actually one of the best things about POTD!!! Who would have thunk it!!!

Bit underwhelmed by the episode as a whole however - it was very childish and I just wish Murray Gold would stick his crescendoes up his orchestra!
Let's see... overt Easter references... a whole bunch of people in a bus with absolutely nothing to do... aliens in overalls... more in your face story arc nonsense jammed in at the end with more characters who can see the future... (how many has that been in the last couple of years? 3? 4?)

Tennant as per was excellent- quite restrained this time around and Michele Ryan did a very decent Jaime Murray / Diana Rigg impersonation...

Some very dodgy moments though - RTD's ensemble of "characters" in the bus are his usual Londoner stereotypes.
UNIT were just laughable - again! I mean, did those geezers jog beside the cars all the way from Geneva? and can't their budget extend to a beret that actually fits the Captain...
BTW - she was just a ridiculous cardboard character - embarrassing saluting on the phone... one minute she's gonna stuff the Doc up by closing the wormhole and then as soon as he's back the two-faced bint is all smiles, salutes and congratulations... bah!!! Not to mention that she resorts to gun-toting because Evans won't follow an order!!! Imagine if the Brig did that every time the Doc told him to take a hike! Just useless "drama".

Location in Dubai looked great - nice to see some open spaces - and believe it or not I wouldn't mind if Lee Evans returned one day... (can't believe I'm saying this!!!)

It's becoming clear that RTD is out of ideas - how many other episodes of his series has he rehashed in POTD? MIDNIGHT, SATAN PIT, SILENCE IN THE LIBRARY... the alien "fish" things were just Toclafane...
POTD could have been a great episode...

And can RTD stop making DR WHO into HARRY POTTER!!! Bloody hell - which icon was first huh? It really annoys me when RTD seems to think that DR WHO needs props from pop-culture to give it some kind of cred...

The Mars episode later this year looks like IMPOSSIBLE PLANET all over again, except the Moffat won't have written it... ho hum...

Edited by Sniperscope, 12 April 2009 - 11:34 AM.


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Posted 12 April 2009 - 01:41 PM

I really did enjoy PotD, I thought it was brilliant!

BUT, I did the think the brilliant ending was ruined by the whole flying bus thing. IMO, the episode should've ended when The Doctor was given that chilling message about

Spoiler


Instead we got a stupid bloody scene after, totally ruining the mood.

The 'Next Time' trailer was terrible, too. It looks atrocious.

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Posted 12 April 2009 - 01:46 PM

I really enjoyed last nights episode, wasn't trying to be a landmark of British television or anything like that, it was what only Doctor Who can be, unashamedly fun.

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Posted 12 April 2009 - 01:54 PM

"Hello! I'm the Doctor! Happy Easter! B)"


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I bloody love this...


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Posted 12 April 2009 - 02:01 PM

I really did enjoy PotD, I thought it was brilliant!

BUT, I did the think the brilliant ending was ruined by the whole flying bus thing. IMO, the episode should've ended when The Doctor was given that chilling message about

Spoiler


Instead we got a stupid bloody scene after, totally ruining the mood.

The 'Next Time' trailer was terrible, too. It looks atrocious.

I disagree.

I think THE WATERS OF MARS looks vastly superior to PLANET OF THE DEAD.

I found this Easter offering to be a tad poor. Michelle Ryan was undercast and out of her depth (and stick with ONE accent, love, not three). Lee Evans was superb and should have been the assistant from afar (with the whole episode having him be the aide but down the telephone wire). The locations felt as if we have been still in Cardiff not Dubai and it all felt a bit Christmas panto. These specials really need to stop trying to be story and audience neutral extravaganzas. And when did London become the only city that signifies modern Britain...?!!!

Good. But not great.

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Posted 12 April 2009 - 02:11 PM

Oh believe me, I'm sure TWOM will be brilliant. I'm just not a fan of the trailer. How would you like it if Bond 23 had a trailer saying "Later this year!... The Property Of A Lady", or something like that, with horrible text and boring clips? B)

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Posted 12 April 2009 - 02:14 PM

Oh believe me, I'm sure TWOM will be brilliant. I'm just not a fan of the trailer. How would you like it if Bond 23 had a trailer saying "Later this year!... The Property Of A Lady", or something like that, with horrible text and boring clips? B)

To be fair, the next special is barely in the can so it doesn't even know what it is just yet.

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Posted 12 April 2009 - 02:17 PM

'The Waters of Mars' is done and in the can. David and co are filming the explosive two part finale now. B)