Doctor Who

[Pcdunn]

Clip from 2017 Doctor Who Christmas Special in which the First Doctor meets his "younger" self...

https://youtu.be/IkWxMG-JDk4

Looking forward to this one!

[Pcdunn]

Upcoming "Doctor Who" episode to feature the original Cyberman as seen in the classic DW story called "The Tenth Planet":

http://io9.gizmodo.com/doctor-who-is-bringing-back-the-original-hellishly-cre-1793010252

Being an American, I never had a chance to see Hartnell or Troughton episodes until last year, during the 50th Anniversary Celebration.

These early Cybermen are a bit creepy, even if their suits are made of silver-colored cloth. What do you think of this revival of them?

[Pcdunn]

New Trailer for Dr. Who features new companion, Bill:

http://io9.gizmodo.com/doctor-who-teaser-shows-new-companion-is-cool-with-dyin-1792745484

[Pcdunn]

Collection of links to"Doctor Who"-related articles. New season starts April 15!

The Doctor Who 50th Anniversary: Official BBC Worldwide Site has been
updated with *Missy returns for Doctor Who Series 10!*
<http://www.doctorwho.tv/whats-new/article/missy-returns-for-doctor-who-series-10>,
*The Power of the Daleks Limited Edition DVD/Bluray steelbook*
<http://www.doctorwho.tv/whats-new/article/the-power-of-the-daleks-limited-edition-dvdbluray-steelbook>
and *Doctor Who: The Fan Show - The Ice Warriors Are Back!*
<http://www.doctorwho.tv/whats-new/video/doctor-who-the-fan-show-the-ice-warriors-are-back>

BBC America's Anglophenia has *‘Doctor Who’s Day Roundup: The Wendy House
TARDIS*
<http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2017/02/doctor-whos-day-roundup-the-wendy-house-tardis>
.

Syfy Wire has *Michelle Gomez confirms Missy's back in official Doctor Who
set video*
<http://www.blastr.com/2017-2-6/michelle-gomez-confirms-missys-back-official-doctor-who-set-video>.


*Blogtor Who has*
TITAN COMICS – Torchwood #2.1 – New Arc Starts Tomorrow
<http://blogtorwho.com/titan-comics-torchwood-2-1-new-arc-starts-wednesday/>Top
5 Twelfth Doctor Moments (So Far…)
<http://blogtorwho.com/top-5-twelfth-doctor-moments-so-far/>
9/10 REVIEW – Doctor Who Twelfth Doctor #2.14
<http://blogtorwho.com/doctor-twelfth-doctor-2-14-2/>

*Coming Soon*
*BBC One* <http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone>
15 April 2017: Series 10 premier

*BBC America* <http://www.bbcamerica.com/schedule/>
15 April 2017 9pm: Series 10 premier
15 April 2017 10pm: Class Episode 1 For Tonight We Might Die (US premier)

[Pcdunn]

Not strictly about &quot;Doctor Who&quot;, but good article

This is about how the Internet, in a way, makes all of us able to "travel in time".

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/feb/11/doctor-who-why-we-are-all-time-travellers-now

[Pcdunn]

Interesting news on the upcoming Season 10 (starts April 2017), and how the current and future show-runners are likely to handle our Time Lord in Peter Capaldi's last season. "Day of the Doctor", anyone?

https://www.inverse.com/article/27829-doctor-who-plot-season-10-steven-moffat-chris-chibnall-day-of-the-doctor

[Pcdunn]

Well, as if 2017 isn't shaping up to be bad enough, here is word that Peter Capaldi is leaving the role of The Doctor!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/doctor-who-peter-capaldi-quits_us_5890523ee4b0522c7d3cdc2f?ncid=NEWSSTAND0001

Let's hope the appointment of a new one goes smoothly!

[Pcdunn]

"Doctor Who" was ahead of the curve with line about "altering facts to fit one's view":

http://io9.gizmodo.com/doctor-who-quote-about-alternative-facts-sounds-awfully-1791490382

[Pcdunn]

This is very cute and well-done:

http://laughingsquid.com/the-12-dogt...of-doctor-who/

(Though I can't help wondering if copyright is being flaunted here!)

[Robert]

Hi Charles

I suppose it's rather a genie in bottle situation - Hollywood special effects in various films let the genie out, and now people expect that kind of thing all the time.

Personally I like films which leave something to the imagination, e.g. 'The Haunting' where the ghostly manifestations were auditory rather than visual.
I did like the demon in 'Night of the Demon' though.

[Charles Daniels]

You can definitely go too far with special effects. On the other hand, I appreciate that folks will no longer put up with an alien who's just a bloke in a mask. That's why the daleks were so brilliant - living beings but inscrutable, hidden inside a casing. You never quite knew what they were going to do next (though this was slightly spoilt by their helpful announcement 'you will be exterminated').

Well I think it is rather sad that the bar has been inflated so high for television.
I mean, go see live theatre and what will you get? A bloke in a mask.

The Daleks did rather dumb down over time.
For example the Power of the Daleks story mentioned up thread features the Daleks playing on people's preconceptions and racist assumptions to manipulate them while they secretly fortify their position.

So that's what they could do in 1966.. By 1976 they had gotten rather shouty.

[Robert]

You can definitely go too far with special effects. On the other hand, I appreciate that folks will no longer put up with an alien who's just a bloke in a mask. That's why the daleks were so brilliant - living beings but inscrutable, hidden inside a casing. You never quite knew what they were going to do next (though this was slightly spoilt by their helpful announcement 'you will be exterminated').

[Charles Daniels]

Doctor Who, has a 'day'?

I vaguely remember it first starting about 1963, a girl at school told me to watch it she eventually became my first girlfriend.

William Hartnell I think was the first, little man with long grey hair. When he stopped playing the part I stopped watching it - so to me he was the only Doctor Who.
I saw some old Hartnell shows on, I think, You-Tube, arghhh...terrible! So corny, cardboard sets, footsteps echoing on wooden floors in outside shots - so funny, but in the early 60's it was so popular.

I'd take Hartnell on a cardboard set, or Troughton menaced by a foam machine, over a thousand big budget CGI productions.

Over the years I've been lucky enough to collect 60s and 70s Dr Who on film, and it's a real joy

[Pcdunn]

A new project offers hope for all of those Classic "Dr. Who" episodes which were destroyed.

http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglopheni...s-back-to-life

November 12, 2016 is set as the air date on BBC America for an animated film version of "The Power of the Daleks", which uses surviving audio tracks, still photos, the script, and production sketches as source material.

They will make it available the following day for streaming at BBC America,com, and with the BBC America app for mobile devices.

I AM DELIGHTED!

[Pcdunn]

Good video, Robert, thank you! (By the way, the Voice scared my cat out of the room!)

It's hard to keep a bad Dalek down-- they just keep coming back for more punishment!