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Dr. Who on Sci-Fi Channel in March
Karl J. Smith writes "Dr. Who will be airing on the Sci-Fi Channel in March The DVD release has been moved from February 14th to July 4th (although it's still Feb 14th in Canada).
Be sure to check out the hilarous announcement from the BBC."
What the heck, I'm watching the old ones on 20 yr old VHS.
Sci-Fi has been the pits for a long time, I'm glad to see it.
The revolution will NOT be televised.
Here is an image of the new Daleks. They look like they are ready to provide for all of our food mixing and toilet plunging needs.
I Am My Own Worst Enemy
Wow!! I guess this means I can stop downloading it now. Thanks SciFi! I can't wait to wait.
Having Bittorrented the whole first series, I'm both delighted and annoyed I'll have to watch it all over again before catching new episodes. If you hvan't seen it yet, you're in for a TREAT!
(NOW is the Golden Age of Sci-Fi.)
"Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus."
could you PLEASE give us a frickin' sound warning for such links? this is defiitely not safe for work!
Doctor Who universe for adults with Captain Jack.... can't wait....
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...nuff said.
Some of us in the northern US have already watched the first season due to our proximity to Canada and CBC.
Best SF series I've seen on TV in years.
Now, will the Sci Fi channel show it properly, or will they chop the sides off to squeeze it onto a 4:3 screen? Perhaps it's time to write to them now, begging...
GCHQ Quantum Insert installed. If only our tongues were made of glass, how much more careful we would be when we speak
Why is it that so rarely, and with US shows almost never, Sci-Fi can contain humour as well as the fantastic? Dr Who, paticularly this new series, has been a superb combination of both the "serious" science fiction combined with the humour of having HUMANS involved in it. This isn't the gag line humour of STNG but the actual real humour of decent TV programmes. The writing in Dr Who is brilliant, the pathos parts are strong, its got the science fantastic and both Rose and Dr Who (as well as Captain Jack) have top moments of both drama and humour.
Series 1 was superb, and Series 2 is shaping up to be even better.
Rose: "But you sound like you come from the North"
Dr: "Lots of planets have a North"
An Eye for an Eye will make the whole world blind - Gandhi
Fantastic! ;)
> Face it guys, to the rest of the world, patriotism is funny.
Well, we (in the UK) have patriotism too, obviously, but there's something about American patriotism... I guess it's because it's stripped down to the basics without any pretension or subtlety, and appears so obviously false it becomes like something you're expected to sort of `believe in` like Father Christmas or God or something without thinking about it.
There's 26 seasons of Oldskool Who in the BBC archives.* You're lucky if you can find anything other than Tom Baker (fourth doctor) on PBS or BBC America (and the BBCA Who is seriously {edited|eviscerated}- there's lots of Who available to the enthusiasts - would it hurt 'em that much to get it on the air?
Yeah, some of it's Bad, but a lot of it's pretty damned good.
* More like ~26. Several Hartnell and Troughton episodes are missing.
No. A scientist once proved that it was "impossible" for a bumblebee to fly. What he really proved is that if the bee's wings were stiff, then they wouldn't generate enough lift to keep it in the air. Therefore, it's wings must flex. Years later, films proved him right.
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You can also see the Daleks in porn movie "Abducted By The Daleks", I kid you not. The sun has the details. It's really quite good .. so I hear ;).
Oh no... it's the future.
[After doing some digging]
For reference, the 2nd series ("season" in the US idiom) will start to air in the UK in ("from") April... so it seems possible that they'll go right into it, though TFA specifies that SciFi only has an option on the 2nd series.
I do wonder how they'll handle the Christmas specials... historically they were distributed differently from the main Doctor Who series, but it's been a long time since that was an issue.
"It is our blasphemy which has made us great, and will sustain us, and which the gods secretly admire in us." - Zelazny
to have music on the site that CAN NOT BE TURNED OFF without shuting down the speakers on my computer.
i regularly listen to a stream that has low audio levels, so when i clikced on that link i was blasted by whatever cr?p they were playing.
guess i'll not be finding out about whatever this is from the bbc.
feh
Well, in that case BBC, can I have a cut of the profits — what with my license fee paying for it in the first place.
Consider it a shareholder dividend.
If the BBC ever announces, "Next [Some Show] followed by Dr. Who." does that mean that Who's on second?
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jellybaby anyone? I've got plenty.
+that's funny...I don't FEEL tardy.+
This is series one with Eccleston(on SciFI). Series two is being made in Wales for release in 2006.
DVD of series one will be available 14Feb06. go to CBC Dr Who and follow links on right.
That building in the background is the funny part. That's not a prop, unbelievably.
SFW GIS "The Gherkin".
Actual building in London.
"Trolls they were, but filled with the evil will of their master: a fell race..." -- J.R.R. Tolkien on Olog-hai
We teach them to take their patriotism at second-hand; to shout with the largest crowd without examining into the right or wrong of the matter--exactly as boys under monarchies are taught and have always been taught. We teach them to regard as traitors, and hold in aversion and contempt, such as do not shout with the crowd, and so here in our democracy we are cheering a thing which of all things is most foreign to it and out of place--the delivery of our political conscience into somebody else's keeping. This is patriotism on the Russian plan.
...is a word which always commemorates a robbery. There isn't a foot of land in the world which doesn't represent the ousting and re-ousting of a longline of successive "owners" who each in turn, as "patriots" with proud swelling hearts defended it against the next gang of "robbers" who came to steal it and did--and became swelling-hearted patriots in their turn.
- Mark Twain, a Biography
The soul and substance of what customarily ranks as patriotism is moral cowardice--and always has been.
- Mark Twain's Notebook
[Patriotism]
- Mark Twain's Notebook
We have a bastard Patriotism, a sarcasm, a burlesque; but we have no such thing as a public conscience. Politically we are just a joke.
- marginalia written in Clemens' copy of The Future in America; A Search After Realities by H. G. Wells
KFG
First, calling the recent resurrection of Doctor Who the first series and noting an option for series two is sacrilege and spits on the work done by thousands of individuals over more than thirty years. THAT was the first series. This is just the latest continuation.
Second, there should have been a deal for the entirety of the series from Hartnell onward.
Third, SCI-FI knows as much about science fiction as USA Network does and it constantly shows with their killing of Farscape, stuntcasting on SG-1, showing The Flinstones, and so forth.
I'll be very resistant to applauding this until SCI-FI shows they can stick with anything longer than it takes for them to be distracted by something shiny like a child with ADD.
If my grammar and spelling are off, I am [distracted/tired/careless] (take your pick)
Eccleston lends his own interpretation to the role, as have all the performers before him, but the resulting character is unmistakably The Doctor. Further, his companion, Rose, is not a ditz (don't let the peroxided hair fool you), but a very capable and driven person in her own right.
They also bring back some old enemies, and they do it very well. You'd think after nearly 40 years, the whole Dalek thing would be worn out. You'd be wrong. With just the tiniest bit of imagination from the series creators, Daleks are damn threatening again. And they don't do it with an excess of outright brutality or graphic violence, just a single-minded, unstoppable efficiency.
About the only thing I don't like about the new series is the newly designed TARDIS. It's too unfamiliar.
Hopefully the SciFi network won't wreck the show by inserting endless commercial breaks. But if you're a Doctor Who fan and you haven't seen these shows yet, you won't be disappointed.
Schwab
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I have seen BBC trailers that show K9!
And he (she? it?)better be on there or else I'm demanding my license fee back http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/licencefee/
If you're familiar with the classic Doctor Who shoe will see enough similarity in the new Doctor Who to invoke fits of nostalgia.
The overall biggest change for me was he pacing of the stories is much, much faster, however, and it took a bit of getting used to. For me, I found the stories closest to old Doctor Who series were "The Unquiet Dead" and "The Christmas Invasion". Aside from the "Christmas Invasion", which is the last story in the 2005 season, the shows are a lot shorter, only 45 minutes.
Technobable is kept relatively low and the acting is first rate. The F/X are what you'd expect from a sci-fi television show today and are mostly first rate. Gone are the days of wobbly sets, but the actor-in-rubber-suit monsters still come and go. Some of the old monsters are back too -- Autons and Daleks.
The series pretty much focuses in on present-day Earth in England. The Doctor and Rose, his new companion, make jaunts to the past and future, but never leave the Earth far behind. There is a bit more "touchy-feely" type stuff than classic Doctor Who, but it thankfully doesn't reach the "soap opera" level.
All in all it was an enjoyable romp through the Whoniverse. It's about time someone in the USA picked up the series.
The problem with American patriotism is not so much that it is false, the Russian plan of patriotism is false as well, but that it is hypocritical.
The Russian plan follows its own rules. Be a patriot as the current rulers define it, or we will shoot you. It's a simple plan. It is applied in a straightforward manner. It doesn't matter that the patriotism is false because truth or falsity have nothing to do with the plan. Many even choose to oppose the plan and get shot.
Whereas America holds forth certain ideals to oppose the Russian plan, but follows it anyway through the power exerted by a proxy. This is what makes it politically a joke.
Be a patriot as the current rulers define it, or the newspapers will shoot you.
Almost any man can steel himself to face a firing squad, death is the end of all woes after all, but it takes an extra ordinary man to stand before a newspaper without turning moral coward and hypocrite.
KFG
It's very cool that the BBC struck a deal to get Docto Who shown here in the States, but has anyone discussed the possibility of offering episodes as downloads from the iTunes Music Store? The SciFi Channel has made Battlestar Galactica available, and this could be a great way to help boost viewership. Granted, it's a different situation from Battlestar Galactica and all of the other shows offered for download, as Doctor Who is owned by the BBC, not the SciFi channel. Still, it would be cool if they could reach an agreement to make it available for legal download.
That was probably the worst episode of the new series in my opinion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who
Might help explain things.
Now, I live in Region 1. If I ordered the region 2 DVD from BBCShop, would I be breaking the law? Would they even sell it to me? I actually prefer the Region 2 625/50 PAL DVDs over the 525/60 NTSC Region 1 DVDs since they are higher resolution.
Too bad they are not making 720p or 1080i High Definition versions available. The Hi Def version will probably be available in another year or two, forcing me to buy a second copy if I purchase the Standard Definition version now. I think I'll just make do with the XVID downloads until the Hi Def DVD version becomes available. Hopefully, the DVD writable media will last till then.
"The new series is absolute crud, go rent some of the classic episodes and find out for yourself why it ran for so long." Classic episode? Like the Colin Baker years?
Yes, but can they overcome... stairs?!
Don't you know?
Real Daleks don't climb stairs; they level the building.
"What do you despise? By this are you truly known." --Princess Irulan, Manual of Muad'Dib
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There's a worryingly comprehensive compilation of all the different theme tune versions which a friend linked me to the other day - the current version is the 'Murray Gold' set. It's a bit of a pastiche of previous iterations, but it's approximately a million times better than the 'Dominic Glynn' version. Ow!
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