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Thu, 19 Aug 1999, 04:14 pm
Eliot McCann28 posts in thread
Re Fiona Reid's eloquent comment on "Dog's Head Bay".Grievance One: When is the Emeritus Williamson going to realise that no-one speaks like the characters from a lesser Oscar Wilde farce?Grievance Two: When is the Emeritus Williamson going to realise that there are other states in this country other than New South Wales?Grievance Three: When is the ABC going to cease doing shows on the cheap? By the same token, when is someone going to give Aunty some money to do something decent?Grievance Four: When will someone tell Gary Sweet that there are more than two theatrical gestures in the world?Grievance Five: How many more times must we be subjected to the same sequence of theme tune by that blasted Stephane-Grappelli-rip-off violin??Grievance Six: As opposed to getting an actress that does a convincing Angela Punch-McGregor impersonation, why not simply get Angela Punch-McGregor?Grievance Seven: And what's the story with that piss-weak blue screen car effect at the end of episode 1?!? That sort of sheningans went out with Dr Who.Seven grievances borne out of 30 minutes. Not bad for one episode. If you have any more grievances about this bucket of bile that passes as TV Entertainment, get posting!El

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Sun, 22 Aug 1999, 12:21 am
Walter Plinge
We're not comparing Doctor Who to other programs are we? Different genres, different time periods, different creative approaches, different budgets, different technology et al? Not much stable ground on which to form an intelligent debate...Are we really going to get ourselves into the 'popular Doctor' debate on this site...Well, if you must...You will find that access to all Doctors on VCR has changed the way in which popularity is working in the Whoniverse...And let us not forget that Tom Baker had probably the most successful writer/ script editor/ co-star/ producer/ director combination during his time on the series (and the most experienced and highly regarded professionally) than any other lead before or after...Tom was definitely a collective creation...Not the bloody messiah...No offence, because I liked the Doctor (meaning the collective creation that the character has always been, not simply an actor reading lines) at that time as much as I like him regardless of exterior appearance.It was just a question of time before I materialised in this strange, naive dimension that you tellurians inhabit, and pass judgement on forces beyond your comprehension... Now, whose in for a real Gallifreyan jousting?The MasterPS Add Michael Jayston, Peter Cushing, Trevor Martin, David Banks, Hugh Grant, Rowan Atkinson, Jim Broadbent, Richard E. Grant, David Sands, Joanna Lumley & Lennie Henry to that list of visual medium Doctors (for starters)...Let's not get into the literary ones, for your soul's sake...

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