RP Listener Forum - Radio Paradise

Posted: Apr 26, 2011 - 10:18pm

I am a late starter in Dr Who. Only started watching in '64. Lost track for a while when I moved to the States then rediscovered it in the mid 70's with Tom Baker. Rediscovered it again about 6 months ago. I now have watched every episode since it was reinvented in reruns with my ten year old son. He loves it. I loved the old shows even though they were pretty hokey. The B&W ones scared the hell out of me but I was pretty young. The new ones are great! Probably the best SciFi out there.Can't wait to see part 2. I think we can see why Nixon erased some of his tapes!

Posted: Apr 26, 2011 - 2:40pm

callum wrote:

I love them - I haven't seen the old series though. Liked the new episode, dam the cliffhanger though!

Aw, you just like 'em because Karen Gillan is a Scot!

Posted: Apr 26, 2011 - 1:12pm

Inamorato wrote:

I might have said "I've never liked a pairing better" and I go back with Doctor Who to Tom Baker days. Tiki Dalek...

I love them - I haven't seen the old series though. Liked the new episode, dam the cliffhanger though!

Posted: Apr 26, 2011 - 3:57am

justlistening wrote:

I'm stealing your Dalek emoticon - hope you don't mind (thank you). I don't know about never been better - but definitely, I think, as good as now.

I might have said "I've never liked a pairing better" and I go back with Doctor Who to Tom Baker days. Tiki Dalek...

Posted: Apr 25, 2011 - 4:28pm

Okay, why not I guess - tiki dalek.

Posted: Apr 25, 2011 - 4:19pm

Inamorato wrote:

Doctor Who has never been better than with Matt Smith and Karen Gillan. As for the traditionalists...EXTERMINATE!

I'm looking forward to Part 2 of "The Impossible Astronaut."

I'm stealing your Dalek emoticon - hope you don't mind (thank you). I don't know about never been better - but definitely, I think, as good as now.

Posted: Apr 25, 2011 - 3:36pm

beamends wrote:

Just watched the first part of 'The Impossible Astronaut' - bloody amazing! Haven't got a clue what's going (that's a +). I don't suppose the 'traditionalists' are going to like it.... but hey ho!

Doctor Who has never been better than with Matt Smith and Karen Gillan. As for the traditionalists...EXTERMINATE!

I'm looking forward to Part 2 of "The Impossible Astronaut."

Posted: Apr 24, 2011 - 10:18pm

beamends wrote:

Just watched the first part of 'The Impossible Astronaut' - bloody amazing! Haven't got a clue what's going (that's a +). I don't suppose the 'traditionalists' are going to like it.... but hey ho!

I agree. Had to put it on the DVR because I was out of town Saturday - just finished watching it tonight. Damn - didn't seem like an hour went by and it was over. Hope it doesn't dissapoint - but it rarely does.

Posted: Apr 24, 2011 - 9:26am

Just watched the first part of 'The Impossible Astronaut' - bloody amazing! Haven't got a clue what's going (that's a +). I don't suppose the 'traditionalists' are going to like it.... but hey ho!

Posted: Apr 20, 2011 - 10:45am

This thread made me think of the Dr. Who story line that scared me to death, and even in retrospect, it IS almost a full horror one.... Had to look for it, and found it!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ark_in_Space

Posted: Apr 20, 2011 - 10:04am

Has this been linked to yet? Tom Baker remembers Lis Sladen

Posted: Apr 20, 2011 - 9:53am

islander wrote:

Americans won't read a tv show. We'll need to have it dubbed, and without the silly accent please.

Personally I just watch for the pretty colors and moving pictures.

@umber
I agree David Tennat was great. It's took me a while to warm up to Matt Smith but his version of the Doctor is growing on me - and Billie Piper (I meant to say Karen Gillan) helps things along!

Posted: Apr 20, 2011 - 9:45am

islander wrote:

Americans won't read a tv show. We'll need to have it dubbed, and without the silly accent please.

I suddenly imagine new dimensions of Jane Austen's works.

Posted: Apr 20, 2011 - 9:43am

justlistening wrote:

They're advertising Sat. the 23rd as the start of the new season on BBC America. I'm looking forward to it!

The tenth doctor was the best ever, but the eleventh is a turn off, IMO. The ninth doctor was pretty cool too.

Posted: Apr 20, 2011 - 9:30am

justlistening wrote:

:) subtitles!

Americans won't read a tv show. We'll need to have it dubbed, and without the silly accent please.

Posted: Apr 20, 2011 - 9:25am

beamends wrote:

That debate is going here to some extent - idiot parents, who as kids loved hiding behind the sofa when the cybermen atttacked, complaining it might scare their precious little darlings. Bloody helicopter parents - what do they want to do to their kids, wrap them up in bubble wrap so they when hit the real world they are completely unprepared for life's little shocks?

Exactly!

Posted: Apr 20, 2011 - 9:19am

lunar1963 wrote:

The Tom Baker Dr. Who was the only one for a long time on Dutch TV. When the show was cancelled here I thought it was because people here didn't like it. It was only recently I found out that parents petitioned against the show because it was "too scary for kids"... I was one of those kids, and I LOVED it... and was scared, yeah, but that was part of the fun :sadface:

That debate is going here to some extent - idiot parents, who as kids loved hiding behind the sofa when the cybermen atttacked, complaining it might scare their precious little darlings. Bloody helicopter parents - what do they want to do to their kids, wrap them up in bubble wrap so they when hit the real world they are completely unprepared for life's little shocks?

Posted: Apr 20, 2011 - 9:04am

beamends wrote:

'Tis a shame - and not that old either {#Sad}

The Tom Baker Dr. Who was the only one for a long time on Dutch TV. When the show was cancelled here I thought it was because people here didn't like it. It was only recently I found out that parents petitioned against the show because it was "too scary for kids"... I was one of those kids, and I LOVED it... and was scared, yeah, but that was part of the fun :sadface:

Posted: Apr 20, 2011 - 8:13am

justlistening wrote:

:) subtitles!

Posted: Apr 20, 2011 - 7:55am

kopak wrote:

BBC America ? What's that ? Is the show dubbed into American English ? {#Wink}

:) subtitles!