"Doctor Who checks into SCI FI"

[Goodsport]

"Doctor Who checks into SCI FI" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/scifi.shtml)


http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/usa.jpg


Series One (with Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor) begins airing Fridays on the Sci Fi Channel beginning in March 2006. It's likely that the Sci Fi Channel also has the option to air Series Two (with David Tennant as the Doctor) later on.

However, the Series One DVD set release date has been delayed from February to July. :(

GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! :cool:


-G

[rcoull]

This awesome!! I remember as kids we used to watch this Saturday tea-time at my Grandmas, sometimes all of us used to hide behind the couch together!! I can't wait to see what they have done with the new series!!

Here is the original series. I think I have probably watched over 90% of all the episodes. http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/index.shtml

Here are my favourite villains and my new computer wallpaper...."We will exterminate...we will exterminate..."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/gallery/13gallery/1024/04.jpg

-Richard

[Goodsport]

This awesome!! I remember as kids we used to watch this Saturday tea-time at my Grandmas, sometimes all of us used to hide behind the couch together!! I can't wait to see what they have done with the new series!!

Here is the original series. I think I have probably watched over 90% of all the episodes. http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/index.shtml

Here are my favourite villains and my new computer wallpaper...."We will exterminate...we will exterminate..."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/gallery/13gallery/1024/04.jpg

-Richard

Richard, it's awesome that you were able to watch the episodes right as they were released! KTEH (the San Jose-based PBS station) used to air Doctor Who episodes daily - while I think they were broadcast in order, they were at least a year behind the airing schedule in the UK (as will be the case with the upcoming Sci Fi Channel airing).

It looks like the Sci Fi Channel airing of Doctor Who will come right as the second season of the new Battlestar Galactica concludes, so there won't likely be any downtime from watching that channel anytime soon.

Here are the ten Doctors thus far, starting clockwise from the top-left corner:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c3/10docs.jpg


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-G

[billreeves]

I'm so pleased about this. I was getting ready to order the DVDs when they came out in Canada.

[Goodsport]

I'm so pleased about this. I was getting ready to order the DVDs when they came out in Canada.

I think you still can, as I heard that unlike the U.S. DVD release date that's been postponed until July, Canada will still have the DVD set to order in February (I'm guessing that's partly because the CBC partially funded the new series and got first North American dibs on both the episode broadcasts and DVD sales for the new series).

GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! :cool:


-G

[Quakes05]

"Doctor Who checks into SCI FI" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/scifi.shtml)


http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/usa.jpg


Series One (with Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor) begins airing Fridays on the Sci Fi Channel beginning in March 2006. It's likely that the Sci Fi Channel also has the option to air Series Two (with David Tennant as the Doctor) later on.

However, the Series One DVD set release date has been delayed from February to July. :(

GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! :cool:


-G

too cool! thanks! I'd give you big pos rep but....

[Goodsport]

too cool! thanks! I'd give you big pos rep but....

Well, you can still give pos rep, right? ;)

GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! :cool:


-G

[We Were Cut]

I'm so pleased about this. I was getting ready to order the DVDs when they came out in Canada.
I've gotten books very timely and cheaply in the past from this sci fi bookstore in Vancouver BC-might be able to hook you up with the dvds.

http://www.deadwrite.com/wd.html

(Steven Erickson's Malazan Book of the Fallen series came out in Canada and England before finally getting picked up stateside. Killer fantasy series unlike anything else going right now)

[Goodsport]

too cool! thanks! I'd give you big pos rep but....
Well, you can still give pos rep, right? ;)

Oh, now I see what you meant. Since all of our rep points were wiped out, there's really no way to truly hand out pos rep.

Thank you for trying, though. :)

GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! :cool:


-G

[Goodsport]

The U.S. run of the Christopher Eccleston Doctor Who era begins tomorrow! :D

GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! :cool:


-G

[Quakes05]

The U.S. run of the Christopher Eccleston Doctor Who era begins tomorrow! :D

GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! :cool:


-G

excellent post...pbs?

[Goodsport]

excellent post...pbs?

Actually, it'll be on the Sci Fi Channel this time around. :)

GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! :cool:


-G

[Goodsport]

Though I've had all the new Doctor Who episodes thus far recorded from Sci Fi onto my HD-DVR, I've only now had the time to start watching them. The only one I haven't watched yet was last Friday's since it's a Part 1 of 2, the second of which will air tomorrow (I'll watch both parts back-to-back tomorrow).

Wow, so far I really like it! They've been able to modernize the series with higher production values while still keeping its traditional whimsy... I can't wait to watch more. :)

However, my only complaint is that the first episode with Christopher Eccleston not only didn't start off with Paul McGann as the Doctor before regeneration, but it didn't even acknowledge him. :( Heck, even Sylvestor McCoy made an initial appearance as the Doctor* in McGann's 1996 TV-movie.

GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! :cool:


-G


* = BTW, what ever happened to Ace, the Doctor's final companion from the original TV run, who was nowhere to be seen in the beginning of the 1996 TV-movie?

[rcoull]

However, my only complaint is that the first episode with Christopher Eccleston not only didn't start off with Paul McGann as the Doctor before regeneration, but it didn't even acknowledge him. :( Heck, even Sylvestor McCoy made an initial appearance as the Doctor* in McGann's 1996 TV-movie.




That was my only complaint aswell. I have so far only watched the first two episodes and have the rest DVR'd. What would have been cool in the first episode was when they were showing photos of the Dr at different points in time some of the reincarnations could have been shown then. So far after two episodes I am very happy with the new series. I can't wait for the Daleks I know they are coming soon :)

-Richard

[billreeves]

However, my only complaint is that the first episode with Christopher Eccleston not only didn't start off with Paul McGann as the Doctor before regeneration, but it didn't even acknowledge him. :( Heck, even Sylvestor McCoy made an initial appearance as the Doctor* in McGann's 1996 TV-movie.

* = BTW, what ever happened to Ace, the Doctor's final companion from the original TV run, who was nowhere to be seen in the beginning of the 1996 TV-movie?

The short answer is, that by not showing the Paul McGann -> Christopher Eccleston regeneration, they leave the possibility open for future stories which will include details of the regeneration as the backstory.

Warning, extremely geeky information coming.

After the original show was cancelled in 1989, a series of books was written featuring the "New Adventures" of Doctor Who. They picked up after Survival, the last episode of the old show, and had the Doctor and Ace going on more adventures. Over time, the Doctor picked up new companions and the old companions moved on, just as in the TV series.

These books were originally published by Virgin Publishing under license from the BBC, but then after several years, the BBC took the license back and published their own series of books. That was about the time of the Paul McGann TV Movie, so the BBC books featured the 8th Doctor.

These books were published at the rate of about one per month, by different authors, some of whom were better than others. The producer of the new Doctor Who series, Russell T Davies, wrote one of the 7th Doctor books in the Virgin series, and Mark Gatiss, who wrote the episode "The Unquiet Dead" which just aired a couple of weeks ago, and who was also one of "The League of Gentlemen" (not "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen," that's different) in the BBC series that aired a few years ago, wrote a number of novels in this series as well.

Anyways, these books contain some answers like "what happened to Ace?" and contain some details on the Time War which has been referred to in the new series.

It's not clear if these books are "official" or not -- my understanding is that the producers of the new show are making an effort not to contradict what happened in these books, but if it makes for a good story, I'm sure they will do what's best for the TV show and ignore the books if necessary.

[Goodsport]

That was my only complaint aswell. I have so far only watched the first two episodes and have the rest DVR'd. What would have been cool in the first episode was when they were showing photos of the Dr at different points in time some of the reincarnations could have been shown then. So far after two episodes I am very happy with the new series. I can't wait for the Daleks I know they are coming soon :)

-Richard

Just wait for this coming Friday's episode. ;)

GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! :cool:


-G

[Goodsport]

The short answer is, that by not showing the Paul McGann -> Christopher Eccleston regeneration, they leave the possibility open for future stories which will include details of the regeneration as the backstory.

Warning, extremely geeky information coming.

After the original show was cancelled in 1989, a series of books was written featuring the "New Adventures" of Doctor Who. They picked up after Survival, the last episode of the old show, and had the Doctor and Ace going on more adventures. Over time, the Doctor picked up new companions and the old companions moved on, just as in the TV series.

These books were originally published by Virgin Publishing under license from the BBC, but then after several years, the BBC took the license back and published their own series of books. That was about the time of the Paul McGann TV Movie, so the BBC books featured the 8th Doctor.

These books were published at the rate of about one per month, by different authors, some of whom were better than others. The producer of the new Doctor Who series, Russell T Davies, wrote one of the 7th Doctor books in the Virgin series, and Mark Gatiss, who wrote the episode "The Unquiet Dead" which just aired a couple of weeks ago, and who was also one of "The League of Gentlemen" (not "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen," that's different) in the BBC series that aired a few years ago, wrote a number of novels in this series as well.

Anyways, these books contain some answers like "what happened to Ace?" and contain some details on the Time War which has been referred to in the new series.

It's not clear if these books are "official" or not -- my understanding is that the producers of the new show are making an effort not to contradict what happened in these books, but if it makes for a good story, I'm sure they will do what's best for the TV show and ignore the books if necessary.

Thanks for the info. :)

I've read somewhere that in the Dr. Who realm of TV, audio adventures, novels, etc., the latest official onscreen incarnation of the Doctor is also the accepted offscreen incarnation of him until a new actor assumes the role.

If this is true, then Paul McGann has had both the shortest onscreen time of any Doctor (just the 1996 TV-movie) and the longest offscreen tenure (1996-2005). :eek:

GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! :cool:


-G

[Olson50]

The new series of Dr. Who with David Tenant in the title role (he also appeared in the Christmas special back in December) began last night on BBC 2 here in the UK. The verdict? Superb! :)

[Olson50]

The short answer is, that by not showing the Paul McGann -> Christopher Eccleston regeneration, they leave the possibility open for future stories which will include details of the regeneration as the backstory.

Actually, Russell T. Davies said at the time the Christopher Eccleston Doctor first hit the screens that they'd opted against showing the regeneration from Paul McGann to Christopher Eccleston because Dr. Who had been away for so long that starting the brand new series with one Doctor (McGann) and immediately having him change into another Doctor (Eccleston) would cause too much confusion for younger or novice viewers who'd never seen the series before. Traditionally, regenerations were done at the end of a series rather than at the beginning.

[Goodsport]

The new series of Dr. Who with David Tenant in the title role (he also appeared in the Christmas special back in December) began last night on BBC 2 here in the UK. The verdict? Superb! :)

Interestingly, considering that Eccleston is almost twenty years older than Rose/Billie Piper (mmm... Rose/Billie Piper! http://home.pacbell.net/torvic1/heartface.gif), there's no mistaking that Eccleston's Doctor is more of a father-figure to her than anything. Conversely, everytime I see a picture of David Tennant's (who's almost a decade younger than Eccleston) Doctor with Rose, it almost seems like they'll be going on a date.

GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! :cool:


-G