Doctor Who (British tv show)

anyone ever watch this ? I know its been a huge cult following for some for a long time :slight_smile: so I am really late to the game

doing a bunch of edit work I often put shows on that I can kinda watch on the side
just watched Band of Brothers and The Pacific for the XXXXX time so decided to mix it up

so far kinda funny just a few episodes in

The originals from back in the 60s-90s, or the more recent run that started in the early 2000’s?

Watched (almost) all of them. Not too bad if you don’t mind cheesy early special effects. I’d say the past 3-4 years the stories haven’t had as much depth to them. Past 2 years there’s a noticeable slow introduction of SJW ideas/topics.

the more recent ones :slight_smile:

yeah total cheap cheesy effects for sure !!!

typical of the sjw idiocy that creeps in !

not sure I would sit to watch them ? more a something to do when you are doing something else is my feelings so far :slight_smile:

I have a friend who has most likely watched every episode of this. It happened that my daughter had an appointment with Dr Hu one day. You can imagine the fun we had calling said friend and telling him that we had just met Dr Who… :evil grin:

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At a Comic Con panel the new female Doctor is playing up Identity Politics.

DOCTOR WHO’S FIRST FEMALE DOCTOR WILL BRING A NEW GENERATION OF WHOVIANS

ā€œI wanted to run about and jump about—and those people didn’t really look like me. I hope we as friends are what young kids can now look up to and go, ā€˜Oh man! I want to do that.’ Well, you can. Because we are, and we want you all on our journey.ā€

https://www.wired.com/story/doctor-who-comic-con/

And with that I’m 99.9% certain I’m done with watching Dr. Who from here on out.

Tom Baker IS Doctor Who. You can close the thread now.

I tend to agree, but I think it’s like the 007 debate, it seems whom ever is playing the part when you get into it is your favorite Dr Who/007.

My favorite companion was the ginger Scot from a couple,of years ago. Ahem.

One of my favorite shows on TV. Haven’t got to see the new season though.

It often has a bit of what we would see as a leftist slant but that is the nature of where it is made. And that isn’t why I watch it.

And Peter Davison. Otherwise…

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Roger Moore was Fleming’s blunt instrument when I was born and growing up. I think he is the WORSE Bond ever and he admitted his films were the worst in the franchise (though that has more to do with writers/directors than him) in several interviews before his death. Best Bond ever was Sean Connery and the next IMHO is Daniel Craig.

And as I grew up with Connery and Moore, I enjoyed Moore as Bond and have some very fond memories of Moore as Bond. My favorite Bond movie to this day is probably Live and Let Die.

Moore was good for the gadget/fun/adventure Bond. Connery was good for the Cold War sophisticated middle-aged spy bond. Timothy Dalton was good as the cool ā€œdon’t mess with me Bond.ā€ Pierce Brosnan most looked the part. And Daniel Craig is supposedly the closest to the Bond in the novels. So take your pick.

To me only George Lazenby didn’t really make enough of an impression to have any lasting effect. I call him the ā€œunderstudyā€ Bond.

Benedict Cumberbatch WILL BE the BEST Bond… once he gets the role. Watch some of his ā€œSherlock!ā€ work - he’s practically auditioning. :cool:

He’s an outstanding actor but visually, really difficult to see him as Bond.

I think he is the worst Sherlock.

Jeremy Brett will always forever be the greatest Sherlock. I’m even a member of the late actor’s fan club for his Granada television series where he took Sherlock to the masses, I wished I saw his stage performance of Sherlock when he was touring before his death.

Oh save us from an SJW Bond. As an aside, Sherlock is not one who eschews life in London and looks like he hasn’t eaten this month. Sherlock should be a real man with a real man’s faults and habits.

Jeremy Brett will always be the one, only, and true Sherlock in my book. Came upon the show on PBS when I was a kid one night. Was so intrigued by the performance and writing that I went to the library the next day, checked out the complete works, and for the next few days all I did was read in my spare time… which in turn opened up the door to even more literary classics. As much as I like the Cumberbatch’s performance in the updated series, I very seriously doubt had I saw it back then I would’ve been as impressed or my bookcases as filled as they are today.

Indeed, Brett as Holmes was superb. David Burke was also excellent as Dr Watson.

I could not stand the old movies which portrayed Watson as a buffoon. He was a British Army medical doctor, and a veteran of the Afghan campaigns. Watson was definitely a badass in his own right.

I have the entire Granada Television series on DVD, and enjoy it a great deal. Usually with a glass of single malt Scotch, and a pipe of Dunhill tobacco. :cool: