xpost Steve - no camera unfortunately
― robster (robster), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 08:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― Liz :x (Liz :x), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 08:48 (nineteen years ago) link
Apparently, it's being done for some local news thingy so there won't be any actual new episodes featuring me staring gormlessly from an office window as the Doctor regenerates into MOODY AND INTENSE C. Eccleston.
― robster (robster), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 08:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 08:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― caitlin (caitlin), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 09:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 09:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― robster (robster), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 09:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― robster (robster), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 09:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 10:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― Liz :x (Liz :x), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 10:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― robster (robster), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 10:54 (nineteen years ago) link
The 7th Doctor worked much, much better in books than he did on screen, and even then I think his stories would have been vastly improved with halfway decent editing (and a couple of them, like "Remembrance of the Daleks" and "Ghost Light", work despite this handicap).
The most underrated 7th Doctor story is "Paradise Towers". In the midst of all of the camp nonsense lurks a genuinely creepy story.
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 12:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― Liz :x (Liz :x), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 12:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― robster (robster), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 12:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 13:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 13:07 (nineteen years ago) link
The 7th Doctor would have benefitted greatly from executive support rather than executive sabotage.
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 13:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 13:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 13:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 13:19 (nineteen years ago) link
Behold the heretic!http://www.current.org/cm/cm622mg.gif
I think Happiness Patrol was the Bertie Bassett one. Paradise Towers had some kind of swimming pool dwelling monster.
(many xposts)
― robster (robster), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 13:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 13:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― 24 hours with the King of Snake. (SNAKE!) (ex machina), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 13:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 13:31 (nineteen years ago) link
I much prefer the same season's "Delta and the Bannermen"; a rather enjoyable romp through 50s cliches and with a solid plot. McCoy clearly starts to improve here. And Ken Dodd's cameo is actually pretty good and in keeping with the whole thing.
― Tom May (Tom May), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 13:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 13:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 13:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 13:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 13:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 13:47 (nineteen years ago) link
Maybe I need to watch them again then (although McCoy is the least represented in my 'off the telly' video collection). He always seemed to me to be the most cynical, and never appeared to be someone you could trust.
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 14:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 14:32 (nineteen years ago) link
I should get some of the Virgin and BBC books, I guess.
On the other hand, a weekend trip to Blackpool is U&K now the Who exhibition is back there (not far from where I saw it as a kid in the 70s) following the demise of Longleat.
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 14:47 (nineteen years ago) link
I see what you mean about #7 being better in books though. I'm reading Lungbarrow. It's enjoyable, and #7 Doctor is well-realised, but christ it's hard to sustain interest. All the political Gallifreyan nonsense. I don't give a pants about crappy bloody Time Lords talking shite in meeting rooms.
Troughton's still my fave, and I like McCoy a lot, despite his distinct non-acting.
― I Wish You Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 20 May 2004 02:01 (nineteen years ago) link
Virgin 7th Doctor novels I recommend:
NightshadeTransitThe Left-Handed HummingbirdNo FutureFalls The ShadowSet PieceSanctuaryHuman NatureHead GamesThe Also PeopleJust WarSleepyChristmas On A Rational PlanetDamaged GoodsSo Vile A Sin
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 20 May 2004 02:08 (nineteen years ago) link
Thanks for the tips. I've not seen a Virgin book in like forever, but I'll print your list and keep my feelers out. Human Nature's free on BBCi so that'll be next I rekkin.
Recently I've been [furtively] picking up some BBC books. Currently reading Halflife and it's quite good. Crooked World is excellent too. Mark of Gaderene is next because I want to see what Mark Gatiss can do outside League of Gentlemen. Shalka is pointless but curiously entertaining.
― I Wish You Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 20 May 2004 02:19 (nineteen years ago) link
Also _The Crooked World_!!!!!! Steve Lyons also rules (and he wrote _Head Games_). He explores similar themes in _Conundrum_, only from an alternate universe angle.
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 20 May 2004 02:23 (nineteen years ago) link
Link to free joy: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/ebooks/
Ahhh. So nice to talk about Doctor Who books on a nongeek forum. All my friends give me weird looks and change the subject.
― I Wish You Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 20 May 2004 02:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 20 May 2004 02:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― I Wish You Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 20 May 2004 02:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 20 May 2004 02:44 (nineteen years ago) link
Meh. This time next year they'll be begging me for a lend.
― I Wish You Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 20 May 2004 02:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Thursday, 20 May 2004 12:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 20 May 2004 13:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sarah (starry), Thursday, 20 May 2004 13:11 (nineteen years ago) link
can i do my TERRY WOTAN joke yet?
― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 20 May 2004 13:13 (nineteen years ago) link
Author shout-outs:
Lawrence MilesDave StoneBen AaronovitchJim MortimoreDavid A. McInteeLance ParkinRebecca LevineDaniel O'MahoneySimon MessinghamJonathon MorrisPaul CornellKate OrmanSteve Lyons
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 20 May 2004 13:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sarah (starry), Thursday, 20 May 2004 13:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 20 May 2004 13:28 (nineteen years ago) link
He gets the names of all his guests wrong. "And now, V Graham Norton."
Dan: Mark Morris any good? I found Deep Blue new for AU$4, which is a bit of a steal.
― I Wish You Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 20 May 2004 22:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 20 May 2004 22:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― I Wish You Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 20 May 2004 22:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― colonel pinky, Friday, 21 May 2004 10:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Friday, 21 May 2004 10:55 (nineteen years ago) link
Speaking of incredibly grim graphic violence, check out Mick Lewis's BBC books, too (esp Rags).
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 21 May 2004 11:13 (nineteen years ago) link
Star Trek crossover? Urgh.
I didn't have a problem with the eighth Doctor, it's the crap movie built around him that sucked. And his dialogue. And his stupid half-human nonsense. And harrassing strangers about their future. And the wacky TARDIS interior. And the snogging. And the wig. And the Master. And the plot. And the credits.
― You're the Wish You Are I Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 22 May 2004 03:49 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/books/images/173/tomorrowwindows.jpg
― Lo Boob Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 18 June 2004 02:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 18 June 2004 02:53 (nineteen years ago) link
Can't say more lest I spoil the book, innit.
― Lo Boob Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 18 June 2004 02:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 18 June 2004 03:11 (nineteen years ago) link
I've just crossed the halfway mark, and I feel like taking tonight off just to finish it. Books rarely have that effect on me.
― Lo Boob Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 18 June 2004 04:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― (I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and) Whittle Away My Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 20 June 2004 06:22 (nineteen years ago) link
I found that one a bit disturbing.
― Bob Six (bobbysix), Sunday, 20 June 2004 07:27 (nineteen years ago) link
Jonathon Morris is a complete and total star, Adam; have you read _Fesitval Of Death_ or _Anachrophobia_?
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Sunday, 20 June 2004 13:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ian Edmond (ianedmond), Sunday, 20 June 2004 18:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Sunday, 20 June 2004 21:19 (nineteen years ago) link
Ahahaha. As luck would have it, they're the other two Jonathan Morris books I have, and I've not read either. Having seen no Tom Baker at all since I was about 10, I can't remember what he's like at all, so I'm holding off on Festival of Death until our local telly network gets to him [reruns four nights a week; currently they're 1/3 through the Pertwee stuff].
I've not read Revolution Man, and after those sterling reviews I don't think I will now. :)
― (I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and) Whittle Away My Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 20 June 2004 22:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― That's the Way (uh huh uh huh) I Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 00:08 (nineteen years ago) link
Timeless next. I've a real soft spot for Steve Cole's prose, even if his plots don't always deliver.
― Ian Edmond (ianedmond), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 19:58 (nineteen years ago) link
I've started rereading the Virgin books and it's kind of staggering (overall) how much more ENJOYABLE the first few (barring the completely horrifying _Timewyrm: Apocalypse_) are than the recent BBC 8DAs. COME BACK JOHN PEEL, ALL IS FORGIVEN etc etc.
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 20:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― That's the Way (uh huh uh huh) I Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 23:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 23:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― That's the Way (uh huh uh huh) I Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 23:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 21 July 2004 03:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― That's the Way (uh huh uh huh) I Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 21 July 2004 04:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 21 July 2004 04:31 (nineteen years ago) link
Loving the Alien: Robots. Things go blam. Giant ants. 5/10Ancestor Cell: blah blah Rassilon blah blah Castellan blah blah. Politicofanwank. 4/10Legacy of Daleks: Shit. 2/10
― That's the Way (uh huh uh huh) I Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 21 July 2004 04:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sexual Air Supply (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 3 September 2004 23:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sexual Air Supply (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 3 September 2004 23:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Saturday, 4 September 2004 00:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sexual Air Supply (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 4 September 2004 00:29 (nineteen years ago) link
I didn't LOL as much as I was expecting but I think that's because I've been very very tired this week.
― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Saturday, 4 September 2004 00:33 (nineteen years ago) link
The best part is, the range has since maintained that high standard. I'm officially hooked on these bloody books.
― Sexual Air Supply (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 4 September 2004 00:37 (nineteen years ago) link
I have high hopes for Synthespians; Craig Hinton has long been on my "most underrated Who author" list (and I just started rereading his first NA, _The Dimension Riders_).
― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Saturday, 4 September 2004 00:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sexual Air Supply (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 4 September 2004 00:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― Core of Sphagnum (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 29 October 2004 04:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 29 October 2004 12:42 (nineteen years ago) link
And the range just gets better from there. What a brilliant year. I can't wait for the final Eighth Doctor book, sounds incredible.
― Core of Sphagnum (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 29 October 2004 20:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― koogs (koogs), Monday, 20 June 2005 09:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― robster (robster), Monday, 20 June 2005 09:26 (eighteen years ago) link
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― mark s (mark s), Monday, 20 June 2005 11:33 (eighteen years ago) link
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― kit brash (kit brash), Friday, 24 June 2005 06:21 (eighteen years ago) link