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Topic History of: Hugely looking forward to Doctor Who
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The Cat |
Dr Who was only basic kids TV in the 1980s. It was created as a dark Sci-Fi for adults. As a young child I was not allowed to watch it. For it's day it was very ground-breaking and there were even calls for it to be banned. Such was the innocence of the era.
It lost quality towards the end of the Tom Baker era when some bod at the BBC decided to make kids the target audience. By the time Sylvester McCoy took the role it had lost the plot entirely, but briefly recovered form in the Paul McGann movie.
I don't think RTD has broadened the appeal. He's just made it for a different audience. |
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The Cat |
It's about degrees. All stories borrow from others to some extent. I see the level of 'borrowing' by RTD as rather more than in previous Dr Who eras. There is a difference between adapting an idea and copying entire scenes, although there is the exception of intentional parody. It's noticeable that the newer Dr Who stories which show the most originality are those not written by RTD. Maybe he should stick to producing and leave the writing to those with more imagination. |
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JK2006 |
Those knocking Tate - like Sam Wollaston in the Guardian today - are wrong, I believe.
I bet she really grows on them as the series develops.
Sam got the charm of the show spot on in the rest of his review incidentally; the reason I love RTD so much is that he has broadened the appeal so much.
I never liked Dr Who before he took over - it was simple basic kids TV - he has made it far cleverer and more subtle yet, I believe, has still retained the charm for kids - though other posters clearly disagree. |
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Clifford |
Its first showing has bee panned by the critics. Something to do with Tates over-acting and the fact she could be the Doctors mumm. Bring back Billie Piper! |
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steveimp |
Doctor Who has always borrowed and used elements from other literature and stories. Indeed in it's heyday of the mid 70s under Tom Baker, it borrowed from Frankinstein, the Midwich Cuckoos, the Phantom of the Opera, Egpytian mythology and Jack the Ripper.
One story from 1975, The Ark in Space however is a little different - regarding an alien menace stalking a spaceship, it PREDATED the Alien movie which starred Sigourney Weaver by five years - and in another twist, that film was directed by Ridley Scott, who was down to design the original Dalek story in 1964 but got reassigned elsewhere! |
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