|
|
| Favourite season 26 story |
| Battlefield |
|
15% |
[ 2 ] |
| Ghost Light |
|
30% |
[ 4 ] |
| The Curse of Fenric |
|
46% |
[ 6 ] |
| Survival |
|
7% |
[ 1 ] |
|
| Total Votes : 13 |
|
| Author |
Message |
Greg
Site Admin
Joined: 26 Jun 2005
Posts: 1770
Location: Canberra
|
 Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:44 pm Post subject: Season 26 favourite story poll |
 |
|
| Here we are at the end of the first TV run of Doctor Who - so what's your favourite of this year? |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Greg
Site Admin
Joined: 26 Jun 2005
Posts: 1770
Location: Canberra
|
| Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:48 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I decided on Ghost Light. The general quality of this season makes it a pity that teh show didn't continue, as it may have gotten back to a good status perhaps the following year.
Ghost Light is perhaps the most successful attempt to tread the line between bizarre humour and drama in the McCoy era, and is one of the most densely packed with ideas stories for a while. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
meglos
Joined: 29 Jun 2005
Posts: 660
Location: Perth
|
| Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:55 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Ghost Light for me as well. I liked this season as a whole because they started to inject some mysteriousness into the Doctor and the show in general. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
SharazJek
Joined: 12 Aug 2005
Posts: 892
Location: Hobart, Tasmania
|
| Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 11:42 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Curse of Fenric for me. The whole season was of a high standard compared to previous years.
I love the special dvd feature length edition of this one. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Beatly
Joined: 24 Jul 2005
Posts: 375
Location: London
|
| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 12:34 am Post subject: |
|
|
| It is extremely difficult to choose - not one of these four stories is a stinker. It's a shame that the damage had already been done, and this season was too little, too late. I plumped for The Curse of Fenric, but that was almost arbitrary. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Wester
Joined: 04 Aug 2005
Posts: 604
Location: Brisbane
|
| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 3:15 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| I voted for Survival, purely because it is the last story of an era. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Theta Sigma
Joined: 26 Jun 2005
Posts: 4141
|
| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 8:53 am Post subject: |
|
|
| The Curse of Fenric because it is superb. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
ADAMK
Joined: 29 Jun 2005
Posts: 217
Location: Canberra
|
| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 9:41 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Having missed this season when it was originally broadcast, I was impressed by its quality. While not perfect, the production values, acting and plots were the strongest they had been for years! A pity it was too late to save Doctor Who from the axe though! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Wester
Joined: 04 Aug 2005
Posts: 604
Location: Brisbane
|
| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:56 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| ADAMK - I agree about how Dr Who was improving in the last season, only to be axed. It would have been interesting to think about how the series would have evolved with another one or two seasons of McCoy. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
charlie
Joined: 08 Dec 2005
Posts: 1348
Location: Currarong (never heard of it?! Its near Nowra. What?! Nowra's below The Gong!)
|
| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:50 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Ghost Light was my favourite
Im actually glad that DW stopped before I was born because if it had continued I would have seen it 30 years on and before I even liked sci fi and being so young I wouldnt have been able to fully appreciate the stories first time round, also without having all the backstory I couldnt have known what was actually going on or be able to enjoy all the mystery of the first few Doctors. And if it had been on I might have never started to like it with all those obstacles in the way. So really the show has taken the perfect break for me to get into it. Im so lucky  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
ADAMK
Joined: 29 Jun 2005
Posts: 217
Location: Canberra
|
| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 9:53 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Wester wrote: | | ADAMK - I agree about how Dr Who was improving in the last season, only to be axed. It would have been interesting to think about how the series would have evolved with another one or two seasons of McCoy. |
Taken from "A Brief History of Time (Travel)"
http://www.physics.mun.ca/%7Esps/serials/7q.html
"Consequently, Ghost Light marked the final regular participation in the programmes for a number of people. Wareing has continued to direct, with work including Ghoul-Lashed (alongside Sylvester McCoy). Platt had two stories under consideration for Season Twenty-Seven. One featured the Ice Warriors terraforming Mars. The other (which appears to have been the stronger candidate) was set in the 1960s and would have introduced a new semi-regular character (an ex-gangland boss) to the series. Regardless of which plot was ultimately selected, the four-part entry would almost certainly have ended with Ace's departure, as Sophie Aldred was contracted only for the first eight episodes of the 1990 season. The idea being considered by Cartmel, Platt and Aaronovitch was to have the Doctor leave Ace on Gallifrey to be enrolled in the Time Lord Academy. Platt was also being considered to replace Cartmel once the latter stepped down as Doctor Who's script editor. Platt has continued his involvement with Doctor Who, writing three novels for Virgin Publishing's New and Missing Adventures ranges. Two of these -- Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible and Lungbarrow -- were inspired by Platt's rejected script proposals of the same titles; the other, Downtime, was based on a direct-to-video production featuring several Doctor Who characters. More recently, Platt wrote Loups-Garoux for the Big Finish line of Doctor Who audio plays.
It is not clear whether or not Andrew Cartmel would have continued as Doctor Who's script editor for its twenty-seventh season. Following the completion of Season Twenty-Six, Cartmel worked on the drama series Casualty for a year and then left television to write for various computer-related magazines. Cartmel wrote three novels in the New Adventures series -- Cat's Cradle: Warhead, Warlock and Warchild -- and also penned Winter For The Adept for Big Finish Productions. Despite his protestations to the contrary, Nathan-Turner likely would have been forced to remain on Doctor Who for Season Twenty-Seven. He finally left the BBC on August 31st, 1990, but maintained his relationship with Doctor Who for several years thereafter, producing several special video releases, and producing and cowriting the thirtieth anniversary special Dimensions In Time in 1993.
Sophie Aldred has continued to act, both in television (concentrating on children's programming) and in the theatre. She returned to play Ace in Dimensions In Time, in several Big Finish releases, and in the 2001 BBC Online audio adventure Death Comes To Time. With visual effects designer Mike Tucker, Aldred recounted her time on Doctor Who in the 1996 book Ace!. McCoy had considered leaving Doctor Who after Season Twenty-Six, but was persuaded to remain for one more year; it is likely that Season Twenty-Seven would have been his last, however. Like Aldred, McCoy still works prolifically on stage and screen, and returned to play the Doctor in Dimensions In Time, Death Comes To Time, and various Big Finish releases. McCoy also maintained for years after the end of production on Ghost Light that he was eager to finish his tenure as the Doctor "properly", by recording a regeneration scene and handing things over to an Eighth Doctor. Though the wait would be considerable, his wish would finally be granted..." |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
kangamac
Joined: 09 Feb 2006
Posts: 2757
|
| Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 6:51 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Battlefield - but only because of the Brigadier. Otherwise it would have been The Curse of Fenric. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
