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ADAMK
Joined: 29 Jun 2005
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Location: Canberra
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| Theta Sigma wrote: | | Last week I wrote a response to Scott Jenkins' preview of The Parting of the Ways in which he says that Doctor Who was something to be loved or loathe and that we should make up our minds whether to say goodbye for now or good riddance in the Seven Days guide. First of all I was told that my letter will be in the the next Seven Days (albeit edited since it was long) then to my surprise I got a response from Mr Jenkins himself . . . |
Good on you Theta Sigma! And it was good of Scott to reply to you too although I disagree with his views. Interesting that he doesn't seem to give any real reasons for not liking the new series, except that he doesn't seem to like Christopher Eccleston!
I'm also surprised that their mail was 50-50 for and against the show. My impression is that the show was well-liked by the general public but I only have anecdotal evidence to back that opinion up! |
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Theta Sigma
Joined: 26 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 10:57 am Post subject: |
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| ADAMK wrote: |
Good on you Theta Sigma! And it was good of Scott to reply to you too although I disagree with his views. Interesting that he doesn't seem to give any real reasons for not liking the new series, except that he doesn't seem to like Christopher Eccleston!
I'm also surprised that their mail was 50-50 for and against the show. My impression is that the show was well-liked by the general public but I only have anecdotal evidence to back that opinion up! |
Thanks for that. I too got the impression that the show is well-liked. Only heard a few saying they didn't like it certainly nowhere near the 50-50 mark. |
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ADAMK
Joined: 29 Jun 2005
Posts: 220
Location: Canberra
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 11:44 am Post subject: |
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Theta Sigma, I saw your letter in the DT today! Good one!
I remember Scott Jenkins also irritated me when in a review of the Empty Child or the Doctor Dances he said the ratings in the UK had fallen by the time these episodes were shown! It was misleading as it overlooked the fact that TEC's ratings were affected by a one-off earlier timeslot and that fewer people watch TV in the UK in the warmer months. DW still had an excellent audience share and was winning its timeslot and even some Saturdays! I think he is a little biased against DW! |
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Theta Sigma
Joined: 26 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 11:46 am Post subject: |
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| Well glad you enjoyed my letter. |
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ADAMK
Joined: 29 Jun 2005
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Location: Canberra
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This was in yesterday's Australian. I think Doctor Who was rating well if it was still getting close to 1 million after 3 months! It seems it was outrating The Bill in any case!
"WATER COOLER by Kerrie Murphy
Missed an important TV moment this week? Here's a handy cut out and keep guide to help you bluff your way through TV conversation
Saturday
Midsomer Murders/Hustle
Did you feel it? The great disturbance in the Force, as if a million television sets were suddenly forced to contemplate life without The Bill on a Saturday night. The ABC's new Saturday night line-up kicked off with Midsomer Murders in the slot that previously aired Doctor Who. Midsomer Murders was watched by 1.11 million, which is about the same number who tuned into the first episode of Doctor Who. However, by the end of its run, the latter series was down to 981,000 viewers. It's hard to make a direct comparison between The Bill and its replacements, which air at 7.30pm and 9.05pm, as the two new shows absorb the old timeslot. Although the audience for Midsomer Murders was bigger than the 879,000 who watched the final Saturday episode of The Bill, it was higher still than the 674,000 who watched Hustle. However, Hustle's audience was slightly higher than the 659,000 who watched the last episode of Parkinson aired at 9.30pm the previous Saturday, so the ABC probably came out slightly ahead." |
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Majestic
Joined: 23 Aug 2005
Posts: 14
Location: Newcastle, Australia
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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I loved the episode. It has shown how much the three main characters have changed during their time together.
I give it my thumbs up.
I also believe that the series is very well liked. I haven't heard much against the new series as of yet. |
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Ace
Joined: 27 Jun 2005
Posts: 117
Location: Sydney
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| Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:29 am Post subject: |
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Ah yes, but look at the crap that is called The Bill these days. Not hard to outrun that show any more,
Ace |
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Beatly
Joined: 24 Jul 2005
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Location: London
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| Did anyone else notice the nice touch in this episode? Just before the Doctor and the audience find out that the Emperor Dalek made his new army from the dispossessed of Earth, the Doctor is inspecting the Dalek that Jack blasted inside the TARDIS: it quite clearly has two eyes, and a vaguely human face. The Dalek seen in the episode Dalek and the Emperor both only have one eye - obviously purebred Dalek creatures. |
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charlie
Joined: 08 Dec 2005
Posts: 1400
Location: Currarong (never heard of it?! Its near Nowra. What?! Nowra's below The Gong!)
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| Majestic wrote: |
I also believe that the series is very well liked. I haven't heard much against the new series as of yet. |
I, myself, prefer the original Daleks and cant help thinking that when I listen to the later daleks that they sound far too nervous and excitable. Also I dont like the luminosity dispensers or whatever those lights are called.
Still, despite any sort of critisism and shortcoming it has, the new series is still better than all of the American Crap polluting the screens. |
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SharazJek
Joined: 12 Aug 2005
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Location: Hobart, Tasmania
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| charlie wrote: | | I, myself, prefer the original Daleks and cant help thinking that when I listen to the later daleks that they sound far too nervous and excitable. Also I dont like the luminosity dispensers or whatever those lights are called. |
By the 'original' Daleks, do you mean the Daleks from 1963 or the 70's? They sounded very different in The Daleks as opposed to say Day of the Daleks.
Personally I think the new series Daleks sound very much like the Daleks from the first serial they appeared in. |
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charlie
Joined: 08 Dec 2005
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Location: Currarong (never heard of it?! Its near Nowra. What?! Nowra's below The Gong!)
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| SharazJek wrote: | By the 'original' Daleks, do you mean the Daleks from 1963 or the 70's? They sounded very different in The Daleks as opposed to say Day of the Daleks.
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pretty much the whole Hartnell era. |
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Wester
Joined: 04 Aug 2005
Posts: 610
Location: Brisbane
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 11:05 am Post subject: |
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I just dont want to see a Dalek with a torch stuck to its eye piece ever again. What were they thinking.
By the way i too liked to early Daleks. |
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Amano07
Joined: 26 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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| what torch stuck to the eye piece?? |
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kangamac
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| Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 1:57 am Post subject: |
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| It was good. |
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kangamac
Joined: 09 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 2:00 am Post subject: |
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| My apologies for the second post - just getting the hang of how the voting system works. |
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Wester
Joined: 04 Aug 2005
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Location: Brisbane
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| Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Amano07 wrote: | | what torch stuck to the eye piece?? |
It was in Planet of the Daleks. I havent seen it since, thank God. |
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SharazJek
Joined: 12 Aug 2005
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Location: Hobart, Tasmania
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| Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 11:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Wester wrote: | | Amano07 wrote: | | what torch stuck to the eye piece?? |
It was in Planet of the Daleks. I havent seen it since, thank God. |
I thought you were a Planet of the Daleks fan. Isn't 'Wester' the name of the main Spiridon? The one who healed Jo from the fungoids?
(Don't you just love those Terry Nation sci-fi names? Fungoids, Visions, voice/audio, etc etc. I heard he thought of the last one by looking on the spine of an encyclopedia which read 'voice' to 'audio'. Or was that something else.....) |
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Wester
Joined: 04 Aug 2005
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Location: Brisbane
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| Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 9:17 am Post subject: |
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| SharazJek wrote: | | Wester wrote: | | Amano07 wrote: | | what torch stuck to the eye piece?? |
It was in Planet of the Daleks. I havent seen it since, thank God. |
I thought you were a Planet of the Daleks fan. Isn't 'Wester' the name of the main Spiridon? The one who healed Jo from the fungoids?
(Don't you just love those Terry Nation sci-fi names? Fungoids, Visions, voice/audio, etc etc. I heard he thought of the last one by looking on the spine of an encyclopedia which read 'voice' to 'audio'. Or was that something else.....) |
Sorry I am a HUGE fan of the story - I meant that I thank God they havent used the torch special effect since then - to my knowledge. |
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Beatly
Joined: 24 Jul 2005
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Location: London
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Strange encyclopaedia that would range from 'voice' to 'audio', but the meat of that anecdote is familiar. I can't add more information to it, though. HOWEVER! An American sci-fi TV chappie once came to the UK and while on a motorway saw a sign pointing to the town of Luton. A year or so later, this man's TV show had an episode entitled something like "Terror of the Lutons". 
(can't remember which series it was, though)
edit:
(quick round of Googling reveals that it was an episode of Space: 1999 called "The Rules of Luton") |
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charlie
Joined: 08 Dec 2005
Posts: 1400
Location: Currarong (never heard of it?! Its near Nowra. What?! Nowra's below The Gong!)
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| Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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| SharazJek wrote: | | Don't you just love those Terry Nation sci-fi names? Fungoids, Visions, voice/audio, etc etc. I heard he thought of the last one by looking on the spine of an encyclopedia which read 'voice' to 'audio'. Or was that something else..... |
I really hate "Dalekenium." I could have put up with it if it was "Dalekium" or "Darlonite" but Dalekenium sounds like it was made up to be lame. |
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