And The Eleventh Doctor Is...

Mythmere · Post by **Mythmere** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 12:36 pm

Could be worse:

1) Keanu Reeves doing a British accent

Could be better:
1) Gwyneth Paltrow doing a British accent
2) Steven Fry
3) Hugh Laurie

Could be Good, Could be Awful
1) Rowan Atkinson

JDJarvis · Post by **JDJarvis** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 12:40 pm

When Rowan Atkinson played Dr. Who (for a comedy special) it was funny as heck and awful all at the same time.

Mythmere · Post by **Mythmere** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 12:42 pm

JDJarvis wrote:When Rowan Atkinson played Dr. Who (for a comedy special) it was funny as heck and awful all at the same time.

Good lord, I didn't know he'd actually done that...

JDJarvis · Post by **JDJarvis** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 12:44 pm

Mythmere wrote:
JDJarvis wrote:When Rowan Atkinson played Dr. Who (for a comedy special) it was funny as heck and awful all at the same time.
Good lord, I didn't know he'd actually done that...

Dr Who and the Curse of the Fatal Death.
just searched an it's on wikipedia->

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who ... atal_Death

Casey777 · Post by **Casey777** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 5:40 pm

or http://x2d.xanga.com/c75f3be62173522844 ... 881165.jpg

He does have a Dr. Who connection, playing Jim Taylor in the TV adaptation of the Sally Lockhart mysteries, Billie Piper plays the title role. The Ruby in the Smoke and The Shadow of the North. Mystery's shown them in the US. So he can at least pull off Victorian stuff somewhat. He has time to grow into the role and I'll see how he looks and acts in the outfit before making a judgment. Incidently I thought better of Billie Piper after seeing one of those mysteries.

As for him being young, well that could be good. We've had old farts, crazy ones, fools and cricketers and those were fine. Maybe a youthful looking doctor coming to grips with being the 11th incarnation of a dying race could be interesting.

If I could bring back one doctor, it'd be Paul McGann. One badly realized pilot episode did not do him justice IMO and while radio serials are better than nothing, more tv serials would be much better.

Casey777 · Post by **Casey777** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 6:02 pm

JDJarvis wrote:Dr Who and the Curse of the Fatal Death.

It's quite fun, esp. the *other* doctors (including at least one I thought would work as an actual Dr. Who).

I also like Dead Ringers' Dr. Who Christmas Special. Not only do they sound like the respective doctors, they also look a lot like them. That surprised me at first since I'd only heard Dead Ringers audio before.

And finally, I enjoyed 2008's Christmas Special. Very Victorian, Christmasy, and Whoish IMO, so fun all around.

Brad · Post by **Brad** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 6:15 pm

JDJarvis wrote:
Dr Who and the Curse of the Fatal Death.
just searched an it's on wikipedia->

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who ... atal_Death

Don't like Dr. Who, but after that synopsis, I might have to watch the episode.

JCBoney · Post by **JCBoney** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:24 pm

Curse of the Fatal Death is well worth watching for the sheer mockery element alone.

Part one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xkZhAtjT8U

You can easily find the others.

Casey: McGann surely was wasted, but there are numerous audio books concerning his incarnation of the Doctor... and the BBC considers them canon, so the 8th Doctor isn't totally lost.

Algolei · Post by **Algolei** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 1:25 am

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Wheggi · Post by **Wheggi** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 7:11 am

Okay, for someone who has NO Dr. Who experience (*ahem* me *ahem*), where would you suggest starting?

- Wheggi

TRP · Post by **TRP** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:13 am

Wheggi wrote:Okay, for someone who has NO Dr. Who experience (*ahem* me *ahem*), where would you suggest starting?

- Wheggi

I'd say Baker, others may say Pertwee. I don't think that you could go wrong with either one.

Start at the beginning with either of them.
Baker's is season 12's "Robot"
Pertwee's is season 7's "Spearhead From Space"

ETA: IIRC, my first Who episode was Baker's Pyramids of Mars. I was hooked.

JDJarvis · Post by **JDJarvis** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:35 am

Go with Tom Baker. Pertwee is good but the camp element might overwhelm some modern tastes without good foundation of Who to make it delightfully palatable.

of course the acot names can be confusing, In my social cirlce the Dr's are known as-
The old guy, moe, white haired guy, the real Dr. Who, the blond guy, the fuzzy haired guy, the twerp with the hat, there was a movie?, the new guy with the short hair, the cute newer guy.

the "Real Dr. Who" is Tom Baker of course, he was the first one to be aired widely in the U.S.

JDJarvis · Post by **JDJarvis** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:37 am

Go with Tom Baker. Pertwee is good but the camp element might overwhelm some modern tastes without good foundation of Who to make it delightfully palatable.

of course the acot names can be confusing, In my social cirlce the Dr's are known as-
The old guy, moe, white haired guy, the real Dr. Who, the blond guy, the fuzzy haired guy, the twerp with the hat, there was a movie?, the new guy with the short hair, the cute newer guy.

the "Real Dr. Who" is Tom Baker of course, he was the first one to be aired widely in the U.S.

JCBoney · Post by **JCBoney** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:40 am

Technically:

The BBC series was originally sold to television stations in the United States in 1972, with Time-Life Television syndicating selected episodes of Jon Pertwee's time as the Doctor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who ... th_America

But you said "widely" so there's a difference I guess.

T. Foster · Post by **T. Foster** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:00 pm

Wheggi wrote:Okay, for someone who has NO Dr. Who experience (*ahem* me *ahem*), where would you suggest starting?

- Wheggi

I'd recommend starting with season 1 of the new series -- Christopher Eccleston as The (Ninth) Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose (joined near the end by John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness). This was produced after a long hiatus (16 years since the prior tv season, though there was a tv movie and some other quasi-canonical stuff -- books, comics, etc. -- in the interim) and was intended at least in part to draw in people with no prior knowledge of the series. By the end of these 13 episodes you'll be hooked and can go either forwards (3 more seasons of the new series) or backwards (26 seasons of the old series plus the tv movie) as you desire.