Matrixman wrote:I enjoy Tennant's energetic portrayal, but I'm not sure I'd call his Doctor "classy." For me, it's actually Eccleston who is the "classier" one. I'd also name Peter Davison as a classy Doctor. I guess we each have our own notion of what classy means.
I agree completely. However, for me, Pertwee is the most classy.
A true legend.
Waddley wrote:your Highness Sir Dr. Loredoctor, PhD, Esq, the Magnificent, First of his name, Second Cousin of Dragons, White-Gold-Plate Wielder!
Matrixman wrote: I guess we each have our own notion of what classy means.
Aye, indeed we do. For me Eccleston's doctor had the atmosphere of the 'working class boy come good' (which was great), but Tennant is a little like an eccentric scientist run amok.
Anyway, I agree that Pertwee was the 'classiest'. He was an odd combination of the most 'robust' and masculine doctor, and the most 'dandified'. He was great.
"For the love of God, Montresor!"
"Yes," I said, "for the love of God!" - Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado.
So, have we found out just who this Doctor is? I mean, we can't just keep calling him Dr. Who forever; it's beginning to come off like a bad parody of that Abbott & Costello gag. Of course, it would be a better parody if there was a Dr. What, a Dr. I Don't Know Who, A Dr. Because.....
Dandelion don't tell no lies
Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion
I'm afraid there's no denying
I'm just a dandelion
a fate I don't deserve.
Clouseau wrote:So, have we found out just who this Doctor is?
Aside from a few injokes in the '60s era of the show, the character has never actually been called Doctor Who. He's called The Doctor. For me, that's fine. If they revealed his name, that would be rather anti-climactical, I think. He occassionally adopts the pseudonym of John Smith.
"For the love of God, Montresor!"
"Yes," I said, "for the love of God!" - Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado.
The way BBCA is showing the episodes is really beginning to piss me off. #1 The slow way that the episodes trickle out. #2. Several times a new episode has been promised, but when I watch it I realize that I saw it months ago when Dr. Who was being shown on the Sci-fi network, or even previously on BBCA. #3. I think that several times 2 part episodes have not been continued the next week.
A new member to the Watch posted in General Fantasy/SciFi about a recent episode of Torchwood that apparently makes use of The Land's Words of Power, with a totally inappropriate translation given. I'm unsure how many here also go into that forum, so I figured I would cross-post.
That's been floating around - but so have many similar rumours. Tennant is staying for this season and probably the next, he's in the next Xmas special, after all.
"For the love of God, Montresor!"
"Yes," I said, "for the love of God!" - Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado.
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