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Post by GC on Jul 10, 2022 5:23:24 GMT
On Mondas... Would Bob Holmes' "Six Doctors" have been more fun?
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Post by Servo on Jul 10, 2022 8:11:19 GMT
This does what’s intended, provides a nostalgia kick.
The story doesn’t really stand up to close scrutiny, but who cares.
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Post by GC on Jul 11, 2022 20:30:50 GMT
Nice bit of artwork depicting the Raston Warrior Robot there. Shame it didn't look a little more like that than the funny looking little geezer prancing about in a silver leotard that we got. Twitter
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Post by Cyggy on Jul 15, 2022 10:41:58 GMT
I love this out-take - with both Pertwee and Hurndall trying their best to cope with a quietly mischievous Troughton! Pertwee and Troughton Jelly Baby
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Post by Cyggy on Jul 15, 2022 10:47:10 GMT
"It Was Twenty Years Ago Today."
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Post by rapscallion on Jul 15, 2022 18:47:25 GMT
I've always loved The Five Doctors, but even more so now I see it as one of the golden greats of Doctor Who. There's so much in it to enjoy, with so many wonderful characters. Definitely in my all time top ten.
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Post by Cyggy on Sept 6, 2022 20:06:35 GMT
I thought it was a shame that John Levene turned down a chance to appear as Benton because the cameo wasn't big enough. Frazer Hines dutifully turned up for his small cameo and, of course, got "The Two Doctors" out of it. Am wondering if Benton would have been the one who tries to stop the Second Doctor from getting in to see the Brigadier? Or alternatively if they asked him to do the Dark Tower/Liz Shaw scene and then got Richard Franklin in instead when he said no thanks?
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Post by iank on Sept 6, 2022 21:04:49 GMT
As I heard it, the reason Levene turned it down was because it was the role given to the guy in Crichton's office, and had him acting like he didn't recognise the 2nd Doctor! That's what he said anyway.
Love TFD. Still the best anniversary special (so far ahead of the crushingly disappointing Day it's not funny). I actually have a giant sized poster of the Radio Times cover now, though I've yet to put it up.
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Post by sadako on Sept 6, 2022 21:31:37 GMT
As my first Doctor Who VHS purchase it will always have a special place in my heart.
To my mind the story is a great piece of visual storytelling where it all makes sense even if technically it shouldn't. The only thing I would perhaps have changed would be I'd have liked to see Susan's ordinary life on post-invasion Earth before she's whisked away, and I'd like them to have made more use of the Shada footage. Keep the punting scene definitely, but there'd be no better way to show the Fourth Doctor be involved wtih the action than have the bicycle chase scene with the obelisk.
Maybe in hindsight its best fan treat moments (the Dalek) happen too early. It's a story with delightful moments. A light treat but not a rich, solid one a la Robots of Death. It maybe isn't as magical these days as the first time I watched it aged 11 (or the hundredth...), but all things considered I'm glad it's there to return to as a sweet event. In hindsight it looks like a perfect encapsulation and reboot of the series, that sadly ended up being a false dawn, and maybe would've been the ideal note for Classic Who to finish on.
Incidentally the special edition is a blasphemy that should be burned.
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Post by Future-Diver on Oct 20, 2022 18:55:52 GMT
As my first Doctor Who VHS purchase it will always have a special place in my heart. To my mind the story is a great piece of visual storytelling where it all makes sense even if technically it shouldn't. The only thing I would perhaps have changed would be I'd have liked to see Susan's ordinary life on post-invasion Earth before she's whisked away, and I'd like them to have made more use of the Shada footage. Keep the punting scene definitely, but there'd be no better way to show the Fourth Doctor be involved wtih the action than have the bicycle chase scene with the obelisk. Maybe in hindsight its best fan treat moments (the Dalek) happen too early. It's a story with delightful moments. A light treat but not a rich, solid one a la Robots of Death. It maybe isn't as magical these days as the first time I watched it aged 11 (or the hundredth...), but all things considered I'm glad it's there to return to as a sweet event. In hindsight it looks like a perfect encapsulation and reboot of the series, that sadly ended up being a false dawn, and maybe would've been the ideal note for Classic Who to finish on. Incidentally the special edition is a blasphemy that should be burned. "As my first Doctor Who VHS purchase it will always have a special place in my heart" - 'The Five Doctors' was also my first Who video- I bought the VHS Box Set Collector's Edition, (alongside 'The King's Demons') and a postcard album from HMV in 1996. Still got that. I like 'The Five Doctors', but much prefer 'The Three Doctors'. There does seem to be an awful lot of wandering around, waiting for stuff to happen in this anniversary special (I remember one unkind reviewer comparing parts of it to an episode of 'Last of The Summer Wine'). It's also a great shame that apart from a few 'Shada' clips, the mighty Tom doesn't appear in this story. However, saying that, I can't imagine how he'd fit in alongside the others without over-shadowing everything. Special mention to the Raston Warrior Robot attack on the Cybermen - I remember watching it at the time and thinking - ' That's weird and horrible and really violent!'
(I enjoyed it ).
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Post by heccy on Oct 20, 2022 20:39:29 GMT
As my first Doctor Who VHS purchase it will always have a special place in my heart. To my mind the story is a great piece of visual storytelling where it all makes sense even if technically it shouldn't. The only thing I would perhaps have changed would be I'd have liked to see Susan's ordinary life on post-invasion Earth before she's whisked away, and I'd like them to have made more use of the Shada footage. Keep the punting scene definitely, but there'd be no better way to show the Fourth Doctor be involved wtih the action than have the bicycle chase scene with the obelisk. Maybe in hindsight its best fan treat moments (the Dalek) happen too early. It's a story with delightful moments. A light treat but not a rich, solid one a la Robots of Death. It maybe isn't as magical these days as the first time I watched it aged 11 (or the hundredth...), but all things considered I'm glad it's there to return to as a sweet event. In hindsight it looks like a perfect encapsulation and reboot of the series, that sadly ended up being a false dawn, and maybe would've been the ideal note for Classic Who to finish on. Incidentally the special edition is a blasphemy that should be burned. "As my first Doctor Who VHS purchase it will always have a special place in my heart" - 'The Five Doctors' was also my first Who video- I bought the VHS Box Set Collector's Edition, (alongside 'The King's Demons') and a postcard album from HMV in 1996. Still got that. I like 'The Five Doctors', but much prefer 'The Three Doctors'. There does seem to be an awful lot of wandering around, waiting for stuff to happen in this anniversary special (I remember one unkind reviewer comparing parts of it to an episode of 'Last of The Summer Wine'). It's also a great shame that apart from a few 'Shada' clips, the mighty Tom doesn't appear in this story. However, saying that, I can't imagine how he'd fit in alongside the others without over-shadowing everything. Special mention to the Raston Warrior Robot attack on the Cybermen - I remember watching it at the time and thinking - ' That's weird and horrible and really violent!' (I enjoyed it ). I really don't think Tom would have stood a chance at upstaging Pertwee and Troughton. Maybe that's the real reason he didn't do it. He knew those two at least were his equals, and Troughton is a far better actor.
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Post by Future-Diver on Oct 20, 2022 20:50:39 GMT
"As my first Doctor Who VHS purchase it will always have a special place in my heart" - 'The Five Doctors' was also my first Who video- I bought the VHS Box Set Collector's Edition, (alongside 'The King's Demons') and a postcard album from HMV in 1996. Still got that. I like 'The Five Doctors', but much prefer 'The Three Doctors'. There does seem to be an awful lot of wandering around, waiting for stuff to happen in this anniversary special (I remember one unkind reviewer comparing parts of it to an episode of 'Last of The Summer Wine'). It's also a great shame that apart from a few 'Shada' clips, the mighty Tom doesn't appear in this story. However, saying that, I can't imagine how he'd fit in alongside the others without over-shadowing everything. Special mention to the Raston Warrior Robot attack on the Cybermen - I remember watching it at the time and thinking - ' That's weird and horrible and really violent!' (I enjoyed it ). I really don't think Tom would have stood a chance at upstaging Pertwee and Troughton. Maybe that's the real reason he didn't do it. He knew those two at least were his equals, and Troughton is a far better actor. I didn't necessarily mean that Tom was the better actor or that he would have outshone the others, merely that I can't imagine how he would fit into (or more importantly, be content to fit into) that particular story, with so many others around him.
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Post by heccy on Oct 20, 2022 20:59:18 GMT
I really don't think Tom would have stood a chance at upstaging Pertwee and Troughton. Maybe that's the real reason he didn't do it. He knew those two at least were his equals, and Troughton is a far better actor. I didn't necessarily mean that Tom was the better actor or that he would have outshone the others, merely that I can't imagine how he would fit into (or more importantly, be content to fit into) that particular story, with so many others around him. I understand that. Actors are a funny sort of people, with a lot of them with big egos that are extremely fragile, so it wouldn't surprise me that Tom didn't do it through fear of being outshone.
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Post by Black Orchid on Nov 23, 2022 15:22:45 GMT
"The Five Doctors premiered in America on the programme's 20th anniversary, and the UK premiere occurred two days later. However, the edits were not identical. This video catalogs the differences."
"It had its world premiere in the United States, on the Chicago PBS station WTTW and various other PBS member stations on 23 November 1983, the program's 20th anniversary date, and it's NOT what was seen in the UK."
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Post by GC on Apr 12, 2023 1:53:33 GMT
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