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Post by GC on Apr 29, 2022 23:55:59 GMT
Viktors Ritelis on working with Douglas Camfield and Bill Hartnell.
A View from my Tardis with IDENT
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Post by GC on Apr 30, 2022 2:53:20 GMT
William Hartnell Plaque Unveiling At Ealing Studios, October 2018
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Post by Cyggy on Jun 10, 2022 18:59:44 GMT
A clip of William Hartnell in "The Dark Tower" (1943)IMDB
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Post by Black Orchid on Jun 20, 2022 19:36:35 GMT
Billy Fluffs etc
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Post by Future-Diver on Jun 21, 2022 8:11:36 GMT
"I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it".
Although Tom's my personal favourite, I acknowledge that in many ways, William Hartnell was the definitive Doctor. I particularly like the Season 1 version of the character, when we're not quite sure if he's trustworthy or even likeable. The Doctor should always be a little unknowable and slightly scary and Hartnell portrayed these qualities better than anyone else . Of course, he didn't remain this way, he softened after a while, resembling more a kindly Victorian Grandfather, but he still retained some of those cantankerous, irascible qualities. A far cry from the bouncy, cuddly Tennant-template of modern Who. "I wanted to be a more distant and alien Doctor. Because thatโs how I remember William Hartnell" - Peter Capaldi.
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Post by Cyggy on Jun 22, 2022 12:40:46 GMT
Doctor Who Classic Series 1 Summary - The Story So Far
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Post by Cyggy on Jun 22, 2022 12:43:45 GMT
Doctor Who Classic Series 2 Summary - The Story So Far"Playback disabled on other sites. Watch on Youtube" Youtube
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Post by Cyggy on Jun 22, 2022 12:46:53 GMT
Doctor Who Classic Series 3 Summary - The Story So Far
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Post by Cyggy on Jul 11, 2022 13:23:41 GMT
Best First Doctor Stories
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Post by Cyggy on Jul 19, 2022 10:09:42 GMT
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Post by Cyggy on Jul 23, 2022 20:49:35 GMT
Have never seen this one before....
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Post by Cyggy on Jul 31, 2022 16:44:21 GMT
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Post by GC on Oct 4, 2022 16:27:38 GMT
TPTV are showing this rarity on Saturday at 6:25pm. Murder In Reverse Talking Pictures TV Sky 328 Freesat 82 Virgin 445 and Freesat 306
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Post by Bowties on Nov 21, 2022 12:31:55 GMT
Surviving footage of an interview with William Hartnell in 1967.
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Post by WildcatMatt on Nov 22, 2022 3:12:48 GMT
I really wish we had more of Season Three.
For many reasons, but one of them being Hartnell's performance in DMP. Nation and Spooner clearly know Hartnell by now and their writing seems tailored to him. Yes, he has his fluffs, but he manages to sell them as part of his performance. Was that bit of nonsense a Hartnell line fluff or the Doctor trying to slip something past one of the other characters? This is an actor in command of his role.
When I was first watching DW back in the early '90s, there were times when I found some of the early stories difficult to sit through. In retrospect this is largely due to Ents using whatever prints they had around as masters which were made even muddier by Lionheart's standards conversion and compilations. I also think those early stories are particularly poorly suited for "movie" formatting and need the episode breaks to maintain proper pace and cadence. In one of WTTW's pledge drives during the B&W run, Marty Robinson admits in one of the breaks that he's disappointed by the response they were getting. Yes, some of that is resistance to monochrome generally, but the BBC did nothing to put their best foot forward and I think that has had a lasting impact on fan opinion, at least in the US.
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