OFF: Re: HW: Question for Dave regarding use of music for Dr. Who

[Bob Lennon]

Mike,
thanks for the explanation of the Stranger series. I had noticed the change
from him being the "doctor" but not being called the doctor, to him now
having a "non-doctor" identity, I didn't know why then...
I get the general gist of the show, but have more problems just staying
interested in it. The 1st ep was kind of fun, an even lower budget Dr.
Who-ish thing. But most of the later ones are nearly unbearable. What I
should have said that I don't get is why anyone likes them. I do have to
balance that statement with the fact that I do enjoy seeing all the ghosts of
Dr. Who past streaming in and out of the shows, Louis Jamison etc...
I was delighted to see Colin Baker take the helm, as I think he was not
developed enough as the 6th doctor and I actually liked him.
oh, yes, regarding shooting in mines & gravel pits, you forgot to mention:
sides of hills & in the woods.
bob

In a message dated 1/24/01 7:24:10 AM Eastern Standard Time,
fofp at HOLYROOD.ED.AC.UK writes:

> Bob Lennon writes:
>
>  > William,
>  > I'd be interested in hearing more about this.
>  > I watched most of the Stranger series and I just never got it.
>
>  The basic gist of the series is of a kindof understated superhero who
>  just runs around time saving Earth and the universe and playing the
>  English country gentleman.
>
>  > As a matter of
>  > fact, some of them are painful to watch.
>
>  The BBC never ever had big budgets for this sort of thing and usually
>  regard SF as for kids anyway. That means that alien planets are always
>  in mines or gravel pits and the aliens are kinda hokey. You can get fond
>  of Daleks, Cybermen and those Yeti with the little control balls in
>  their backs. I never really much liked the whole Master thing though.
>
>  Not all the Doctors (they're reanimated after an actor leaves) were very
>  good at the style though. Troughton, Hartnell, Pertwee and Baker were a
>  lot better than some of the later guys. Paul McGann could have pulled it
>  off in the film though, but they trashed that by spending half of it on
>  setup and having the Master as the baddie rather than the Daleks or
>  Cybermen. An update of either of those is badly needed. The Borg are
>  just so much better dressed than the Cybermen and the Shadows are so
>  much more subtle than the Daleks. It's going to be very hard to top
>  Morden as an SF baddie.
>
>  FoFP
>
>