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Post by tingramretro on Jan 17, 2017 9:45:02 GMT -5
''Sub Zero'' is an interesting tale, which demonstrates pretty clearly how little most of us knew about the realities of nuclear warfare in the early 1970s. Sydney Harbour is destroyed by the Daleks using a nuclear missile; there's a huge mushroom cloud, but no sign or mention of any fallout, and the explosion seems fairly localised. Rescue units (not in hazard gear) are immediately sent in to find survivors. It all tallies quite well, in fact, with the TV Doctor Who story ''The Claws of Axos'', transmitted the previous year, in which we learned that the best way to escape harm when a nuclear power station explodes is to run two hundred yards and hide behind a jeep. I always thought we were supposed to put a paper bag over our heads. Ford Prefect: "yes, if you like" Barman: "will that help?" Ford Prefect: "no" |
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Post by Confessor on Jan 17, 2017 11:14:51 GMT -5
I always thought we were supposed to put a paper bag over our heads. Ford Prefect: "yes, if you like" Barman: "will that help?" Ford Prefect: "no" Glad you got the reference.  |
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Post by tingramretro on Jan 20, 2017 9:28:19 GMT -5
Tom Baker, still the definitive Doctor to many of us, is 83 today. Happy Birthday, Tom!  |
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Post by String on Jan 22, 2017 16:12:01 GMT -5
Happy Late Birthday!
I still haven't finished his massive interview in DWM #501. It's been an incredible, funny, enlightening read so far though.
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Post by brutalis on Jan 24, 2017 13:50:01 GMT -5
Tom Baker helped to bring Doctor Who fame and prosperity into the good old USA. It was his turn in the blue box which was syndicated to PBS delivering this long running series to us. To many he is the 1st Doctor seen and their best Doctor. I had seen Doctor Who when i was younger as the Pertwee era was syndicated out to local independent television stations but it ran very early in the morning around 5 or 6 am as the start off against Saturday morning cartoons here in Phoenix. I clearly remember 1st seeing the Daemons and being entranced and having seen a few other of the Pertwee episodes here and there but once PBS premiered Tom Baker's version on a daily schedule that i could watch each night after coming home from work it was his Doctor's charm and wit that caught on.
Once i had moved out from home on my own with a room mate where we both pitched in for one of those new fangled expensive as all get out VHS recorders it was Doctor Who recording time. Those poor old VHS tapes episodes were recorded over and over several times since i found out how easily the tapes broke so i would have several copies recorded so i wouldn't lose them whenever the tapes screwed up. From there it was buying up Doctor Who monthly in the comic book shop so i could find out all that i could and read the monthly comic book story installments.
Now the Doctor lives on for me with the Titan comics which perfectly capture each version of the Doctor and present some truly wonderful stories and artwork. I have every DVD season since the relaunch of Nu Who, purchased the DVD's of the Tom Baker era's at Phoenix Comic-con years ago and in the last year have since recorded all the other Doctor episodes available from Retro Television.
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Post by tingramretro on Jan 24, 2017 14:24:30 GMT -5
Tom Baker helped to bring Doctor Who fame and prosperity into the good old USA. It was his turn in the blue box which was syndicated to PBS delivering this long running series to us. To many he is the 1st Doctor seen and their best Doctor. I had seen Doctor Who when i was younger as the Pertwee era was syndicated out to local independent television stations but it ran very early in the morning around 5 or 6 am as the start off against Saturday morning cartoons here in Phoenix. I clearly remember 1st seeing the Daemons and being entranced and having seen a few other of the Pertwee episodes here and there but once PBS premiered Tom Baker's version on a daily schedule that i could watch each night after coming home from work it was his Doctor's charm and wit that caught on. Once i had moved out from home on my own with a room mate where we both pitched in for one of those new fangled expensive as all get out VHS recorders it was Doctor Who recording time. Those poor old VHS tapes episodes were recorded over and over several times since i found out how easily the tapes broke so i would have several copies recorded so i wouldn't lose them whenever the tapes screwed up. From there it was buying up Doctor Who monthly in the comic book shop so i could find out all that i could and read the monthly comic book story installments. Now the Doctor lives on for me with the Titan comics which perfectly capture each version of the Doctor and present some truly wonderful stories and artwork. I have every DVD season since the relaunch of Nu Who, purchased the DVD's of the Tom Baker era's at Phoenix Comic-con years ago and in the last year have since recorded all the other Doctor episodes available from Retro Television. As it happens, your PBS stations inadvertently provided an invaluable service to British Doctor Who fans! Old Doctor Who was seldom reshown over here. When home video started to become a thing, and before BBC Video really caught on to the potential for revenue, hardcore fans started finding less "official" ways to watch it, buying bootleg tapes often recorded from American TV. I still remember, as a teenager, trekking up to Heathrow airport with a mate and the £50 we'd scraped together to hand over to a pilot who'd recorded half a dozen or so early Tom Baker stories while on layover in the States. I still have the tapes, and they still play! |
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Post by Confessor on Jan 24, 2017 16:50:51 GMT -5
Tom Baker helped to bring Doctor Who fame and prosperity into the good old USA. It was his turn in the blue box which was syndicated to PBS delivering this long running series to us. To many he is the 1st Doctor seen and their best Doctor. I had seen Doctor Who when i was younger as the Pertwee era was syndicated out to local independent television stations but it ran very early in the morning around 5 or 6 am as the start off against Saturday morning cartoons here in Phoenix. I clearly remember 1st seeing the Daemons and being entranced and having seen a few other of the Pertwee episodes here and there but once PBS premiered Tom Baker's version on a daily schedule that i could watch each night after coming home from work it was his Doctor's charm and wit that caught on. Once i had moved out from home on my own with a room mate where we both pitched in for one of those new fangled expensive as all get out VHS recorders it was Doctor Who recording time. Those poor old VHS tapes episodes were recorded over and over several times since i found out how easily the tapes broke so i would have several copies recorded so i wouldn't lose them whenever the tapes screwed up. From there it was buying up Doctor Who monthly in the comic book shop so i could find out all that i could and read the monthly comic book story installments. Now the Doctor lives on for me with the Titan comics which perfectly capture each version of the Doctor and present some truly wonderful stories and artwork. I have every DVD season since the relaunch of Nu Who, purchased the DVD's of the Tom Baker era's at Phoenix Comic-con years ago and in the last year have since recorded all the other Doctor episodes available from Retro Television. As it happens, your PBS stations inadvertently provided an invaluable service to British Doctor Who fans! Old Doctor Who was seldom reshown over here. When home video started to become a thing, and before BBC Video really caught on to the potential for revenue, hardcore fans started finding less "official" ways to watch it, buying bootleg tapes often recorded from American TV. I still remember, as a teenager, trekking up to Heathrow airport with a mate and the £50 we'd scraped together to hand over to a pilot who'd recorded half a dozen or so early Tom Baker stories while on layover in the States. I still have the tapes, and they still play! Ahh...the pre-internet days of bootlegged records and video. The thrill of the chase, frequent disappointment, and the occasional rare treasure. Those were the days! |
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Post by tingramretro on Jan 24, 2017 17:18:53 GMT -5
And it's such a shame we'll never see those days again.
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Post by Confessor on Jan 24, 2017 17:50:00 GMT -5
And it's such a shame we'll never see those days again. Yes and no. I definitely miss the thrill of the chase, with books and records...the scouring of record shops, comic marts or classified ads in search of those holy grail items that you so desperately wanted. But it's wonderful to live in a world where we can now track down whatever we want from somewhere on the internet and have it mailed directly to your house, as long as money is no object. That said, I do think that the "internet generation" (for want of a better term) are poorer for not having to stalk dingy shops or interact with shady characters in search of these rare items. Poorer for not experiencing the disappointment of failure or the absolute joy associated with finally laying your hands on some elusive treasure. That's definitely something I miss: the wonderful feeling of flipping through comics or LPs and suddenly, right there in front of you, something that you've dreamed of finding. Even if I go to a comic or record store nowadays, it's not quite the same because I know that if I really want something badly enough I can just order it online. The internet generation: they don't know the highs, they don't know the lows. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2017 18:07:34 GMT -5
Ah, good memories of a wasted youth watching Red Dwarf and Doctor Who on the local PBS on a Friday night.
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Post by tingramretro on Jan 25, 2017 3:55:46 GMT -5
Ah, good memories of a wasted youth watching Red Dwarf and Doctor Who on the local PBS on a Friday night. I wouldn't call that wasted! |
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Post by brutalis on Jan 25, 2017 8:30:28 GMT -5
Ah, good memories of a wasted youth watching Red Dwarf and Doctor Who on the local PBS on a Friday night. I wouldn't call that wasted! It is if by wasted you were enjoying the shows with too much of your favorite alcoholic beverage or funky illicit cigarettes (which was the preferred way to spending Friday midnight showings alternating between Rocky Horror Picture Show and Heavy Metal) for the evening  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2017 11:56:09 GMT -5
I wouldn't call that wasted! It is if by wasted you were enjoying the shows with too much of your favorite alcoholic beverage or funky illicit cigarettes (which was the preferred way to spending Friday midnight showings alternating between Rocky Horror Picture Show and Heavy Metal) for the evening Alas, it was when I was 15/16 and unable to steal enough booze from underneath the kitchen sink to actually get wasted. |
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Post by tingramretro on Jan 28, 2017 3:12:59 GMT -5
Sir John Hurt, who played the Doctor's secret incarnation, the War Doctor, has died aged 77 after a spate of health problems including a battle against cancer which he seemed to have won. A sad loss to the world of entertainment.
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Post by Confessor on Jan 28, 2017 3:17:04 GMT -5
Yeah, real shame. One of the very finest British actors of our time.
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