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They show it here, Friday nights at 8 on sci-fi channel. I think they started with the first ones and are showing them up until recent ones.

Still like the Dr. Who from the 70s the best. He was the gem of the whole series, no one compares to him yet.

But the new one is an improvement over the last one.

I'm an Aussie, who's watched Dr Who pretty much from the start - well starting from the Jon Pertwee incarnation. My favourite Doctor was Tom Baker. Some really good stories there, sort of surreal - some even written by Douglas Adams. I like the latest series too. Saw the episode the Saturday before last from which your signature graphic comes.

Yeah Pam! He was the best one!

Tom Baker apparently was actually a monk for a time, Chonsi, on one of the Channel Islands, I think.. grin

Oh, really? He was adorable as the Doctor, so quirky and cool.

That series had the finest plots, I think, too. The monks holding the universe together by their chanting. The Escher city of Castrovalva.. for example.

The Solarans.....................

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Yes, the Daleks-that's why I found the graphic-oh, their little voices!

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Oh, that gave me the chills!

Tom Baker was, in my mind, the best actor for the part. But William Hartnell and Patrick Houghton also characterised The Doctor very well, contributing a great deal.

From Peter Davison onward, I felt that the series was losing the plot.

Chris Eccleston did well to breathe life back into the series, and with David Tennant, a trifle dificult to accept at first as he portrayed too much madness at first, the series opened out again.

To hell with the credibility of the special effects and associated scenes. The story lines have been rivetting for Doctor Who fans.

Diuretic wrote: "To hell with the credibility of the special effects..."??? Them's fightin' words!



Jeez I remember the rickety old sets from the William Hartnell days (when Susan, his grand-daughter was his companion) and while I was enthralled with the Daleks I always waited for something to fall off one of them. The historically-based ones weren't too bad because the BBC could always raid its props for stuff that had been used and proven in previous productions. Some of the external scenes got a bit samey though, I mean how many times can you dress up that quarry?



Yes the storylines are far better now. There are real emotions at play and that's the biggest improvement (along with the special effects ).


Hahaha. I remember the negative video special effect when the daleks killed someone. Their lasers' effects been upgraded now.

Rick watched the show in the 70's and started watching the new one also. He likes the new one, but said he likes the old one better.

Marie5656 wrote: Rick watched the show in the 70's and started watching the new one also. He likes the new one, but said he likes the old one better.


I tend to agree. A bit too flashy. Perhaps it's 'old eyes' syndrome.

Good story lines, though.

ArnoldLayne wrote: Its very strange that Americans used to watch Dr Who back in the 60's and 70's, I always thought it was a bit too twee and very British. I wouldnt have thought it travelled well. I'm wrong obviously. I remember watching and loving "Lost in Space", a million miles away in terms of sophistication. But there always was a charm about Dr Who, it obviously never mattered that the props were made of household implements and the scenery moved and some of the "monsters" were simply a carpet or a sheet of bubble wrap, chucked over an ex pantomime actor. As Di also points out, however far they travelled through time and space, they always turned up in the quarry in Essex


I remember watching Lost In Space back in 1966. We were still in torquay then and watched it onWestward TV. Then we moved to St. Albans which was served by Redifusion and Lost In Space wasn't on there. I was very disappointed. But then, in 1967, they started broadcasting the series. I was chuffed and got to watch it again, along with Will's guitar solo of Greensleeves.