Victory Of The Daleks

[poliphilo]

Oh no, the daleks are back. Yawn.

But actually this was the best use of them in ages- in fact since NhoWho began. Daleks in khaki with their old kit-bags fastened round their shoulders (or is it their waists? As with Humpty Dumpty one just can't be sure) are not only cute but somehow appropriate. As Moffat said, quoting RTD, daleks are so WWII.

And by the end of the show they'd been rebooted- and are now taller, bigger and colour-coded. I didn't think I'd ever say this, but I'm actually quite looking forward to seeing them again.

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[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I watched Sylvester McCoy with my kids. They adored him. I think he's under-valued. I particularly remember an episode where a Soviet submarine captain went round subduing vampires with the hammer and sickle because- see- it's not the symbol that counts, but the depth of your faith in it.

[endlessrarities.livejournal.com]

I remember it well. 'Curse of Fenric', with a wonderful Mark Ayres soundtrack (I've even got the CD...).

And, of course, starring Nicholas Parsons as the Doubting Thomas of a vicar who found himself confronting the Haemovores of Lulworth Cove...

Oooh... I'm really getting nostalgic now.

'Silver Nemesis' was good, too, with the maniac Civil War lady and her timid flunkie!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Curse of Fenric was terrific. I believe I may have preached a sermon on it. Perhaps I identified with Nicholas Parsons' doubting vicar.

I's be afraid to watch it now in case it didn't live up to my memories

yes!

[manfalling.livejournal.com]

McCoy was awesome, and the only celebrity I ever wrote a fan letter to. He wrote back with a signed postcard, which I treasured. No idea where it is now. With Dr. Who now I feel watching it is somehow being unfaithful. Also these new Doctors just seem so damn frantic all the time, which annoys me. It also raises the point, was McCoy frantic as well?

Also, the CGI in the Dr. now generally looks pretty cheap and video-gamey. In McCoy`s day it must have all been models.

Re: yes!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I think they're frantic because the stories move so fast. In McCoy's day each story stretched over several episodes. If you watch very early WHO- that is to say, William Hartnell- the pace can be glacial.

I watched one episode where the characters were crossing a chasm deep underground. You know someone was going to fall in, but they spun the suspense out over something like twenty minutes. These days they'd deal with a situation like that in thirty seconds.

I'm not a fan of CGI. Even the very expensive stuff- in very expensive movies- looks fake to me.