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Lost all interest in Dr Who when it started to take itself way too seriously.
David B | 23.11.23 - 8:19 a.m. | #
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Yep, in my view DW seemed to go downhill quote quickly after about 1984.
Adrian | 23.11.23 - 8:30 a.m. | #
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I have the delight of being born on 28th December, which happened to be Daleks first full-bodied debut in 1963 (previous week was just a high-tech sink plunger!).
What a happy 6th Birthday that was!
Ranger Nigel | 23.11.23 - 8:44 a.m. | #
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I switch "Dr Who" off if I see that it has been produced in the Univisium (2:1) aspect ratio which gives a small black gap top and bottom on a 16:9 Television screen, i.e. letter boxing a made for TV show. A lot of the new "Dr Who" shows use this format. Acceptable for films made for Cinema but not for shows only made for television viewing
John | 23.11.23 - 8:48 a.m. | #
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I should be a Dr Who superfan with my birthday today but gave up on during the later Matt Smith (11th incarnation) episodes. Fantastic research from Diamond Geezer here though (as always)
Andrew Tegala | Homepage | 23.11.23 - 10:06 a.m. | #
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Although seemingly omnipresent in public consciousness, not since Jon Pertwee - he of the cape, and improbable vintage car - has it been part of my regular tv viewing.
Frank F | 23.11.23 - 10:07 a.m. | #
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Technically the strike for Shada occured in November 1979 but it was to have aired in January -February 1980.
dg writes: That’s the comment in today’s sealed envelope ✉
The 1985 series had double-length episodes, rather like the 2005 series except they had 2-3 parts so the season as a whole was roughly as long as the previous 15.
Then along came Michael de Grade...
daveid76 | 23.11.23 - 10:10 a.m. | #
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Ah, happy memories of the very first episode, watched as a 13yr old NOT hiding behind the sofa!
But, dg, I can't find whether you visited the 'real' Dr Who police-box in Boscombe, when you visited Bournemouth? (Lots of pics + videos on the www,of course.)
Jambo | 23.11.23 - 10:12 a.m. | #
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I'm in two minds about making the effort to watch it, I think they've deliberately gone backwards trying to revive interest ahead of Ncuti Gatwa taking over.
But Chibnall and Whittaker did far more damage to Dr Who than Cybermen, Daleks and Michael Grade could've ever dreamed of.
Still Anon | 23.11.23 - 11:02 a.m. | #
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I have a vague memory from my birthday party age 8-ish when - not at the time a fan - I was very upset as my guests all wanted to watch Dr Who rather than play the party games I had planned.
Andrew S | 23.11.23 - 11:02 a.m. | #
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The 9th March might have been prime time of year for Classic Who, but not for New Who. Most series have either been in later spring or the autumn, and the only one transmitted between January and March finished on the 1st March 2020, one week short to nearly hit your birthday!
Just 3 coincide with my birthday, though one of those was the most recent one Power of the Doctor.
Mikey C | 23.11.23 - 11:12 a.m. | #
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Another excellent post from - real trip down memory lane!
This morning's Today on Radio 4 had a piece about the theme tune at about 1hr 42mins.
strawbrick | 23.11.23 - 11:30 a.m. | #
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A bit unfair to call Earthshock a dud.
Tetramesh | Homepage | 23.11.23 - 11:33 a.m. | #
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The first Dr I remember was Jon Pertwee in glorious technicolour so must have been 1973+ but a b&w photo from the before then exists of me playing with a toy dalek!
By the 80s I'd lost interest and only watched it if it was on and I had nothing better to do.
However, Eccleston got me hooked again and Tennant sealed the deal! Haven't missed an episode since and have enjoyed all incarnations - once I'd come to terms with the change of Dr, so excited to see what the new guy brings to the role.
But first, one last Tennant & Tate tete a tete to savour...!
Cornish Cockney | 23.11.23 - 12:00 p.m. | #
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I remember the first episode.
The day before, President Kennedy had been assassinated, and all normal TV schedules were tossed aside.
The schedule resumed with a new programme called Doctor Who partly set in a police phone box in a junk yard....
Mike | 23.11.23 - 12:50 p.m. | #
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I saw the first episode too. We were at a friends of my sister's in Hervey Park Road, E17. The first and last time I was ever there. I wanted to watch the programme and they wanted to talk. I did, but that's all I remember of it. I think the first episode was repeated for the first time on the twentieth anniversary in 1983. I saw that one too.
Steve | Homepage | 23.11.23 - 1:04 p.m. | #
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Tonight Thursday 23 November 2023 on TV BBC 4 at 7.30 pm is Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour. Colourised feature length version of episodes first shown in 1963. The Time Lord encounters a race of mutants.
Robert | 23.11.23 - 1:56 p.m. | #
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I recall being scared ****less, but at 9 years old? A Dalek featured in the GEC Wembley employees' Children's party where we could see new technology in the labs (no parents allowed in) - apparently it had earlier been sighted in the middle of East Lane directing traffic on-site!
Nick K | 23.11.23 - 6:19 p.m. | #
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Tomorrow's post is another milestone tribute to a long-standing institution.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 23.11.23 - 11:04 p.m. | #
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I guess I have the privilege to be born on the first day of the year without any Who Episode debuted ever.
Patrickov | 26.11.23 - 3:31 a.m. | #
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