The Beeb has confirmed what we've known for months - that Peter Davison will be reprising his role as the Fifth Doctor, meeting his future / current self in a "Children in Need" special mini-episode titled "Time Crash". Pics follow:
I must say the hair and makeup guys have done a swell job, though no one would ever mistake Davison for a man who's supposed to look physically younger than the Tenth Doctor does now. Also of note is that they have been accurate to his costume of the time, question marks and all - one wonders how dialogue will reflect the very 80s threads. His knit sweater (the design from his first year as the Doctor, no less) has been let out a bit, but covers his more mature curves well. I'll have to keep that in mind for myself.
Mark
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
I'd really love to see all the Doctor Who episodes. I just wish I had the money or bandwidth. In fact, I've only ever seen the 2005 resurrection season, but I'll be watching the 2006 season soon. I can't help but feel that, by not watching the other - what is it, 26 seasons, more? - that I'm missing a vital opportunity in my life, akin to throwing away a winning lottery ticket or something..
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
While you are missing a good chunk of classic sci-fi, the newer seasons of Doctor Who are specifically written NOT to be reliant on the original run of the show. They do a great job of namedropping in the current episodes to keep us older fans happy, but overall it won't have mattered that the Doctor encountered Sontarans all of four times prior to this season, or how long Sarah Jane travelled with which Doctor, or that the Cybermen used to be silver and even MORE ineffective at killing anyone.
Mark
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
I just wish the theme music was longer. I just love it ecstatically for some reason.
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
Try this then.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
Sweet, thanks. ...my god... Did people actually wear their hair like that?!
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
I too love the music!
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
quote:Originally posted by Daniel Butler: Sweet, thanks. ...my god... Did people actually wear their hair like that?!
I'd like to say "No, just him." I really would.
Posted by Quest (Member # 1941) on :
There's going to have to be a bit of a suspension of disbelief with Davison's age. It will be good to see him appear as the Doctor again.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
What is/was with the celery pinned on his jacket!?!
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
quote:Originally posted by Quest: There's going to have to be a bit of a suspension of disbelief with Davison's age. It will be good to see him appear as the Doctor again.
And lets all keep in mind it's a "Children in Need" charity special, not an actual episode.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
If Timelords can meet 'themselves' - what is to stop companions meeting themselves - obviously the same person but years down the track. It'd be cool if some how they could do it that Sarah-Jane could meet Sarah-Jane from the past!
Actually I'd like to see Tegan again. Or Peri's boobs. Posted by The Ginger Beacon (Member # 1585) on :
Ahh, the celery. That was there in case of radiation - if it went brown the air was toxic, and he'd then eat the celery. It all makes perfect sense.
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
Except that it doesn't. he first grabbed the celery in "Castrovalva", his debut story, by innocently grabbing a stick of celery from a table in an IMAGINARY TOWN and sticking it on his lapel. When the town vanished, the celery remains. A season later, he'd replace this wilted stick of celery with another one he simply finds on a table, I believe in "Enlightenment". Its purpose was only revealed in "The Caves of Androzani", his final adventure, where he uses it to try to save Peri.
Mark
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
You've just got to love Doctor Who logic though.
Posted by Quest (Member # 1941) on :
The Doctor remains one of the more enjoyable science fiction characters. I believe one of the reasons why they've avoided having past doctors "guest star" on the new show was because of the fact that all of the actors (with the exception of Eccleston) are looking much, much older now than when they played the part.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"If Timelords can meet 'themselves' - what is to stop companions meeting themselves - obviously the same person but years down the track."
They do. For one thing, even in the recent seasons, Rose met her baby self. Also, the Brigadier once encountered himself, and Jo (a Third Doctor companion) got to see a future version of herself briefly.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
quote:Originally posted by Quest: The Doctor remains one of the more enjoyable science fiction characters. I believe one of the reasons why they've avoided having past doctors "guest star" on the new show was because of the fact that all of the actors (with the exception of Eccleston) are looking much, much older now than when they played the part.
Even McGann??
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
McGann could be saved with the use of a wig.
Thing is, some of the Doctors have had an "out" to explain their age. The second Doctor has generally been thought to be extracted from the time after his trial but before his regeneration, where he could have spent centuries working for the Time Lords. This explains his aged appearance in The Five Doctors and then in The Two Doctors. McGann's finale was never seen, so he could easily have lived several centuries after the one time we DID see him, and can see him again at any time or age now in the re-established series.
I'm sure they considered him, but went instead with a Doctor that more people saw back when Doctor Who was more or less at its height in popularity, and who didn't look as old and fat as the other surviving actors have gotten since the original cancellation. Only Jon Pertwee never seemed to age much after his time as the Doctor, a la Dick Clark; unfortunately he's gotten extraordinarily more difficult to cast in gigs nowadays.
Mark
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
How's Sylvester McCoy looking now? He did look more aged at the beginning of the TV movie.
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
McCoy is looking his age now.
Just saw the "Time Crash" minisode, and I *loved* it. Writter Steven Moffatt's favorite Doctor was Peter Davison, and it shows here. Tennant was also watching as a boy at this time, and he gets to interact with another one of his heroes (after Elisabeth Sladen). It was great seeing Davison again, and after the requisite throwaway line to explain the aging, we're on with the show, and the Fifth Doctor was keeping up with the tenth on all th pop culture and everything. One liners abound!
-You're a FAN!
-LINDA!
-Timey wimey!
The ironic bit is, that even with a mere eight minutes to play with, these two Doctors STILL got about as much screen time together as any OTHER two Doctors in the other matchups. In "The Five Doctors" and "The Two Doctors", the various actors only REALLY interacted at the end of the story. In "The Three Doctors", Pertwee and Troughton worked together a fair amount in relatively short scenes, but it was spread across three episodes and they spent most of their time apart. And yet, these Doctors STILL spent most of their time as adversaries of a sort, but this story more than the others shows that under it all, the Doctor has always had respect for his other selves whenever he meets them.
I wonder now if the Fifth Doctor's wheezing was a choice or not... Davison's Doctor almost always seemed out of breath like an old man, even when he was at rest. That was the same here... Granted, I've not seen him in many other roles, but here his laboured breath sounded JUST like it used to. Really sold the portrayal for me!
Mark
Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :
"You changed the desktop theme!"
That was hilarious. I was only half-watching the TV at the time it came on, so I'm not really sure what the plot was, but it seemed like they were having a lot of fun.
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