Can't say I know or have ever recognized this guy, but most everyone in the UK seems happy it's him... As expected, it's a younger guy - though who knows yet if he's going to be the ninth Doctor (invalidating the recent animated show), the tenth, or even the first, thus rebooting the series altogether.
posted
They gave McGann a wig... The Doctor hasn't really had close-cropped hair since the 80s. They might, though I'd bet on BBC giving the new guy the chance to craft his own identity as they have always done (with the arguable exception of Colin Baker). Wardrobe, on the other hand...
Speaking of which, I'm hoping that they DON'T start the new series with a regeneration story. I'm of the opinion that regeneration stories should be a sendoff to the previous actor rather than an introduction to a new one... If they want to bring McGann back, then do a story sometime later that will fill in the gap between the 1996 movie and this series. The new show needs a fresh start, and there's no need to clutter the pilot with explaining forty years of the franchise.
posted
If they do continue the series, then they're fast running out of regenerations (although that wouldn't be too hard to work around, I suppose).
I wonder too if they'll keep the Police Box completely as is, or whether they'll "fix" the chameleon circuit.
-------------------- Yes, you're despicable, and... and picable... and... and you're definitely, definitely despicable. How a person can get so despicable in one lifetime is beyond me. It isn't as though I haven't met a lot of people. Goodness knows it isn't that. It isn't just that... it isn't... it's... it's despicable.
Registered: Mar 1999
| IP: Logged
quote:Originally posted by TSN: They've only got the possibility of five more actors, including Eccleston. Unless the Doctor pulls a Master.
And fixing the chameleon circuit would just be wrong.
To paraphrase the Discontinuity Guide, the whole point of the Police Box wasn't that the TARDIS should have an achronistic, quirky outer appearence. Rather, it was suppossed to be a common, everyday object. The shock came from something to ordinary doing something extraordinary. In many ways, the use of a modern telephone box in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure was more appropriate than the continued use of the out-of-date police box.
But then, it is iconic.
-------------------- Yes, you're despicable, and... and picable... and... and you're definitely, definitely despicable. How a person can get so despicable in one lifetime is beyond me. It isn't as though I haven't met a lot of people. Goodness knows it isn't that. It isn't just that... it isn't... it's... it's despicable.
Registered: Mar 1999
| IP: Logged
posted
As I understand it, they didn't have the budget to build a suitable prop to represent the outside of the TARDIS at the time of the pilot. It sorta stuck, and quickly became a symbol of the show.
They played with fixing the chameleon circuit once in "Attack of the Cybermen", but the results were played mostly for laughs, and were rathhr dumb anyway. Once they went back to the police box, it stuck again.
posted
The Doctor was also trying to fix it during "Logopolis", I think. He then got distracted with saving the universe, dying, and wearing horrible trousers, which I suppose is enough to make anyone forget things.
-------------------- Yes, you're despicable, and... and picable... and... and you're definitely, definitely despicable. How a person can get so despicable in one lifetime is beyond me. It isn't as though I haven't met a lot of people. Goodness knows it isn't that. It isn't just that... it isn't... it's... it's despicable.
Registered: Mar 1999
| IP: Logged
posted
Does the TARDIS have it's own personality? Is it a character unto itself? I haven't seen enough Dr. Who over it's entire run to know this. Maybe if the TARDIS does have it's own sort of 'personality' - it deliberatly keeps the chamaeleon circuit stuck on the Police Box? Do they still have Police Boxes? Aren't they like things where you ring the police in an emergency?
I remember the Master having a column.
I sincerely loved the Dr. Who movie. OK I REALLY loved:
1. Paul McGann's Doctor... he was a refreshing new Doctor.
2. The tie over with Sylvester McCoy's Doctor.
3. The interior of the TARDIS - it was so elegant and grand - It was a beautiful set. Please don't have them go back to the tacky room with those circular lights etc.
Anyone got pics of that set? It was quite nice.
I sorta agree - they should leave enough gap between Paul McGann and Christopher Eccelston so there is this unkown period of time where a whole lot of backstories and events could have taken place - sort of like the gap between the end of Star Trek 6 (at the time) and the start of TNG. Things like "Yesterday's Enterprise" and the "Enterprise B" were great to see unveiled over the years.
-------------------- "Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica." - Jim Halpert. (The Office)
quote:Originally posted by AndrewR: Does the TARDIS have it's own sort of personality? Is it a character unto itself? I haven't seen enough Dr. Who over it's entire run to know this. Maybe if the TARDIS does have it's own sort of 'personality' - it deliberatly keeps the chamaeleon circuit stuck on the Police Box? Do they still have Police Boxes? Aren't they like things where you ring the police in an emergency?
I remember the Master having a column.
I sincerely loved the Dr. Who movie. OK I REALLY loved:
1. Paul McGann's Doctor... he was a refreshing new Doctor. (Liked his clothes).
2. The tie over with Sylvester McCoy's Doctor.
3. The interior of the TARDIS - it was so elegant and grand - It was a beautiful set. Please don't have them go back to the tacky room with those circular lights etc.
Anyone got pics of that set? It was quite nice.
I sorta agree - they should leave enough gap between Paul McGann and Christopher Eccelston so there is this unkown period of time where a whole lot of backstories and events could have taken place - sort of like the gap between the end of Star Trek 6 (at the time) and the start of TNG. Things like "Yesterday's Enterprise" and the "Enterprise B" were great to see unveiled over the years.
-------------------- "Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica." - Jim Halpert. (The Office)
"Does the TARDIS have it's own personality? Is it a character unto itself?"
Well, it doesn't talk or anything, if that's what you mean. But it is supposed to be "alive" in a way. So, in theory, it could be intentionally keeping the chameleon circuit broken. But, really, I think it's more likely the Doctor has just never gotten around to fixing it (and, for the most part, he doesn't really care about it).
"Do they still have Police Boxes? Aren't they like things where you ring the police in an emergency?"
I think they're phone booths that are directly connected to the police. So, a person could use one in an emergency, or a police officer could use it to report something. I think.
"I remember the Master having a column."
I think that might have been in "Logopolis". He also disguised it as a rocket ship in, I think, "The Colony in Space". And it's been other things. The Meddling Monk disguised his as a church altar in "The Time Meddler". But the Doctor removed some circuit that regulated the dimensional transcendentality (is that a word?). So the whole TARDIS became actually compressed into the space of the altar, and it really was as small on the inside as on the outside.
"Please don't have them go back to the tacky room with those circular lights etc."
Those weren't lights. They were just panels. They had circuitry and such behind them.
"I sorta agree - they should leave enough gap between Paul McGann and Christopher Eccelston so there is this unkown period of time where a whole lot of backstories and events could have taken place..."
Well, I'm sure they won't pick up right at the exact second the movie ended. But they probably won't say how long it's been. The only indicator will be if they ever mention the Doctor's age again. After all, we don't know how long Sylvester McCoy was gallavanting about between "Survival" and the movie.
Registered: Mar 1999
| IP: Logged
quote: "Do they still have Police Boxes? Aren't they like things where you ring the police in an emergency?"
I think they're phone booths that are directly connected to the police. So, a person could use one in an emergency, or a police officer could use it to report something. I think.
Yep, I think they were something along those lines, but I'm fairly sure they're all gone now. I've certainly never seen one.
-------------------- "I am an almost extinct breed, an old-fashioned gentleman, which means I can be a cast-iron son-of-a-bitch when it suits me." --Jubal Harshaw
Registered: Feb 2002
| IP: Logged
![[Smile]](smile.gif)
I thought your thread title was better, though.
Printer-friendly view of this topic
