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If we are talking Doctor Who then I loved Jon Pertwee's dead straight as an arrow interpretation but then felt that Tom Baker was too quirky for my liking. Peter Davison (trivia - his daughter Georgia married David Tennant after meeting him on Doctor Who) was just a bit miscast and wet (but great actor who did some wonderful work such as All Creatures Great and Small and A Very Peculiar Practice). The other Baker (Colin) was fantastic but I had lost touch with tye show by then. I would like to get more of his DVD's if I can find them. Had a dark edge to them if I remember correct. Sylvester McCoy just killed the whole thing before the brief reincarantion with Paul McGann who was perfect but lacked the great writing that brough it back. Eccelstone,Smith and Tennant were all brilliant and that became its golden age realy. I think since then brick by brick its just become a lesser thing. I would have loved Joanna Lumley to have got a chance, think she would have been perfect. Also Olivia Coleman would have been great but she had already played a character in it so that probably ruled her out (that said it didn't stop Colin Baker getting it in the old era)

richardh wrote: If we are talking Doctor Who then I loved Jon Pertwee's dead straight as an arrow interpretation but then felt that Tom Baker was too quirky for my liking. Peter Davison (trivia - his daughter Georgia married David Tennant after meeting him on Doctor Who) was just a bit miscast and wet (but great actor who did some wonderful work such as All Creatures Great and Small and A Very Peculiar Practice). The other Baker (Colin) was fantastic but I had lost touch with the show by then. I would like to get more of his DVD's if I can find them. Had a dark edge to them if I remember correct. Sylvester McCoy just killed the whole thing before the brief reincarantion with Paul McGann who was perfect but lacked the great writing that brough it back. Eccelstone,Smith and Tennant were all brilliant and that became its golden age realy. I think since then brick by brick its just become a lesser thing. I would have loved Joanna Lumley to have got a chance, think she would have been perfect. Also Olivia Coleman would have been great but she had already played a character in it so that probably ruled her out (that said it didn't stop Colin Baker getting it in the old era)

Not only is Georgia Tennant the daughter of Peter Davison who played the fifth DOctor, but she was in the Tennant as Doctor episode The Doctor's Daughter where she played Tennant's Doctor's daughter (well, really a product of his DNA, a sort of cloning-like technology).

Peter Capaldi was in the Tennant episode The Fires of Pompeii playing the lead guest character. Karen Gillan who went on to play the next Doctor's (Matt Smith) initial companion, Amy Pond, played less significant role in that. More important to me was that Peter Capaldi played a very significant character in Torchwood's Children of Earth series -- that series/ season and his character were the best thing about Torchwood for me. A very tragic character. He is my favourite of the modern Doctors, and Pertwee of the classic era. I do like the older more authoritative Doctors, the kinds who often do not suffer fools very gladly, and both also have comedic chops and sides. Tom Baker got sillier as he went on. I had hoped for Olivia Coleman as the Doctor (she with Whittaker, and Tennant were in Chris Chibnall's Broadchurch for those that don't know).

I grew up watching All Creatures Great and Small with my parents.

As far as I'm concerned Joanna Lumley has been the Doctor due to the Moffat penned Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death for Red Nose day. Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Grant, Richard E. Grant and Jim Broadbent also played the Doctor in that. And Jonathan Pryce was a very fun The Master. By the way, my favourite episode of the latest Black Mirror season was called Demon 79 and I was very excited when the Sapphire and Steel opening was used in the show. Joanna (Sapphire) Lumley is absolutely fabulous! I believe that she would have been amazing as one of the canonical Doctors.

A lot of people feel that Doctor Woo got significantly worse when Moffat took over, thinking him a much better writer than show runner, but I largely love the Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi years despite the inconsistency. That said, sharing those years of Who with the kids made it all the more special to me.

Hartnell was only 55 when he took the role, but he seemed like an old man. Capaldi was the same age when he took it on and older when he stopped. Pertwee was only 50 when he started in 1969 (seems older). They all seemed rather older to me.

Eve Myles was definitely my fave of the regular cast, and I forgot to mention her.

I really liked Matt Smith and he was my favourite for quite some time and he still is up there with Capaldi for me. Eccleston and Tennant were very good too. The Whittaker era has been my least favourite in Who. I do think it helps to get someone familiar with the show. She could have been good, I think, but poor writing and too many on the Tardis to let her shine. And she was too busy with her hands and her sonic, and a bit too goofy and awkward in the portrayal for me. She was always playing with that sonic screwdriver (a Time Lady's best friend). I felt she lacked a sense of strong authority and maybe that was on purpose, as well as gravitas. Not really for me. I felt like she was kind of doing Matt Smith antics but that Smith could pull it off.

Matt Smith was brilliant -- no doubt I have watched his episodes the most due to repeat viewings of New Who. Something my eldest and I shared in common. My house boasts a rather large art exhibit featuring Matt Smith and others (okay, it's a large cartoon like print in the family room, near the ping pong table).

Gentle and Giant wrote: Finished The Peripheral. All was going well until the last episode - it just felt rushed and confusing. A couple of jump the shark moments ruined the whole show too, but I think it's to set up season 2. A shame really as most of it was fantastic sci-fi. 7/10

I felt the same about that last episode but was looking forward to Season 2. The show was renewed but now it's cancelled due to the ongoing writer and actor strikes. Amazon didn't want to wait the time to get the next season, which would have been 2025 at best.

mathman0806 wrote: Gentle and Giant wrote: Finished The Peripheral. All was going well until the last episode - it just felt rushed and confusing. A couple of jump the shark moments ruined the whole show too, but I think it's to set up season 2. A shame really as most of it was fantastic sci-fi. 7/10 I felt the same about that last episode but was looking forward to Season 2. The show was renewed but now it's cancelled due to the ongoing writer and actor strikes. Amazon didn't want to wait the time to get the next season, which would have been 2025 at best.

Invasion  SE01 This one totally passed me by (2021), but I started with 2 episodes tonight. It's a slow burner for sure and it's purely character driven, so don't expect martians and ray guns and tons of sh*tty CGI. Follows individuals from all over the world as they are slowly experiencing the commencement of an alien invasion: An old retiring sheriff from Idaho, a Japanese JASA comms expert, an Indian-American doctor dealing with an unfaithful husband, a bullied English schoolboy and a Navy Seal in Kandahar. I love shows like this and series 2 has just started as well - great stuff.

My wife and I finished series 1 of Invasion the other night. Quite good overall, but some odd moments ruined it a little. Series 2 has started, but I'll wait for all episodes before continuing. 7/10

Gentle and Giant wrote: My wife and I finished series 1 of Invasion the other night. Quite good overall, but some odd moments ruined it a little. Series 2 has started, but I'll wait for all episodes before continuing. 7/10

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Edited by richardh - September 16 2023 at 04:29