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"Doctor Who Classic (and new) Chat"

Mainly as Machie and I seem to spend half the time on the WLT chatting about Doctor Who...

Here's my current favourites;

Best Classic Episode: Genesis of the Daleks (Tom Baker)

Best Classic Doctor: Late 7th Doctor - when the stories got darker and the character really developed into something more than just a Timelord.

Best DVD: The Invasion

Best New Doctor Who Episode: Army of Ghosts / Doomsday

Saturday. 7pm. It all starts again with Smith and Jones.

And all the clues point to the Master being the Doctor's biggest enemy yet. From the Lazerus episode to the episode entitled 'the last timelord' it does seem to indicate that another Timelord may still be around...

Yes, quite a good cliffhanger =)

Genesis of the Daleks, isn't that guy from 'Allo 'Allo? Ah this one has Davros in, I was always scared of him =(

Machie wrote:
> Funny you mention that pb because earlier I was remembering a
> Sylvester episode where a dalek was in a basement and of course
> the stairs stopped him from going after them. Well that's what
> we thought, suddenly he was flying :O

The stupid thing was that Daleks flew in the comic strips since the 1960's, and the plans for Dalek Invasion of Earth were that they would be using the hover platform things to come down from their mothership as well. It was only the budget restrictions and lack of effects that prevented the TV series from doing the same until that 80's episode. But it did make for a good cliffhanger.

Funny you mention that pb because earlier I was remembering a Sylvester episode where a dalek was in a basement and of course the stairs stopped him from going after them. Well that's what we thought, suddenly he was flying :O

A flight of stairs can no longer save you from the daleks!

Cybermen are scary, but apparently it only takes 1 dalek to kill 5 million Cybermen =D

Strange, really, how Daleks seemed just as threatening to viewers back then as they do to kids today (or maybe moreso) even though they could be stopped with a flight of stairs or a well placed carpet...

Cybermen were always creepier though, even with those weird voices in the B&W years!

I saw the movie the other day. Was alright, I 'spose.

One of the classic Doctor Who episodes was The Dalek Invasion of Earth. After all, a dalek gets hit by a truck, while another gets carried around by a mob of people.

Classic.

Best known for being in Hustle. He's a good young actor who seems to be getting parts in everything at the moment.

Yes

Is the guy who played Mr Tea Time in Hogfather the same guy in the Peter Kay episode?

I wanted to give Jon a break and watch some more Tom Baker. So I went with pb's choice - Genesis of the Daleks. I do enjoy a good dalek episode =)