Comments on: Ood Cast Guide #5 – 8: The Next Generation Doctors http://theoodcast.com/2010/09/the-oodcast-guide-to-doctors-5-8/ This post is ending. But the blog never ends. Fri, 18 May 2012 16:05:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Draculasaurus http://theoodcast.com/2010/09/the-oodcast-guide-to-doctors-5-8/comment-page-1/#comment-906 Draculasaurus Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:57:21 +0000 http://theoodcast.com/?p=797#comment-906 Weeeell, the tenth Doctor likes them. -at least he says he does in "New Earth". Of course he had just huffed a bunch of Apple-grass, so... Weeeell, the tenth Doctor likes them. -at least he says he does in “New Earth”.
Of course he had just huffed a bunch of Apple-grass, so…

]]> By: Chris Alpha http://theoodcast.com/2010/09/the-oodcast-guide-to-doctors-5-8/comment-page-1/#comment-898 Chris Alpha Tue, 21 Sep 2010 09:13:07 +0000 http://theoodcast.com/?p=797#comment-898 Are you saying that's a bad thing? Hospital gift shops are fairly depressing places at the best of times. The only person I know who enjoyed being in one is the Littlest Doctor, but then he was getting some sweets out of the visit and I was paying... so only one of us was going to be up there... Are you saying that’s a bad thing? Hospital gift shops are fairly depressing places at the best of times. The only person I know who enjoyed being in one is the Littlest Doctor, but then he was getting some sweets out of the visit and I was paying… so only one of us was going to be up there…

]]> By: Draculasaurus http://theoodcast.com/2010/09/the-oodcast-guide-to-doctors-5-8/comment-page-1/#comment-896 Draculasaurus Tue, 21 Sep 2010 05:39:47 +0000 http://theoodcast.com/?p=797#comment-896 also interesting to note, The eighth Doctor displayed very little interest in the hospital's little shop. also interesting to note, The eighth Doctor displayed very little interest in the hospital’s little shop.

]]> By: Roger http://theoodcast.com/2010/09/the-oodcast-guide-to-doctors-5-8/comment-page-1/#comment-895 Roger Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:10:30 +0000 http://theoodcast.com/?p=797#comment-895 yeah, bit of a pre-emptive on my part, but I've got quite excited about Matt Smith's characterisation and the comedic writing is of a really high standard (Coupling level) yeah, bit of a pre-emptive on my part, but I’ve got quite excited about Matt Smith’s characterisation and the comedic writing is of a really high standard (Coupling level)

]]> By: Chris Alpha http://theoodcast.com/2010/09/the-oodcast-guide-to-doctors-5-8/comment-page-1/#comment-890 Chris Alpha Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:13:32 +0000 http://theoodcast.com/?p=797#comment-890 The thing with McGann was, I loved his Doctor. OK, there are extenuating circumstances - I was considerably younger, and it was the first new "actual" Who we'd had in 7 years... but I thought that for all the film's failings, the character he gave his Doctor was marvellous. And thankfully that opinion has been borne out through the wonderful work of Big Finish... C Baker, I think you're right, Roger, he maybe took it rather too seriously for its own good - although the newer audio range has steered his Doctor into a really good place and he's really rather good. It's that period that I think ultimately did for the 7th Doctor, as it was clearly moving at speed in the right direction in 88 and 89, but got cancelled just after the team seemed to hit their stride... As for 9, 10 and 11... I'll cover them in the next couple of days. The thing with McGann was, I loved his Doctor. OK, there are extenuating circumstances – I was considerably younger, and it was the first new “actual” Who we’d had in 7 years… but I thought that for all the film’s failings, the character he gave his Doctor was marvellous. And thankfully that opinion has been borne out through the wonderful work of Big Finish…

C Baker, I think you’re right, Roger, he maybe took it rather too seriously for its own good – although the newer audio range has steered his Doctor into a really good place and he’s really rather good. It’s that period that I think ultimately did for the 7th Doctor, as it was clearly moving at speed in the right direction in 88 and 89, but got cancelled just after the team seemed to hit their stride…

As for 9, 10 and 11… I’ll cover them in the next couple of days.

]]> By: Roger http://theoodcast.com/2010/09/the-oodcast-guide-to-doctors-5-8/comment-page-1/#comment-880 Roger Sun, 19 Sep 2010 17:36:42 +0000 http://theoodcast.com/?p=797#comment-880 oh good, you're back. davison struggled because baker had been so great (and long) in the role. but i think he made his mark with thoughtfulness and youthful charm, however baker (c) was simply a grump and took the whole thing far too seriously at a time when the tv profile was struggling. mccoy is underrated and had a great companion in ace, but by then it had become a children's programme and was slipping from its prime time position. Mcgann, like cushing, should never have been considered a real regeneration, yes I know mccoy was there at the start, but this was pure hollywood drivel and the person responsible deserves to have a serious case of hemeroids. but change is improtant. Ecclestone was great as a reintroduction because he combined the best in fun and serious. I loved tennant, but he started to become too shouty, too toothy and suffered at the hands of rtd as the qaulity fo both stories and dialogue declined, ending as it did in the self-indulgent puddle of sentimental bilge that marked his decline. I want Matt Smith's babies. Okay, so moff is responsible for much of the dialogue and the dynamic with amy and rory is just about perfect, but his comic timing (which borders on genius) and the way he says things like (of the pandorica) "what could you possibly be", send shivers down my spine. it's difficult to compare one thing with another especially where they are part of their time, but baker (t) was The doctor, and I believe that Matt Smith may well BE the doctor. I hope so, I've never enjoyed watching repeats so much as the last series, nor looked forward quite so much to a next series. oh good, you’re back. davison struggled because baker had been so great (and long) in the role. but i think he made his mark with thoughtfulness and youthful charm, however baker (c) was simply a grump and took the whole thing far too seriously at a time when the tv profile was struggling. mccoy is underrated and had a great companion in ace, but by then it had become a children’s programme and was slipping from its prime time position. Mcgann, like cushing, should never have been considered a real regeneration, yes I know mccoy was there at the start, but this was pure hollywood drivel and the person responsible deserves to have a serious case of hemeroids. but change is improtant. Ecclestone was great as a reintroduction because he combined the best in fun and serious. I loved tennant, but he started to become too shouty, too toothy and suffered at the hands of rtd as the qaulity fo both stories and dialogue declined, ending as it did in the self-indulgent puddle of sentimental bilge that marked his decline. I want Matt Smith’s babies. Okay, so moff is responsible for much of the dialogue and the dynamic with amy and rory is just about perfect, but his comic timing (which borders on genius) and the way he says things like (of the pandorica) “what could you possibly be”, send shivers down my spine. it’s difficult to compare one thing with another especially where they are part of their time, but baker (t) was The doctor, and I believe that Matt Smith may well BE the doctor. I hope so, I’ve never enjoyed watching repeats so much as the last series, nor looked forward quite so much to a next series.

]]> By: Rory Pond http://theoodcast.com/2010/09/the-oodcast-guide-to-doctors-5-8/comment-page-1/#comment-870 Rory Pond Sun, 19 Sep 2010 04:25:41 +0000 http://theoodcast.com/?p=797#comment-870 Yes, like being half-human. Yes, like being half-human.

]]> By: Chris Alpha http://theoodcast.com/2010/09/the-oodcast-guide-to-doctors-5-8/comment-page-1/#comment-863 Chris Alpha Sat, 18 Sep 2010 21:44:03 +0000 http://theoodcast.com/?p=797#comment-863 Plus, that surely counts as "medical complications during surgery". And that is a sentence I don't think belongs in DW. There's a lot in that film that doesn't belong in DW, and that's one of them... Plus, that surely counts as “medical complications during surgery”. And that is a sentence I don’t think belongs in DW. There’s a lot in that film that doesn’t belong in DW, and that’s one of them…

]]> By: Chris Alpha http://theoodcast.com/2010/09/the-oodcast-guide-to-doctors-5-8/comment-page-1/#comment-862 Chris Alpha Sat, 18 Sep 2010 21:41:26 +0000 http://theoodcast.com/?p=797#comment-862 Well, yeah, but he wouldn't have been there if he hadn't been shot several times by a no-good-street gang... *shakes fist at the unfair world we live in* Well, yeah, but he wouldn’t have been there if he hadn’t been shot several times by a no-good-street gang… *shakes fist at the unfair world we live in*

]]> By: Sigma http://theoodcast.com/2010/09/the-oodcast-guide-to-doctors-5-8/comment-page-1/#comment-861 Sigma Sat, 18 Sep 2010 21:31:00 +0000 http://theoodcast.com/?p=797#comment-861 Seven didn't die from being shot. He died from being stabbed in the heart with a medical probe. Ouch. Even more depressing. Seven didn’t die from being shot. He died from being stabbed in the heart with a medical probe.

Ouch. Even more depressing.

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