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From: tom@minnie.cs.su.OZ.AU (Thomas James Jones)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Re: The ultimate Doctor
Date: 9 Apr 92 08:13:34 GMT

In article <1992Apr3.030207.26197@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>, mflt_cif@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Mongoose) writes:
|> IMHO, Doctor #4, aka Tom Baker was the all time best doctor.  This has
|> nothing to do with my being brought up on him either.  Davidson will always
|> be 'Tristan' from All Creatures, and Colin B. will always be the guard in
|> Gallifrey.... what was his name?  As far as the others, I'm not sure why
|> they never appealed to me.
|> 
|> Mongoose

	I agree. Tom Baker with his coat, his jelly-babies, his scarf,
	his personality, his smile, his charm...
	Ok, I was brought up on him, but he is one of TV's great
	characters (along with, say Basil Faulty), and no other
	Doctor does much for me.

		tom j. jones
From: n8744926@henson.cc.wwu.edu (m e bracher)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Re: The Pertwee Years
Date: 11 Apr 92 20:45:07 GMT
Article-I.D.: henson.1992Apr11.204507.26897
Organization: Western Washington University

riff@coos.dartmouth.edu (Christopher P. Riff) writes:

>Personally, I enjoyed the Hartnell and Troughton tapes.  Others
>have criticized them as a rip-off by the BBC, but I really liked
>seeing more of the early doctors, even if it wasn't a complete
>story.

I almost bought The Hartnell Years last night, but I stopped.  the box
seemed to have a date discrepancy, and I wasn't sure what it
contained.

the episodes of partial stories I can understand well enough, but when
I compared The Hartnell Years to An Unearthly Child, the former
claimed that it contained the unbroadcast pilot for the latter, which
(by comparison) was filmed four days *after* the latter was broadcast.

would someone mind mentioning what, exactly, The Hartnell Years
contains from An Unearthly Child?  I'm interested in it, very
interested, but I'm on a budget.  

comments appreciated.

- amtt
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From: taylor@msiadmin.cit.cornell.edu (Lee Taylor-MSI Student)
Subject: How Much for Just the Planet?
Organization: /usr/local/lib/news/organization
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 17:00:25 GMT

I just finished reading the STOS (that's Star Trek: Original Series)
above-named book by John M. Ford. During one section of the story, Mr.
Scott, Chekov, and two Klingons (Maglus and Korth) are playing golf. I will
now quote the incident that follows:

   "Excuse me," a clipped voice said. A man was approaching-no, marching
toward-the tee. He wore a khaki uniform with red shoulder tabs and a beret
with a circular badge; he had a pencil mustache and carried a golf club
tucked under his arm. "Good day, gentlemen. You seem to have a friendly
match going here. I wonder if you'd mind if we played through?"
   Maglus said, "Do you know there are land mines on this ground?"
   "Well, I should think we'd know," the uniformed man said. "Not going to
play eighteen holes without doing our recce, are we? Twelfth at Direidi,
best Par 4 in the galaxy." He tilted his head. "May we?"
   Maglus stepped aside. Scott said, "Fine with me."
   "Very well then." The man pitched his voice up. "Sergeant Benson! Fore!"

Does anyone, aside from me, recognize these characters as our 2 favorite
UNIT men? (After all, 'recce' is one of the Brig's favorite words) Was
Benton changed to Benson to avoid any copyright infringement? Or is this
just a typo?
   Oh well, just thought I'd ask.

Lee Taylor
taylor@math.cornell.edu
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From: pnm@milton.u.washington.edu (John Rahn)
Subject: Re: Brian Blessed
Followup-To: rec.arts.drwho
Keywords: Brian Blessed English Actor Other Roles
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 18:55:31 GMT

Even more non-SF Brian Blessed roles:  In the Avengers story "The 
Superlative Seven" he played Mark Dayton, the war hero (this was from
the 1967-68 colour series); in 1973 he starred with Zoe Wanamaker in a
90-minute play on ITV titled "Lorna and Ted"; he had the role of Kemble
in the very first episode of The Sweeney ("Ringer") in 1975; and he 
co-starred as Spiro in the 1987 ten-part series My Family and Other Animals.

On one of the parallel threads it's already been mentioned that he was
also a regular on Z-Cars.

Jerry Kohl
pnm@u.washington.edu
From: mavin@netcom.com (Connector Distribution Corp)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Dalek books
Keywords: Daleks John Peel Troughton Second Doctor
Date: 8 Apr 92 00:26:35 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)


	I am attempting to find out if the 2nd Doctor Dalek stories are really
going to be novelized.  I had heard some years ago that Peel was given the
go-ahead by the script writer's wife, but Terry Nation's agent stepped in and
killed the deal.  If they are going to be published, then there will be more
than a few happy fans in the world...
From: riff@coos.dartmouth.edu (Christopher P. Riff)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: The Pertwee Years
Date: 11 Apr 92 19:05:25 GMT
Article-I.D.: dartvax.1992Apr11.190525.6293
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

According to DWM 184, the BBC was due to release the video
Doctor Who: The Pertwee Years in March.  Has anyone seen this?
If so, what is on it?  The Hartnell and Troughton ones had
single episodes of lost stories, but obviously this approach
won't work with Pertwee and beyond.  I read that the upcoming
release of the Tom Baker Years will have clips from all the
T. Baker stories along with reactions, memories and narration
by T. Baker. I would guess that a similar approach would be 
taken with the Pertwee tape.

Personally, I enjoyed the Hartnell and Troughton tapes.  Others
have criticized them as a rip-off by the BBC, but I really liked
seeing more of the early doctors, even if it wasn't a complete
story.

Chris Riff
riff@dartmouth.edu

 
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From: kemnitz@netcom.com (Greg Kemnitz)
Subject: Re: Pertwee, etc.
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 92 18:15:35 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

In article <1992Apr9.010650.8327@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> bi341@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Steve G. Crutchfield) writes:


>First of all, bringing back Pertwee as the Doctor would be very
>interesting, and perhaps a good move as well.  I always really
>liked the Pertwee episodes, but they were never what they could
>have been, largely because of the dreary music and poor special
>effects.  If Pertwee were brought back and played the Doctor
>amidst the exciting music and visuals of the McCoy episodes, 
>we could have a great show.

Bletch!  I can't stand that damn noise.  "Exciting?" Nerve-wracking, and
drowning out the actors as well.  Although, given those rotten scripts,
this might have been a blessing.

>I disagree with the statement that the show should be made fore-
>boding.  The upbeat and exciting episodes of recent years (like,
>for instance, Remembrance of the Daleks) are, IMHO, much better
>(in atmosphere if not in plot) than the some of the duller and
>drearier gothic-type "horror" episodes of the Baker years. 
>Like "The Horror of Fang Rock," "The Ark in Space," and that 
>vampire one whose title escapes me.

Christ, given me a break.  Bright, flashy, no plot.  What about the
classic "Talons of Weng-Chiang," to name one example?  Would that have
been improved by blindingly bright video and loud popster music?  If the
show were to come back and continue in the schlocky, even worse than
ST:TNG manner it has been in since season 23 or 24, I'd rather see it stay
dead.  Atmosphere?  Ha.  Obviously the people who have been writing this
show the past three seasons are living in an oxygen deprived one.





			Jon Rhein
			jon@postgres.berkeley.edu
			posting from a friend's account
From: lm89@ecs.soton.ac.uk (McIlhoney L)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Re: New Doctor
Date: 10 Apr 92 10:40:16 GMT

In <1992Apr9.184456.1745@cs.nott.ac.uk> jsm@cs.nott.ac.uk (John Smith) writes:

>It's almost certainly Brian Blessed. Take a look at your copy of DWM's
>UNIT Special (if you were unfortunate enough to buy it, that is). On one
>of the pages, there are photos of the seven Doctors to date, along with a
>picture of Brian Blessed. No reason is given as to why he is pictured along
>with the Doctors. The only reason I can think of is that DWM want to drop
>a sly hint about the actor they refer to in the later article.

Ah yes, but have you seen the Doctor Who Year Book by the same people
from last year?

The front is divided up like a noughts and crosses board, with the
first square filled by a logo, the next seven containing the seven
incarnations of the Doctor, and the last containing a Sea Devil!!!

I remember reading a letter in a later DWM saying something like:
"Fascinated by your attempt at the Eighth Doctor, but really:  the
string vest is a bit of a throwback to the 'Cosmic Hobo' look, the
bulbous staring eyes are pure Tom Baker, and the hairstyle is a straight
copy of old Bill Hartnell!"

Loz
From: drwho@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (The Doctor)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Re: Whoosiercon summary
Date: 9 Apr 92 01:54:22 GMT
Article-I.D.: bsu-cs.1300
Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana


The WhoosierCon staff is taking all of the comments about this year's
cabaret under advisement, but there are a couple of points I would like to
reitterate.

1).  We had planned for the guests to do a lot more than they did.
Sylvester cut one of his sets before the show started and Sophie didn't even
want to perform at all.  Of course, the result was a lot more of us and a
lot less of them, but it wasn't feasible to cut stuff out right as the show
was starting.  You people paid for it and we didn't want the show to last
less than 30 minutes.

2).  Mark Dooley (the emcee) worked for months on this show.  It was the
first time he had done anything like this and I for one applaud him.  I know
it is easy to sit back and complain about someone you don't know, but think
about all the time and effort we put into this show, with only one full
rehearsal beforehand.  Dooley has a good voice, he was just very nervous.

I hope you guys get to work on a con sometime -- planning the con, preparing
and mailing flyers, designing the program, arranging for the guests, dealing
with a hotel that's trying to cheat you & organizing the cabaret -- it's a
bitch.  MOST of the people I talked to enjoyed the cabaret thoroughly and I
for one am glad I performed.  I've never had so much response to my music
before and it HAS altered my plans for the future.

I understand that there were some things some people didn't like.  Some of
them were unavoidable problems and some things just didn't work out.  But I
hope that Dr. Who fans are a sympathetic and supportive lot.  Most of the
people I have talked to understand the problems and are supportive, some are
not.  We worked our asses off, but in the end we had a good time and the
majority of people enjoyed it.  I got a lot out of it personally.  I am
content, but I wanted to clarify some points and make some suggestions for
things to think about before I went on in the newsgroup.  I welcome E-mail
comments.

Neil Marsh
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From: kheldar@grafted.UUCP (Henry Karlson)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Re: Quote from Shada?
Date: 10 Apr 92 22:17:39 GMT
Organization: GRAFTED, Central Indiana's Usenet BBS 317-881-4369

bi341@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Steve G. Crutchfield) writes:

> 
> 
> Regarding Jeffrey Smith's signiature:
> 
> Romana: "I thought you said we were coming here for May week?"
> Doctor: "I did, May week's in June."
>                                     **The Five Doctors**
>         Jeffrey Smith   --KD4AYH--  doc@catt.ncsu.edu
> 
> I believe that quote is actually from Shada.  I think that Tom Baker
> wasn't available for the filming of the Five Doctors, so they used
> never-before-aired archive footage of him and Lalla Ward from Shada,
> and then kept his character conveniently hidden through the rest of
> the show.
> 
> Can anyone corroborate me on this one?  I'm just curious.

It IS from Shada. They cut a bit around the sequence, however.

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From: pnm@milton.u.washington.edu (John Rahn)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Re: Brian Blessed
Date: 17 Apr 92 18:48:37 GMT
Followup-To: rec.arts.drwho
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle

In article <Z3ccJB1w164w@cybernet.cse.fau.edu> ekho.bbs@cybernet.cse.fau.edu writes:
>Have you ever noticed that our dear B.B. hasn't played anything with a 
>very low rank,  

[rest of article deleted]

I wouldn't have said that Spiro, the Greek peasant in "My Family and Other
Animals," counted as having a very high rank!

Jerry Kohl
pnm@u.washington.edu
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From: doc@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Jeffrey Smith)
Subject: Re: Sci-Fi channel
Organization: North Carolina State University
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 18:19:39 GMT

Maryland Public Television is showing The Hartnell episodes.  About
three weeks ago I was up there and watched the Aztecs.  It is shown at 
1:00am on Sat. nights.
L8er,
Jeff
Romana: "I thought you said we were coming here for May week?"
Doctor: "I did, May week's in June."
				    **The Five Doctors**
        Jeffrey Smith   --KD4AYH--  doc@catt.ncsu.edu
From: husted@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Jack)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Rani
Date: 16 Apr 92 20:14:20 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: University of Wisconsin Academic Computing Center

Rani is the feminine form of Raj.

Jack Husted
husted@vms.macc.wisc.edu

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there is a strong strain toward rationality.
Therefore, there is always the possibility, in theory, of handling
the wicked by outthinking them."
"Only God can make a random selection." - Marion Levy, jr.
from Levy's 9 laws of the disillusionment of the true liberal.
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From: pnm@milton.u.washington.edu (John Rahn)
Subject: William Gaunt (Orcini) (was: Re: next Doctor (was . . . [etc.]))
Followup-To: rec.arts.drwho
Summary: Gaunt's other roles
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 07:01:39 GMT

In article <retief.703189807@vincent1.iastate.edu> retief@iastate.edu (Jim Miller) writes:
>Thanks to everyone for all the Brian Blessed references.
>
>Here's a new suggestion: William Gaunt.
>
>Orcini(?) The Oberonian Knight in Revelation of the Daleks, father in
 ^^^^^^^^^

Yes, that's the way it's spelled, though GOK why!  Maybe some clever-clogs
thought to obscure the double Shakespearean reference by misspelling
"Orsini" (Italian, meaning "ursine, bearish")

>comedy series 'Home Sweet Home' or 'No Place Like Home'(I forgot which
>is the correct name).

OK, I'll bite.  First off, it was "No Place Like Home", for three seemingly
interminable seasons, though there were only 6 + 8 + 13 episodes in 1983,
1984 and 1985, respectively.  (Another Dr. Who prominent actor, Martin
Clunes [Lon, the Federator's son, in "Snakedance"] featured as Nigel
Crabtree, son of Gaunt's character, Arthur Crabtree, in this series as
well.)

For other appearances, I know only of television credits:

The Avengers, 1962:11 ("Traitor in Zebra") character: Sub-Lieutenant Graham

The Champions, 1968-69 (30 episodes, series regular) character: Richard
                                                                 Barrett

Menace, 1973:1 ("Judas Goat")  character name unknown

Cottage to Let, 1977:2 ("Saving It for Albie")  character was either Albie
                    himself, or his rival--I forget which (costars included
                    Penelope Keith and Colin Welland)

The Foundation, 1977 and 1978 (9 + 17 episodes)  unknown character name,
                   and unknown which episodes he appeared in.

The Agatha Christie Hour, 1982-83:5 ("The Case of the Discontented Soldier")
                   character: Major John Wilbraham [this story co-starred
                   Patricia Garwood, who played Beryl Crabtree, Arthur's
                   wife, in No Place Like Home]

In addition to the above, *Who's Who on Television* (4th and 5th editions)
list "more than 100 plays [on TV]," and:

Crown Court [no date given]
Love and Marriage [no date given]
Capstick's Law [once again, no date given]

Hope this helps some.

Jerry Kohl
pnm@u.washington.edu
From: langbein@gandalf.rutgers.edu (The Fugitive)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Re: Sci-Fi channel
Date: 7 Apr 92 18:45:33 GMT
Organization: Information Builders, Inc.

In article <-403800@nemesis> uhclem@nemesis.UUCP writes:

> SFC only has rights to production codes A-ZZ, EXCLUDING MM.  On this
Which one is MM
> Does anyone know of a US station that IS showing the Hartnells and
> Troughtons now?  This might indicate that the exclusiveness has timed-out,

New Jersey Network showed Unearthly Child and The War Games in the
past month. Then they showed Spearhead from Space and Planet of
Spiders. They seem to be skipping around quite a bit, which has me
worried. My one beef is that they added the 'njn' logo ala VH-1 style,
only a lot more noticeable. This really stinks. WLIW stopped showing
them. 

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From: pjam@kean.ucs.mun.ca
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Re: Pertwee, etc.
Date: 10 Apr 92 18:20:37 GMT
Organization: Memorial University. St.John's Nfld, Canada

In article <retief.702882071@mchem3.al.iastate.edu>, retief@iastate.edu (Jim Miller) writes:
> 
> )Brian Blessed would be interesting too, as long as he didn't
> )act too silly (as his character did in the Trial of a Time Lord).
> 
> Um, I don't place the name Brian Blessed with someone right now, can
> someone give me a couple of examples of his work?
> 
> -- 
> Jim Miller <retief@iastate.edu> 

One example is in the Colin Baker -Trial of a Timelord season (second story,  
 whatever it's title was...). Blessed played the exuberently loud King 
Ycarnos, who was manipulated by the timelords into destroying a 
successful life-transfer experiment (that threatened time, I suppose).

I don't know his other works, but you can check out his perhaps silly 
but very entertaining performance in the second story of Trial of a 
Timelord. The silliness may be in the character more than the actor; 
I'd like to see more of him. Other Brian Blessed works, anyone?
From: n8744926@henson.cc.wwu.edu (m e bracher)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: The New Adventures -- REVIEWS?
Summary: a query, mostly
Keywords: Timewyrm, Cat's Cradle
Date: 6 Apr 92 18:14:38 GMT
Article-I.D.: henson.1992Apr6.181438.21502
Organization: Western Washington University

after seeing (but not reading) John Smith's review of Cat's Cradle:
Warhead, I'm curious.

were there any other reviews of the other books (Timewyrm and Time's
Crucible) released on the net?

reason for asking, I dropped Doctor Who at least seven years ago,
during high school.  I finally picked the series up again during
Christmas hols, and I'm catching up on what's happened.  (it got
CANCELLED?  how DARE they!)

if there are reviews of The New Adventures floating around, would
someone mind either posting them (there's a reasonable chance someone
else is interested) or mailing them?  I've read the books, but I'm
interested in seeing other people's critiques.

danke,

- matt



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From: "dale clayton" <dale.clayton@canrem.com>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: the *the* prefix...
Date: 16 Apr 92 01:25:54 EST
Reply-To: "dale clayton" <dale.clayton@canrem.com>
Distribution: rec
Organization: Canada Remote Systems

-> how about the following?
->
-> The Romana
-> The Barousa
-> The Rassilon
-> The Azmael

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From: aa634@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bill White)
Subject: Re: The *The* prefix in front of Time Lord's names
Reply-To: aa634@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bill White)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 92 21:46:39 GMT


In a previous article, walshm@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Matt 'MTM' Walsh) says:

>Ever notice that some timelords have 'The' names, like
>THE doctor
>THE master
>THE Rani
>The president
>

how about the following?

The Romana
The Barousa
The Rassilon
The Azmael


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From: riff@coos.dartmouth.edu (Christopher P. Riff)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Favorite Episodes
Date: 17 Apr 92 15:54:25 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH


In my previous post of favorite episodes, I neglected the 
earlier stories (before Tom Baker), so other favorite
episodes include:

William Hartnell: The Keys of Marinus

Jon Pertwee: The Frontier in Space


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From: dbarker@camins.camosun.bc.ca
Subject: Re: K-9 and Company (opinions)
Organization: Camosun College
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 21:07:34 GMT

In article <92100.091754JMH131@psuvm.psu.edu>, <JMH131@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>      I just thought I'd put in a few words about _K-9 and Company_.  I take it
>  that the BBC originally cancelled the show because it didn't receive high
>  enough ratings.  Am I right about this?

Not exactly. I don't think it was ever a series, but a one-off special. They
might have considered it a possible pilot, to be followed by a series if it
was successful enough, but it was never touted in England as a series. The BBC
never, in my experience  cancels a series after a single show. Anyway, the show
was an hour long (well 50 minutes) whereas one would have expected it to be
half that for a series.

Deryk Barker
Computer Science Dept.
Camosun College,
Victoria, BC
Canada
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From: retief@iastate.edu (Jim Miller)
Subject: Re: Pertwee, etc.
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 05:01:11 GMT


)Brian Blessed would be interesting too, as long as he didn't
)act too silly (as his character did in the Trial of a Time Lord).

Um, I don't place the name Brian Blessed with someone right now, can
someone give me a couple of examples of his work?

-- 
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