From: danaf@vccnw02.its.rpi.edu (Frank R. Dana Jr.)
Subject: Re: Interview with John Nathan-Turner on Ch. 54 (San Jose)
Reply-To: danaf@rpi.edu
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Distribution: ba
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 04:23:01 GMT

In article <jenkinsj-081092084214@tseng.taligent.com>, jenkinsj@blowfish.taligent.com (John H. Jenkins) writes:
|> In article <1avde5INN1i2@agate.berkeley.edu>, mossman@sag1.ssl.berkeley.edu () wrote:
|> > 
|> > Did anyone see Dr. Who on Channel 54 (San Jose) on Sunday? Following
|> > the episode there was an interview with John Nathan-Turner which I
|> > managed to see only a few minutes of and then erase(Argh!). But at the
|> > very begining he said, "When Doctor Who comes back, blah blah...".
|> > THere was no date associated with this interview so was he talking
|> > about the first hiatus or the present one? ANy clues? By the way,
|> > the new format of Doctor Who on 54 is not too bad. Pleasing both
|> > camps, or trying to, they are showing episode format all together.
|> > So you can see the whole story but not miss the campy cliffhangers.
|> > 
|> > Amy Mossman
|> > 
|> > 
|> 
|> I managed to get the whole thing.  I don't recall any "When Dr. Who comes back lines," but the show was clearly identified at the beginning as having been made for Dr. Who's 25th anniversary.  They also showed rehearsals and on-location filming for "Silve|> r Nemesis."  

Ah, yes. The great "25th Anniversary" project. Produced entirely by the New
Jersey Network (WNJM Ch. 50 - Tri-State...), it was indeed filmed wayyyy back
in 1988 when the 25th anniversary season was being filmed. Any information in
there is long dead.

It was a pretty cool series, tho. Try to catch the rest of the bits. If they're
running it like NJN themselves do, there are about 5 different 10-minute spots
that are really chunks of a 50-minute show. They followed Silver Nemesis all
the way through production, from scripting and rehearsals, through costuming
and makeup, and right on through final location filming. It's very interesting,
and made thoroughly enjoyable by the candid shots of Sylvester McCoy, my 
favorite off-camera Doctor and the life of any party. The man simply exudes
wit and charm, which anyone who has ever visited the I-CON science fiction con
at SUNY - Stony Brook (or any other con...) can attest to. We enjoyed him so 
much, he was invited back for a second year!

(He came, of course.)

He's also wonderful when he has someone to play off of. His Actors' Panel with
John DeLancie (Q from ST:TNG) the first year was brilliant, topped only by the 
following year's four way panel: McCoy chairing with Wings Hauser, and...
jeez... I suck at names... Benton from WHO (John something...) and Saavik from
Star Trek 3 and 4 (not Kirstie Alley, the other one... damn....)

|> It was actually pretty interesting in terms of getting a better sense of what was involved in producing the show, although I'm not sure I came away from it with a better opinion of JNT than I had before.  
|> 
|> I don't particularly mind the new format for the late night "Dr. Who", but I'm still recovering from the shock of having it taken away from weekdays at 7:00.  KTEH has been showing "Dr. Who" every weekday for longer than I've been in the Bay Area, which i|> s nine years.  That was a bit of a blow!

I hate to depress you, but get very worried. When Doctor Who loses its prime
time slot on a station, it's the first step to destruction. WLIW in New York
moved it from Saturdays at 7:00 to the ungodly time of Midnight "Sat/Early Sun"
(as TV GUIDE puts it...), and within 2 months it disappeared entirely.

If you haven't pledged to that station, shame on you! Do it tomorrow...

|> John H. Jenkins
|> John_Jenkins@taligent.com

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