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system: You are Phill Ash, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Dr Who/Brit Scif message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Anthony Van Pyre about "Dr Who Movie".

They wrote:
TW>The eye of harmony should be on Gallifrey. I was not shure, if this was
TW>same eye. Is there an connection between each TARDIS and Gallifrey?
AVP> from what i remmeber the eye is on gallifrey and its what is used to
AVP> power the tardis's

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assistant: From astride a Pale Horse, �anat�� heard...
the
        You must've missed our earlier discussions on this...
        We pretty-much determined that the Eye of Harmony actually
        exists in within the Vortex.  The openings in the Panopticon
        Floor and the Doctor's (and presumably all) TARDIS link to the
        Eye within the Vortex.
From the Office of the DeathMaster General...
system: You are Stephen Griswold, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Dr Who/Brit Scif message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Maureen Goldman about "Re: who".

They wrote:
-=> On 20 Nov 96  10:22:06, Maureen Goldman said to Stephen Griswold <=-
SG> from his series, and trapping his character (& Romana) ?  I seem to
SG> remember around the same time, Tom Baker was playing the part of a
SG> rogue Interpol agent, in a short-lived series over here in the states,
SG> 'Remmington Steele'..
MG> Tom Baker appeared on a single episode of Remington Steele,
MG> which, incidentally, ran something like for five years.  I heard
MG> that Baker didn't want to appear in The Five Doctors but gave
MG> permission for outtakes to be used.

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assistant: So I read recently..  Apparently, they made outtakes of one episode, and
most of the still shots were of wax. (apparently, there is supposed to be a
pair of Wax figures of Laala Ward & Tom Baker, somewhere.)
 Stephen
... "Absence makes the nose grow longer." - The Doctor
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user: You are replying to Thomas Winter about "Re: Are the Borg a Cyberman Rip-off?".

They wrote:
-=> On 22 Nov 96  20:23:12, Thomas Winter said to Stephen Griswold <=-
SG> But DALEKS, are NOT CYBORGS!!!!  Dyleks
SG> are the Mutated remains of what had been the Kaleds (reference Tom Baker
SG> series, Genesis Of The Daleks', Kaled (Not 100% sure on this one)
SG> scientist Davros forced the mutation, caused by constant chemical
SG> warfare between the Kaleds & the Thals (??  Correct me if I'm wrong.)
SG> on the planet Scarro. The Mark-III Battle transport is what gives the
SG> Daleks a 'Robot' look.)
TW> But the Daleks can't exist without their Makr-III - or am I wrong?

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assistant: For the life of me, I seem to remember one of the doctors returning
to Skaro, and jumping down the side of a hill, to avoid being spotted
by either Daleks, or Ogrons, and reaching into the side of the hill, and
pulling out what looked like a pile of pink goop., His remark being
"Well, what do you know? a naturally formed Kaled mutant.", tossing it away,
and hearing a small squeek from it.  (the part I can't remember, was it
Tom, or Peter?)  I also seem to remember Tom, in 'Genesis...', breaking into
the chamber where Davros was accelerating the mutation, and
comming out of the chamber, with a dalek, sans-shell, wrapped around him,
trying to strangle & kill him.  I think it was 'Dead Planet' where if they
were removed from the shell, they would die from radiation poisoning.
  Stephen
... EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!
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user: You are replying to Phill Ash about "Re: Dalek Attack".

They wrote:
-=> On 25 Nov 96  11:41:01, Phill Ash said to Stephen Griswold <=-
SG> 3rd side note... Around 1992, there was a software company, called
SG>Admiral Software... Apparently they produced a few computer games based
PA> Alternative Software Ltd
PA> Units 5-7 Bailygate Industrial Estate
PA> Pontefract, West Yorkshire WF8 2LN
PA> Fax (0977) 790243
PA> Hmmm... The *uncracked* version wanted disk A...  They'd
PA> written an *.exe file on that disk, but the real *.exe was a
PA> hidden file which completed the program.  A simple batch file
PA> corrects that. The big problem was that, after completing the
PA> levels (London, Paris, New York, Tokyo, Skaro), it would
PA> randomly ask for a word from a page of the documentation...

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assistant: Phill, Thanks!  One letter heading out to them soon!  I'm hoping the
un-pirated version fixes a quirk my friend found... With a sound card,
the instant any of the daleks yelled "Exterminate" ALL sound effects would
shut-off, until reset by hitting F10 to jump through the sound effects
setting..
  Thanks again!  Stephen
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user: You are replying to John Oeth about "Re: anyone".

They wrote:
-=> On 25 Nov 96  10:26:00, John Oeth said to All <=-
JO> Is there anyone out there?

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assistant: no, this is all typed by the computer..  <G>
... That was the stun setting,  This is not $%^$^%#$%@#$!@*NO CARRIER*
system: You are Stephen Griswold, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Dr Who/Brit Scif message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Peter Goddard about "Re: Are the Borg a Cyberman rip off?".

They wrote:
-=> On 22 Nov 96  23:29:00, Peter Goddard said to Steve Quarrella <=-
JM> Mentally, though, the Borg are a bit different, and that may well
JM> be  the  Cybermen influence.
PG> I think they're a blatant rip-off from a few episodes of Doctor Who.
SQ> If you're looking for rip-off, check out "Transformations."  If
SQ> someone wasn't watching Pertwee's "The Mutants" when they were writing
SQ> that one, I'd be surprised.
PG> No idea is safe.
PG> Then again many good things have been made from rip offs.
PG> I quite like the Borg as they're creepy, but they do seem like the
PG> Cybermen of ST.
PG> If the writers hadn't been watching some Whos like The Pirate Planet
PG> I'd be surprised.

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assistant: This is true, but the Cybermen view humans as a true threat, Especially
after it was learned that gold could be used to plate & smother their
breathing units.  If a Cyberman saw a human, they wouldn't flat ignore them
as the Borg do...
 It is, quite amazing, from 1960's to 1982, how the heads of the cybermen
evolved.. from what looked almost like a silver urn, to the more modern
looking..  (I just recently pulled a picture off a web page, from "the
10th Planet", (final Hartnell episode).
 As for JM's refernce to both "Transformations" compared to "The Mutants",
I'd have to say VERY close ideas, but the story line behind Transformations,
had his own people chasing after him, while in "The Mutants", it was a
slave trader of sorts, who was after them..
 Stephen
... We just want the FAX ma'am... Keep the photo copier
system: You are Stephen Griswold, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Dr Who/Brit Scif message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to James Dixon about "Re: Best Sidekick".

They wrote:
-=> On 19 Nov 96  19:45:00, James Dixon said to Robert Harris <=-
JD> Jo Grant's another one (though
JD> probably because she had a nice pair of legs and was mega-cute in a
JD> dumb blonde sort of way)...

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assistant: Yeah, she did kind of fit that mold, didn't she?  Especially remembering
the 1st episode with her, where she thought the dematerialization
circuit was on fire, while the Doctor (Pertwee) was trying to weld it.
  I'm trying to remember, though... Wasn't that also the 1st episode with
the Master? (Anthony Delgado) where he was using plastic beings, brought
to life from the glowing spheres? Then they started spreading plastic
flowers, which would suffocate those dumb enough to get too close.
  (I seem to remember, the exact same HUGE head masks, one was used in
the 'Mad Max' Movie, "Beyond ThunderDome", when Gibson's character was sent
out into the dessert.)
Somewhere, someone began spreading photos of her, Au'natural... One of her,
with a Dalek, is obviously faked, but there is one full-frontal, with a
flower in a sensitive spot, which looks too real to be faked.
 Did she decide on a Major career change, after her stint?
  Stephen
... 4 out of 5 doctors agree: 1 out of 5 is an idiot
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user: You are replying to Laurence Taylor about "Re: Brit acronyms".

They wrote:
-=> On 15 Nov 96  23:55:00, Laurence Taylor said to Mary Sinclair <=-
PA>         'course there's the one about the randy lorry driver who tested
PA>         positive for HGV :)
MS> Do ya have to be British to get this or am I just missing something?
LT> HGV: Heavy Goods Vehicle. Applied to trucks and the like over, I
LT> think, one and a half tons. A special license is required to drive one.

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assistant: We have something like that, called the CDL (Commercial Drivers Licence),
although some still go under what was known as a class-2 drivers licence
(any vehicle over gross axle weight of 4.5 tons.)
Stephen Griswold, A Connecticut Class-2 licence holder since 1983.
  (Volunteer Fire Fighter, required for the truck size.)
... This product cruelly tested on cute furry animals. They All DIED!
system: You are Stephen Griswold, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Dr Who/Brit Scif message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Thomas Winter about "Re: Dr Who Movie".

They wrote:
-=> On 27 Nov 96  22:07:38, Thomas Winter said to Joe Mason <=-
JM>  I'd guess that another Time Lord tried to open it at one point,
JM> and failed, so the Doctor assumed it couldn't be opened.  He never tried
JM> himself (no reason to) so he didn't know that a human eye would open it.
TW> I assume, that the Doctor tried to open the eye bevore and faild:
TW> Doctor: "In 700 Years noone has managed to open the eye, woh did you
TW> do it?"
TW> Master: "Simple. Lee is human an you are only half ..."

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assistant: Not True!!!!  I seem to remember The Eye of Harmony was opened, durring one
of Tom Baker's series..  (which one exactly, I don't remember..)  The method
of opening it, was much different as well.. a lever, instead of the removing
of the spire, and peering in.
Not entirely sure, BUT I think it was also the Master (Delgado regeneration)
who did it then too....
 Stephen
... "Oh, you mean the Doctor?  Wonderful chap... all of us."
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user: You are replying to Peter Goddard about "Re: Hero".

They wrote:
-=> On 22 Nov 96  23:29:00, Peter Goddard said to Joe Mason <=-
PG> I think the bloke who plays Commander Data was good as the nutty
PG> scientist though.  ;)

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assistant: Ah!  you must be talking of Brent Spiner's character, in either ID4, or
Phenomenon...   Brent played many other bit-parts prior to ST|TNG.
Most notable, was a 'Down-trodden country Hick/Yugoslavian' in the old
american TV series, Night Court, and played a part in another movie
between then, & trek, where he played a co-conspirator in murder.  (remember
-ing he was sitting on the back of a pick-up, crying, and telling someone
else about the murder.)
Quite a few years ago, when PBS stopped airing Dr. Who here in the US,
I started a discussion in one of the Sci-Fi related echos, about the
idea of FOX possibly picking-up where PBS left off. (When I heard FOX would
air the movie, I was a little miffed.. Hey! That was MY Idea!)  Amongst the
various ideas of who would play the doctor, were Matt Fruerre (Max Headroom
/Doctor-Doctor fame.), Robin Williams, Michael J. Fox, (Back to The Future,)
And I'm surprised, No-One suggested Brent Spiner, as ST:TNG had just started
to air.  He might've actually played a good Doctor.. (well, Okay, for an
American version.)
 Stephen
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user: You are replying to Peter Goddard about "Re: Jon Pertwee on R4".

They wrote:
-=> On 22 Nov 96  23:29:00, Peter Goddard said to Laurence Taylor <=-
LT> Today (Thursday) there was a programme on BBC Radio 4 called "Radio
LT> Lives", which this week was about Jon Pertwee. Did anyone happen to
LT> hear it, or possibly record it?
PG> I had it recorded for me.  Anyone want a copy?

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assistant: Provide a mailing address, I'd be interested in a copy!
What format?  Standard cassette?
 I'm interested!
  P.O. Box 74
  Canton, Ct. 06019-0074
  USA
... "'Not good' is a galactic understatement." - Picard
system: You are Stephen Griswold, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Dr Who/Brit Scif message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Sean Sixsmith about "Re: Searching for a particular Dr.Who we01:38:3812/05/96".

They wrote:
-=> On 27 Nov 96  21:33:48, Sean Sixsmith said to All <=-
SS> Would anyone who has Internet/WWW access and who frequently checks out
SS> the Dr.Who web pages know of the web page address of a web page called
SS> (if I remember correctly) "Dr.Who archives".  It was a page devoted to
SS> sound files from (what else? ;->) Dr.Who.  The sound files were
SS> categorized by era, ie all the Jon Pertwee sound files were in one
SS> group, all the Tom Baker sound files were in another group, etc, etc.
SS> If I remember correctly each month there was a different version of the
SS> theme music, ie when I last hit the web page the theme music as for the
SS> Jon Pertwee era.  I'm not sure if this has changed but the last time I
SS> logged onto the web page there was a picture of the Dr.Who logo from
SS> the recent two-hour Dr.Who film.
SS> Anyway, does anyone recognize this web page at all?  If so could you
SS> please tell me the address of it.  Stupid me I forgot to make a note of
SS> it when I logged onto it last and have totally forgotten the location
SS> of this page. :-(
SS> Thanks in advance for any and all info!! :-)

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assistant: The last place I've been doing most of my sound & picture grabbing, was
from a place I found doing a web search, under the keyword "tardis", which
came-up with "The Tardis Information bank"... I'm sure there are  others, I
haven't checked yet, but that's as good a place as any to try..
 I'll see if I can get the exact address, before sending this packet out.
 Stephen
... No, Impossible, I'm booked for the next two centuries! --:Doctor Who
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user: You are replying to Peter Goddard about "Re: who".

They wrote:
-=> On 22 Nov 96  07:22:00, Peter Goddard said to Joe Mason <=-
JM> Barring another "X Doctors" story.  Too bad Jon Pertwee isn't still
JM> with  us, we could've had "The Six Doctors".  Come to think of it, with
JM> Richard Hurndall as the original, we still could.
PG> Isn't he rather beyond playing the Doctor???  :/

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assistant: Actually, I have an interesting plot idea, for a next 'Doctor Who'...
Involves All 5 remaining actors...  An explosion splitting McGann's
Doctor, into the other 4 as well. (as well as 4 more TARDIS's which they
arrived in.) (This one's date-marked, I STILL want to know who got in
contact with FOX Broadcasting!)
 As for Joe Mason's reference to Richard Hurndell (Someone clear this up,
The other reference I saw spelled it Hurdnell), He only PLAYED the original
in 'The 5 Doctors' since William Hartnell had long since passed on.
  It was Hurndell's close ressemblence to Hartnell's appearance, that made
him perfect for the part..
  Stephen
... Marines:  The favorite snack of Aliens everywhere.
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user: You are replying to Jamie Howse about "Re: who rebroadcast".

They wrote:
-=> On 25 Nov 96  14:35:35, Jamie Howse said to All <=-
JH> I saw somewhere on the net that the TV movie shown earlier this year
JH> is being  reshown on FOX on December 31, 1996. Hmmmm

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assistant: Now, THIS I would like to see!!!   I'll forward this to local fans,
so they won't miss it this time.
Thanks for the note, Jamie.. (Gads!  Did I just sound like Patrick Troughton,
saying that?) (Sorry Jamie, Couldn't resist.)
 Stephen
... Just remember, sometimes the dragon wins.
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user: You are replying to Peter Goddard about "Clone-wars            2/2".

They wrote:
>>> Continued from previous message
PG>What an appauling thought - /Ken Barlow/ going through puberty
PG>backwards.

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assistant: Well he certainly scores with the birds, but they all look like Dierdie
which perhaps isn't a good thing...
Terror to chill the soul.
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user: You are replying to Peter Goddard about "Benny the boot bunny".

They wrote:
PG> JM>CJ>About 24 I think.  You can buy 'em in FP in full packs, incased in
PG> JM>CJ>PVC to protect them forever.   No helium baloon though.
PG> JM>Sorry to be off-topic, but can I just ask what PVC is?  I keep hearing
PG> JM>Brits talking about "PVC this" and "PVC that", and I can never figure
PG> JM>out what it is.
PG> CJ> Shiny polymer material/plastic.  You remember Michell Phiffers
PG> CJ> catsuit? You get the idea... :)))
PG>What a marvellous way to go off topic.
PG>Personally I'd have mentioned Ace's combat suit.
PG>How many sad blokes bought that book for a peek at Sophie in that
PG>skintight pervo-shine assisted gear?  ;)

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assistant: Peter,
Suits you sir!
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user: You are replying to Peter Goddard about "Red Dwarf: Series VII".

They wrote:
PG> CJ> The laconic Norman Lovett would go a long way to help ease the loss
PG> CJ> Mr Rimmer.  Although apparantly he only appears as the 'old' Holly
PG> CJ> around the end of the season.
PG>And it's not an increadably long scene either.
PG>But Norm is on top form stealing the show.  You'll love it!  ;)

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assistant: Peter,
f
Shouldn't that have been Lovett? :]]
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user: You are replying to Peter Goddard about "In the cabbage patch...".

They wrote:
PG> PG> the murderous cabbage kids and their terrifying plan to take over the
PG> PG> universe.  ;)
PG> CJ> Cabbage Patch kids were quite scary, with thier leering faces and
PG> CJ> sinister smiles.  Good scope for a new Auton Invasion ;))
PG> PG>I thought that they were based on the doll from terror of the autons
PG> PG>actually.
PG> CJ> They were based on Sophie Aldread during her chubby Who Phase.
PG>Yeah, she did admit that she looked rather like a black pudding...

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assistant: Peter,
Perhaps it was her weight which broke the glass thing in Battlefield.
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user: You are replying to Peter Goddard about "Bertie?".

They wrote:
PG> Cw> City of Death and Inferno pass my quality threshold though.
PG> CJ> Inferno is well directed by Dougie Camfield and I liked the
PG> CJ> parallel universe part,
PG>Yeah.  Imagine what it would have been like if it hadn't been padded!
PG>It would have been a load of shite.
PG>Proof that compulsary padding can sometimes be beneficial.
PG> CJ> just a shame we never got to see a evil version of the Doctor -
PG> CJ> hmmm perhaps it's because the Valeyard slipped over at the same
PG> CJ> time as the Doc  and decided to stay in our universe ;)
PG>But the whole point was that he didn't exsist in the other dimension.
PG>There was some wibble about people not being able to cross to a universe
PG>where they exsisted in another form.
PG>"Brigade-Leader, all this is foolish!  Don't you see?  I don't exsist in
PG>this dimension!"
PG>"Then you won't feel the bullets when we shoot you."
PG>Or some such thing.
PG>And then Cornell tries to be clever and say that their great leader was
PG>one of the faces he was offered by the Time-Lords.
PG>Yes Paul, nice attempt, but it totally trashes the continuity of the
PG>story.
PG>But when has that ever stopped a writer in the past... Mr Aaronovich?
PG> CH> Don't know if that explains anything, but I never met a Doctor I
PG> CH> didn't like.
PG> MS> You *met* a Doctor? Whoo, I thought it was just a TV show!
PG> CJ> Amazing eh?  Nothing like on TV though...
PG>Yeah.  And those Daleks look much less frightening in real life as
PG>they're so short.  ;)
PG> CJ> Me:  Can I have a jelly baby Mr Who?
PG> CJ> Doc: F**k off little brat...sshhhheshh I hate kids!
PG> CJ> :}
PG>Who did you talk to?  ColDoc?  ;)

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assistant: Peter,
I certainly need some in my walls - it's a bit chilly in my house at the
winter.
Blenovitich Bullshit limitation theory or some other Terrance Dicks
techobabble fodder.
"Oh my nuts mylady"
"...As the Doctor vanished with the Time Ring, the Rani ripped off her
Davros mask, ''Dozy old git, that fooled him didn't it?'', with that
quesition the 7 dwarfs all jumped out of thier Dalek suits.."
But a lot fatter then you expect :]]
McGann Doc.  "....and I fF*****g only did the thing coz they were
offering a ton of cash...."
Looks like he *is* the Doctor Who equivalent of George Lazanby.
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