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Titolo: Doctor Who Film

What mark would you give the new doctor who film out of 10.
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 What mark would you give the new doctor who film out of 10.
The "new" one? Unless I've missed something, I think you mean the one
from a few years ago.
Hmmm... I think 7/10 is about right. It's got some really great
sequences, Paul McGann is a *great* Doctor and it has a genuine good
feel.
On the flip side, Eric Roberts as the Master was stupid, the opening
credits were *shithouse* (even if the music was passable) and the TARDIS
set was just a tad too big and too different for my liking. Yes, I
thought it was great that the TARDIS had a new, gothic look -- but they
could have incorporated the roundels into the walls (or at least one
wall), just to give it a point of reference from the TV series...
I could write all day, but shan't...
Rob
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In a message dated 12/14/99 8:40:13 AM, 
hgb...@catsrule.garfield.com
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<<What mark would you give the new doctor who film out of 10.>>
In my published review, I gave it 7 out of 10. I see no reason to change that 
now.
Tom Beck
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 one wall), just to give it a point of reference from the TV series...
The roundel motif is there if you look for it, just not in the manner we
are all used to. Look at the circular holes in the girders which support
the console, the floor-spotlights surrounding its dais, the lights from
the Eye of Harmony especially the beams which trap the Master and Doctor
in place during the "soul exchange" sequence... I missed the roundels at
first (although actually it was the lack of any walls at all which threw
me) but I've since come to like these subliminal suggestions.
As for visual references to the TV series - that really wasn't terribly
important for what the film was doing. Besides, we did at least get our
central six-sided console, which we needn't have done. That to me was a
much more important focus, which I'd really have missed if they'd had a
new design.
Love and hugs,
Matt
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Yeah. Lots of circles. Everywhere. I saw 'em! ;-)
Travis
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 new design.
Good grief -- you think the six-sided console was some kind of concession?
I'm still not sure who the TVM was trying to impress, but if it didn't have
a recognisable console... mein gott, I would have taken my bat & ball and
gone home in the first 5 minutes. People like us -- who expect such things
-- were always going to be the TVM's core audience, no matter what othee
demographics they hoped to rope into the venture...
Good points on the roundels though -- will look out for those!
Rob
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the console, the floor-spotlights surrounding its dais...
The original TARDIS design is based around hexagons: the six-sided console,
the honeycomb design of the walls, and so forth. Simply bunging in a few
circles is missing the point, IMO.
Paul
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