The new show runner has said previously that he thinks you need a reasonably young doctor due to the style and pace of the show, but that could just be a misdirection. I'd love to see an older doctor.
Thanks Pro! But no one knew who Baker was before he played the Doctor, he hadn't had much of a profile (he was working on a building site when he got offered the part) so he was just seen as the doctor. Izzard will seem like Izzard.
i think they should go with ricky gervais. seriously. his bumbling nervous style with the excessive commenting on events going on around him has a certain hartnell/troughton quality too it. it might be good to have a Doctor in his 40's who doesn't have sex appeal but is funny to be different than the romantic Doctors since Mcgann.
Hmmmm.......I wouldn't be against it. But, since he's already been in the show before (not a real obstacle, of course, given the 6th Doctor pre-appeared as someone else), and since he's just become Scotty for the new Star Trek, I can't see him taking it on...
Originally Posted By: Friendly Neighborhood Ray-man
i think they should go with ricky gervais. seriously. his bumbling nervous style with the excessive commenting on events going on around him has a certain hartnell/troughton quality too it. it might be good to have a Doctor in his 40's who doesn't have sex appeal but is funny to be different than the romantic Doctors since Mcgann.
In one of his shows "Extras" Ricky did a bit where he was dressed up as some giant turd villian who fought the 10th doctor.
Just a heads up, a new shipment of classic doctor who figures are hitting the online stores now. These had been previously available for a milisecond about a month ago. I passed on them because I didn't want to preorder a case & it paid off waiting to just get the ones I wanted at a much cheaper price.
Nice! Which stores do you use? And don't say "Forbidden Planet", cause they suck (from experience). I'm not going to buy every figure in this series (at least, not right now). I have acquired the 4th, 5th (both, the normal and 'Timecrash'/with celery set), 6th, 9th (both, normal and 'Father's Day'/green shirt variant), and the 'Timecrash' blue suit 10th Doctor, and a Sarah-Jane/K9 set. But, I would like the K-1 Robot build-a-figure someday...
Impulse creations.com had them the cheapest with the cheapest shipping. I've ordered from them before because they also seem to get things before other stores do. Whona.com is another good one with really fast delivery & they tend to be cheaper than other onlines. JRS toys is also good price wise. Those are my main 3 but I've also ordered from Big Bad Toys. They're usually spendier but sometimes they're the only ones not sold out.
BTW I never thought I would be ordering things like a Colin Baker Doctor or a Sea Devil but that robot BAF put me into collector mentallity. Hope they do some companions in future waves.
Bigbadtoys is a good store but usually priced a little higher than others for Doctor Who stuff but as I said sometimes the other places are sold out. I didn't get the Time crash set but I remember they had that availlable at aslightly higher price for a day or two while other places sold out of it right away.
Thanks for the site tips! I've been looking for a dependable online Who dealer.
BTW, here's the release statement for Wave 2...
* 7th Doctor Sylvester McCoy Seventh Doctor (1987-1996) Sylvester McCoy without Hat as seen in Ghost Light (1989) * 8th Doctor * Ice Warrior First appeared in The Ice Warriors (1967) as heavily armoured reptiles with claw hands * Morbius Monster With 'goldfish bowl' head and giant crab claw as seen in The Brain of Morbius (1976) alongside Fourth Doctor Tom Baker and companion Sarah Jane Smith * Mummy with Jar The Mummy robot will include an urn accessory. As seen in Pyramids of Mars (1975) with Tom Baker and Sarah Jane Smith * Tenth Planet Cyberman 10th Planet Cyberman finished in semi-transparent plastic. As seen in the four part serial The Tenth Planet (1966), featuring the First Doctor William Hartnell. In the first ever appearance of The Cybermen they land at the Antarctic on a mission to relocate all humans to the planet Mondas for transformation into Cybermen * Voc Robot V9 Voc Robot in green * 'Build A Figure' - Krynoid As seen in the Tom Baker six parter The Seeds of Doom. Collect all the figures in the wave to assemble an extra figure, just like the K-1 Robot in Wave 1 figure packs
Yeah, I'm not really getting excited for that one. First, if the Cybermen were coming back, I'd want to see the originals, not the Cybus versions. Second, I've constantly heard fans say "David Morrisey should be the next Doctor!" for years. Now that I've seen the actor in action, I am not impressed. And finally, it's RTD, it's Christmas, and it's stunt-casting. Those three things never seem to work out for him (see: Voyage of the Damned)...
Yeah, I'm not really getting excited for that one. First, if the Cybermen were coming back, I'd want to see the originals, not the Cybus versions. Second, I've constantly heard fans say "David Morrisey should be the next Doctor!" for years. Now that I've seen the actor in action, I am not impressed. And finally, it's RTD, it's Christmas, and it's stunt-casting. Those three things never seem to work out for him (see: Voyage of the Damned)...
i don't get why its cybus cybermen and not the one from the regular universe. it's not like they were wiped out or anything like the time lords/daleks.
I just dont think Eccleston had any intention of doing more than one series, right from the off. I'd also hazard a guess that he had to be persuaded to play The Doctor in the first place, as he likes to be seen as a "serious" actor. (although rumour has it he emailed Davis to be put on the list)
He's much the same as Chris Barrie from Red Dwarf IMO, in so far that he thought he was big enough to just walk away from the show, and jump into much bigger roles. In fact, he has already admitted in interviews, that he was never a fan of Doctor Who, which once again sugests, he never really had any respect for the role, and just wanted something that might be able to further his career.
Unlike Barrie, he couldnt come crawling back when he ended up no better off than when he started.
As for the accent thing, I dont think its national pride, I think its just his inability to adapt to any non-northern roles. I dont hate Eccleston, I just think some people put him on too much of a pedestal for his so called "acting" abilities!
Oddly enough in the US it was screamed that he was "tossed off' But all evidence I have seen since agrees with this G'Nort lover
That said to ME Eccleston is the TOM BAKER to Tennant's PETER DAVISON you just can't accept second best after a FANTASTIC DOCTOR....but God bless Ecleston if he truly only wanted ONE season because HE KICKED ARSE!
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