I like the changes to the TARDIS
I wonder if they just dropped it in the background of the image, or if that's indicative of it in the next series. Aside from losing the St Johns star, what else are you seeing?
I like the changes to the TARDIS
You know, the whole Mork inspired outfit would be tolerable, but the coat kills it for me. It's just a sack with ribbon trim. It would have been nice if they had stuck with a nicely tailored coat. I kind of agree with a post over on Gallifrey Base, that they dressed her a bit like a child. Overall, for me, it's too weird. But different from the 6th Doctor too weird, which at least is interesting and sort of a technical challenge from a cosplay standpoint.
I think the switch of the handle on the telephone box and the colour swap (black text on white canvas > white text on black canvas) are supposed to visualize and emphasize the gender change of the Doctor.
The Eighth Doctor: I love humans. Always seeing patterns in things that aren't there
Sorry, couldn't help myself.
I've been a Doctor Who fan since I was a teenager (now 45). I grew up watching reruns of the program on my local PBS station. These consisted mostly of episodes featuring Doctors 3-7. My PBS station lost the ability to broadcast the program when the Sci-Fy channel began running the show. I didn't have cable television at the time so I was unable to continue watching. When the DVDs started being released, I started collecting those. About 6 or 8 months ago, I finally finished purchasing all of the DVDs. (The ones released to this point.)
Last week, I sat down to begin a massive marathon of watching all of the episodes in order. I must say, so far I've really been enjoying the Hartnell episodes! They have a certain charm to them that the current show seems to have lost. A real highlight for me so far is the Aztecs. It is a really good serial adventure. I plan on watching Planet of Gaints tonight when I get home. I really like the performance of William Russell and Jacqueline Hill as Ian/Barbara. Carole Ann Ford is good too, however I feel that she is under utilized as an actress. She simply seems to be there only to freak out whenever something bad happens. I didn't like Hartnell in the first adventure or two but he really settles down and becomes an awesome Doctor as the series progresses.
I'm really glad that I've started this journey now. Watching this program brings a wonderful feeling over me!
Another thing I like about the b/w Who: Because they were limited in studio space, and technical wizardry and makeup effects were in their infancy, they put more effort into writing alien cultures. Giving the places and people they met specific cultural/biological quirks and concepts was pretty effective for the day. As opposed to, say 90's/2000's sci-fi which often degenerated into "basically modern-day humans with bumpy foreheads". Or even a fair bit of modern Who which is: 1000, 10,000 or 1,000,000 years into the future humans look the same, talk the same (often use the same weapons) and all seem to shop at the Gap or TopShop
I hope Chibnal's Who shows us some alien aliens.
Oy! The Gunfighters! :wacko....if "The Gunfighters" doesn't turn you off for good -- you're in for some fantastic storytelling.
Oy! The Gunfighters! :wacko
On my second major binge of classic who I just skipped all the 'Ballad of The Last Chance Saloon' bits. Honestly it's the only way to stay sane! :lol
Tho I imagine the very dodgy accents are even harder for American fans to sit through.
Fair do, and you're right about some Americans being terrible at British accents. Then there's those that think they sound 'english' but weirdly end up sounding more Australian!Eh, I consider the dodgy American accents to be payback for all the godawful butchery of "English" accents by American actors for decades. Some do it pretty well, but most don't. I actually find bad English accents to be way more painful to hear than bad American accents. When it's a bad American accent, I almost think it's cute. Like, "Awww....bless you for trying." But bad English accents? Ugh. Just stop. Please. It's doubly irritating because they're usually butchering an RP accent, which you would think would be easy, but they can't even manage that.