McCoy wants to come back...
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He's not my favourite doctor by a long shot, but I'd love to see Sylvester come back for a multi doc story.
And God knows, we are over due for one by now.
And God knows, we are over due for one by now.
There's nothing wrong with a little bit of 'fanwank', once in a while - things would be very sterile without a smattering of fan service now and then.
And what better way to celebrate a milestone like the 50th anniversary of a TV show and sci-fi franchise than with some fanwank?
Doesn't surprise me McCoy wants to come back. After all he did the 1996 movie just for the money.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPSHvN5Z9Ms&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPSHvN5Z9Ms&feature=related
Agree again with The Wormhole and the other posters with fanwank. I don't see any harm in celebrating 50 YEARS of a television show with a bit of pomp and circumstance and as for a general audience not "getting it" well they can always go back and view Classic Who if they want.
The new series IS fanwank. It's Russell T Davies and Stephen Moffat's fanwank.
I think if there were a multi-Doctor story, it would be sensible to team up two Doctors in 4 different locations (for now, I'm assuming the first three won't be involved).
11 and 5 could team up as the Old Men Trapped in Young Men's Bodies (stop it, you filthy-minded lot)
6 and 9 as the Grumpy Sarky Ones (although in every other way, they're totally unalike).
10 and 4 as the two populist, longest-serving Doctors. They should ideally be accompanied by Sarah Jane.
7 and 8 because we haven't had two successive Doctors team up with their immediate predecessors for any length of time since The Three Doctors. And look how much 2 and 3 clashed.
Rather than Eight actors/ characters competing for screen time in the same scenes, this might allow each to shine and work off each other. Of course, you'd need to put them all together in the end.
11 and 5 could team up as the Old Men Trapped in Young Men's Bodies (stop it, you filthy-minded lot)
6 and 9 as the Grumpy Sarky Ones (although in every other way, they're totally unalike).
10 and 4 as the two populist, longest-serving Doctors. They should ideally be accompanied by Sarah Jane.
7 and 8 because we haven't had two successive Doctors team up with their immediate predecessors for any length of time since The Three Doctors. And look how much 2 and 3 clashed.
Rather than Eight actors/ characters competing for screen time in the same scenes, this might allow each to shine and work off each other. Of course, you'd need to put them all together in the end.
The simplest is often the best. The parts for the deceased Doctors should occur on monitors, using scenes from their time as doctors, with new dialog dubbed in with vocal impersonators.
They'd have to colorize the black and white scenes. And then fans will make a game of it, trying to identify which past episodes the old scenes came from.
Those were my favourite parts of the episodes. I like it more when the past Doctors clash with each other.Maybe the could just do Doctors, 8,9,10,11. That way you can have a less complicated story and more character development or something.
^ I think if you did that, the surviving older actors and fans of the original series might well be up in arms, with some justification. There's already a tendency of the Beeb to pretend that the original show didn't exist (though to be fair the other Doctors have been acknowledged by RTD and Moffat).
We're talking about celebrating the 50th anniversary and if you're doing that, you've got to celebrate all 50 years, not just the last 15. Go for broke, throw in all the Doctors or as many as are still with us. Even if it's just Trials and Tribble-ation CGI stuff, what's the point in celebrating 50 years and ignoring the actors and characters who brought the show to life from 1963 - 1989?
We're talking about celebrating the 50th anniversary and if you're doing that, you've got to celebrate all 50 years, not just the last 15. Go for broke, throw in all the Doctors or as many as are still with us. Even if it's just Trials and Tribble-ation CGI stuff, what's the point in celebrating 50 years and ignoring the actors and characters who brought the show to life from 1963 - 1989?
^ Good point.
I think an animation is still one of the easiest routes to take.
I think an animation is still one of the easiest routes to take.
my idea for a 50th anniversary story is a young One, Eight (poor sod, only appeared once), Ten (most popular) and Eleven. maybe add Seven.
it's not too many, it has a good mix of Doctors, it has the history and it enables Eight to do something more.
Hell, I'd be happy with just Young!One, Eight and Eleven...
it's not too many, it has a good mix of Doctors, it has the history and it enables Eight to do something more.
Hell, I'd be happy with just Young!One, Eight and Eleven...
They ought to do a full-season story with each ep featuring a different previous Doc and a 2 hour finale with all of them to tie it up. Matt Smith would tie all the eps together. I think this is the only way to insure that each Doc gets his due of screen time.
Each Doc's story should be appropriate to the character: 1st Doc-a Dalek story, 2nd- Cybermen, 3rd- The Master etc. Have a classic companion for each. Some kind of arced story would run through all the eps. This would be a great way for the BBC to reintroduce these classic Docs to the modern audience who weren't even born when those classic shows aired.
I'm all for capable actors to portray deceased Doc actors and would prefer that Tom doff a few pounds and color his hair instead of using the comic.
Each Doc's story should be appropriate to the character: 1st Doc-a Dalek story, 2nd- Cybermen, 3rd- The Master etc. Have a classic companion for each. Some kind of arced story would run through all the eps. This would be a great way for the BBC to reintroduce these classic Docs to the modern audience who weren't even born when those classic shows aired.
I'm all for capable actors to portray deceased Doc actors and would prefer that Tom doff a few pounds and color his hair instead of using the comic.
I like this idea a lot. Too bad the BBC only makes 12 <COUGH> Sorry... SIX episodes per season. You're thinking of a more typical American 23 episode season where you con have thrilling seven episode arcs, etc.
plenty of kids are watching the DVDs of Classic Who. - either their parents stuff or getting tehir parents to buy them...
I remember a DWM strip charting a story involving quick visits to previous adventures to pick up items (ala key to time). Perhaps something like that (with the current incumbents interacting with old footage - ala "Trials and Tribulations") would work better than trying to fit in 50 years worth of characters...?
How is the youtube video in any way relevant to your assertion?
I don't have a problem with McCoy doing it for the money - acting is his chosen profession, after all. It's only natural the guy would like to have food on his table..
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