Mike McMullin wrote: > On Sun, 2007-02-25 at 10:09 -0600, Billie Erin Walsh wrote: > >> Mike McMullin wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 2007-02-24 at 22:12 -0600, Billie Erin Walsh wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Mike McMullin wrote: >>>> >>>> Tom Baker was no Jon Pertwee either. Each "Dr" brings something >>>> different to the series. Some for the better, and some for the worse. I >>>> thought Tennant did a reasonable job with the character. At least he >>>> didn't treat it like it was serious TV. He had about the same attitude >>>> as Tom Baker. Nothing like Colin Baker *<[:op . >>>> >>>> >>> I'll see your Pertwee and raise you Peter Cushing, from the movie, >>> IIRC. :) >>> Tennant has this gushing "Wow Humanity" thing going on that Baker >>> didn't, and where is the trademark apparel (scarf? jellybabies?)? >>> >>> >>> >> I thought Cushing was "ok", >> but.......................................... Who was that guy that did >> the [ I think it was Fox ] movie about the turn of the century. Didn't >> care much for him either. >> > > Which one, the "old" Doctor or the "new" doctor. Oddly enough I > thought he might have been tapped for the new serial, Eckleston was ok,but is > accent was tough to cut through at times. >
Back about 2000 I think Fox made a Dr. Who movie [ made for TV ] about the change in Millennium. I can't remember who played the Dr but I think it was an American. Anyway, the movie was "opk" but...................................... > >> Those were only trademarks of Tom Baker.Did you notice that as his stint >> as the Dr. his scarves got longer? [ I think Jon Pertwee did use a white >> scarf though, may be wrong. ] Colin Baker had a sprig of parsley as his >> decoration. Never saw any of the fellow that came after him. >> > > I had not noticed that about his scarf, but I do recall that one Dr. > Who Comic book had the instructions for knitting one just like it. > If I recall a documentary I saw somewhere the last scarf was something like twelve feet long. Made for Tom by a fan. Said he hated the thing cause he was forever tripping over it. > >> I think all the Dr's had an all abiding love for humanity. >> > > Certainly it's a reason for them to be around humans so much, but his has > gone over the top, IMO. > Real aliens probably wouldn't work for scale. *<[:oD -- (o:]>*HUGGLES*<[:o) Billie Walsh The three best words in the English Language: "I LOVE YOU" Pass them on! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
