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Quick, Doctor Who fans, what's wrong with this picture?
(And no, it's not that the Doctor isn't wearing a hat and/or a visibly quirky costume, although I am sure there have been any number of fannish meltdowns over this since the first promo pics of the new series were released... I really can't get worked up about it myself, though.)
P.S. Sorry, Liz. Again.
(And no, it's not that the Doctor isn't wearing a hat and/or a visibly quirky costume, although I am sure there have been any number of fannish meltdowns over this since the first promo pics of the new series were released... I really can't get worked up about it myself, though.)
P.S. Sorry, Liz. Again.
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Date: 2005-02-27 04:12 am (UTC)The heck with the costume! What's that Doctor doing?
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Date: 2005-02-27 06:18 pm (UTC)I think the pose is supposed to look protective -- "Get behind me, Rose, I'll deal with this Dalek" -- but the thigh grab does seem a little much. :)
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Date: 2005-02-27 04:58 am (UTC)Also: Is it just me, or does that robot-thing have a toilet pluger as an arm?
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Date: 2005-02-27 04:59 am (UTC)I can't type, as usual.
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Date: 2005-02-27 05:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-27 05:10 am (UTC)But the real question is, does it have a plumber's crack?
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Date: 2005-03-06 01:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-27 05:46 am (UTC)LOL! That was my first thought, too.
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Date: 2005-02-27 05:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-27 06:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-27 10:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-27 06:20 pm (UTC)Good one. It's comforting to know that I have at least two or three other anoraks on my list to make obscure Who jokes with. :D
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Date: 2005-02-27 10:23 am (UTC)Whoopeee!! A whole new generation are gonna get to make all the plumber jokes!!!! [BOUNCE, BOUNCE] =:o>
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Date: 2005-02-27 01:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-27 02:48 pm (UTC)Bummer. You've crushed my hopes and dreams!! ;)
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Date: 2005-02-27 05:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-27 06:22 pm (UTC)The funny thing is, the first time I saw the pic I didn't even notice. I'm sure I would have gone on not noticing forever had I not decided to give it a second look...
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Date: 2005-02-27 08:31 am (UTC)And I saw the very first episodes, live. With William Hartnell as the Doc.
It's the thigh clutching that upsets me.
Teh Doc nevah gets jiggy with his assistants, indeed anyone.
*gets ready to write letter of complaint to The Times:
Sir,
It is an absolute disgrace, etc, etc,....*
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Date: 2005-02-27 02:53 pm (UTC)LOL. This is all so fascinating.
And the characters took a plunger-armed robot creature seriously as a force of evil?
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Date: 2005-02-27 03:08 pm (UTC)"Exterminate" (ably imitated by the means of holding one's nose and intoning adenoidally) was a national catch phrase.
Probably it helped that it was 1964. SFX was shall we say, sketchy in those days.
We made our own entertainment... the kids of today... don't know when they are well off...
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Date: 2005-02-28 05:01 am (UTC)And the audience. Don't forget the audience.
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Date: 2005-02-28 05:13 am (UTC)FREAKS, all of you!!
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Date: 2005-02-27 06:29 pm (UTC)On the other hand, some pretty weird things have happened to and with the Doctor in the BBC Who novels written since the show went off the air, so you never know...
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Date: 2005-02-27 10:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-27 12:33 pm (UTC)- He's grabbing her THIGH?!?
- Why does he look so generically skanky? Minus the hat is okay. But why does his clothing look like he took his nibs from Tom Cruise and Ethan Hawke and the rest of the male actor parade? One of the things I loved about the Doctor was that his sense of fashion was entirely his own. He didn't quite look like he fit in, sort of like he was from some other century of his own making that might have been sort of related to ours, but wasn't quite. Or he just looked outrageously off. He didn't look like Cool Male Fashion Parade Bimbo.
- Making him look sexy destroys his sexiness entirely. Why don't they realize that a large part of his appeal is that he is very intelligent, a slightly quirky dresser, and not entirely aware of his own sex appeal? If he wears clingy skank shirts under a leather jacket, he looks like every other male character on television who's trying to look sexy WITH EXACTLY THE SAME CLOTHES. BOOOOR-ing. I guess this point is just an extension of the previous one...
- What's up with the blonde Botox-infused Companion? Could she be any more boring? She looks generic, not interesting, funny, or intelligent in her own right. Are those dark roots? Gasp. :)
On the other hand, I like how the Dalek has a nice new golden sheen to it. :)no subject
Date: 2005-02-27 06:38 pm (UTC)Speaking of Billie Piper, there was a big fiasco that blew up when the casting for the new companion was announced, with a bunch of indignant fans describing her as "trailer trash" or words to that effect. But again, while I might not care much for the look at first glance, I'll wait and see what I think of her performance.
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Date: 2005-02-28 12:36 am (UTC)Maybe I'm just letting my large-thighed brunette bitterness have a voice, and I shouldn't. :)
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Date: 2005-02-28 05:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-28 02:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-27 12:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-27 01:14 pm (UTC)Of course, the result is a (hopefully!) splendid TV show being promoted via a clutch of really naff-looking book covers... =:o{
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Date: 2005-02-27 01:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-27 05:50 pm (UTC)And I can think of One or Two doctors who got it on with their assistants. And you're responsible for one of them ;)
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Date: 2005-02-27 06:42 pm (UTC)Re the picture, if it still won't work for you, try going here (http://www.gallifreyone.com/newstv.php), scroll down the page a screen or two to the entry about "Monsters and Villains" and click on the small book cover shown there.
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Date: 2005-02-27 08:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-28 05:04 am (UTC)Never mind the grope, I'm still more worried about the presence of Billie Piper. I still spend whole days with her songs in my head...
I can see I'm going to have to find a really horrific icon in retaliation...