*snerk*

[rj_anderson]

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.

Comments

[zoepaleologa.livejournal.com]

Daleks always have toilet plungers as arms. In 1964 that was as big as the BBC budget got.

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,....*

[lydaclunas.livejournal.com]

Daleks always have toilet plungers as arms. In 1964 that was as big as the BBC budget got

LOL. This is all so fascinating.

And the characters took a plunger-armed robot creature seriously as a force of evil?

[zoepaleologa.livejournal.com]

So did the audience.

"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...

[lizbee.livejournal.com]

And the characters took a plunger-armed robot creature seriously as a force of evil?

And the audience. Don't forget the audience.

[lydaclunas.livejournal.com]

*shakes head*

FREAKS, all of you!!

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

Well, given that the new series is being made by Real Lifelong WhoFans with some pretty impressive credentials, and I absolutely love at least two of the writers on the new series, I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt -- for now. I think that if anything they're going to go the UST route, and that's practically canonical (I mean, the Fourth Doctor and Romana, or even the Third Doctor and Jo, used to flirt like anything). I really can't see them having the Doctor and Rose "get jiggy" (hee!).

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...