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Post by dillwyn on Sept 4, 2017 22:52:40 GMT
Not strictly an ELO discussion (despite love and monsters episode).
But the exhibiton in Cardiff Bay closes it's doors (after 5 years) for good this friday incase anyone was planning to go but had not set a date yet. you may want to get your skates on...i took the boys today and was told there are no plans to relocate anywhere else in the country either.
so if you always wanted a picture with k9 it may be your last chance for a while.
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Sept 6, 2017 19:14:04 GMT
Post by Timeblue on Sept 6, 2017 19:14:04 GMT
Not strictly an ELO discussion (despite love and monsters episode). But the exhibiton in Cardiff Bay closes it's doors (after 5 years) for good this friday incase anyone was planning to go but had not set a date yet. you may want to get your skates on...i took the boys today and was told there are no plans to relocate anywhere else in the country either. so if you always wanted a picture with k9 it may be your last chance for a while. Is the one in Blackpool still open? I went to that one on numerous occasions when I was a lad...
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Sept 6, 2017 22:05:25 GMT
Post by dillwyn on Sept 6, 2017 22:05:25 GMT
not heard of that one in Blackpool. But when i asked the staff what next they said nothing...no plans ...which seems very odd given the investment. It had originally been in the O2 and ran up at Manchester for a time. The reason it made it's home in Cardiff it is right opposite the TV Studio's where it is filmed. You could actually do the TV Tardis set and then the attraction tour. if you were really keen there was even a walking tour of the area where they had filmed the outside scenes. It has been a big attraction for Cardiff Bay especially for visitors from overseas. It looks like a big mistake that they are closing it. Essentially the lease ran out and the council want to use the building for something else.
It had character costumes and monsters dating right back the 50 years, my kids loved it and had been there quite a few times...shame really.
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Post by unomusette on Sept 6, 2017 22:22:16 GMT
I live just outside Cardiff and work not far from the Dr Who exhibition, I can't believe they're closing it. When I walk around Cardiff Bay in my lunch hour there are loads of people carrying Dr Who merch or wearing the t shirts etc, it's really popular and must make shedloads of money. Why just shut all that down?
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Sept 6, 2017 22:29:23 GMT
Post by dillwyn on Sept 6, 2017 22:29:23 GMT
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Sept 30, 2017 4:14:58 GMT
Post by Helmut83 on Sept 30, 2017 4:14:58 GMT
I am barely aware of what Dr Who is (I've always suspected I wouldn't like it as that kind of stuff is usually not my cup of tea), but I remember when I did the hop-on hop-off tour of Cardiff, it called my attention that more than half of the passengers got down at that stop. Until then I wasn't aware it was such a big thing for the Brits. I still have a couple of photos of the weird blue building with "bubbles" in it -like cheese- overlooking the Cardiff docks. I know that wolvesgirlgonewild is a big fan (I'm commenting in case she decides to come back ).
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Post by eloneen on Sept 30, 2017 5:52:10 GMT
Helmut83 My hubby is a big Dr. Who fan, and there are a few other folks I know who enjoy Dr Who, including my youngest sister-in-law. She, my husband and I are the nerdiest folks in the family. Well, actually, hubby and I are the real nerds, but I digress. I have been aware of Dr. Who since my teen years, when I found out that a group of kids at my high school were Dr. Who devotees. At that time, it was the Dr. with the really long scarf. I checked it out back then and thought it rather strange and cheesy. My husband convinced me a few years ago to give Dr. Who another chance. The funny thing is that the episode that seems to be on TV more than any other when I take the time to watch Dr. Who is the episode about Van Gogh. I've seen it several times and I find it very moving. I've seen bits of a few other episodes, and I'm not a big fan yet, but I do respect the quality of the recent work. There's certainly a huge improvement in production values over those early days!!!
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Post by Timeblue on Sept 30, 2017 10:56:17 GMT
Not a huge fan personally but I used to watch it the 70s quite a lot (especially Pertwee and Baker) when it was rehashed in the 2000s it seemed a different kind of show although better to watch due to the special effects being a million times better. David Tennant was a great doctor and the episode of his that I love is one called 'Blink' which is both exciting and sad ( strangely enough,it doesn't feature the doctor all that much in the plot) when he left,I lost interest in it but I may watch with interest the new season coming up which for the first time features a woman as the doctor....
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Oct 3, 2017 20:14:33 GMT
Post by queenofthehours on Oct 3, 2017 20:14:33 GMT
I'm not a huge Dr Who fan either. I have tried to get into it (the modern incarnation) but every time I start watching an episode I get bored after five minutes and only ever enjoy the show when I catch the last 10 minutes of an episode .
Neil Gaiman wrote an episode, I saw that, it was great. As to a woman being the next Dr - all those people who complained, since the Dr is an alien and changes bodies there is no reason why he ever should have been a man in the first place let alone now becoming a woman. Gender I don't think is much of an issue in a fantasy world, if you can have a world with ray-guns in place of real guns you can have a world with equality in place of sexism.
I think the reason I am against Dr Who is mainly because of the McGann (can't remember which brother it was) incarnation. I seem to think the show didn't go down too well so I was unimpressed when the BBC had another go at a show that had "failed". I never watched the show when I was young. I remember McCoy, Davison and the curly-haired guy though and I had a single of the theme tune. It's surely the best theme tune ever.
Remember those shop dummies that came to life in the old version of Dr Who? It terrified me and I was mentally scarred for life. I'm shuddering now just writing this. I still can't walk past certain shop windows today.
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Oct 3, 2017 22:53:26 GMT
Post by Timeblue on Oct 3, 2017 22:53:26 GMT
I'm not a huge Dr Who fan either. I have tried to get into it (the modern incarnation) but every time I start watching an episode I get bored after five minutes and only ever enjoy the show when I catch the last 10 minutes of an episode .
Neil Gaiman wrote an episode, I saw that, it was great. As to a woman being the next Dr - all those people who complained, since the Dr is an alien and changes bodies there is no reason why he ever should have been a man in the first place let alone now becoming a woman. Gender I don't think is much of an issue in a fantasy world, if you can have a world with ray-guns in place of real guns you can have a world with equality in place of sexism.
I think the reason I am against Dr Who is mainly because of the McGann (can't remember which brother it was) incarnation. I seem to think the show didn't go down too well so I was unimpressed when the BBC had another go at a show that had "failed". I never watched the show when I was young. I remember McCoy, Davison and the curly-haired guy though and I had a single of the theme tune. It's surely the best theme tune ever.
Remember those shop dummies that came to life in the old version of Dr Who? It terrified me and I was mentally scarred for life. I'm shuddering now just writing this. I still can't walk past certain shop windows today.
The trouble I think with Dr Who these days is they have a season of the show with a recurring theme in it,rather than 6 or 7 different episodes, there will be something that underlines the whole season. Also, on the theme of the Dr being an alien and therefore can metamorphasise into what he wants,how about a frog or a giraffe or even a llama? The Paul McGann era was just a one-off TV movie rather than a full blown series (I don't think he was impressive or memorable to carry it forward) It also came between the 'old' type Dr Who shows and the new hi-tech Dr Who so I'm guessing the producers were testing the waters somewhat trying to gauge public opinion on if they should bring the show back. The shop dummies? Autons! they first appeared during the Jon Pertwee era (his first episode I think...) back in 1970 and when the series was brought back with Christopher Eccleston in the early 2000's, The Autons again were on the first show.
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Post by queenofthehours on Oct 4, 2017 18:21:22 GMT
I'm not a huge Dr Who fan either. I have tried to get into it (the modern incarnation) but every time I start watching an episode I get bored after five minutes and only ever enjoy the show when I catch the last 10 minutes of an episode .
Neil Gaiman wrote an episode, I saw that, it was great. As to a woman being the next Dr - all those people who complained, since the Dr is an alien and changes bodies there is no reason why he ever should have been a man in the first place let alone now becoming a woman. Gender I don't think is much of an issue in a fantasy world, if you can have a world with ray-guns in place of real guns you can have a world with equality in place of sexism.
I think the reason I am against Dr Who is mainly because of the McGann (can't remember which brother it was) incarnation. I seem to think the show didn't go down too well so I was unimpressed when the BBC had another go at a show that had "failed". I never watched the show when I was young. I remember McCoy, Davison and the curly-haired guy though and I had a single of the theme tune. It's surely the best theme tune ever.
Remember those shop dummies that came to life in the old version of Dr Who? It terrified me and I was mentally scarred for life. I'm shuddering now just writing this. I still can't walk past certain shop windows today.
The trouble I think with Dr Who these days is they have a season of the show with a recurring theme in it,rather than 6 or 7 different episodes, there will be something that underlines the whole season. Also, on the theme of the Dr being an alien and therefore can metamorphasise into what he wants,how about a frog or a giraffe or even a llama? The Paul McGann era was just a one-off TV movie rather than a full blown series (I don't think he was impressive or memorable to carry it forward) It also came between the 'old' type Dr Who shows and the new hi-tech Dr Who so I'm guessing the producers were testing the waters somewhat trying to gauge public opinion on if they should bring the show back. The shop dummies? Autons! they first appeared during the Jon Pertwee era (his first episode I think...) back in 1970 and when the series was brought back with Christopher Eccleston in the early 2000's, The Autons again were on the first show. A llama? Yes please! But surely the Dr should one day appear as a true alien, i.e. like nothing that exists on earth. The writers should broaden their minds more.
Also on the Dr's gender subject, those people who complained, why do they not complain when the companions change gender? There have been both men and women play the part of helper but nobody cares about that. Like James Bond, the Dr is a figure not a real person. If we are supposed to believe Connery can turn into Moore and Eccleston into Tennant then we can believe in the gender swap. I hope one day we'll get a female Bond but sadly I expect she'll take her clothes off a lot and that will be the reason men will welcome a gender change there.
I just can't understand why the BBC tried again with Dr Who after McGann failed. The corporation don't usually put so much effort into bringing back a show. They are always so quick to cancel good shows yet they put money back into a venture which failed when they tried to revive it. Yes it succeeded this time but think about all the other shows that never got another chance.
Autons! When their hands turned into guns!
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Post by unomusette on Oct 4, 2017 19:39:13 GMT
I've enjoyed some of the updated series but I did drop it towards the end of the Matt Smith era because it was all getting far too complicated and often made no sense at all. I gave Peter Capaldi a go and did like his portrayal of the Doctor as grumpy and prickly but the stories were still impenetrable. As Timeblue says I think it's a mistake to try and have a heavy back story running through rather than just entertaining separate episodes. Since Bill came in as companion it seemed to go back more to the single episode format and I enjoyed it a lot more. But what I really don't like is since it came back with Christopher Eccleston there is too much emphasis on the companions, either falling in love with the Doctor (and even less likely, he with them), or being pivotal in saving the universe. The Doctor is an alien, he'd never fall in love with a short-lived human. The original series did have rather dodgy production values but it was always just cartoon-like fun and shocks, not heavy themes about love, guilt and separation. I preferred it then, bring back wobbly sets and hilarious monsters!
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Oct 4, 2017 22:00:49 GMT
Post by babyzoomer on Oct 4, 2017 22:00:49 GMT
Although I watched it right from the start - with Hartnell then Troughton, I suppose the rather camp Pertwee was my first 'real' Doc (by then I was old enough to be able to follow the plot); but TOM BAKER was simply magnificent and irreplaceable - I stopped watching (or at least caring) when he left.
Rather like Tennant as an actor.
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Post by Timeblue on Oct 4, 2017 22:09:11 GMT
The trouble I think with Dr Who these days is they have a season of the show with a recurring theme in it,rather than 6 or 7 different episodes, there will be something that underlines the whole season. Also, on the theme of the Dr being an alien and therefore can metamorphasise into what he wants,how about a frog or a giraffe or even a llama? The Paul McGann era was just a one-off TV movie rather than a full blown series (I don't think he was impressive or memorable to carry it forward) It also came between the 'old' type Dr Who shows and the new hi-tech Dr Who so I'm guessing the producers were testing the waters somewhat trying to gauge public opinion on if they should bring the show back. The shop dummies? Autons! they first appeared during the Jon Pertwee era (his first episode I think...) back in 1970 and when the series was brought back with Christopher Eccleston in the early 2000's, The Autons again were on the first show. A llama? Yes please! But surely the Dr should one day appear as a true alien, i.e. like nothing that exists on earth. The writers should broaden their minds more.
Also on the Dr's gender subject, those people who complained, why do they not complain when the companions change gender? There have been both men and women play the part of helper but nobody cares about that. Like James Bond, the Dr is a figure not a real person. If we are supposed to believe Connery can turn into Moore and Eccleston into Tennant then we can believe in the gender swap. I hope one day we'll get a female Bond but sadly I expect she'll take her clothes off a lot and that will be the reason men will welcome a gender change there.
I just can't understand why the BBC tried again with Dr Who after McGann failed. The corporation don't usually put so much effort into bringing back a show. They are always so quick to cancel good shows yet they put money back into a venture which failed when they tried to revive it. Yes it succeeded this time but think about all the other shows that never got another chance.
Autons! When their hands turned into guns!
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Oct 4, 2017 22:11:35 GMT
Post by Timeblue on Oct 4, 2017 22:11:35 GMT
I've enjoyed some of the updated series but I did drop it towards the end of the Matt Smith era because it was all getting far too complicated and often made no sense at all. I gave Peter Capaldi a go and did like his portrayal of the Doctor as grumpy and prickly but the stories were still impenetrable. As Timeblue says I think it's a mistake to try and have a heavy back story running through rather than just entertaining separate episodes. Since Bill came in as companion it seemed to go back more to the single episode format and I enjoyed it a lot more. But what I really don't like is since it came back with Christopher Eccleston there is too much emphasis on the companions, either falling in love with the Doctor (and even less likely, he with them), or being pivotal in saving the universe. The Doctor is an alien, he'd never fall in love with a short-lived human. The original series did have rather dodgy production values but it was always just cartoon-like fun and shocks, not heavy themes about love, guilt and separation. I preferred it then, bring back wobbly sets and hilarious monsters! I too lost interest in the Matt Smith era.
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