Simon Brew Oct 10, 2016
From Doctor Who and The FiveIsh Doctors to Campion and Button Moon: we chat to the fifth Doctor, Mr Peter Davison...
Ah, the mighty Peter Davison. The Fifth Doctor, All Creatures Great And Small, Campion, and living in a house with Freddy from Rainbow are just some of the topics we chatted to him about, ahead of the publication of his terrific autobiography, Is There Life Outside The Box.
We’ve got a fair bit to get through, so without further ado….
I got a sense you thoroughly enjoyed writing this book, once you were over some initial research-y hurdles. Would that be fair?
Yeah, that’s fair. It was kind of a journey, really. A reassembling. I’ve had these memories, and it was really a chance to put them down on paper and order them. Everything fragments as you get older, and things come out,...
From Doctor Who and The FiveIsh Doctors to Campion and Button Moon: we chat to the fifth Doctor, Mr Peter Davison...
Ah, the mighty Peter Davison. The Fifth Doctor, All Creatures Great And Small, Campion, and living in a house with Freddy from Rainbow are just some of the topics we chatted to him about, ahead of the publication of his terrific autobiography, Is There Life Outside The Box.
We’ve got a fair bit to get through, so without further ado….
I got a sense you thoroughly enjoyed writing this book, once you were over some initial research-y hurdles. Would that be fair?
Yeah, that’s fair. It was kind of a journey, really. A reassembling. I’ve had these memories, and it was really a chance to put them down on paper and order them. Everything fragments as you get older, and things come out,...
- 10/6/2016
- Den of Geek
Doctor Who is returning next week for it's ninth season. Peter Capaldi is back once again in the title role. He's gotten good reviews for his portrayal of the character. Capaldi is the 13th actor to play the eponymous Time Lord hero. Cinelinx looks back at the previous decades of Doctor Who and rates all the lead actors of the show's long history.
The First Doctor (Played by William Hartnell) was an aging, eccentric curmudgeon. He had little patience and he didn't suffer fools gladly. He could be very intolerant and dismissive of his traveling companions (except for his beloved Granddaughter Susan) although he started to lighten up as the show went on, learning to enjoy a bemused chuckle once in a while. He started out as an anti-hero but slowly grew into the selfless hero we know today.
Actor Score: A- *His ailing physical condition prevents him from getting...
The First Doctor (Played by William Hartnell) was an aging, eccentric curmudgeon. He had little patience and he didn't suffer fools gladly. He could be very intolerant and dismissive of his traveling companions (except for his beloved Granddaughter Susan) although he started to lighten up as the show went on, learning to enjoy a bemused chuckle once in a while. He started out as an anti-hero but slowly grew into the selfless hero we know today.
Actor Score: A- *His ailing physical condition prevents him from getting...
- 9/13/2015
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Rob Young)
- Cinelinx
![Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Sarah Hyland, Ed O'Neill, Eric Stonestreet, Beatrice the Dog, Ariel Winter, Nolan Gould, Rico Rodriguez, Reid Ewing, Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, and Jeremy Maguire in Modern Family (2009)](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzRhNWIxYTEtYjc2NS00YWFlLWFhOGEtMDZiMWM1M2RkNDkyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjc0MjkzNjc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,1,140,207_.jpg)
![Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Sarah Hyland, Ed O'Neill, Eric Stonestreet, Beatrice the Dog, Ariel Winter, Nolan Gould, Rico Rodriguez, Reid Ewing, Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, and Jeremy Maguire in Modern Family (2009)](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzRhNWIxYTEtYjc2NS00YWFlLWFhOGEtMDZiMWM1M2RkNDkyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjc0MjkzNjc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,1,140,207_.jpg)
Eric Stonestreet and his Modern Family character, Cameron Tucker, have more than a few things in common. And some of these similarities are evident in the actor's beautiful California home. Both Cam and Stonestreet come from rural areas - Missouri and Kansas, respectively - and the actor's love of the Old West is visible in the cowboy memorabilia and antique Navajo rugs he displays in his home, which are featured in House Beautiful's November issue. And not unlike "Coach Cam," Stonestreet, 43, loves football, a passion he also shares with the designer who helped him to decorate his Hollywood hacienda, Nathan Turner.
- 10/21/2014
- by Sheila Cosgrove Baylis, @sheilabot
- PEOPLE.com
If you grew up in the 1980s, then no doubt you'll remember ITV's very own take on the Robin Hood legend. Robin Of Sherwood would face the formidable presence of the Sheriff of Nottingham on a weekly basis, and would do so while flicking his girly locks from side to side to the ethereal dulcet tones of Clannad.
Robin Of Sherwood went out between 1984 and 1986, which was to be one of Doctor Who's best forgotten periods of history. As the old saying goes, civilisations rise and civilisations fall, and in the mid 1980s, Doctor Who's cosy little world was in danger of crumbling. Some of the fans were turning up their noses at John Nathan Turner's stewardship, while the evil big shots at the BBC were rubbing their hands in glee at the 18-month hiatus. About 30 years later, the presence of Robin Hood again caused dissension in the ranks.
Robin Of Sherwood went out between 1984 and 1986, which was to be one of Doctor Who's best forgotten periods of history. As the old saying goes, civilisations rise and civilisations fall, and in the mid 1980s, Doctor Who's cosy little world was in danger of crumbling. Some of the fans were turning up their noses at John Nathan Turner's stewardship, while the evil big shots at the BBC were rubbing their hands in glee at the 18-month hiatus. About 30 years later, the presence of Robin Hood again caused dissension in the ranks.
- 10/5/2014
- Shadowlocked
BBC
For me, Matt Smith is the finest actor to have taken on the role of the Doctor and has shown a range not usually evident through the history of the show. Steven Moffat is also the best show runner since Johnathan Nathan Turner. These are subjective but whether you like, love or loathe Matt Smith or Steven Moffat they have both presided over some of the most adult, intelligent and complex stories in the modern Doctor Who era.
However, having stories that complex and arcs that cover 4 series you can’t help but leave some threads to be pulled on. Some of those problems are small and can be overlooked or explained away (with the sort of belief usually left for religions) but others are unforgivable in the context of their own internal logic.
There are more than 10 problems to be found but here, in no particular order are...
For me, Matt Smith is the finest actor to have taken on the role of the Doctor and has shown a range not usually evident through the history of the show. Steven Moffat is also the best show runner since Johnathan Nathan Turner. These are subjective but whether you like, love or loathe Matt Smith or Steven Moffat they have both presided over some of the most adult, intelligent and complex stories in the modern Doctor Who era.
However, having stories that complex and arcs that cover 4 series you can’t help but leave some threads to be pulled on. Some of those problems are small and can be overlooked or explained away (with the sort of belief usually left for religions) but others are unforgivable in the context of their own internal logic.
There are more than 10 problems to be found but here, in no particular order are...
- 1/26/2014
- by David Hooks
- Obsessed with Film
Regular followers are probably aware that we here are at Sound on Sight are more than a little fond of an obscure British science fiction program that celebrated an anniversary of some kind last weekend. Anniversaries are always an excellent time to reflect upon and celebrate a show’s history and the lead up to last Saturday’s “The Day of the Doctor” saw the entire Whoniverse coming together to share their thoughts on everything from their favourite episodes, most beloved eras, and of course, “their” Doctor. I just love that a top ten list can be the beginning of a good conversation or a great fight, and I find that the most heat, and some of the best light, is generated when Whovians start talking about their favourite Companions. A Companion is more than just our surrogate, they’re a gateway and guide to the series who helps us...
- 11/29/2013
- by Derek Gladu
- SoundOnSight
![Paul McGann, Colin Baker, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, William Hartnell, Sylvester McCoy, Jon Pertwee, and Patrick Troughton in Doctor Who (1963)](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmNjMjhkYzItNjZhYy00ZDgwLThlMjYtZTc5Y2ZiZjY3ZGRkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjcwMzExMzU@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,1,140,207_.jpg)
![Paul McGann, Colin Baker, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, William Hartnell, Sylvester McCoy, Jon Pertwee, and Patrick Troughton in Doctor Who (1963)](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmNjMjhkYzItNjZhYy00ZDgwLThlMjYtZTc5Y2ZiZjY3ZGRkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjcwMzExMzU@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,1,140,207_.jpg)
Who better to reveal the secrets of Doctor Who than an actual doctor? Meet Doctor Who expert Dr. Piers D. Britton. He might sound a Doctor Who expert we just totally made up, but he’s a real person who wrote a book on Doctor Who titled TARDISbound and teaches a class on the iconic show at the University of Redlands in California (if you’re a hardcore Doctor Who fan who had to sit through dull college electives, you’re probably feeling a surge of envy for Redlands students right now). With Doctor Who’s eagerly awaited 50th Anniversary...
- 11/22/2013
- by James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
The day of the Doctor approaches...
With just 19 days to go until Doctor Who reaches its 50th anniversary milestone, Digital Spy and other press spoke to arguably the BBC sci-fi drama's most iconic star - Tom Baker.
Below, Tom talks the secret of Doctor Who's success, why he's never watched the show, why he'll be changing the habit of a lifetime for the 50th and the profound impact that the series can have on its fans.
> Doctor Who 50th anniversary special: Official synopsis revealed
Tom Baker on... why Doctor Who has lasted 50 years
"There's been nothing like it, really - but it caught on in a marvellous way with families. My Doctor is still being introduced by middle-aged men to their little sons. It's been passed on and it seeps into our lives.
"It passes on through families and fans generate fans. Fan love is quite different from human...
With just 19 days to go until Doctor Who reaches its 50th anniversary milestone, Digital Spy and other press spoke to arguably the BBC sci-fi drama's most iconic star - Tom Baker.
Below, Tom talks the secret of Doctor Who's success, why he's never watched the show, why he'll be changing the habit of a lifetime for the 50th and the profound impact that the series can have on its fans.
> Doctor Who 50th anniversary special: Official synopsis revealed
Tom Baker on... why Doctor Who has lasted 50 years
"There's been nothing like it, really - but it caught on in a marvellous way with families. My Doctor is still being introduced by middle-aged men to their little sons. It's been passed on and it seeps into our lives.
"It passes on through families and fans generate fans. Fan love is quite different from human...
- 11/4/2013
- Digital Spy
November 23rd, 2013 will mark the 50th anniversary of the debut of Doctor Who. This is a remarkable achievement shared by only a few properties (in the Us: Face The Nation, The Tonight Show, As the World Turns, General Hospital) and unmatched in nighttime scripted television. The longevity of the series from a practical standpoint comes from its protagonist’s ability to regenerate, which allows the series to continue unhampered by cast comings and goings. A brilliant solution to the failing health of William Hartnell, who played the First Doctor and was eventually too sickly to continue in the role, regeneration gave the show a creative solution to aging itself out of relevance, but this alone didn’t assure the series’ continuing place in pop culture- in the ‘90s, after being all but run into the ground by the BBC, the show went on hiatus for 16 years, with only a Fox-produced...
- 11/1/2013
- by Kate Kulzick
- SoundOnSight
It should be noted going into this question- pretty much the entirety of Doctor Who is at the deep end of the weird pool, if you compare it to just about anything else on television. And there’s a simple reason for that: That’s what it was specifically designed to do.
As different as the Verity Lambert era is from the Innes Lloyd, John Nathan Turner, or Russell T. Davies eras, the one thing that they all have in common is that they fundamentally exist to show you unusual places, things, and people (who are also sometimes things.)
So you could randomly select 10 30 second clips from any point in Doctor Who’s history and have a reasonable assumption that they are going to be fairly bat-s**t crazy compared to, let’s say, Hot in Cleveland. (although sometimes Betty White surprises you…)
What I’m getting at here is...
As different as the Verity Lambert era is from the Innes Lloyd, John Nathan Turner, or Russell T. Davies eras, the one thing that they all have in common is that they fundamentally exist to show you unusual places, things, and people (who are also sometimes things.)
So you could randomly select 10 30 second clips from any point in Doctor Who’s history and have a reasonable assumption that they are going to be fairly bat-s**t crazy compared to, let’s say, Hot in Cleveland. (although sometimes Betty White surprises you…)
What I’m getting at here is...
- 6/27/2013
- by Mikey Heinrich
- Obsessed with Film
As is becoming shocking predictable for me – let me start this with a disclaimer.
‘Funny’ is a highly subjective thing. Much more so than ‘Romantic’ or ‘Strange’ and while Doctor Who has a long and proud history of clever and amusing, it doesn’t broadly speaking go for laugh out loud funny terribly often. Particularly as this is part of a sequence with the ‘Romantic’ and ‘Strange’ articles and so I feel obliged to follow the same rules; which means we’re strictly discussing Nu-Who and City of Death is not eligible.
(Which is probably for the best as it would pretty much take up most of the list and, honestly, you’d be better off just popping in the DVD)
So, that said - Here are the top ten moments of the new series that made me personally laugh. I’m hopeful actually that your choices would be different.
‘Funny’ is a highly subjective thing. Much more so than ‘Romantic’ or ‘Strange’ and while Doctor Who has a long and proud history of clever and amusing, it doesn’t broadly speaking go for laugh out loud funny terribly often. Particularly as this is part of a sequence with the ‘Romantic’ and ‘Strange’ articles and so I feel obliged to follow the same rules; which means we’re strictly discussing Nu-Who and City of Death is not eligible.
(Which is probably for the best as it would pretty much take up most of the list and, honestly, you’d be better off just popping in the DVD)
So, that said - Here are the top ten moments of the new series that made me personally laugh. I’m hopeful actually that your choices would be different.
- 6/17/2013
- by Mikey Heinich
- Obsessed with Film
Shada was an untransmitted tale of the original Doctor Who series. It was a six-part serial scheduled to be the final story of season seventeen. But with all location footage finished and one block of three studio sessions done, there was a strike at the BBC. While it did not last long, the damage to the production schedule of all shows produced there was unfixable, so certain dramas –one being Doctor Who- got scrapped, ending the season six weeks earlier than scheduled.
And then a legend is born. Whether Shada deserves that status is questionable for many, especially if you watch the version the BBC released in 1992. After years of trying to remount the production, eventually producer John Nathan Turner got Tom Baker to film a linking narrative between the filmed and what never got a chance to be filmed. But since it was story was written by the genius that was Douglas Adams,...
And then a legend is born. Whether Shada deserves that status is questionable for many, especially if you watch the version the BBC released in 1992. After years of trying to remount the production, eventually producer John Nathan Turner got Tom Baker to film a linking narrative between the filmed and what never got a chance to be filmed. But since it was story was written by the genius that was Douglas Adams,...
- 7/22/2012
- by spaced-odyssey
- doorQ.com
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