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Big news for dr who fans

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Created by Mr float > 9 months ago, 6 Oct 2013
Mr float
NSW, 3452 posts
6 Oct 2013 11:49AM
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The missing dr who episodes from the 1960s have been found in Ethiopia.www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/106-doctor-who-episodes-uncovered-2343474

It will be interesting to see if the rumored cryptic messages in the episodes regarding Paul mccartnies apparent death and subsequent cover up in 1966 (and hence their disappearance ) are true

pweedas
WA, 4642 posts
6 Oct 2013 3:16PM
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nyeh,.. If Dr who really was a time lord, why doesn't he just go back to the 60's and pick a copy himself.
I'm beginning to thing he's a fraud.

Mobydisc
NSW, 9029 posts
9 Oct 2013 5:10AM
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I don' t enjoy watching old Dr Who episodes. Dr Who was quite scary to watch as a kid. However the special effects now are quite laughable. On rhe other hand the stories from the older shows were pretty good, especially as they spanned a few episodes.

evlPanda
NSW, 9207 posts
9 Oct 2013 11:42AM
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Too scary for me as a kid. Plant monsters!

Mobydisc
NSW, 9029 posts
9 Oct 2013 12:18PM
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The plant monster episodes as well as the ones where the Egyptian god coming from Mars to Earth to kill everyone are the ones I'm thinking of. Two scenes I remember reasonably well are the one where the bloke gets thrown into the big grinder and the other one where the god starts travelling to Earth on his pathway without his mask on. They were really scary when I was about 8 or 9 years old. Dr Who was on at around 6pm weekdays on the ABC. However when watching them again the effects are quite low tech. Amazing how our perception changes with technology over time.

stuk
NSW, 894 posts
9 Oct 2013 2:59PM
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Evergreen show though, my daughters are now big fans and I get in trouble if I don't put it on.

Mr float
NSW, 3452 posts
9 Oct 2013 3:50PM
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Mobydisc said..

The plant monster episodes as well as the ones where the Egyptian god coming from Mars to Earth to kill everyone are the ones I'm thinking of. Two scenes I remember reasonably well are the one where the bloke gets thrown into the big grinder and the other one where the god starts travelling to Earth on his pathway without his mask on. They were really scary when I was about 8 or 9 years old. Dr Who was on at around 6pm weekdays on the ABC. However when watching them again the effects are quite low tech. Amazing how our perception changes with technology over time.



The Krinoids and Chase with Tom baker as the doctor.im pretty sure colour tv had just arrived too.never forget it

Paradox
QLD, 1326 posts
14 Oct 2013 2:44PM
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Mobydisc said..

The plant monster episodes as well as the ones where the Egyptian god coming from Mars to Earth to kill everyone are the ones I'm thinking of. Two scenes I remember reasonably well are the one where the bloke gets thrown into the big grinder and the other one where the god starts travelling to Earth on his pathway without his mask on. They were really scary when I was about 8 or 9 years old. Dr Who was on at around 6pm weekdays on the ABC. However when watching them again the effects are quite low tech. Amazing how our perception changes with technology over time.



6pm was The Goodies, 6.30pm was Dr Who - most memorable regular 60mins of my childhood.....

Mobydisc
NSW, 9029 posts
14 Oct 2013 4:25PM
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Thats right. Also before 6pm there was a cartoon, something like G-Force, Battle of the Planets or Star Blazers. Both were pretty cool. Also we had Basil Brush and another show that used models to show battles and stuff from history.

Two hours of great after school TV on the ABC. The question is was it that great in the cold light of day of 2013? I've watched Star Blazers on You Tube and it think it holds up quite well.


NewScotty
2350 posts
14 Oct 2013 1:44PM
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Dr Who ?

Katut
50 posts
14 Oct 2013 7:05PM
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The episodes when Tom Baker is on a space station with gaint hornets laying there egg's in humans, sort of pre Aliens.....

landyacht
WA, 5921 posts
15 Oct 2013 6:38PM
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I can recall being ** scared just by the doctor who theme music.
Back then we had the only TV in the street and one night half the nieghbourhood was in the lounge. I was hiding behind the sofa and told me it was ok to come out as dr who was finishing early so they could watch man landing on the moon

crustysailor
VIC, 871 posts
15 Oct 2013 10:20PM
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My 2 memorable episodes: the giant maggots wriggling across the English countryside, being bombed by the brigadier, or the close up of Linx taking off his helmet, revealing a pointy pig face.Scary.

Shows on before Dr Who? Rodger Ramjet, and the Wombles of Wimbledon. Inspector gadget.
Also that freaky ghost sailor? who lived in some sort of lighthouse????

too long ago

Pitbull
WA, 1267 posts
15 Oct 2013 8:34PM
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I remember when that Davros dude first appeared. He looked like a piece of used gum in a leather jacket on a trolley.

Darkspi
SA, 171 posts
16 Oct 2013 9:28AM
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shows on before Dr Who ,The Goodies chasing giant kittens in the heart of London on a flying 3 seat bike , Iggy Thump and the Black Pudding gang or The Goodies running the illegal offshore radio station "now its time for a Walk in The Black Forrest"

Dr Who scared the frack outta me I had nightmares of green slugs growing on my arm and turning in to a gaint fly or getting lost on some steamy moor

Definitely one of early Australia's defining TV shows along with Count Down, the ABC has a lot to answer for remember NO ADS how good was that

When I was a boy you used to get something for nothing :)

slammin
QLD, 998 posts
16 Oct 2013 5:35PM
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Re the low tech nature of the times and the shows' budget. I had the opportunity to see one of the original Dalek's. It was gob smackingly ridiculous how dodgy it was. BUT it looked awesome on TV!!???

http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Original-Dalek-star-museum-s-Invasion/story-16647439-detail/story.html#axzz2hsCpRN00

landyacht
WA, 5921 posts
16 Oct 2013 8:12PM
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last year the kids and I were driving through Cardiff ,trying to find the Tiger Bay docks where dr whoo gets filmed. we spotted a road sign that was simply a dalek after parking and wandering down we discovered they had opened a Huge dr who experience shed with all the original costumes,sets,monsters etc. brilliant way to spend an afternoon. we found out it had only been open 3 days!

sausage
QLD, 4874 posts
16 Oct 2013 10:20PM
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crustysailor said...

Also that freaky ghost sailor? who lived in some sort of lighthouse????




"the ghost and Mrs Muir" if my memory serves me right. Loved that show as with the doctor.

actiomax
NSW, 1576 posts
17 Oct 2013 8:06AM
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Dr who scared me as a kid also .
The goodies & Kenny Everate & Dr Who were all classified as adult viewing in England & as such were all on late at night. But we got them as kids shows in the evening & apparently its why the goodies are so popular in Australia now all the kids are now adults who go to see there shows.
I remember seeing my first set of tits on TV on the Kenny everate video show . And they were actually Australian good on you Pamela Stevenson I think that's her name anyway she ended up marrying billy Connelly.
There is a doctor who convention coming down under & its going to have David tennament & his father in law who's name escapes me at the moment who was also a doctor who



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