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Watching the First Serial of Doctor Who and The Firemaker

January 18, 2017

google.com, pub-ca-pub-6067120031842370, DIRECT, f08c47fec0942fa0 The FireMaker You may wonder why I use the title The Firemaker. I actually sit and watch the the first story of Doctor Who. As I st there and take it all in, to my surprise it is really rather good. Admittedly, the special effects are not the best, but I do have to think about the time and the budget for the show. I wrote about this one time before mostly on what I read about…

Doctor Who First Doctor: The History of Doctor Who Part 2

January 16, 2017

History

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First Doctor The First Doctor is a need for the program. I am not a producer or director so how they chose the actor for the job I am not clear on. Verity Lambert is the initial producer for Doctor Who. She and the first serial director Waris Hussein are shouldered with the task of finding the right actor for the Doctor. As a producer and director, there are criterias to meet and go by when casting the First Doctor.…

Season 1, Serial 4: Marco Polo

November 10, 2016

Serials and seasons

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Marco Polo There is one thing I know for a fact when it comes to the serial Marco Polo. I have not seen any of the episodes. This maybe the only serial which does not have any footage at all. The information I find it is that all they have are stills and audio recordings.(1) I find that the Doctor Who production team decides to make a serial about a historical figure a great idea. Realizing the show originally is…

An Unearthly Child: The First Story of Doctor Who

October 28, 2016

Serials and seasons

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The First Story Wow, the first story of Doctor Who has a strange beginning, or at least strange to this fan. I suppose this is a way for the creators and show runner bring interest for the show. Personally, I would not have thought to start the show with the TARDIS in a junkyard. To some people this will be trashy. A junkyard, really, how bad can you get. A junkyard does not scream high intelligence, but what it does…

Physical Characteristics of the Daleks What We Know

October 8, 2016

Enemies

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Physical Characteristics The Physical characteristics of the Daleks are not easy to miss. As a fan, you will know them without a doubt when they appear. After watching the show as long as I have the look of a Dalek is embedded in my mind. This very popular enemy of the Doctor is a one of kind alien, when Nation has the idea to make them they are a big hit. The creature inside the tank like the shell…

Personality of the First Doctor

October 5, 2016

Character of each Doctor

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Personality Anyone who watches Doctor Who, can see that the Doctor is mysterious. This seems to be a trait of all incarnations. They really do not give much information about their early lives. I know that he tells us where he is from and his race, but there are other things which we do not know. Since, the beginning of the show, I can say for the First Doctor and maybe the Second Doctor. The mystery is very strong. Then…

Doctor Who: The Iconic Sci-fi TV Program

October 1, 2016

TV Show and spin offs

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Doctor Who My favorite British television show, Doctor Who, is now fifty-three years old or will be on November 23rd of this year. I don’t think the people in BBC would have every believed that the show would make it that look. Consequently neither did the fans. I wasn’t even born when the program first airs, but because of it fandom and popularity it makes in the US. Now, where the people at BBC ever comes up with an alien…

Creation of the Daleks from Doctor Who

October 1, 2016

Enemies

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Daleks Creation On the basis of what I have read and seen I want to just say a few things about these popular enemies of the Doctor. Creation of the Daleks comes in 1963.(1) What I find fascinating about the whole the thing is that the producer Verity Lambert pulls the trigger really early. After seeing the first serial An Unearthly Child, the Doctor and his crew are transported to planet of the Daleks. I personally can see and think…

Barbara Wright Second Female Companion

September 25, 2016

Companions

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Barbara Wright Jacqueline Hill portrays the Doctor second companion. Her name on the show is Barbara Wright and we see her first as one of Susan’s teachers at Coal Hill school.(1) Along with her colleague Ian Chesterton, through certain circumstance they meet the Doctor and begin travelling with him. It is An Unearthly Child that we meet Barbara Wright. She and Ian notice Susan as an extremely intelligent girl and becomes concerned when she is confused over some of the…

Carole Ann Ford: Actress Who Played Susan

September 22, 2016

Actors

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Carole Ann Ford Carole Ann Ford, another great choice for a role on Doctor Who. She was only 22 or 23 years old when the production team cast her as Susan. Of course, that she is not as young as other companions, but there is the possibility there are one or two younger. I am just sure about that. She got here start in movies rather than television. Apparently, she is in a movie called The Day of the Triffids.(1) …