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Quote from: PR19_Kit on February 20, 2025, 08:21:04 AMHehehehe, and not a silencer in sight!  ;D

Hmmm, looking at that video I think he was the guy who bought my drag racing Imp engine from me. It was planned to go in a sidecar outfit, or something similar, apparently.  ;D

Sounds about right. He was based in Leighton Buzzard, if that rings any bells.

You can see the trike running briefly in this clip:

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Quote from: Nick on February 20, 2025, 08:46:39 AMI remember that Quike from The Greatest Show In The Galaxy story from Dr Who. It was used to chase people escaping from the circus of death or something. Sylvester McCoy was my 'first' Doctor.

William Hartnell was mine  ;) and McCoy my least favourite, although in fairness the Beeb threw very little money at it and most episodes were filmed in the same sand pit in Dorset I think  :rolleyes:
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Quote from: NARSES2 on February 20, 2025, 12:19:49 PM
Quote from: Nick on February 20, 2025, 08:46:39 AMI remember that Quike from The Greatest Show In The Galaxy story from Dr Who. It was used to chase people escaping from the circus of death or something. Sylvester McCoy was my 'first' Doctor.

William Hartnell was mine  ;) and McCoy my least favourite, although in fairness the Beeb threw very little money at it and most episodes were filmed in the same sand pit in Dorset I think  :rolleyes:
Pertwee was mine.  And it was a shame that the Beeb wouldn't (I'm guessing) license more of McCoy's to the PBS station that used to show them on Saturday nights.
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Mine was Pertwee, and I stopped midway through Baker's tenure, if memory serves.
Didn't watch a lot of the revamp, but I thought Ecclescake did a reasonable job; and I liked Tennant. His had an air of suppressed menace and controlled impatience that suited the character and worked well, IMHO.

Sadly, with Dizzy's shenanigans, RIP to Dr Who...  :banghead:
Same with Amazon's Machinations with Bond. Well, except for the incoming endless merchandising and woke spinoffs...  :banghead:

Beermonster58

William Hartnell was my first Doctor. I think Tom Baker was my favourite pre revamp Doctor. Wasn't too keen on Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy.

I thought ALL of the post revamp Doctors were good and, I certainly think Jodie Whittaker got an undeserved bad press. She was let down (personal view only) by bad writing.

Certainly, the revamp showed what could be achieved with a decent budget
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NARSES2

Quote from: Beermonster58 on Yesterday at 04:57:53 AMI thought ALL of the post revamp Doctors were good and, I certainly think Jodie Whittaker got an undeserved bad press. She was let down (personal view only) by bad writing.

Certainly, the revamp showed what could be achieved with a decent budget

Both very true I think  :thumbsup:
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Weaver

My first Doctor was Pertwee, but I was never consistently interested in the show in those days. I think I finally stopped bothering in the late Tom Baker days when the lack of budget was starting to become embarrassing.

Post relaunch, Eccleston did a good job, but it was Tennant who really shone. IIRC his last words before his regeneration were "I don't want to go", and those were heartfelt. Tennant had grown up on Doctor Who, considered it his dream job, and was worried that if he didn't go out on a high, he'd get so comfortable that he'd end up doing it for a deacde to the detriment of his general career. I bowed out early in the Matt Smith era, not because of any animus towards him, but just because life was pushing me away from watching it at that point. Of course, I haven't had TV at all for the last 12 years, so I only know about subsequent Doctors second-hand. Apparently the latest version may or may not be about to be canned, but I haven't dived into the internet-drama around it.
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 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

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 - Indiana Jones

jcf

Ecclestone's Doctor always gave me the impression of someone who had grown tired of the endless merry-go-round. A jaded, cynical and somewhat depressed iteration. Some of which carried over into Tennant's manic and menacing version.
Ecclestone and Tennant together are the representation of a bi-polar Doctor?
:unsure:

McColm

When I worked at the old BBC North Acton site, Wales Farm Road I saw the interior of the Tardis and its huge, the outside is just made from plywood. Why would a whole generation be scared of chicken wire and a sink plunger although the cyber men still make me hide behind the sofa.

NARSES2

Quote from: McColm on Today at 04:10:04 AMWhen I worked at the old BBC North Acton site, Wales Farm Road I saw the interior of the Tardis and its huge, the outside is just made from plywood. Why would a whole generation be scared of chicken wire and a sink plunger although the cyber men still make me hide behind the sofa.

I was in the first year of senior school when the Daleks first appeared and then in their second appearance they were accompanied by the Robo Men - captured humans who'd been "robotized", basicaly this meant they wore ear-phones and carried a Stirling SMG. We used to play Dr Who in the playground (life was so much simpler for 11/12 year olds back then) and if a Dalek captured you they "robotized" you by holding you up against a wall and kneeing you in the goolies  :o Master on playground duty had no problems with it - how times have changed.  :-\
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Quote from: jcf on Yesterday at 04:04:22 PMEcclestone's Doctor always gave me the impression of someone who had grown tired of the endless merry-go-round. A jaded, cynical and somewhat depressed iteration. Some of which carried over into Tennant's manic and menacing version.
Ecclestone and Tennant together are the representation of a bi-polar Doctor?
:unsure:

I've wondered about that with Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor.  Very lively but when he can't find a solution to a situation he's often poleaxed and wracked with indecisiveness. Then back to lively when he works it out.

Peter Capaldi seems to have traits of PTSD, irritable with low moments. He gradually improves as time goes on.
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