[Tar-Palantir]

You all seemed to forget (at least I didn't see it) the greatest British sci-fi show of all time: Doctor Who! Shame on you all.

[01010]

Originally posted by Tar-Palantir
the greatest British sci-fi show - Doctor Who

I know those words but that just doesn't make any sense.

[Fineus]

Oh come on, it's an old classic. The film sucked but Doc Who is a really great program all the same.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by diamondgeezer
OK, who saw/remembers/wants to ***** about the following three series -

Ultraviolet - a top-secret police unit battles 'leaches' (read: vampires) in and around London. Sinister conspiracy on the part of the leaches, which is only revelaed at the last minute and is really quite chilling.

Saw that... bloody cool IMO.  Probably the best Vampire proggy I've ever seen, and knocks ten shades of **** out of Buffy and Blade IMHO, simply because it's believable.

Invasion Earth - an alien crashes in WWII London. Fifty-odd years later, the nasties he was running from start to think seriously about destroying the Earth, and it's up to a lone Tornado pilot to save the day (well, sort of... the point is it had Tornados in it)

Remebr it vagualy...didn;t really like it though

Last Train - A meteroite impact wipes out civilization on Earth. In the English countryside, an intercity express train was protected from the blast by being in a tunnel, and the passengers frozen for over a century by a government agent carry some sort of insta-freeze gubbinz. Basic premise was a bit daft, but the actual show wasn't at all bad.
 

Um..I think I watched it.... did it have rabid dogs atall?... not sure.  To be honest, the only thing I remebr is lots of broken down buildings (which just looked like Govan in a good light)

[mikhael]

Originally posted by Tar-Palantir
You all seemed to forget (at least I didn't see it) the greatest British sci-fi show of all time: Doctor Who! Shame on you all.

The Doctor rocks. I must now crank up some KLF/JAMM and groove to Doctorin' with the TARDIS.

[karajorma]

Funny you should mention the doctor cause I`ve just been watching it's supposed replacement in the 80's The Tripods. I`m about halfway through season 2 at the moment and any moment now the realisation going to dawn on me that they never actually made the third and final series and then I`ll ... have ... to

DAMN IT!

*walks off swearing loudly*

[diamondgeezer]

I never really got in to Doctor Who... guess because I'm scared of looking like an anorak... ... er... yes... *ahem*

That said, I quite liked the recent one with Paul McGann in it. Though I can only imagine that Doctor purists would hate that one the basis that's new. Often the way with such things

Oh, and Aldo - yes, Last Train had packs of dogs roaming the ruined cities... most of the survivors were killed in the first episode by a pack of the buggers And as for you not liking Invasion Earth... well, your loss

[Thor]

Kids in the Hall -- Canadian. 'Nuff Said

And what does that mean, eh?

What about:

Boston Public
Crossing Jordan
Without a Trace
Law and Order (all of them.)
Enterprise
Andromeda  (Well sorta American)
CSI (the pair of them)
ER ( I actualy am not a fan, but I'm complelled to watch it.  weird)
Third Watch (Now that show is quality.  I'm really getting in to it.

As for home grown Canuck TV, well, the choices are slim, but there are at least 3 that will make you laugh

This hour has 22 minutes
Red Green
Royal Canadian Air Farce

[Fineus]

Originally posted by diamondgeezer
That said, I quite liked the recent one with Paul McGann in it. Though I can only imagine that Doctor purists would hate that one the basis that's new. Often the way with such things

I thought it was just about passable but didn't have most of what made Who, Who.

The entire thing was (I'm sorry US people) Americanised. The Master in previous settings had been a scheming evil type but with the same kind of dress sense as Dr Who and the general attitude of someone who is evil but not weird. The Master in the film was over-dressed and had the attitude of your typical evil person. He lost all his charachter and was your basic "oh ho ho I'm evil, I use people then chuck them when I don't need them. Now I'll take your soul!!" type affair. The whole thing just didn't seem to mesh properly. Dr Who himself wasn't bad but the whole thing had to much of a Hollywood spin on it. Suddenly the Doctor can ride a police bike perfectly well as well as other various stupidly "stunt" like occasions.

Bleugh, just didn't like it.

[mikhael]

Originally posted by Thor

And what does that mean, eh?

Its not american. Its no surprise it doesn't suck thoroughly.

What about:

Boston Public -- Not too bad. Probably the best of this group, next to ER.
Crossing Jordan -- TEH SUCK
Without a Trace -- Never heard of it
Law and Order (all of them.) -- TEH SUCK
Enterprise -- TEH SUCK
Andromeda  (Well sorta American) -- started okay, then went the way of all Roddenberry efforts. TEH SUCK
CSI (the pair of them) -- TEH SUCK
ER ( I actualy am not a fan, but I'm complelled to watch it.  weird) -- Not bad. The only thing on television I go out of my way to watch.
Third Watch (Now that show is quality.  I'm really getting in to it.) -- TEH SUCK

As for home grown Canuck TV, well, the choices are slim, but there are at least 3 that will make you laugh

This hour has 22 minutes
Red Green
Royal Canadian Air Farce

I'd check these out if we carried them on our local cable network. Chances are though, I'd not stick with them for long however. I cannot watch television shows shorter than 1hr. There's not enough room for a story, once credits and commercials are taken into account.

[diamondgeezer]

Originally posted by Thunder
I thought it was just about passable but didn't have most of what made Who, Who... Bleugh, just didn't like it.

[mikhael]

Originally posted by Thunder

I thought it was just about passable but didn't have most of what made Who, Who.  

I only aobut 20min of the movie, as soon as I saw how they were portraying the Master, I turned the televison OFF.

[Zeronet]

Ultimate Force was pretty good, though it wasnt Sci-fi it was a dang good British action mini-series.

[ZylonBane]

Originally posted by mikhael
Its not american. Its no surprise it doesn't suck thoroughly.
I cannot watch television shows shorter than 1hr.

Criminy mikhael, did America kick your dog or something?

I think the immortal Mr. Bueller summed up your type pretty well.

[mikhael]

Originally posted by ZylonBane
Criminy mikhael, did America kick your dog or something?

I think the immortal Mr. Bueller summed up your type pretty well.

No, Zylon, America did not kick my dog. I've just lived in, and watched television from, enough places that I have a broad basis for comparison. I say, based on such experience, that I don't like it. I'm sorry if I killed your sacred cow.

And 30min is NOT long enough for a story. 60min is almost not enough for a story unless you're doing Bab5 style story arcs.

[Thor]

Well, the three canadian comedies I listed are found on the CBC, though I think Red Green is carried on some PBS stations.  They are half an hour, but are more sketches than a story.  And what does TEH mean?  I think I understand the point (you don't like it) but what the heck is TEH?

[mikhael]

Originally posted by Thor
Well, the three canadian comedies I listed are found on the CBC, though I think Red Green is carried on some PBS stations.  They are half an hour, but are more sketches than a story.  And what does TEH mean?  I think I understand the point (you don't like it) but what the heck is TEH?

Too much time reading posts/emails from my friends who read too much JeffK on somethingawful.com. TEH WIN, TEH SUCK, blah blah foopty fair anezka blah. Dumb stuff.

[Styxx]

Bah, you want genuinely bad to the point of suicide-inducing television, try watching Brazilian soap operas...

[Tar-Palantir]

As regards to the McGann Dr Who story what made not so good were the considerable number of errors for instance, the Eye of Harmony is not in the TARDIS and as to the trial on Skaro: 1) the planet got destroyed and secondly would the Daleks really allow the Doctor there since don't exactly get on well together!

Mini-rand over

PS: not's not a show but the Martian invasion Mini advert is quite ammusing.

[diamondgeezer]

Originally posted by diamondgeezer
I never really got in to Doctor Who... guess because I'm scared of looking like an anorak...