D is for Doctor Who
is for Doctor Who!
This wee video appeared on my birthday last year, only a couple of weeks after I'd joined Twitter:
Speaking of cuteness, here's a baby Dalek dress:
Steve Manfred, a Doctor Who Expert, tweets live while watching older episodes, and sometimes I really appreciate the insights into the Doctor's frame of mind (please read from the bottom up):
Neil Gaiman (author of the episode The Doctor's Wife) did a recent feature on NPR, discussing his imaginative favourites. At the time, on 28 January he tweeted: "There was a lot of Doctor Who that didn't make it onto the NPR list at http://j.mp/VMaJvi. But the stuff that did is kind of fun..."
I wonder which episodes he was thinking of?
He's shared orts and outtakes from The Doctor's Wife. I happened to be discussing them... and he replied!
Speaking of outtakes, here's one that someone shared a link to: Hartnell and Pertwee acting together, many - many! - years before The Three Doctors:
And then there's Tom Baker:
And Troughton:
And the Daleks, of course:
It's amusing to poke fun of the Daleks, but actually, they scare me quite a bit, especially in the older episodes where it's more the power of suggestion of terror than actual terrifying acts. I still remember how frightened I was when I first "met" Davros. That frisson of fear was done really well in the last Christmas episode with the snowmen:
This wee video appeared on my birthday last year, only a couple of weeks after I'd joined Twitter:
@neilhimself: "I call this video, @amandapalmer and the littlest Dalek..."
Speaking of cuteness, here's a baby Dalek dress:
Steve Manfred, a Doctor Who Expert, tweets live while watching older episodes, and sometimes I really appreciate the insights into the Doctor's frame of mind (please read from the bottom up):
Neil Gaiman (author of the episode The Doctor's Wife) did a recent feature on NPR, discussing his imaginative favourites. At the time, on 28 January he tweeted: "There was a lot of Doctor Who that didn't make it onto the NPR list at http://j.mp/VMaJvi. But the stuff that did is kind of fun..."
I wonder which episodes he was thinking of?
He's shared orts and outtakes from The Doctor's Wife. I happened to be discussing them... and he replied!
Speaking of outtakes, here's one that someone shared a link to: Hartnell and Pertwee acting together, many - many! - years before The Three Doctors:
Hartnell is rather dashing! (Even when he's falling down a staircase!)
And then there's Tom Baker:
And Troughton:
And the Daleks, of course:
It's amusing to poke fun of the Daleks, but actually, they scare me quite a bit, especially in the older episodes where it's more the power of suggestion of terror than actual terrifying acts. I still remember how frightened I was when I first "met" Davros. That frisson of fear was done really well in the last Christmas episode with the snowmen:
Which episodes do you love?
Or, if you don't watch Doctor Who (!), which shows or books give you that delightful thrill of fear?
Comments
Still a knitted Dalek - is something I don't think I really want!!
But fun for you .. cheers Hilary
Love the baby Dalek, so cute!!