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Dr. Who & Torchwood

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Forest Elf

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I watch very little television these days.
But I do watch The Doctor!

Does anyone else here watch Dr. Who and/or Torchwood?
 
Forest Elf said:
I watch very little television these days.
But I do watch The Doctor!

Does anyone else here watch Dr. Who and/or Torchwood?
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You mean the Doctor Who who wears the leather jacket, and has the blonde side kick, right? I've seen some of those episodes.
 
Yes, I watch Dr Who. It is one of the very few things produced for TV that I have any interest in.

Helgi - There's a new Doctor and a new sidekick now.
 
I've watched it since the late 80s and have since seen many of the episodes dating back to the 60s. I prefer the old format over the current 45 minute ones; although the production is much better than the egg carton and tinfoil monsters of yesteryear.

As for Torchwood, meh! Slapdash, awful, improbable, and plain bad. Let's hope everything has been rejigged for the second series next month.
 
Stewart said:
I've watched it since the late 80s and have since seen many of the episodes dating back to the 60s. I prefer the old format over the current 45 minute ones; although the production is much better than the egg carton and tinfoil monsters of yesteryear.

As for Torchwood, meh! Slapdash, awful, improbable, and plain bad. Let's hope everything has been rejigged for the second series next month.
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And don't forget the green bubble wrap. Re Torchwood, I'm not sure I see the point of it.
 
Dr Who? Brilliant fun – and decently written.

The seasonal special will be the TV highlight of Christmas Day.

One of the pleasures of Russell T Davies's writing is that he can throw in moments of genuine pathos and, just when you least expect it, really tug at your emotions. The scripts are also funny, with some very sly gags.

Torchwood? Well, it's nowhere near as good as Dr Who and there are problems all over the place with it, but there's a simple solution: the willing suspension of disbelief. I've wasted time on far worse TV than this show.
 
CDA said:
And don't forget the green bubble wrap. Re Torchwood, I'm not sure I see the point of it.
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Ah, who could forget the green testicular soor plum baddy from The Horror Of Fang Rock?


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That, girls and boys, is a representative of the Rutan Host.
 
You could get a nasty squish off that.

Let's not forget the Wirrn from The Ark in Space:

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Bubblewraptastic!
 
That is the problem with being a Doctor fan in Nevada USA ... I have to WAIT for the episodes to make it across the pond.

Why isn't Martha coming back?????

I LOVE Captain Jack but he needs sidekicks that don't have emotional issues. If they would just stick the purpose of Torchwood and get away from the fact that his sidekicks need either medication or therapy or both ... the show could be so much better.
 
Well, I enjoyed the Christmas Day edition. Okay, we're not talking about the greatest drama ever, but it was good, old-fashioned hokum – a neat take on the '70s disaster movie, in my view – and I found myself caring about the character.
 
Forest Elf said:
That is the problem with being a Doctor fan in Nevada USA ... I have to WAIT for the episodes to make it across the pond.

Why isn't Martha coming back?????

I LOVE Captain Jack but he needs sidekicks that don't have emotional issues. If they would just stick the purpose of Torchwood and get away from the fact that his sidekicks need either medication or therapy or both ... the show could be so much better.
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why's everyone keep calling it the pond? It's a great yawning sea filled with man eating sharks and sunken ships
 
helgi said:
why's everyone keep calling it the pond? It's a great yawning sea filled with man eating sharks and sunken ships
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Wow! I do not know. I really didn't worry about the sharks from my seat on Aer Lingus. I wonder if The Doctor knows who was the first to coin the phrase?
 
Forest Elf said:
Wow! I do not know. I really didn't worry about the sharks from my seat on Aer Lingus. I wonder if The Doctor knows who was the first to coin the phrase?
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The phrase first appeared in the 17th century amongst the American colonies. Two likely derivations are either (a) corresondance back to Europe downplaying the difficulties of the trip or (b) the abundance of herring would lead to a comparison with a fishery and hence a herring pond.

I think the OED should cite the first instances (the shorter only cites the link to the phrase "herring pond").
 
I'm a definite Torchwood fan! But ... sometimes I just don't know what's going on with the Welsh crew. They're really a mess at times. My attachment to each of them goes up and down, but Capt Jack stays really cool. Love the coat!
 
helgi said:
why's everyone keep calling it the pond? It's a great yawning sea filled with man eating sharks and sunken ships
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Because everything's bigger in America (like yer asses ;) ) and what's an ocean to us is a pond to you.
 
Stewart said:
Because everything's bigger in America (like yer asses ;) ) and what's an ocean to us is a pond to you.
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Sadly (?:confused:) the U.S. isn't #1 in fat asses anymore. At least according to Forbes.


1. Nauru
2. Micronesia, Federated States of
3. Cook Islands
4. Tonga
5. Niue
6. Samoa
7. Palau
8. Kuwait
9. United States
10. Kiribati

What I want to know is how did Kuwait beat us? :mad:
 
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