[trystan830]

Originally Posted by Witchchylde

I love Tom's Doctor too! I actually bought the official 4th Doctor Scarf from (I think it was) ThinkGeek. And I do love the Sixth. I actually really liked the Seventh, too. Sylvester McCoy was amazing!

oh yeah, McCoy was great too. and it could have been ThinkGeek, they have lots of geeky stuff. XD

as for the older/earlier doctors, yeah, they are kinda dry and slow. one of Tennant's (Ten) episodes had something to do with the Daleks and the Empire State Building. there was an earlier episode with Hartnell (One) that had a scene with the Daleks and the Empire State Building (in the episode The Chase) that i showed my daughters, and it just moved waaay toooo slooow for them. the scene in Ten's episode was much shorter and got the point a little quicker. maybe the storytelling was just a little slower in the 60s, 70s, and 80s, who knows. but i still liked them all the same.

as for the missing episodes, in the 60s, the BBC taped over a lot of their shows to save tape, and that's why the episodes are "lost." however, the audio is still around. some of the episodes i watched were production stills set to that audio, and some of the episodes were animated in black and white. my library system has quite a number of episodes on DVD, and i used dailymotion for the rest. they're also listed on watchseries (but i'm not sure i'd trust all those links, LOL)

[MacSen191]

We take our son out trick or treating. Due to not being able to afford his costume this year, he's going to go as a mashed up Transformer/Storm Trooper/Jedi Knight which is his costumes from previous years. Transformer outfit, strom tropper head, jedi knight robe and lightsaber. It should be intresting to say the least.(It was his idea... I wanted to just go to dollar tree and get vampire or Ninja stuff but he wants to do this.) He's 11 and with all the crap they are posting on the news about banning 12 year olds from trick or treating I figure this might be his last year... which I hope that banning thing goes away and dosen't catch on... let your kids be kids as long as they can be.

[tsukiko]

banning kids from trick or treating is beyond stupid...ugh

[Death by Mirrors]

I heard the scarf came into existence because the freelance knitter they hired was so excited to work for Doctor Who she wanted to put in extra effort, and no one told her she did not have to use all the wool they had given her.

And yeah, story telling definitely was slower back then. I'm having a really hard time with some old movies or series. It's not that they're bad or anything, but they feel incredibly dragged out at times whereas modern television cuts straight to the point.

[trystan830]

Originally Posted by Death by Mirrors

I heard the scarf came into existence because the freelance knitter they hired was so excited to work for Doctor Who she wanted to put in extra effort, and no one told her she did not have to use all the wool they had given her.

And yeah, story telling definitely was slower back then. I'm having a really hard time with some old movies or series. It's not that they're bad or anything, but they feel incredibly dragged out at times whereas modern television cuts straight to the point.

yes and yes. =)

[Witchchylde]

Then again, the older shows were episodic; each story took three to five episodes to come to completion, if I'm recalling correctly.

[trystan830]

yep, that's correct Witchchylde. most were 4 parts, but some were 6. The Chase was 10! =)

[Serra Britt]

I rather liked the slower pace, it just allowed more details to be put in. Not that action isn't great also, but life isn't all thrills every moment either.

@MacSen
Banning trick or treaters based on age feels...stupid? What are they supposed to do instead, go with older schoolmates to unsupervised parties? >_>

[trystan830]

agreed Serra

also, i'm pretty sure my younger daughter and her friend are going trick-or-treating - and they're 17 =)

[tsukiko]

if we got trick or treaters at my college complex, they'd be hooked up from my place regardless of their age xD

[Witchchylde]

I love "Robot" episode 1 so much, just for the wardrobe parade Tom Baker does in his premiere. I think the Pierrot costume is my favorite!

[Serra Britt]

When I was in college, some of my friends went trick or treating and then gave me a huge box full of "a little bit" of what they ended up getting XD

[tsukiko]

ugh...i finally fixed my bed! means i actually can sleep again...but still waking up too damn early D:<

[mdom]

Aw!
that's a sign of old age, tsukiko :P

[tsukiko]

lol! prolly. or lack of food/nutrition

[EverAshwood]

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