OT: Survivors on BBC America

[Cdnwolf]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00q3gk5

Survivors is a British television series devised by Terry Nation and produced by Terence Dudley at the BBC from 1975 to 1977. It concerns the plight of a group of people who have survived an accidentally released plague that kills nearly the entire population of the planet. The programme is usually described as falling into the science fiction genre, and fits into the sub-genre of apocalyptic fiction. It was remade in 2008.

[Legbreaker]

Originally Posted by Cdnwolf

...Terry Nation...

One of the writers for the original Doctor Who series if I'm not mistaken.

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by Legbreaker

One of the writers for the original Doctor Who series if I'm not mistaken.

I know I'm about to say something totally blasphemous...but I like the new Doctor Who series better than the old one.

[Legbreaker]

I have to agree although I like both. It would be interesting to see what they could have done in the earlier series if they'd had the same buget and technology. As it was they created one of the all time great shows with little more than pocket change.

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by Legbreaker

I have to agree although I like both. It would be interesting to see what they could have done in the earlier series if they'd had the same buget and technology. As it was they created one of the all time great shows with little more than pocket change.

Nowdays, it's much easier to create special effects on a smaller budget using computers and CGI. Now, what I want to see is a real Starship Troopers -- not that drivel they put out years back. CGI can make that happen. Or a series of movies or a miniseries based on The Forever War.

[Legbreaker]

Now you're just trying to make me drool!

[Targan]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

I know I'm about to say something totally blasphemous...but I like the new Doctor Who series better than the old one.

Me too.

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

Or a series of movies or a miniseries based on The Forever War.

Couldn't agree more.

[Rainbow Six]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

I know I'm about to say something totally blasphemous...but I like the new Doctor Who series better than the old one.

I like them both, and think David Tennant has been great, but for me the golden era of Doctor Who will always be 1974 - 1976...Tom Baker's early years were awesome.

[Raellus]

Originally Posted by Rainbow Six

I like them both, and think David Tennant has been great, but for me the golden era of Doctor Who will always be 1974 - 1976...Tom Baker's early years were awesome.

I used to love Doctor Who when I was 7-10. They used to show it Sunday mornings on PBS back in the mid '80s. Tom Baker will always be the Doctor to me. I had my mom knit me a 20' long scarf.

I've watched quite a few of them via Netflix and they're pretty dreadful. Terrible special effects, mostly poor acting, convoluted stories, and lots of dead space. When I was a kid, I thought I was watching an adult show. Now I know that they were purposely producing show for kids and now, as an adult, this is almost painfully obvious. Even so, I still get a nostalgic pleasure from watching them. I've made my wife watch them with me. They're good for a laugh, at least. Although a lot of it is pretty cliched, there are some really neat but relatively undeveloped sci-fi ideas sprinkled in there too. There was a lot of potential there.

I tried watching the new WHO and couldn't get in to it. IMHO, they've wasted the potential in the Doctor Who universe. Too much of it seemed to happen on Earth and it can't seem to decide if it's serious sci-fi or a campy parody of earlier incarnations. Neither of the "new" Doctors can match Baker's ability to go from earnestly serious to irreverently goofy without seeming phony. I just can't watch it.

I'm putting on my asbestos coveralls right now...

[Legbreaker]

Some interesting points there, but remember that each incarnation of The Doctor is essentially a totally different personnality. Take a look at the very first Doctor and compare them to everyone who's come since - there are startling differences between each and every one of them.

[Raellus]

Originally Posted by Legbreaker

Some interesting points there, but remember that each incarnation of The Doctor is essentially a totally different personnality. Take a look at the very first Doctor and compare them to everyone who's come since - there are startling differences between each and every one of them.

That's true. I watched a few of the episodes just before and just after Tom Baker and the three of them were very different. I think the reason TB is, for so many people the one and only Doctor is that he was so goofy and I think that really appealed to the kids the show was aimed at.

I just noticed that the most recent incarnation of the Doctors tries the funny/serious thing too and, IMO, doesn't really pull it off very well.