Doctor Who
Tom Baker, the British actor famous for his role as the fourth Dr Who (1974-1981) was born in Liverpool, England today in 1934.
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Doctor Who has just finished its most recent series, with what could be classed as “pretty good ratings for the ABC”.
For those in the audience who have been watching the entire run, it was a thrilling conclusion to a story that has been teased out over the course of thirteen episodes. To casual viewers, they’ll be left wondering what the hell Van Gogh, Winston Churchill and a Dalek made of stone are doing in the same story.
Even to those who are regular viewers, trying to figure out everything that happened in this episode is likely to turn you cross-eyed. The Doctor gets himself out of trouble using some logic that seems to be borrowed from Red Dwarf – a future me is going to travel back in time and get me out of this mess. They’ll know how to do that because they already saw themselves doing it when they were me.
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E says:
Yeah totally, I mean dustbins on wheels must have seemed scary in the 70s or something, but now they look lame. Also, if the Daleks are such terrors, why havent they ever, upon discovering the doctor is on a planet, nuked the site from orbit, its the only way to… Read more »
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Ash says:
Doctor Who has always been a ‘family’ show, so complaining that it’s aimed too much at young people is a bit silly. Read more »
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