SCI FI To Air New Doctor Who

[Garcia525]

SCI FI Channel announced Jan. 12 that it will air the first season of
the BBC's hit SF series Doctor Who, starting in March. The 13 episodes,
starring Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose
Tyler, will air as part of SCI FI Fridays at 9 p.m. ET/PT.<br />
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Since the original announcement they have stated that the first two
episodes of the new season will air back-to-back on Friday March 17th
starting at 9pm.<br />
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If you can get past the campy-ness of the first few episodes I believe even old fans of the show will be pleasantly surprised.

[MilkmanDann]

<p>You guys will love it. Surprised they got Eccleston to do a season, he pulls off the darkest Doctor ever. very fun run, 2nd episode better then the pilot, hang in there.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>edit - Btw Billie Piper is a Goddess. </p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Burblefrump on 2-26-06 @ 5:33 PM</span>

[Tenbatsuzen]

<p>So I guess this is Sci-Fi's stop-gap until S3 of Battlestar Galactica?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Cheap move... syndicate already-produced Sci-Fi with name value.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Garcia525]

<p>&nbsp;</p><strong>Tenbatsuzen</strong> wrote:<br /><p>So I guess this is Sci-Fi's stop-gap until S3 of Battlestar Galactica?</p><p> </p><p><strong>Cheap move... syndicate already-produced Sci-Fi with name value.</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A little harsh, I think.&nbsp; There is definitely name value with this series, and with the right promotion I think it's a great replacement for Friday nights.&nbsp; If you're not familiar with the series give it a chance.&nbsp; If you are familiar with it than belive me when I say that it's much better &quot;production wise&quot; than the original, and far better than the movie that was aired on Fox a while back.<br /></p>

[Garcia525]

<p>&nbsp;</p><strong>Burblefrump</strong> wrote:<br /><br /><p> </p><p> </p><p>edit - Btw Billie Piper is a Goddess. </p>

<span class="post_edited">This message was edited by Burblefrump on 2-26-06 @ 5:33 PM</span><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Yes she is.</p><p>http://www.angelfire.com/music/billiepiper/images/Max2.jpg</p>

[Tenbatsuzen]

<p>&nbsp;</p><strong>Garcia525</strong> wrote:<br /><p> </p><strong>Tenbatsuzen</strong> wrote:<br /><p>So I guess this is Sci-Fi's stop-gap until S3 of Battlestar Galactica?</p><p> </p><p><strong>Cheap move... syndicate already-produced Sci-Fi with name value.</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A little harsh, I think. There is definitely name value with this series, and with the right promotion I think it's a great replacement for Friday nights. If you're not familiar with the series give it a chance. If you are familiar with it than belive me when I say that it's much better &quot;production wise&quot; than the original, and far better than the movie that was aired on Fox a while back.<br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>That was improperly worded.&nbsp; I meant say &quot;good&quot; move - syndicate already-produced sci-fi with name value cheaply.</p><p>Sci-Fi is not taking a risk with this, because SG1, SGA, and BSG will all be in re-runs when Doctor Who is running.&nbsp; Since the show is a hit in the UK, they'll have a pipe of pre-produced shows they can stick in when the Big Three friday shows go on hiatus.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Doctor Manhattan]

<font color="#000066" size="2">Are the robots with the toliet plungers supposed to be scary?</font>

[EliSnow]

<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">I loved the first season of Dr. Who w/ Eccleston (sp?).&nbsp; He really, really portrayed a great Doctor.</font>

[Furtherman]

The Dr. Who from the 70's, maybe 80's - the one with the fro....&nbsp; the ending of that show always freaked me out.&nbsp; The music and the spiral tunnel...&nbsp; it just felt like a bottomless pit.&nbsp;

[EliSnow]

<strong>Furtherman</strong> wrote:<br />The Dr. Who from the 70's, maybe 80's - the one with the fro....&nbsp; the ending of that show always freaked me out.&nbsp; The music and the spiral tunnel...&nbsp; it just felt like a bottomless pit.&nbsp; <p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">Tom Baker was his name.</font></p>

[furie]

so are they counting the 1996 doctor as a regeneration or just discounting it. if they do, that only gives us 2 or 3 more doctors.

[Garcia525]

<p>Yes they do count Paul McGann from the 1996 movie as the 8th which makes Eccleston the 9th. I believe based on the history of the show there can be up to 13 or 14.</p><p> Highlight type below (contains spoiler):</p><p>-----------------------------------------</p><p><font color="#ffffff">The actor, David Tennant, who is playing the 10th Doctor has mentioned in interviews that he would love to do multiple seasons in this role which is a great sign for the series as I understand he is a pretty popular actor over in the UK.</font></p><p>------------------------------------------ </p><p> </p><p> </p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Garcia525 on 2-27-06 @ 7:33 PM</span>

[LordJezo]

<p>Tomorow it starts.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>http://www.scifi.com/doctorwho/</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Every Sci-Fi fan should watch it.&nbsp; The series was great fun.&nbsp; This Doctor was great for the role.&nbsp; Shame he didn't come back for season 2.<br /></p>

[INFOSTUD]

<p>I'm looking forward to it. Tom Baker was my favorite Doctor; he was the 4th Doctor and played the Doctor for the longest--7 years. </p><p>The later Doctors had some real hotties as side-kicks/companions--especially Nicola Bryant who played Peri Brown along side the 5th and 6th Doctors. </p><p>Do an image search for her and you will not be disappointed. </p><p><strong><font size="3" face="arial" color="#003366"><br /></font></strong></p><strong><font size="3" face="arial" color="#003366" /></strong>



<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by INFOSTUD on 3-16-06 @ 10:53 AM</span>

[klaus_kinski_Jr]

Loved the Eccelston series of Dr Who and can't wait for Tennets thank the lord for Bittorrent. Also Billie Pipper is a total hottie folks. The funny thing is all the Dr Who fans over in the US pretty much have seen the series including Tennets Xmas episode.

Plus you can just go to Canada and pick up the DVDs also.

[EliSnow]

<p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">I'm looking forward to it.&nbsp; I only wish Sci Fi broadcast in high def.</font></p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by EliSnow on 3-16-06 @ 2:18 PM</span>