tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974616.post9111703108954358398..comments2023-10-02T14:33:18.136+01:00Comments on The Very Fluffy Diary of Millennium Dome, Elephant: Day 3428: DOCTOR WHO: The Very Hungry CaterpillarMillennium Domehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430269096817934037noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974616.post-34518385157832825292010-06-03T12:15:45.828+01:002010-06-03T12:15:45.828+01:00Dear Mr David,
Ooh exciting! Thank you for your c...Dear Mr David,<br /><br />Ooh exciting! Thank you for your comment!<br /><br />Be assured, there is certainly NO SHAME in having been a part of the team behind the Hartnell Era. Mr Dr Billy's stories are some of the best in the series history, three years worth of episodes that achieved a greater number of AWESOME STORES than, well, the current run. My Daddies consistently rank him as a top Dr Woo.<br /><br />Given a million pounds and a CGI machine, ANYONE can create special effects to boggle the mind, but it takes REAL genius to build Daleks and Zarbi and Mechonoids (oh my!) out of cardboard and tinfoil and wishful thinking. And yet some of the effects achieved in the 'Sixties – the view overlooking the Dalek City; the battle with the Mechonoids; the huge statue on the Arc or the destruction of Earth in the same story; the TARDIS herself – are some of the most memorable and impressive in the series.<br /><br />Having said that, though, those effects served their stories not the other way around. The need for "event" television that is "visually spectacular" over genuine stories has been a bit of a problem in, er, some instances recently. Naming no names but they tend to have Daleks in them. <br /><br />But I don't really think that plots are BAFFLING this year; except when – like here – they are verging on the missing in action. I just think that they're over too quick and too dependent on the big visuals and a star performance of Matt Smith to get over any catches.Millennium Domehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430269096817934037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974616.post-41478477465690625462010-06-01T19:41:01.017+01:002010-06-01T19:41:01.017+01:00To my shame, long before mobile phones and PCs wer...To my shame, long before mobile phones and PCs were part of life I worked on the special effects when Dr Who (William Hartnell) was transmitted to our screens only in black and white. At that time it was mainly intended for children and so no one noticed the desperate props and tin foil covered flashing control panels. Back then regardless of el-cheapo props we could at least understand the plots. Today even with the aid of computer technology the plots; apparently aimed at adults, would baffle most children. and I suspect the plots largely are rehashed from past series. But at least this time we are spared the last Dr Who's over-acting and his goggling, staring, slightly bulging eyes.<br />David Brittain<br />22 Thorns Way<br />Walton on the Naze<br />EssexDavid & Yvonnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05533534452065321311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974616.post-90424299874857033172010-05-28T12:18:59.728+01:002010-05-28T12:18:59.728+01:00Thanks, and correctedThanks, and correctedMillennium Domehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430269096817934037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974616.post-29735405878426179192010-05-28T11:25:23.854+01:002010-05-28T11:25:23.854+01:00Neve McIntosh, not Neve Campbell, surely.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neve_McIntosh" rel="nofollow">Neve McIntosh</a>, not Neve Campbell, surely.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17789836887286019319noreply@blogger.com