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The new Dr Who series [message #190791] Mo, 26 Dezember 2005 00:10
Snake Lady  
It started tonight at 7-pm on BBC1 with David Tennent playing the new
doctor.....

Did Y'awll catch it?.....

Did Y'awll catch the tribute to Douglas Adams towards the end of the
show?.....

When the doctor suddenly realises he's wearing pyjamas and a dressing gown
and he say's to Rose :-
"Oh, how Arthur Dent"......

A nice touch I thought.....
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #190795 ] Mo, 26 Dezember 2005 16:07
Kaare Fiedler Christi  
Fat Sam wrote:
> It started tonight at 7-pm on BBC1 with David Tennent playing the new
> doctor.....
>
> Did Y'awll catch it?.....

Of course! I know I took a plane to Britain on Christmas Day, be cause
Dr. Who is more important than Christmas anyway... Uhm, wait, that' not
right. I spent christmas with my family and BBC1 wasn't available. Damn!!

> Did Y'awll catch the tribute to Douglas Adams towards the end of the
> show?.....

No, due to that thing above about Britain. What was it?

> When the doctor suddenly realises he's wearing pyjamas and a dressing gown
> and he say's to Rose :-
> "Oh, how Arthur Dent"......

Ah, that was it! Great! Terrific, really. Slightly confusing to the
unknowing, I expect. Like Zaphod saying "Ix... I mean Ford" I guess...

> A nice touch I thought.....

Yes, indeed. I expect most Dr Who fans will catch it, really.

Okay, here's an admission: I haven't really seen much Dr Who, although I
want to! Any recommendation on how best to start watching Doctor Who?
hould I start with the oldest ones? With some specific Doctor? What?

Best
Kåre
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #190796 ] Mo, 26 Dezember 2005 16:08
Kaare Fiedler Christi  
Oh, I forgot:

Fat Sam! Where have you been? You haven't posted in months!

Amazingly you haven't missed any lines in the froup production! We're
currently waiting for Deep Thought!

Best
Kåre
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #190797 ] Mo, 26 Dezember 2005 18:05
pippa.moran  
Kaare Fiedler Christiansen <news [at] kaarefc.dk> wrote:
>
> Okay, here's an admission: I haven't really seen much Dr Who,
> although I want to! Any recommendation on how best to start watching
> Doctor Who? hould I start with the oldest ones? With some specific
> Doctor? What?
>

I haven't seen much either, so here's my suggestion as a fellow to the
world of "Doctor Who":

Start with the recent series starring Christopher Ecclestone. It's
designed to be very friendly to Who-newbies, explaining all the
important backstory for us. They're also some very good episodes in
their own right, with a good blend of action and comedy..

DON'T try to start from the oldest ones and work forwards unless you
like trying to wade your way through FORTY YEARS of episodes just to
catch up with the programme so far. If you really want to try some of
the older stories, I think "City of Death" is the only Douglas Adams
"Doctor Who" story available on DVD so far, and it's got lots of rare
clips of interviews with DNA as extras. Well worth a look just for
that. (I adored DNA describing a night out drinking with a fellow
member of the Who production team: "It was one of those nights where at
4 a.m. you start to wonder, 'How am I going to get back to England
again?'")

--
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #190798 ] Mo, 26 Dezember 2005 18:31
Snake Lady  
pippa.moran [at] gmail.com wrote:
> Kaare Fiedler Christiansen <news [at] kaarefc.dk> wrote:
>>
>> Okay, here's an admission: I haven't really seen much Dr Who,
>> although I want to! Any recommendation on how best to start watching
>> Doctor Who? hould I start with the oldest ones? With some specific
>> Doctor? What?
>>
>
> I haven't seen much either, so here's my suggestion as a fellow to the
> world of "Doctor Who":
>
> Start with the recent series starring Christopher Ecclestone. It's
> designed to be very friendly to Who-newbies, explaining all the
> important backstory for us. They're also some very good episodes in
> their own right, with a good blend of action and comedy..
>
> DON'T try to start from the oldest ones and work forwards unless you
> like trying to wade your way through FORTY YEARS of episodes just to
> catch up with the programme so far. If you really want to try some of
> the older stories, I think "City of Death" is the only Douglas Adams
> "Doctor Who" story available on DVD so far, and it's got lots of rare
> clips of interviews with DNA as extras. Well worth a look just for
> that. (I adored DNA describing a night out drinking with a fellow
> member of the Who production team: "It was one of those nights where
> at 4 a.m. you start to wonder, 'How am I going to get back to England
> again?'")

Out of interest...does anybody happen to know how many Dr Who episodes were
written by Adams?....
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #190799 ] Mo, 26 Dezember 2005 18:31
Snake Lady  
Kaare Fiedler Christiansen wrote:
> Oh, I forgot:
>
> Fat Sam! Where have you been? You haven't posted in months!
>
> Amazingly you haven't missed any lines in the froup production! We're
> currently waiting for Deep Thought!
>

That should take around seven and a half million years ;-)
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #190800 ] Mo, 26 Dezember 2005 18:36
Snake Lady  
Kaare Fiedler Christiansen wrote:
> Fat Sam wrote:
>> It started tonight at 7-pm on BBC1 with David Tennent playing the new
>> doctor.....
>>
>> Did Y'awll catch it?.....
>
> Of course! I know I took a plane to Britain on Christmas Day, be cause
> Dr. Who is more important than Christmas anyway... Uhm, wait, that'
> not right. I spent christmas with my family and BBC1 wasn't
> available. Damn!!
>
>> Did Y'awll catch the tribute to Douglas Adams towards the end of the
>> show?.....
>
> No, due to that thing above about Britain. What was it?
>
>> When the doctor suddenly realises he's wearing pyjamas and a
>> dressing gown and he say's to Rose :-
>> "Oh, how Arthur Dent"......
>
> Ah, that was it! Great! Terrific, really. Slightly confusing to the
> unknowing, I expect. Like Zaphod saying "Ix... I mean Ford" I guess...
>
>> A nice touch I thought.....
>
> Yes, indeed. I expect most Dr Who fans will catch it, really.
>
> Okay, here's an admission: I haven't really seen much Dr Who,
> although I want to! Any recommendation on how best to start watching
> Doctor Who? hould I start with the oldest ones? With some specific
> Doctor? What?

In agreement with Pippa's answer, the recent Christopher Ecclestone series
is a great starting point for any newcomers to the world of Dr Who.....

Of course, everyone in the UK has a favourite Dr Who, and you can pin down a
persons age pretty accurately by asking which is their favourite.....

I'm 34, and for me, the best Doctor will always be Tom Baker.....

Incidentally, I noticed a subtle tribute to Mr Baker in last nights episode
too....Just after the Adams tribute when Tennant was trying on different
costumes, one of them was very reminiscent of Tom Bakers costume, complete
with the worlds longest scarf.....

Tom Baker can be found nowadays providing the hilarious between-sketches
commentary on Little Britain.....In my opinion, he's the best part of that
show.....
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #190801 ] Mo, 26 Dezember 2005 19:04
Kaare Fiedler Christi  
Fat Sam wrote:
> Kaare Fiedler Christiansen wrote:
>
>>Oh, I forgot:
>>
>>Fat Sam! Where have you been? You haven't posted in months!
>>
>>Amazingly you haven't missed any lines in the froup production! We're
>>currently waiting for Deep Thought!
>
> That should take around seven and a half million years ;-)

LOL!

You're right, of course, but we are waiting for him to interrupt us to
tell us that. Must be the most ill-timed enactment of an interruption in
the history of ... well ... of usenet enacted radio script. That may not
really be too much of an achievement, I guess. I guess we are more or
less the only ones ever to have done a thing like that...

Best
Kåre
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #190802 ] Mo, 26 Dezember 2005 19:18
Snake Lady  
Kaare Fiedler Christiansen wrote:
> Fat Sam wrote:
>> Kaare Fiedler Christiansen wrote:
>>
>>> Oh, I forgot:
>>>
>>> Fat Sam! Where have you been? You haven't posted in months!
>>>
>>> Amazingly you haven't missed any lines in the froup production!
>>> We're currently waiting for Deep Thought!
>>
>> That should take around seven and a half million years ;-)
>
> LOL!
>
> You're right, of course, but we are waiting for him to interrupt us to
> tell us that. Must be the most ill-timed enactment of an interruption
> in the history of ... well ... of usenet enacted radio script. That
> may not really be too much of an achievement, I guess. I guess we are
> more or less the only ones ever to have done a thing like that...
>
> Best
> Kåre

I've forgotten who I'm playing.....
Was it shooty or bang bang?
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #190803 ] Mo, 26 Dezember 2005 21:11
Kaare Fiedler Christi  
Fat Sam wrote:

<snip>

> I've forgotten who I'm playing.....
> Was it shooty or bang bang?

You're Shooty, so you get to write novels in crayons :-)

Bangbang is Nemo.

Best
Kåre
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #190808 ] Mi, 28 Dezember 2005 07:37
shapeshifter.dragon  
Did I watch The Christmas Invasion?! Do anteaters eat ants?!

Watching Doctor Who is always a huge production at our house, since I
always watch it with my sister, who's also a Whovian, and also likes
Hitchhiker's, Star Wars, LOTR...I love that we're able to be geeks
together, even if she's just following me into whatever I like. I end
up being her teacher, telling her all about the fandom....she's my
padawan! :)

But anyways, when we watch Doctor Who, there's always a lot of cheering
and laughing and shouting and jumping around and dancing to the opening
and closing theme. Even if we don't really comprehend how people who
say these first aired could have been afraid of them. We find the
effects kinda funny sometimes, like the stock footage of an iguana
imposed behind some people shot at a distance, which was supposed to be
a giant alien lizard attacking some humans. But then again, when the
next generation of Whovians not yet born are watching The Empty Child,
the Eccelston story with the "are you my mummy?" bit (which scared the
crap out of us), they'll be rather mystified about how /we/ could have
thought that was scary.

And you should have heard the cheering and screaming and laughing
during TCI....we were watching with a fairly unitiated friend who's
socks were properly rocked off. I LOVE the new Doctor! The "I don't
know who I am...[etc]...big threatening button" rant...genius! The
thrown orange? Incredible! The tea comments? I thought I was going to
die laughing!

And here's the thing: when they listened to The Doctor's hearts through
a stethoscope, and heard two beats, but only one on each side of the
chest, that solidly affirmed my theory bout Gallifreyan cardiovascular
physiology (http://www.whofic.com/stories.php?action=viewstories) which
I'm just enough of a loser to post to whofic.com.

Of course, I'm also enough of a loser to have been the fourth Doctor
for Hallowe'en....my sister was Five. I knitted the scarf myself, and
it took a month practically non-stop...and enough of a loser to
continue wearing it since no one around here recognized the costume
anyways and so the scarf with normal clothes was even less recognized,
except as the scarf I speant a month knitting, including knitting while
walking around the school. It just gets so cold here in winter....

And as for Tom Baker being on Little Britain...I often have that show
playing while I'm doing other things, not really paying attention,
because I like the narrator's voice. I have some very positive feeling
associated with that voice, no matter what it's saying, to which I
wasn't paying attention anyways. I just liked and trusted that voice.
Then one day I realized why....it was the voice of my favourite Doctor.

And I'm ranting....so I'll stop now.
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #190809 ] Mi, 28 Dezember 2005 08:08
Tian  
Omicron Machine wrote:
> Did I watch The Christmas Invasion?! Do anteaters eat ants?!
>
(snip)
>
> Of course, I'm also enough of a loser to have been the fourth Doctor
> for Hallowe'en....my sister was Five. I knitted the scarf myself, and
> it took a month practically non-stop...and enough of a loser to
> continue wearing it since no one around here recognized the costume
> anyways and so the scarf with normal clothes was even less recognized,
> except as the scarf I speant a month knitting, including knitting while
> walking around the school. It just gets so cold here in winter....
>
I would love to see a picture of that!

--
Tian
Last evening I saw the Christmas lights in Willow Glenn.
http://tian.greens.org
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #190811 ] Mi, 28 Dezember 2005 18:59
TheDysk  
"Fat Sam" <samandjanetknox [at] tessco.net> wrote in message
news:AFFrf.50773$7p5.7279 [at] newsfe4-win.ntli.net...
> It started tonight at 7-pm on BBC1 with David Tennent playing the new
> doctor.....
>
> Did Y'awll catch it?.....
>
> Did Y'awll catch the tribute to Douglas Adams towards the end of the
> show?.....
>
> When the doctor suddenly realises he's wearing pyjamas and a dressing gown
> and he say's to Rose :-
> "Oh, how Arthur Dent"......
>
> A nice touch I thought.....
>
>

And the Doctor was revived by a nice cup of Tea. He then said something
alone the line of " Just what I needed. A cup of Tea. Free radicles
suspended in a brownian fluid". This seems rather Hitchhiker'ish.

I think I've got the quote a bit wrong but it's rougly right.

TheDysk
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #190814 ] Do, 29 Dezember 2005 01:53
Tian  
TheDysk wrote:
> "Fat Sam" <samandjanetknox [at] tessco.net> wrote in message
> news:AFFrf.50773$7p5.7279 [at] newsfe4-win.ntli.net...
>
>>It started tonight at 7-pm on BBC1 with David Tennent playing the new
>>doctor.....
>>
>>Did Y'awll catch it?.....
>>
>>Did Y'awll catch the tribute to Douglas Adams towards the end of the
>>show?.....
>>
>>When the doctor suddenly realises he's wearing pyjamas and a dressing gown
>>and he say's to Rose :-
>>"Oh, how Arthur Dent"......
>>
>>A nice touch I thought.....
>>
>>
>
>
> And the Doctor was revived by a nice cup of Tea. He then said something
> alone the line of " Just what I needed. A cup of Tea. Free radicles
> suspended in a brownian fluid". This seems rather Hitchhiker'ish.
>
> I think I've got the quote a bit wrong but it's rougly right.
>

Sigged!

--
Tian
The Doctor was revived by a nice cup of tea. He then said
something along the lines of "Just what I needed. A cup of
tea. Free radicals suspended in a brownian fluid". - TheDysk
http://tian.greens.org
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #190827 ] Do, 29 Dezember 2005 23:29
Frankymole  
"TheDysk" <thedysk [at] nospam.spamno.com> wrote in message
news:0oAsf.228300$xV6.152329 [at] fe02.news.easynews.com...
>
> "Fat Sam" <samandjanetknox [at] tessco.net> wrote in message
> news:AFFrf.50773$7p5.7279 [at] newsfe4-win.ntli.net...
>> It started tonight at 7-pm on BBC1 with David Tennent playing the new
>> doctor.....
>>
>> Did Y'awll catch it?.....
>>
>> Did Y'awll catch the tribute to Douglas Adams towards the end of the
>> show?.....
>>
>> When the doctor suddenly realises he's wearing pyjamas and a dressing
>> gown
>> and he say's to Rose :-
>> "Oh, how Arthur Dent"......
>>
>> A nice touch I thought.....
>>
>>
>
> And the Doctor was revived by a nice cup of Tea. He then said something
> alone the line of " Just what I needed. A cup of Tea. Free radicles
> suspended in a brownian fluid". This seems rather Hitchhiker'ish.
>
> I think I've got the quote a bit wrong but it's rougly right.
>
> TheDysk


There was also an earlier reference to Zaphod's 'private' anatomical
additions the BBC's 1981 television version of H2G2 - "is there anything
else he's got two of?" ;-)

And of course The Dish of the Day visited the set!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/episodes/photostories/xmas/im ages/2docs.jpg

--

Frank
"Incidentally, I'm a bit alarmed by your assumptions that thinking and
laughing are mutually exclusive activities. Best wishes, Douglas Adams"
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #190828 ] Do, 29 Dezember 2005 23:32
Frankymole  
"Tian" <DontBeFuelish [at] aol.comVA92GQLA> wrote in message
news:dovc22$t8l$1 [at] domitilla.aioe.org...
> TheDysk wrote:
>> "Fat Sam" <samandjanetknox [at] tessco.net> wrote in message
>> news:AFFrf.50773$7p5.7279 [at] newsfe4-win.ntli.net...
>>
>>>It started tonight at 7-pm on BBC1 with David Tennent playing the new
>>>doctor.....
>>>
>>>Did Y'awll catch it?.....
>>>
>>>Did Y'awll catch the tribute to Douglas Adams towards the end of the
>>>show?.....
>>>
>>>When the doctor suddenly realises he's wearing pyjamas and a dressing
>>>gown
>>>and he say's to Rose :-
>>>"Oh, how Arthur Dent"......
>>>
>>>A nice touch I thought.....
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> And the Doctor was revived by a nice cup of Tea. He then said something
>> alone the line of " Just what I needed. A cup of Tea. Free radicles
>> suspended in a brownian fluid". This seems rather Hitchhiker'ish.
>>
>> I think I've got the quote a bit wrong but it's rougly right.
>>
>
> Sigged!

? Way off.

From memory - "free radicals and tannins. Just the thing to get the
synapses started!"


--

Frank
"Incidentally, I'm a bit alarmed by your assumptions that thinking and
laughing are mutually exclusive activities. Best wishes, Douglas Adams"
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #190829 ] Do, 29 Dezember 2005 23:33
Frankymole  
"Kaare Fiedler Christiansen" <news [at] kaarefc.dk> wrote in message
news:43b0073f$0$2107$edfadb0f [at] dtext02.news.tele.dk...

> Okay, here's an admission: I haven't really seen much Dr Who, although I
> want to! Any recommendation on how best to start watching Doctor Who?
> hould I start with the oldest ones? With some specific Doctor? What?

Start with Tom Baker in "The Ark in Space" and then watch them in order from
there.

Catch the older ones later when you get used to him.
--

Frank
"Incidentally, I'm a bit alarmed by your assumptions that thinking and
laughing are mutually exclusive activities. Best wishes, Douglas Adams"
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #190830 ] Do, 29 Dezember 2005 23:36
Frankymole  
"Omicron Machine" <shapeshifter.dragon [at] gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1135751840.778777.143530 [at] g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...

> And here's the thing: when they listened to The Doctor's hearts through
> a stethoscope, and heard two beats, but only one on each side of the
> chest, that solidly affirmed my theory bout Gallifreyan cardiovascular
> physiology (http://www.whofic.com/stories.php?action=viewstories) which
> I'm just enough of a loser to post to whofic.com.

One of them stopped for a time though...


--

Frank
"Incidentally, I'm a bit alarmed by your assumptions that thinking and
laughing are mutually exclusive activities. Best wishes, Douglas Adams"
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #190832 ] Fr, 30 Dezember 2005 01:51
Tian  
Frankymole wrote:
> "Tian" <DontBeFuelish [at] aol.comVA92GQLA> wrote in message
> news:dovc22$t8l$1 [at] domitilla.aioe.org...
>
>>TheDysk wrote:
>>
>>>"Fat Sam" <samandjanetknox [at] tessco.net> wrote in message
>>>news:AFFrf.50773$7p5.7279 [at] newsfe4-win.ntli.net...
>>>
>>>
>>>>It started tonight at 7-pm on BBC1 with David Tennent playing the new
>>>>doctor.....
>>>>
>>>>Did Y'awll catch it?.....
>>>>
>>>>Did Y'awll catch the tribute to Douglas Adams towards the end of the
>>>>show?.....
>>>>
>>>>When the doctor suddenly realises he's wearing pyjamas and a dressing
>>>>gown
>>>>and he say's to Rose :-
>>>>"Oh, how Arthur Dent"......
>>>>
>>>>A nice touch I thought.....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>And the Doctor was revived by a nice cup of Tea. He then said something
>>>alone the line of " Just what I needed. A cup of Tea. Free radicles
>>>suspended in a brownian fluid". This seems rather Hitchhiker'ish.
>>>
>>>I think I've got the quote a bit wrong but it's rougly right.
>>>
>>
>>Sigged!
>
>
> ? Way off.
>
> From memory - "free radicals and tannins. Just the thing to get the
> synapses started!"
>
>
Good thing I didn't attribute it to Dr. Who then!

--
Tian
The Doctor was revived by a nice cup of tea. He then said
something along the lines of "Just what I needed. A cup of
tea. Free radicals suspended in a brownian fluid". - TheDysk
http://tian.greens.org
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #190833 ] Fr, 30 Dezember 2005 04:44
Frankymole  
"Tian" <DontBeFuelish [at] aol.comVA92GQLA> wrote in message
news:dp20b1$1a9$2 [at] domitilla.aioe.org...
> Frankymole wrote:
>> "Tian" <DontBeFuelish [at] aol.comVA92GQLA> wrote in message
>> news:dovc22$t8l$1 [at] domitilla.aioe.org...
>>
>>>TheDysk wrote:
>>>
>>>>"Fat Sam" <samandjanetknox [at] tessco.net> wrote in message
>>>>news:AFFrf.50773$7p5.7279 [at] newsfe4-win.ntli.net...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>It started tonight at 7-pm on BBC1 with David Tennent playing the new
>>>>>doctor.....
>>>>>
>>>>>Did Y'awll catch it?.....
>>>>>
>>>>>Did Y'awll catch the tribute to Douglas Adams towards the end of the
>>>>>show?.....
>>>>>
>>>>>When the doctor suddenly realises he's wearing pyjamas and a dressing
>>>>>gown
>>>>>and he say's to Rose :-
>>>>>"Oh, how Arthur Dent"......
>>>>>
>>>>>A nice touch I thought.....
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>And the Doctor was revived by a nice cup of Tea. He then said something
>>>>alone the line of " Just what I needed. A cup of Tea. Free radicles
>>>>suspended in a brownian fluid". This seems rather Hitchhiker'ish.
>>>>
>>>>I think I've got the quote a bit wrong but it's rougly right.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Sigged!
>>
>>
>> ? Way off.
>>
>> From memory - "free radicals and tannins. Just the thing to get the
>> synapses started!"
>>
>>
> Good thing I didn't attribute it to Dr. Who then!

Mine's closer, I think, but not guaranteed correct - I need to rewatch the
show, only saw it once :-)

As a tea-lover it's about the only bit I remember!!

--

Frank
"Incidentally, I'm a bit alarmed by your assumptions that thinking and
laughing are mutually exclusive activities. Best wishes, Douglas Adams"
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #190835 ] Fr, 30 Dezember 2005 08:00
shapeshifter.dragon  
Frankymole wrote:
> "Tian" <DontBeFuelish [at] aol.comVA92GQLA> wrote in message
> news:dovc22$t8l$1 [at] domitilla.aioe.org...
> > TheDysk wrote:
> >> "Fat Sam" <samandjanetknox [at] tessco.net> wrote in message
> >> news:AFFrf.50773$7p5.7279 [at] newsfe4-win.ntli.net...
> >>
> >>>It started tonight at 7-pm on BBC1 with David Tennent playing the new
> >>>doctor.....
> >>>
> >>>Did Y'awll catch it?.....
> >>>
> >>>Did Y'awll catch the tribute to Douglas Adams towards the end of the
> >>>show?.....
> >>>
> >>>When the doctor suddenly realises he's wearing pyjamas and a dressing
> >>>gown
> >>>and he say's to Rose :-
> >>>"Oh, how Arthur Dent"......
> >>>
> >>>A nice touch I thought.....
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> And the Doctor was revived by a nice cup of Tea. He then said something
> >> alone the line of " Just what I needed. A cup of Tea. Free radicles
> >> suspended in a brownian fluid". This seems rather Hitchhiker'ish.
> >>
> >> I think I've got the quote a bit wrong but it's rougly right.
> >>
> >
> > Sigged!
>
> ? Way off.
>
> From memory - "free radicals and tannins. Just the thing to get the
> synapses started!"
>
>
> --
>
> Frank
> "Incidentally, I'm a bit alarmed by your assumptions that thinking and
> laughing are mutually exclusive activities. Best wishes, Douglas Adams"


true.dat

Some mornings there is no reason to get out of bed, except for tea. And
jellybabies (or jellybeans, depending on which I happen to have). Which
is my usual breakfast.
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #190837 ] Fr, 30 Dezember 2005 08:15
shapeshifter.dragon  
Tian wrote:
> Omicron Machine wrote:
> > Did I watch The Christmas Invasion?! Do anteaters eat ants?!
> >
> (snip)
> >
> > Of course, I'm also enough of a loser to have been the fourth Doctor
> > for Hallowe'en....my sister was Five. I knitted the scarf myself, and
> > it took a month practically non-stop...and enough of a loser to
> > continue wearing it since no one around here recognized the costume
> > anyways and so the scarf with normal clothes was even less recognized,
> > except as the scarf I speant a month knitting, including knitting while
> > walking around the school. It just gets so cold here in winter....
> >
> I would love to see a picture of that!
>
> --
> Tian
> Last evening I saw the Christmas lights in Willow Glenn.
> http://tian.greens.org


The best thing about being The Doctor for Hallowe'en is that next to no
one recognises the costume, so when people keep saying "Who are you
supposed to be?" you get to answer "Yes, if you like. You could say
that." That and wandering the school offering total strangers a jelly
baby.
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #190844 ] Fr, 30 Dezember 2005 22:44
Snake Lady  
TheDysk wrote:
> "Fat Sam" <samandjanetknox [at] tessco.net> wrote in message
> news:AFFrf.50773$7p5.7279 [at] newsfe4-win.ntli.net...
>> It started tonight at 7-pm on BBC1 with David Tennent playing the new
>> doctor.....
>>
>> Did Y'awll catch it?.....
>>
>> Did Y'awll catch the tribute to Douglas Adams towards the end of the
>> show?.....
>>
>> When the doctor suddenly realises he's wearing pyjamas and a
>> dressing gown and he say's to Rose :-
>> "Oh, how Arthur Dent"......
>>
>> A nice touch I thought.....
>>
>>
>
> And the Doctor was revived by a nice cup of Tea. He then said
> something alone the line of " Just what I needed. A cup of Tea. Free
> radicles suspended in a brownian fluid". This seems rather
> Hitchhiker'ish.

Ooooh yeah...I'd missed that one....
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #190846 ] Sa, 31 Dezember 2005 09:23
Dave Cross  
On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 17:31:09 +0000, Fat Sam wrote:

> Out of interest...does anybody happen to know how many Dr Who episodes were
> written by Adams?....

Three.

The Pirate Planet, The City of Death and Shada.

Dave...
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #190858 ] So, 01 Januar 2006 15:38
Snake Lady  
Dave Cross wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 17:31:09 +0000, Fat Sam wrote:
>
>> Out of interest...does anybody happen to know how many Dr Who
>> episodes were written by Adams?....
>
> Three.
>
> The Pirate Planet, The City of Death and Shada.
>
> Dave...

Thanks Dave....
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #190860 ] So, 01 Januar 2006 20:43
Frankymole  
"Dave Cross" <dave [at] dave.org.uk> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.12.31.08.23.31.931054 [at] dave.org.uk...
> On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 17:31:09 +0000, Fat Sam wrote:
>
>> Out of interest...does anybody happen to know how many Dr Who episodes
>> were
>> written by Adams?....
>
> Three.
>
> The Pirate Planet, The City of Death and Shada.

That's stories. Each was made up of from 4 to 6 episodes. And City of Death
was co-written with Graham Williams, from an original script by David
Fisher, under the pseudonym David Agnew...

And DNA contributed dialogue, as script editor, to many more, starting with
the final episode of The Armageddon Factor.

So the pedantic Who fan's answer is: at least 14 episodes, plus bits of many
more, though some were in collaboration.


--

Frank
"Incidentally, I'm a bit alarmed by your assumptions that thinking and
laughing are mutually exclusive activities. Best wishes, Douglas Adams"
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #202378 ] Sa, 14 Januar 2006 22:26
shapeshifter.dragon  
Frankymole wrote:
> "Dave Cross" <dave [at] dave.org.uk> wrote in message
> news:pan.2005.12.31.08.23.31.931054 [at] dave.org.uk...
> > On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 17:31:09 +0000, Fat Sam wrote:
> >
> >> Out of interest...does anybody happen to know how many Dr Who episodes
> >> were
> >> written by Adams?....
> >
> > Three.
> >
> > The Pirate Planet, The City of Death and Shada.
>
> That's stories. Each was made up of from 4 to 6 episodes. And City of Death
> was co-written with Graham Williams, from an original script by David
> Fisher, under the pseudonym David Agnew...
>
> And DNA contributed dialogue, as script editor, to many more, starting with
> the final episode of The Armageddon Factor.
>
> So the pedantic Who fan's answer is: at least 14 episodes, plus bits of many
> more, though some were in collaboration.
>
>
> --
>
> Frank
> "Incidentally, I'm a bit alarmed by your assumptions that thinking and
> laughing are mutually exclusive activities. Best wishes, Douglas Adams"


Oh yes! Do let's be pedantic!
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #202379 ] Sa, 14 Januar 2006 23:21
Kaare Fiedler Christi  
Omicron Machine wrote:

<snip>

> Oh yes! Do let's be pedantic!

Yay! I love being pedantic!

Isn't "Do let's" grammtically incorrect?

Best
Kåre
... although, technically, I suppose "Best" isn't quite precise, I
mean, what is it i wish to be best, and whom do I wish it for? All
readers? Even those that are just computer indexers? If a spammer reads
it, do I wish him/her the best? And the best of what? A more precise
term might be "With wishes of the best possible experiences for all the
people I want to have the best possible experiences", but that's just
silly because a) it's far to long for a salutation line b) it has a
circular reference, and c) it sounds bloody stupid... [and so on]
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #202380 ] Sa, 14 Januar 2006 23:31
Gusty  
Reason not withstanding the universe continued unabated and Kaare
Fiedler Christiansen spoke forth:

>Omicron Machine wrote:
>
><snip>
>
>> Oh yes! Do let's be pedantic!
>
>Yay! I love being pedantic!
>
>Isn't "Do let's" grammtically incorrect?
>

Yes. Shall I be pedantic about your spelling of 'grammatically' ?

--
D.

"The Sphynx of the Caverns is the deadliest of all.
It possesses the head of a snake,
the body of a snake
and the feet of a snake."
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #202381 ] Sa, 14 Januar 2006 23:57
Slightly Interested R[1]  
Kaare Fiedler Christiansen wrote:
>> Oh yes! Do let's be pedantic!
>
>
> Yay! I love being pedantic!
>
> Isn't "Do let's" grammtically incorrect?
>
> Best
> Kåre
> ... although, technically, I suppose "Best" isn't quite precise, I
> mean, what is it i wish to be best, and whom do I wish it for? All
> readers? Even those that are just computer indexers? If a spammer reads
> it, do I wish him/her the best? And the best of what? A more precise
> term might be "With wishes of the best possible experiences for all the
> people I want to have the best possible experiences", but that's just
> silly because a) it's far to long for a salutation line b) it has a
> circular reference, and c) it sounds bloody stupid... [and so on]

Maybe you're just a really nice person and give your best wishes to
everyone. Whether grammatically correct or not best wishes are just
that, surely?

Andy.
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #202382 ] So, 15 Januar 2006 00:02
Kaare Fiedler Christi  
Gusty wrote:
> Reason not withstanding the universe continued unabated and Kaare
> Fiedler Christiansen spoke forth:
>
>
>>Omicron Machine wrote:
>>
>><snip>
>>
>>>Oh yes! Do let's be pedantic!
>>
>>Yay! I love being pedantic!
>>
>>Isn't "Do let's" grammtically incorrect?
>>
>
>
> Yes. Shall I be pedantic about your spelling of 'grammatically' ?

Yes, please!

Regards
Kåre
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #202383 ] So, 15 Januar 2006 02:02
Bernd Felsche  
Gusty <gustywinds.spamblock [at] btopenworld.com> writes:

>Reason not withstanding the universe continued unabated and Kaare
>Fiedler Christiansen spoke forth:
>>Omicron Machine wrote:

>>> Oh yes! Do let's be pedantic!

>>Yay! I love being pedantic!

>>Isn't "Do let's" grammtically incorrect?

>Yes. Shall I be pedantic about your spelling of 'grammatically' ?

Eh? So "Do let us be pedantic!" is grammatically incorrect?
--
/"\ Bernd Felsche - Innovative Reckoning, Perth, Western Australia
\ / ASCII ribbon campaign | "Laws do not persuade just because
X against HTML mail | they threaten."
/ \ and postings | Lucius Annaeus Seneca, c. 4BC - 65AD.
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #202385 ] So, 15 Januar 2006 06:29
shapeshifter.dragon  
Bernd Felsche wrote:
> Gusty <gustywinds.spamblock [at] btopenworld.com> writes:
>
> >Reason not withstanding the universe continued unabated and Kaare
> >Fiedler Christiansen spoke forth:
> >>Omicron Machine wrote:
>
> >>> Oh yes! Do let's be pedantic!
>
> >>Yay! I love being pedantic!
>
> >>Isn't "Do let's" grammtically incorrect?
>
> >Yes. Shall I be pedantic about your spelling of 'grammatically' ?
>
> Eh? So "Do let us be pedantic!" is grammatically incorrect?
> --
> /"\ Bernd Felsche - Innovative Reckoning, Perth, Western Australia
> \ / ASCII ribbon campaign | "Laws do not persuade just because
> X against HTML mail | they threaten."
> / \ and postings | Lucius Annaeus Seneca, c. 4BC - 65AD.


I'm fairly sure that it's a correct, if outmoded, way of expressing
that particular thought.
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #202387 ] So, 15 Januar 2006 07:45
Tian  
Bernd Felsche wrote:
> Gusty <gustywinds.spamblock [at] btopenworld.com> writes:
>
>
>>Reason not withstanding the universe continued unabated and Kaare
>>Fiedler Christiansen spoke forth:
>>
>>>Omicron Machine wrote:
>
>
>>>>Oh yes! Do let's be pedantic!
>
>
>>>Yay! I love being pedantic!
>
>
>>>Isn't "Do let's" grammtically incorrect?
>
>
>>Yes. Shall I be pedantic about your spelling of 'grammatically' ?
>
>
> Eh? So "Do let us be pedantic!" is grammatically incorrect?

I would have said "Let's be pedantic!"

--
Tian
Today I collected signatures at the Mendocino County Green Party
meeting in Philo. I've now gathered about 73 of the 150 signatures
I need to get on the California Green Party ballot as a Candidate
for US Senator. Also, you can hear my first interview at:
http://www.conscious-slaves.com/podcast/tian.mp3
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #202388 ] So, 15 Januar 2006 09:40
Chancellor_Goth  
"Slightly Interested Reader" <zarpdoon [at] REMOVEyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:olfyf.1108$wl.225 [at] text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> Kaare Fiedler Christiansen wrote:
> >> Oh yes! Do let's be pedantic!
>>
>>
>> Yay! I love being pedantic!
>>
>> Isn't "Do let's" grammtically incorrect?
>>
>> Best
>> Kåre
>> ... although, technically, I suppose "Best" isn't quite precise, I
>> mean, what is it i wish to be best, and whom do I wish it for? All
>> readers? Even those that are just computer indexers? If a spammer reads
>> it, do I wish him/her the best? And the best of what? A more precise term
>> might be "With wishes of the best possible experiences for all the people
>> I want to have the best possible experiences", but that's just silly
>> because a) it's far to long for a salutation line b) it has a circular
>> reference, and c) it sounds bloody stupid... [and so on]
>
> Maybe you're just a really nice person and give your best wishes to
> everyone. Whether grammatically correct or not best wishes are just that,
> surely?

Reminds me of the Lawyer's Christmas Greeting!


--
Chancellor Goth
"And yet the motives of women are so inscrutable . . . Their most trivial
action may mean volumes, or their most extraordinary conduct may depend upon
a hairpin or a curling-tongs." - Sherlock Holmes, "The Adventure of the
Second Stain".
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #202394 ] Mo, 16 Januar 2006 04:26
shapeshifter.dragon  
Chancellor_Goth wrote:
> "Slightly Interested Reader" <zarpdoon [at] REMOVEyahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:olfyf.1108$wl.225 [at] text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> > Kaare Fiedler Christiansen wrote:
> > >> Oh yes! Do let's be pedantic!
> >>
> >>
> >> Yay! I love being pedantic!
> >>
> >> Isn't "Do let's" grammtically incorrect?
> >>
> >> Best
> >> K=E5re
> >> ... although, technically, I suppose "Best" isn't quite precise, I
> >> mean, what is it i wish to be best, and whom do I wish it for? All
> >> readers? Even those that are just computer indexers? If a spammer reads
> >> it, do I wish him/her the best? And the best of what? A more precise t=
erm
> >> might be "With wishes of the best possible experiences for all the peo=
ple
> >> I want to have the best possible experiences", but that's just silly
> >> because a) it's far to long for a salutation line b) it has a circular
> >> reference, and c) it sounds bloody stupid... [and so on]
> >
> > Maybe you're just a really nice person and give your best wishes to
> > everyone. Whether grammatically correct or not best wishes are just tha=
t,
> > surely?
>
> Reminds me of the Lawyer's Christmas Greeting!
>
>
> --
> Chancellor Goth
> "And yet the motives of women are so inscrutable . . . Their most trivial
> action may mean volumes, or their most extraordinary conduct may depend u=
pon
> a hairpin or a curling-tongs." - Sherlock Holmes, "The Adventure of the
> Second Stain".

What's the Lawyer's Christmas Greeting?
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #202395 ] Mo, 16 Januar 2006 05:00
Reece  
Slightly Interested Reader <zarpdoon [at] REMOVEyahoo.com> wrote in
news:olfyf.1108$wl.225 [at] text.news.blueyonder.co.uk:

<snip>

> Maybe you're just a really nice person and give your best wishes to
> everyone. Whether grammatically correct or not best wishes are just
> that, surely?
>
> Andy.


There is a garage up the road from me that has a notice at its exit: "Have
a nice day, unless otherwise planned".

Always gets a smile from me.

R.


--
"To a good wicket-keeper much may be forgiven"
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #204563 ] Mo, 16 Januar 2006 19:47
Chancellor_Goth  
"Omicron Machine" <shapeshifter.dragon [at] gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1137381962.639245.119160 [at] g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...

> What's the Lawyer's Christmas Greeting?


Merry Christmas (the solicitor's version......)

Please accept, with no obligation implied or implicit, my best wishes
for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress,
non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice
holiday, practised within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious
persuasion of your choice or secular practices of your choice, with
respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of
others, or of their choice not to practice religious or secular
traditions at all; and a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and
medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally
accepted calendar year 2005, but not without due respect for the
calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society
have helped make Britain great (not to imply that Britain is necessarily
greater than any other country or is the only "Britain" in the western
hemisphere), and without regard to the race, creed, colour, age,
physical ability, religious faith, or sexual preference of the wishee.

By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these terms: this greeting
is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable
with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by
the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for her/himself or
others. It is void where prohibited by law. It is revocable at the sole
discretion of the wisher.

This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual
application of good tidings for a period of one year or until the
issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and
warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new
wish at the sole discretion of the wisher.

This wish is governed by English law and all disputes between the wisher
and the wishee wheresoever and howsoever arising from or in any way
connected with this greeting shall be referred to binding arbitration in
London with no right of appeal other than as required by mandatory rule
of law by a sole arbitrator who shall be a solicitor or barrister
appointed upon application of either party by the London Court of
International Arbitration.

and finally :

The value of wishes is not guaranteed and may go down as well as up...

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Best wishes (within reasonable limits)



--
Chancellor Goth
"And yet the motives of women are so inscrutable . . . Their most trivial
action may mean volumes, or their most extraordinary conduct may depend upon
a hairpin or a curling-tongs." - Sherlock Holmes, "The Adventure of the
Second Stain".
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #204573 ] Di, 17 Januar 2006 03:34
shapeshifter.dragon  
Chancellor_Goth wrote:
> "Omicron Machine" <shapeshifter.dragon [at] gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1137381962.639245.119160 [at] g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
> > What's the Lawyer's Christmas Greeting?
>
>
> Merry Christmas (the solicitor's version......)
>
> Please accept, with no obligation implied or implicit, my best wishes
> for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress,
> non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice
> holiday, practised within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious
> persuasion of your choice or secular practices of your choice, with
> respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of
> others, or of their choice not to practice religious or secular
> traditions at all; and a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and
> medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally
> accepted calendar year 2005, but not without due respect for the
> calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society
> have helped make Britain great (not to imply that Britain is necessarily
> greater than any other country or is the only "Britain" in the western
> hemisphere), and without regard to the race, creed, colour, age,
> physical ability, religious faith, or sexual preference of the wishee.
>
> By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these terms: this greeting
> is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable
> with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by
> the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for her/himself or
> others. It is void where prohibited by law. It is revocable at the sole
> discretion of the wisher.
>
> This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual
> application of good tidings for a period of one year or until the
> issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and
> warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new
> wish at the sole discretion of the wisher.
>
> This wish is governed by English law and all disputes between the wisher
> and the wishee wheresoever and howsoever arising from or in any way
> connected with this greeting shall be referred to binding arbitration in
> London with no right of appeal other than as required by mandatory rule
> of law by a sole arbitrator who shall be a solicitor or barrister
> appointed upon application of either party by the London Court of
> International Arbitration.
>
> and finally :
>
> The value of wishes is not guaranteed and may go down as well as up...
>
> MERRY CHRISTMAS
>
> Best wishes (within reasonable limits)
>
>
>
> --
> Chancellor Goth
> "And yet the motives of women are so inscrutable . . . Their most trivial
> action may mean volumes, or their most extraordinary conduct may depend upon
> a hairpin or a curling-tongs." - Sherlock Holmes, "The Adventure of the
> Second Stain".

I feel like that may very well supplant both "Merry Christmas" and
"Happy holidays" as the greeting uttered by employees standing by the
door when you go into Wal-Mart or some such place.
Re: The new Dr Who series [message #204576 ] Di, 17 Januar 2006 19:00
Notifier Deamon  
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