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I absolutely adored this series, and there wasn't nearly enough of it. My favorite aspect was the use of appropriate pop/rock tunes in the score. The best example of this was playing "Under Pressure" as Queen Elizabeth agonized over signing the death warrant and the segue into "Killer Queen" as she put pen to paper. Even funnier considering both songs were by Queen.
I also liked the Tom Jones aspect of Dick Turpin in jail as "Its' Not Unusual" played in the background.
This is a series I'd love to see brought back and added to. It's a program that didn't get nearly enough exposure.
I also liked the Tom Jones aspect of Dick Turpin in jail as "Its' Not Unusual" played in the background.
This is a series I'd love to see brought back and added to. It's a program that didn't get nearly enough exposure.
Wow! I watched this series as a kid (I'm 55+ now) and had nothing but fond memories, so I jumped at the chance to get the series on DVD. Everything I loved intuitively as a child is there, and there are layers in the stories that I can now appreciate as an adult. The series was an amazingly sophisticated piece of writing, acting, and production. There was wonderful political subtext (after all, the best blacklisted American writers were putting the scripts together) about the McCarthy witch hunts, the dangers of developing super-weapons, tolerance and appreciation of people from other cultures, and amazing feminism (my childhood heroes were Marian and Annie Oakley; couldn't identify with the June Cleavers and Margaret Andersons at all).
And as for Richard Greene: He's still my definitive Robin. And I might add, no one before or since could match Alexander Gauge's Tuck.
And as for Richard Greene: He's still my definitive Robin. And I might add, no one before or since could match Alexander Gauge's Tuck.
I tuned in to the new Doctor prepared to be disappointed. What a surprise! The new incarnation is wonderful! It respects the old traditionsthanks for preserving the theme music; somewhere Ron Grainer is smilingwhile adding new twists. The production values are slicker, yet there is the occasional bit of cheesiness that plucks nostalgic strings in this old Whovian's heart.
The toughest things for me to get used to are: (1) the use of film instead of videotape: It looks better, for sure, but I'm still trying to "tune" my eyes to it; (2)the Doctor's decidedly less Received English accent. I have no issue with it other than that my ear has been trained to the more Public School speech patterns of the old Doctors.
All in all, though, a fabulous blend of old and new. I look forward to seeing more.
The toughest things for me to get used to are: (1) the use of film instead of videotape: It looks better, for sure, but I'm still trying to "tune" my eyes to it; (2)the Doctor's decidedly less Received English accent. I have no issue with it other than that my ear has been trained to the more Public School speech patterns of the old Doctors.
All in all, though, a fabulous blend of old and new. I look forward to seeing more.