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Post by davisonera on May 16, 2006 12:22:01 GMT -5
Never mind Sylvester McCoy surely Colin Baker is more underrated. Most Doctor Who fans are eternally slagging him off for his version of the character. Noone does that to McCoy and he actually was rubbish.
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Post by The Thinker on May 17, 2006 10:08:50 GMT -5
On Colin Baker's Doctor, I agree that he's one of the most underrated Doctors. I especially think that he was mistreated by the BBC, especially Mr. Grade and that his stories were too continuity laden, something which is not the actor's fault. I do rather enjoy watch 'Revelation of the Daleks' and in doing that I nearly wore out the DVD player! I also like 'Mark of the Rani' too. Shame about 'The Twin Dilemma', which was literally a dilemma. But I do like Colin Baker's Doctor.
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Post by Eryx on May 22, 2006 12:54:04 GMT -5
Never mind Sylvester McCoy surely Colin Baker is more underrated. Most Doctor Who fans are eternally slagging him off for his version of the character. Noone does that to McCoy and he actually was rubbish. I have to disagree with that, McCoy was a very good Doctor, it was the majority of stories that needed redoing (a giant Bertie Basset as a villain?  ). |
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Post by The Thinker on Jun 1, 2006 8:22:25 GMT -5
I wonder what the series would've turned out like had Colin Baker stayed on a little longer than he did? Would it have improved? Would it have conked out quicker? I need to do some research!  |
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Post by Dominic Smith on Jul 6, 2006 10:49:30 GMT -5
I believe Colin was offered a swan-song of sorts when he was fired, in that the BBC asked if he should like to return for 'Time and the Rani' so as to give his character a proper send-off. If I remember correctly he would have died sacrificing himself by remaining in the lab when the rocket was launched, the initial idea of the story being that someone would have to stay behind in order to foil the Rani's plan whilst the others fled, but as a consequence would be killed. I could be wrong on that because it's been a long time since I read the full article explaining the situation.
Anyway, I think it would have been nice to see a gallant exit for the sixth Doctor, it might have been key in showing the side of the Doctor Colin wanted to reveal, not the irritable side many seem to find in his characterisation but the warmer side he developed towards the end of his time on the show.
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Post by The Valeyard on Mar 18, 2007 0:02:54 GMT -5
The series would have been cancelled sooner. He was probably the worst. I think changing Doctors extended the series.
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Post by The Thinker on Mar 18, 2007 4:56:40 GMT -5
Now Colin I have to say, is not the worst Doctor. He had quite a few good stories I must admin and that I think keeping him on might have been better as it would've given Colin a chance to develop his Doctor the way he wanted to, and thus, have him remembered in a better light. Of course we'd have to do something about the writers first, but really, he was grossly underrated.
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Post by horg on Mar 25, 2007 6:23:10 GMT -5
I would say he was the most underrated because he wasn't the doctor for long and not many people listen to the audios and some of the television stories were really really poor.
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Post by Nytik on Apr 3, 2007 16:32:39 GMT -5
Never mind Sylvester McCoy surely Colin Baker is more underrated. Most Doctor Who fans are eternally slagging him off for his version of the character. Noone does that to McCoy and he actually was rubbish. I have to disagree with that, McCoy was a very good Doctor, it was the majority of stories that needed redoing (a giant Bertie Basset as a villain? ). One of the best moments in TV history, when you see Bertie Basset shooting people. That never happened though. Shame. |
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