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Post by jjpor on Oct 8, 2009 0:27:04 GMT
Okay, so you won't know what on earth the thread subject-line refers to unless you happen to be a UKian of a certain vintage...
In any case, I happened to turn on the TV this afternoon, and I caught the last five minutes or so of Blue Peter (long, long running smugly middle-class BBC kids' magazine show referred to probably on other threads - Peter "Steven Taylor" Purves - yes, one of One's companions - was once one of the presenters, believe it or not - as was Janet "that girl in the yellow jimjams in Horns of Nimon and also mother of sometime UK dance-music star Sophie Ellis-Bextor" Ellis at one point, but that's all by-the-by...) ;D
Anyway, for some reason they had a replica of the TARDIS in the studio, and a NuWho Dalek for good measure; I'm still getting used to the idea of the BBC treating Doctor Who with something less than utter contempt, I have to admit, so remain a little taken aback by such shows of support. In any case, they then mentioned the dread words "TARDIS console design competition". Yes, folks; it's the Abzorbaloff all over again! They're getting kids to write in with drawings of what they think would make a good TARDIS console. Hopefully, considering they're already pretty far into filming Season 5, they won't actually feature whichever design wins this competition in the actual programme, although, having said that, remember the Abzorbaloff...
Yes, be afraid; be very afraid...
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Post by Stripes on Oct 8, 2009 0:32:26 GMT
Blue Peter has done a few things with Doctor Who. What's wrong with kids creating the inside of tardis, they have the best imagination, and Doctor Who is a kid show, kids should have more say!
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Post by jjpor on Oct 8, 2009 0:35:35 GMT
Yeah, but, the Abzorbaloff...didn't end well, is all I'm saying...remember the paving slab...  ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by clocketpatch on Oct 8, 2009 0:37:01 GMT
haha, Sticky-backed plastic. I have no idea what it is, but I remember Neil on Art Attack having several unfathomable uses for it. That and PVC glue (it took me forever to figure out that was just white glue and not some weird British thing. I wasn't always a smart child)
I'm pretty sure the TARDIS interior has already been built; so either this is just for a quick bit of desktop theme foolery, or else the TARDIS in question isn't the Doctor's.
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Post by Maggadin on Oct 8, 2009 0:36:51 GMT
OMG Steven! ;D And what's with showing contempt for a show which surely was one their most popular for twenty-six years? I heard about that competition. Surely, it can't get worse than the Abzorbaloff... |
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Post by jjpor on Oct 8, 2009 0:46:33 GMT
haha, Sticky-backed plastic. I have no idea what it is, but I remember Neil on Art Attack having several unfathomable uses for it. That and PVC glue (it took me forever to figure out that was just white glue and not some weird British thing. I wasn't always a smart child Heheh - yeah, PVC glue... I didn't know they had Art Attack on your side of the Herring Pond. The guy who presented it, Neil Buchanan, is an example of good old Liverpool talent - believe it or not, I work with his cousin. Really. His name is Dave, and he has a few stories to tell about old Neil... ;D And yes, Maggadin - Steven! I'll always love him because he's in The Time Meddler, which is the first One story I ever saw, and still one of my faves. Him and Hi-Fi! And you say they couldn't get any worse than the Abzorbaloff...but it can always get worse... ;D I'm pretty sure the TARDIS interior has already been built; so either this is just for a quick bit of desktop theme foolery, or else the TARDIS in question isn't the Doctor's. Ooh - good point! Maybe it ties in with my shameless Agent Scully love on the other thread, perhaps, if you've heard that particular rumour...? |
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Post by magnusgreel on Oct 8, 2009 1:47:10 GMT
...and Doctor Who is a kid show.... Oh my-- I could give you a list of DW stories to disillusion you of that idea, starting with Horror of Fang Rock... Anyway, imagination is crucial, but artistic skills are needed, and those take years to develop. I'm still working on it. Jjpor-- I thought this thread would be about the Master's joke in Axos, about putting tape on the windows.... |
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Post by Stripes on Oct 8, 2009 2:14:44 GMT
...and Doctor Who is a kid show.... Oh my-- I could give you a list of DW stories to disillusion you of that idea, starting with Horror of Fang Rock... Anyway, imagination is crucial, but artistic skills are needed, and those take years to develop. I'm still working on it. Pffft. Kids can handle adult themes. The stuff that I watched when I was kid is something the North American "Parenthood specialist" would have a heart attack about. It didn't mess me up, if anything, it made more aware of the world around me. Then again I was a very curies person. Also, about you "artist skills", I really you underestimate children. |
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Post by clocketpatch on Oct 8, 2009 3:32:32 GMT
Heheh - yeah, PVC glue... I didn't know they had Art Attack on your side of the Herring Pond. The guy who presented it, Neil Buchanan, is an example of good old Liverpool talent - believe it or not, I work with his cousin. Really. His name is Dave, and he has a few stories to tell about old Neil... ;D Hehehehehe. Yes, we have Art Attack and several other strange U.K.ian shows on TVO; sometimes they seem to be all they play. A couple of years ago they had this bizarre reality TV show that was like a mix of Survivor and National Geographic, but with ten year olds... I watched it with baited breath waiting for the terrible injuries and lawsuits to happen. Maybe they did. But never onscreen. I think I might have watched a few reruns of Classic Doctor Who and Red Dwarf on late night TVO too... when I was young and didn't know what it was. Of course, this could be one of those wishful memories that never actually happened, but I think that they were running the show up into the mid-90s, so it COULD have happened... I mean, I could -swear- that I watched the Key to Time series with my brother. I remember the White Guardian in his wicker chair. And Pyramids of Mars gave me huge deja-vu... ANYWAYS As for Neil, though I never managed to make my art attacks look half so nice, I loved him, and his creepy talking bust puppet. The giant art attacks always fascinated me (though please don't tell me he's just following lines pre-drawn on the ground like a giant paint-by-numbers; please don't kill the dream) But yes, you can relate to his cousin that he was totally a childhood hero of mine (though, being all like "Person I met on the internet thinks your cousin is cool!" is kind of creepy... so maybe not) *is irrationally happy about the whole thing* Ooh - good point! Maybe it ties in with my shameless Agent Scully love on the other thread, perhaps, if you've heard that particular rumour...? Yeah rumours! Though the mental image it gives is quite boggling , I've decided after much introspection that, if they do, she's the only one for it. |
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Post by magnusgreel on Oct 8, 2009 4:29:28 GMT
Many can, but so what? That's a different subject, which I never brought up. Many, many children can handle an adult story such as Horror of Fang Rock, but that doesn't make it a kids' story. Most of what I watched as a child was for adults, but often it was imaginative in a way that brought in younger viewers too. I didn't watch very many children's shows.
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Post by teeceeoh on Oct 8, 2009 17:06:08 GMT
Ah, Blue Peter. Managed to stain its whiter than white reputation in recent years, if I remember rightly. Even still, I liked to watch it. I wonder if they've ever been responsible for some of Doctor Who's props?  Oh, and I used to watch Art Attack too. Nothing I like more than being reminded how artistic I'm not.  Red Dwarf. I've not got to see the newer episodes of that, unfortunately. One of the many things that amused me about that was the theme tune. Started off all pompous-like, then quickly descended into madness. |
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Post by Stripes on Oct 8, 2009 17:34:16 GMT
When my sister lived in London, she worked for a publishing company, which published Art Attack books. They company had to ban a book and/or re do the cover because of the cover. Neil was holding and squeezing a paint tube, with paint splatting out and it looked like he was doing something else. xD
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Post by lostspook on Oct 8, 2009 19:34:02 GMT
DW and Blue Peter have always gone together, so much so that they're apparently doing a two-part documentary about the relationship to be on a couple of upcoming DVD releases. And Clocket, I never knew what sticky-backed plastic was, except that it was some magic thing that Blue Peter had and the rest of us didn't. It turns out that they weren't allowed to say 'cellotape' on screen because it was a brand name - hence sticky-backed plastic!! ;D I never watched Art Attack, though. I am just a smidgeon older than JJ and was moving on by then. Or possibly running because art shows were all Tony Hart and Rolf Harris and by the time you're a teenager, there's only so much of that you can take. Or possibly I was being snobby and not watching ITV, because I was like that. (Unless it was Knightmare or Press Gang or something. In fact, I wouldn't watch Press Gang at that point in time because it was on ITV.  So, unless it was Knightmare...) (Is it going off-topic to say - do you remember Knightmare? Wasn't it completely impossible? I bet they'd have to make it easier if they ever did it again. ;D They so should do it again. "I'm sorry, you've just walked off the edge of a cliff...") |
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Post by teeceeoh on Oct 9, 2009 16:28:43 GMT
Knightmare? I watched that. I can't remember much about it, which is nothing new. I remember watching the Crystal Maze, too...
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Post by lostspook on Oct 9, 2009 18:40:40 GMT
Knightmare? I watched that. I can't remember much about it, which is nothing new. I remember watching the Crystal Maze, too... I never watched The Crystal Maze, but Knightmare I was hooked on - it was the rarity of people actually winning that got me, as well as the whole quest/fantasy set-up. I'm sure there would be a market for some sort of updated revival. ;D |
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Post by teeceeoh on Oct 9, 2009 19:00:08 GMT
Knightmare? I watched that. I can't remember much about it, which is nothing new. I remember watching the Crystal Maze, too... I never watched The Crystal Maze, but Knightmare I was hooked on - it was the rarity of people actually winning that got me, as well as the whole quest/fantasy set-up. I'm sure there would be a market for some sort of updated revival. ;D That would be really nice, wouldn't it? I would definitely watch if I could. |
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Post by johne on Oct 9, 2009 19:00:18 GMT
The Crystal Maze was terrific fun. At least, when it was Richard O'Brien at the helm making fun of the contestants. I don't remember anything about Ed Tudor-Pole, except the not-regeneration.
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Post by jjpor on Oct 11, 2009 20:46:49 GMT
Knightmare! ;D I used to love that. The man Treguard was some sort of legend - too bad about his sidekick the elf, or whatever he was supposed to be. He let the side down a bit. The funniest part was the way he used to react when the kids did something particularly stupid and made their mate walk off a cliff or something - after he'd bent over backwards trying to drop them broad hints about what they should do. You're right, though; I can't remember more than one or two times that they actually won. It was a once-a-series thing, at any rate. And speaking of living legends - Richard O'Brien was great in the Crystal Maze. Didn't think much of the fella he regenerated into, but anyway. Another one that was hellishly difficult to actually win, with those gold things and silver things etc. Clocket, as far as I'm aware, the big Art Attacks were indeed the impressive feats of planning and execution they appeared to be. If it turns out otherwise, I would be as disillusioned as you! I suppose it's the benefits of doing everything in-house in those days, but yeah, Blue Peter and Doctor Who have always been very closely linked. Just like Radio One and Tope of the Pops (when there was still a Top of the Pops)... Here's a nice example: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG_KygcFjA4 |
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Post by johne on Oct 11, 2009 21:44:34 GMT
Knightmare! ;D I used to love that. The man Treguard was some sort of legend - too bad about his sidekick the elf, or whatever he was supposed to be. He let the side down a bit. The funniest part was the way he used to react when the kids did something particularly stupid and made their mate walk off a cliff or something - after he'd bent over backwards trying to drop them broad hints about what they should do. "Oooh... Nasty." Apparently it was originally an ad-lib by the actor. Once or twice a team actually managed to end up collecting more silver tokens than gold. Which O'Brien described, IIRC, as a "grand non-total of minus twenty-seven" or whatever. |
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Post by jjpor on Oct 12, 2009 20:27:35 GMT
"Oooh... Nasty." Apparently it was originally an ad-lib by the actor. Heheh - and the old bell tolling, and the eyeballs...I'm having flashbacks... ;D |
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