Post by andyg on May 18, 2013 14:41:43 GMT -5
When I first saw "Robot" on my PBS station in 1977 after my dad said that I should check it out after we saw Star Wars earlier that year, and wanting to know what the hell that thing was that was after a young journalist snooping around a wahehouse- I was hooked. This strange British show with its aliens, robots and creatures kept me interested on wanting more. The Sontarans, Daleks, and Cybermen were cool, but it was the Zygons that freaked the crap out of me. Week after week I watched an episode until it finished with part 6 of "The Invasion of Time"... and it started over again.
After a while, more shows were shown and more PBS stations picked up the series, some started to show them five nights a week and some were in "Movie form" - all episodes together on Saterday afternoons or evenings. The show was used as a "Money getter" when they had pledge drives by giving away T-shirts and Target novels , and created fan clubs such as the "North American Doctor Who Appercian Society" in California, the "Doctor Who Fan Club of America "in Denver,Co., the "Doctor Who Information Network" in Canada, and local groups in various states. Now after all of these years of recieving newsletters and special fanzines from them, I thought I knew everything about the show- about how it was created to it's return in 2005. Boy, did I learn a few new things.
Dave Thompson does a really good job on tracking down little known facts of the series from November 23, 1963, to what we know and saw up to "The Snowmen." He even tells of the very last PBS station in America that is STILL showing all the classic episodes in order. I checked it myself and KBTC in Tacoma, WA. even has a clock to the 50th Anniversary counting down to the very last second.
Even though he fails to remember that The Doctor DID fix the Chamelion circut in "Attack of the Cybermen," (the Doctor later keeps the TARDIS as a police box since it kept changing into things unlike it's surroundings) he does a good job on telling the reader how the series was created and what inspired it, how and where some of the lost episodes were found, songs and music that was written about Doctor Who and vice-versa, records and radio broadcasts, there's even a part in the book titled "101 Uses for a Dead Adric," toys and models since it's beginings, Big Finish Audio shows now on cd, the "Lost Adventures" in the Colin Baker era, and an "Unofficial spoof' that will suprise you. (and no I'm not talking about the photos of Katy Manning and a Dalek- but it's on the same page.)
Mr.Thompson gives a detailed look on our favourite show us nerds know and love, either if you're a Whovian from the classic shows or a fan of the series when Christopher Eccleston grabed Billie Piper's hand and said "Run!" I recomend this book very much if you see it at your local bookstore or if you purchace it online. I guess some old dogs can learn new things.
After a while, more shows were shown and more PBS stations picked up the series, some started to show them five nights a week and some were in "Movie form" - all episodes together on Saterday afternoons or evenings. The show was used as a "Money getter" when they had pledge drives by giving away T-shirts and Target novels , and created fan clubs such as the "North American Doctor Who Appercian Society" in California, the "Doctor Who Fan Club of America "in Denver,Co., the "Doctor Who Information Network" in Canada, and local groups in various states. Now after all of these years of recieving newsletters and special fanzines from them, I thought I knew everything about the show- about how it was created to it's return in 2005. Boy, did I learn a few new things.
Dave Thompson does a really good job on tracking down little known facts of the series from November 23, 1963, to what we know and saw up to "The Snowmen." He even tells of the very last PBS station in America that is STILL showing all the classic episodes in order. I checked it myself and KBTC in Tacoma, WA. even has a clock to the 50th Anniversary counting down to the very last second.
Even though he fails to remember that The Doctor DID fix the Chamelion circut in "Attack of the Cybermen," (the Doctor later keeps the TARDIS as a police box since it kept changing into things unlike it's surroundings) he does a good job on telling the reader how the series was created and what inspired it, how and where some of the lost episodes were found, songs and music that was written about Doctor Who and vice-versa, records and radio broadcasts, there's even a part in the book titled "101 Uses for a Dead Adric," toys and models since it's beginings, Big Finish Audio shows now on cd, the "Lost Adventures" in the Colin Baker era, and an "Unofficial spoof' that will suprise you. (and no I'm not talking about the photos of Katy Manning and a Dalek- but it's on the same page.)
Mr.Thompson gives a detailed look on our favourite show us nerds know and love, either if you're a Whovian from the classic shows or a fan of the series when Christopher Eccleston grabed Billie Piper's hand and said "Run!" I recomend this book very much if you see it at your local bookstore or if you purchace it online. I guess some old dogs can learn new things.