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Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special world wide broadcast comming.

Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
edited 2013-10-05 04:24 in General Discussion
On the 23rd of November the 50th anniversary special edition of Dr Who will be broadcast world wide. (75 countries at least so far).

The lucky USA get's in 3D in cinemas!

To celbrate I will be hiding behind the sofa peeking at the TV like I did when the first episodes aired and the Daleks showed up.:)

Comments

  • Martin_HMartin_H Posts: 4,051
    edited 2013-10-04 02:35
    If it's in cinemas in the US my kids are going to want to be there.
  • evanhevanh Posts: 15,942
    edited 2013-10-04 03:19
    It's the only TV fiction I've watched since the end of Stargate.
  • skylightskylight Posts: 1,915
    edited 2013-10-04 03:33
    I used to work on it during the 80's and 90's at TVC It used to be a giggle queuing up with an actor in full creature makeup and costume waiting to buy a sandwich and tea at the crush bar, as for the Daleks whenever they were in the studio we'd get a chance to get inside one and have a trundle around
  • GadgetmanGadgetman Posts: 2,436
    edited 2013-10-04 05:17
    You lucky... ... ... !

    Where's the list of broadcasting channels?
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2013-10-04 05:25
    So much TV and so little time. I missed nearly all of Dr. Who for some reason. It was an odd British show. Dr. Who and Monty Python have always been rather mysterious to me... illusive entertainment. It may have been that I was in college and too busy with other distractions... seems about right for a 50th aniversary.

    At least I know what a Dalek is.
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2013-10-04 05:31
    Ooops, sorry forgot the link as I was rushing to work:
    http://www.doctorwho.tv/whats-new/article/50th-anniversary-to-be-simulcast-in-over-75-countries-and-cinemas#list
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2013-10-04 05:34
    Loopy,
    So much TV and so little time.


    Yes indeed. That is why all the way through uni we only ever watched Monty Python and Dr Who. Pretty much eliminated TV from life afterwards. Never actually bought one for myself.

    Now I only have Dr Who left.
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2013-10-04 05:47
    And across the pond, we faithfully gathered to watch Startrek while some whispered about Monty Python and Dr. Who.

    I am still learning how different the British are. It took me 63 years to discover that steak and kidney pie had mashed potatoes in it. And I am still shocked and awed that someone would put mashed potatoes in a pie.
  • Beau SchwabeBeau Schwabe Posts: 6,566
    edited 2013-10-04 06:01
    Helping a friend this weekend with the motor control under the hood of the Dr Who K-9 unit .... :-)

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  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2013-10-04 06:08
    Loopy,

    Ah yes, you caught me out, Star Trek was compulsory viewing. At least the original series. After that not so much.

    I think some one has been winding you up. Or where did you get that from? Steak and Kidney pie is a very wonderful thing and I have never seen one with mashed potato in it. Served with mashed potato perhaps but not in it. You might want to thicken the filling up with a little flour or corn starch. Perhaps some cheapskate was putting mash spud in there instead.
    http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1313/a-good-steak-and-kidney-pie
  • ctwardellctwardell Posts: 1,716
    edited 2013-10-04 06:16
    Beau Schwabe (Parallax) wrote: »
    Helping a friend this weekend with the motor control under the hood of the Dr Who K-9 unit .... :-)

    Dr Who K-9.jpg

    Looking good.

    Building one of those is on my bucket list, I figure it's a more realistic goal than a TARDIS.

    C.W.
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2013-10-04 06:34
    K-9 Unit? Dr. Who is a tribute to low budget television successes.

    I have a cousin that broke it writing for TV by having her first attempt watched by more people than the Superbowl.... She wrote "Who shot J.R.?" for Dallas.

    Some people do achieve great things with next to nothing for resources.
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2013-10-04 07:19
    Great! Just after 10AM local time and we're already talking food......this is going to be a rough day!!

    Loopy, perhaps someone was leading you astray with Shepherd's Pie? It's a wonderful concoction (well, it IS pie, afterall!) usually covered with a layer of "mash" instead of a top crust.

    Now I'm getting hungry!

    As for Dr. Who....I never got into those.
    Monty Python? Yes, I got that and have always enjoyed them.
    Star Trek? Of course from the first up through the latest! (except Deep Space 9 for some reason - I'll have to give them another chance.
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2013-10-04 07:24
    Ah, of course. Shepherd's Pie. Not really a pie at all in some sense. But a fabulous thing. I you have just given a me a little project to be getting on with on Sunday.
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2013-10-04 07:33
    I consider Shepherd's Pie a pie in the same sense I consider a lemon meringue or a cream pie a pie. It doesn't have two crusts as a traditional fruit pie or a nice mincemeat would but it is a pie in the spirit of piehood! The layer of mash is similar to the layer of meringue or whipped cream on these single crust pies.

    note: I refrained from calling anything a "dessert pie" because I do not restrict pie consumption to a dessert activity.
  • skylightskylight Posts: 1,915
    edited 2013-10-04 09:56
    Talking of mashed potato Dr Who used to use a lot of it made up from catering packs of "Smash" a dehydrated mash in granule form http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKt-KR1TsRg

    i    t was mixed up in huge plastic tubs on wheels with dye added (usually green)
    After a day under the studio lights the smell was quite potent :smile: mind you some of the smells from the sets actually made the sets more believable shame the viewer didn't have "smellyvision"..
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2013-10-05 04:24
    Wow, Smash, I always though there must be a use for that stuff.

    Brilliant commercial by the late John Webster though.
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