The E-Space Trilogy: Coming to DVD in 2009 (Do You Plan To Buy?)

Zoltar wrote:Rumor has it this will be a Birthday gift for me, even though the release date misses by a bit.

Oh, Hooray! My birthday is still a month off. But there's at least one ray of hope: my sister, who HATED Doctor Who with a passion when we were growing up, included in my Christmas presents a T-Shirt with the new Doctor Who logo on it. Caught me off guard, since I grew used to her invectives against the show twenty years ago.

Won't be getting this unless it's given to me. One great story + one which introduces Adric + Warrior's Gate = not worth the expenditure for this Eocene.

Sid Seadevil wrote:Won't be getting this unless it's given to me. One great story + one which introduces Adric + Warrior's Gate = not worth the expenditure for this Eocene.

As I said to Zoltar upthread a bit, I can tolerate Adric here only because I already know his ultimate fate.

Besides, his performance is actually not bad in Full Circle. He's better than the rest of the outler kids in that story. For me, the real appeal of this collection is that it's the trilogy of stories that lead to Lalla Ward's departure from the show. I always liked her Romana.

Patrick wrote:As I said to Zoltar upthread a bit, I can tolerate Adric here only because I already know his ultimate fate.

Besides, his performance is actually not bad in Full Circle. He's better than the rest of the outler kids in that story. For me, the real appeal of this collection is that it's the trilogy of stories that lead to Lalla Ward's departure from the show. I always liked her Romana.

And perhaps more than anything else about the trilogy you've summed up at big part of my indifference towards it: Lalla Ward. Didn't overly care for her then - don't overly care for her now. A vastly overrated character whose been elevated to an undeserved hight on the flimsiest of fan motives: Most of them fancy her.

I remain steadfastly immune to her magic.

I have far more regard for Lalla than I do Matthew Waterhouse. I actually think Lalla and Tom had some nicely done scenes together in State of Decay (their 'We'll always have Paris' moment, if you will), and I think in Warrior's Gate she showed she can be as resourceful as the Doctor, and hold sway as the focus of a scene, too.

I will admit my bias. As anyone who read my CT commentary on Season 18 already knows, I'm partial to this season. That probably puts me in the minority, I realize, but there you have it.

I think season 18 is the best season of them all. Closely followed by 4 and 16. New Who 3 is up there too.

Sid Seadevil wrote:

Patrick wrote:As I said to Zoltar upthread a bit, I can tolerate Adric here only because I already know his ultimate fate.

Besides, his performance is actually not bad in Full Circle. He's better than the rest of the outler kids in that story. For me, the real appeal of this collection is that it's the trilogy of stories that lead to Lalla Ward's departure from the show. I always liked her Romana.

And perhaps more than anything else about the trilogy you've summed up at big part of my indifference towards it: Lalla Ward. Didn't overly care for her then - don't overly care for her now. A vastly overrated character whose been elevated to an undeserved hight on the flimsiest of fan motives: Most of them fancy her.

I remain steadfastly immune to her magic.

Sid! Are you me????

Patrick wrote:I have far more regard for Lalla than I do Matthew Waterhouse. I actually think Lalla and Tom had some nicely done scenes together in State of Decay (their 'We'll always have Paris' moment, if you will), and I think in Warrior's Gate she showed she can be as resourceful as the Doctor, and hold sway as the focus of a scene, too.

I will admit my bias. As anyone who read my CT commentary on Season 18 already knows, I'm partial to this season. That probably puts me in the minority, I realize, but there you have it.

And there's absolutely nothing wrong with that, old chum. I certainly wouldn't dream of saying either you or anybody else for that matter were wrong in their regard for a particular story/season.

Unfortunately for me, personally, the trilogy holds scan reward or rewatch value. It's not bad Who per ce - just njot my particular cuppa' Whoy goodness.

sheringham wrote:Sid! Are you me????

No. You're me. Albeit with marginally better legs.

Johnstone McGuckian wrote:I think season 18 is the best season of them all. Closely followed by 4 and 16. New Who 3 is up there too.

For me, season 18 is one of my 5 worst seasons. The only worse ones, for me, are season 17, 24 and 25.

I'm still buying the box set though.

My favourite seasons are 8, 9, 10 and series 3 and 4.

Sid Seadevil wrote:

sheringham wrote:Sid! Are you me????

No. You're me. Albeit with marginally better legs.

You haven't seen my legs.

Patrick wrote:I always liked her Romana.

Is that a euphamism?

Sid Seadevil wrote:I remain steadfastly immune to her magic.

What a grumpy Old Eocene you are today.

sheringham wrote:You haven't seen my legs.

You're a girl - you're contractually obliged to have better legs than mine!

The Co=Ordinator wrote:Is that a euphamism?

Nope. I suspect it's a dearly cherished wish.

The Co=Ordinator wrote:What a grumpy Old Eocene you are today.

And don't you forget it, you bon motting wage, you.

Sid Seadevil wrote:

sheringham wrote:You haven't seen my legs.

You're a girl - you're contractually obliged to have better legs than mine!

They are very short. Homunculous length. I'm very wee. Although not as wee as my sister as I like to remind her whenever I see her.

sheringham wrote:They are very short. Homunculous length. I'm very wee. Although not as wee as my sister as I like to remind her whenever I see her.

Surely you canna' be any shorter than Kate? She makes Frodo Baggins appear as tall as Michael Jordan!*

*feels the on-coming lump long before she returns home and reads this post.

Sid Seadevil wrote:

sheringham wrote:They are very short. Homunculous length. I'm very wee. Although not as wee as my sister as I like to remind her whenever I see her.

Surely you canna' be any shorter than Kate? She makes Frodo Baggins appear as tall as Michael Jordan!*

*feels the on-coming lump long before she returns home and reads this post.

I don't know how short Kate is. I'm 5'2.5" My sister is 4'11"

sheringham wrote:I don't know how short Kate is. I'm 5'2.5" My sister is 4'11"

She's probably around your height. I just shrank her further for a bit of fast, cheap comedy relief.

Sid Seadevil wrote:feels the on-coming lump long before she returns home

Waaaaaaaaaay too much information there.

Sid Seadevil wrote:Most of them fancy her...

I certainly do...

The Co=Ordinator wrote:Waaaaaaaaaay too much information there.

I really, really really should have known it would be you...

Graymalkin wrote:I certainly do...

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury...I rest my case...

Sid Seadevil wrote:

Graymalkin wrote:I certainly do...

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury...I rest my case...

You know, Sid, I also fancied Nicola Bryant, but I don't exactly have a hankering to go watch Season 22 again.

That actually gives me an idea for a date in your Whopid-Cupid thread, though.

sheringham wrote:

Sid Seadevil wrote:

sheringham wrote:They are very short. Homunculous length. I'm very wee. Although not as wee as my sister as I like to remind her whenever I see her.

Surely you canna' be any shorter than Kate? She makes Frodo Baggins appear as tall as Michael Jordan!*

*feels the on-coming lump long before she returns home and reads this post.

.

I don't know how short Kate is. I'm 5'2.5" My sister is 4'11"

Crikey, I had a mental picture of you as tall (5'9" or more) and thin.

I really must stop imagining what people look like on the basis of no information whatsoever. It's a very silly thing to do...

Patrick wrote:You know, Sid, I also fancied Nicola Bryant, but I don't exactly have a hankering to go watch Season 22 again.

You're too late, old fellow. The jury has already retired.

Patrick wrote:That actually gives me an idea for a date in your Whopid-Cupid thread, though.

Most excellent!