Well, cool. <( note old spelling indicative of someone raised in the 50-60s ) We were not allowed to watch TV until the sun went down, our chores and homework were done and then, only approved shows, so I would have missed the most impressionable times of viewing them. We didn’t even get a set until my Dad was sure that we were the absolute last holdout. (Ditto, phone.) Then I married a guy who knew what the buttons on the remote were for even before it was invented (cutting off shows mid- sentence at the most climactic moment). When I do get a chance to watch what I want, I can’t find anything worth watching, and I would rather be snoring or writing something to bore others with.VisualFiction wrote:unred, Doctor Who is the longest running SF franchise in the history of television. 1963-1989, 2005-Present. Also more than 300 original novels and/or collections of short stories. Also original audio dramas. It was a British institution. You might recognize actor Tom Baker as "the Doctor" if you saw him with his long multi-colored scarf.
I would post the thread but I don't seem to have such forum permission. It would belong in the Relax forum.
Peter Gabriel's chimes during the end credits of Last Temptation of Christ remind me of the Cybermen's theme music in Earthshock.
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Adric as Christ-figure????? There's my first contribution to "Christian/Biblical themes in Doctor Who". And kind of a weird coincidence, given the aforementioned chime simularity.
I think I do remember such a strange rainbow scarfed professor though, now that you mention it. Was he some kind of time traveler too? I think my brother the brainy had his homework done in time to catch it quite often actually. If this is the same one, cantimagineotherwise, then I will be most happy to catch your re-runs and mayhaps discover the secrets of my sibling's weirdness.