Review The Hartnell Doctor

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William Hartnell Plaque Unveiling At Ealing Studios, October 2018

On October 14th 2018 the Doctor Who Appreciation Society unveiled a blue plaque in honour of William Hartnell, who amongst many other credits played the original Doctor Who. In this video you can watch highlights of the unveiling at Ealing Studios, (in a temporary indoors location) as well as hear reminiscences from family and colleagues, including William’s daughter Anne.

 

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Photo gallery.......

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/gallery/firstdoctor/index.html

 

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WHEN HARTNELL MET HITCHCOCK.......

A photograph of Doctor Who actor William Hartnell (left) and Dennis Price (right) taken during the filming of The Lost People (1949) for Gainsborough. Hitchcock was filming Stage Fright at Elstree and was likely visiting his former colleague Bernard Knowles, who co-directed The Lost People.

THE LOST PEOPLE (1949).......

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041601/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1

 

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Heather Hartnell Last Interview (talking about Dr Who and William)

Heather Hartnell's last interview - speaking about Bill and 'Who'. I got a copy of this on cassette in the very early 90s from a friend in Kent, and thought it would be nice to archive it digitally now and share.

 

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Heather Hartnell Last Interview (talking about Dr Who and William)

That poor little Dalek must be traumatized after being gripped in the hand of a giant-sized representation of its mortal enemy...

 

[johnnybear]

William Hartnell obviously loved the Daleks more so than one of his later successors anyways!
JB

 

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Doctor Who: Best First Doctor Stories

Today I countdown my all time favourite William Hartnell stories! These are purely my opinions, and what I enjoy most.

 

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I've never seen "Marco Polo." It's probably on Dailymotion. It's one of the lost ones, looks like. I've watched some of those and they're pretty frustrating - a lot of stills.

"The Aztecs" didn't rate a mention? I loved that one!

 

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There have been rumours for years that Marco Polo was found alongside ENEMY OF THE WORLD and WEB OF FEAR, but that the same guy who found those two has been holding MARCO back for some reason. Have no idea if this is true, but fans have given themselves headaches arguing over it ever since and the guy in question has done nothing to put them right one way or the other.

So there's a slim hope that this might exist. Very slim though.

I love the Aztecs too. Barbara is brilliant in that one.

I would love to see THE SAVAGES turn up too.

 

[johnnybear]

The Massacre just to see Hartnell do an Enemy of The World before Troughton and to see him do his speech about not being able to return home!
JB

 

[ant-mac]

My six, in chronological order...

THE DEAD PLANET

THE KEYS OF MARINUS

THE DALEK INVASION OF EARTH

THE TIME MEDDLER

THE ARK

THE TENTH PLANET

Unfortunately, that means I have to leave out a lot more that I like just as much...

 

[The Seeker]

The Dalek Invasion of Earth was one of the best ones. I just wish the Doctor hadn't pushed Susan out – I would have rather she left more willingly. That was a nice speech he gave her (and a lie, lol).

The Tenth Planet is my favorite Cyberman story too.

 

[ant-mac]

The Dalek Invasion of Earth was one of the best ones. I just wish the Doctor hadn't pushed Susan out – I would have rather she left more willingly. That was a nice speech he gave her (and a lie, lol).

The Tenth Planet is my favorite Cyberman story too.

What lie are you referring to?

 

[The Seeker]

What lie are you referring to?

He said he’d go back for her.

 

[ant-mac]

He said he’d go back for her.

No, he never said that.

He said one day he would come back and implied they would meet again.

And they did, in THE FIVE DOCTORS.

 

[The Seeker]

"I shall come back." Come back, go back, same thing.

You'll notice he called himself a "silly old man" - long ways away from a "lonely god."

 

[ant-mac]

"I shall come back." Come back, go back, same thing.

You'll notice he called himself a "silly old man" - long ways away from a "lonely god."

The fact he said he would come back does not mean he'd come back for her.

Just to see her. After all, her life was with David now.

And that lonely god bullshit always annoyed me. He was simply a wanderer in space and time.

 

[The Seeker]

That's what I hated about Tennant's Doctor. All shouty and preachy and postulating about how damned smart and powerful he was. Matt Smith did that too, but kind of took the piss out of himself while doing it. I do like Tennant, just hated that aspect of his character – that and his female companions making goo-goo eyes at him all the time.

 

[ant-mac]

That's what I hated about Tennant's Doctor. All shouty and preachy and postulating about how damned smart and powerful he was. Matt Smith did that too, but kind of took the piss out of himself while doing it. I do like Tennant, just hated that aspect of his character – that and his female companions making goo-goo eyes at him all the time.

I just wish that once, just once, when he started mouthing off, the villain had bitch-slapped him and told him to shut the fuck up.

 

[johnnybear]

Tennant, hah! We never knew when we were well off!
JB