Re: Unapologetic McCoy Fan Here ....
- From: "Nod" <Nod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 22:36:17 GMT
Good for you. They won't listen or agree though.
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"stePH" <acetheta@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Sorry, Burns, but I'm going to be very busy Friday (all this weekend,
> in fact) so I won't have time for your Laugh Shack thingy. Instead,
> you'll have to content yourself with this, my official delurk on this
> group:
>
> My name is Stephen, and I like Sylvester McCoy.
>
> I like the way he portrayed the character; I think Peter Davison and
> Colin Baker's portrayals are somewhat bland by comparison. I don't
> have any trouble understanding his dialogue, at least no more so than
> any other Doctor whose lines get buried under too-loud incidental music
> (i.e., all of them). "Ghost Light" is my favorite Who serial, with
> its dense-but-not-impenetrable story, lots of well-written dialogue and
> great performances all around by a talented cast. Also I think Ace is
> the most interesting companion since Leela, and a welcome change from
> Mel whose role was apparently to emit a piercing shriek whenever
> something untoward happened.
>
> (How do you like me so far, World of Comedy?)
>
> However, I'm not really sure that I'm "Laugh Shack" material. I'm in
> complete agreement with the McCoy-haters that his three years on the
> show were probably the absolute lowest point in the series' entire
> 26-year run. I say "probably" only because I've seen only the first
> half-season of Davison's run, the "Trial of a Time Lord" segment of
> Colin Baker's run, and absolutely nothing of Hartnell or Troughton
> outside "The Three Doctors" (I've seen all of Pertwee's and Tom Baker's
> runs, over ten years ago). Yet I'm willing to concede the possibility
> that even the best of the 1987-1989 period is surpassed by what I
> haven't seen, and I won't try to claim that it's on a level with the
> years of Tom Baker or Jon Pertwee.
>
> Along with "Ghost Light", the only stories I'll go on record as liking
> are "The Curse of Fenric" and "Remembrance of the Daleks". I think
> "Paradise Towers", "Dragonfire", "Happiness Patrol", "Silver Nemesis",
> "Battlefield" and yes, even "Time and the Rani" had moments that made
> them worth watching at least once. But I have nothing good to say
> about "Delta and the Bannermen", "The Greatest Show in the Galaxy" or
> "Survival" -- absolutely nothing.
>
> Unlike the haters, though, I don't blame McCoy for the general
> crappiness of his era. I lay that responsibility at the feet of John
> Nathan Turner, Andrew Cartmel, and the individual writers of the
> offending episodes. They had a lot more control over the quality of
> the product than McCoy, who was just an actor.
>
>
> Having said what I came to say, I might answer thoughtful, reasoned
> replies, but flames typical of what I've seen from the McCoy-haters
> here will be given all the attention they deserve.
>
>
> stePH
> Unapologetic McCoy fan
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>
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