Fair point and I've been listening on radio to his series and it's not so bad. So maybe I meant the BBC budget was in the doldrums and CGI was not advanced enough at the time.Hobbes' Choice wrote:Chew it over. A good actor transcends shit scripts, and bad sets. All the other doctors managed to do that.
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I can't remember that well, but I don't think the sets were any better for Tom Baker but he seemed to bring more to the role, is what I meant.Arising_uk wrote:Fair point and I've been listening on radio to his series and it's not so bad. So maybe I meant the BBC budget was in the doldrums and CGI was not advanced enough at the time.Hobbes' Choice wrote:Chew it over. A good actor transcends shit scripts, and bad sets. All the other doctors managed to do that.
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I think you're right, Hobbes. I did lose track of Doctor Who after Tom Baker. Peter Davidson was always Tristan Farnham for me. I loved him in that role.Hobbes' Choice wrote:I can't remember that well, but I don't think the sets were any better for Tom Baker but he seemed to bring more to the role, is what I meant.Arising_uk wrote:Fair point and I've been listening on radio to his series and it's not so bad. So maybe I meant the BBC budget was in the doldrums and CGI was not advanced enough at the time.Hobbes' Choice wrote:Chew it over. A good actor transcends shit scripts, and bad sets. All the other doctors managed to do that.
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He reminds me of.....Dalek Prime wrote:I think you're right, Hobbes. I did lose track of Doctor Who after Tom Baker. Peter Davidson was always Tristan Farnham for me. I loved him in that role.Hobbes' Choice wrote:I can't remember that well, but I don't think the sets were any better for Tom Baker but he seemed to bring more to the role, is what I meant.Arising_uk wrote:Fair point and I've been listening on radio to his series and it's not so bad. So maybe I meant the BBC budget was in the doldrums and CGI was not advanced enough at the time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC0IJQ_s7No