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Big Finish: The Five Companions – a new Peter Davison adventure

Posted on May 16, 2011 by TimeSiren Posted in Big Finish news, Doctor Who, Peter Davison

 

Big Finish has announced a special CD bringing a host of former Doctor Who companions together. The Fifth Doctor meets up with his distant past – the schoolteacher who settled down, the space pilot who became a King, the security agent who died and lived again and the swinging Sixties secretary who has made her own way in the world.

As might be inferred from the description, the story will star Peter Davison as the Doctor, with guest stars William Russell (Ian Chesterton), Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Peter Purves (Steven Taylor), Jean Marsh (Sara Kingdom), Anneke Wills (Polly).

The story is written by Eddie Robson, and will also feature the vocal talents of Nick Briggs as the Daleks, and Dan Starkey as the Sontarans.

Recording kicked off on 12th May, with the CD expected to be released in December as a free special exclusively for subscribers to the main Doctor Who range at that time, with the option for future annual subscribers to select it as their free extra.

Full details and subscription options may be found on the Big Finish website; the company have also launched a new fan page on Facebook.

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Fifth Doctor Wallpapers

Posted on April 30, 2010 by TimeSiren Posted in Creative Madness, Doctor Who, Peter Davison

800x600 Fifth Doctor Wallpaper

1600x900 Fifth Doctor Wallpaper

Feel free to snag these. My wallpaper right now is the 800 x 600 version and I find myself sometimes staring at it quite happily when I need a moment to relax, or when I’m listening to one of the Big Finish Production 5th Doctor cds.

If you are familiar with the Children in Need special, “Time Crash”, you will know where the line “and then I was you” came from.

I made a larger version tonight (1600 x 900) for a friend of mine who RPs the Fifth Doctor on LiveJournal. I rarely run across male Doctor Who writers, let alone a guy who RPs my favorite Doctor and does it so well, so I wanted to do something for him to thank him for his friendship. Enjoy, my friend.

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Timelord Giggles

Posted on March 18, 2010 by TimeSiren Posted in Creative Madness, Doctor Who, Humor, Peter Davison, Pictures

More to come as I make them. Send me your ideas and pics and I’ll see what I can whip up!

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A Celebration of the Fifth Doctor

Posted on March 12, 2010 by TimeSiren Posted in Doctor Who, Peter Davison
 
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“You know what, Doctor? You were my Doctor.”

Only someone who is another Doctor Who fan can appreciate the depth and beauty of that statement in the Children in Need BBC Special “Time Crash”. The ones who grew up with Doctor Who – watching it despite the low-budget, sometimes bad special effects, bad scripts, men in rubber monster suits. Our show has come so very far in one generation that it now overcomes all that with the force of the Eye of Harmony (and if you are reading this and don’t know what the Eye of Harmony is and are not Doctor Who fan, do yourself a favor and check out a few episodes of the series).  But I ramble…I am here to celebrate Davison’s years as the Doctor and remember why I got into Dr. Who in the first place. It was because of Peter himself.

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My husband and I were science fiction, card game, etc. vendors back in those days…hitting science fiction conventions like Loscon, Baycon, World Con, Westercon, Con Dor and of course, Gallifrey. In 1995 at Galley, I was sitting at the table by myself. Everyone else (even all the dealers), had gone to a panel and I was literally the only one left in that small dealer’s room. A tall, young, blonde man came by, holding a guitar, and we struck up a conversation. He was sweet and pleasant to talk to and just to be around. I took an instant liking to him; the soft, musical lilt to his voice, the good looks, shy smile and gentle demeanor. The amazing qualities I had married my husband for just six years before, were reflected in his eyes.

I had no interest at the time in Doctor Who and knew nothing about the show except it was British and I hadn’t been hooked into liking it because I was put off by Tom Baker’s interpretation of the character, but we never mentioned Dr. Who (we talked about his guitar!), so it was a warm, friendly few words we exchanged and that was it. The amusing conversation with my husband when he came back to the table went something like this:

“Dennis, do we have any video tapes of Peter Davison’s years as the Doctor?”

“Sure. Why? You haven’t been interested in watching before now.”

I shrugged. “I know, but he came by the dealer’s table while everyone was out and he’s a really nice guy. I want to see him act.”

It was then Dennis’s jaw hit the floor in amazement and his own bad luck at having just missed meeting him.

As I said in another post, I was never into Dr. Who in the Tom Baker years – an anomaly in my generation. Tom Baker was everyone’s Doctor. Why wasn’t he mine? Looking back, I think it came down to what spoke to my heart. The reason so many people love Dr. Who the world over is partly because each regeneration of the Doctor has a different enough personality that they appeal to their own fan base. As a recent observation, I always knew Peter Davison had fans, just like every other Time Lord incarnation, but until I put up the video capture of the message Davison sent to the Gallifrey One: Blackjack 21 convention and started seeing the comments left by viewers, I don’t think I ever realized what other fans thought of him.

 

Silly, isn’t it?

 

In my research of the 5th Doctor’s legacy on the internet, I came across a snippet of an interview (or was it an observation) that Peter made of his own tenure as our Fifth Time Lord from Gallifrey. He said he thought if he had been older when he had done the part he would have done a better job of acting. I smiled at the humbleness of the comment – heck, wouldn’t every actor dedicated to improving their craft say and feel that way? It’s just part of why he appeals to me and so many others the world over so much, that humbleness. He didn’t have the “yes, I am marvelous, aren’t I?” bravado and bohemian qualities of Tom Baker.

BTW, before I tick off too many people saying I don’t like Tom Baker’s interpretation, that was then. I have since grown up and grown into liking and appreciating his and all the Doctor personas – yes, even a bit of Colin Baker’s brashness and dare-to-wear attitude that went along with that awesome patchwork coat…I really do like it, LOL!

Another article I read yesterday highlights another quality that Davison brought to Doctor Number Five that I hadn’t seen before and it touched me. He was no longer the Doctor in Control. The one who knew what to do in every situation – he was VULNERABLE. He’d faint, need attention and fussing over, but hate it because he DID need it. He’d make mistakes, but all would work out in the end. His interpretation fit with the new generation watching Doctor Who. They loved it and finally, so did I.

Thank you, Peter.

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Peter Davison's message to Gallifrey One: Blackjack 21

Posted on March 7, 2010 by TimeSiren Posted in Creative Madness, Doctor Who, Doctor Who Videos, Gallifrey One, Humor, Peter Davison, Videos, YouTube video pics

It’s a little dark, but I was so glad this turned out as well as it did. How thoughtful of Peter to send this to the convention in his absence!

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Gallifrey One: Blackjack 21

Posted on March 4, 2010 by TimeSiren Posted in Children in Need, Cosplay, Creative Madness, Doctor Who, Doctor Who Videos, Gallifrey One, Humor, Matt Smith, Peter Davison, Videos

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Dennis and I always love this convention…oh my goodness. How could I not adore it when I met Peter Davison (my favorite Doctor) in 1995 at The Six Wives of Gallifrey One? Getting the chance to talk to him, one-on-one, for several minutes while no one else was around, launched my interest in finally sitting down and taking another go at understanding a show that had left me very confused and disinterested when viewing it back in my childhood.

Okay, yes, this used to be embarassing to admit, but I didn’t understand British humor until I was in my 30s. It was only because Peter was so incredibly nice and sweet and gentle that I got intensely interested in watching the show. He was so much like my husband, Dennis, that the instant linking to the persona behind the 5th Doctor was completely natural.

That was why I wasn’t worried at all about his beautful daughter, Georgia Moffett, being anything but a reflection of her father. This being her first convention, she said in the closing ceremonies that she had a marvelous time and the fans were wonderful and awesome and fantastic and she thoroughly enjoyed her first Gallifrey experience. Between Dennis and I, we have wonderful memories of her relating her experiences of being the daughter of parents who were both actors, (Her father: “You will always be broke and starve if you become an actor.”), which she said gratefully has not been the case thus far. When acting with her father, upon the director wanting her character to be more flirty with Peter, she replied, “I can’t do that…he’s my father!” Good for her! And two of the most touching things he said to her were, 1. about being in Doctor Who, “It’s your turn now, kiddo.”, and 2. when acting with her, he said he doesn’t always see the women she has become, but sees, “his little girl”. This is the beauty in the heart of the man I have come to adore as my favorite Doctor, that place challenged only by David Tennant, and then, it is a neck-and-neck race.

This being the case, you can only imagine my glee and joy when the Children in Need special, “Time Crash”, aired. If you haven’t seen it, or are wondering who Peter Davison is and was he a good Doctor, let me answer those by directing you to this YouTube video of that very special special:

An awesome Gallifrey this year, with great costumes of Timelords:

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A fantastic cosplay of Sally Sparrow and a Weeping Angel from the Tennant episode, “Blink”, a HUGELY popular and scary episode, ranking among the cream of the best of the crop of his era so far:

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Am soooo looking forward to next year’s Gallifrey when Peter Davison will be back and we have had the first year of the new Matt Smith Doctor. We also got to preview the brand new trailer for his era:


He already looks promising, though the outfit does look like he mugged a schoolteacher…*sigh* Guess they all can’t be dressed as hot as David Tennant.

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