lesley@garfield.UUCP (Lesley"Lt.Suvak"Ryan) (07/23/84)
(=:*I have had enough of YOU*:=) I have a couple of remarks here-- It was intended in "The Cage" that Mr. Spock have emotion!! It was Number One who was the computer- like being...therefore when Spock yells `THE WOMEN' it was an emotional response!! (Didn't anybody read `The Making Of Star Trek??) What's all this about a Dr. Who-Spock storyline????? Who is Dr. Who???? I've seen articles in Starlog on him but the show has never been broadcast here, so before any great ideas are spawned can someone briefly explain the ins and outs of this guy!! Lt. Suvak To scw if your there--thanks for the address,I'll give it a try!!! And I'll welcome any information from anyone else on where one can get a uniform from STII.
wjb@burl.UUCP (Bill Buie) (07/27/84)
-- The referenced article is the second or third one I've seen that inquired into the Doctor's identity, with nobody so far explaining. At first I said, "There's somebody out there who never heard of the Doctor? Ah, come on!" But maybe I'm the one who's weird. First of all, his name is not "Doctor Who". He is addressed as "Doctor", and referred to as "the Doctor". Who is the Doctor? Well, that's a good question. Let's start with "*WHAT* is the Doctor?" The Doctor is a Time Lord. What is a Time Lord? I don't know as that questioned has ever been answered, but some relevant characteristics seem to be that they can assume any of 17 humanoid shapes, they "regenerate" when a shape is old, burned out, or damaged (implying long life spans-- the Doctor is something like 750 years old, himself), they have an exteremely high technology, and have mastered the secrets of time and space travel. The Doctor appears to be something of a renegade, preferring to traipse around the universe in his TARDIS (an acronym-- sorry I can't tell you what it stands for), helping individuals and Galaxies out of trouble rather than meet his obligations on his homeworld. There have been ~5 actors playing the Doctor, as he regenerates every time a contract expires. (This show has been playing a LONG time in Great Britian). I got hooked on the Doctor Who show watching Tom Baker play him on the local Public TV station. Baker doesn't appear to take himself, the show, or his part very seriously, and the result is very funny, very entertaining science fantasy. More experienced Doctor Who fans are invited to refrain from further contamination of this newsgroup, but anybody interested can subscribe to net.tv.drwho -- --Bill Buie
rcook@uiucuxc.UUCP (08/04/84)
#R:garfield:-146400:uiucuxc:19800027:000:148 uiucuxc!rcook Aug 4 12:08:00 1984 I really don't believe that these notes about Dr. Who belong in this notes system. Please stay in your own space as most of us are not interested.