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Post by Slagathor on May 12, 2006 14:01:35 GMT
Wacky coat. Urges to kill Peri. Nemesis of Michael Grade. Yet another trial.
What else can you say?
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Post by John Darnacan on May 12, 2006 19:35:27 GMT
Wacky coat. Urges to kill Peri. Nemesis of Michael Grade. Yet another trial. What else can you say? I can say he was the only Doctor to make me cringe. |
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Post by Hoichi on May 12, 2006 19:41:27 GMT
I thought he was a good Doctor.
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Post by Cornelia_Africana on May 12, 2006 19:51:22 GMT
I was never keen on Colin Baker. His over-the-top portrayal, just went too far in the direction of obnoxiousness in my opinion. I realise that the idea was that he was mentally unbalanced after his regeneration, and would gradually settle down, but I don't think that was ever conveyed effectively. He was also obviously basing the obnoxiousness on Hartnell, while forgetting that there were a lot more aspects to Hartnell's portrayal than just being a grumpy old git. As for his stories, the season 22 stories were not on the whole too bad, with the exception of Timelash, but I think they were ruined both by his portrayal, and by a tendency to put "humour" into the stories, which was very often misplaced. Trial of a Time LOrd was just diabolical, an incoherent mess, with a last story that didn't even make sense. And this was becoming an increasing problem at this time, too, a tendency to stories that didn't make much sense. Though of course, that was the fault of the scriptwriters, not his fault.
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Post by Meddling Monkey on Jun 25, 2006 19:17:52 GMT
While not my favourite Doctor, his portayal in the webcast 'Real Time' was quite good. I attribute it to two things: getting rid of the idiotic costume and a damn good script. Even Baker lamented the poor quality of his scripts in an interview.
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Post by Claire Voyant on Jul 3, 2006 1:52:18 GMT
I too found his portrayal a bit obnoxious.
I've never seen Colin Baker in anything else. It would be interesting to see him in a more normal role.
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