http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Tardis_beats_a_time_warpTardis beats a time warp - Revision history2026-04-26T18:48:34ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.33.0http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php?title=Tardis_beats_a_time_warp&diff=33157&oldid=prevJohn Lavalie: Created page with "{{article | publication = Express & Star | file = 1989-04-25 Express and Star.jpg | px = 250 | height = | width = | date = 1989-04-25 | author = Bryan Summers | pages = | l..."2024-06-16T17:53:56Z<p>Created page with "{{article | publication = Express & Star | file = 1989-04-25 Express and Star.jpg | px = 250 | height = | width = | date = 1989-04-25 | author = Bryan Summers | pages = | l..."</p>
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On Saturday November 23, 1963, a legend was born.<br />
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But those of us who watched a rather battered police box materialise on our black and white TV screens that winter's evening could hardly have realised it.<br />
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We would certainly never have forecast that, 26 years later, 110 million people throughout the world would be hopeless addicts of a science fiction phenomenon.<br />
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Dr Who had arrived. And as a packed audience at Birmingham's Alexandra Theatre demonstrated last night, his appeal is as compelling as ever.<br />
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Doctor freaks like myself may have been a little apprehensive at his translation to the straight stage, I can set their minds at rest.<br />
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Dr Who, The Ultimate Adventure, takes no undue liberties with the spirit of the original — though the handful of musical numbers add little.<br />
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Jon Pertwee slips easily bat into his Time Lord cloak, au the Daleks and Cybermen at instant stars.<br />
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The storyline also contains that element of humour and gentle self-mockery which is such a strength of the TV series.<br />
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As when the Doctor, after an interview with Mrs Thatcher, comments: "I can cope with anything from Daleks to dinosaurs, but frankly that woman terrifies me."<br />
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I have left the best till last, however, The special effects arc quite simply stunning.<br />
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The laser displays are the finest I have ever seen in a theatre and can certainly rival anything the square box can produce.<br />
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