I don't like the new Dr Who
- Publication: Daily Express
- Date: 1984-03-23
- Author: Judith Simons
- Page: 33
- Language: English
I DON'T like the new DR WHO, BBC1. Not yet, anyway. When Colin Baker took over the role last night the Time Lord had undergone violent biological eruption."
He has become a nasty fellow, manic and violent, with a conceited, vacuous smile.
This ploy gives us an interval to accept that Peter Davison has vacated the role, and Baker will have a different personality. Last night he said, cheekily, "My last incarnation had a feckless charm which simply wasn't me."
Baker's first new costume is a multi-patterned masterpiece of mixed-up tailoring. I congratulate the designer on a style suiting both the doctor's current fractured psyche and his habit of hamming up his lines like school Shakespeare. Very literate the script is too: So educational for young audiences.
The new villain Mestor (Edwin Richfield) is & pet: A scaly creature with antennae, like a titanic slug. Easy to copy for your own fancy dress party.
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- APA 6th ed.: Simons, Judith (1984-03-23). I don't like the new Dr Who. Daily Express p. 33.
- MLA 7th ed.: Simons, Judith. "I don't like the new Dr Who." Daily Express [add city] 1984-03-23, 33. Print.
- Chicago 15th ed.: Simons, Judith. "I don't like the new Dr Who." Daily Express, edition, sec., 1984-03-23
- Turabian: Simons, Judith. "I don't like the new Dr Who." Daily Express, 1984-03-23, section, 33 edition.
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