http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php?title=Backchat_(The_Guardian)&feed=atom&action=historyBackchat (The Guardian) - Revision history2024-03-29T11:30:07ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.33.0http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php?title=Backchat_(The_Guardian)&diff=10802&oldid=prevJohn Lavalie: Created page with "{{article | publication = The Guardian | file = 1987-09-16 Guardian.jpg | px = 450 | height = | width = | date = 1987-09-16 | author = Paul Myatt | pages = 12 | language = E..."2015-04-30T21:19:21Z<p>Created page with "{{article | publication = The Guardian | file = 1987-09-16 Guardian.jpg | px = 450 | height = | width = | date = 1987-09-16 | author = Paul Myatt | pages = 12 | language = E..."</p>
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IT'S NOT surprising that Brett Spencer remembers well Davros, his Daleks, the Cybermen and the Master, [[Dr Who and the battle of Coronation Street|(Young Guardian, September 9)]]. These Dr Who enemies all appeared with Colin Baker in 1985.<br />
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This was a generally impressive season but "behind-the-sofa stuff" in terms of violence and gore. Consequently, the show was postponed, returning in September 1986 with the actual "make-or-break" Trial of a Timelord saga.<br />
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This was both tame and mediocre, seeming to justify Colin Baker's dismissal and the end of the programme<br />
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However, the new time-slot, music and title sequence of the current series can be seen as an expression of the BBC's confidence in the show. As can the announcement of a new companion for next year's 25th anniversary season.<br />
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Admittedly, the chase-around-the-quarry routine in the [[broadwcast:Time and the Rani|first episode]] was hardly original. The aliens and special effects were.<br />
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I wonder which 'un-creaky" stories Mr Spencer fondly recalls. The Cybermen never clashed with Jon Pertwee, and only once with Tom Baker who also met the Daleks ... twice in seven years.<br />
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The programme has been "star-studded" for some time. Since 1982 guest actors have included [[broadwcast:Kinda|Nerys Hughes]], [[broadwcast:Terminus|Liza Goddard]], [[broadwcast:Resurrection of the Daleks|Rula Lenska]], [[broadwcast:Vengeance on Varos|Jason Connery]] and [[broadwcast:Revelation of the Daleks|Alexei Sayle]]. Kate O'Mara is making her second appearance.<br />
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The second and fifth doctors (Patrick Troughton and Peter Davison), were vulnerable innocents rather than imposing or authoritarian. As for Sylvester McCoy, he is a versatile, Shakespearean actor. The best is yet to come.<br />
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Paul Myatt is a student from Liverpool. <br />
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