Comments on: Doctor Who Magazine #425 cover revealed

By: David

David — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:21:25 +0000

I quite like the cover. Always good to have classic Who on DWM cover.

Looking forward to hear what Sylvester has to say. Most people’s opinions of the classic series seem to have changed a lot since the series returned in 05.

By: Carn

Carn — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 09:46:23 +0000

Nice stuff. The 7th Doctor does have some classic stories although he does also have two of my least fave stories ever (‘Time and the Rani’ and ‘Battlefield’) but the great ones ‘The Curse of Fenric’, ‘Rememberance of the Daleks’ and ‘Survival’ more than make up for the bad. Also McCoy’s walk away from the explosion in ‘The Greatest Show in the Galaxy’ which I seem to recall was a much bigger explosion than they intended is one of the most awesome scenes in Doctor Who’s history.

By: Telly Addict

Telly Addict — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:10:10 +0000

Admittedly, Sylvester, like Colin, got the “fuzzy end of the Lolly Pop”. Unlike Colin though, we did start to see the start of an upturn in his era – which makes the Seventh Doctor’s era all the more frustrating – what would have happened if the Beeb had given Sylester a fourth series? I imagine it may hae been a cracker.

As for JNT, there’s been a re-appraisal of his era. Yes, he made some rather dodgy choices in “gimmick casting” but history now shows that if it weren’t for JNT, the Beeb would have canned Doctor Who well before 1989 and, I imagine, we wouldn’t be in the position where we are now in 2010.

By: pirko

pirko — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:35:08 +0000

Aw I loved sylvester. Albeit I was really young when the series ended but according to my mum I watched it avidly. I agree though that I dont think McCoy got a fair chance, as did paul mcgann.

By: TWWL

TWWL — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:10:22 +0000

Lovely; McCoy is MY Doctor. His final two years featured some of the best stories ever, as far as I’m concerned.

By: Lee

Lee — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 09:14:25 +0000

Not liking the colours of the whole cover.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:34:08 +0000

At last! THE Doctor on the cover of DWM again. Loved the 7th Doctor and really looking forward to seeing what would have happened next in the Cartmell Masterplan with the next series of lost stories from Big Finish.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:47:27 +0000

To bad we have to wait about a month before we see this here in Canada – I’m looking forward to reading McCoy’s comments. So much has been written about how Colin Baker was shafted, but there were plenty of problems during McCoy’s era – the aborted Cartmel Masterplan, arguably the Carmel Masterplan itself, the shortened seasons, Michael Grade, JNT having overstayed his welcome by about 4 years, and I may be going against the grain, but I consider Time and the Rani a worse debut story than The Twin Dilemma (at least T.D. had a bit of an edge to it, however controversial, regarding the Doctor’s behavior).

By: Radioactive Hamster

Radioactive Hamster — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:46:42 +0000

Excellent stuff! You tell them Sylv!