{"id":136,"date":"2007-05-24T07:47:16","date_gmt":"2007-05-23T18:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/?p=136"},"modified":"2007-05-24T08:00:29","modified_gmt":"2007-05-23T19:00:29","slug":"wellington-doctor-who-pub-meet-2052007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/?p=136","title":{"rendered":"Wellington Doctor Who pub meet 20\/5\/2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font face=\"Ariel\"><span lang=\"EN-NZ\">Our meeting on the Sunday was attended by six on a windy Wellington evening with special guest star JP \u2013 no, not Jono nor Jacqueline Pierce but Jon Preddle. With all of us crammed into the snuggest snug of all, it was a little tight, but we managed, just.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><font face=\"Ariel\">\u00a0<\/font><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><font face=\"Ariel\">Our conversation dallied over many topics including:<\/font><\/span><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><font face=\"Ariel\">\u00a0<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0cm\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><font face=\"Ariel\"><em>Lost, Heroes, The Sopranos<\/em> as well as focussing on the new <em>Who<\/em> series<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><font face=\"Ariel\">The template that the new series seems to take and what we can perhaps expect next year<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><font face=\"Ariel\">The way the new series is planned out compared to how the classic series was done (paint by numbers versus inviting submissions and picking the best ones)<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><font face=\"Ariel\">The <em>New Beginnings<\/em> DVD release incl. commentaries<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><font face=\"Ariel\">A reassessment of Matthew Waterhouse\u2019s acting abilities!<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><font face=\"Ariel\">Torchwood<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><font face=\"Ariel\">Who the next Doctor might be\u2026<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><font face=\"Ariel\">Big Finish\u2019s <em>Doctor Who<\/em> audios<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><font face=\"Ariel\">The next <em>TSV<\/em> and David\u2019s EDA article<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><font face=\"Ariel\">A quick whip around of desired DVD releases:<\/font><\/span>\n<ul type=\"circle\" style=\"margin-top: 0cm\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: list 72.0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><font face=\"Ariel\"><em>Image of the Fendahl<\/em><\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: list 72.0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><font face=\"Ariel\"><em>The Silurians<\/em><\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: list 72.0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><font face=\"Ariel\"><em>Time and the Rani<\/em><\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: list 72.0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><font face=\"Ariel\"><em>The Krotons<\/em><\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: list 72.0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><font face=\"Ariel\"><em>The Happiness Patrol<\/em><\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: list 72.0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><font face=\"Ariel\">Anything first or second Doctor that has been cleaned and Vidfired<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: list 72.0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><font face=\"Ariel\">A yearning for good looking Pertwee stories with better video quality wise then the early to mid nineties video releases.<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0cm\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><font face=\"Ariel\">Our <em>Torchwood<\/em> discussion focussed on the fact that David Lawrence\u2018s favourite episodes was <em>Out of Time<\/em> and this seemed to be a popular episode all round. There were queries as to what is the point of Torchwood, the unevenness of the plot, the role of Jack as a Doctor figure as opposed to the comic hero (though admittedly <em>Torchwood<\/em> Series One is post his resurrection so this can be explained). Overall the feeling is that <em>Torchwood<\/em> was a little disappointing, but there is hope that the second series is going to be a lot better, especially with the later starting date (meaning more time to get it right).<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0cm\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Ariel\"><span lang=\"EN-NZ\">Who would be the next Doctor after Tennant \u2013 following the idea that <em>The Second Coming<\/em> was an audition for <\/span>\n<personname><\/personname><span lang=\"EN-NZ\">Chris<\/span><span lang=\"EN-NZ\">topher Eccleston, <em>Casanova<\/em> was Tennants\u2019 and <em>The Unquiet Dead<\/em> was Eve Myles\u2019 for <em>Torchwood<\/em>, where could we expect the next Doctor to come from? Perhaps a guest star in <em>Torchwood<\/em>, the <em>Sarah Jane Adventures<\/em> or even <em>Who<\/em> itself will be number Eleven.<\/span><\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0cm\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><font face=\"Ariel\">Jon expressed relief that he didn\u2019t have to pick as many holes (continuity errors or just goofs) in series 3 as he wasn\u2019t writing for the Telos third series book. A definite case of enjoy the episodes first, analyse them second.<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><font face=\"Ariel\">Jon also tried to make us do a drabble on the spot \u2013 you can lead horses to water but we didn\u2019t seem thirsty and politely declined\u2026maybe next time Jon!<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0cm\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: list 36.0pt left 137.25pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><font face=\"Ariel\">The increasing number of <em>Doctor Who<\/em> audios that are sitting on shelves not being listened to, probably due to the inundation of the new material at the moment. This led us to discuss the fact that the Big Finish audios may not be doing so well since <em>Who<\/em> has been back on our screens, as people can get their fix for free rather then paying for audio consumption. By all accounts Jon seemed to enjoy <em>The Companion Chronicles<\/em>, specifically &#8211; <em>The Blue Tooth<\/em> and <em>The Beautiful People<\/em> \u2013 with <em>The Beautiful People<\/em> sounding like it had a lot of in-jokes and a Douglas Adams sort of humour.<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0cm\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: list 36.0pt left 137.25pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><font face=\"Ariel\">The next part of David Lawrence\u2019s BBC EDA book article is being worked on although he is having trouble locating <em>Time Zero<\/em>. If anyone can find this, I\u2019m sure he\u2019d be appreciative. It was noted that it\u2019s always the same books that seem to come up regularly on second-hand book shelves. <em>SFX<\/em> magazine is currently selling their magazines with free <em>Doctor Who<\/em> \u2018Target\u2019 novels (in reality BBC PDAs) as freebies &#8211; obviously there\u2019s a fair bit of PDA stock floating around out there!<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0cm\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: list 36.0pt left 137.25pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><font face=\"Ariel\">With David Lawrence in attendance we talked about his upcoming <em>King Lear<\/em> production which almost clashes with the other <em>King Lear<\/em> production (which has a certain <em>Who<\/em> actor as well as some Wizard from <em>LOTR<\/em>).<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0cm\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: list 36.0pt left 137.25pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><font face=\"Ariel\">David and Jon explained away Tim\u2019s question re: the Macra in <em>Gridlock<\/em>. Tim had wondered why the Doctor didn\u2019t deal to them. It seemed that it was implied that they would either die out due to the lack of polluting fumes or the New Earth population would deal with them themselves. I guess the Macra could make a nice snack for hungry New Earthers (although polluted crab meat is probably highly carcinogenic).<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><\/span><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><font face=\"Ariel\">All in all, a great meeting and we managed to get five food orders on a small table, balance all the plates, eat our meals and talk. And they say guys can\u2019t multi task!!<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><font face=\"Ariel\"><strong>SB<\/strong><\/font><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our meeting on the Sunday was attended by six on a windy Wellington evening with special guest star JP \u2013 no, not Jono nor Jacqueline Pierce but Jon Preddle. 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