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by **Quatermass** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 5:17 am

Anyway, no more contributions, so yet another trailer for a Doctor Who DVD release, The Creature from the Pit.

by **Quatermass** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 5:58 am

Oh, and just for variety, I have to wonder how many people's hopes were raised by this trailer for Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, only to be cruelly dashed by the end product?

by **Quatermass** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 6:42 am

Okay, so for more variety, I've added two trailers to this post:

Quantum of Solace: Big on action, but thin on plot. Really thin, especially after the wonderful third version of Casino Royale. Not at all the best vehicle for Daniel Craig's Bond. So, here's the trailer.

Doctor Who: Meglos: The main villain is a cactus, who, ironically enough, is also one of the better actors in this story. Trailer here.

by **Quatermass** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 3:55 am

Next trailer, and probably the last for the time being: Doctor Who: Four to Doomsday, one of the two worst Doctor Who stories ever made.

by **Quatermass** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 6:30 am

Okay, so two last contributions. First, the trailer for Doctor Who: Time-Flight, along with the better Arc of Infinity...

...and now, the trailer for The Twin Dilemma, one of the worst Doctor Who stories ever made...

by **deldaisy** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 9:12 pm

How many more of the old series have you got to go Q? And do you then have to start of the new series? or have you been watching those this time around?

by **Quatermass** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:49 am

deldaisy wrote:How many more of the old series have you got to go Q? And do you then have to start of the new series? or have you been watching those this time around?

Uh, I'm about a third of the way through Colin Baker's time (the Sixth Doctor) in my little marathon elsewhere (I finished The Mark of the Rani today). One of the next stories that I would have posted a trailer for was already posted (Silver Nemesis), and I'm waiting to reserve final judgement on Time and the Rani before posting the trailer.

As for the new series, well, I'm considering watching it in order, but once I finish off the Seventh Doctor's stories, I'm going to do a catch-up of stories I missed out on, either deliberately (like special editions of certain stories, or the spinoff special K9 and Company) or unintentionally due to the DVD schedule (like The Gunfighters), before finishing off with the TV Movie. Then, I will consider moving onto the new series. I've watched all but two episodes: Love & Monsters, and The Lodger.

by **poohcarrot** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:02 am

I don't quite understand what's happening on this thread.

Do all these trailers for Doctor Who progs mean the progs are crappy?

by **Quatermass** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:58 am

poohcarrot wrote:I don't quite understand what's happening on this thread.

Do all these trailers for Doctor Who progs mean the progs are crappy?

In my opinion, anyway (though fan opinion is virtually unanimous on The Twin Dilemma, and while I tried to watch the story with an open mind, I have to agree that it's pretty bad). These particular serials that I posted the trailers to are mediocre at best. The very worst, IMO, are The Ark, Four to Doomsday, and The Twin Dilemma. One day, I want to do MST3K-style riffing on them.

I can post trailers for stories that I would recommend, Pooh, if you want.

Though I doubt that anyone'd take me up on my offer, knowing how well my enjoyment of Doctor Who goes down here.

by **Bouncy Castle** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:27 am

Most BBC trailers (and ITV come to that) are "reasonably" good, until you watch the actual programme and realise that all the best bits were in the 20 second trailer!!

by **Quatermass** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 12:16 pm

Bouncy Castle wrote:Most BBC trailers (and ITV come to that) are "reasonably" good, until you watch the actual programme and realise that all the best bits were in the 20 second trailer!!

Hmm. Of course, the trailers that I was posting were trailers that were put onto the DVD releases by 2Entertain or someone, not by the BBC specifically for television. If I had the option, I could have added that of a story that I intend to watch soon, Timelash.

Actually, since they are running out of classic stories to release now, that's probably why most of the crappy ones have trailers, as the trailers were only put on relatively recently (since 2007, if I remember correctly).

by **Quatermass** » Sun Aug 14, 2011 8:32 am

Last Doctor Who trailer, at least for the classic series: Time and the Rani.

by **Quatermass** » Sun Aug 14, 2011 10:52 am

Let's see, seeing since I have no more Doctor Who trailers at the moment to post, I might as well post this trailer for Johnny English, one of the most odious films I have ever watched voluntarily and a waste of Rowan Atkinson's talents.

by **Sjoerd3000** » Sun Aug 14, 2011 10:58 am

You would be pleased to know that there's another Johnny English film coming out soon(ish)

by **DaveC** » Sun Aug 14, 2011 11:47 am

I'm going to see it for the supporting cast. Gillian Anderson, Rosamund Pike and Ben Miller again. Plus Tealeaf from Psychoville.

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