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RIP.
Sad news.
I pretty much feel the same as you.
Decent enough episode, especially for a Christmas Day one. The objective of these sort of episodes, or at least one that doesn't feature a regeneration, is to have a stand-alone episode and make it a bit of fun with a vague Christmas theme.
I agree with you about Nicola Coughlan. She was relegated to a side character feel. It'd have been better to see more of her. And I noticed the inconsistency about the whole "living in the right order" thing too. (As well as Pertwee, Peter Capaldi was guarding Missy for 50 years or so too. So The Doctor has experienced stuff like that before.) But a TV show that has been on as long as Doctor Who, there's always going to be stuff like that happen occasionally. You have 60 years worth of show for the writers to remember. I didn't sweat it too much. Though, the whole Doctor living in a hotel for a year thing didn't really seem to go anywhere. It felt a bit like filler in the episode.
The whole "borrowing a TARDIS" thing didn't occur to me whilst watching this episode. But it did when the Bi-Generation happened. In that, I wondered what would happen if Earth was under threat, are we to assume that The 14th Doctor just let 15 deal with it? I get that they wanted to give Tennant's Doctor a happy ending, but it seems out of character. And leaves that question hanging over future episodes.
Overall though, I enjoyed this episode. Felt an enjoyable watch on Christmas Day.
As a cameo in the new series? Yes.
A full time return wouldn't have felt right without Dean Stockwell though.
There is a deleted scene on You Tube, where Marty meets his brother in the alternative 1985. Dave is being thrown out of a bar drunk. In it, Dave explains where their mum is now living.
It's an awkward scene, and not hard to see why it was left out.
I wondered that.
Stands on it's own more than the second, I suppose.
The second feels like a bridge between the first and the third.
Bith great films though.
I enjoyed it.
It used to be on TV when I was young, and I enjoyed it.
Years later, I bought it on DVD and watched it all again.
A couple of years ago, it was rerun on TV again so I caught the odd episode, but not religiously.
It's looked date now, but can be nostalgic if you enjoyed it as a kid.
Very sad news.
I used to love The Time Tunnel.
Yes, I enjoyed the first one the most.
But remember enjoying the second one.
I intended to watch it on the 18th as well, but didn't get round to it.
The first film tends to go with little explanation of the villains, thus making them more mysterious and unknown. Often this is seen as scarier in horror movies.
They weren't going for back story in the original. It wasn't until the sequels that we even got to know the real names of the villains.
Consequently, Grandpa got no real explanation other than just being there. I probably prefer it that way. Adds to the sense of confusion and panic in this film.
They're both different. But both good.
Frasier is probably smarter, but does manage to balance highbrow comedy with quite silly comedy and farce.
Cheers is more generic, but the characters are likeable enough for it to work.
If I had to pick a favourite, I'd go with Frasier. I probably watch that more often than Cheers. But not isnulting either.
Why would there be an objection?
He's a Doctor. It's hardly the hugest stretch to work out why somebody would call you; "Doc".
Bear in mind, on their "first" meeting, Doc thought that Marty was somebody trying to play a practical joke on him by pretending to be a time traveller from the future. He may have just assumed Marty was calling him a casual name to imply familiarity as part of the joke.
And it wouldn't really have added anything to the plot for them to have a discussion as to what Doc preferred to be called. It would've slowed down the story, if anything. And they'd already done the; "Hey. Dad. George.... You on the bike" joke with Marty being unsure what to call his dad. And the similar; "You're my mum...." dialogue with Lorraine. Having that confusion a third time might have felt like they were overdoing it.
I know money talks, and they could've kept going for as long as the series was profitable.
But, personally I preferred that they stopped after 3. The story had come to a conclusion, and it didn't feel like there was anywhere else to go. You could've had further adventures of Doc And Family on his train, I suppose. But it'd have felt like a retread. The ending for each chracter seemed fairly happy. Why do more when you've come to a natural conclusion?
They tied it up fairly well after three, I don't se the need for more.
He was.
It is noticeable that she refers to her as "mother", but her father as "daddy".
I think I read somewhere that it was meant to imply a closer relationship with her father, hence the less formal term. I don't know whether that's true.
No.
He was interrupted before he unmasked Batman, and never found out he was Bruce Wayne.
I believe there was an episode where Bruce mentions that his parents were murdered, but it was just a throwaway line.
From memory, I think it was in the first ever episode, so they may have added that as exposition. Though, I may be misremembering that.
I think Mel played it fine.