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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2017 14:58:54 GMT
I'm bringing this up in lights of recent rumours, Nicholas Briggs has often said he would like to do a dramatisation of David Whitaker's 'Dr Who and an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks' with Bradley, Claudia Grant as Susan, Jemma Powell as Barbara and of course Jamie Glover as Ian who narrates the story. The book was very different to the TV story and film, there is an audiobook reading by William Russell so there may be rights issues?
Additionally that cast could maybe eventually take over The Early Adventures dependent on reception? What do people think?
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Post by constonks on Apr 23, 2017 15:20:45 GMT
Nah. Carole Ann and William are still around, even if William is still acting. If folks are against recasting Lis Sladen, Nick Courtney or John Hurt, I doubt they'd be for recasting parts whose actors are still around.
Also, what rumours?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2017 16:24:42 GMT
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Post by charlesuirdhein on Apr 23, 2017 16:33:00 GMT
That's part of the plot to Day of the Doctor. Do not trust the Mirror. Or the Mail or the Sun.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Apr 23, 2017 16:42:35 GMT
I'd prefer David Bradley doing the 1st Doctor for Big Finish over William Russell playing both The Doctor and Ian (as is what they are currently doing).
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2017 16:45:22 GMT
The story's gone viral though and here's Bradley's response:
/video/1
No denial
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Apr 23, 2017 16:46:53 GMT
The story's gone viral though and here's Bradley's response: /video/1 No denial Speaks volumes to me. If true, I wonder if Big Finish will get David Bradley to voice the 1st Doctor instead of his on-screen male companions doing the voice?
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Post by doomlord on Apr 23, 2017 17:00:10 GMT
The story's gone viral though and here's Bradley's response: /video/1 No denial Speaks volumes to me. If true, I wonder if Big Finish will get David Bradley to voice the 1st Doctor instead of his on-screen male companions doing the voice? As David only resembles William Hartnell visually only, but way off in how the first Doctor sounds, it won't work in audio. Far, far better sound alikes out there such as John Guilor.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2017 17:31:44 GMT
That's why the novelisation adaptation will work - it's not the same as TV Who, just a few steps to the side with an opening which completely alternates from An Unearthly Child though has a few lines.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2017 17:33:14 GMT
Not for me. He played William Hartnell, an actor, beautifully. He captured the spirit and acted it beautifully. He doesn't sound at all like Hartnell though, not even close. Even Messrs Purves and Enoch sound closer to me when they "do" Hartnell.
Nothing against Bradley - he was wonderful in the role but if the gig was, as BF is, recreating the era then he ain't your man.
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Post by doomlord on Apr 23, 2017 18:30:12 GMT
I'm wondering if DB even bothered to click and listen to any of the audio links in the 'Terrence Dicks - The Eight Doctors' thread that posters kindly gave as examples as to whom are streets ahead of sounding like the First Doctor? From Peter Purves, Frazer Hines, Tim Treloar, to John Guilor. There was no feedback which makes me think he didn't even give the posters the courtesy to listen even when people are posting helpful suggestions to help him form a proper opinion. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9IdlK339js&app=desktopsoundcloud.com/guilor/doctor-who-becoming-unearthly-by-john-guilorHowever, I did give DB the courtesy to seek out his suggestion of actor Ian Puleston-Davies (the I'm Alan Partridge actor that played Alan's old school friend that got Alan into trouble) for a BF version of the Delgado Master but I'm sorry to say I don't hear the similarities at all?! What do others think? www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9q33VxkGs4
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Post by charlesuirdhein on Apr 23, 2017 18:38:10 GMT
However, I did give DB the courtesy to seek out his suggestion of actor Ian Puleston-Davies (the I'm Alan Partridge actor that played Alan's old school friend that got Alan into trouble) for a BF version of the Delgado Master but I'm sorry to say I don't hear the similarities at all?! What do others think? www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9q33VxkGs4I'm not hearing it at all.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Apr 23, 2017 19:01:09 GMT
Speaks volumes to me. If true, I wonder if Big Finish will get David Bradley to voice the 1st Doctor instead of his on-screen male companions doing the voice? As David only resembles William Hartnell visually only, but way off in how the first Doctor sounds, it won't work in audio. Far, far better sound alikes out there such as John Guilor. I disagree completely. David Bradley's voice is an uncanny soundalike to William Hartnell's IMO, plus if he appears in this year's Christmas Special he will be the official stand-in for William Hartnell.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Apr 23, 2017 19:17:38 GMT
I'm glad I'm someone who doesn't really care about spoilers. As for Bradley playing the 1st Doctor. Great actor. Have at it and it isn't like the show hasn't recast the 1st Doctor once already.
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Post by sherlock on Apr 23, 2017 19:36:59 GMT
As David only resembles William Hartnell visually only, but way off in how the first Doctor sounds, it won't work in audio. Far, far better sound alikes out there such as John Guilor. I disagree completely. David Bradley's voice is an uncanny soundalike to William Hartnell's IMO, plus if he appears in this year's Christmas Special he will be the official stand-in for William Hartnell. I'll have to re-watch those clips of the Adventure in Space and Time cast mocking up Who clips but from memory Bradley did a decent rendition of the First Doctor, though I wouldn't go so far to say he was uncanny. I'm sceptical about whether it's a good idea to include him in the Christmas special, it seems far too fan-orientated an idea and risks overshadowing Capaldi's last episode-which should really showcase Capaldi's Doctor not Bradley's imitation of Hartnell's. Also John Guilor is an official stand-in too, if that matters, as he did the First Doctor's line in The Day of the Doctor.
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Post by doomlord on Apr 23, 2017 19:58:20 GMT
I disagree completely. David Bradley's voice is an uncanny soundalike to William Hartnell's IMO, plus if he appears in this year's Christmas Special he will be the official stand-in for William Hartnell. I'll have to re-watch those clips of the Adventure in Space and Time cast mocking up Who clips but from memory Bradley did a decent rendition of the First Doctor, though I wouldn't go so far to say he was uncanny. I'm sceptical about whether it's a good idea to include him in the Christmas special, it seems far too fan-orientated an idea and risks overshadowing Capaldi's last episode-which should really showcase Capaldi's Doctor not Bradley's imitation of Hartnell's. Also John Guilor is an official stand-in too, if that matters, as he did the First Doctor's line in The Day of the Doctor. Don't forget the official stand-in with The Planet of Giants too.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Apr 23, 2017 19:59:21 GMT
I disagree completely. David Bradley's voice is an uncanny soundalike to William Hartnell's IMO, plus if he appears in this year's Christmas Special he will be the official stand-in for William Hartnell. I'll have to re-watch those clips of the Adventure in Space and Time cast mocking up Who clips but from memory Bradley did a decent rendition of the First Doctor, though I wouldn't go so far to say he was uncanny. I'm sceptical about whether it's a good idea to include him in the Christmas special, it seems far too fan-orientated an idea and risks overshadowing Capaldi's last episode-which should really showcase Capaldi's Doctor not Bradley's imitation of Hartnell's. Also John Guilor is an official stand-in too, if that matters, as he did the First Doctor's line in The Day of the Doctor. I agree in regards to whether David Bradley at Christmas is wise. There's a very strong chance that as the First Doctor he could overshadow Peter Capaldi, and in Peter Capaldi's regeneration story the focus should be on him.
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Post by doomlord on Apr 23, 2017 20:09:05 GMT
As David only resembles William Hartnell visually only, but way off in how the first Doctor sounds, it won't work in audio. Far, far better sound alikes out there such as John Guilor. I disagree completely. David Bradley's voice is an uncanny soundalike to William Hartnell's IMO, plus if he appears in this year's Christmas Special he will be the official stand-in for William Hartnell. See, this is what makes me think that you don't even click on informative links posted by helpful people but instead likes to wallow in your own stubbornness. Are you saying that David Bradley sounds a lot more like the First Doctor than John Guilor, Peter Purves or William Russell? Is this going from the same gauge levels as your Ian Puleston-Davies/Roger Delgado soundalike?
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Apr 23, 2017 20:17:27 GMT
I disagree completely. David Bradley's voice is an uncanny soundalike to William Hartnell's IMO, plus if he appears in this year's Christmas Special he will be the official stand-in for William Hartnell. See, this is what makes me think that you don't even click on informative links posted by helpful people but instead likes to wallow in your own stubbornness. Are you saying that David Bradley sounds a lot more like the First Doctor than John Guilor, Peter Purves or William Russell? Is this going from the same gauge levels as your Ian Puleston-Davies/Roger Delgado soundalike? I don't need to because I've already heard them voice the role. John Guilor is pretty much on par with David Bradley for me - spot on - but between the two I prefer David Bradley. William Russell and Peter Purves do a good job at conveying the incarnation's essence but sound more like themselves filling in for Hartnell than the Hartnell Doctor himself.
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Post by mark687 on Apr 23, 2017 20:22:04 GMT
As the 2 scenarios are in 1 thread,
1, Appearing in BF No Peter Purves has a better voice approximation and I'm sure Eliot Chapman will do fine.
2. TV I'd have any of the available original Doctors before a recast unless the story only works with the 1st Doctor. I think Mr Bradley would be passable though.
Regards
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