> > You would have been happy in Australia.  The ABC station decided to 
> > show the entire original series before the new one started. 
>  40 years 
> > worth!
> 
> Prime in NZ showed some of the early b/w stuff too. As a kid 
> I remember being terrified at the time it first started. And 
> noticed an intensity in the old stuff (cheesy acting -William 
> Hartnell fluffed lines all over the place - and effects 
> aside) that wasn't there in the new series
> 
> Still liked the old Dalek episodes though, they were sick as, 
> and the horrible swamp in the Roy Castle film too
> 
> Kind of given up on the new ones. Too many plots involving 
> mind control and humanoid monsters who can't seem to run


I could do without the "let's pop home & see mum" aspect as well.

Tony 

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