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Tom Baker Dons His Endless Scarf Once Again

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Alessar
07/17/09

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I think it's great they brought Yates back. Honestly, though, "least expected" said to me either Romana I who quit rather suddenly, or Romana II who was played by his now ex-wife.
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redspidey
07/16/09

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This would be taking place right before the Key to Time season, right? I think that followed Leela's departure. As for K-9, I keep forgetting which one was left with who when and what number we're on.
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92BuickLeSabre
07/16/09

@redspidey: You are correct Sir.

Mark I was left with Leela. Mark II was in a box in the TARDIS at the end of the season. And the next season started with The Ribos Operation, the first part of The Key to Time.
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JennaW
07/16/09

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Oh, this is so exciting! I haven't listened to more than one or two of the radio plays (I always *intend* to track down more) but this will be way motivational.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
07/16/09

@JennaW: Same here.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
07/16/09

@Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Also, a big "hee!" to Rula Lenska. People of a certain age know what I'm talkin' 'bout.

(editing not working -- tells me I only have 15 min. to edit when it's only been 2 or 3 since I posted)
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dodongo_dislikes_smoke
07/16/09

@Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.:
She was the Billy Mayes of her day!
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
07/16/09

@dodongo_dislikes_smoke: Not as loud, though!
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Grey_Area
07/16/09

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Retirement in Sussex with buzzing sounds? Sounds like a tip of the deerstalker to that other beloved British icon, Sherlock Holmes.
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Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
07/16/09

@Grey_Area:

You are entirely right. People always forget that he retired to keep bees in the country.
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Golem100
07/16/09

@Belabras:
Ah, explains "The Bee Keeper's Apprentice".
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Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
07/16/09

@Golem100:
And Chabon's Final Solution
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Grey_Area
07/16/09

@Golem100: Are those Laurie R. King books any good? I just read her short story "Mrs. Hudson's Case" and quite enjoyed it.

(As I go veering wildly off topic again...)
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
07/16/09

@Grey_Area: I have a friend who adores them; I find them entirely too Mary Sue. Since I can't buy the foundational conceit, I can't recommend them.

Her contemporary and non-Holmes stuff is quite good, though.
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Grey_Area
07/16/09

Heh, almost forgot about this. Mr. Baker as the Man from 221B Baker St. in 1982.
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Chip Overclock
07/16/09

@Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: My one-time ball room dance partner loves them, but I can't quite buy into it for much the same reasons as you cite. (But although she likes fantasy and historical fiction, she didn't like JONATHAN STRANGE AND MR. NORRELL, which was the best book I read that year, so go figure.)
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Elizabeth Weinbloom
07/16/09

@Grey_Area: I did not know this existed! I am now informed! Glory be!
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
07/16/09

@Elizabeth Weinbloom: I have it on VHS somewhere around here, but haven't seen it in years.
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MrTim
07/17/09

@Grey_Area: It's a little disorienting watching Tom Baker in "The Hound of the Baskervilles." He's very much Sherlock Holmes ninety-five percent of the time, then he gives that trademark Tom Baker grin and the illusion is shattered.
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Grey_Area
07/17/09

@MrTim: Agreed. The only type of grin I picture Holmes with is "withering".
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John
07/17/09

@Grey_Area: You can probably thank Basil Rathbone for 70% of your Holmes visualization, and the other 30% on that guy from PBS. Anyone who doesn't look like either of those guys doesn't "Look" like Holmes.
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RandomFrequentFlierDent
07/17/09

@Chip Overclock: Not liking Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell pretty much negates any other book-related opinion she might have.
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Grey_Area
07/17/09

@John: Rathbone and Jeremy Brett did fulfill the image of Holmes that Doyle described, but the illustrations by Sidney Pachet are the real deal. The forthcoming movie will be a lot of fun and all, but Robert Downey Jr. will never be my image of Holmes. Heck, he's only, what, 4'12"?
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Grey_Area
07/17/09

@Elizabeth Weinbloom: And being informed is 50% of the conflict!

What?
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Elizabeth Weinbloom
07/17/09

@Grey_Area: I am so conflicted about the new movie. It will either be the greatest thing ever or unspeakably awful. Sherlock Holmes and Robert Downey Jr are just two completely different kinds of hot.

Now if someone cast Hugh Laurie, then we'd be talking.
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Golem100
07/17/09

@Grey_Area:
I really enjoyed the first one, the second one I didn't finish.
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Grey_Area
07/17/09

@Elizabeth Weinbloom: I'm going to watch it as a parody or something. Downey and Jude Law are both great and I'm sure the ramped-up action and jokey bits will be very entertaining.

Hugh Laurie? He'd be great, House already is sort of a Holmesian homage. Didja notice his address is 221B? Not that I ever watch that show...
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Golem100
07/17/09

@Grey_Area:
I enjoyed the first one but couldn't make it through the second.
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Chip Overclock
07/18/09

@Grey_Area: The creators of HOUSE admit up front that they wanted to make a medical drama of Holmseian sensibilities, so it's no accident. They originally cast Wilson (? the oncologist) as his Watson, but it turned out to work better when House having a team of assistants.
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Chip Overclock
07/18/09

@Chip Overclock: BTW, the editing icon definitely does not work.
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