Sally wrote:
Ummm ... that makes me a B7-only fan; though I was a faithful view of Dr
Who Nos 2 to 5, viewing was as far as I got.<
I only saw Nos 3-4, which not surprisingly makes them my favourite Doctors. Actually, I'm not much of a SF fan, apart from B7 Dr Who is the only SF TVshow I really like. And it is its undifinable "Britishness" that appeals to me, rather than the setting in the future.
Likewise I love B7 because of the magnificent character interaction and not because of its SF setting. For me those characters would have been equally interesting if they had been set in the past or present.
I loved Cadfael.<
Me too - still do :-)
I bought all the books.<
Same here. I love them for their good plots and sound historical descriptions.
I bought the books before I saw the TV shows, but I loved the TV show
more.<
Initially I thought that Derek Jacobi was rather miscast as a Welshman. Once I got used to him I began to appreciate those episodes that follow the books. Alas there are two where the screenplay writer got too free a rein, resulting in abominable plots and a travesty of Medieval life.
(Of course, 'tis rather hard to imagine a Blake/Cadfael cross,<
O dear, I'm working on one :-)
though Certain Crewmembers would look nice in tights).<
Absolutely! :-)
Marian
Although B7 is my favorite sci-fi show (yes, I'm occasionally an unreconstructed 11-year-old), I like Dr Who and have a lot of them on tape (off the air--they're still showing on PBS locally), as well as some of the under-appreciated "Sapphire and Steel." Also enjoyed some of Bab 5, especially the G'Car-Londo interplay. Can't figure out why I like the nonsense of S&S but not the nonsense of (the well-done, well-acted) X-Files. Hm. Perhaps because there's little danger that people will believe that "time can be stopped," but a great danger that people will (and do) believe that "aliens" have landed and that there is a government conspiracy to cover up that "fact."
On the other hand, I believe firmly in Brian the spider . . . ;-) Ann