Comments | scarlettina: "I didn't know they played classical music"

scarlettina

"I didn't know they played classical music"

Apr 13, 2007 09:12

This is what I get for being a new-school Doctor Who fan. Why didn't anyone ever tell me that the Beatles made an appearance on Doctor Who?

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herself_nyc April 13 2007, 16:18:31 UTC

Even I found that ahead of you! I posted it a couple weeks ago.

scarlettina April 13 2007, 16:32:02 UTC

Wow. I totally missed it. Might have been during the, um, difficult week.

oldmangrumpus April 13 2007, 16:35:20 UTC

I'm ashamed to admit this was news to me...... D'oh!

twilight2000 April 13 2007, 16:46:10 UTC

Damn! It was news to me as well ;>. Not all of the First Doctor made it over here -- it wasn't till Doctor #3 they even started *keeping* the films/tapes. A lot of the material from the first 2 doctors is stuff fans had kept as the BBC didn't see any need in archiving "a children's show" -- or so the story goes :>.

irrationalrobot April 13 2007, 17:53:18 UTC

The first doctor stuff is largely preserved, the second Doctor is mostly lost to history (notable exception: Tomb of the Cybermen is a great popcorn muncher).

My favorite bit of weirdness around this: We still have audio recordings of the second doctor ONLY because some enterprising fans thought it would be a good idea to put a flippin' TAPE DECK in front of their TV to record the audio later.

I was never aware that the Beatles were on Doctor Who though, I guess I should check that out.

irrationalrobot April 13 2007, 17:55:07 UTC

Oh, and boy oh boy I'd like a loop of :57-:59 of that youtube video for an lj icon.

twilight2000 April 13 2007, 20:15:19 UTC

And, amusingly, I have at least 2 of those BBC audio offerings on CD :>.

mrdorbin April 13 2007, 17:10:22 UTC

I remember seeing that in high school! I think it was the very first episode.

markbourne April 13 2007, 19:21:45 UTC

That's from the serial titled "The Chase," a largely comic, over-the-top story featuring the Daleks in their own TARDIS-like time machine pursuing the Doctor.

Its Wikipedia entry has this bit of triviata:

"The story also features The Beatles in a film clip. See also Celebrity appearances in Doctor Who. It was originally planned for the band to appear as themselves, but under heavy 'aging' make-up, to represent themselves in the future; but their schedules conflicted. Thus, footage from the BBC pop music music chart programme Top of the Pops was used instead. Ironically, considering the number of lost Doctor Who episodes, this is the only surviving clip of the Beatles from Top of the Pops."

scarlettina April 13 2007, 23:20:10 UTC

See, and it didn't even occur to meme, a Wikipedian!to lok at Wikipedia. That's why you're the pro fan and I'm a mere piker.

markbourne April 13 2007, 23:30:23 UTC

Hey, I'll be a pro fan when they let me write an episode. Or appear in one. I do believe I deserve some sort of co-writing credit for "The Shakespeare Code" ::g::, which you'll be seeing here Sunday evening.