Dr Who

Hi there,

Sweet web page, but on your companions portion, you mentioned K-9 as the only mechanical companion. This is incorrect as you are forgetting Kamileon, who was only there for 2 stories. I forget which episodes he was in.

KryssTal Reply: Thanks for the comments - I'll correct it.

On your First Doctor Webpage; you said: First time the Doctor is referred to as 'Dr Who'. On the War Machines. This is wrong (I think). The First time he was called Dr Who was in the Daleks.

(I'm 75% sure)

KryssTal Reply: That gives me a great excuse to watch it again - cheers!

What!

No pictures of the companions!

At least Peri and Nyssa! :-)

KryssTal Reply: I wasn't that keen on Peri (she whined too much), but one day I will stick a photo of Nyssa. Meanwhile, I only have Barbara, one of the earliest companions.

Thanks for your attention.

Dear fellow fan

i would like your opinion on the late Jon Pertwee's The Mutants. I taped it off UK GOLD on Sky [TV] quite a while back and was confused on the story's plot wheather you have seen it or not could you possibly give me your opinion.

KryssTal Reply: I'm sorry but that's one story I don't know. I followed the good Doctor through his first two incarnations and I have all the available videos from that era. The other Doctors, I only know the stories out on video and a few that I have read.

I missed it on UK Gold because I have an aversion to paying for anything owned by Rupert Murdoch!

Dear Kryss,

Greetings from a small hamlet called Connewarre in Victoria, Australia.

Found your e-mail address on the Web. I am searching for a complete list of all the Dr.Who television programs ever made, not just the ones televised in Australia. Could you please help me with this? If the list (if it exists) is fairly extensive, I would be happy to pay for same and/or postage. Perhaps you could e-mail a reply? I would be very grateful. The list is for my mother who is 72 years old and a Dr.Who fanatic... I am searching for some episodes she does not have on Video.

KryssTal Reply: Hi there Ozland - I have just returned from 4 months in your hemisphere and I enjoyed the star gazing. Your Southern Cross is pretty.

A complete list of all the televised stories by doctor with information about them can be found on my Dr Who web site.

If you have any more questions - don't hesitate to email again.

Good luck.

The "unknown planet" in "Carnival of Monsters" is Inter Minor.

Keep up the good work.

KryssTal Reply: Thanks a lot - I've checked it out and corrected.

I was just looking at your homepage... who is the most recent doctor? I live in Virginia, you see... so I'm not exactly up to date on the doctor and his travels....

KryssTal Reply: Hello Jen

Always happy to hear from fans of the Doctor. I've just finished listening to a tape of one of my favourite stories "Power of the Daleks" which is missing all six of its episodes.

The last Doctor in the BBC television series was the seventh, Sylvester McCoy. The recent Fox film features the eighth Doctor, Paul McGann. A new series was to have been made but that seems to have fallen by the wayside.

The series lasted between 1963 to 1989 (26 seasons). The first six seasons were in black and white and 110 episodes of these are missing, presumed lost! Videos of many of the stories are available from the BBC (or its equivalent in the US).

Hope this answers your questions - do not hesitate to ask more. How's the weather in Virginia, it's very hot here in London.

Thank you for answering my question. I thought it might seem a bit out of date.

KryssTal Reply: No trouble at all.

I have just recently started watching Doctor who, beginning with the 19th season.

KryssTal Reply: Season 19 is the first story of Peter Davison's reign as the Fifth Doctor. He is the vulnerable Doctor after seven years of Tom Baker's clever and gregarious Doctor.

(Peter Davison is the best!!) Over here, they show Doctor Who episodes every saturday night at 1:00am!!! Being the devoted fan I am... nothing is too late for me!! The last episode I saw was "The Caves of Androzani", so the next one I see will star Colin Baker----hope it's just as good.

KryssTal Reply: Fans in the UK often vote "Caves" as the best Davison story. The regeneration scene at the end is one of the best. Colin Baker is a very alien (almost unlikable) Doctor. He does mellow as time goes on. I didn't like Peri as a companion - she whines too much! The best Colin Baker stories are (in my opinion) Attack of the Cybermen, Vengeance on Varos, and Revelation of the Daleks. The Two Doctors is interesting because it features the marvellous Second Doctor and Jamie, one of the most popular companions. They were last seen in 1969 and that story begins in black and white, slowly fading into colour (sorry - "color").

But I have a couple more questions for oyu (hope you don't mind) -- do you know why Colin Baker's time on the show was so short?

KryssTal Reply: There was talk of cancelling the series at the time and there was, in fact, a year long gap between seasons 22 and 23. In the end the compromise reached was to carry on but to change Doctors.

Do they still show them on the t.v in London? (At decent hours of the day, one would hope.) Kind of frustrating, though --- I have to wait a whole week for another adventure of the Doctor!! Actually I'm lucky -- I live in one of the few areas that actually shows Doctor Who episodes. Thank you again (I realize this was kind of long--sorry bout that!)

KryssTal Reply: Actually, no. The BBC has shown only a handfull of repeats of Dr Who. It is shown more often outside of the UK. I don't know why this is. Recently, Dr Who won best drama award on the BBC even though it's been off the air for nine years! The 1967 story Evil of the Daleks was repeated after a year. In 1980 (!) there was a series called the Five Faces of Dr Who where a story was shown from each of the (up to then) five Doctors. There was another group of repeats in 1990. Satelite TV has shown many repeats.

In the UK we have five TV chanels (two are non commercial BBC - three are commercial). Our satelite TV is not really considered as part of our heretage or culture and is rather looked down upon. I refuse to subscribe to satelite because much of it is owned by Ruper Murdoch who owns too much media for my liking.

However, many videos are available from the BBC (I have them all). On top of that, unreleased stories and parts of missing stories are available from like-minded people! Missing stories are available as audios or reconstructions.

The weather here is VERY hot. I have to go to London for Christmas (school) does it get very cold there?

KryssTal Reply: No, we have a marine climate rather than a continental one. At 51 degree North latitude, our winters are milder than areas in the USA at latitude 40!

Please note the appropriate spelling for the Doctor's assistant is the Indian form - Leela, and not as spelt on your Web Page.

KryssTal Reply: Well spotted. I always thought it was Arabic rather than Indian. I'll change it.

Okay so I'm really sad, but yes leela is Indian and Leila (sp?) is Arab, they are two variants of the same name, so you are quite correct in thinking Leila is Arab.

Nice sight by the way.

KryssTal Reply: Thanks - I made the change. I like both Arabic and Indian culture myself - especially the food!

By the way, don't you mean "nice site"? :)

Hi Kryss,

Me and my brother have just finished reading your pages on doctor who programs. We really liked them ! We are Doctor who fans, and my brother's favourite characters are the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Sarah Jane (We've met her!), while mine are the Fifth Doctor, Ace and Adric. We really just wrote this to say how much we liked the pages, we think they're cool!

KryssTal Reply: Thank you both for your kind message. I put the effort into the pages because I too am an avid Dr Who fan. I began watching during the First Doctor. I am glad it pleases others.

You asked for corrections. Firstly, where's the Eighth Doc as played by Paul McGann in the 1996 tv movie. Similairly no mention is made to Dr Grace Holloway, who served as a companion for that story (played by Daphne Ashbrook). Also no mention is made of Kamelion, the shape-changing android (voiced by Gerald Flood), who accompanied Peter Davisons Fifth Doctor. Sorry to be so picky,but you did ask - oh and the sites pretty cool too.

KryssTal Reply: Please don't appologise - and thanks for your comments.

So far I've stuck to the BBC TV series (except for Shada) but eventually I may add the (excellent) 8th Doctor. Kamelion? Yes, you're probably correct if I've included K9. Watch this space, or rather that space!

Chears

I just found your doctor who page,its great but how come you dont count kamelion as a companion,also you dont mention the 8th doctor.

Besides that, well done

KryssTal Reply: Thanks for your kind comments. I have included Kamelion as a guest because "he" only appears in two stories. The page deals only with the BBC televised serials and so doesn't include the 8th Doctor as that was a "TV Movie".