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Well, reading the bit about growing up with enjoyable shows like The Avengers makes me smile as I did the same. Fry is a man of discerning taste! He's not really knocking Dr. Who though, he's just referring to it as a show for the younger more playful audience- that would be children and ME! Haha! Thanks for the article!Allard wrote:No, this fact does not come from Twitter, but form a lecture he gave and which is reported in the Daily Telegraph. He calls The Avengers part of an golden age. Makes sense, he is often praised for his intelligence.![]()
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Frankymole wrote:He can't dislike it too much since he was keen to work on it... plus he's been interviewed in the DW magazine praising it.Dandy Forsdyke wrote:His comments on Doctor Who will go down badly ...
look at it-this way...opinions are like rear ends....everyone has one !Dandy Forsdyke wrote:Frankymole wrote:He can't dislike it too much since he was keen to work on it... plus he's been interviewed in the DW magazine praising it.Dandy Forsdyke wrote:His comments on Doctor Who will go down badly ...
He compliments it in fact, but he also says it is a "children's programme" and "not for adults". That won't please many Who-fans.
Of course SF took an affectionate swipe at the Avengers on A Bit Of Fry And Laurie
Vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ4aBkKKWl4
It's well-known to be a family programme - for "children of all ages". As a wise man once said, "a little nonsense now and then is cherished by the wisest men"Dandy Forsdyke wrote: He compliments it in fact, but he also says it is a "children's programme" and "not for adults". That won't please many Who-fans.
No sonic screwdrivers at dawn then ...... speaking after BAFTA's exclusive screening of new Who episode The Pandorica Opens, Moffat laughed off the comments.
"Doctor Who's not for adults? I can count some here!" he quipped. "Let's be fair, Stephen Fry's one of the biggest Doctor Who fans in the world, he was just trying to sound grown up.
"Doctor Who was designed specifically to be a family programme. That's what it's for. It's the junction between the children's programmes and the adults' programmes. It's the one that everybody sits and watches."
He added: "It's a rather brilliant idea. Why don't they make a television programme that everybody wants to watch? We should do that more often. It surprised me that it took me until I was 47 to be working on a show like that.
"The comparison with chicken nuggets? This is very, very high-end, very, very high-quality show. It has absolutely no comparison with junk food at all and Stephen knows it. That's Twitter he's thinking about! Stephen loves Doctor Who so don't worry about it."