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  1. 4th Jul 2009, 3:38 PM #1
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    Default I feel old.

    Come September 1st this year, I'll have been watching Dr Who for 30 years... it makes me feel so old! Nurse! My zimmer, please!

    (And I know there's at least one other member of this forum that reaches the 30 year mark the same day... )
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    Some might consider 30 years to be quite a short time. In terms of being definitely able to remember watching, I'll be at 31 at the same time - and I can think of at least 3 PS members who have been on the go even longer!

    You young Wombat you!
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    In terms of Ice Ages it's only a very small amount.

    As a child of the McGann era I can only imagine a time when Saturday teatimes were all about the adventures of Percy Kent-Smith and his Bond girl-like sidekick Soppy Aldred.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andrew Curnow View Post
    Some might consider 30 years to be quite a short time. In terms of being definitely able to remember watching, I'll be at 31 at the same time - and I can think of at least 3 PS members who have been on the go even longer!

    On the go! I suppose one of those must be me then Mr. Curnow.

    Yes, I'll happily admit to have been watching Dr. Who for the best part of 44 years at least.
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    I reckon you're probably the longest-serving fan on PS Steve (notice how I managed to avoid saying "the oldest fan" there - tactful, eh!) - I'd guess Wayne 'n' Ralph (the Pertwee posse) have also been, well, 'on the go' longer than the rest of us.
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    It's my 30th next year. I've been Who-ing for 22 years!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Si Hunt View Post
    As a child of the McGann era I can only imagine a time when Saturday teatimes were all about the adventures of Percy Kent-Smith and his Bond girl-like sidekick Soppy Aldred.

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    1974 I started, you do the maths!
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    Until them, there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties, Just go forward in all your beliefs,
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    You're not the only one Ash...

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    Quote Originally Posted by SiHart View Post
    You're not the only one Ash...

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    I know... you're who I was thinking of in the first post in the thread...
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    It's my thirtieth anniversary too this year. Might watch Destiny of the Daleks as a celebration.
    'In search of some rest, in search of a break
    From a life of tests, where something's always at stake
    Where something's always so far...'
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    It's nearer the 40-year mark for me...
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    I feel love.
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    I've been at it for thirty-five years.

    I'll rephrase that...
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    Oh my!

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    And is it any wonder I'm in such a state!
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    35 years of Who for me too this year! So there's quite a few of us int the 30+ years bracket!
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    I feel bad now about saying I could only think of three people who'd been on the go for more than thirty years. It turns out we've got loads of old codgers on PS!!!


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    I'm 43 and have been watching since I was 5. That's 38 years and still going!
    I’m being extremely clever up here and there’s no one to stand around looking impressed! What’s the point in having you all?
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    I've been watching Who for 35 years
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    33 years or so from "The hand of fear" to "Planet of the dead" (I think it was called).
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