'You Could've Lent Her Hers!'

I really enjoy the way the first Doctor acts like a lovely old grandfather. It always charmed me when I first watched him, and as I got older, I started noticing things about him that I hadn't before, particularly the fact that he's constantly stumbling over his words and things. Some of it is acting, but I really do believe that a lot of it isn't. One episode that I remember very well for it is The Keys of Marinus. He said so many lovely little things in that one! When they first start walking around the planet, someone asks if the sea could be frozen, and he says something like, 'No, not in these temperatures... Besisdes, it's far to warm.' I think 'far too warm' was mean to be Ian's line.:) Later, he's talking about proving Ian's innocence when he's framed for murder, and he says, 'I can't improve at this moment - I can't prove at this moment that Chesterton is innocent.' I really love that too. But the one that always makes me really laugh is when he's talking to Ian and Barbara, after Susan's gone back to the TARDIS to get more shoes after she lost hers, and Ian's barefoot because he gave her his boot because there was glass on the ground, and the Doctor says, 'If you'd been wearing your boots, you could've lent her hers!' What just makes the scene is that Ian and Barbara take his scolding very solemnly, but then suddenly realize what he's said, and smile at each other!
The thing is, my dad did the same thing recently! My brother had a cold, and said he'd got it from my dad, and I can't remember why, but there was something funny about it. I hadn't heard my brother say it, and my dad was laughing, so I asked him what was funny. Still laughing, he said something like, 'Him accusing me of giving him his cold!'

Pyramids of Mars Pictures - Michael Sheard's Amazing Acting

I was watching "Pyramids of Mars" last night on my computer, to make a transcript, and I paused to write down some lines in Episode 2, when Laurence Scarman sees the inside of the TARDIS. When I came back to the video, I noticed that Michael Sheard, who plays Laurence, looked absolutely hilarious at that moment. The Doctor had said to him, "You're going to say it transcends all the normal laws of physics," and he was answering, "I am, yes. I mean it does. I mean it - i - it's preposterous!" and as he says, "I am, yes", he nods his head quite strongly, and his eyes glare in crazed amazement, and his face seems almost stretched!

This is the picture! I think it's really funny! :) He's obviously an amazing actor, and is totally into the role and circumstances, which is a very good thing. But one thing I've noticed about the best actors, who, in my opinion, don't care if someone would think they look "silly", is that their expressions are perfectly natural. In fact, they're the ones that made me realize that natural expressions look funny if you pause them! If you don't pause this picture, the only funny thing is how his eyes look.

While I was finding the exact frame on Windows Media Player (I was watching on Media Player Classic, which won't let me take a screenshot photo properly, so I had to find it again), I found this! :) His eyes look kind of crossed and madly staring. To me, He looks like his eyes are about to explode! :) I just noticed this, but the Doctor seems to be enjoying it more than I am!

  I also took this. Just look at his face! :) He looks so realistically upset and shocked that I almost feel sorry for him. It amazes me how a good actor can be so realistic. I hope to be an actress one day, and I feel that I have discovered the key to the way the best actors act, but I'll explain it some other time. :)

And I know this is similar to the last one, but it's not quite the same, and his face shows a completely different emotion. He looks like the truth is finally coming upon him, but he still refuses to believe it. It's very funny! :) I just love his eyes! I really believe that it's an actor's eyes that often show how good his acting is.

I'm not laughing at Michael Sheard, but the actually opposite. I'm congratulating his amazing acting. Although I may be amused by his expressions, it's in the same way that I would if I saw it really happening, because, to me, his acting (and the acting of those around him, but I'm talking about him right now) makes it as if it really is happening.