The German Doctor Who trailer from Pro7

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Could be better, could be worse. The German Nine-voice is going to take a lot of getting used to - it's too light and young, more like Ten, actually. Actually, after putting too much thought into it - and in a bid to rescue the 'I thought you were from the North' joke, I think they should have got Jan Fedder to do it. His origins are the Hamburg working-class, and I think his voice would fit Nine quite well (he's best known for playing a sometimes gruff but always good-hearted cop, and Wikipedia informs me that he has done dubbing work). Oh well, never mind - it's always interesting watching things you know in a different language!

Though the reference to 'one mission' makes me suspect that whoever wrote the voice-over may have succumbed to the popular misapprehension that All TV SF is like Star Trek. And hasn't actually watched any of the episodes. Quite liked the 'einer muß' uns ja retten' line though ('well, SOMEONE's got to save us')

Comments

[parrot-knight.livejournal.com]

Unusual emphasis on the telepathic circuits - and while I'm no expert on German accents and intonation, this voice has none of the universe-weariness Eccleston's voice brought to the Doctor even in his lightest moments.

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Yes: he's too light and too cheerful; one of the reasons I would prefer someone like Fedder (if you're really bored: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xqhn6inZYw&feature=related , starting at about 0:42), who has a good voice for world-weary. Certainly the German boards are all very unimpressed by the choice (incuding one bright spark who said he sounded more like Captain Jack...)

i suspect the 'telepathic' bit is just them trying to underline that the TARDIS is not the Enterprise (or the Millenium Falcon) - but it does seem a bit odd, you're right.

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Mind you, at lest with the dubbing you might be able to hear the dialogue over the background music (a pet hate of mine with the new series...)

[helflaed.livejournal.com]

One mission? I thought that the whole point was that he DIN'T have a mission- a wanderer in the fourth dimension.

The voice did sound odd as well, but I really don't like dubbed voices- they annoy me intensely. I'd rather watch something in the original language, even if that means I don't understand it. I don't know why it is, but it really irritates me.

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One mission? I thought that the whole point was that he DIN'T have a mission- a wanderer in the fourth dimension.

Well, yes, exactly (except when being shoved around by the Timelords, but that's (a) rare and (b) strictly Old Skool.

I assume they mean 'defending the earth', but it's still wrong.

Dubbed voices don't irritate me as such, but they do confuse me no end - and I'd alwys go for subtitles given the choice.