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But out of curiosity: Do you like the show? What do you like about it? Potentially what makes it different? Would you recommend it, and why?
:} Elorithryn
So many things to like, so little time to enjoy them all.
It's kinda like how Red Dwarf was cooler in the first couple of series when they had to use their imaginations to create sets and what-not because they didn't have enough money for fancy sets and effects. That same reasoning is probably what made The Mighty Boosh so popular as well - you can see that the Hitcher's eye piece is a mini polo box.
Amy's Choice was STUNNING.
That said, some of the 'villains', such as 'Prisoner Zero', that we've had... Well, they've been less than frightening, and not all that imaginative. But still. I'm just squealing like a fangirl in anticipation of an episode for next season that's apparently written by Neil Gaiman.
Plus, the new series is a lot easier to get into for those of us who didn't grow up with Doctor Who (such as myself). The Empty Child both terrified and hooked me, so I'm a bit of a Moffat fangirl now. His episodes this season have been a little disappointing to me, actually, but I still firmly prefer this to RTD's showrunning. The main thing that bothers me is the reliance on Doctor/Companion romance, because I haven't supported that since Romana.
There are some great episodes. Some are terrible, but I liked last week's -- it had Vincent Van Gogh and it was actually strangely moving. Very good writing. And the monster was invisible, so they focused a lot less on that and more on the effect of the acting itself.
:} Elorithryn
Hmm. 47 years' worth...in half-hour episodes, Elo! Haah! :D
KVOS Bellingham (Washington State), just south of the line, south of me in Vancouver, back in the 1980's ran every episode of Dr Who every Saturday night about midnight. KVOS combined episodes, so I saw it in two-hour sweeps.
This was before the affordable vcr, darn it.
If I'm remembering correctly, it took about two years of early Sunday mornings to see it all, every show available from 1963 thru 1980'whatever.
My earliest Dr Who memory: tv was taller than me; black n' white daleks and trench warfare staring me in the face; scarier than I can say.
Then again from about 1985 to 1999 I pretty much lived with out TV, erm, no make that 1998ish. in 99 I got to watch my suitemates TV and caught up on a lot of Xena episodes before I went over to the lower class housing to tutor.
Ahh the good old days when I had all the time in the world.
Bah my drink is making me ramble. *grin*
nini
:} Elorithryn
My husband used to watch them back in the day, around the 4th doctor, and recently we noticed the new incarnations (we're a little behind on that here in 'merica), and we liked them, so we decided, what the hell... (FYI, dailymotion.com has every episode from day 1)
I agree the new version could lose a little of that romantic tension, but it's not TOO bad. And I haven't gotten far enough into the old version to see any bad guys that were actually scary, so I can't really comment on that. But overall, I obviously think it's a very good show, or I wouldn't be embarking on such a long endeavor. So personally I highly recommend it :)
Late I know, but I still do.
Does it surprise anyone that even after all these years, the Daleks still fight with whisks and plungers? Not me, it's a classic.
I adore this series, it's got EVERYTHING you could want... and David Tennant will forever be my Doctor, because he's one of the only three I've ever seen xD
Strictly speaking, it's not 47 years worth :)
The 'Classic' series ran from 1963-89, and then was a huge gap (apart from one made for TV film which featured the Eighth Doctor) until 2005 when the 'New' series started.
767 episodes or so...
By the way, one of my fellow Hirst Books authors is Colin Baker, the Sixth Doctor - I'll be meeting him at the end of this month at the Writers Conference I'm attending :) and two other Hirst authors are Anneke Wills, who played Polly, one of the first Companions and worked with the First and Second Doctors, and Matthew Waterhouse who played Adric, a Companion to the Fourth and Fifth Doctors, so I'm in good company Doctor Who-wise. Paddytum will almost certainly be launched at a DW Convention.
:} Elorithryn
Oh that's true, Tasha: not 47 years running. Let's just say that was me being...fanatical, and counting-in the BBC-Promise Years, when BBC promises He would return...some time...sustained me. Probably sustained many, many, and again many more fanatics...um, fans, I meant...thru those dark years. Let's just call it fan logic rather than bad math: the Doctor's always in our public mind, therefore never really went away.
And I do like ALL your By The Way :)
Paddytum - Lucky Bear! - He's going to a Dr Who convention xD
Woohoo! Kitchen plungers!
Have you seen Bill Bailey's Guide To The Orchestra? He does a jazzed-up French version of the DW theme tune. It's all in french but when you translate it, one of the lines is: "The daleks can't get up the stairs"
Although now they can fly, so that spoils that one.
You'll just have to come over for that :D Do you remember Adric? (I'm sure you can't be old enough to remember Polly). I've read Matthew Waterhouse's first novel (of two), as I was asked to do a pre-publication review, and it's a bit racy but he's a brilliant writer. As well as that and the second novel, they're publishing his autobiography, Blue Box Boy (great title, eh?) which spills quite a few beans on Tom Baker (who apparently was 'difficult' to work with), and Peter Davison (who wasn't). He's written it all in the third person, which is a bit weird.
Anyway, "my Doctor" is undoubtedly Ten. I thought Christopher Eccleston was rather good as the Ninth Doctor, but he only had one series whereas David Tennant got three. I couldn't stand Rose, Martha was only marginally more bearable, but Donna is my favourite companion.
As for the new series, I was looking forward to it. A group of us sent off a fanbook to Matt Smith before it started wishing him luck and he sent a letter back. I think Matt Smith did a decent job as the Elventh Doctor, but after the third episode of the new series I just couldn't watch it anymore. Amy Pond is insufferable. I just couldn't stand her and she put me off watching the rest of the series.
Lol! :D
@FictionFangirl also said:
Donna was mine, too, even though she was the only one I watched when it was actually on! When I was younger my mum wouldn't let me watch it because she found it scary, so the first episode I ever watched was the last episode of series three. Which was good, although I can't remember what happened! I think that was the one with the Master ...
@FictionFangirl also said:
I don't like Amy Pond, but I love Doctor Who so much that I'll watch it anyway :D