Who? Doctor Who, that's who...

POSTED BY: XeroGravity
UPDATED: Friday, March 31, 2006 21:50
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RUSSELL

Monday, March 27, 2006 1:37 PM

I havent watched but 1 1/2 episodes of Dr Who and I think its totally lame. I cringe at the thought of having that on as much as Stargate (or Stargate on as much as Stargate for that matter). I didnt care for the acting, the story or the characters. Stargate I liked, until they started re-running the episodes 25 hours a day 8 days a week.

Just my 2 cents worth.

rl

and for what its worth I never cared for farscape either :P

If wishes were horses we'd all be eatin steaks.

XEROGRAVITY

Monday, March 27, 2006 4:09 PM

RMMC:

Why did Eccleston quit the series? This is news to me.

Fuckin actors.. idiots to the last. You folks in the UK have no idea how much of a cult following Doc Who has on the other side of the pond. The "Doctor Who" personae is what Trek's "Kirk" once was before it got exploited to hell by Berman-Braga. Even Shatner started cashing in on it. Love Bill Shatner but a whore is a whore is a whore... he lost me permanently when he E-bay'd his gall stone for charity. Sorry Shatner... too much friggin info there. Nauseating.

Gross-out sphincter scale = 7.9

I shelled out $100 for the DVD set of season 1 of the new Doc Who. In the space of 3 eps I grew impressed with Eccleston ~ this guy would have made a great Doc. Was hoping to see him reprise the role for the next few years. Eh. Oh well. I'm trying desperately to avoid reading anything about the season 1 eps online ~ don't want to bumble into spoilers.

Is Billie Piper (Rose) sticking around for season 2? Also, has season 2 started airing yet? I could easily find out all of this but the DVDs are en route via Next Day mail (should arrive today hopefully) and I don't want to spoilerize the fun by googling anything.

Phtphtpht. Damn it all to hell.

Anyhow...

John Pertwee is my 2nd most fav Doc. Him and Baker totally owned the role. If they put a pretty-boy in to replace Eccleston I guarantee you the show is going to take a nasty turn for the worst. I'd have put Jeffrey Lyons in right from the get-go. He'd have been perfect (better than Eccleston). I'd have dressed him up in some super-tacky plaid blazer and the show would have rocked like the old days.

But we gotta rope in that "OMG the show's star is a HEARTTHROB" demographic. Same old formula as always.

XG

No such thing as gravity. The "Earth-that-was" just sucks.

MIKEC

Monday, March 27, 2006 4:30 PM

i've seen tennant in action, check out the episode "the cristmas day invasion"

as much as i loved eccleston, tennant is better as the doctor.

XEROGRAVITY

Monday, March 27, 2006 5:56 PM

I read this post and looked around, saw Tennant. Very pretty.

Hell I even illegally downloaded the X-mas ep on P2P. I watched the first few regen moments from my illegally downloaded version of it from P2P (peer to peer).

Ahh. The Doc is regen'ng in 1st ep (I remember his lil quip about his ears when he looked is the mirror in Rose's mum's house). Just had to peek...

Come arrest me copyright cops. I ain't hard to find (specially not now). Subpoena this site for it's subscriber list and track me down thru my ISP. Yes I've committed a cardinal sin. A capital offense. I illegally downloaded an ep of a show I've already paid for many times over.

The new Doc is very pretty. Really really truly pretty. Very young. Chicks will dig him.

XG

No such thing as gravity. The "Earth-that-was" just sucks.

COPILOT

Monday, March 27, 2006 6:15 PM

I have totally fallen for Dr. Who! I've seen two excelent episodes and maybe I might just go buy it on DVD now that I know it's out. Although I enjoy the anticipation of a new episode every week. But mostly I'm instant gratification (intenet generation).

An I carried such a torch

RABBIT2

Monday, March 27, 2006 6:26 PM

Remember that this is a UK made series and the BBC hires actors on a season by season basis.
Unlike the Hollywood system where you sign up for six seasons with an option on a seventh.
For actors remember, this is their career and livelyhood so leaving a series is often more motivated by a possible better job offer as it is by `Ego`.
This is also the reason you also frequently see rumours of one actor or another leaving a US series about season six, their agent is seeking a pay rise and the studio is tightening the screws!

Eccleston was apparently contracted on the understanding that he was only available for one season as he had other commitments, so the plan from the beginning was clearly to have the Doctor regenerate at the end of season 1.
It makes for a blockbuster season ending.

Incidently, look for the references to `BAD WOLF` in each episode.

As far as I am concerned, the only real Dr Who is WILLIAM HARTNELL. (God that dates me!)

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XEROGRAVITY

Monday, March 27, 2006 6:38 PM

Ya but the other side of the coin... (the literal coin ~ not figurative)...

People like me watched it on PBS (that's "Yank" for Public Broadcasting System). PBS exists almost entirely off of donations. Once per year they'd run a donate-a-thon to keep "Dovtor Who" on the air. Tom Baker was a regular on the circuit on a state-by-state basis (and we have 50 states over here). He was always pitching the "please donate" cause for PBS and loyal fans like myself couldn't "not" donate.

What am I gonna do? Let Doc Who go off the air? Of course not.

Tom Baker is a class act (hipper than Shatner 9 out of 7 days of the week). It's why he's top Doc in my book. To star in the "new" show is a "right", not a stepping-stone to better things.

Eccleston is a whore. They should have put a "dyed-in-the-wool" science fiction actor into this role (or at least someone who has few better prospects and bonafide talent ~ i.e. Jeffrey Lyons -- I'm a huge fan of "As Time Goes By").

Eccleston could have been the next uber-BOND of sci-fi if he had even the faintest clue. Apparently he didn't. But hey.. scifi chan is pretty clueless as well, so go figure.

XG

No such thing as gravity. The "Earth-that-was" just sucks.

RABBIT2

Monday, March 27, 2006 7:09 PM

You also have to consider that there were people in the BBC that did`nt see the new series go beyond season 1 and, even successful programs over here tend to be commissioned on a season by season basis.
I dont think you entirely appreciate the differences between the way television opperates in the UK from the US, the BBC is not PBS.
(Incidently, a series like `Firefly` that had a run of fourteen episodes would be, in UK terms a successful series.)
Casting a `Big Name` like you suggest would probably have trippled the budget.
I dont know what the series actually cost BBC WALES but I am willing to bet that a typical similar US series like `SG1` likely spends as much per episode!

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NEEDY

Monday, March 27, 2006 7:53 PM

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Originally posted by XeroGravity:

Is Billie Piper (Rose) sticking around for season 2? Also, has season 2 started airing yet?

Billie Piper is indeed sticking around for the second year (I'm not sure about the third though)

Season 2 hasn't yet started (though I suppose you could count "The Christmas Invasion" a part of it, so in a way it has.) I believe the second season starts in April/May... though I could be wrong.

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ARAMINA

Monday, March 27, 2006 8:06 PM

Finally I get to feel smug and knowledgeable over people in America. I spend 99.9% of my fandom avoiding spoilers, missing out on information and generally playing catch-up and now Dr Who is out over there, and I saw it all last summer, I can let out a little yipee!

I'm glad you're all enjoying it. I for one was not looking forward to watching Billie Piper acting (did y'all know she was a pop star? Google it) but I was pleasantly surprised. I never really liked Christopher Eccleston, don't know why, but I loved David Tennant in the Christmas Invasion.

What episode is it up to in America then? Have you seen Dalek yet?

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