I'll start: DOCTOR WHO 4.1-the awesomeness
POSTED BY: reginaroadie
UPDATED: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 21:07
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Originally posted by reginaroadie:
But in terms of a quality arc, I have to say that DOCTOR WHO never had a dry spell like so many other sci-fi series recently.
The original series had a bit of a dry spell back in the 80s (most famously with the Licorice Allsorts Man episode - and you can see from the clips on "Confidential" that the makeup and effects had gone down the pan then, too)
However - it has a few advantages over the other shows you mention:
1. Only 15 episodes a year (13 regular episodes plus a twofer at Christmas). One of my pet beefs with US shows is that the ideas & money inevitably seem to dry up around episode 12, leaving a string of filler episodes until the season finale.
2. Its pure, escapist B-movie fantasy - anything goes. "Lost" couldn't get away with evil Santa Claus robots. The "Heroes" couldn't meet the Devil.
3. Its less "hero-centric" - at its best, the Dr and assistant just act as a catalyst for a story about the guests of the week. This makes for more variety.
4. Revolving door casting - adds varity, and immunity from star egos. The only irreplaceable element is the blue box.
5. Everybody wants to be in it or write for it - a respectable fraction of the BBC's talent pool is there because they watched 'Who as a kid. In the UK, its brand recognition is up there with Coca Cola and Jesus.
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Oh, Doctor Who is bigger than Jesus over here. In fact, the series finale was the most watched programme of the week by over 1.5m viewers. Bigger than the soaps, bigger than Wimbledon, bigger than anything anyone else put up, this sci-fi show was numero uno. As successful as the Star Treks, Stargates and such have been, they never managed that.
If you're really missing Who, there's some surrogate shows available - Sarah Jane Adventures returns for a 12 episode run in September, Torchwood is back in early 2009 and there's the Doctor Who Proms (complete with a brand new scene in the TARDIS starring David Tennant) later this month. But we only have four specials to see us through till the new series starting in 2010.
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WHAT?! 2010?! You're kidding! Right? Tell me you're kidding? Why not next year? Did I do something evil in a past life?
I guess I'm not the only one going crazy for a David Tennant fix.
I looked on Ebay and tickets to see the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Hamlet this summer with the great one as the lead and Patrick Stewart as his evil uncle are selling for approximately £200 each. And I have three!!!! Bwa hahahahahaa. They're mine, all mine!!!
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