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

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UPDATED: Friday, March 31, 2006 21:50
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XEROGRAVITY

Sunday, March 26, 2006 3:30 PM

I'm fallin in love with scifi all over again. The new "Doc Who" is great! Finally the whores are gettin it right. I'm officially ending my mourning period for the loss of Farscape.

And they kept in-tact the original theme music and the Tardis time-travel sound effect from the original show. Thank god for small miracles. I was afraid they'd get Yanni to "re-imagine" it and have Barry Manilow sing some crappy-ass lyrics over it (kinda like they did with ST Enterprise).

I even love the new look of the Tardis' inner chamber. The new Doc is perfect, the scriptwriting is superb, and his companion Rose is a babe.

What a great show. I wish they had tapped these same people to make the movie version of "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". It wouldn't have sucked so bad.

XG

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

SIMONWHO

Sunday, March 26, 2006 3:43 PM

I'm guessing you've seen the first three episodes on Sci-Fi. And yeah, they're great but I've got to tell you this... it just gets better!

XEROGRAVITY

Sunday, March 26, 2006 4:13 PM

Yep scifi chan. 4th ep already out on BBC airwaves?

Damn I need to get me a satellite dish.

Is it just me or does the new Doc (Eccleston) look alot like Pete Townshend? Somebody get that dude a long-ass multicolored scarf and a pocket full of jelly babies (Tom Baker was the best!).

XG

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

LIVLASS

Sunday, March 26, 2006 4:53 PM

No such thing as gravity. The "Earth-that-was" just sucks ........................... that's why space is a vacuum.....

GELASSENHEIT

Sunday, March 26, 2006 5:39 PM

I like the actress playing Rose. She isn't this skinny waif with high heels and no brains. She has a very natural Kaylee body type and, like Kaylee, is a breath of fresh air.

Gelassenheit means Serenity

MIKEC

Sunday, March 26, 2006 5:57 PM

i have the new series on dvd, was shown on the bbc last year.

the new series is due soon.

oh and my fave episode is "the unquiet dead" with charles dickens in.

NEEDY

Sunday, March 26, 2006 7:42 PM

Glad you're all liking it.
I was curious to what the reaction would be for sci-fi fans in the US (lets face it, the special effects aren't on par with your shows... at least until the season finale), so I'm glad you've embraced it

Honestly, I grew up watching the show but have never been a raving fan, but I did enjoy the new series.

I didn't care much for the stories involving the Slitheen (Aliens of London/World War 3/BoomTown), but its all fun anyhow.

My favourites of the first season: Dalek; The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances;(which I thought was quite scary for me, let alone children) and the season finale The Parting of the Ways

Oh, and in case there are those that don't yet know, a spin-off entitled Torchwood (an anagram of Doctor Who) is currently being produced. The show will be more adult in content, though so to avoid spoilers, I shan't divulge too much about it yet. (The info is out there if you want to find out)

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XEROGRAVITY

Sunday, March 26, 2006 9:09 PM

Oh wow. I didn't realise the entire 1st season was already out there on DVD. Assumed this was currently in production (a little out of sorts here).

I'm gonna run right out and go buy it. Thanks for the info. Will keep an eye peeled for Torchwood also ~ I grew up watching the old Doc Who on PBS (they used to show an Ep at midnight every Saturday night here). Seen nearly all of them. They were kinda cheesy at times. But hey, it's classic. Kinda like the original Trek to me.

XG

PS ~ loved "The Unquiet Dead". Am a huge Dickens fan.

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

AZTECHROME

Sunday, March 26, 2006 9:59 PM

Everything goes to DVD so quickly and cheaply these days that i wouldn't be surprised if they announced DVD release halfway through production on many projects.

DVDs cost practically nothing to produce, which is why FOX was willing to take a flier and put the 'Firefly' set out there. There's always a chance of a fluke post-mortem popularity flare.

Which is partially why we are all sitting on this forum, yakkin' away all merry-like.

Anyway, back to topic:

I like the new Dr. Who series. It's a great addition to the sci-fi lineup. Of course it's on Friday night when i go out and have a social life so i have to record it. I wish they'd stop trying to make me watch TV at 9:00 on Friday night. FOX did this to everyone with Firefly, and FOX doesn't have the patience of the sci-fi demographic.

I'm glad they're following sequence, and making the good Doctor younger in his current incarnation. I like the actresses. I'll reserve comment for more info on the development of the Time Lord's plotline. I'm curious to see if they follow a more americanized format or the old rambling BBC-style shows.

If you read nothing else in this post, read this:
Sorry to all new fans, but:

TOM BAKER is the only real Dr. Who!

CHRISTHECYNIC

Sunday, March 26, 2006 11:04 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by aztechrome:
TOM BAKER is the only real Dr. Who!

There was a study done a while back and it turned up an interesting result: (with very, very few exceptions) no matter who you are, no matter where you are, and no matter when you are, your favorite Doctor is the first one you saw, all others before and since are just pretenders, perhaps pretenders you really like, but pretenders none the less.

That is the way of things, the way of the Whos.

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