Time for a TImelord - Doctor Who
POSTED BY: ladyserenity
UPDATED: Monday, December 3, 2007 16:38
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Originally posted by daveshayne:
Somebody (don't recall who) once said that the Doctor you grew up with is the one you prefer. It's true in my case though maybe it's just coincidence.
Well, I grew up watching Doctor Who on PBS, and Tom Baker was my favorite too (hey we even share the same last name), but Tennet has managed to change that opinion. Tennet has just been brilliant in the role. Tom was great though, and I think Doctor Who wouldn't have been the Iconic show it is, if he hadn't built such a rabidly loyal fanbase.
I'd given some thought to movin' off the edge -- not an ideal location -- thinkin' a place in the middle.
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Whats great about David Tennant is that he watched Doctor Who as a kid and the reason he became an actor was to one day play the part of The Doctor. I am guessing he will be around for a few more years yet, as long as the show keeps getting renewed.
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Another big (yet recent) Dr. Who fan. Never got into it until the revamp.
As Benj (at the I Am Geek webcomic) noted, you can't grow up Geek without at least knowing of the Doctor, if only by reputation. He'd always been a sort of distant awareness, like anient mythology that I'd never seemed to find time to explore.
When CBC aired the Eccleston series, I caught a few eps out of curiosity and got hooked. All my life, I've only heard about Daleks and Cybermen, and the Master, and seen them only through blurry old magazine photos. Actually seeing them "live" on screen is like meeting Sasquatch or seeing a real UFO, or meeting a celebrity for the first time. "Dalek" gave me chills, as did the Master's appearance in the latest series.
I liked Eccleston's darkness, but Tennant's mile-a-minute insanity has won me over.
As a screenwriter myself, the thing that most impresses me (even with the new series' effects) is how much of the Doctor's mythology is predicated on having no money. The police box Tardis, the sonic screwdriver, the psychic paper, Regenerations --it's all a result of a production scrambling to make do. The fact that it led to such a work of art is a testimony to the power of Storytelling, over such trivialities as budget, effects, props, or even a stable cast.
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It has been years since it was shown on PBS here in Milwaukee. And Tom Baker was my favorite too.
It is nice to see it back. I wish they would include the originals. I would like to see the old ones again.
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I, too, grew up with Baker. (Tom, not the Abhomination.) But I am willing to watch the new episodes. (Often more than once, and with occassional drooling. 
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Incidentally, over on fanfiction.net, a writer named Frostfyre7 is in the process of writing a brilliant Firefly/Dr Who crossover. Worth checking out - and I rarely pimp other writer's work!
Torchwood, I couldn't cope with. The X-File vibe was brilliant, but the, erm, interpersonal elements seemed too contrived to me, a bit 'oh, we're after the watershed, better shove a couple of characters into bed.' There was no characterisation, or context, so it seemed a bit like some of that very bad fanfic that just has bedhopping instead of plot. Which was a shame, because there were some very good and creepy ideas kicking around in it. Plus I used to live in Cardiff, so spotting places was fun.
New Who episodes - 'Blink' scared the crap out of me! I didn't sleep properly for a week afterwards. Luckily, husband was away on business so was not woken up by me turning the light on and yelling about angels. God knows what the neighbours thought, though.
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Heh.
"Can't sleep. Angels will eat me."
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I am starting to get into the new series. After all every Doctor was different and the Tardus went through some changes along the way. They also always do a great job of getting companions.
One person they dropped in the early years that some of you may not know about is that the original Doctor had a daughter. It has been to many years since I last saw these episodes so I am not sure what happened to her. Will have to look it up now that I have mentioned it. But once she left the show you never hear from her again.
Since this new series they say the Doctor is the only one of his race left. I wonder if the will find someone and start his his race again? There is always that possibility.
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I thought that she was his grand-daughter? Wasn't her name Susan?
There is another Timelord out there. (Or given the end of season 3, possibly a Timelady?)
I also have some hazy idea that the Doctor has some human blood in him. Don't know where that came from.
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Hello SpaceAnJL:
I think you are right about the girl being the Doctor's grand daughter. The one thing I do remeber is the original Doctor was much older than the others that followed. So he would have been old for a daughter. But a grand daughter makes sense.
I don't know about the Doctor having human blood. He does mention in several episodes this attachment to the people of Earth.
I suspect there may be other Timelords out there. The Doctor has had run ins with a couple of evil ones that I am sure would not have involved themselves in a war with the Daleks.
So they may show up in future episodes.
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