[Rhubarb]

I dunno what the hell all you bloody Brits were moaning about. It was cool. Definitely a vast improvement on that terrible fucking film. Eccleston wasn't amazing, but he wasn't bad, and he makes an okay 2000's Doctor. Granted, it was over-sentimental with dodgy drama and inter-relationship crap, but it wasn't like they really left out any of the awesome Dr. Who elements. Cheesy monsters, dry ice, TARDIS shock (but it's bigger on this inside!), innocent callousness on the part of the Doctor, bimbo assistant, screeching noises, yee.

Only bits that annoyed me were the slapstick sequences, the attempt at portraying a 'human' side to the Doctor, and the Doctor's weird bi-polar moods. The both the director and the actor obviously couldn't settle on their Doctor's personality. At times he was like Tom Baker's Dr., other times he was all pensive and angsty and I CAN FEEL THE EARTH REVOLVE AND ALL YOU HUMANS ARE STUPID, and he even showed fear (!) in the bit where he was about to fall into the plastic monster. He broke character almost every scene. He didn't even have a character. I'm hoping he settles down as the series progresses.

Also, I can't believe that a Time Lord who's been through as much shit as he has would just toddle blindly into the presence of a dangerous creature unprepared, and put himself in a position where he needs his arse saved by some n00b. How humiliating. Maybe he was drunk that day. It would explain the mood swings.

I think I'm supposed to moan about Billie Piper, but I'd never even heard of her before the casting for this series was made public, so to me she's just some vaguely hot chick who becomes the Doctor's assistant. Which is totally in keeping with tradition. Her acting wasn't that great, but that's in keeping with tradition too. Just so long as he doesn't flirt with her or (shudder) fall in love or nothin'. Oh yeah, wasn't it weird how he wanted her to come with him so bad at the end? But I'm prepared to accept that he'd just gotten used to having his string of assistant girls around and missed the company.

Oh. And it sucked that you didn't get to see the 'new Doctor' transition. Generally you actually see when the Doctor dies and takes on his new form. Eccleston just kinda appeared out of nowhere.

But yeah. Those glaring flaws aside, it was cute. I enjoyed it. It was nowhere near as bad as some older Dr. Who eps I've seen, and frankly most of the weirdness and mellodrama can just be said to reflect this generation's culture... as do all the previous serieseses (seriously, how 70's was Tom Baker's Doctor?). I think it'll be a nice addition to the Dr. Who saga.

And I'm told that later there's a Victorian ghost episode. Wheee! :D

[SimeSublime]

Dammit, I didn't know it was on. Now I'll have to scour the tv guide.

[barend]

uh, waht?

your in australia rhub?

and eh, you waited till after it was on to announce it...

this thread makes me sad...

[Rhubarb]

What the fuck? How could you people not know about it!? I've been reading up on it and waiting for it to air in this country for the last five months. You call yourselves nerds? I'm deeply disappointed. I'm glaring at you all over the tops of my glasses.

Anyway, second ep is on in an hour, so you have until then to see this post.

[Rhubarb]

Okay, well the second episode sucked major ass.

[Jane Sherwood]

Pity me, for I have never had the priviledge of seeing Dr. Who. And yes, I do feel shame.

I know a bit about it from what I've seen online (define "bit" by holding your index finger and thumb a centimeter apart), but I've never had any real access to it. Are there any DVDs out? Because odds are, that's the only way I'll ever be able to see anything.

[Rhubarb]

You really do apologise a lot. You don't have to get into Dr. Who just because other people are, y'know. :P

I've always loved the Dr, but hadn't seen the show since I was like five, until the wonderful wonderful ABC decided to air the entire full serieseses in chronological order. They're partway through Tom Baker at the moment. I love Tom Baker. I wish he was my uncle. That would be so awesome. I think Peter Davison is next doctor. I remember I cried when the awesome Tom Baker turned into this blonde dude.

This post has been edited by Rhubarb: 30 May 2005 - 08:53 AM

[Jane Sherwood]

It's more from the memory of one of the band director's reaction when I told him I had never seen Dr. Who that makes me feel somehow...inadequate...with my lack of viewing.

"Oh, you haven't lived..."

Just the way he sounded when he said that stuck in my brain...from the tone of his voice, you'd think he was talking about the best drug on the planet.

[carlvee]

so is it better than the first one that was on years and years ago??

[Rhubarb]

I'm going to ignore that. For your own benefit.

I know nobody cares anymore, but I feel it my duty to keep this thread alive, holding a solitary watch like a lone soldier. I missed the Victorian one which bugs me a lot cos I have a thing for Victorian history, but I'm told it sucked, so oh well. The one with the alien invasion was kinda cool, more of a return to the generic Dr, and Rose sorta has a part to play in this besides being a fucking nuisance. Plus the aliens were puppets most of the time, so woo.

[SimeSublime]

Yet to catch it. It's on at such a crappy timeslot that we just record it straight to harddrive(we have a computer hooked up to the tv antenna). I'm currently watching Space: Above and Beyond which we downloaded, and when that's finished I'll move on to the Dr.

[Rhubarb]

Yeeeeeaaaaah, it's got the new intro in the Baker episodes where the music is done with electric and bass guitars! This is the series I used to watch when I was really tiny! Man, when I heard that music my head just whipped around like it was on a string and I was all OMG IT'S THAT MUSIC and now I'm all nostalgic and stuff. So awesome.

[Dark Comet]

This series has just finished back in Merrie Olde England, so for the sake of Rhubarb and everyones else's enjoyment, I shall keep stum in regards to plots and stories. But believe me when I say I found a lot to enjoy in this series, and I thought Chris Eccleston did a masterful job.

I've just picked up the Caves of Androzani on DVD, the last of the Pete Davidson serials, and seeing it has made me realise the one thing nagging at me about the new series. The cliffhangers. Or absences of said cliffhangers.

Now, there is one or two instances in the new series where stories are spread over two episodes. And they are left on cliffhangers, which is good. But too little, and not enough. Originally, you had SIX episodes, each with a juicy situation that gave you an imputus to see the next one. By Pete Davidson's stint, this had been reduced to four episodes, but the serial I picked up contained what many fans consider to be three of the finest episode endings in the entire show's history. And they were spectacular. Trust me.

I know they detract from the modern 'fast' pace that Joe Public seems to demand these days. But done right, they rocked. And hopefully, come the second series, there will be more.

BTW, I dig the new theme tune. Good to see them hark back to the original's radiophonic sound and original key. Although saying that, the 80's electronic theme kicked righteous arse.

[jariten]

I only saw a few and I wasn't too impressed.　The plots just seemed really stilted.

[SimeSublime]

Caught up on them all yesterday(except the second episode, which we seemed to have missed). I absolutly loved it, The Doctor is portrayed brilliantly, and the girl isn't too bad either. That Dalek episode was brilliant though. Now I want to see a few of the old episodes.