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03-30-2006, 08:07 AM
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New Dr. Who; Who's seen it?
I was surfing the net and found out that the BBC has resurrected the Doctor Who series. Of course the local PBS station in Cleveland isn't showing it, but it is supposed to start on the Sci-Fi channel in April! I was able to download two episodes and I watched one last night. I was really impressed. The new Doctor is very young and his personality is similar to Tom Baker's Doctor. Say goodbye to cheesy special effects, and hello to CGI! The aliens looked great, and the inside of the Tardis is very different and cool. Sort of a high tech mess. I am really looking forward to seeing more episodes. The first one was a complete story, not in installlments. I don't know if they will all be that way, but I hope so. Guess I now have a reason to hook my surround processor back up.
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03-30-2006, 08:42 AM
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I haven't seen it, but I saw all the advertisements for it...
From what I've seen, it looks to be really good.  We don't subscribe to the tier of our cable system that has the Sci-Fi channel, but our gym does... So I probably won't get to watch any of the shows, or at least, not in their entirety.  Scott
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03-30-2006, 08:48 AM
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They've already shown a few eposodes on Sci-Fi the other night. I was never into Dr. Who so I just passed it by after a few minutes.
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03-30-2006, 09:25 AM
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Tom Baker is still my favorite doctor, although the new one is growing on me... I'll have to wait and see I guess.
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03-30-2006, 11:58 AM
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I've seen all three of the new episodes on Sci-Fi (new ep. this Friday) and they are all very good. They maintain the "feel" of the original series while having a modern beat to them. A few times when a scene would start, I swear I was watching a Tom Baker original....very subtle.
Obviously the biggest improvement is in the effects dept. They are rather good now and very believable. The stories, while modern, still have a campiness to them. But that is what makes Doctor Who what it is, IMO. I really like the new doctor. I liked his work as the baddie from "Gone is 60 seconds" and "28 days later". I think he brings a great synergy of curiosity, cluelessness, brilliance and heroism all in one. But don't get too used to him. They are already filming season two and there is a new doctor....David Tennant (kinda looks like Ryan Seacrest). http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/ I hope he is as good as Mr. Eccleston. His sidekick, Rose (Billie Piper) is easy on the eyes but a little too hesitant at times for me. Bring back a Leela type with lots of gusto....that would be great. But, as always, Tom Baker will always be THE Doctor in my mind. "The Talons of Weng-Chiang" is my favorite episode....Brilliant.
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03-30-2006, 12:22 PM
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03-30-2006, 02:01 PM
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I've seen the first 3 episodes. They aren't bad, it has a similar feel to the old series. We are a year behind, they are on seson 2 in the UK, with a different doctor (David Tennent), but keeping Rose (Billie Piper). A third season has been slated. I don't know if we'll see seasons 2 or 3, it will depend on the ratings. The discs for season 1 will be out in the US this July, for those interested.
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03-30-2006, 02:25 PM
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especially liked the new characters asking what "that blue box" was - and the fact that no one else seemed to notice how out of place it looked - fun stuff
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04-01-2006, 05:36 PM
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 Have you ever even seen the original, because it was truly mind-numbingly lame!  FYI- Tom Baker, clearly the best Doctor ever (and the one who many mistake for the original), was NOT the original, he was the FOURTH Doctor. Frankly, I always thought that the First and Second doctors totally sucked.  Jon Pertwee, the third Doctor was merely OK, as was Peter Davidson (Doctor #5). However, I did actually enjoy Colin Baker (#6) quite a bit.  The 7th Doctor was decent too, although his name escapes me.This newest Doctor technically is the 9th Doctor (or 10th, if you count that outrageously horrible movie that inspired the original series), as there was a Doctor Who Made for TV movie in the '90s which featured the 8th doctor (the shortest lived doctor ever). Both my wife and I have watched the newest Doctor on sci-fi, and have enjoyed it so far. But the plots seem to be just as cheesy as ever. However, if you don't minde a little cheese with your wine, then this newest Doctor shows some genuine promise to be one of the greats. So far he seems to be the most cheerful doctor since Tom Baker, and he seems to have a quirky enough personality to be entertaining too. Although I am going to be seriously annoyed if they make the "boyfriend" character into another companion. He is just plain pathetic.  Can anybody say "Jar Jar Binks"???glen65: Is that "Joe Grant" on that Dollek? Damn...
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04-01-2006, 06:27 PM
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04-01-2006, 07:01 PM
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FWIW: This newest doctor does look promising so far.
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