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[telophase]

Just finished watching the new Doctor Who, and without spoiling anything I can say: sweet! I was a bit worried that the special effects would be too good for proper DW, but they settled into a nice cheesiness, including a badly-composited photograph. I like this Doctor's personality a lot.

And now I can go read other people's impressions ... hm, there's got to be wank about it somewhere.

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[paulafromtwoson.livejournal.com]

I remember watching the old one a lot when I was younger... How new is the new series? Do you know the aprox year?

[telophase.livejournal.com]

It premiered in England tonight (well, last night, seeing as how it's now 12:00 AM). :)

[paulafromtwoson.livejournal.com]

Wow! That's awesome!

[rushthatspeaks.livejournal.com]

Did you find it on BT? I suspect that I am going to need it for one of my housemates.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Yup - search at pqrt.org and you'll get it. Nice copy, too.

[rushthatspeaks.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[scribblemoose]

My man squeaked outrage at the photo. (He does digital art as a hobby.) But I agree with what you've said - I think the new Dr is great (love the accent and he has a nice hint of darkness about him), and Rose had pleasantly Buffy-esque undertones. I loved that her boyfriend was clinging to her all cowardly. ^_~

And, um, hello and thanks for friending me back. *shy*

[telophase.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! :)

They'd started with the last Doctor or two, to give them companions that had *some* sort of backbone, but love Ace as much as I do, to me she comes across as overcompensating for the lack of strong female characters. :) But at least nobody can get away with companions whose whole purpose is to scream "DOCTOR!" anymore. :)

[larryhammer]

Well, even Tegan was better than that.

---L.

[pratyeka.livejournal.com]

Of course, since that guy quit after the first epsiode because he didn't want to be typecast, we now have to wait for them to re-do the new series. On the bright side, they might choose David Tennant.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Where are people finding the thing about typecasting? All the sources I've read say that he didn't realize how grueling a schedule filming a full TV schedule was and decided that one season was enough.

[pratyeka.livejournal.com]

I saw a BBC article on it. It had a news clip with a reporter saying he had said that, but since it was never filmed they didn't have any actual voice of him saying it. The article also talked to a previous Dr. Who who said his fear of being typecast was probably not unfounded. I think it was this one: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4395849.stm

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Hm. Thanks!

[pratyeka.livejournal.com]

No problem.