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My daughter visited a friend's house for the day and was introduced to Dr. Who (the "Blink" episode - great episode!!!) and told me about it. Having just gotten Netflix going, I streamed it - and fell in love!!!!
My favorite doc is #10, David Tennant. #9 (Christopher Eccleston) is also good. I saw one of the 70's doctors (Tom Baker), which was a real trip. I'm not wild about the new doctor, though (Matt Smith). Anyway - anyone else here a fan of the Doctor? (I think I saw Gwai say something about liking the show). If so, whatcha like? Favorite episodes? (I gotta give "Blink" a very high rating - what a wild concept!) I just got a t-shirt with one of my favorite lines - "The angels have the phone box!" EDIT - added in the names of the doctors along with their numbers.
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I'm two seasons behind. (Got them on tape, just haven't got time to actually watch them yet.) As it happens I watched Blink just a week or so ago, we had missed it the first time around but managed to get a re-run on sy-fy channel. It's one of the best episodes I have seen so far. The concept was brilliant. "No, really! Duck!"
I've only seen the 'new' Doctor Who starting with Eccleston. I'm sure dad has got a few episodes with olde doctors, but again the bit with having had no time yet. "Dalek" was very good, if my memory serves me right, and "Tooth and Claw" has to be one of my favorites as well.
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Tooth and Claw was great fun, just for the awesome combination of Werewolf + Queen Victoria + Scotland.
You're right, Ri, 10 was far and away the best doctor, of the new series, at least (I haven't seen any of the old; 26 seasons is just too intimidating!). For a long time, I thought of 11 as just a cheap knockoff of 10, but I'm finally starting to see him as his own character. All other things being equal, the second season is best, since it has both Doctor 10 AND Rose, the best companion. I loved the Girl in the Fireplace. As everyone has noted, Blink is superb. Such a shame that the re-appearance of the angels was not as good. From that same season, I remember very much liking the Family of Blood two-parter. I did not care for the Shakespeare episode; I thought it was tedious, and tried too hard to be clever. The most recent episodes with Van Gogh was a more successful historical-artist show (though everyone in the show seemed to have a far higher opinion of Vince than I do!). Just a few random thoughts and episodes; of course, there's a lot more there! I keep up to date with CastTV, if anyone doesn't have a site like that.
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My favourite Doctors will always be William Hartnell & Patrick Troughton (numbers 1 & 2 respectively). Of the classic Doctors, Tom Baker usually gets cited a LOT, so if you are thinking about checking out classic Doctors, I'd start there (City of Death is awesome-funny). IMO, pretty much any serial with Tom Baker & Lala Ward is pure awesome sauce.
Of the new Doctors, Tennant is my favourite, but I really like the new one as well. My favourite stories are the Blink one, and the Empty Child/Doctor Dances eps. I also like John Simm as the Master.
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He was great as the Master and you can just see he's enjoying himself like mad, playing someone as deliciously evil as that. I was just a bit disappointed because I had hoped sir Derek Jacobi would stick around a little longer. Both actors really managed to send shivers down my spine as the Master.
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Another good quote from Blink: "Pants?" "No."
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And as far as 11's companion: I didn't like the overt wanna-jump-him-ness of Amy (I mean, on her wedding night?!) - I've always preferred the leave-it-to-your-imagination type of thing, as with Rose and Tennant. Quote:
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The clockwork bits were the best, as far as creepy-factor goes. The way the ship was being repaired also sent tiny chills up my spine, which were counter-balanced by the Doctor's horse. Just the idea of looking through a fireplace and seeing another world on the other side was also magnificent. And, it didn't hurt that I have a soft spot for the 18th century. Quote:
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There are two Romanas - the second one is best.
Most of the second doctor's eps got destroyed by the BBC (as well as some of the first), but there are still some good ones.
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Has anyone ever seen "Dreamland"? It's an animated Doctor Who episode with Tennant's Doctor taking place in Roswell. The animation is a bit silly sometimes, but the plot is nice, it is as quotable as any Doctor Who episode, and aliens aplenty.
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Any one catch the latest?
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yeah ...
... wasn't wild about it ... I wish they would have made the lizard people just a little more ... different ... not just extras in lizard suits. I wish they would have come up with some movement mannerism or something. They had that hiss thing, but I think they could have exerted their imagination a bit more. I missed the end, though - I think
Anyway, as far as identifying creepy stuff, they nailed being pulled underground. I think the vivisection thing was overkill, though ... You?
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oh, yeah - saw a Romana II episode - fun! (In fact, it was the one with the John Cleese bit!) And I felt that I had to see one of the first doctor's episodes - saw the Mayan one - eh, a bit formulaic, IMO, but interesting to see how the doctor changed over time. One thing seems to be constant, though - women love him and are willing to die for him. Interesting how the women considered appropriate for the doctor were in their 60's or so for the first doctor, who looked about in his late 60's, and how the newer doctors look younger and like their women younger, too
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Naw, that's not the latest, though
I'm thinking about the Pandorica Opens, the first part of the season finale.
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Glad you got a chance to experience class doctor who, Rian. That wasn't a very good Hartnell ep, though. I much prefer The Chase (has a Beatles clip!!), or the Space Museum (the doctor hides in a dalek exo-shell).
City of Death seriously is the most awesome dr ep of all time (no bias here). In an interesting tie-in to my beatles reference, the woman in that clip was in Help!
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