Dr. Who

[raj]

Soooo, what did everyone think about this?  (assuming you weren't out imbibing on St. Paddy's Day).
I only caught the first episode.  It was a bit annoying for me, that they had to go and set up the whole premise, but I suppose it was necessary for folks who don't know Who.  I liked it, the plastic men were cool, just hope they stay more with the characters and not rely on lots of explosions.

[nobody]

I would've watched it, but I was out last night (watching Flogging Molly play in Mesa, Arizona). Sci-fi really picked a horrible time to debut this already severely late series on their station. Maybe I'll just go download the entire season on bittorrent.

[trekgeezer]

I found the "chase" music very annoying. Eccleston does appear to have the Doctor right though. The effects have definitely taken a step forward (you can tell the BBC actually ponied up some money). I don't know that I''m crazy about the interior design of the TARDIS.

I guess the whole last time lord thing will eventually get explained a little better.

Does anybody know the commercial free running time of an episode? It seemed there were a lot of extra commercial breaks.

[Shadow]

Commercial free, "Rose" runs for (approx) 42:50 while "The End of the World" clocks in at about the same, give or take a few seconds and compensating for "last time" and "next time" footage.

And that "last Time Lord" thing does get explained, though I'm still not sure if I'm happy about it.

[ToyMan]

having seen the whole series about a month ago, i can attest that the series gets better with each episode. the next one to air should be "the unquiet dead", which is quite a good throwback to the gothic tom baker episodes.

[LH-C]

Yeah this series with Eccleston will be on R1 DVD sometime in July, I think they said on the advertisement. I'm really digging this series so far. As far as the interior of the TARDIS, if you saw that mediocre Fox tv-movie where Sylvester McCoy regenerated into Paul McGann (great actor, but the writing was really bad), the Doctor had redecorated.

[ToyMan]

imdb has info about the series two episodes that have gone into production, in some way or another.

*SPOILER ALERT*

i don't know how to feel about k9 coming back. he's a bit of a lazy writer's solution to seemingly impossible situations.

[LH-C]

ToyMan Wrote:
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> imdb has info about the series two episodes that
> have gone into production, in some way or another.
>
>
> *SPOILER ALERT*
>
> i don't know how to feel about k9 coming back.
> he's a bit of a lazy writer's solution to
> seemingly impossible situations.

K-9 returning?!? That was something I was actually hoping for!! I'm not joking!!

[BoyScoutKevin]

Having caught, so far, only one episode of the program, while I was in Vancourver (B.C.), I thought Eccleston was the perfect Dr. Who for the 21st century. I thought the strengths of the program, at least in the one episode I saw, was the acting and writing. What I did not care for, was the SFX.

[ToyMan]

why? were they too good compared to the oldschool ones, or were they not good enough compared to contemporary programs?

[LH-C]

Well at least the TARDIS still disappears with a fade-out.

[Ed, Ego and Superego]

I finally watched some of this and it was definitely true to form.   But it didn';t do a lot for me.  I guess i"m just not 12 any more.  
-Ed

[ToyMan]

the series really does get better, especially starting with the sixth episode, "dalek".

(just to note, episode 4 will air this friday, and it's the first half of a two parter, featuring a story that comes back into play in episode 11.)

[LH-C]

Ed Wrote:
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> I finally watched some of this and it was
> definitely true to form.   But it didn';t do a lot
> for me.  I guess i"m just not 12 any more.  
> -Ed

What you said reminds me of my cousin (4 years older than me). In the '80s he was a complete Dr. Who freak. Now he isn't even into anything. While at that same time, I was a casual Dr. Who fan who liked the series for what it was and for good entertainment. Nowadays, I'm still a casual Dr. Who fan.

[ToyMan]

did anyone catch it last night? if not, the episode should re-play tonight (saturday) at 11:30.