Geek Out!: The New Doctor Who

Need to get the writing up to the level of "Blink" and "Silence in the Library"

For those who can't wait for the season premiere, head over to CastTV under Doctor Who. No, I'm not advertising for the site, this is simply the only way I have been able to see the new Doctor Who. Mike Smith seems to know what he's doing so far, and Karen Gillan is keeping up with every assistant I've seen in the new series. I'm a big Tom Baker fan just as much as David Tennant, I'm just glad the series is backm in any form. Stay away from Torchwood though, huge disappointment in my eyes...

I STILL cannot get over losing Tom Baker. The most unpredictable and ironic doctor, and such a great scarf....I am waiting to travel back in time so that I can experience the whole thing again.

I watched the last few episodes and thought they were okay. I must say I am intrigued with the new doctor. Matt and Amy seem to be doing a good job so far. I was not a big fan of the Smilers, but not every enemy can be a Dalek. Were can I get my hands on some of the older TV Seasons? The only thing I have found online was Dr. Who and The Daleks. Most Dr. Who fans don't even consider the movies part of the story. In my searches for the shows I came across this guy Tim at: http://goo.gl/M216
and if you Who fans want to geek out, tim can show you how.

MG.

Best place to introduce yourself to old Who is perhaps through Netflix....a decent amount of episodes to watch streaming and a lot on the site for mailing.

Episodes that I suggest you start with if you DON'T want to start at the beginning of a Doctor's run (which I suggest is the BEST way to watch Who) would be (in no particular order): "Genesis of the Daleks", "The Deadly Assassin", "Planet of the Spiders", "An Unearthly Child", "The Daleks", "The Keys of Marinus", "Tomb of the Cyberman", "The War Games", "The Five Doctors", "Earthshock", "The Caves of Andrizani", "The Keeper of Traken", "Logopolis", "Pyramids of Mars", "City of Death", "The Invasion of Time", "The Trial of a Timelord"...just to name a few. 😉

As a long time Who fan (Tom Baker generation, but seen every episode still in existence), I like Matt Smith a lot! I've now seen through the 4th story "The Time of Angels" (which has an awesome cliffhanger) and I'm enjoying the new series immensely. I DON'T like all of the relationship stuff, but for some reason have no problem with River Song......but all of the Rose stuff got old and the Martha crush....blah, blah....preferred old Who when either it was implied that there was something else there (or fans read wayyyyy too much into things) or there was nothing at all. Really, that is my main gripe with NuWho.

But not everyone will like it. There are many classic Who loyalists. There are also many who do not like certain Doctors. I, myself, can barely watch Sylvester McCoy. There are also many episodes that I don't like that other people think are brilliant. To me, the fact of being able to appeal to such a wide range of people and audiences is one of the reasons for the enduring charm and success of this show, despite whether or not you like a certain actor, companion, production team, etc.

Oh....and I REALLY miss Torchwood!!! Children of Earth was up with the best of Who IMHO and am aching to have TW back!

Oh....and on another note: the writing in this CNN article is horrible and contains errors about the show. It reads like it was written by 3rd graders....which may be what our horrid American educational system has produced, granted, but supposedly written by alleged and self-proclaimed geeks?!?!?! Wow, geekdom has changed......

Really wanting to like Matt as the Doctor, but I can't quite get there. His doctor seems a bit mean. He yells a lot at Amy. She's the better of the two. I don't like how they are recycling the old villians.