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Dr. Who fans, unite!
Well it has decent special effects, good stories, characters you can love, and is structured in such a way that it is able to run forever if it so pleases because of the practically immortal main character. Its a SciFi and we have so little good SciFi on TV, not only that but it has a very happy attitude that is informal unlike Star Trek and shows like that. It takes technobabble and turns it into a joke, it tells the audience that it doesn't care about realism and that this can be a good thing.phinds said:I love SciFc in general but am utterly mystified by the popularity of Dr Who, which I consider to be unwatchable.
trollcast said:that was about trees or something.
Tennant and Amy most likely. Matt Smith is awesome too, and for companions I liked Donna, Martha, and I already like Clara.Rolen said:So, what are your favorite personality of the doctor and favorite companion?
Favorite doctor: Matt, favorite companion: Rose -- especially in her Secret Diary episodes... ... but I didn't see a legitimate doctor there.Rolen said:So, what are your favorite personality of the doctor and favorite companion?
Mine is Tennant and Rose.
And when the Doctor starts to become more human than the companion, you can kill him off so he can be replaced by an "incarnation".willbell said:Well it has decent special effects, good stories, characters you can love, and is structured in such a way that it is able to run forever if it so pleases because of the practically immortal main character. Its a SciFi and we have so little good SciFi on TV, not only that but it has a very happy attitude that is informal unlike Star Trek and shows like that. It takes technobabble and turns it into a joke, it tells the audience that it doesn't care about realism and that this can be a good thing.
The way it is designed it gives you fascinating glimpses into the life of an alien through the eyes of a human companion, and if they start becoming closer to the doctor than to humanity you can kill them off and have another companion make it all seem new again.
Sure it doesn't work for everybody, but it is magical almost when it does.
Darwin123 said:And when the Doctor starts to become more human than the companion, you can kill him off so he can be replaced by an "incarnation".
This new companion may be different. There are rumors that she will be killed in several episodes, only to return in new reincarnations.
It serves the Doctor right. For two long has he confused companions with his new incarnations. Now, it will be his turn to be confused.
No the companion is not a time lord, but she certainly has a knack for reincarnation.Rolen said:Wait, what? The companion is a timelord like the first companion who was the granddaughter of the doctor?
Awesome, I've only seen one episode of the classic series.ImATrackMan said:I am an absolutely massive fan of DW. Apparently BBC America are showing monthly specials (well, "specials") that showcase a classic episode from each regeneration of the Doctor. I can't wait 'til they get to the 8th Doctor, because they pretty much have no choice but to show the Canadian-made reboot-attempt movie done in 1996.
notinthebox said:If you want you can get netflix they have 86 or so of the new ones and a load of the old ones as well. Also if anyone know how to watch tv over the net I would like to know how well that works. One thing about the DR that I love is his humans can do anything and great things if we try. It's the best parts of what we can be and hopfully we will try to be better then we are.
Unfortunately Netflix is out of the cards for me as well given that I am still a teenager and my parents think that imposing a 5GB limit on internet usage is a good idea in a house of four internet users.notinthebox said:If you want you can get netflix they have 86 or so of the new ones and a load of the old ones as well. Also if anyone know how to watch tv over the net I would like to know how well that works. One thing about the DR that I love is his humans can do anything and great things if we try. It's the best parts of what we can be and hopfully we will try to be better then we are.
willbell said:Unfortunately Netflix is out of the cards for me as well given that I am still a teenager and my parents think that imposing a 5GB limit on internet usage is a good idea in a house of four internet users.
A month. :(bigfooted said:5GB a day is usually sufficient for me, but I'm the only serious internet user at home.
EDIT: Oh yes, and Dr. Who is great, saw the first two episodes today from season 6.
BTW, what was the name of the actress who played the primitive companion, always running around like a female warrior out of D&D? She ended up pairing off with another timelord!?
Algr said:...But I particularly like last weeks episode.
Julio R said:One of the episodes talks about it having the last of the huon particle in the universe. I can't remember which one though.
Romana, one of the Tom Baker companions, was, indeed, a time lord. River Song (who actually married the doctor!) was Rory and Amy's daughter, conceived on the Tardis when they took off with the doctor after their wedding. She "lived backwards" to the Doctor, the first time he met her being the last time she would meet him and vice-versa.Rolen said:Wait, what? The companion is a timelord like the first companion who was the granddaughter of the doctor?