The new Who...
Before the rest of the entry, the most important bit: Condolences to Kath... Sorry, hon - it hurts in a way that you only know once you've been there. Blessings be with you.
OK, so the new Dr. Who just came on Sci-Fi.
At the start of the theme music, I swear my pulse went up ten beats a minute and I got a smile on my face that ain't been there since Enterprise came on air. Well, since my wedding on the Enterprise bridge. Well, since whenever I think about Nikki during the day. But trust me, I thought it had burnt out in prime time after 'Drom and Enterprise. I'm writing this as it goes, with the spoiler-y bits behind this cut...
Opening theme - nice update. Why does the time portal look like the Stargate effect? Granted - they stole it from Who, but...
Typical reliance on low-budget locations and sets when possible (which was an attractive feature.)
"Would this be a student thing?" --- LOL!!!
Sonic Screwdriver in the first act!!! Now I've got to get me one of those!
"Nice to meet you Rose, now run for your life!" - I LOVE The Doctor already!
And closing the first act on the TARDIS! Looks none the worse for wear... ;)
Looking at the above - we rate act one at Ten Exclamation Points (!!!!!!!!!!)
"There's a match on..." - sounds a lot like Nikki when I'm down here into stuff. :O ;) !
Is Rose's Mom the young good looking gal on Are You Being Served?
"Anything could happen!" "No..." - If that ain't classic The Doctor... !
The Cards thing, a previous Doctor's hallmark?
"There it is... 'armless." ROFLMAO!!!
So, Act Two rates Six Exclamation Points (!!!!!!)
Somewhat slow rolling, yet rollicking faster paced than previous incarnations of Who.
"So the whole world revolves around YOU?" "Sort of..." !!!!!
"It's not a price war... *giggle*" I'm laughing louder! !!
Oh, they KEPT the TARDIS sound effect!!!!!!!!!!
The whole of The Doctor trying to explain himself - if I hadn't rated this already, that dialog would have rated many additional punctuations.
*Note to self: As soon as you're done with the NX-01 model, you are SO homebuilding a TARDIS police box model. For your desk at work.*
And the web search for Doctor Who? - !!! With the Conspiracy Theorist thinking it's an inheritance!!! All the interesting history bits..... Only way it could have been better would have been a little expanded theme with the other Doctor incarnations around
Act Three rates Twenty-Three Exclamation Points (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) - what, you thought this was a one to ten scale? Silly you! ;)
The moving garbage can... I've seen Talking Garbage Cans used in skits, but only Doctor Who could make a garbage can menacing!!
And then deliver on the promise! And the Burp!!!
"I thjnk he's an immortal..." - er, I thought it was an inheritance thing... And shouldn't Rose notice that her boyfriend Micky is looking a little plastic-y? OK, it redeems itself with the discovery!!!!! And the box in the middle of the square... a little weird but oh so common!!! And the introduction to the TARDIS interior, Brilliant!!!
"How come you sound like you're from the North?" "Every planet has a North!" Beautiful!!
And the whole, "What's a call box?" Erm... British kids wouldn't know that? OK, if I hadn't watched Who, I might not have. But I can tell you about police call lights, discontinued long before I was born. :)
"The breast implants..." Deserves five !!!!!
Act Four rates Twenty-Four Exclamation Points (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Plus Pi Exclamation Points for the beauty of the TARDIS (!!!.)
The Nestene Consciousness... a very credible imitation of the Terminator 2 dissolving consciousness. And The Doctor speaks to it, and it communicates in its' own language!! Plus the diplomacy effott!!!!!
Clive didn't die, did he? I felt sorry for Clive... only someone after the Truth... And, er, is it plastic bullets being fired? And what kind of explosive force? But Who does that to you - makes you wonder how it possibly could be true, then allows you to suspend disbelief. And the mannequins doing the Robot as their death throws deserves !!! The act gets a bonus !!!!! plus !!!!! for allowing Rose to save the day.
So Act Five rates Twenty Exclamation Points (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Micky can't handle it, but Rose is just fine!!!!!!!!!! And the offer - classsic Who!!! "He's not invited." !!!!! Take away one exclamation for Rose's initial refusal. Oh, and true to Who's miserly production budget, we see the TARDIS actually disappear for the first time. (Oh, and reappear, granted.) !! And then Rose realizes what's she's missing, so we'll give the ending of the first hour that taken one back plus five more !!!!!
We're going to give Act Six its' Twenty Five, plus a Five Bonus for Thirty (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Now, coming out of the cut...
I give the first episode of the Eccleston Doctor Who a rating of One Hundred Sixteen point 14152729 exclamation points! Hella, hella good!
Oh, and I realized something else. When I first watched Dr. Who (which was the end of Jon Pertwee, all of Tom Baker and just a smidge of Peter Davison, aka the PBS version...) I so wanted to be a part of that world. I think that's at least one explanation for why Sci-Fi as drama draws its' audience: you want to be a part of the world in which the series exists. If I couldn't grow up to be a Timelord of the Whovian rebel variety, I at least wanted to be a companion on the journey. And, as a subgenius Nerd, I could at least dream of the possibility of being Adric, if not The Doctor.
As I think a little more about it, while watching the second episode, the more I realize that all of the fandoms I've really gotten into are this way. Worlds that, for one reason or another, I'd like to be in. Anyway, for Doctor Who, the verdict is a world that I'd still very much like to be in.
(And, really hoping that Nikki is going to enjoy it, also.)
OK, so the new Dr. Who just came on Sci-Fi.
At the start of the theme music, I swear my pulse went up ten beats a minute and I got a smile on my face that ain't been there since Enterprise came on air. Well, since my wedding on the Enterprise bridge. Well, since whenever I think about Nikki during the day. But trust me, I thought it had burnt out in prime time after 'Drom and Enterprise. I'm writing this as it goes, with the spoiler-y bits behind this cut...
Opening theme - nice update. Why does the time portal look like the Stargate effect? Granted - they stole it from Who, but...
Typical reliance on low-budget locations and sets when possible (which was an attractive feature.)
"Would this be a student thing?" --- LOL!!!
Sonic Screwdriver in the first act!!! Now I've got to get me one of those!
"Nice to meet you Rose, now run for your life!" - I LOVE The Doctor already!
And closing the first act on the TARDIS! Looks none the worse for wear... ;)
Looking at the above - we rate act one at Ten Exclamation Points (!!!!!!!!!!)
"There's a match on..." - sounds a lot like Nikki when I'm down here into stuff. :O ;) !
Is Rose's Mom the young good looking gal on Are You Being Served?
"Anything could happen!" "No..." - If that ain't classic The Doctor... !
The Cards thing, a previous Doctor's hallmark?
"There it is... 'armless." ROFLMAO!!!
So, Act Two rates Six Exclamation Points (!!!!!!)
Somewhat slow rolling, yet rollicking faster paced than previous incarnations of Who.
"So the whole world revolves around YOU?" "Sort of..." !!!!!
"It's not a price war... *giggle*" I'm laughing louder! !!
Oh, they KEPT the TARDIS sound effect!!!!!!!!!!
The whole of The Doctor trying to explain himself - if I hadn't rated this already, that dialog would have rated many additional punctuations.
*Note to self: As soon as you're done with the NX-01 model, you are SO homebuilding a TARDIS police box model. For your desk at work.*
And the web search for Doctor Who? - !!! With the Conspiracy Theorist thinking it's an inheritance!!! All the interesting history bits..... Only way it could have been better would have been a little expanded theme with the other Doctor incarnations around
Act Three rates Twenty-Three Exclamation Points (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) - what, you thought this was a one to ten scale? Silly you! ;)
The moving garbage can... I've seen Talking Garbage Cans used in skits, but only Doctor Who could make a garbage can menacing!!
And then deliver on the promise! And the Burp!!!
"I thjnk he's an immortal..." - er, I thought it was an inheritance thing... And shouldn't Rose notice that her boyfriend Micky is looking a little plastic-y? OK, it redeems itself with the discovery!!!!! And the box in the middle of the square... a little weird but oh so common!!! And the introduction to the TARDIS interior, Brilliant!!!
"How come you sound like you're from the North?" "Every planet has a North!" Beautiful!!
And the whole, "What's a call box?" Erm... British kids wouldn't know that? OK, if I hadn't watched Who, I might not have. But I can tell you about police call lights, discontinued long before I was born. :)
"The breast implants..." Deserves five !!!!!
Act Four rates Twenty-Four Exclamation Points (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Plus Pi Exclamation Points for the beauty of the TARDIS (!!!.)
The Nestene Consciousness... a very credible imitation of the Terminator 2 dissolving consciousness. And The Doctor speaks to it, and it communicates in its' own language!! Plus the diplomacy effott!!!!!
Clive didn't die, did he? I felt sorry for Clive... only someone after the Truth... And, er, is it plastic bullets being fired? And what kind of explosive force? But Who does that to you - makes you wonder how it possibly could be true, then allows you to suspend disbelief. And the mannequins doing the Robot as their death throws deserves !!! The act gets a bonus !!!!! plus !!!!! for allowing Rose to save the day.
So Act Five rates Twenty Exclamation Points (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Micky can't handle it, but Rose is just fine!!!!!!!!!! And the offer - classsic Who!!! "He's not invited." !!!!! Take away one exclamation for Rose's initial refusal. Oh, and true to Who's miserly production budget, we see the TARDIS actually disappear for the first time. (Oh, and reappear, granted.) !! And then Rose realizes what's she's missing, so we'll give the ending of the first hour that taken one back plus five more !!!!!
We're going to give Act Six its' Twenty Five, plus a Five Bonus for Thirty (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Now, coming out of the cut...
I give the first episode of the Eccleston Doctor Who a rating of One Hundred Sixteen point 14152729 exclamation points! Hella, hella good!
Oh, and I realized something else. When I first watched Dr. Who (which was the end of Jon Pertwee, all of Tom Baker and just a smidge of Peter Davison, aka the PBS version...) I so wanted to be a part of that world. I think that's at least one explanation for why Sci-Fi as drama draws its' audience: you want to be a part of the world in which the series exists. If I couldn't grow up to be a Timelord of the Whovian rebel variety, I at least wanted to be a companion on the journey. And, as a subgenius Nerd, I could at least dream of the possibility of being Adric, if not The Doctor.
As I think a little more about it, while watching the second episode, the more I realize that all of the fandoms I've really gotten into are this way. Worlds that, for one reason or another, I'd like to be in. Anyway, for Doctor Who, the verdict is a world that I'd still very much like to be in.
(And, really hoping that Nikki is going to enjoy it, also.)