Who Ruminations...
I started watching "Warriors' Gate" last night, which means I've very nearly finished my project of watching all the Tom Baker episodes in order. Now I'm starting to wonder: where do I go from here? Forward to the Peter Davison era? Back to an earlier Doctor? Abandon my Doctor Who watching for another series entirely?
(I have been contemplating watching the Patrick Troughton episodes in order. The Powers That Be have been animating the lost episodes, which gives me a chance to see them, albeit not in their original format!)
Of course everything is not Doctor Who. I've also been watching The Rockford Files on DVD. Now that's 1970s - well, I won't say bubblegum TV, because it's intelligently written and acted. But it's pure entertainment: it's not darker and edgier, nor does it have a message. And I've decided each episode must contain at least two of the following:
(I have been contemplating watching the Patrick Troughton episodes in order. The Powers That Be have been animating the lost episodes, which gives me a chance to see them, albeit not in their original format!)
Of course everything is not Doctor Who. I've also been watching The Rockford Files on DVD. Now that's 1970s - well, I won't say bubblegum TV, because it's intelligently written and acted. But it's pure entertainment: it's not darker and edgier, nor does it have a message. And I've decided each episode must contain at least two of the following:
- A very dodgy client, who is holding something back from Rockford
- Rockford arrested/threatened with arrest (it's a frameup of course!)
- A car chase
- Mobsters
- Rockford talking himself into a place with a plausible but completely mendacious story
- Rockford held at gunpoint
- A fist fight
- At least one of these supporting characters - Angel, Beth, Sargent Becker and (of course) Rocky.