The Doctor Who Project of 2007
Okay, so it all started this past November 23rd. the 44th anniversary of the first broadcast of Doctor Who on the BBC. I got out my DVD of the first story and decided to watch. It was the Friday after Thanksgiving and not alot was going on an it seemed like a good idea.
I still really enjoy "An Earthly Child" and it was fun to watch it again on the anniversary.
It was not until the following day that learned of the passing of Verity Lambert, the shows original producer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verity_Lambert
Anyway, I had purchased "The Beginnings" box set a year before when it cam out but had not watched the whole thing so I figured it would be fun to watch "the Daleks" and "Inside the Spaceship" next.
At that point I made the (crazy?) decision to watch all 160 stories of the Classic Series of Doctor Who in order. That is 26 seasons and the Fox Movie. Including the ones that don't exist anymore (thanks to the fan reconstructions like at www.recons.com)
Well. three months later and I am still working my way thru season one. Right now I am at episode one of "The Sensorites." This is a really good story that suffers from some of the silliest costumes in the shows history. Not quite the Zarbi (from the web planet) but close. On the plus side it has in my opinion the cutest guest cast member of the entire series with Ilona Rodgers as Carol. Infact, I might say that she was not surpassed in Doctor Who Guest Cast Cuteness until Carey Mulligan showed up last year as Sally Sparow.
anyway. back on target. The Sensorites is a pretty good story with a fun mystery and we explore the psychic abilities of Susan for the first time. It would have been nice to see the series explore this a bit more but what can you say.
So the rules I have set up for myself go as follows.
I watch the classic series in order from an Unearthly Child to the Fox movie. I get to watch the new series as they are broadcast and I can skip ahead and watch a classic series DVD as they come out. but I have to watch them again when they come up in the rotation.
I will try to comment on each story as I finish them. Then again, I was hoping to post more than once a month to this thing and we can see how well that is going.
Until Next Time
Your Friend and Mine
Tim