"And... He's Wonderful."
Currently Reading: Malled by Caitlin Kelly
Currently Watching: Doctor Who: Season 6 ...or is it Season 48?
I can't help it. Even thought it is still much diminished from the show I fell in love with, I was giddy all day at the prospect of there being a new Doctor Who premiering tonight in the US on the same day it premiered in the UK. I'm glad the BBC finally realized that the US geeks who are madly in love with the Doctor are the same ones who know exactly how to use a Torrent. But, instead of fighting us, they embraced us. It shows a rare respect, me thinks.
But... there does seem to be a glimmer of hope. Tonight's episode was much better than it's been since The Eleventh Hour. More coherent and a little bit emotional, thrilling and scary too. It was a step back towards everything I want my Doctor Who to be. Maybe someone was listening to all the fan grumbling. I could still do with a less-bumbling Doctor (remember when he didn't need someone else's assistance to pilot the TARDIS?) and Moffat still needs to put down his copy of The Time Traveler's Wife STAT (Seriously, it's a shit book to begin with... the Doctor deserves better than a crude "romance"), but... it was improved. I'm actually invested in what will happen next and Matt Smith is just so wonky cute that you have to love him. He proved on The Sarah Jane Adventures the Doctor he could be if they would only give him the material to work with and I'm cautiously optimistic that maybe they will do just that this season.
In honor of the show's return, my favorite Doctor Who Fan Video of all time. More than anything else, it conveys why I love this show and character so much that I just can't let it go, even when it's not what it was when this video was made:
And, finally... since this is a post all about Doctor Who, I have to acknowledge the loss of Elisabeth Sladen. Her wholly unexpected, untimely and sad passing left a cloud over my week that I just can't shake. I don't know if it's specifically because I've been watching her show every day lately and she's such a warm presence on it, but this has affected me more than celebrity deaths usually do. I was just saying in a post how she was a model of aging gracefully that we should all be so lucky to achieve and now she's just... gone. It's very sobering. No one in the fan community even knew she was ill (Cancer. Always the horrible cancer) and everyone has taken it hard since she defined the show nearly as much as the Doctor himself. I've heard more than one person say it's like a piece of their childhood died with her. She did what she loved to the last... farewell, Sarah-Jane Smith. You were fantastic.
"One may tolerate a world of demons for the sake of an angel."
- Reinette (Doctor Who)
Currently Watching: Doctor Who: Season 6 ...or is it Season 48?
I can't help it. Even thought it is still much diminished from the show I fell in love with, I was giddy all day at the prospect of there being a new Doctor Who premiering tonight in the US on the same day it premiered in the UK. I'm glad the BBC finally realized that the US geeks who are madly in love with the Doctor are the same ones who know exactly how to use a Torrent. But, instead of fighting us, they embraced us. It shows a rare respect, me thinks.
But... there does seem to be a glimmer of hope. Tonight's episode was much better than it's been since The Eleventh Hour. More coherent and a little bit emotional, thrilling and scary too. It was a step back towards everything I want my Doctor Who to be. Maybe someone was listening to all the fan grumbling. I could still do with a less-bumbling Doctor (remember when he didn't need someone else's assistance to pilot the TARDIS?) and Moffat still needs to put down his copy of The Time Traveler's Wife STAT (Seriously, it's a shit book to begin with... the Doctor deserves better than a crude "romance"), but... it was improved. I'm actually invested in what will happen next and Matt Smith is just so wonky cute that you have to love him. He proved on The Sarah Jane Adventures the Doctor he could be if they would only give him the material to work with and I'm cautiously optimistic that maybe they will do just that this season.
In honor of the show's return, my favorite Doctor Who Fan Video of all time. More than anything else, it conveys why I love this show and character so much that I just can't let it go, even when it's not what it was when this video was made:
Click to viewAnd, finally... since this is a post all about Doctor Who, I have to acknowledge the loss of Elisabeth Sladen. Her wholly unexpected, untimely and sad passing left a cloud over my week that I just can't shake. I don't know if it's specifically because I've been watching her show every day lately and she's such a warm presence on it, but this has affected me more than celebrity deaths usually do. I was just saying in a post how she was a model of aging gracefully that we should all be so lucky to achieve and now she's just... gone. It's very sobering. No one in the fan community even knew she was ill (Cancer. Always the horrible cancer) and everyone has taken it hard since she defined the show nearly as much as the Doctor himself. I've heard more than one person say it's like a piece of their childhood died with her. She did what she loved to the last... farewell, Sarah-Jane Smith. You were fantastic.
"One may tolerate a world of demons for the sake of an angel."
- Reinette (Doctor Who)