Comments | aubkabob: I've got to be honest with you, son. We're in the center of the earth and there are lizard men.

aubkabob

I've got to be honest with you, son. We're in the center of the earth and there are lizard men.

Sep 14, 2014 15:11

For my rewatching of old Who episodes, I am now in season five, which is Matt Smith's first season. I always forget how much I love him until I watch and hear him in motion. As much as I want to say that I've been a Who fan since I was a child, Smith will always be My Doctor. Because of the rabid fandom, I had postponed watching it until right ( Read more... )

tv, doctor who, insomnia

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rwarner September 15 2014, 21:37:43 UTC

I've also been watching old Who episodes...but the ones I've been watching are REALLY old...as in William Hartnell old. RetroTV started showing them starting with An Unearthly Child back in August, and I've been letting them pile up on my TiVo until I have time to watch an entire story. One is definitely a more gruff Doctor, even more so than Capaldi's Twelve. It's great to see the evolution of the show though.

Good luck with the sleep thing....I have the same issues as you have, and haven't found anything that works yet. Let me know if you do - maybe it'll work for me too. :-)

aubkabob September 15 2014, 23:10:14 UTC

I watched all of the super old stuff that Netflix had to offer on streaming before moving back to the newer stuff. I adore the hell out of Troughton. Can't stand Pertwee, but have tried. The only one that Netflix didn't have was any with Colin Baker, though now that I'm getting DVDs, I see they have worlds more.

I also have all the books in ebook form that I plan on getting around to one day. GIVE ME ALL THE LORE.

defensor September 17 2014, 16:06:39 UTC

From what I've seen most of the people complaining about the "misogyny" are shrill and hypersensitive. The Doctor is picking on Clara like he picks on everyone now, and she gives it right back to him. That's what friends do. I fully support moffat's quest to rid the fandom of shallow people who only liked doctor who because the doctor was cute.

This last episode lost me about 70% of the way in. What happened to the alien creatures who were hiding? What was the thing under the sheet? It was like they said "hey, I know, let's show the doctor as a kid and clara can interact with him!" and forgot about what they'd been building up to.

aubkabob September 17 2014, 17:45:42 UTC

I agree that things got weird about halfway through, but I wasn't paying 100% attention to it. From what I've read from others, it wasn't my sucky attention span.

I had been prepared to adore Capaldi, as I adore many of the old doctors, and was fairly convinced (and somewhat happy) that it would leave the fangirls behind.