[Clave]

The guy who ressurrected it had been trying for 10 years! to get some interest...

[karajorma]

Looks like he finally did it. And what's more the hardcore fans seem pretty happy with it from what I can hear so far

[Flipside]

Well, it's kinda like Enterprise, they aren't going to mix the 'old' thinking and the 'new' effects perfectly at first.

Doctor Who hasn't really taken itself seriously since Tom Baker, I think it's a bit of a pity they tried to resurrect it that way, but then, the Doctor was more of a Cereberal Hero than, for example, Buck Rodgers. And I hope the series will remember that, he was far far better at out-thinking than out-fighting.

[karajorma]

Spoiler:

Well to be fair in this one he did try to talk peace first. Most sci-fi hero's wouldn't have bothered.

BTW what is this war he refered to? Something from the original series or a new addition?

[Liberator]

Humanity fought a war with the Daleks, Cybermen and just about every major alien race except the Galafreyans according to a timeline I found one time.

[Flipside]

I haven't actually seen all of the latest one yet, only bits and pieces. While there still looks like room for improvement, I would say there is a lot more 'understanding' of Dr Who and the intent of the original material was than, say, Hitch Hikers, and the first couple of series of Enterprise, so I'm hopeful

[Liberator]

For some reason he reminds me of Chris "Rimmer" Barrie.


Oh and I know this is a Brit thing, but a group of episodes is called a Season not a series.  The show as a whole is a Series.[/sarcasm]

[Clave]

Christopher Eccleston is a proper actor - Shakespeare and stuff at the theatre.  

I thought he did a good job - there was a manic edgy feel to his character that definitely added something to the normal way of performing the Doctor, I liked it..

The last 'series' I watched every week was Stargate - the 1st one, since then, nothing has interested me enough to watch every week...

[karajorma]

Originally posted by Liberator
Oh and I know this is a Brit thing, but a group of episodes is called a Season not a series.  The show as a whole is a Series.[/sarcasm]

Nonsense. The show as a whole is a show. That's why you have the word.

Only the Americans would invent the word season to describe the run of a TV show and then proceed to televise it over 2 or 3 actual calandar seasons

[pyro-manic]

Correct.

I just watched it, and it was great! Can't wait for the next one now...

Lib: I think I know where you're coming from with the Rimmer comparison - Eccleston's a funny looking bloke, like Barrie. Big ears, big nose.

[Liberator]

Actually,I think it's the hair for some reason.  Although Rimmer never wore his short like that.

Also, I was being vaguely fecitious about the season/series thing...