I grew with up Tom Baker but really appreciate Peter Davison. Smith is my favorite of the new Doctors. The whole series could probably do with another hiatus if this new doctor doesn't work out. It's kind of like Star Trek in many ways. Has that brand name, retread feel to it. And the old episodes.... they don't even fucking make them any more. So you have to pay ridiculous prices for them. I ended up paying an arm and a leg for the Black Guardian Trilogy. The BBC will only make old episodes available in the UK from now on until they hook up a streaming option.
I like David Tennant. I love his charisma. Very entertaining.... but I never got to Matt Smith. I got burned out and stopped watching.
I'm amazed it's been going on as long as it has actually. What over 26 seasons, that's insane. I don't know how you maintain quality and decent scripts that long. Some of those pre-reboot years towards the end of the 80's were absolutely terrible though.
This is the first season I've watched since I started with Matt Smith where I didn't make a point of watching it or watching episodes twice. I don't remember what year I started watching, I was sick and saw a marathon on BBC-Amerca and got hooked. It was after he replaced Tennant though. Ironically enough, this was imho, Capaldi's best work and the best season since the Ponds left.
I always hate the new Dr until I end up loving them....hehe. Tenant is still my favorite, but the strongest writing and story lines came during Matt Smith's watch. The Capaldi era wasn't the best, but I thought they went out pretty well. It is a series that does need to be freshened up every couple of years though. It was time. I look forward to a clean slate to see what they can make of it. Geronimo!
Dr. Who has always been cerebral. He was never a physical character. This is perfect for a talented female actors' opportunity to provide time travel and exposing hilarious creatures in a BBC drama.
Think of how many times they can have the "bad guys", who know the Doctor, respond with "you're not the Doctor, where is the Doctor"? I hope they make one of his "enemies" say "you can't be the Doctor, he's a..well, man. He's always been a man"
David Tennant was my favorite - it also helps that the best episode ever (Blink) had him and the best quote ever came from that same episode. People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually — from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint — it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly... timey-wimey... stuff Matt Smith was cool, he was funny and the weird love triangle was fun. Capaldi I tried to like, just could not. Could be that it was also because the stories got somewhat repetitive. I welcome the idea of a new doctor and a new show-runner.
Aren't the majority of Dr Who fans women? I'm not really understanding the evil sexist Dr Who fans talk that I see Rasta posting and some clickbait sites going after.
I'm a stalwart fan of the original run (60s-90s) and yet I still agree on the greatness of "Blink". Interestingly, Tennant is not in that episode much - it's mainly the Carey Mulligan show. (They've kind of milked the Weeping Angels since.) I actually think the love triangle business was a bit annoying. This started with Rose and David Tennant. Bleh - if you're a hundreds-of-years-old super-intelligent alien, can you REALLY have a romantic interest with a barely literate young Chav? This is the equivalent of pedophilia. Better if the Doctor looks on his companions indulgently, like pets he's (now she's) very fond of.
As opposed to fans of Sports Teams, who are not at all sad and nerdy, but in fact manly and interesting.
His quote in that episode is so epic tho... It certainly is a bit cringe-worthy - but that's how it is fun as well - how are they going to solve it without becoming real ugly. I thought they solved it somewhat intelligently by kind of getting them both - marrying River Song.
