Dr. Who

[CAP1]

 season premier tonight. 9 eastern. looks like he tangles with the daleks again. looks good.

[danny76]

Haven't much watched it ever prior to this evenings show. Doubt I will be watching it much in future if this is the benchmark.
Tosh

[Treize69]

I was hoping Amy would be gone this season since he dropped her and Rory off last season. Guess I'm to be disappointed.

I like this doctor, but Tenant got better stories and companions IMO.

[saggs]

None of these "new" doctors are as good as Tom Baker.

[CAP1]

None of these "new" doctors are as good as Tom Baker.

 tom baker was the best of the original series. he's the first doctor i saw, back when pbs was still broadcasting the series. of the new series, i liked tennent the best. still think he's the best doctor ever, with matt smith coming in a close second.

[Treize69]

My first was the Eccleston Doctor- I was aware of it, and knew a bit about it, but hadn't watched any until they resurrected it with him. Been a fan ever since, my wife and I watch all the new episodes when they air.

[jeep00]

None of these "new" doctors are as good as Tom Baker.

[Plawranc]

Dr Who is the best show on T.V next to Top Gear and HBO Mini-series's.

End of thread 


P.S- Tennant forever.

[321BAR]

been a fan. never stopped being a fan. In my opinion Tom Baker = #1 David Tennant #2 and Matt Smith #3. i wasnt much of a big fan of Eccleston but he pulled it off very well also

[Tank-Ace]

I have mixed opinions. Overall, I'm still a fan, but I want to go punch the writers some times.


Good

I feel the dialog has improved for the Doctor, and so Matt Smith is roughly equal to David Tennant on screen, but I think that if Tennant had had Smith's dialog, the TV very well might explode from the ensuing epicness. Even with Matt saying the lines, the show is amazing.


Special effects have also continued to improve. I was overjoyed when I saw the weeping angles move for the first time!


Plots are also pretty damn good for the most part. They usually cover some very interesting topics, or concepts. Only a few flops on individual episodes.



Bad

His companions need to either be hot, a BA like the doctor (see Capt. Jack), or at the very least, further the plot line with their actions, rather than by being in proximity to The Doctor. Yes, I am saying that the stupid ginger from season 4 should have been jetisoned in the episode "The Doctor's Daughter"


I feel they've taken things way too far in the "No, I never use guns. No weapons!! Put down that rock, its a weapon!!!!!!!!!" thing, but then they don't follow up on it with all his actions. I mean in "A Good Man Goes to War", he destroyed an entire cyber-fleet just to make a point! First new season, hes yelling at Daleks to go die, shooting at them with guns, the whole nine yards.


I mean, the guy is a soldier for christ's sake, they reference the Time War and how he ended it single handedly in nearly every season.


Also, they use the preception filter as a rough patch job for a plot hole.

"There was litterally a door right there 2 seconds ago!"
"Preception filter. It made you think there was a door there."
"But we walked through the door to get into thi..."
"Its a preception filter, just don't worry about it!!"


And finally:


Winston Churchill can't call the f***ing TARDIS from 1940's London!!!!!

[Treize69]

Winston Churchill can't call the f***ing TARDIS from 1940's London!!!!!

Of course he can, he's Winston Fn Churchill.

[bortas1]

  i started watching dr who a few years ago when david tennet was the dr. matt smith makes a good dr. but..... i have watched some of the older dr. tom baker was really good. anyway i am a dr who fan really starting from david tennet. my son asked me one day if i understood some ep we both watched. i looked at him and said "not really. sometimes the writers put in really weird stuff because they couldent figure out how to get the dr out off a jam they wrote him in..i still like it all the same." 

[Shuffler]

I saw part of one show..... soap opera bleh

[CAP1]

Of course he can, he's Winston Fn Churchill.

[CAP1]

i started watching dr who a few years ago when david tennet was the dr. matt smith makes a good dr. but..... i have watched some of the older dr. tom baker was really good. anyway i am a dr who fan really starting from david tennet. my son asked me one day if i understood some ep we both watched. i looked at him and said "not really. sometimes the writers put in really weird stuff because they couldent figure out how to get the dr out off a jam they wrote him in..i still like it all the same." 

 with the matt smith dr., there is something everyone seems to miss. while he makes his big threats against such enemies as the daleks(and you need to understand how deeply he hates them to understand why he wants them all gone), there is an underlying "darkness" in this dr. it's like he's the normal "happy go lucky" dr., but all the while fighting to control the bad side of himself, and every so often he lets it out.