Series Review: Dr. Who (2005)
A new Doctor, and, apparently, a BBC that has
finally entered the 21st Century!
I don't have access to BBC America. I wish I did...
I would pay good money for one show, the new Dr.
Who!
With a new face, a new companion, a new (or, maybe, re-Doctored) TARDIS, and new digital effects, the BBC has come back with its most beloved series. BAsed on information from the BBC website, it is still supposed to be targeted at the 15 and under audience, but I can't get enough of this show! Brilliant scripting and a far superior concept of who and what the Doctor is has brought out the best of entertainment for this 40 year old child of the 80s.
I've not watched all of the series yet, just the first seven episodes of the twelve or thirteen I have, but I will be correcting that tomorrow. So far, the stories have been well developed and executed, something that some critics found lacking back in the days of Pertwee and Baker and Davidson. Maybe it was the all too brief spark of life Fox gave to the characters back in 2000 when they produced the transformation from Sylvester McCoy to Paul McGann for American audiences, introducing some of us for the first time to the Doctor and his nemesis, The Master. Maybe that is what led the BBC to return to the concept of the rogue Timelord out doing good in the universe.
But this is a darker Doctor than we've seen in the past. Gallifrey is dead, destroyed in the final TimeWar against the Daleks (and probably several other races, though we've not been told so, yet). He is brooding and occasionally all too hostile. He is also incredibly fragile. Not the craziness of Colin Baker's Doctor, but a humanity (brought about by the revelation in the Fox movie that the Doctor is half-human?) that makes him care for people. Especially his companion.
Rose! Wow! She's fabulous! As a character, she is nearly complete, though it did seem as though she left her boyfriend in rather a hurry. But that's OK! She left him for the opportunity to travel through time and space with the Doctor! Makes sense.
Creatures, aliens. Still actors in rubber suits, including the pepper shaker of a Dalek (the last Dalek in existence, I might add), but more to them. And, with the advent of affordable rendering software, even some CGI monsters find their ways into the hallways and corridors. Spaceships fly in digitally rendered glory, including smoke trails in the Earth's atmosphere.
I can't say enough about how really good this show is. My only concern is that the Doctor only has twelve incarnations, and this is number ten. Thirteen lives total. And, the BBC has already announced the new Doctor, bringing the total to eleven ("But this one goes to eleven.")
And, in the style of Spinal Tap, out of ten, I give this new series an eleven! Watch it, at almost any cost!
With a new face, a new companion, a new (or, maybe, re-Doctored) TARDIS, and new digital effects, the BBC has come back with its most beloved series. BAsed on information from the BBC website, it is still supposed to be targeted at the 15 and under audience, but I can't get enough of this show! Brilliant scripting and a far superior concept of who and what the Doctor is has brought out the best of entertainment for this 40 year old child of the 80s.
I've not watched all of the series yet, just the first seven episodes of the twelve or thirteen I have, but I will be correcting that tomorrow. So far, the stories have been well developed and executed, something that some critics found lacking back in the days of Pertwee and Baker and Davidson. Maybe it was the all too brief spark of life Fox gave to the characters back in 2000 when they produced the transformation from Sylvester McCoy to Paul McGann for American audiences, introducing some of us for the first time to the Doctor and his nemesis, The Master. Maybe that is what led the BBC to return to the concept of the rogue Timelord out doing good in the universe.
But this is a darker Doctor than we've seen in the past. Gallifrey is dead, destroyed in the final TimeWar against the Daleks (and probably several other races, though we've not been told so, yet). He is brooding and occasionally all too hostile. He is also incredibly fragile. Not the craziness of Colin Baker's Doctor, but a humanity (brought about by the revelation in the Fox movie that the Doctor is half-human?) that makes him care for people. Especially his companion.
Rose! Wow! She's fabulous! As a character, she is nearly complete, though it did seem as though she left her boyfriend in rather a hurry. But that's OK! She left him for the opportunity to travel through time and space with the Doctor! Makes sense.
Creatures, aliens. Still actors in rubber suits, including the pepper shaker of a Dalek (the last Dalek in existence, I might add), but more to them. And, with the advent of affordable rendering software, even some CGI monsters find their ways into the hallways and corridors. Spaceships fly in digitally rendered glory, including smoke trails in the Earth's atmosphere.
I can't say enough about how really good this show is. My only concern is that the Doctor only has twelve incarnations, and this is number ten. Thirteen lives total. And, the BBC has already announced the new Doctor, bringing the total to eleven ("But this one goes to eleven.")
And, in the style of Spinal Tap, out of ten, I give this new series an eleven! Watch it, at almost any cost!
Posted: Sat - July 30, 2005 at 08:25 PM
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