Comments on: Who’s On Eleventh?

By: karhedron

karhedron — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:37:49 +0000

Seconded. The kid needs a lawnmower. It makes me wish they had in fact, as completely unfounded rumors once hinted at, gone with Eddie Izzard. Make-up, sequins and ginormous heels, yes. Enormous greasy-Cousin-It hairstyle, not quite.

That being said, I'm sure it'll all turn out to be quite wonderful. I wasn't sure about the switch from Eccleston to Tennant either, but there you go. Still, Paterson Joseph would have been favorite.

By: ceer78

ceer78 — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:36:20 +0000

Zing!

By: ceer78

ceer78 — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:32:30 +0000

“wibbly-wobbly, timey wimey…” is my #1 most quoted Who-ism. "Blink" FTW!!!

By: ceer78

ceer78 — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:31:35 +0000

Dr. Who seasons 1-3 are on Netflix "Instant Watch" which you can stream through your 360 or to your comp, so you truly have no excuse for not having watched it. So get on it!!! Join with us!!! Become one with the Who-tinuum!!!

By: ceer78

ceer78 — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:27:29 +0000

Ya, boo for him still not getting to be ginger. They really shoulda made that happen for the ol' Doc.

By: mykeyfinn

mykeyfinn — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:09:18 +0000

I am a fan of the Doctor, as those of us who only had PBS growing up it was about the only Sci-Fi I had access to that wan't in books, that and Star Trek re-runs in black and White. I have seen new video of this Doctor, and I quote I have no problem seeing him as the Doctor if he avoids the Emo crap. His body language is all Doctor, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7808697….and to quote Howard Taylor of Schlock Mercenary,
"At first blush? Watching this youngster talk I can’t help but see his hand gestures, and think “wibbly-wobbly, timey wimey…”, I'm willing to give hima try, and I've suffered thru bad docs before, If he's bad they can always kill him off and replace him, the Joy of regeneration.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:12:23 +0000

I want to give this guy a shot….. but that haircut makes me cringe.
Forget Emo – he looks like a complete dork.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:54:00 +0000

I think what could work really well is playing off the fact that here is this 900 year old genius alien and nobody takes him seriously because he looks about 12 years old. That could be interesting.

Looking forward to a new Doctor though Tennant was absolutely Wizard, as Donna Noble would say. The stuff they did in the last season – laying on new background while not making it seem forced, having it often stay goofy and fun then suddenly turn serious – it is an excellently written show. Long as they do that, it'll be good.

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:54:23 +0000

Sorry for this bit of geeky nerdiness but the Doctor's name isn't "Who". It's just the Doctor. It's only the program that's called Doctor Who. There. Now I can go and wash my hands pi times.

BTW the regeneration excuse to replace actors is one of the better plot devices I've seen in SF programs. It is, ahem, ahead of its time. As for getting into Doctor Who, I'd recommend starting with the Christopher-Ecclestone-as-the-Doctor episodes. The seasons before that one really show their age.

By: Kyochan

Kyochan — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:18:58 +0000

I had never heard of Doctor Who for most of my life. Some friends of mine introduced me to the show and we had approximately that same conversation, but more confusing and with less violence, as I tried to figure out exactly what was going on. I now watch Doctor Who when it's on (and nothing else is) and have given up trying to have it explained to me in favor of reading the Wiki, which is also very confusing (but informative!) and guaranteed to give you bizarre dreams. I like David Tennant, mostly because his facial expressions are extremely interesting and he has a was of delivering a funny line in a serious manner that makes it 5x as funny as it should have been, but I'm willing to give a new guy a chance.