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RE: Why the new 'Doctor Who' irritates me
October 10, 2011 at 1:06 pm
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I think it's a case of diminishing returns since 2005. For my money, Eccles was far more believable than Tennant, who in turn at least gave a more honest, if wet, performance than "The Kid" Smith. Eccentric is fine, it can be fun and interesting if handled well (just look at the early Tom Baker, Patrick Troughton or the great William Hartnell). However, there's a definite line between eccentric and just plain silly. And yes, the whole River Song thing was for me far more interesting than anything turned in by "Amy" Gillan, "Rory" Darvill, or Catherine Fucking Tate. Honestly, that woman was so wooden, when she made her first appearance in the TARDIS I thought someone had thrown a chair onto the set.
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RE: Why the new 'Doctor Who' irritates me
October 10, 2011 at 1:12 pm
Tom Baker was my favopurite dr until David Tennant.
Tom was let down but the quality of the sets and special effects of the day and a lot of the old Dr who strories were a bit crap too.
I would've liked to have seen tom with special effects of now, that wouldve been something.
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RE: Why the new 'Doctor Who' irritates me
October 10, 2011 at 1:36 pm
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You should check out some of the remastered DVDs, a few of them come with optional digital effects. They don't affect the story of course, but they're a nice touch. Also a few enterprising YouTubers have created their own which for the most part can compare with anything Hollywood can do. Anyway, as Doctor number six, Colin Baker, once remarked in an interview, the only reason to deride the visuals of the past is that you're looking at them with modern sensibilities. The young kids of a friend of mine, massive Tennant fans, besides finding "The Kid" to be just too silly also love watching the DVDs I've loaned them in the past - enough in fact to pester their parents to buy copies for them. They have that quality of an intelligent audience which seems to go unappreciated by modern TV producers, that of not caring about the visuals. The story's the thing.
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RE: Why the new 'Doctor Who' irritates me
October 11, 2011 at 6:59 am
I only watched 9 and a little ways into 10. I liked the 9th doctor, I hate rose tyler and want her to die, the 10th doctor was okay.
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