{"id":8752,"date":"2006-04-25T18:06:40","date_gmt":"2006-04-26T01:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/04\/25\/doctor-who.html"},"modified":"2006-04-25T18:06:40","modified_gmt":"2006-04-26T01:06:40","slug":"doctor_who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/04\/25\/doctor_who.html","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I’ve been avoiding talking much about Doctor Who<\/em> here, because (a) some folks haven’t been watching it (but will be, dammit, once I get the DVD set in July), and (b) other folk have already been seeing the next series (damned Canucks and Brits) and so it would all be old hat to them (or a temptation to say, “Oh, hey, well wait until you see the episode where the Daleks …”).<\/p>\n

That said, I’m so enjoying this series. It captures the kind of bizarre cheesy charm of the old bargain-basement-budget originals while still working for modern dramatic sensibilities. Christopher Eccleston is a faboo Doctor, like Tom Baker after too many cups of coffee, but with a dark, fragile side, too, as if we’re about to see him crack if he’s pushed too hard in the wrong spot. Indeed, the only down side to this show is the knowledge that Eccleston only stuck it out for one season (and, yes, I’ve heard his replacement is quite fine, and I even believe it, but …).<\/p>\n

Billie Piper makes a great Companion (not that kind of Companion, Doyce), intelligent, spunky, independent, yet with clear emotional attachments and troubles. She, too, is a worthy successor to that particular role.<\/p>\n

I’ve only seen a part of the series, of course, but the “Dalek” episode was exquisite (except, perhaps, for a weak denouement), and Adam’s tale thereafter was masterful for its B-plot as much as for its A-plot.<\/p>\n

I really want the DVDs to come out. Really soon now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been avoiding talking much about Doctor Who here, because (a) some folks haven’t been watching it (but will be, dammit, once I get the DVD set in July), and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-tv-doctor-who"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27462,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/19\/the-fantastic-ninth-doctor.html","url_meta":{"origin":8752,"position":0},"title":"The “Fantastic” Ninth Doctor","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 19-Apr-12 5:56pm","format":false,"excerpt":"We've been watching Doctor Who reruns with Katherine, and she's been loving them. 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