Who am I to be reviewing Doctor Who? I don't belong to any fan clubs, I don't drive half way across the country to see Dr Who exhibits (okay, technically I DO do that but I was only the driver, my sister was the exhibit visitor) and I can't recite any or all of the 11 former Doctor Whos (except David Tennant), and know virtually none of the back story of this unique and beloved character. But don't get me wrong, I am qualified to review it. Why? Because I do have membership to the geek squad; my weekly conquests in the world of Dungeons and Dragons online (I'm a fighter, named AbigailTan, so message me sometime fellow warriors!) prove that I do relate to the world of geek, gadgets and fantastical journeys and thus the world of Doctor Who.
Having just watched the first 2 episodes of the new Doctor Who series I'm pleasantly surprised. David Tennant's wild and crazed look as he zipped around the Tardis (the image of his lower teeth etched in my brain forever) got on my nerves and was a distraction. So my first comments on this new Doctor Who series is one of gratitude that this actor, although very interesting looking, does not have the same level of grating on my nerves. And hey, since this is blog is about what I think, that's my starting point!
I really enjoyed the series premier where the doctor, still growing into his
new self, lands at Amy Pond's door, a small but lonely girl who is surprisingly unafraid of this strange doctor in her house; insisting she prepare for him all manner of food only to find out he detests every one (going through his past 10 selves I presume and what he used to like?). He finally finds his soul food, fish sticks with custard (I wonder what the crew gave the actor to actually eat during those scenes?) There's a slight problem with Amy's house (okay, actually HUGE problem) and the Doctor heads out promising he'll return in 10 minutes. He comes back and turns out it's been 12 years. Oops. The problem in her house turns out to be something dangerous and the end of the world is nigh but the Doctor is back and with the help of the grown up Amy, they save the world. He invites Amy to be his traveling companion, promising her she can be back by the following morning, just in time for her...? (he reminds her he can bring her back any time at all, is a time machine after all) and she accepts. Because I've not regularly watched Doctor Who before, I never knew the back story of the different people in the show (like Catherine Tate's character), so it's interesting to be in on it from the beginning.
What I like about Doctor Who is how it's through the perspective of his human companion, Amy, we learn what the Doctor knows. It's like he usually knows all along what is going to happen and slowly he clues her into it bit by bit. However, this isn't always the case. The second episode showed perhaps the first dramatic moment of the series where the Doctor was having to face a decision he did not want to make (like a Dr. Who-Sophie's Choice) and he was obviously less than thrilled with the human race. By the way, he doesn't think he looks human, he thinks humans look like the Time Lord race. It's Amy's astute observations (thanks to the Doctor's encouragement as she finds her feet as his sidekick) who offers a solution to the Choice and everyone goes off happily ever after, or until next Saturday at 6pm when the next one is on. Previews show the Doctor and Amy going to help Churchill during the 2nd world war and the return of The Daleks. I don't even really know what that means, except they're bad and the Doctor is like, "Daleks? AGAIN?"
I think...I'll keep watching. It's nice to be taken to kooky and somewhat goofy other worlds and times. I like this new Doctor and Amy too.
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I really enjoyed the series premier where the doctor, still growing into his new self, lands at Amy Pond's door, a small but lonely girl who is surprisingly unafraid of this strange doctor in her house; insisting she prepare for him all manner of food only to find out he detests every one (going through his past 10 selves I presume and what he used to like?). He finally finds his soul food, fish sticks with custard (I wonder what the crew gave the actor to actually eat during those scenes?) There's a slight problem with Amy's house (okay, actually HUGE problem) and the Doctor heads out promising he'll return in 10 minutes. He comes back and turns out it's been 12 years. Oops. The problem in her house turns out to be something dangerous and the end of the world is nigh but the Doctor is back and with the help of the grown up Amy, they save the world. He invites Amy to be his traveling companion, promising her she can be back by the following morning, just in time for her...? (he reminds her he can bring her back any time at all, is a time machine after all) and she accepts. Because I've not regularly watched Doctor Who before, I never knew the back story of the different people in the show (like Catherine Tate's character), so it's interesting to be in on it from the beginning. 
Wow..I have a staring role in your blog now. :) For those of you in the U.S, the series premiers April 17th on BBC America. Of course, I have managed to get an early look via the inter-tubes downloads.
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