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The most disturbing episodes are the three with the statues. Blink with the 10th Doctor and The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone with the 11th.
Its amazing how simplistic the Angels episodes are but they creep the hell out of you more than most horror movies of today. Just turn your head and all of sudden they move to within 5 feet of you. They come out of the TV screen to get you. You can't stop them with anything but light. Crazy stuff. Thats what got me back into Dr. Who. I like the latest characters with Pond and Matt Smith as the Dr.The most disturbing episodes are the three with the statues. Blink with the 10th Doctor and The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone with the 11th.
Bet you like Shatner over Piccard too.
A big fan of the Angles episodes, they are very suspenseful. My favorite episodes are always the Dalek ones, I still get a big kick out of how campy but deadly those things are.The most disturbing episodes are the three with the statues. Blink with the 10th Doctor and The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone with the 11th.
It doesn't get better than David Tennant IMO.
I'd say Eccleston is the best. He's the only one I've truly believed was capable of mass genocide.
I just watched next weeks episode online...I won't give any spoilers. but Matt Smith gives a tour-de-force as the Doctor. It is an incredible episode
This is the ep I saw tonight, brilliant stuff.
I miss Rose :(
I love her in Secret Diary of a Call Girl, except that her teeth bother me.
Neil Gaiman also wrote one of the best of the recent episodes.
I DVR'd the Enemies of Dr. Who episode or whatever it was called as a warmup.New Season starts tonight
I'd say start with the beginning of the new series (Eccleston as Dr. Who) If you don't want to go back that far, you could probably just start at the beginning of the Matt Smith era.
I've never seen anything before the new series. It's pretty good about getting you up to speed.If you wanted to see a good episode to see if you'd like it, you might try something like Blink, which works perfectly as a stand alone.
You don't need to go back to the original series, and the new series is kinda split. The Eccelston/Tenant parts and then the Matt Smith part. A lot of what happened in the Eccelston season carried over to Tenant but the Matt Smith very little carried over. But it is all worth watching
Agreed. I probably will be cutting onions tomorrow nightLast week got me when Rory's dad said, "Somebody needs to water the plants...Just bring them back safe"
oh yes
I'll disagree. Matt Smith is my least favorite of the new series and I actually hated the new intro when he came on board. It made the series more about Pond than the Dr.I waiver on who I like better as The Dr. My gut always says Ecclesten and if I got one more season with him, I'm positive it would've been him. Tennent was great but I felt he over acted some of his rage and anger. But I got really used to him and how he portrayed the character. Smith is doing alright but I find myself liking Rory the most, then The Dr., and with Amy I waiver between liking her and thinking she's a moron. Side note, Rose and Donna have been my favorite companions. Both for very different reasons.
I agree with every single thing you wrote here. The show really took on a new tone (more kid oriented, IMO) with a new Dr, new writers/showrunner, etc after season 4. It's great that they keep changing it to keep it from getting stale, but the Matt Smith seasons haven't been as good for much of the reasons you stated, IMO.I also have grown to loathe River Song, really liked her introduction in "The Library" 2-part episode (those were great episodes) but she got annoying very quickly. Haven't seen any of the new season yet, there is a new companion coming this year, isn't there?
River is a new person I have issues with. Her intro was cool and I thought they played her parentage well but she is too cocky to be someone I really like. I havent caught the new episode but reports are a new companion starts after the angels episode and Matt Smith will be replaced after this year. Matt has an interesting mix of really goofy and psycho that I find disturbing and appealing. Oddly, I find the psycho more appealing. I really don't know what that says about me.
Agreed! Totally loved the way they wrapped that up.
I think I would have liked Matt Smith better had the show not revolved around Amy Pond. I enjoyed the character for awhile, but she continued to eat up more and more of the story. The likeability of Rory helped stem that a bit, but then you have River so all in all I think the direction away from The Doctor hurt Matt and the show.My favorite companion is actually Martha Jones. It's too bad she didn't get much of a run. I couldn't stand Donna Noble, but she didn't take over the show like Amy did so it didn't matter too much.
That's interesting. I'll agree with everything you said about Amy, Rory, River and Matt. It's funny, for me Martha was never really relevant. She was too moony eyed and desperate for the Doctor's attention for me to like her. No really great storylines and because she was so live sick, seemed the "weakest" of the Doctor's companions. I didn't actively dislike her but I didn't like her either.
The new series is excellent. The older ones are fun too, but more of an acquired taste.
Start watching whenever you can. You will not be disappointed. It really is some of the best TV being made right now under any genre.
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