Dr Who and other Sci-fi ramblings...

[lyore]

Thanks to certain friends, who shall remain nameless, I have now got the entire new season of Dr Who on my computer. So far, I'm really liking it. Little bit cheesy, but in a good way. Like the attitude of the Doctor - world weariness and enthusiasm all mixed together. Still, when you destroy the earth in the second episode, one wonders where they go from there... kinda hard to top, really.

Edit - Apparently, you go on to Daleks having existential crises. Interesting. And, on a stargate note, Anna Louise Plowman was in that episode. I kept expecting her eyes to glow, or for someone to call her Dr Gardener.

Another sci-fi note - found this interesting site last night (when I was supposed to be researching my quatum mechanics essay - actually I was, and it turned up in the google search, so there) which is basically dedicated to showing how the Empire would wipe the floor with the Federation. Quite detailed alaysis, actually. Not that I had any doubts - I never underestimate the Power of the Dark Side.


Random Observation of the Day - Gotta love the incestuous world of sci-fi. John and Aeryn on Stargate, Stargate actors on Andromeda (and vice versa), Micheal Weatherley showing up in the first season of Charmed, Buffy/Angel/Firefly actors on all of the above , and now Osiris on Doctor Who. Yes, I realise I watch too much sci-fi. A girl has to do something with her time. But at least its not Star Trek.

Thesis Update - Still depressingly the same. 33 pages

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

sorry, the old dr who with tom baker was good, the new dr who is shit! The awful special effects, the holes in the plot, these were the things that gave the show its character in the old days.

[lyore.livejournal.com]

Well, I've never been a big fan of the old series - have seen a few episodes, courtesy of wolfwarrior, but not all of it. Tom Baker (the 5th doctor, with the huge scarf, right?) is still the one I associate as the doctor when I see references to the old series, but it's not like I can make a detailed comparison between the actors or the series.

On the other hand, since I happen to be of the school that plot holes (while inevitable in a sci-fi series, especially one about time-travel) are not actually good things, I doubt I would agree with you on that score. Plot has always mattered far more than special effects (good or bad) to me.

And if its Eccleston you object too, there is a new doctor in the second series, so I hear.

BTW, should I know who you are?

[lyore.livejournal.com]

could have been the fourth, I dunno - have to ask wolfwarrior, its gonna bug me now