Doctor Who

[Honeybee]

I'd be dating myself if I said my first Doctor was Tom Baker (but to be fair I was a child).

Still, I confess to being more fond of the newer show iterations. I think that breaks a fundamental rule of Doctor Who fandom. You're supposed to like your first doctor best. But - I adore David Tennant. Adore.

Anyway, since LR is writing a crossover Doctor Who fic, it's time to start a thread.

[ladyrainbow]

Allons-y.

I grew up watching DW reruns, mostly of Tom Baker. Though I liked Eccleston and LOVED Tennant. And I like Matt Smith too.

Question: Who thinks River Song is the Doc's wife?? She's so badass.

[panyasan]

I started watching Dr. Who when Tennant was the doctor and he is so

Only have seen the first episodes with Matt Smith, but I liked him. Like Amy too.

[Aquarius]

I confess that I didn't have much use for DW as a teen. After the sleekness of the SW and ST films, to my eye, DW had the production value of a high school play. I didn't know about stuff like the BBC not having any money or anything like that. I just tried to watch it and couldn't get into it.

So later, in 2005, when the Chris Eccleston version premiered, I was apprehensive. In fact, the ex had to coerce me away from the computer to come watch it. And I was blown away. I was a faithful fan immediately.

When I heard Eccleston was being replaced, I was concerned. He'd defined the role for me. But I grew to like David Tennant...then love him. And he became my favorite. (Sorry, Chris!). It broke my heart when he left.

I like Smith alright. He's just different, and not bad-different, but I still love DT the most.

And during the DT years, I began renting some of the original episodes from the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Now that I'm older and have had the experience of watching this newer incarnation, I now have an appreciation for those older episodes that I didn't before. I confess I missed out on some really good stories back then, even if the special effects weren't so "special".

[ladyrainbow]

OMG! This is HILARIOUS! I LOVE Matt Smith!

Matt Smith's performance as the 11th Doctor, Doctor Who Prom 2010, Royal Albert Hall

I missed this on io9 but found it on YouTube. A celebration of all things DW. This is only one part of the whole thing, but this is funny!

[ladyrainbow]

Happy birthday to Matt Smith, who turns 28 today (10/28)!

GERONIMO!!!!

[ladyrainbow]

On this day, 11/23/1963, the very first episode of Doctor Who aired on the BBC (with the First Doctor William Hartnell).

Happy 47th anniversary, DW! Allons-y!

[Jedikatie]

I honestly don't remember which Doctor I saw first, though Peter Davidson has always been a favorite of mine (I was never all that enamored of either of the Bakers, to be perfectly honest). I can tell you that my favorite companions were (and are) Jamie McCrimmon, Turlough, and Ace from the original series. And River Song's probably my favorite--even if she's not an official companion, at least not yet--in the modern series, though I also like Rory.

I can remember buying every single one of the old episode novelizations I could find when I was in college, and at one point I had over a hundred of them (though I think I was still missing some), and it was a good way of finding out what happened in the episodes that are now missing which I never had a chance to see (though a couple of them have since been found and shown).

I really wasn't too sure about the 11th Doctor when he took over--quite frankly, he looked far too young for the role (even if the Doctor can regenerate to any age), but he definitely grew on me as the season progressed. I think the end of the first part of the Weeping Angels episodes was when I first really started to like his Doctor and I felt that they did indeed make a good choice in casting him.


For those interested, there's some spoilers concerning the 6th season over at io9, in this article-- Tron Legacy director takes you inside the movies plus are some classic monsters returning to Doctor Who -- the DW bits are almost at the end of the article. Some should be taken with a grain of salt, of course, but I'd love it if the first two bits did turn out to be true...

[ladyrainbow]

Just read the article...yeah, those first two bits would be awesome! Thanks, JediKatie

I really like Jamie as the 2nd Doc's companion. (that kilt!) And after Davison, I couldn't really see a piece of celery the same way again.

River Song rocks and that's all I gotta say about that. [/b]

[ladyrainbow]

I have to admit, this is one of the best DW fan videos I've seen in a while:

The Four Doctors (5,9,10,11)

It's set to music from the movie "Inception".

And I think this would've made a better special than the original "The Four Doctors"