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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Dukhat: [QB] In a unique role-reversal, an American has to wait a year for a sci-fi show to catch up to the rest of the world before he can post at Flare about it, instead of the other way around. Anyway, just to make this clear, I have NEVER seen the new Doctor Who until just a few days ago. I religiously stayed away from the discussion about it here, and didn't read any spoilers from any other source, or watched downloaded versions. So... Episode 1- "Rose" - Loved the opening credits. Nice homage to the original opening music. It took me a while to get past the first few minutes of annoying techno-music before anyone actually says anything, but on second viewing, it bothered me less. I liked how the episode is made from Rose's point of view, since a new viewer to this show who had never seen the original would be learning what's going on right along with Rose. Love this new Doctor. He has both a mysteriousness and a humorous charm that is both like and unlike the previous incarnations. The vague references to a war in which he was the only survivor add to the mystery in a way that isn't in-your-face, but genuinely interesting. The only thing I found odd was that the Doctor seems to hint that he's just regenerated (the bit with the ears), yet Clive has evidence that he's been to at least three different points in time before now. So he never bothered to look at himself in a mirror until now? *(After discussing this with friends, we've discovered a possible way around this - that the Doctor visited those time periods *after* the events in "Rose." After all, he is a time-traveler, right? Yes, I know we're pulling strings here, but it is possible)* I think it's pretty much a given that I like Rose as a companion. I mean, how could you not? TARDIS - Exterior - Did anyone else find it amusing that Rose didn't know what a Police Box was? (I guess we always thought that everyone in Britain, no matter the time period, knows what one is. The old show certainly gave that impression :-)) TARDIS - Interior - Quite a difference from both the multitudes of designs in the original series, and the McGann movie. I read somewhere that during the movie, the producers never liked the low-tech look of the TARDIS console, and wanted a more alien look. Looks like they got it. I'm guessing that the episodes are around 45 minutes long, since even with commercials it didn't seem that anything was cut out. Still, it was enough time to tell a good story. The Story - It's the Pertwee premiere "The Auton Invasion" all over again, and then again...it isn't. Obviously the plot device of the Autons & Nestene consciousness were taken from "TAI", but there's where the resemblance ends. I really cared about the characters (except maybe Mickey, who's Auton duplicate seemed more interesting than him), and the eventual pairing of the Doctor and Rose worked well. Oh, and Rose's mum was Miranda from "King Ralph," if anyone actually saw that movie. The action is believable, unlike most of the action scenes of the later seasons of the original series. And Clive's comment about the Doctor's constant companion being death was quite chilling. More to come... [/QB][/QUOTE]
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