Anyone happen to see the new Doctor Who tv show? I did. It’s worth mentioning that I did not watch it on tv. No thanks to those fucks at the Sci-Fi Channel. The guys at the Sci-Fi Channel think the new series is lacking. Whatever the fuck that’s supposed to mean. So I downloaded the first two episodes via bittorrent (thanks Gawain!).

And before I enlighten you all with my observation on the new Who let me just cover some news items that concerns the good Doctor. Good new or Bad news first? Bad new first. Don’t get attached to this ninth Doctor people. We only get him for one season. Thats just thirteen episodes and he’s gone. Apparently Christopher Eccleston (Doctor 9) doesn’t want to get typecast because of the role of the Doctor. The good news? The show will go on. The BBC has commissioned a second season of the show. Some guy named David Tennant is in talks with the BBC to be the tenth Doctor.

This is what I think about the new show. I’m not sure what I think yet about the newest Doctor. Don’t get me wrong. I’m really happy that this is the Doctor Who that should be on our tv screens. This is a British/BBC based show. I’ll bet money that the new show won’t have the Doctor kissing his companion. In fact if it was up to me I wouldn’t label this guy the ninth Doctor. Nope I would dump that fucking abomination of Doctor Who movie from continuity. That was trash. And do we really need to have ever mention the Master again as portrayed by Eric Roberts? I bet poor Roger Delgado tossed in his grave and Anthony Ainley probably wished he was dead when that movie played on Fox.

As long as they keep the this new Doctor Who free of any “Americanism’s” I’ll be a happy guy. This new Doctor I don’t really have an opinion of yet. Sure he has some mannerisms of the previous 7 (I really hate that 8th Doctor bullshit. It was a dream people, a bad nightmare. It’s ok to want to wake up from it.) Doctors. I see some of the good Baker in the guy. A little Davidson. Hell even a touch of McCoy. The guy is just trying to hard. And the thing that sucks is once this Eccleston finds his voice as the Doctor it will be to late.

It’s just the story that worries me. Sure it’s only two episodes into it. But so far theres this mystery surrounding the Doctor. A mention of a War he fought in in the first episode that pops back up in the second. And it’s revealed that the timelords and their planet are gone. I just hope that this new show doesn’t forget the history of Doctor Who. And god forbid they actually run with plot elements from that damn movie. I have faith that the new show will do the right thing. Of course as it is with the Doctor only time will tell.

Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of the classic BBC science fiction program Doctor Who. In celebration of the anniversary they have produced an animated web show. The six episode show is called the Scream of the Shalka and it stars Richard E Grant as the ninth Doctor. Below are six screen caps I took showing off what the show looks like (and that fifth shot is kinda a spoiler if you haven’t watched it yet):

So this animated show and the news of a new Who tv show is great news. If you missed the news of a new tv show head over here. For an all around informative site check out this BBC Cult Doctor Who page. Another great site is Outpost Gallifrey is another great Who site for finding out news as it happens.

Gawain passed this news along to me and all I can say is it’s about fucking time. New Doctor Who TV series! Here is a quote from the article:

“The new series will be fun, exciting, contemporary and scary. Although I’m only in the early stages of development, I’m aiming to write a full-blooded drama which embraces the Doctor Who heritage, at the same time as introducing the character to a modern audience.”

And thank good this guy is a brit. I don’t think I’ll have to worry about another travesty that the FOX Doctor Who movie was.

Here’s an item I was very happy to find out about. I went to Rockford the other day and found out that the Doctor Who books are finally available here in the states. Up until recently we could only get the Virgin produced books. Then the good old BBC decided they wanted to do the books themselves and for some reason they never released them here. So everyone run out and buy Doctor Who books!!!!

Of course most of you probably never heard of the good old Doctor, unless you had the miss fortune of seeing the Fox movie from a few years ago. And Troy (who has no taste) just doesn’t appreciate the Doctor. And I would go into the nitty gritty of why I feel that we (Americans) should not produce Doctor Who if it wouldn’t put you all asleep.