Doctor Omega
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Shortened seasons, 18 month hiatus'. Moving it from Saturday....
This does, indeed, have a familiar ring....
This does, indeed, have a familiar ring....
Review Doctor Who (2005)
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Doctor Omega
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Maybe it's simply time, for this manifestation of the show.
Things go in cycles - and this revival has lasted for far longer than I expected it to in the first place. I was anticipating five years, tops.
Is this the fading gasp of the revived show (at least until the third go round in the years ahead, after a long rest again)?
Or is it about to get an astonishing second wind that will prolong the current era and make the naysayers - like myself - ultimately look a bit silly?
Things go in cycles - and this revival has lasted for far longer than I expected it to in the first place. I was anticipating five years, tops.
Is this the fading gasp of the revived show (at least until the third go round in the years ahead, after a long rest again)?
Or is it about to get an astonishing second wind that will prolong the current era and make the naysayers - like myself - ultimately look a bit silly?
The Seeker
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I watch Animation Domination (the Simpsons, Bob’s Burgers, etc) on Fox every Sunday. They’d better not switch!
Doctor Omega
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johnnybear
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They can put it on a Saturday or a Sunday or whatever day they want! I still ain't watching! 
JB
JB
There are people who still watch shows when they're broadcast? I watch everything on delayed stream so I don't have to limit myself to viewing at a specific time.
ant-mac
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Delayed stream?
I get that sometimes late at night, when I've woken up out of a deep sleep and need to take a leak.
With TV broadcasts, if I want to watch something, I PVR it and watch it when I'm in the mood. Or I visit the website for ABC or SBS.
johnnybear
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There are no Daleks in series eleven??? That's okay, coz there ain't a Doctor in series eleven either! 
JB
JB
johnnybear
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Where are the old episodes that Morris is concealing from us??? I want 'em!!!
JB
JB
Well count me as one who's hoping for the latter. I loved the new trailer and am extremely excited about what's to come.
chainsaw_metal1
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Agreed. I think it looks like it will be pretty good.
johnnybear
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You'll have to let me know later at Christmas what it was like! 
JB
JB
Happy to do so but I'm not sure it will help. We've clearly got different tastes when it comes to Doctor Who - I've largely enjoyed the modern era and you seem to have mostly hated it.You'll have to let me know later at Christmas what it was like!
JB
johnnybear
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I certainly have! My favourite eras would be 67-77 I'd say but there have been the odd crackers in the following series like City of Death, Logopolis, Earthshock, Mawdryn Undead and Dalek, Utopia and The Doctor's Wife in the New era!
JB
JB
Well I can't disagree with you about the crackers. Those are some of the best stories. I've just got a higher appreciation for the rest of the series. I'm curious though is it just New Who you're not fond of or is it modern TV storytelling generally? I know the way television is done has changed quite substantially since the 60's & 70's. but is it just Doctor Who's changes that don't work for you? Or other shows too?
ant-mac
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That sums me up pretty well.
I enjoyed almost every era of Classic Who, but I don't really care for New Who at all.
ant-mac
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No, it's just TV series like DOCTOR WHO and STAR TREK.
There are plenty of other modern TV shows that I like, such as BOSCH, MIDSUMMER MURDERS and such.
ant-mac
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The depressing thing is I enjoyed that more than the actual TV serial it was based upon.
johnnybear
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I'd say that I don't like the new Star Trek either! It annoys me that they keep placing the spin-offs before TOS just to sort of reinvent the franchise! But by modernising it they're trying to cheapen the original show's look and it's mythology! As for New Who I really hate Moffat's writing and his way of telling a story which is excite the viewers with an oft remark and then do nothing with it and ignore it at the conclusion! That hybrid nonsense was disgraceful!
JB
JB
I didn't like the new Star Trek much myself at first. But I found that once I stopped trying to worry about how it fit into the continuity and basically just thought of it it as it's own thing without any real connection I enjoyed it more. It wasn't perfect, by any means, but overall I found it more enjoyable than not. I also wasn't a big fan of the hybrid stuff in Doctor Who, but it was there and then it was gone so it didn't really impact me that much.