Dr Who cares?
I've been hanging on, just in case my first thoughts were hasty, but now I have to say it - Dr Who has had it.
The new season opener with Catherine Tate becoming the new companion seemed more like the efforts of a fiendish marketing department rather than a family science fiction adventure filling the mass market slot between Sarah Jane and Torchwood.
When are the new fat little Adipose people going to be in the shops? (Wiki "brown adipose tissue" if you don't know where the name comes from).
Why did Tate have to do yet another one-dimensional Lunnon comedy turn?
Why was Sarah Lancashire in it?
Or the sainted Rose come to that?
And with the whole universe of time and space to chose from, why are so many episodes set on our planet?
The final and really key question: should I bother to watch again?
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Sid, the same thoughts flashed through my head - although I was a little less considered and blogged the following morning.
It has been reported that the blessed Russell T will not be involved after this series and David Tennant is also likely to wave goodbye to the Tardis. It may be one series too late.
I think there's plenty of mileage left in Dr Who - hell, he's got the whole of space and time to explore - but maybe a change of on-screen and behind-the-scenes personnel is required.
I loathe Torchwood as it simply tries too hard to be "adult" in its approach. I watched the first ever episode and haven't tuned in since.
(I haven't seen the Sarah Jane kids programme, I'm too busy watching the endless daytime property shows instead)
I hope people seek out your perceptive Dr Wyho piece, Paul. My great regret is that Chris Eccelston didn't stick around for longer have kick started the new Who incarnation. Russell T Davies is apparently planning a storyline where a human-impersonating race of aliens take control of a major Midland city to build a portal back to their own dimension. They call it The New Library and they need to get rid of the old one for the plan to succeed. This race, known as The Dutton, rush around like Daleks wildly yelling, "Demolish it ... Demolish it..." Doesn't have the ring of reality though, does it?
Come on Sid, not even golden balls Russell T could make that story believable. Could he?
If he has a crack at it he could always call it The Reverse Midas Effect - where everything turns to cr(a)p instead of gold.
If people want to read my perceptive thoughts on Dr Who they could go to:
http://grovesmedia.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/a-little-bovvered-by-dr-who/
But only if they want to, obviously,
http://grovesmedia.wordpress.com/
Where to find Mr Groves Dr Who (or Dr Whyo as I so cleverly typed it) thoughts .... should have included it above, but too busy learning to tpye tyep ptye properly
What do you mean "why was Sarah Lancashire in it?". Clearly she was there for the benefit of male viewers of a certain age. She is a babe and I thought she looked great. It reminded me of a missed opprotunity:
http://caughtinthemiddleman.wordpress.com/2007/07/26/celebrity-spotting-part-1-2/
Sid has learned the qualities required to write link bait. Nonsense - Dr Who can always nip back and fix any production mistakes.
Re Sarah Lancashire, Middleman, all I meant was that any jobbing actor could have done her part. She was totally wasted (I'm a fan too). It would have been a brave step to have Jo Frost (the real supernanny) doing the part.