Doctor Who

[John Esak]

Yes, I will order Series 1 to 4 asap... Maybe they're on BluRay.  I'm so
sorry I tossed off some hinsts about Series 5, but it doesn't let on which
series it is. I would say I liked every one of them. Can't wait to watch the
others in a big marathon weekend in or something. But, I may wait until a
big snowy weekend... Ah hel, I'll never d that. :-)  Okay, maybe
thunderstorms would do.

Thanks for the info, I'm just so glad to hear there's lots more for me to
get.

Boy, Comcast is doing what the other gentleman said. They are playing them
for FREE with teeny tiny 30 second commercials one only I think, maybe two.
It's fantastic. But I'm going to go crazy if I never get to see 1 through 5
of this series 5. I guess I'll buy that too when it comes out.  I think I
like the Doctor in this series 5 even better than the Jelly Baby eating,
scarf wearing one who I previously like the best. As you can tell 'm not a
FANatic, I just love the series itself. Unfortunately, I like it so much I
bought a whole bunch of the absolute original BBC series, each DVD was only
a dollar.  I got about 5 of them I can't say I really *liked* any of them
They were interesting... But had I not seen Jelly Baby doc first... I might
not have become even a FAN.  Ken White and I used to rush home from work at
an place we used to work together and watch the series at my apartment. God,
they were good. But, honestly, this last series is way better.

And one comment, throughout all the episodes I've ever seen, yes it was
always hinted that Galafrey was not extant or maybe even destroyed
somehow... But in series 5 so far they have actually stated that it was
Doctor Who's fault and he feels terrible about it.  This is a slight
difference or extension to what it used to be.

I'll get this Torchwood thing of course, too. All in good time.

John
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fairlight [mailto:fairlite at fairlite.com] 
> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 5:59 AM
> To: john at valar.com
> Subject: Doctor Who
> 
> Is it just me, or did John Esak say:
> > Okay, I admit it this is *the* most off topic question I 
> have ever put here,
> > and I apologize.  I would tie it to filePro somehow but 
> other than this
> > sentence I have no idea how to do that, so sorry. :-( :-)
> 
> I've never been bound to such constraints...  OT away, 
> especially on one of
> my favourite series.  :)
> 
> > I just found a whole bunch of Dr. Who's (the new one) on 
> Pay Per View as
> > FREE. So I watched episode #6 through #10.  Then just today 
> #11 through #13
> > came available and I watched those. They were all really, 
> really good. Well,
> > I like them anyway, don't know if that means they are 
> actually good or not.
> > You know it's "art" and I don't know much about it, I just 
> know what I like.
> > :-)  
> 
> The new series is -excellent-!  It starts strong with series 
> 1, and keeps
> on delivering through the five special episodes after series 
> 4, leading to
> the 11th Doctor's regeneration in the last special.
> 
> I've not personally seen any of series 5 yet, as the BBC 
> Player site is
> region locked, and the DVDs aren't out yet.  I could get them 
> on iTunes,
> but I prefer owning DVDs.  I'll get them release day as I 
> have with the
> rest.  I also have Torchwood seasons 1 and 2, although I'm missing the
> Torchwood: Children of Earth mini-series that fell after season 2.
> Frankly, I don't see how Torchwood can carry on unless they 
> bring back the
> three main characters they killed off--which the producers 
> have said is
> possible.  (If you're wondering relevance, Torchwood is referred to
> throughout the new Doctor Who, is an anagram of Doctor Who, and is
> essentially a post-watershed spinoff of the same.)
> 
> > Anyway, any of you aficionados know whether these were a 
> second year set or
> > third or fourth or could they be first? I have no idea.  A 
> couple of them
> > were about Van Gogh, one was about being in a dream reality 
> or the real
> > reality and popping back and forth. In this last one #13 
> River just blew up
> > the Tardis and fixed all the cracks in Time.  Does that 
> place them for
> > anyone.
> 
> Oh my, that's uhm...that's actually series 5 that you've been 
> watching.
> River Song is introduced in series 4, but the story you 
> describe isn't the
> one from series 4.  I just confirmed with my buddy in 
> Australia, and that's
> definitely series 5 you're watching.
> 
> You've got to get series 1-4!  Absolutely must do.  Series 
> one has the 10th
> doctor (Chistopher Eccleston), and series 2-4 plus the post-4 
> specials have
> David Tennant.
> 
> There is just some awesome stuff in there.  There are, of 
> course, episodes
> that are more toss-away than others...weaker stories.  But the overall
> writing quality is superb, and anything written by Steven 
> Moffat is just
> phenomenal.  And Moffatt went on to become the show-runner in 
> series 5,
> after Russell T. Davies and Julie Gardner left.
> 
> You've got some neat surprises in the first four series, including the
> reappearance of some old enemies.  Watched sequentially from start to
> finish, it's a fantastic story arc each season, and overall.
> 
> And the new Master...well, he's absolutely mad, but -excellent-!  They
> actually give him a huge amount of back-story, which is just 
> mind-blowing
> when you see it come full circle.
> 
> And...the first two series, culminating in the last two 
> episodes of series
> 2, is arguably the best love story I've ever seen in sci-fi, 
> and also the
> absolutely saddest ending one--even when it gets continued a 
> bit in the
> next two series.  
> 
> > I also want to know if I find the first season will it 
> explain how the
> > Doctor destroyed his home world?  Also, is Van Gogh more of 
> a thread than
> > these 2 episodes I saw? This is good fun stuff, I wonder 
> why it's FREE?  
> 
> Alas, I know nothing of Van Gogh in series 5, as I haven't 
> seen that series
> yet, and won't do until the Region 1 release of the DVDs.
> 
> As far as the destruction of Gallifrey, it's expounded upon, 
> yes.  Without
> giving you spoilers, it's not directly witnessed (I wish they 
> -were- able
> to go back and show the entire story arc that would have 
> taken place before
> series 1 picks up), but a good deal of information is given.  
> And there's a
> special surprise regarding Gallifrey in the last two 
> specials, post-series
> 4, which really is amazing when it's all said and done.
> 
> > By the way. Who is River?
> 
> River Song...Introduced in series 4 in "Silence in the Library" (which
> itself is an -awesome- episode [of a 2-parter, no less] , penned by
> Moffatt.  They never outright say it in series 4 (she doesn't reappear
> outside of her first two-episode appearance, until series 5, 
> episodes 3
> and 4 or so...another 2-parter).  It's heavily implied that 
> she's actually
> the Doctor's wife, albeit from a future regeneration.  
> Whether that will
> turn out to be Matt Smith's doctor (series 5 onwards) or not 
> is something I
> don't know.  My buddy just told me that River will appear 
> again in series 6
> and we'll find out why she's in jail, so it's ongoing.
> 
> > By the way the episodes are quite long, maybe longer than 
> an hour even.
> 
> They're actually all about 45min in length.  Shorter than the 
> old series
> when you'd stack the 3-6 serials together for one "story", but in ways
> better executed.  They made a decision to go with the solid story per
> episode format because the old series' pacing and structure 
> were deemed
> something that modern audiences wouldn't tolerate.  And 
> they're not all
> bottle episodes where things wrap by the end of the episode.  
> There are a
> good number of two and even three parters in multiple series. 
>  I think the
> record I'd call a 4-parter to end one series.
> 
> Run--do not walk, do not saunter, do not meander--RUN to Best 
> Buy or your
> favourite outlet and pick up series 1-4.  :)  You won't regret it!
> 
> Bests,
> 
> mark->
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