The other day I was browsing my Facebook feed when I noticed a post from one of my American friends. He's never seen Doctor Who and is finally making an effort to starting from the 2005 comeback episode "Rose". Obviously I expressed my shock at this what with it only being 7 years old! Also he's a big Potter fan and I know loads of Potter fans that love Doctor Who and vice versa. I guess I just expected him to be a fan or to just not care (with him being American an all, it's not quite as big over there although from what I hear it's slowly starting to make an impact and of course The Big Bang Theory keep referencing it!) so I was a bit shocked to hear him express an interest and to start from the beginning (well the beginning of 'New Who' at least). Out of these comments was born the idea to discuss the episodes as he watches them. I also thought it might be good to watch them too if poss (after all some of the episodes I haven't seen in years).
I was initially looking at the prospect of buying the series 1-4 DVD boxset but then I found that I already owned episodes 1-6 as well as a few Tennant (wait til he finds out that Barty Crouch jnr is the Doctor! Or is that John Smith? I don't know, 'wibbly, wobbly, timey wimey') episodes. I also know of places I can watch them online. Or if needs must I can just read up on the synopsis and rely on my memory. That was until this afternoon when I visited a few shops in town (as well as eBay and Amazon!) and managed to purchase several Doctor Who DVDs very cheaply. I'm now only a few DVDs off the complete RTD (Russell T Davies, Show Runner from 2005-2010 and the guy who played a big part in the show's return) era.
So after watching "Rose" last night the idea is to go through the RTD era (and poss beyond into the newer Stephen Moffat headed episodes) and pen down my thoughts here, starting with the aforementioned "Rose".
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