Thursday, May 01

Cool

New Doctor Who

Is actually pretty good.

I think I'd only seen one or two episodes before now, and somehow managed to find a the only lame ones in a consistently strong series.  I went back and started from the beginning of the new series, and it's much better than my earlier impression.  Even the effects are excellent, which is most un-Doctor-Whoish.

Apparently there are plans under way to bring back Blake's 7.  If they do as good a job with that as the BBC has done with Doctor Who, I'll be there.

Update: Uh.  Except for the episodes which are really, really terrible.

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I can't see it. Blakes 7 was cheesy dialogue, cheesy sets, cheesy stories, and especially cheesy acting. The appeal of Blakes 7 was that it was crummy. It was high camp.

If it gets done again, and done well, that will drain all the charm out of it.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at Thursday, May 01 2008 10:15 PM (+rSRq)

2 Maybe.  But maybe.... not!!!

Who knows, it might not even make it to air.  We'll see.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at Friday, May 02 2008 12:03 AM (PiXy!)

3 Steven, you just described the attraction of Doctor Who as well.  And yet, the remake is not half-bad.

Posted by: Wonderduck at Friday, May 02 2008 09:35 AM (xC579)

4 Well I've also enjoyed the remake, especially David Tennant and Billie Piper who made a great team.

I am now going through the first series of Torchwood - I didn't see the beginning of it on TV so when I watch some it didn't make sense - until I got the DVD's and started from the beginning.  Some parts of the story lines are a bit far fetched, but otherwise great character building and very enjoyable.  Much different from traditional Doctor Who - closer to Buffy.

Posted by: Kean at Friday, May 02 2008 12:33 PM (pyMkY)

5 Yep.  I watched one epsiode on TV with you - I think it was Fear Her - and it just happened to be of the few bad ones.  So I never bothered to watch any more until recently.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at Friday, May 02 2008 01:09 PM (PiXy!)

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