Any Doctor Who fans here?

[Alloroc]

I've been one since a little boy. Jeez, it terrified me as a kid....

I bought season one of the most current incarnation on DVD over the weekend and watched a few - great stuff. I also watch each episode on the beeb most Saturdays and the story lines really blow me away. It's also really quite scary at times. My 8 year old nephew refuses to watch it as it completly freaks him out. Brilliant!

Anyways, I was just wondering what the rest of you though about it, the storylines and most inportant - the Doctor.

[George Bellefontaine]

I saw a few of those tv shows but I really just couldn't seem to connect with it.

[P-Dub]

I'm an old series Dr Who fan. I used to stay up on Saturdays to watch it. Ah memories, the Tardis, K9, Leela, Romana, etc.

I recall a movie version, I think there were a couple, that I watched as well, but they just weren't the same.

How is the new series. I think it is on out here as well, but I've never had a chance to start watching again.

[Alloroc]

I'm an old series Dr Who fan. I used to stay up on Saturdays to watch it. Ah memories, the Tardis, K9, Leela, Romana, etc.

I recall a movie version, I think there were a couple, that I watched as well, but they just weren't the same.

How is the new series. I think it is on out here as well, but I've never had a chance to start watching again.

Yeah, K9! He came back in the new series for a few episodes!

The movie version was pretty awful. No disrespect meant, but they gave it (or tried to) the 'Hollywood' treatment and was a disaster.

That said, the BBC have really pushed the boat and budget out for this one and to great effect. It

That said, it's BBC budget but that does not really matter - the plot and the various storylines really work. As for the Doctor, he's regenerated once. The first season was great furn and I really liked the Doctor, played by Christopher Eccleston. He really made the role hiw own and the general consensus was that it wouldn't work without him. How wrong though. The new Doctor - played by David Tennant - is just brilliant. It's like he was born for the role.

The new series has it all. Plot, decent characters (mostly British stars, but recognisable just the same), great effects and CGI given the budget and finally, timing. It's the right time for this show. We all know that to a large extent, a lot of kids today are somewhat less innocent than we were. In that they would laugh at the Doctor Who from my era and think it pathetic.

The current show, while it has the same fear factor, it's been modernised and with creepy plots, has the kids and adults alike jumping out of their skin - in a harmless sort of way (as in not Bride of Chucky ). That's what the Daleks did to me. Terrified me! Nothing like a good scare to make oneself feel alive!

Anyhow, you should really try watch a few episode if you get the chance. It's so worth it.

[Ovation]

New season starts tonight on CBC. Plus a special episode that links the last season to this one is one at midnight. I've readied the PVR and will watch them in their proper sequence. I'm a fan from way back in the 70s and this as good as it's ever been, IMO.

[Pookie007]

I bought and watched the first season of the new series while traveling for work. I liked it enough that I think I am going to buy the second season. I never really watched the older show so I can't provide a comparison.

[JamesK]

That's awesome. I haven't seen an episode since I was 7 years-old. Gotta love those trash cans with things stuck to them.

[Ovation]

Those would be Daleks.

[Alloroc]

Those would be Daleks.

Those were the things that truly terrified me as a kid... It's also the thing that has my 7 year old nephew freaked out....

[bigburner]

I wouldn't call myself a fan now but I certainly enjoyed watching it when I was a kid, starting with Series 1 in 1964 when the Doctor was played by William Hartnell.

[wkhanna]

I first stated watching the ‘Good Dr.’ back in the Seventies when our local Public TV channel started airing it. I was hooked from the beginning. Oooh, Leela!

I have never been able to look at a British phone booth since without wondering................Maybe......Just maybe.........

[Chris D]

All I know is, it gave me nightmares as a kid, and I haven't watched it since.

[bigburner]

I have never been able to look at a British phone booth since without wondering................Maybe......Just maybe.........

The TARDIS is actually a 1950s-style British police box. Here's a description from Wikipedia:

A police box is a telephone kiosk or callbox for use by members of the police, or for members of the public to contact the police. Police boxes pre-date the era of modern telecommunications. The typical police box contained a telephone linked directly to the local police station allowing officers "on the beat" to keep in contact with the station, reporting anything unusual, requesting help if necessary or even to detain prisoners until a vehicle could be sent to transport them to the station or to jail. This was in the day when most police officers walked a beat or rode a bicycle rather than using a police car. A light on top of the box would flash to alert a beat officer that he was requested to contact the station. Members of the public could also use the phone (which was on the exterior) to contact a police station in an emergency.

British police boxes were usually blue, except in Scotland, where they were often red. In addition to a telephone they contained essential equipment such as an incident book and a first aid kit.

[Burke Strickland]

Dr. WHO? :>)

[Chris D]

Is he on First? What's on Second?

[Alloroc]

Dr. WHO?

Exactly!

[WillyD]

I am! I am young, and obviously an American, so I didn't grow up watching the older incarnation of Dr Who, but I've been watching the most recent one from the beginning. I enjoy it very much. Some episodes less than others, but some are brilliant.