oliveira8 said:
Dr. Who is not good...snip...
Don't compare to "real" Sci-Fi shows, cause Doctor Who never tried to be serious or "real". no matter how much RTD wants to make it.
George144 said:
It can flick between light hearted fun and scary proper sci-fi as is usually the case when Cybermen or demons show up. You might want to look into Torchwood which is a more Adult orientated Spin-off of Dr. Who, more grown up, dark and dramatic.
RiverSong said:
When you run with the Doctor, it feels like it'll never end. But however hard you try you can't run forever. Everybody knows that everybody dies and nobody knows it like the Doctor. But I do think that all the skies of all the worlds might just turn dark if he ever, for one moment, accepts it.
Doctor Who has been going for longer than Man has been on the moon. It kicks
Star Trek into the Eye of Rassilon for sheer longevity and due to the fact that it's been going
for 46 years (apart from the time that Michael Grade took it off air whilst it was still annhilating
Top of the Pops and anything bar the soaps, mainly because Colin Baker was in bed with his ex and he hated science fiction.) there have been some poor episodes. My sheer hatred towards RTD's messiah complex aside, even he has managed to produce some good episodes and even at it's worse it stands above
The Twin Dilemma,
Highlander 2 and others.
Harlan Ellison: said:
Star Wars is adolescent nonsense; Close Encounters is obscurantist drivel; Star Trek can turn your brains to puree of bat guano; and the greatest science fiction series of all time is Doctor Who! And I'll take you all on, one-by-one or all in a bunch to back it up!
Torchwood is adolescent drivel that revolves around Deus Ex Machinae, swearing and sexy aliens in the same way that
Eastenders revolves around doom, circling it but never actually getting down to anything that's not a complete rip-off of something that's already been done better.
Scooby Doo did it far better 40 years ago.
The reason Doctor Who is worth watching? Simple.
It's about a guy who... And that's where you can insert anything you want.
It's pure escapism at it's heart. The TARDIS allows him to circumvent logic, reason and physics while still keeping the idea of a man left aside by his contemporaries and lost in a sea of alien culture.
Ninth Doctor said:
Do you wanna come with me? 'Cause if you do then I should warn you, you're gonna see all sorts of things. Ghosts from the past. Aliens from the future. The day the Earth died in a ball of flame. It won't be quiet, it won't be safe, and it won't be calm. But I'll tell you what it will be: The trip of a lifetime!
He's one of the few Heroes that doesn't wear a mask, doesn't quip everytime he kills someone (in fact rarely kills anyone), is a romantic, a leader, a trickster and still contains the essence of every actor who has ever played the Doctor.
While other "remade" shows have tumbled into the craterous mass of putresence (
The New Munsters, dear god...) this show manages to bring contemporary issues, past issues and future issues together without getting as preachy as the others.
The Doctor can stand against Picard, Adama, Vader and NOT have to fight them. He's the epitome of us all at times, travelling to places unknown to meet with hostile people, and yet he charms or browbeats them into submission.
Ninth Doctor said:
You know what they call me in the ancient legends of the Dalek homeworld? The Oncoming Storm. You might have removed all your emotions, but I reckon right down deep in your DNA there's one little spark left. And that's fear. Doesn't it just burn when you face me?
Even if you pick up the odd turkey like
The Happiness Patrol (uuuurgghhhh) or the cartoon-like CGI on
Robot or the truly awful singing of the Doctor Who Theme by Jon Pertwee, there are still stories like
Blink that nearly
do not contain the Doctor. You see, the universe is so detailed that you could have a story just about a Dalek and no-one would mind.
Could you do the same with a Borg without referencing the Enterprise? I doubt it.
Forget the goddam Batman, he's the goddam
DOCTOR!
(And Commissioner Gordon doesn't stand a chance against the Brigadier.
Brigadier: Oh, dear. Women. Not really my field.
The Doctor: Don't worry, Brigadier. People will be shooting at you soon.
Even with some of the atrocities committed against it, there are still episodes made today that exterminate better acted, better scripted, better paid, better effects productions. Not even the Batman could get away with having a white horse appear on a Spaceship because it's dramatically appropriate.
Or keeping the entire reason for a time portal to France covered up for the entire episode.
Fortesque said:
However, I really really want to like Dr Who but I just cant get into it. Please someone tell me why this show is good, and that I should keep watching because I will like it.
First of all, watch the Moffat episodes
The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances, Blink, Girl in the Fireplace, Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead, then try and catch some of the older ones. There's a wealth of information out there on which are the best, and although I have my own potato field on my shoulder about RTD, some of his episodes are reasonable. Midnight and Turn Left were good.
Even Peter Cushing's portrayal in
Doctor Who and the Daleks(1965) is still worth watching today. Perhaps a little slow, but then you'll know the sound of the Daleks and why that noise still scares people today.
Watch some of the great ones. Make up your own mind. (I made up mine long ago) and until then:
Would you like a jelly baby?