Of course I don't have work I should be doing. Whatever would make you say that? : comments.
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Also, you do realize that now I have to get you into Doctor Who, right? It's become my mission to win converts
so I have more people to geek out with. I mean, you've already started expressing interest in Moonlight and Friday Night Lights, right? Why not add British sci-fi to your list of new experiences?*puppy face*
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*whines* But I don't have tiiiiime! I don't even have time to properly get into those other obsessions; it's only because they are conveniently on TV while I'm eating dinner. Obtaining Doctor Who would require actual effort, never mind then making time to watch it.
Or the fact that I despise sci-fi in any form that is not Dark AngelBut I remain intrigued by David Tennant, so...we'll see about it in summer. That's about the best I can offer. Although possibly I shall read some of your episode reviews, if you have any.
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Or the fact that I despise sci-fi in any form that is not Dark Angel.
But but but but Doctor Who is different! See, thing is, despite my love for science-fiction novels and movies, I'm not the biggest fan of sci-fi TV; I find that, for a lot of shows, the premise grows belabored after about a season or two. DW (and Eureka, but that's another topic) is the exception, both because the central character in all his incarnations is just so darn fascinating and because the premise is open enough to allow for all kinds of stories without feeling repetitive.
So far as reviews go...well, thing is, Doctor Who isn't actually running at the moment. David Tennant's playing Hamlet in a play in the UK this year, so instead of a full season they're releasing, I think, a few 2-hour specials throughout the year. While I'll try to comment on the specials as I see them (I still haven't seen the first one in its complete form, but honestly I didn't like what I saw of it), most of my reviews will concern the thirty years of Classic Who I'm still wading through. I think I'm starting to prefer them to New Who, but they also contain pre-CGI special effects and no David Tennant, so your mileage may vary.
(I'm almost finished with that first review, though, and I've got about three more to do.)
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I'd prefer to e-mail you the link rather than post it here; the videos tend to get shut down if they're posted in public. So, if you're interested, give me a buzz. :)
I shall condense my comments into one reply. It won't actually be very condensed.
1.5. Question: these terms like "Tenth Doctor" - is that a canon thing meaning there have been ten such doctors, or a meta thing meaning there have been ten people playing the same character? Because if it's the latter...that annoys me a lot, and I shall have to restrict my watching to one actor.
Which is not at all what I was planning to do anyway.2. Ooh, linkage! Despite everything I just said, I am curiously tempted. If you'd like to send it off to paintedshadow @ hotmail.com, I may make an effort to watch it this coming weekend. Assuming I can crawl out from under both my pile of homework and my higher-priority reviews.
2.5. I really did not envision ever thinking this much about Doctor Who. And now I can't stop thinking about it. I do not have time to research this! I'm supposed to be writing an essay right now!
3. I dunno; you could always play up an interdisciplinary major on your resume as an example of your drive and self-motivation. If not, I guess it depends on what kind of job you're most interested in after graduation. It all kind of makes my head spin...I've never been so happy to be a blinders-on, straight-track English major.
And a condensed answer to match...
Also, if you're planning to stick to the new series, don't worry too much about it - "New Who" technically only encompasses Chris Eccleston (Ninth Doctor) and David Tennant (Tenth Doctor) thus far, and Chris is only there for Season 1.
2. On its way as soon as I'm done typing this comment.
2.5. Blah, schoolwork. I suppose I'll hold off on sending you the litany of informative links until you've got that essay out of the way, then. Never let it be said that I'd seek to hinder another's essay-writing capabilities...
3. I hadn't thought of that - it probably would at least show that I gave a crap about what I majored in. And yes, I do envy you your focus. This semester would be much easier if I wasn't changing my mind about this every few days. *grumble*
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1.5. Ugh, I thought I was done with aliens after X-Files. *mutter grumble* But yes, that explanation actually does make a phenomenal amount of sense, and it's kind of cool at that. I am just gleeful that it's not like James Bond.
2. *glees* I just realized that I have very few things to look forward to this week, but watching this is going to be one of them.
2.5. Feel free to send informative links along! It was only a 1-page personal essay anyway, which required approximately as much effort as a blog post. The hardest part was making edits to force it to fit on one double-spaced page.
The essay that's due for a different class on FRIDAY, however... *pause* is not due until Friday, so it's off the brain for at least two more days3. Don't worry, it's not so much "focus" as "intense laziness." I like to think that my 3rd grade teacher pointed me down this path when she labeled me a writer, and I've been clinging to that definition ever since without bothering to examine why.
This is the comment thread that never eeeeeends...
1.5. The regeneration thing actually started out of necessity - the original actor who played the Doctor, William Hartnell, wanted to leave in 1966, so instead of ending the series when he left, the producers just wrote in his regeneration and kept on going. It's one of the reasons I think the show kept going as long as it has; whenever the Doctor's actor gets worried about typecasting, he can bow out and someone else can take his place without throwing the whole series out of joint.
2. *glees with you* I'm kind of looking forward to you seeing it too, sad as that may sound. And remember that you can feel free to ask me any questions you please about it.
2.5. *ahem* Well, then. There's a slightly out-of-date FAQ here (http://nitro9.earth.uni.edu/doctor/FAQ/Faq_1.txt) (it only covers up to the beginning of the new series) and a Newcomer's Guide here (http://nitro9.earth.uni.edu/doctor/newbie2004.html) (also only covers up to the beginning of the new series, but recaps the entirety of Classic Who in a nutshell). The Doctor Who Reference Guide (http://www.drwhoguide.com/who.htm) summarizes basically every Who story ever, including novels and audio dramas. Then there's the Official BBC page (http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/"), which has decent episode summaries and production trivia, especially for the Classic series, but which I honestly haven't found myself using too often. And then, of course, there's Doctor Who on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who), which is an almost exhaustive resource but is rife with spoilers for the new series if that concerns you. It also contains information on almost every Classic serial, every companion, every monster...it's really quite easy to waste hours in there, as I've done on several occasions. :)
3. See, that's kind of what happened to me - I was so intent on becoming a writer all through elementary, middle, and most of high school...and then I took high school Bio and screwed everything up. XD I got so hooked on the class that I couldn't just not persue Bio after that, at least not without careful consideration.
Screw you, microbio. This is all your fault. >P