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posted by [identity profile] nentari.livejournal.com at 09:53pm on 24/06/2008
The funny thing is, my first contact with Doctor Who was from Arc of Infinity onwards, so I became a fan through the JNT days. My father sometimes watched a few minutes and asked me why on earth did I watch that, but I never could find an answer - I just did. Then Ace came along, around the same time I got my hands on The Pertwee Years and The Troughton Years and caught a glimpse of Jo and Jamie; I think my reaction was "Ooh, so that's why I like it!"
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posted by [identity profile] stunt-muppet.livejournal.com at 02:31pm on 25/06/2008
I actually rather like Arc of Infinity - there was some good stuff in Five's and Six's era, and the latter half of Seven's era started to go back to the 'feel' of the show that I liked in the early years.

And I like your dad's reaction. Like you actually need a reason, anyway. :D
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posted by [identity profile] nentari.livejournal.com at 02:37pm on 25/06/2008
I like it too. I just wish I had seen The Three Doctors before it, so that I could have been surprised with Omega's reappearance.

And I like your dad's reaction. Like you actually need a reason, anyway. :D
That's the way he is. He often decides something is good or bad before he even gives it a chance, and will force people to rationalize why they like something he disapproves. *shakes head* I'm used to it.
Anyway, now that he's discovered the new series by accident, having seen Rose without realizing it was Doctor Who until after he was hooked, he has changed his opinion, though he'll still insist that the '80s stories are all terrible without giving them a chance.
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posted by [identity profile] stunt-muppet.livejournal.com at 05:54pm on 25/06/2008
Anyway, now that he's discovered the new series by accident, having seen Rose without realizing it was Doctor Who until after he was hooked, he has changed his opinion.

Hah! Excellent. That's too bad about the '80s episodes, though; no chance of sneaking one of those in without him realizing it?
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posted by [identity profile] nentari.livejournal.com at 05:58pm on 25/06/2008
Well, even though he'll probably recognize Five, I'd like to show him The Caves of Androzani one day. Let's wait and see.

(the funny thing is? He loves The Tomorrow People)
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posted by [identity profile] stunt-muppet.livejournal.com at 06:04pm on 25/06/2008
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't The Tomorrow People even more Eighties than Eighties Who was? With the sets and costumes and general excess of shiny things?

*shrug*
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posted by [identity profile] nentari.livejournal.com at 08:31pm on 25/06/2008
Exactly. That's how his bias works - he might like something that's similar (or, in this situation, more excessive) but if he's decided he's not going to like something, he won't.
Mind you, I think he's only seen the very early seasons of the old series of TP, which were visually more subdued and closer to the Third Doctor era (I think that's the time those early seasons were made, now that I think about it), and the new series (with that girl from Pirates of the Caribbean), which was made a few years after the cancellation of Old Who.
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