First Impressions of the 11th Doctor Who

Mirk writes "The first episode of Doctor Who's new series 5 has just aired on BBC1 in the UK. This is an important episode for the show because so much has changed: Matt Smith plays the new Doctor, replacing David Tennant, and Karen Gillan portrays a new companion, Amy Pond. Maybe most important, Russell T. Davies is replaced as showrunner by Stephen Moffat, who is known for acclaimed Doctor Who scripts including The Empty Child and Blink. Here is an early review of the new Doctor, companion, showrunner, and series."

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Re:William Hartnell & Patrick Troughton

[Mindcontrolled]

I am sure your RealDoll appreciates your sophistication. Keep it up, pal ;)

Classic Doctor Who was the best

[Orion Blastar]

when they modernized it, then tried to appeal to a younger market they shut out us die-hard Doctor Who fans from the 1970's and 1980's. They did the same thing when they rebooted Star Trek with all new actors and the time travel paradox that didn't make any sense. George Lucas did the same thing for Star Wars Episodes I to III, but at least the Cartoon "Clone Wars" is good enough to watch and better than the other prequels.

But this is why Hollywood and California as well as the BBC keep losing money and having to fire the good actors and actresses and replacing them with younger and not as good ones to save on salaries.

The BBC should bring back the old Doctor Who actors that are left for special episodes where the current Doctor Who meets his past selves in a Time Travel paradox. While they beefed Doctor Who up and he kicked the asses of the Family of Blood using time lord technology, that was the best thing they could have done. But after that Doctor Who went back to being a non-violent prat and bleeding heart liberal. At least punish the evil aliens non-violently once in a while, put dwarf star matter chains on them, trap them in a mirror, trick them into the heart of a giant black hole in the center of a galaxy, or freeze them in time and make them a scarecrow. Stuff like that is good TV and gets good ratings. Boring ultra-left-wing non-violent crap only makes ratings go down esp when they add in political crap and propaganda and make Americans look bad by making US characters like Captain Jack Harkness look like a jerk, when clearly he is not and is a Time Cop and never shoots innocent aliens but only shoots the evil ones. No need to sonic screwdriver his time travel wrist watch and stick him in the past, he was a good character that could have been a great character. I don't mind that he was an omnisexual and shoot first before asking questions kind of guy, but we needed to see more of his human side, his love for Earth and Justice tempered with mercy and compassion. They need to make a new Torchwood and bring back Jack Harkness or someone just like him and have humans using alien technology to fight evil aliens and protect the good aliens and protect the good and innocent people. Then throw in more UNIT support and bring in Sarah Jane and K9 to make the show better so it doesn't get canceled again. The BBC killed off most of the popular and interesting characters.

Bring in Romama in a new regeneration as a Time Lady looking for Dr. Who who escaped the destruction of Gallifrey by hiding in E-Space. Bring back Drax, and while The Master is gone and inside that ring, see if The Randi can come back. Invent new aliens who stole Dalek, Cybermen, and Sontauian technology to create a new better race of evil aliens for Doctor Who and Torchwood to team up and fight.Have the Sea Devils come back and plot their revenge against Earth and Doctor Who for trying to wipe them all out in the Classic Doctor Who series when he said "There should have been a better way." and survivors of their race hunt down Doctor Who and his friends and allies.