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First Impressions of the 11th Doctor Who

Posted by kdawson on from the about-time dept.

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."

3 of 379 comments (clear)

  1. Re:The Companion by fm6 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah, what else is new?

    I really don't get the appeal of this show. Dumbest stories this side of Ed Wood.

  2. Re:The New Tardis by deglr6328 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Well, are you sure that it didn't... maybe just make you feel a little.... inadequate?

    http://skepchick.org/blog/2010/04/doctor-whos-new-tardis-nsfw/

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    - "Hear that?! The percolations are imminent! Cease your ingress!"
  3. Re:His acting grew on me in the first 10 minutes by Dr.+Spork · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah, and tell me that the scene you refer to was

    1. Well written.

    2. Well acted.

    3. Relevant to something.

    4. At least based on a good/interesting idea.

    5. Anything but pure crap.

    Sadly, it wasn't any of these things. Like much of the rest of the episode, it was an orgy of overacting - even by Doctor Who standards.