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."

Comments

The Companion

[OverlordQ]

is hot.

Re:The Companion

[isorox]

is hot.

Just a note to our cousins across the pond, British police officers *do not* look like that :(

Re:The Companion

[Anonymous Coward]

Huh. I've always been under the impression that I enjoyed this show, but now that I know a random stranger on the Internet doesn't like it, I guess I'll have to reconsider.

Re:Watched it, impressed!

[Goffee71]

Love the humour, love the pace but still a bit too much random running around. Cast and chrs are just the change of pace needed, quirky but loveable and with decent chemistry. Wonder who was responsible for the cracks in the universe?

PICs

[leuk_he]

Pic 1
She is not really a police officer or a nun nor a nurse. ;)

The New Tardis

[Yvan256]

While Matt Smith seems capable of playing the Doctor, the new TARDIS on the other hand really was disappointing.

I'm sorry but a pinball plunger, an old typewriter and a decor that looks ripped from a kid TV show just doesn't suit the supposedly alien look of the inside of the TARDIS. Too many earth parts, levers and buttons too obvious. The new TARDIS is a pale joke compared to the previous one.

Re:The New Tardis

[Josh04]

It crashed, damaged, into an old garden shed, and repaired itself with parts therein :)

Re:The New Tardis

[jnaujok]

Unfortunately, in a rather odd true Hollywood story, that entire set was stolen from the lot. No one knows what happened to it. It is a shame as it rather grew on me during that movie. Shame they never did any more 8th doctor (video) stories.

Re:Watched it, impressed!

[click2005]

The prisoner said it didn't create them. It teased the doctor because he didn't know who had.

Re:His acting grew on me in the first 10 minutes

[BeerCat]

Indeed - "Box falls to earth; man falls out of box; man eats fish custard"

What's not to like?

Lovely and Scottish!

[Oxford_Comma_Lover]

"We saw some amazing actresses for this part. But when Karen came through the door, the game was up - she was funny, clever, gorgeous and sexy. Or Scottish, which is the quick way of saying it. A generation of little girls will want to be her. And a generation of little boys will want them to be her too." -- Steven Moffat

Re:Lovely and Scottish!

[Anonymous Coward]

As a Scotsman, that must be difficult. Probably he had just seen an English woman up close recently and, after that, even a male goat looks funny, clever, sexy and gorgeous.

And it will only take you a million years...

[Oxford_Comma_Lover]

The Doctor is 900 years old. There are dozens of seasons.

Start with 2005, work forward. THEN go back and watch some of the classics. I like Tom Baker, but an Unearthly child is also worth a look.

Also, if you've seen even one episode, this is priceless.

Re:Introduction to Dr. Who (Off-topic)

[EdgeyEdgey]

Blink
That's the one that got the current writer promoted so is a good prelude to the current series.
Unfortunately they aren't all as good as that.

Re:post title

[aztektum]

...a time vortex doesn't have smoke...

Traveled through a few time vortexes have ya?

Re:William Hartnell & Patrick Troughton

[gbjbaanb]

not to mention the theme itself, go read up on how it was actually made in the days before synthesisers and music-editing computer software. It was practically made before electronics were commonplace.

And you tell that they spliced individual notes together on analogue tape to the youth of today who expect to click the 'make music' button on your favourite music package and they won't believe you... (after saying "what's analogue tape")

Re:William Hartnell & Patrick Troughton

[Hurricane78]

Sorry, but your opinion is in my eyes bullshit.
I think the current series is really great
Sure, it’s not on the story complexity level of Revolver or the wow effect of Fight Club, or the thrills of Matrix...
But I don’t expect that from a weekly TV show.

And no, you don’t know more about good stories than I do, because I learned what makes a story good because of my job. (Of course I also don’t consider you bad. Because I don’t know you.)

By the way: Wannabe experts always thump that the story is so important. But in reality, the story is only one aspect. It is really the whole experience. A rollercoaster ride has no story at all, but is still a lot of fun.
So the aesthetics (including sound, behavior, everything that is styleable) are an important part.
And the technique/technology too.
In full games there also is gameplay as a fourth part.

Those parts strengthen each other. So even the charm of a character can be an essential part of what makes a whole show great.
Plus, it is very important to note, that every story has two parts: The part that Spok would enjoy. And the part that Troi would enjoy. A movie can have a complex emotional story, that us logic-loving male geeks would not even see as a story at all. Nonetheless it is just as important.

Ok, maybe that helped you get some perspective. If not, please enjoy life anyway, OK? You only have one! ^^