Dr Who

[dungrollin]

> C: I'm no filker, as everyone knows, but this reminded me that 
there 
> is a new series of Dr Who starting Saturday. Do you all know it 
> outside the UK? Timelords, the Tardis, Cybermen and Daleks? Cult 
> watching when I was young, with all the special effects made out 
of 
> cardboard boxes and sink plungers more or less. Bet the new series 
> ruins it all...
 

I'm indulging in some gloriously childish excitement, I can't wait!  
16 years - I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed it all, have my niche 
behind the sofa ready. I think it looks fabulous, great cast: Simon 
Callow as Dickens, and *Andrew Marr* has a cameo. Of course, I'm 
nervous - who isn't? Everyone has their own view of what Dr Who 
should be, but I'm quite optimistic. Russell T. Davies (the writer) 
said: "We wanted to put the children back behind the sofa, where 
they belong."  *Excellent*.

The Tardis still makes the same noise, the sonic screwdriver is 
ever-present, and of course, it wouldn't be Dr Who without the 
incredible theme music, which still makes my hair stand on end. The 
joy of Dr Who (for me) is that it's so very British, I didn't like 
that Americanised TV movie, though Paul McGann wasn't bad as the 
Doctor.  The first episode of the new series is the Autons 
(intelligent plastic) - I saw a clip of a wheelie bin swallowing 
someone, it looks *great*!

At the risk of offending any Trekkies, I'm of the opinion that you 
can judge the quality of a sci-fi show by the quality of it's theme 
music. So at one end you have Dr Who, Hitch-hiker, possibly even 
Farscape, [which went downhill at exactly the point they changed the 
theme tune]. And at the other end you have the various Star Treks, 
Blake's Seven, Battlestar Galactica and all that other nonsense.

Roll on Saturday!

Dot
Still head-over-heels in love with Tom Baker.