I think John Wayne is still fighting the rebels in Civil War Era America, due to the lack of a Tardis. Him and Great Grandpa.Loved it as a kid.
Trouble with this present embodiment is that it's trying to appear cool and hip (do people still say hip?) to a middle aged, middle class audience who like nothing more than to nod sagely to each other during the clever bits, and, as a result, it's disappeared up it's own backside!
For gawd's sake, we're even supposed to emphasise with a ruddy cyborg trying to get to the promised land!
All this nonsense started with the death of Princess Diana, don't you know. All that outpouring of grief. Granny always said no good would come of it.
It has to stop!
The bad guys do bad things. The good guy comes to the rescue and wins out in the end; and everyone lives happily ever after!
If I want something a bit more existentialist, I'll read some Shakespeare, thanks all the same!
Where the hell is John Wayne when you need him?
Having said all that, those old repeats on The Horror Chanel are truly truly awful!
OK so I am not a fan and really have not watched it since Tom Baker days.
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It seemed to be as if the writer had just got a big bucket of Dr Who clichés thrown them at a wall and called that the story.
WHO was that manWhat about The Lone Ranger?
Quite so..WHO was that man
OK so I am not a fan and really have not watched it since Tom Baker days. The new run started last night and I thought I would give it a go. Two reasons for this; Peter Capaldi is good and I could see him take the role and add a dark side to it and also most of my TV licence fee seems to be spent on this programme so I wanted to see what I had paid for.
What utter utter rubbish! Acting was OK and the effects were up to modern standards but the whole story, even allowing for the whole timelord-so-odd-things-happening fiction of the genre the story was just stupid and the events just made no sense.
Has it been like that for the last 30 years?
It seemed to be as if the writer had just got a big bucket of Dr Who clichés thrown them at a wall and called that the story.
Did anyone enjoy it?
I was not expecting it to pick up where I had left it 30 years ago. I did sit down with an open mind and really did want to enjoy it. I did expect (and did not get) a thought-out and quality story. Should I not expect this?Have you thought about the fact that the writers/programmers have to cater for new viewers who may not have your experience of Tom Baker, and establish the character?
They weren't just waiting for you to tune in after 30 years and deliver your critique.