New Doctor Who

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Yay! Doctor Who Christmas Invasion was on CBC last night (and the wonderful Creature Comforts after that!). I was dubious about the new Doctor, having really liked Christopher Ecclestone a lot. I know that each Doctor is different but really i have had no experience with it. I've only seen the occaisional episode over the years when i've come across it on cable stations. I became very attached to Ecclestone's Doctor so it's going to be a rough ride. This isn't to say that i don't think David Tennant is a good actor. He definitely is and i completely believed him as the Doctor. I do think the references to some of the pop culture kind of clanked a bit for me. Would Doctor know about the Lion King enough to actually quote from it? Doesn't see like it to me. A reference to Arthur Dent from Hitchhiker's was funny though and maybe more appropriate since Arthur was a space traveler too. Perhaps that's not uncommon though, making references to current pop culture? What were the other series like in that way?

It seemed to me that they were trying to write him similar in personality to the previous Doctor yet they took away a lot of the aloofness and added in more "hugginess". Ecclestone's Doctor never called Mickey by his real name, or rarely and was never as blatantly delighted to see him. We didn't get a time frame did we? Yet it sounded like the "Golden Age of Britain" had been on for 10 years and Harriet had been PM for at least one term. I figure about 5 years had passed or more since their last visit to Earth yet nobody looked older in the least and fashions and clothing were exactly the same as 2005. Ah well. Shouldn't think about picky things like that should i? In spite of all this whinging, i really did enjoy the Christmas Invasion. I don't dislike the new Doctor, i just liked the other one better. So far anyway. I really am looking forward to Season 2 in the spring.

So today i'm going to visit Dad and possibly go to the shopping mall but that depends on how busy it is. My friend Denise and i are going to shop our way around the Bayers Lake area (big box superstores) on Thursday so it's more out of curiosity and maybe a quest to get some half price Christmas cards for next year and a pretty decoration or two if i see something i like. Tonight is a party being held by my oldest friend in the world. Her parents and mine have been best friends for over 50 years. She's invited all the old high school crowd. We do get to see each other from time to time and have kept in touch all along but don't always get everyone altogether in the same place.

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Picky picky. ;)