World Enough and Time

rosiespark and I decided to watch Doctor Who series 1 all over again, for discussion. I never really had much chance to discuss series 1 in the first place, since I came to the show when series 2 was already under way in the UK - I was a latecomer, yes. Really a latecomer compared to all those people who have been watching since nineteen sixty-whatever.

rosiespark tells me that walkingdaydream wants to join us in the talk so I added her to my flist - hope that's all right, walkingdaydream! Nice to meet you. And of course, anyone else who wishes to join in, is welcome.

So. Doctor Who series 1, episode 1, 2005, "Rose".

I suppose you could say this was a fateful episode for me, because it was the first Doctor Who episode I saw, and it plunged me into this wonderful new fandom, but that wouldn't be true. I had seen two episodes of Doctor Who before that, and they didn't take. One was something with, I think, William Hartnell. Didn't like it, don't remember it, this was about twenty-five years ago. The other was the Paul McGann movie, which ... I'm not even sure what to say about it now. My reactions to it have changed over a decade or so. Let's just way I wasn't impressed at the time.

Having heard the new series was good, some time in the late spring of 2006 I watched "Rose". I thought the story was lame. But the characters... the set-up... the dialogue... Without being bowled over, I was intrigued. Curious. I particularly liked the Doctor. Rose seemed just a kid, but the Doctor?

I wanted more. ( Could hardly wait... )

I do go on and on, don't I? I'm sure there's more I'd like to say, but enough is enough... for the moment.