Okay Whovians (and non-Whovians), I’m chiming in.
I haven’t seen many of the “old” series episodes. My dad used to watch them on PBS, and back
then, I wasn’t a fan. As far as watching the oldies now, it’s not as easy as
all that. It’s my understanding that
they taped over a lot of them. But in
watching them NOW, maybe I need to keep trying, but the first few Doctors
were pretty snooze-tastic.
Now, I’m not saying that because they were old, they were
crappy. I’m saying that the new “series”
is more my speed. I know that it’s
nearly sacrilege to admit a thing like that – like I’m not quite fan
enough. My love for the Doctor is true,
though. I love to have a “hero” who
values individuals and abhors violence – and avoids weapons, but uses a
screwdriver for everything he can.
I’m coming out of the phone box, though, and saying that I
was really disappointed with the selection of the new Doctor. I don’t want another old Doctor. I don’t care how sweary Peter Capaldi is, I
think that in having him for a Doctor, we’re going to lose out on
something. I will not stop
watching. I don’t just like the show
because David Tennant is hot – because I would’ve just not watched Matt
either. I worry that even though the
Doctor is over 1,000 years old, having an older portrayer will make him act “older”
– I’m sorry. I like his exuberance – and I thought that David and Matt did a
fantastic job in giving him childlike wonder.
I also feel like we’re going to miss out on the silliness we’ve grown
accustomed to. I don’t see Peter doing
the whole “Fezzes are cool” thing. We’ll
get a more serious and more “angry” Doctor.
The Doctor’s anger is something to behold – and should be witnessed
sparingly. When Matt gets up on the
henge and gives his little speech to all of his enemies, it’s awesome. He’s fricking pissed – this silly, funny guy
is MAD! We don’t see it too much from
him, so when we do see it, it invokes the correct emotion! If Oldie McGee keeps a serious tone, the show
will become less fun – for me at least.
So the “don’t let the door hit ya” Whovians can boot me off
the mailing list or whatever, but I hope he only lasts for one season and then
we get another spritely youth in his stead.
