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A couple of quick things, first elo_sf shared with me this link, Where's the Fun? Doctor Who Thoughts, and interesting essay on the latest season. I agree with many of the author's points but I strongly disagree with her conclusion that her disinterest in the season may come down to original series vs. new series viewing.

I'm an old school fan, I was delighted by the relaunch and grew to enjoy it despite the different take on the Doctor from what I was used to. Eccleston and Tennant were much more...touchy-feely shall we say than the rather distant, alien Doctor I grew up with. And I hear a lot of people comparing Smith to Troughton and even Baker I, and I get what they're saying. Smith does definitely play his Doctor as a Gallifreyan, someone profoundly aware of the fact that he is an alien and decidedly unlikely to crush on his companion. But the way he plays it doesn't so much remind me of Tom Baker as that...other one. You know, that Collin fellow. And that's what turns me off. I mean sure every Doctor can be a dick, it's part and parcel of always being the smartest guy in the room, but Smith's Doctor is a dick constantly.

I think I could've forgiven a lot of that and just rolled with a character that seemed to be entirely made up of quirks, catch phrases and a list of generally annoying personality traits if he'd at least had an interesting, appealing companion. I mean set him up with a Donna Nobel and I'm in. But throw an even more annoying and pathetic version of Martha Jones in the mix? No, way, un-uh, count me out.

Anyway, give it a read if you've seen the season or don't care too much about being spoiled. The author's take on Moffat is pretty much dead-on.

And thanks to moonlightnrain I share with you my new favorite ST:ToS fanvid: