Doctor Who, season Ten. [AMERICAN]

[DavidG]

It's just because of the doctor number. This season was actually either Season 2 or Season 28, depending on whether you're counting the original series' seasons too.

[Massacre]

Originally Posted by DavidG

It's just because of the doctor number. This season was actually either Season 2 or Season 28, depending on whether you're counting the original series' seasons too.

You have to. To negate the Doctor's long past history with his enemies and knowing all about them (as the 9th-10th Doctor will yammer on about), you have to see it as the entire series.

[Vivli]

But it has been working as a new series alone, a lot of people won't have seen the old ones. Especially children who are getting into the new series.

Anything you need to know is, as you said, explained in the series. Yes, it definitely acknoweldges the past events happened, but as a new series, it seems the normal way to count is '1' and '2'. (That's the way the BBC have been doing it anyway).

But '10' isn't the season it is, 'cause the Doctors are in multiple seasons. (Eccelstone is the only one to last only one season). I'm not sure what words you'd use really. 'Era' I guess.

Not that it really matters. I was just curious.

[DavidG]

Originally Posted by Massacre

You have to. To negate the Doctor's long past history with his enemies and knowing all about them (as the 9th-10th Doctor will yammer on about), you have to see it as the entire series.

I actually meant "count" in the literal sense, but well said anyway. And School Reunion forces you to connect the new series up to the old series anyway.

[Mike McC]

Originally Posted by grthwllms

Damn you Sci-fi channel! Airing Doctor who at the one time a week I am pretty much assured not to see it!

Remember, Sci-Fi often (if not always) replays the episodes later that same night. So, if you get in a TV watching situation about 11 PM CST or so, you can probably watch it.

But, Tenth Doctor is great.

[Heliomance]

Originally Posted by Massacre

Except...I heard the aliens from The Christmas Invasion were suppose to be Cthulhu-people. You know... Illithids, Mind-Flayers, and all that jazz. Slight disappointment for me there.

SPOILER: Nah, they're in The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit, later in the series.

Originally Posted by Vivli

But '10' isn't the season it is, 'cause the Doctors are in multiple seasons. (Eccelstone is the only one to last only one season). I'm not sure what words you'd use really. 'Era' I guess.

Didn't the eighth doctor only last for a single film?

[Vivli]

Originally Posted by Heliomance

Didn't the eighth doctor only last for a single film?

Yeah, he was just in the film. And tons of spin off material, radio plays and books and such. Including a remake of one of the episodes Douglas Adams wrote but never got finished, which is on the BBC website, which is kinda cool. (Complete with little animations).

But I don't really count the film as a 'season'. It was a film. Hence me saying Eccelston was the only one to be in just one season. (Okay, so I actually said 'Eccelstone', but it's not my fault I can't spell).

I haven't seen the film actually, but from what I've heard about it, that might be a good thing...

They've shown New Earth over there now too haven't they? What did people think of that? When I saw it, to be honest, I was a little disappointed. It was still fun, but not one of the best episdes. I really loved Tooth and Claw, the next episode though, was one of my favourites, so I wonder what everybody's reaction to that'll be.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Originally Posted by Vivli

They've shown New Earth over there now too haven't they? What did people think of that? When I saw it, to be honest, I was a little disappointed. It was still fun, but not one of the best episdes. I really loved Tooth and Claw, the next episode though, was one of my favourites, so I wonder what everybody's reaction to that'll be.

I think the reason a lot of people didn't like New Earth that much was because we were still getting used to the new doctor at the time. I have mixed feelings about that one really.

As for Tooth and claw; I quite liked that one really. I also have a friend who swears it's the best episode in the season, but that's probably because he has this strange (and slightly mental) affinity/obssesion for Werewolves, (his Lunar phase begins soon, so he's all hyped up.... dont ask! )

[Mashirosen]

I liked Ten all right up until Tooth and Claw, and then it was an exponential growth of loathing for him and Rose from there onward until I stopped watching it, halfway through Fear Her. When they've got someone to play the Doctor who isn't a lispy bargain basement Jim Carrey I'll give it another try.

[Vivli]

I didn't dislike New Earth because of Tennant at all. I just disliked it in terms of plot, it felt a bit cheap, lots of plot threads introduced without much time spent on them, it was a little predictable, even one of the sets was visibly reused from the previous series (the base of the Nestene Conciousness from series one is used as the tunnel system, and it actually really stuck out to me), even the CGI was, oddly, a little disappointing (normally the CGI is great, but the flying cars and such looked a bit subpar). It was still fun to watch, especially near the end, but it wasn't one of my favourites.

Originally Posted by Mashirosen

I liked Ten all right up until Tooth and Claw, and then it was an exponential growth of loathing for him and Rose from there onward until I stopped watching it, halfway through Fear Her. When they've got someone to play the Doctor who isn't a lispy bargain basement Jim Carrey I'll give it another try.

I didn't find Tennant that way at all. I thought he was lighter than Eccelston, yes, but it seems appropriate for the character (since the whole idea is that in Parting of the Ways the Doctor 'got over' the trauma of the whole Time War thing).

However, him and Rose could be annoyingly smug, but that too seemed to be part of the plot set up (after all, there are consequences for their attitude in Tooth and Claw, trying not to say any more that might spoil things).

And if you dislike Tennant's light attitude, it may be worth seeing the final two parter, since I have a feeling that'll have quite a heavy bearing on Season 3 and his character development from there. I see him being a lot less smug and easy going in the future. Which may help you like him more.

I actually prefer him to Eccelston. While Eccelston was quite intense and interesting, when thinking about it, I find him the Doctor I'd least want to travel around the galaxy with. Other than maybe the first. Tennant seems a lot friendlier, and I think that's quite a good character trait.

But to each his own, I guess.