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snorkackcatcherDespite the fact that I have a soft spot for Old School Dr Who (i.e. One through Four, maybe Five at a pinch), I've actually got around to watching the first two episodes this season and they've been great fun! Now I should confess that I only watched very occasional episodes of the first two new series because I found it all a bit self-referential -- so perhaps it's just that I've got used to it, or that the writers have now settled into a groove.
I know some people on my flist have been watching regularly, so was I being too harsh, and should go back and check out what I missed sometime? Or was it anything like the first couple of seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation -- which I also mostly missed, and then when I eventually saw them after seeing Season 7 was astonished at how generally crap they were?
Actually, one interesting LJ article (via![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
metafandom) on Second Generation Doctor Who posited that the difference in the episodes from Five onwards was due to the fact that the writers and actors had grown up watching the Doctor and in some cases were big fans -- in effect, I think you could rephrase what they wrote as follows: they were getting the chance to write fanfiction that was made into canon. For a fan, I think that has to be like winning the lottery!
Incidentally, I think both Shakespeare fans and HP fans will love the second episode which aired tonight, full of great in-jokes. :)
I know some people on my flist have been watching regularly, so was I being too harsh, and should go back and check out what I missed sometime? Or was it anything like the first couple of seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation -- which I also mostly missed, and then when I eventually saw them after seeing Season 7 was astonished at how generally crap they were?
Actually, one interesting LJ article (via
metafandom) on Second Generation Doctor Who posited that the difference in the episodes from Five onwards was due to the fact that the writers and actors had grown up watching the Doctor and in some cases were big fans -- in effect, I think you could rephrase what they wrote as follows: they were getting the chance to write fanfiction that was made into canon. For a fan, I think that has to be like winning the lottery!Incidentally, I think both Shakespeare fans and HP fans will love the second episode which aired tonight, full of great in-jokes. :)
