Was the original concept of the Doctor always intended to be this, that the character would change so new actors could bring different aspects of his personality to the fore? I ask because it's always a fascinating discussion to see which Doctor we like--which says more about us than the Doctor. For example, I still prefer Eccleston for the very reasons you mentioned: he was tough (I'd say, rather than "rough"), world and war-weary, but trying to shake off his ghosts. For some reason I really liked that. Tennant was great, but I liked Eccleston's hard edge better. And I like Donna more than Martha because Donna was tougher, giving as good as the Doctor gave. Martha to me was way too much of a lovestruck puppy, and seemed to have fallen for the Doctor too hard and too fast. Something about that irritated me. I like that Donna would call his BS in a second. I am glad, though, that at Tennant's "death", they revealed that Martha married Mickey, who had been too long cuckolded by on again/off again girlfriend Rose Tyler's love for the Doctor.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sammie A" <jazzynupe...@yahoo.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 8, 2010 6:41:36 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Dr. Who finale I agree with everyone on this one. Matt is still kind of lost 2 me (i think it's the long face and the too much, too big hair). River Song is simply delicious! Cannot wait on the ep where the Doctor finally knows her, knows her....................and of course how she is going 2 kill him. Must say, I really miss David Tennant. Wasn't really crazy about Christopher Eccleston....he was like Timothy Dalton's James Bond (not suave, but rough)...Eccleston was not really smarty, but rough. Tennant embraced the 'whiz kid' role perfectly. Kind of like Tom Baker (the 4th doctor) did back in my formative youth days. As for companions, Amy Pond is soooooooooooooo much better to me than that hideous Donna Noble (Catherine Tate). Still say my favorite companion is/was Martha Jones (Freeman Agyeman), but that's just my opinion. Fate. --- On Sun, 8/8/10, Mike Street <streetfor...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Mike Street <streetfor...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Dr. Who finale To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, August 8, 2010, 9:46 PM The last 6 esp. did get much better but overall not the best season of DW. I'm more interested in River Song's adventures and I think she is stealing the show from Matt Smith. I'm slightly hoping to do a spin off show for River Song cause she is fun. She is going to eventually kill the Dr. but I think they will give Matt Smith another season before they need to find a new Dr. On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 5:36 PM, < adrianne.brennan@ gmail.com > wrote: She is? O_O Not in my book... Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry From: Charles < char...@sheehanmile s.net > Sender: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 16:31:17 -0500 To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com < scifino...@yahoogro ups.com > ReplyTo: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Cc: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com < scifino...@yahoogro ups.com > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Dr. Who finale Was excellent. Not a huge fan of the new doctor, but his Amy Pond is a well thought out, very interesting character, and the finale was spectacular Sent from my iPhone On Aug 8, 2010, at 4:25 PM, "Kelwyn" < ravena...@yahoo. com > wrote: I just finished watching the penultimate and season finale of the new Dr. Who. "The Pandorica Opens" is one of my favorite Dr. Who episodes ever - I love the way it and the succeeding episode tie up most of the easter eggs scattered since "The Raggedy Doctor" episode. "The League of Evil" banning together to save humanity is good stuff! And Alex Kingston is priceless as Dr. River Song. I have never been an Alex Kingston fan, but this is a perfect melding of actress and role. The Sophie Okonedo cameo as Liz Ten (Queen Elizabeth the Tenth, for you scoring at home) is a welcome surprise. It is a sincere sensation to see a sci-fi arc that was actually pre-planned, well thought out and well executed (as opposed to how "X-Files" and "Lost" did it - just to name two). All this and a two-thousand year love story. I loved it. ~rave! -- Get Social and Follow Me: Read my blog at http://BrandsGoSoci al.com Join me on Facebook http://facebook. com/mikestreet Follow me on Twitter Twitter: http://www.twitter. com/streetforce1 Join the Harlem NY Community http://www.facebook .com/harlemny
