
by David Finniss
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After hearing so many people talk about it, and seeing that it was on Netflix’s instant watch, I decided to finally check out Dr. Who. I managed to catch an episode on BBC a while back and it piqued my interest, so I decided to start from the “beginning” and watch it all the way through as I was doing with Babylon 5 (yes, I will get back into that show too, I know I’ve been slacking on tht front).
As the show’s been going on for decades now, some may feel intimidated by the mythos of the show. You really needn’t be. This relaunch allows viewers to get introduced to the concept without being bogged down by the franchise’s history.
Our audience identifier is Rose. We don’t really get a lot of info on Rose here. We know that she
works (well, worked) at a department store and she has a boyfriend. Her life gets derailed when she is attacked by some living mannequins in said department store basement.
It’s here where she meets the enigmatic doctor, played by Christopher Eccleston. I wasn’t sure how he would fare (the one episode I’ve seen was a Matt Smith episode), but he worked out pretty well. You could tell that Eccleston was having fun in the role, taking it seriously, but always having the doctor strut around with a beaming smile on his face.
The doctor’s not exactly personable, in fact he doesn’t think much of humans at all, but he still sticks his neck out for them when things get bad. Rose learns that this doctor is actually an alien who uses his advanced technology to travel around space and time.
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