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jazzfishWith the advent of Jodie Whittaker's Doctor Who, we've started watching the modern Dr Who. I never got into it, first because I have a problem with episodic anything that isn't finished yet (see also: comics; bound book-fragments) and then because much of what I was hearing about Moffatt's run was frustration. And then I watched his Jekyll and had this weird and unpleasant mixed reaction of "this is pretty good but omg parts of it make me want to throw things," in particular to the main character's wife's sexual assault being used as a device for MANPAIN. And then I got the impression that Eccleston was basically a giant dick about it, and didn't want to watch anything he was involved with.
But hey, Moffatt's gone now, and he didn't take over until four seasons in. So I'm happy to try those at least. And there's only the one season of Eccleston, so however bad it is there's not much of it.
We're most of the way through S2 (Tennant's first season). At this point I really wish Eccleston had gotten more than one season: the second half of S1 feels incredibly cramped. It would have been nice to flesh out the Rose/Doctor/Jack relationships and to see more of Jack's character. Plus Eccleston's Doctor is, surprisingly to me, friendlier and less overbearing than Tennant's.
(Reading some of the history it sounds like Eccleston got rather a raw deal from the BBC, but then he's given as good as he got since then, so.)
I'm enjoying it so far. Moffatt's Empty Child/Doctor Dances two-parter in S1 was pretty great; I'm less fond of The Girl in the Fireplace than the rest of the internet seems to be. Overall, solid, mm, science-fantasy adventure. Happy to keep watching, and likely even to dabble in the spinoffs.
Besides, when we watch Torchwood, I'll get a) more Captain Jack and b) an understanding of the jokes in the hilarious-even-without-context Under Torch Wood.
But hey, Moffatt's gone now, and he didn't take over until four seasons in. So I'm happy to try those at least. And there's only the one season of Eccleston, so however bad it is there's not much of it.
We're most of the way through S2 (Tennant's first season). At this point I really wish Eccleston had gotten more than one season: the second half of S1 feels incredibly cramped. It would have been nice to flesh out the Rose/Doctor/Jack relationships and to see more of Jack's character. Plus Eccleston's Doctor is, surprisingly to me, friendlier and less overbearing than Tennant's.
(Reading some of the history it sounds like Eccleston got rather a raw deal from the BBC, but then he's given as good as he got since then, so.)
I'm enjoying it so far. Moffatt's Empty Child/Doctor Dances two-parter in S1 was pretty great; I'm less fond of The Girl in the Fireplace than the rest of the internet seems to be. Overall, solid, mm, science-fantasy adventure. Happy to keep watching, and likely even to dabble in the spinoffs.
Besides, when we watch Torchwood, I'll get a) more Captain Jack and b) an understanding of the jokes in the hilarious-even-without-context Under Torch Wood.
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Date: 2018-12-14 08:12 pm (UTC)