I don’t like Dr Who
I thought as I was making myself unpopular anyway I would get everyone’s hatred towards me out in one fell swoop. Not a bright idea this close the LDV blog awards true, but I am nothing if not stupid brave. Here goes.
Dr Who. Why? It’s effing dreadful. I have always avoided it due to some unconscious childhood incident that put me off but they seem to show nothing but on BBC America so have felt compelled to view a few episodes. It’s shit. The writing is close to bloody awful and the acting is embarrassing. I thought David Tennant was supposed to be the finest actor of his generation. He’s wank. As is just about everyone in it. Even the special effects look dodgy (one episode I saw had some ghosts in it. I have seen more convincing spirits on Scooby-Doo.). It breaks my heart that with the story-telling possibilities that TV has to offer, this is what the BBC chooses to spend a significant sum on.
How can this be so popular? What am I missing?
Oh dear Lord. Release the hounds!
I can hear Cowley street tearing up my membership form as we speak!
Well yes it is b*ll*cks but in the finest traditions of Saturday night TV it is entertaining b*ll*cks. The trick is not to over analyse it, just enjoy it.
And Billie Piper remains cuter than a bunny in a box of Easter chocolates on a pink chair next to an orchard in Spring. And she combines this with managing to look filthy, which is an art I am happy to tune in for every week.
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Yep, maybe that is the problem. They way people go on about it I was expecting something akin to Beckett. And it wasn’t. Unfortunately I didn’t find it entertaining either so it was a full loss for me. But each to their own.
Agree about Billy though, maybe I should just concentrate on her next time its on!
“some unconscious childhood incident that put me off”
Was it your first site of a Darlek that sent you scurrying behind the sofa? Or a scary Cyberman, perhaps?
Seriously, though. Don’t tell Alex Wilcox. It’ll just upset him :o)
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Also, Tom, “dalek” and “Wilcock”