Any Doctor Who Fans? **UK AIR-DATE SPOILERS ABOUND** — Page 3

I've got the Sarah Jane Chronicles in my Netflix queue.

Yes, I think K-9 is in the Sarah Jane Adventures.

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Sorry, I'm not trying to pound into anyone the info on Torchwood...

But yes, it's only five episodes.

Updated On: 2/22/09 at 10:15 PM

They couldn't get the license for K-9 - or at least not at a BBC-affordable price - so he only appears once or twice in SJA. But it's still a charming show.

It's sonic lipstick.

I LOVE Doctor Who!! The new series at least, never seen a classic episode. I started watching in Series 3, so David Tennant would be "my Dcctor," though when I started watching them all from the beginning, I loved Eccleston as well. I was so disappointed when Tennant announced he would be leaving after the specials, and I hope Matt Smith can be a worthy successor. I've only seen him in one thing - "Moses Jones" - so I don't have much to go on, but he has an intriguing quality about him that could work well for the Doctor. We'll just have to wait and see where they go with him.

My favorite overall season is easily Series 4 with Donna. I just adored most of those episodes, especially the utterly massive three part finale of "Turn Left/The Stolen Earth/Journey's End." As for my favorite episode of the whole show, I have so many! I'll have to go in order with the ones that are particular faves of mine:

Series 1: "The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances." Brilliant writing, great acting by Eccleston and a truly scary monster.

Series 2: "The Girl in the Fireplace" and "Doomsday." Moffat's writing for TGITF was nothing short of genius and I love the relationship between Ten & Reinette. As for "Doomsday," oh God that was one of the saddest episodes I've ever seen, perhaps only surpassed by Donna's fate in "Journey's End."

Series 3: "Human Nature/The Family of Blood" and "Blink." I think the two-parter with the Doctor as John Smith is where Tennant really shines. Probably his most brilliantly acted episodes of his run as the Doctor. "Blink" is not only a great Doctor Who story, it's just great TV in general. Another example of the mastery that is Steven Moffat. I am very much looking forward to what he does with the new series.

Series 4: So many to choose from, but I just loved the absolute joy & humor in "Partners In Crime," and as I already mentioned the gargantuan finale.

I can't wait for the next episode "Planet of the Dead" at Easter!

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Updated On: 2/23/09 at 12:21 AM

Spidey, Sarah Jane got the sonic lipstick from the Doctor along with the repaired K-9 at the end of "School Reunion", I believe.

Ooh, favorite episodes. It's a bit difficult. Let's see...

S1: "The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances" - Just a classic all around. Great effects for the Blitz sequences, strong storyline, and beautiful thematic resonance. It really means a lot to Nine that "everybody lives". I also have a bit of a soft spot for all the fine character and theme work going on in "Boom Town", which is an episode that gets put down a lot for no good reason, IMO. But Moffat was really the shining star of this season.

S2: Looking back at this season makes me realize how much I hated it. But I guess I'll go with a mix of "School Reunion" and "The Girl in the Fireplace", both of which were excellent concepts screwed up a bit in the execution.

S3: "Smith and Jones" is the best companion intro episode, period - it gets a ton of exposition out of the way economically and effectively and really got me liking Martha Jones. It also might be Davies' most tightly-plotted episode ever, bless his socks. And "Blink", as I said before, is an awesome self-contained story, one of the scariest things New Who has ever done, and is just very rewatchable. But the episode that made me go absolutely beserk at the time it aired was "Utopia", which had its flaws (those ridiculous Morlock villains!) but did some great things with the return of Jack and the introduction of the Master.

S4: A tie between "Planet of the Ood" and "Midnight". The former was just a really nicely done "everyday" episode that got in some fine acting moments for both Tate and Tennant and some moral thoughtfulness out of Ten, which was a tremendous relief for me at the time. "Midnight" looked like utter crap in previews, even with my beloved Lesley Sharp in there, but it turned out to be scary and effective as hell on what probably amounted to a shoestring budget. The "monster" was simply a great actress and some overworked sound editors being used to magnificent effect. That, for me, is what Doctor Who is about.

Can I count "The Runaway Bride" as an S2 episode and call it my favorite? Because it's far and away my favorite Christmas special and better than any of the episodes that season. It's Donna! Being brilliant! Really, does anything more need to be said?

Forgot to include "Partners in Crime" as a favorite. The scene where the Doctor and Donna see each other for the first time is priceless!!

Christopher Eccleston is my boo. I love him sfm.

I don't get the reluctance or resentment towards hiring a younger guy to play The 11th Doctor. The Doctor has varied in age, with 1 and 3 being significantly older. I can't wait to start series 5.

I also really liked "Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead." I hope they follow through with the storyline of River Song.

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I sincerely hope that Matt Smith is great, but I'm dubious about having a younger actor play the Doctor because for me, at least, the vast majority of actors under 35 or so have a really hard time conveying weight. Not physically, but the weight of having lived life, good and bad, and having a few wrinkles to show for it. The Doctor is obviously never going to look his age, but sometimes he needs to feel old. Tennant almost never put that across for me, even in the moments when he was explicitly supposed to, and now they're giving me someone even younger?

The other thing is that New Who has shown unfortunate ageist overtones, so casting the youngest Doctor ever was not a good way to reassure me that Moffat was going to change that up. I don't need a sexy Doctor, and even if I did, "sexy" doesn't have to mean twenty-something. I still find Eccleston very hot, and he was 40 when he took the role.

Also, aside from age, I'm freaking tired of the Ten era and ready for it to end, so I wasn't happy that the immediate impression of Smith is "tall skinny white dude with lots of hair" again. Obviously they can change that up with makeup, costuming, etc., but please oh please don't let Eleven be a rehash of Ten.

That said, Moffat's a smart guy who's written some excellent Who episodes and acted as a showrunner before, so I'm not flouncing off in a huff at the casting. :) Hopefully it'll all be brilliant and I'll be eating my words come next season.

The Doctor is obviously never going to look his age

COUGH"The Last of the Time Lords"COUGH