Doctor Who

[Chux]

I'll miss Pond, but the new companion looks cute when she dresses her age.

[No One]

I've been trudging through the sixth and seventh Doctors' episodes while waiting for the new series, and in hindsight it seems kinda shitty that fans laid so much blame at the feet of Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy for the cancellation of the old show. Baker's Doctor in particular was saddled with some absolutely terrible writing and two of the worst companions in the history of the franchise (one that was never even properly introduced). But the sixth Doctor himself, especially during the Trial of a Time Lord stuff, was fantastic. Despite the garish outfit, he was a rather dark incarnation; always ignoring much of what was going on around him to figure things out and stay ahead of everyone else. A lot of violence and gruesome deaths during those seasons too, which he seldom gave a fuck about. In some ways, Smith's Doctor reminds me of him.

McCoy's version of the character is the one I'm least familiar with, but the trend seems to be continuing so far. A great take on a classic character ruined by awful stories. Definitely the schemer of the lot.

My girlfriend asked to watch a few episodes a little while ago to see what I'm always going on about, so I started her from the beginning of Eccleston's run (she digs it). I'd forgotten how good he was. Maybe my favorite of the new Doctors, in fact.

[YellerDog]

Eccleston is my favorite of the new ones, no question.

[Dolemite]

I was disappointed he only did one season.

[Mzo]

He had to fly over and be horrible on Heroes.

[YellerDog]

Heroes was pretty horrible on its own merits.

He was the only modern Who that looked like he could win a fistfight.

[No One]

And the only Who of either era that was just so stretched emotionally that he would have regularly gotten into them (I did like the third Doctor's willingness to brawl a bit as well). Dude was just fed up with douchebags. His conversation with the captive Dalek is intense.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

Heroes was great.
Shame it only aired for one season.

[dog$]

Just posting to say I'm loving No One's 1 avatar.

I also was going to post these when I first saw them, but am glad that I didn't do so since they are in fact fan made. Without knowing that, I was wondering how they managed to get Eccleston involved.

[dave is ok]

People liked Eccleston?