April 4/2010 :: Doctor Who 5x01

Day 72
Mood: Pensive
Weather: Gorgeous
Quote: Happy Easter! (I want an apple...apples are my favourite.)

Today was the big day. I have watched the new Doctor Who episode twice. Once with a friend whose brother is also a fan and then another time on my own so that I can fully take in the entire affair. I'm one of those weird people that analyzes symbolism, character development and plot details.

Basically: I am crazy.

But Doctor Who has been a defining portion of my life the past few years. I've fallen in love with the characters (not to mention David Tennant).

Look how gorgeous he is...seriously...GORGEOUS!

But yes, it was a big deal for me when David left. He was what got me into the series and while I do watch episodes with out him...I didn't know if I could be won over enough to be as obsessed with #11. I'd say I was about 25% correct in that assumption. Here's why:

There's minor spoilers from this point forward.

Matt Smith is amazing. He is. He has all the flare of the Doctor, all the humour and all the absolute randomness. Seriously. He's hilarious! The opening scenes with him are side-splittingly funny and I was laughing quite hard watching him. He might not be as attractive as 10 but he's pretty good and it's the character that counts.

I wasn't too pleased though that, for most of the episode, he was wearing the clothes that he regenerated in. (>...< That's David's tie!)

Moving on~

I also enjoy how they changed almost everything. New sonic screwdriver, new Tardis, new opening theme. It lets Matt have his space to grow into the character. He might possess the same basic character traits of all the prior Doctors but he's still new. And he shouldn't be viewed as a mere replacement for David's spectacular Doctor. He should be allowed his own Doctor. Furthermore I don't think I could have watched him fiddle with the old Tardis. That hammer is such a...10 thing. It's David's hammer forever in my books. But that's just me.

Anyway!

On to the next character: Amy Pond, the Doctor's new companion. I like her. She's feisty and seems strong. Plus she's beautiful~

I'm sorry to everyone but I think she's the prettiest companion thus far.

Though she spent most of the episode skeptical and that just got a little tiresome. I like my female characters to be kick-ass cool.

And finally: the plot. Steven Moffat is a genius. His stories are inventive and dark. Russell sometimes had some pretty lame stories to start off a series. Adipose? Seriously? Walking blobs of fat? I love "Smith and Jones" but rhinos? Really?

This episode gave me chills. Fantastic plot. A little hard to follow at the 3/4 way mark but...a good ending.

So my conclusion is thus: 25% of me wants David back...NOW! He was just so perfect. But the other 75% of me is intrigued, fascinated and amused by the 11th Doctor, Amy Pond and the lovely stories that we're sure to hear. I still hate that 10 is gone, I'll miss him, but 11 will be enjoyable all the same.



And I'm done~

Oh right~

Happy Easter everyone!!

Mostly everyone here is gone. Etsy has returned home for the two weeks, Syd + bf + VT have left for Egypt, Southern Belle is now in Germany. *sigh* Ah well~ I'll get stuff done this week to be certain!!


Byeee

:: Julianne ::