Writing and Dreaming and Reading...

... is apparently what Doctor Who fans call themselves.

And I think I am now a Whovian. =D

This qualifies me for nothing more than a license to discuss Doctor Who. After watching the rebooted Series 1 from 2005, with Charles Eccleston on helm, I am officially hooked. But it sure did take a while.

I think it was because it was scarier than I anticipated. I do not like to be freaked out. Bad dreams are just bad dreams and they haunt. My mind juggles up random thoughts and influences and scary shit stays with me. It will haunt me again in some inopportune future when I am alone and I have to be brave.

Never mind that.

So I watched this season and I didn't understand a lot of things. I didn't understand why Rose found the Doctor so attractive and is willing to go warping through time with him. He looks a bit scary and goofy at the same time with the enthusiasm, big black leather jacket and big ears.I don't understand her wardrobe either. (Don't they dress up there? But I guess that just show how long I've been away from England.) But the Doctor still manages to charm me with all the caring bits, the scary bits (when he gets mad mad MAD at the Daleks) and his ability to just know what's what the madness is.

And the ability to pass off the old special effects and robot ideas as futuristic is pretty top class! I don't think that robot imaginings look like the Daleks any more! But this passes off! Brilliant! It's all part of the amazing storytelling, and I have not been through such wacky storyline in a while! I like the twists! I mean, I know to a certain extent that the Doctor is going to save the day, but the kind of messes they're in are magic! That would be THE kind of situations to solve -take that consultants!

The other companions are either cute (Adam) HOT (Captain Jack). That makes a girl very very happy. =D Captain Jack especially. He started out with that uniform... Mmm... Like a futuristic renegade James Bond. I liked his gadgets and I like his moves. It was fun watching him glide on the screen. I am sure, I want to watch Torchwood.

I also like how the cast was very varied. This surprised me, the fact that American TV is VERY polarized. I haven't seen a show with such a mix of races in a while. A lot of characters in a lot of American shows are predominantly white. Now Doctor Who comes in and wham -Rose has a black boyfriend, which should not be such a shocker but it is. The cast is mostly British, and they're multicoloured. It's a given. And then, there are all these aliens all the time. They've got to keep accepting, no matter how weird it looks. Personally, I have no racist issues unless they start being dicks about it. But I got used to certain things. Now, it;s time to shake it up. =)

I've watched the NEW Doctor in action. Hello, David Tennet - Doctor number 10. And by golly, there's a trend here. The Doctor is not, in general, your stereotypical "hot". Not at first. But sue me, when he started saving the day in the Christmas Invasion, I certainly warmed up to him. Sword fights, yeah. (He is a skinny bloke though. To think that he can handle himself in a sword fight with an alien is a bit... oh really?) I find the fact that he's rediscovering himself in that form to be pretty cool. As in, each Doctor will carry an aspect of the character. He may be the Doctor, but he's not the same. This allows the actors to interpret the Doctor in their own way, giving different facets to the character. For example, the dapper suit. When he wore it, I think I literally swooned! This Doctor I could crush on!  -

And the scary bit was when Harriet, the Prime Minister set the Torchwood ray towards the alien spacecraft. I didn't realize how a bad a repercussion it is on the Doctor. Like, sure, the aliens are bad but Harriet was worse to kill them like that. But Harriet has a point too. Who was going to take care of the world when the Doctor isn't around?

I'm liking this world so far!

"This world is DEFENDED!"

"Exterminate! Exterminate!"