Feeling a little dog-in-the-manger-y!

[helva2260]

At the moment, I'm veering towards not watching this evening's Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor.

Why? Because I've got to say, as much as I love Doctor Who, the hype has been somewhat infuriating.

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[tau_sigma]

Did you watch it, in the end? I did; I do think it's a bloody weird idea for how to announce it though - it was sort of nice to see a couple of the interviews, but Zoe Ball was just irritating and stupid, and it was only about the last five minutes which had Doctor 12, which meant 25 minutes of her going 'not long now!'

(For me, the announcement of the new actor isn't exactly spoilery - the announcement that there will be a regeneration, and that Matt Smith will be leaving, is the big spoiler, but it's also so big that it's pretty impossible to keep it secret.)

[helva2260]

:) I recorded it, watched something else, and when I knew it was over, Mum and I googled "new dr who". That way I can watch it tomorrow and fast forward through anything too cringe-making! Much though I like him as an actor, I'm kind of glad to hear that he's only in the last few minutes - I had visions of some sort of game-show styling or reverse This Is Your Life!

Yeah, I suppose the announcement itself isn't as spoilery as the initial announcement that Matt Smith was leaving. I just, I don't really know how to quantify what bugs me about the concept of the reveal show. I think I was worried that the advertised interviews would include one with the new Doctor, trying to get him to talk about the way he's going to play it. 'Cause I like discovering that as he goes along.