Meta: Whos On First: An Old-School Doctor Who Primer for Fans of Nine, Ten, and Torchwood
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"Whos On First: An Old-School Doctor Who Primer for Fans of Nine, Ten, and Torchwood," modded by Kylie Lee (LJ: kylielee1000)
Please note that Season 3 of the new Doctor Who airs today!
Doctor Who 2005 shares many elements with classic Doctor Who (1963-1989; 1996 TV movie), but the new show has updated the old for an audience that is perhaps not familiar with the old show. The
producers thus walk a fine line between pleasing both audiences. A sprawling canon needs to be honored, as does the show's famously low-budget production values.
After a brief sketch of some of the major differences, some of which (such as destroying the Doctor's past) are ways of hitting the reset button to permit new narrative directions, we'll talk--perhaps in historical terms, perhaps not--about the following things, which resonante from the old show into the new:
1. The alien nature of the Doctor.
2. The role of the companions.
3. The relationship of the Doctor to his companions.
4. Romance (snogging in the TARDIS??).
5. Villains that cross over from the old series to the new, particularly the Daleks and the Cybermen.
6. The coherence of the new universe, which includes Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures.
"Whos On First: An Old-School Doctor Who Primer for Fans of Nine, Ten, and Torchwood," modded by Kylie Lee (LJ: kylielee1000)
Please note that Season 3 of the new Doctor Who airs today!
Doctor Who 2005 shares many elements with classic Doctor Who (1963-1989; 1996 TV movie), but the new show has updated the old for an audience that is perhaps not familiar with the old show. The
producers thus walk a fine line between pleasing both audiences. A sprawling canon needs to be honored, as does the show's famously low-budget production values.
After a brief sketch of some of the major differences, some of which (such as destroying the Doctor's past) are ways of hitting the reset button to permit new narrative directions, we'll talk--perhaps in historical terms, perhaps not--about the following things, which resonante from the old show into the new:
1. The alien nature of the Doctor.
2. The role of the companions.
3. The relationship of the Doctor to his companions.
4. Romance (snogging in the TARDIS??).
5. Villains that cross over from the old series to the new, particularly the Daleks and the Cybermen.
6. The coherence of the new universe, which includes Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures.