Geek 31 May 2005 01:39 pm
The Doctor
Two weeks ago, I was introduced to Doctor Who, the classic (and traditionally low-budget) BBC sci-fi series. Yes, that’s right, I had never watched a single episode until now. And I started with the first episode of the new series, being shown now by ABC here in Australia.
I more or less knew what to expect from the series (from reading about it here and there on the net), and was not disappointed: it is very good! My feeling, though, is that you do have to know what to expect in order to like it straight away. Their budget is clearly much higher now than for the old series, and the special effects are definitely very good. Storylines are interesting as well; of the two I watched so far, “The End of the World” (the second one) was better, but both were good.
For those who, like me, are not familiar with the story (and history) of the series, which started in 1963, kuro5hin has published a timeline that makes up for very interesting reading. And I will be keeping an eye on the series from now on. In Australia, it is on ABC at 7:30pm every Saturday; next week’s episode is #3, “The Unquiet Dead”.
