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Rememberance of the Daleks wasn't bad. Couldn't help notice a stark difference in the look of how everything was filmed. It was much sharper, cleaner, and looked a whole lot like the new show. The story was decent, I liked how things have progressed with the splitting Dalek factions into something akin to a racial war. They could have explained how the heck Davros got away from last time, though. I miss Terry Nation. The Daleks haven't been the same without him. Another thing I noticed was that McCoy is finally putting his own spin on the character....but I'm not sure I liked it. He seems kind of vaguely evil and maniuplative. Though as I understand it this shift was meant to set up an eventual split in his own history in which there's one 'real' Doctor and one who becomes the Valeyard, but the cancellation made that never happen.

The Happyness Patrol had so much potential. Orwelling society where unhappyness is punished with death. But it got stupid quickly, between the robot literally made of candy and the random black blues musician. Just when the quality crawls forward, it walks back into ridiculousness.

Kinda broke my own little 'watch it all in order even if it sucks, damn it!' policy and skipped ahead to the TV movie. Wow. I don't think I had any real expectations going in, but even so I feel like it blew them all out of the water. That was great. It felt like Doctor Who of old, but with a much bigger budget and much quicker and epic feel due to the format, and it worked so ridiculously well. I'm glad they brought Sylvester McCoy in to do the regeneration transition (rather than just jump in with a new Doctor like the new series does). As I figured I would based on the Shada audio play, I loved the crap out of Paul McGann as the Doctor. He had the perfect mix of energy and a sense of deep knowledge that some of the best Doctors have done.

Heck, I even loved some of the aspects of this story that apparently piss off other fans of old, such as the Doctor actually displaying some sexuality and attraction to a female (always kind of bugged me that he was asexual despite having some really pretty companions), and the maybe true/maybe not idea that he's half human. I mean, that would really explain his love of planet Earth and his tendancy towards human companions, and give an interesting new perspective on his entire character. As the story went along and he really got into the role, Eric Roberts proved to be a really good Master. Properly evil and manipulative, as the role should be.

I'm pissed that it's not on DVD in the US due to various licensing issues. This is one of the very few Doctor Who stories I would buy.

Time for the new show and Doc 9, finally

Rose did not fail to impress, as far as an opener to a reboot of such an iconic series goes. The Autons were a curious choice of enemies to introduce the new Doctor with, since they were so decidedly not popular that they hadn't been used since the 70's. Still, made for good stuff, and Eccleston leaves a very good first impression.
Really dig the short episode format, it makes stories much more compact and faster paced, not unlike the movie.

The End of the World was....ok. Not the best story, and most of the aliens looked silly, especially 'the last human'. But I guess it's to be expected for the second episode to be not quite so grab your attentiony as the first, in any show.

The Unquiet Dead. As much as things have changed in the new one, this hasn't: HORROR AND DOCTOR WHO DO NOT MIX! That being said, it was a rare historical episode, which i approve of. I positively loved the Doctor getting all giddy and raving like a fanboy to Charles Dickens about how much he loves his work. That's the kind of stuff which makes these type of stories fun. Though this new Doctor is starting to show signs of being a dick who doesn't care about one or two measely lives....which seems out of character, but I guess would fit in the context of him being bitter about losing his entire peoples.

You know what else I love about the shorter format? I can get through stories a lot quicker ^_^

Ugh, geeze I've been watching it so much the last 2 days *blush*

The Long Game wasn't bad. Simon Pegg was great, but that's more or less to be expected from him. Monster was a little too special effect and not intimidating, but as this episode is really set up for the finale I can't complain. Was really surprised when Adam got kicked out of the Tardis. Sure he was trying to muck up history for personal gain, but he was like the shortest surviving companion ever, save for the Roman slave girl who didn't even survive a whole serial.

Father's Day was great. The issue of a time paradox is not covered enough, and not as directly as this that I can remember (save for the one with two Lethbridge-Stewarts). They did the story very well despite all the sentiment involved. Rose did what we all would, saving her dad. Certainly added a whole lot of depth to her character, and her father's.

The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances.....really? Horror again, so soon? Ugh, these ones were definitely a step back, I didn't enjoy them. Jack is certainly an unexpected new companion. If only because they've never had a single character so blatantly bisexual. Not that there's anything wrong with that

Boom Town surprised me, mainly because I hated the Slitheen. But they went a different direction, having the lone survivor start to change....but then ruined it with 'haha! I was just lying'. Stupid obvious ending.

Bad Wolf/The Parting of Ways was an excellent way to cap off the short lived 9th Doctor. I loved the murderous versions of Big Brother and The Weakest Link. Especially loved that the robot hostess of Link was voiced by the real woman, that's just being a good sport. Real interesting development for this new breed of Daleks, with the emporer developing a god complex. Kind of a shame Eccleson only stuck around for one season. He's probably right that he would be typecast, though. Cause David Tennant will never be seen as anything else again in a lot of people's eyes. Still, he was very competent as the doctor, giving the role a unique mix of charming and really dark.

On to season 2!

In my racing through the new show, I somehow forgot the last Christmas and Easter specials. Suffice it to say I rectified this.

The Next Doctor was really good, continuing the tradition of the Christmas specials (save for Voyage of the Damned) being top notch. The 'next' Doctor was fantastic, the bad woman was a classic sort of nasty Who villain, and the whole story was interesting despite the Cybermen and the sort of standard plots they always bring.

Planet of the Dead was a mixed bag. The story wasn't very good (since it was literally just him and some tourists on a bus in the desert for an hour), and Lee Evans presence as the one-off UNIT scientist was annoying to say the least. But Michelle Ryan played absolutely one of Tennant's best companions. She was strong, witty, and had genuine chemistry with him. I mean heck, they worked so well together that the eventual romantic interest angle didn't feel remotely forced (unlike the previous companions) because they were so darned alike. I would have been happy if the special was just an hour of them doing a back and forth, heh.

The Waters of Mars was finally given an airdate, November 17th. The 10th Doctor's final run really begins then. I hear The Master returns in the final special, and possibly The Rani as well.