“Anybody remotely interesting is mad in some way.” The Doctor Who 50th Anniversary special “The Day of the Doctor” is fast approaching - it’s creeping up on us and before we know it, we’ll be crying on the floor because, let’s be real, it’s Doctor Who. For those of you who don't know, Doctor Who is a British sci-fi show that's been on for - you guessed it - 50 whole years! (it technically hasn't been 50 consecutive years, but 50 years nonetheless.) It's about a 900-year-old alien that travels around time and space in his spaceship with friends that he makes a long the way. If you haven't already watched it, do that. Right now. The 50th (that’s what all the cool kids are calling it) picks up right where the seventh season left off: Clara follows the Great Intelligence into the Doctor’s timeline, making echoes of herself all throughout the Doctor’s life - two of which he met earlier in the season in “The Snowmen” and “Asylum of the Daleks.” The episode left us with a cliffhanger that wasn’t like a normal cliffhanger because we didn’t know what was happening at all. “John Hurt as the Doctor” doesn’t hold much weight when there’s a new Doctor every few seasons, and we knew he wasn’t going to be the Doctor because there was no fuss ahead of time. BUT the fiftieth has been made a huge deal - two previous stars of the show are coming back after almost five years: Billie Piper and David Tennant are reprising thier roles as Rose Tyler and the tenth Doctor. If you've never watched Doctor Who and are, for some reason, still reading this, you probably do not understand he gravity of this situation. BILLIE PIPER AND DAVID TENNANT ARE REPRISING THEIR ROLES AS ROSE TYLER AND THE TENTH DOCTOR. THIS IS AMAZING. It's been too long without them on this show, and this is one of the first things Moffatt has done right since he has taken over as show runner in the fifth season (hopefully he doesn't mess it up like everything else on the show). For every Whovian, the fiftieth is the biggest event in the history of Doctor Who - nothing will ever be bigger or better than this; they will never be able to top this; good job Moffatt.
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yofed
10/24/2013 09:47:16 am
It's now officially in my netflix queue. I'm thinking of watching Dr. Who - The Beginning, released in 1963, which, I suppose, started it all. I'm wondering if the reviewer has seen any of these old Dr. Who episodes that started it all. Thanks for the insight and for convincing me to not be part of the 'out' crowd!!
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Olivia
9/10/2014 02:02:53 am
I have watched the old ones! Not all of them, but enough
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