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Mar. 17th, 2005 04:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Yesterday, I found out that the entire first episode of the new Doctor Who series had been leaked onto the 'Net.
windbourne -- who is now officially my very bestest friend ever -- tracked it down for me and downloaded it with BitTorrent.
Sure, I could have waited until it premieres on CBC on April 5th, but I've been waiting eagerly for this for sixteen years now, and, well, I'm not widely known for my patience.
See, Doctor Who was never cancelled. Not officially. The BBC said at the time that they were giving the good Doctor "a rest," and I believed them, with the same fervent faith that is required to believe that Arthur will one day return in England's greatest hour of need. I've felt increasingly foolish for this belief as years went by, but now I feel entirely vindicated.
The video quality of the download itself is really quite excellent, almost too good, leading some to speculate that it was leaked on purpose to build word-of-mouth, although the BBC are denying it.
As for the show itself ....
OhmyGOD I loved it.
Seriously, they nailed it. Doctor Who is a difficult tightrope to walk -- getting it right requires a balance between spookiness and silliness, between total eye-candy and slightly dodgy effects work, between taking itself seriously and just simply having fun. And this new show gets it just right. And Christopher Eccleston makes a perfect Doctor.
I can't remember the last time I was ever this happy. This is like a dozen Christmases all at once.
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Sure, I could have waited until it premieres on CBC on April 5th, but I've been waiting eagerly for this for sixteen years now, and, well, I'm not widely known for my patience.

The video quality of the download itself is really quite excellent, almost too good, leading some to speculate that it was leaked on purpose to build word-of-mouth, although the BBC are denying it.
As for the show itself ....
OhmyGOD I loved it.
Seriously, they nailed it. Doctor Who is a difficult tightrope to walk -- getting it right requires a balance between spookiness and silliness, between total eye-candy and slightly dodgy effects work, between taking itself seriously and just simply having fun. And this new show gets it just right. And Christopher Eccleston makes a perfect Doctor.
I can't remember the last time I was ever this happy. This is like a dozen Christmases all at once.
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Date: 2005-03-18 01:41 am (UTC)I've been hoping to hear you liked it... there have been enough fanboi naysayers that I was getting worried.
The fact that most of them seem to be US geeks with too little ego and too much time on their hands kept me hoping that maybe they'd stayed true to the original. Seems that most US nerds simply don't get Dr. Who.
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Date: 2005-03-18 02:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-03-18 05:38 am (UTC)Just say the word, boss. I owe you at least that much.
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Date: 2005-03-18 05:41 am (UTC)You up for hangage this weekend, oh minion'o'mine?
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Date: 2005-03-18 05:49 am (UTC)Aaaand I'll have to burn you a disc. You can deal with a scary .avi file, yes? 'Cause I'm too lame to have a dvd burner. ^^;
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Date: 2005-03-18 06:19 am (UTC)... sorry. Too much coffee today. I look forward to your phone message. *_*_*_*_*_*
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Date: 2005-03-18 05:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-03-18 05:16 am (UTC)I'm having a bit of trouble coping with finding Dr. Who sexy, though.
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Date: 2005-03-19 02:43 am (UTC)So how many regenerations is the doctor down to, now?
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Date: 2005-03-21 02:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-03-19 11:01 am (UTC)