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[icebluenothing]

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.

Comments

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

*GRIN*

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.

[ursako.livejournal.com]

Grrr... want. =_=

[windbourne.livejournal.com]

Really? You want I should burn you a copy? ^.~
Just say the word, boss. I owe you at least that much.

[ursako.livejournal.com]

Gimme! *munch*

You up for hangage this weekend, oh minion'o'mine?

[windbourne.livejournal.com]

Minion-minion. I'll leave you a message on your phone sometime tomorrow with a peep-on on what's up Saturday. Yo.

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. ^^;

[ursako.livejournal.com]

No! Not the .avi file! キャ〜〜〜〜ン、怖っ！
... sorry. Too much coffee today. I look forward to your phone message. *_*_*_*_*_*

[amnotsurly.livejournal.com]

Why must you tempt me so? I am weak when it comes to television copyrights... Hmm. Now if only I could find a Sandbaggers torrent. Probably I should just sign up for Netflix again.

[rimrunner.livejournal.com]

I think I might well give in on this. Not only do I adore Dr. Who (it formed an essential element of my childhood, and thus is partially responsible for my outlook on life), but I adore Christopher Eccleston.

I'm having a bit of trouble coping with finding Dr. Who sexy, though.

[str1.livejournal.com]

This is awesome news!

So how many regenerations is the doctor down to, now?

[icebluenothing.livejournal.com]

Well, let's see -- this is the Ninth Doctor, so that means he can regenerate four more times. Of course, he'll probably find a way around that limit, when the time comes -- the Master did ....

[kespernorth.livejournal.com]

I just saw it, and it totally owned me. Eccleston's interpretation of the Doctor is just perfect -- refreshing enough to be interesting, familliar enough to be likeable.