I didn’t think much of this new-Who spinoff when I first read about it, nor the lead after sidekicking for Christoper “Fantastic!” Eccleston (whom I always thought should’ve been cast in a better Prisoner remake), but after being impressed by some of the other new concepts on television from across the pond, e.g., the Weeping Angels, Sherlock, Karen Gillan… I ventured into the series on Netflix over the weekend, and it wasn’t until the “Children of Earth” serial-season that I was with the Internet when it went out at 3:30am. The music is loud and bombastic like a Taiwanese soap and only worsens any dramatic effect, and the ADHD-catering hour-long format makes me miss my glory days with Tom Baker’s Doctor—though to be honest, many of those stories only ran long because Sarah Jane/Leela was constantly splitting up with him and getting into some mess—but I like how they don’t pull any punches when it comes to mortality and gender relations. You’d expect some dying fighting aliens and shit, and for a guy from the 51st century to have a different attitude towards sex.
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