The Foretoken of Doctor Who

Since the reintroduction of Doctor Who in 2005 that there is a whole new generation of people who were never aware that there was something preceding this. After all with RTD at the helm very few people were considered enough to look back at what was, when they were presented with the wondrous things before them. Over night the 'New Who' had captured the minds of a generation.

This however caused a rift with the fans of the 'Old Who'. Many of them complained about the more soapy nature of the 'New Who'. That the Doctor was far too human given his Time Lord status. They had revelled in the scenery that shook, the crappy costumes, the hammy acting, all these things which they claimed had defined the show as what it truly was. That in the process of creating a new version of same, that it had lost it soul somewhere a long the way.

'Old Who'

'New Who'

Now I'm one of the few people who appreciates both the old and the new. After all I have limited memories of the 'Old Who', it having been cancelled when I was still quite young. So a lot of my experience has been through the 'New Who' as a result. In fact given my love of the new and went back and re-immersed myself in the old because of it. While I enjoy both it must be said that I do not have the same affection for the old. There are things that I enjoy of the 'New Who' that the old didn't have.

Unlike some of my peers, I like the more human Doctors. I would like to believe that having spent so many of his years surrounded by us, and his admiration of same, that the Doctor would become more humanised over time. Being the most intelligent being in the universe he could surely see the benefit of observing some of our customs. Not to say that I would imagine him totally human, after all the wonder that is associated with the Doctor is his alienness. In fact that is one of the reason I love the Tenth Doctor so much, he is both alien and so very human at the same time, mad, brilliant, exuberant and so sad all at the same time.

A young but ancient face...

Even though some people gag at the thought of it, I really enjoyed the Doctor's love for Rose. I grow tired of the argument that love is an emotion purely devoted to humanity. That any other creature could never exhibit such depth of emotion. In the Doctor's case, he makes the impossible possible so why is the fact that he fell in love so out of character? Surely nothing should be out of character for him, he embodies everything that we wish we could be, scared that we might be.

That is what makes it such a brilliant show. Ok at it's heart it is essentially about a man who travels in a blue box throughout time and space. It's completely bizarre and wacky, it's over the top and cheesy, but that's what makes it wonderful. That in the midst of all of this you could have something that can also be at times deeply emotional. That your lead can be the most wondrous and terrible creature at the same time. It's shows the possibly of what might be, and for that alone it deserves all the accolades.

Each and every one of them...