Doctor Who Series 1

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To more fully grok the world of Torchwood, I am now watching Dcotor Who.

Thoughts so far:

Episode 1: Evil manequins? You started the series with evil manequins?
Episode 2: Some really elegant, nicely performed dialogue.
Episode 3: We meet the Cardiff Rift. I wonder why Eve Myles plays two presumeably unrelated characters in the DW/TW universe named Gwen/Guin. Also wonder why wardrobe department couldn't decide on what year it was.

In general:
Could watch Eccleston read the phone book.
Am not an old Doctor Who fan and therefore must ask whether the Doctor has always been so self-absorbed. He's sort of an ass.

Comments

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The evil mannequins were a nod to the old series. They were villains in two stories back then.

Yes, the Doctor has always been fairly self absorbed and sort of an ass, but he also loves human beings. Eccleston was the perfect choice to bring back the series as he was able to balance the sort of "older man" vibe with the vitality the role demands.

As for Eve Myles playing two different roles, I suspect it has more to do with RTD liking her as an actress and wanting to use her again. Naoko Mori is also in the first Dr. Who series playing the same character, but they sort of retconned the character in the second series of Torchwood to explain the apparent breakdown in continuity.

One of my favorites of the early episodes was The End of the World.