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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I presumed the second Gwen was a descendent or someone otherwise close on the family tree (great-great-great-grandniece?), a deliberate echo a la Swiftly Tilting Planet. NewDW does a lot of little structural correspondences.

I also hadn't seen Torchwood yet when I watched NewDW Season 1.