A View From The Handbasket

Monday, September 19, 2005
Doctor's orders
Posted by neros_fiddle at 8:49 PM
If any of you enjoyed watching Tom Baker fight rubber monsters on PBS years ago, you may or may not be aware that the BBC is making new Doctor Who again. A full season has already aired, starring Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor (after the seven TV Doctors and Paul McGann in the ill-fated -- and some would say illness-inducing -- American TV movie).

For some reason, no one's broadcasting it in the US (though it is being shown in Canada), but it's readily available on BitTorrent and is very enjoyable if you're into that kind of thing. It got great ratings on the BBC, and will be back for a second (and some say third) season. However, Eccelston has left the show and will replaced by Tenth Doctor David Tennant:



If you have fond memories of Daleks threatening people with plungers and screeching, "Exterminate!", check it out.

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