Dr Who

[vilakins]

For Dr Who fans, here's an interesting article in one of our newspapers.

I note the comment that "When rebellion became less fashionable, so too did Doctor Who." I've heard theories that the bleakness of Blake's 7's season 4 and the final scene were ordered around the same time so that a group of rebels who liked blowing things up would not be seen as either admirable or successful.

I've not seen that much Dr Who (I barely remember what I saw as a kid, and since then have only seen the first couple of series on reruns two years ago) but I'm looking forward to the new series.

Comments

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

That is a very cool article! I've gone and linked to it on my blog page. (Hey, I mine all my friends as sources of blog material! :))

I'm a huge Who fan, myself, and unlike the B7 project, which I dread more each time I hear something new about it, I'm very much looking forward to this one.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I loved the bits of Dr Who I managed to see, though I missed whole Doctors along the way. I have however seen the Pluto taxation one mentioned in the article because I bought the videotape to see Michael Keating as a rebel who was much tougher than Vila. A very funny and satirical story.

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and MK was great in it, too!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Of course he was! [dreamy pause to think about him]