Then, in my late 20’s, I watched another episode. Still, just could NOT get into the storyline. Then, just a few years ago, I heard that they were starting up with a new Doctor, the tall bald-ish guy. I watched the first episode of that…or rather the first portion of that. While the quality of the episode was dramatically better in terms of look, sets, special effects and such, the storyline itself was simply too convoluted for me to get interested in and I turned it off before it was even half over.
Then, late last year sometime, I stumbled upon an episode with the newest Doctor. It dealt with statues of angels that could only move when no one was looking at them, and time travel as well. I know it all sounds convoluted what I wrote, but honestly, I was captivated and loved it. So I've caught a few more episodes, and I'm totally into it. I don't know what this has now that it didn't have before, but I'm trying to catch as many episodes of it as I can.
And then there's the Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood. I watched this just cause it followed Doctor Who the one night. And it too involved time travel. And best of all, for me, the guy in charge Captain Jack, is apparently bi-sexual. And the next thing I know, he's liplocking with the guy back in 1941! On the dance floor! In front of the whole crowd! Oh, I nearly cheered!
So I watched the episodes since then, the final one for last season and the first one of this season. And there's this guy that works on the team, Iogi (?), who is apparently Cap'n Jack's sometime shag partner. Schweet! I loved that the bad guy in the last episodes (someone from Cap'n Jack's past, and who had a pretty nice kiss with him as well), called that guy "Eyecandy". made me chuckle.
I used to ignore Doctor Who and his fans, privately mocking them for being so fanatical about something that was, in my opinion, so poorly done and uninteresting. And now....I'm all about BBC America Saturday nights to watch these!
*SIGH*....I'm a fan now of Doctor Who...my journey into the land of total geekdom is now complete.
POLT Listening to "Uninvited" by Alanis Morisette
"I can show you where the STD clinic is." "I BET you can." - Polt