Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Pro Tip To BBCA: Don't Remind Us Eccleston's Doctor Was A Thing

Last night, BBC America must have been in the Eccleston era of their Doctor Who extravaganza, and "The Parting of the Ways" was on the tee vee in stunning HD.  I was in and out, but I did catch enough of the stuff in the last half hour or so to bring back all the feels that we didn't have at the time for Christopher Eccleston, Russell T Davies, Noel Clarke, Camile Coudri, Billie Piper, and John Barrowman in their first blush of youth and enthusiasm.  There was much that was good there--and better in comparison with what came after--with Eccleston's Doctor being a revelation, and Barrowman looking like kid as Capt. Jack.  The latter DW looks strained and awkward more often than not; the Beeb made a huge fucking mistake by pushing Eccleston out so quickly, and as hard as they are tryin' to make the 50th stuff special--see what I did there?--reminding us little people what might have been with Eccleston as the Doctor is not really in their best interests. 

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