All Intensive Purposes

I'm not sure if you noticed, but Doctor Who is back
in the U.K. If you remember it lasted 26 years, from
1963 to 1989, with the high point being Tom Baker's
reign from 1974-1981. . Well after a 15 year hiatus,
(punctuated by a really bad american TV movie of
Doctor Who) the Doctor is back. Christopher Eccleston,
a popular British actor plays a younger doctor (who
wears a leather jacket), and Billie Piper plays his
companion Rose. He's the 9th doctor, by the way. The
show has been modernized, but the TARDIS is the same
old blue police box and some of the doctors familar
enemies are returning, including the Daleks. The good
thing is that the special effects are MUCH better and
Rose is a much stronger companion, she doesn't just
scream and get captured.

The reason why the show hasn't been covered much in
the US is that it isn't airing over here yet, only up
in Canada. The good news is that it is wildly popular
over in the UK, 10+ million people watched the first
episode, and it is gotten lots of critical acclaim.
The BBC has already renewed it for a second season.

If you want to learn more, Outpost Gallifrey is the
best Doctor Who fansite out there:
http://www.gallifreyone.com/

Click on the various doctor's portraits at the top
of the page to go to pages about each doctor. They
really do a good job of summarizing the different
eras.

The main BBC website also has trailers and other
info:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/

....This new doctor looks pretty good and it's great to see the show back
on the air and so popular.

// posted by t.s. @ 7:39 PM