Doctor Who Series One - US Broadcast on SciFi

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RTD has finally topped "End of the World" as his best DW script. Really, "Bad Wolf" was a great episode (and totally worth the two week wait) which serves as a great build up, I mean, I know it's coming. I know who the villians really are, but the episode almost works better if you knew the Daleks were behind it all; it saves the best for last and builds your anticipation for the payoff at the end!

And what a payoff! The last five minutes were some of the best minutes in DW! The reveal of the Daleks, what with two hundred warships and half a million troops, give the Doctor and ultimatum. Then, the Doctor, with literally nothing but his wits, out-threats them!

But the episode as a whole was neat. The three regulars all get nice bits and their was quite a crop of suprisingly interesting guest characters. Their's Lynda who's "sweet", that guy on Weakest Link who's out for himself, the people managing the sattelite who suspect something going on, and the Controller!

I'm glad I hadn't completely spoiled myself. I thought the Daleks were the ones who brought the Doctor and friends (and Tardis!) there to get rid of him once and for all, but I was much more suprised, and delighted, to find out the the Controller had brought him there because she knew he was the only one who could go up againts the Daleks.

Did I mention how great the last five minutes are! The script was great, the acting was great, the special effects were great, the music was great... I mean ending the episode with thousands of Daleks chanting "Exterminate" is incredibly obvious but was done just so cool-ly!

And Sci Fi rocked quite a bit tonight. Their were four fantastic promos for the next episode (which revealed the Daleks... but still they were well done commercials!), and clip of an interview from the DVD, and an add for the book series!


PS- Still real sad to see Eccleston leave... and Sci Fi better not wait a full year for Series 2!

[Robert Saint John]

It only gets better next week! Darn shame they didn't show them back to back.

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[Robert Saint John]

From Sci-Fi.com, yesterday:

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.ph ... 602&type=0

Who Boosts SCI FI Ratings

The new updated Doctor Who boosted SCI FI Channel's ratings on Friday nights by double digits, the network reported. The new version of Doctor Who, produced by the BBC, wrapped its first season on SCI FI on June 9.

Doctor Who averaged a 1.3 household rating and 1.5 million total viewers in its 9 p.m. Friday timeslot, a 44 percent increase in ratings and a 54 percent increase in viewership over the same timeslot in the second quarter last year.

In key demographics, Doctor Who averaged 778,000 viewers aged 18-49, a 57 percent increase over 2005, and 942,000 viewers aged 25-54, a 56 percent increase.

Executive-produced by Russell T. Davies and Julie Gardner, the 13-episode hourlong drama starred Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper.


I don't know how much of a strong link there is between the SciFi site and SFC programming and marketing departments, but the very existence of this article is a really good sign. There's been a lot of hand-wringing amongst DW fans that the ratings, especially toward the end, were below SFC's expectations. Apparently not!

Plus, there is the "October 2006" rumor....

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It would be great if series 2 of Doctor Who was on the same night as Battlestar Galactica.

It's silly that Doctor Who fans are worried about Sci-Fi not airing series 2, since the ratings are really high for something they only have to buy broadcast rights to.

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[DannyBeane]

Ok so I had trouble finding the Season One DVD set about a week ago as they were all sold out at the various stores I went to so I ordered off amazon and recieved it a few days ago and finally finished watching all the DVDs (I missed the last 4 episodes since I got a job where I have to work Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights) And GOD DAMN!!! This right now is my favorite series on TV! The ending of the series was so fantastic! Especially how they brought so many things together from earlier episodes and all the emotions and I never knew Daleks were so badass! And the Doctor basically telling the Daleks that he wasn't going to do anything they told him. I'm sold on this series. I can't wait to watch Season 2. The only thing I am sad about though is that Christopher Eccleston is gone. He is a phenomenal actor(28 days later and 24 hour party People.)Hopefully David Tennart is equally as good.

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