Poll: Do you still like Doctor Who?

[Blood Brain Barrier]

I was done with it in 1986 when Colin Baker came in and totally fudged up the character (I'm not THAT old, I managed to watch the entire series a few years ago). Mind you, Peter Davison before him was drab and boring but I went with him, but Colin was just terrible. I gave Eccleston a go but the new series seemed to have an incredibly transparent attitude of "screw integrity - let's make this as appealing as possible to the young people by any means whatever" - and as we all know, old people trying to make old things appealing to the young never works out well for anyone. I'm surprised it's still going to be honest.

 

[BreakfastMan]

I love Doctor Who, new and old, and the new series has only gotten better as time went on.

Okay, last season was only okay, not great, but it is still a hell of a lot better than the Rose years. But then, a kick to the face is better than the Rose years, so that is not saying much. XD

And while Moffat is not the best Who writer, he is at least better than Russel T. "Let's ruin the show by making everyone fall in love with the Doctor" Davies. Why yes, I am bitter, how can you tell?

 

[tobi the good boy]

I've come to realise that I actually hate Tennant as a doctor, he's too chirpy when he's doing things right and he angsts too damn much over the little bits where he screws up (especially for someone who's capable of repeated genocide)

Matt does a much better job in my opinion. So no, I haven't given up on it.

 

[algalon]

Last season did a decent job of making the Doctor actually seem alien. Just look at his face when he's talking to the Silence in ep 2 - I'm not sure who was more spooky, him or the aliens that have been subverting human evolution for their own purpose. So long as this season holds that edge in an episode or two, showing the Doctor as an actual alien and not just a kind old man, I'll keep watching.

 

[Varun Garuda Maharaj]

I must admit matt smith has his good moments,but back in season 5 they should've changed the name to "amy and rory"

 

[TaintedSaint]

Asylum Of The Daleks was fricking amazing though I am not a huge Smith fan every Doctor has is own qwerks and Smith is doing a good job he is just not my style, I want an older Doctor now.

 

[Gidiel167]

I'm really enjoying Matt Smith's run as The Doctor, though i hope Asylum isnt an indicator of things to come.

 

[Daverson]

The only thing I don't particularly like about the newer series is that all the DooM references disappeared when David Tennant did. I'm quite a fan of DooM, you see...

IMHO, though, Tennant's doctor relied far too much on Deus Ex Machina and "creative interpretation" of actual science for my liking.

 

[kortin]

I struggled through most of the first two 'new' seasons of Doctor Who (9th and 10th doctors) up until Blink (which was the best episode I had ever seen of Doctor Who). After watching Blink though, I just couldn't continue watching. It was so brilliant, I can't imagine any other episodes being as good as it.

 

[beastro]

Do not understand the appeal of the show. I've given it several chances and I don't see really anything in it.

The main reason for my dislike is it's built around time travel, any show that includes that is wide open for story abuse and continuity doesn't matter. A show that treats continuity in such fashion is best ignored, IMO, which is why I'm so happy the Star Trek franchise as its TV incarnation got thrown under a bus.