So after many years of gentle and not so gentle prodding I have finally started watching Doctor Who. In the past I have seen snippets of the new series, and generally walked away muttering “… all right … that was odd. … Don’t see much point in that.” However my friends BatMatt and Doc kept suggesting I try it (much the same way we kept suggesting Rich try watching Firefly …) and since I share a lot of tastes in common when it comes to TV shows and comics a few months ago I relented and let Doc know that I had come to terms with fact that someday I would eventually ended up watching some Doctor Who but needed to know where to start.
Fast forward to two weeks ago when my father had me open a Netflix account so we could figure out why Netflix streaming wasn’t working for him (no streaming outside the 50 states and DC … you lose out if you live in a Commonwealth of the U.S. it turns out … bummer). Since I had started the clock on my two-week trial I figured I might as well take advantage of it once we were back in Rochester.
So early last week I started out watching Season 1 of the New Doctor Who series, starring Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor. The first 13 episodes are available via Netflix streaming, and I have watched 12.
If you haven’t watched the series yet … you might as well stop reading unless you want to be spoiled as to how I reacted …
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Jeff of Earth-J said:
Apparently it is available... now. I think what happens is I buy the sets early on, before the specials have aired. The specials are included in later versions of the series sets. This is not the first time this has happened to me; it is, in fact, the fourth. I hate when they do that. The set I bought was titled "The Complete Twelfth Series" but I maintain it should have been "The Twelfth Series" and the version with "Revolution of the Daleks" should have been "The Complete Twelfth Series."
In any case, it was "The Timeless Children" I wanted to re-watch prior to this weekend's conclusion to "Flux" (and I kinda wished I would have backed up to "Ascension of the Cybermen" too because it leads directly into it. I also plan to re-watch "Fugitive of the Judoon" before Sunday, because it plays into "Flux" as well. We'll have a separate version of "Ascension of the Cybermen" from Amazon tomorrow. Perhaps it's time for me to make my way through all of the JW episodes to better cement them in my mind. I've watched them only once each; PC's too.
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...and "The Division" is Doctor Who's "Section 31."
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My mistake was choosing "The Woman Who Fell to Earth" to represent the 13th Doctor. And I had two years to think about it! I don't always choose the first appearance of a particular Doctor as representative I chose "Night of the Doctor" rather than the TV movie for the 8th Doctor, "Blink" rather than "The Christmas Invasion" for the 10th, and "Twice Upon a Time" rather than "Deep Breath" for the 12th (and the 1st). What I should have done was choose "Fugitive of the Judoon" for the 13th Doctor (and the "Fugitive" Doctor).
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Jeff of Earth-J said:
I purchased this season on Apple TV so I could watch the episodes without commercial interruptions. For episodes 1-5, it's been a great experience, streaming-wise. Those episodes were available the day after airing in the UK and on BBC America. I was able to watch them on Monday evenings. Today is Wednesday, and episode 6 has yet to become available. Apple says BBC America has not uploaded it to them yet, so, in place of the "Watch Now" button on Apple TV, there's a "Subscribe to AMC+ to Watch" button.
A few minutes before noon today, I received an email telling me that episode 6 is now available for streaming and download. I downloaded it as soon as I got home.
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