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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    Hmm...

    • Awesome.

    • Hrrm.

    • Well, it's a fan trailer, but I'd watch that over the most recent incarnation of the show.

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  • IT'S BIGGER ON THE INSIDE by Aurelio Voltaire

    (Thanks to JD DeLuzio for bringing this to my attention.)

    Hello boys and girls I am the Doctor
    but not the kind that gives you medicine
    I've traveled throughout time and space
    just to please the human race
    so let's not dilly dally, let's begin.
     
    Now this thing you see hear, it is my Tardis
    and with it we shall get this party started
    Time and Relative Dimension
    in Space. It's quite an invention
    Some call it the Doctor's wife
    excuse me while I slip inside...
     
    You know it's,
    bigger on the inside
    It's bigger on the inside
    and once you've felt it inside
    I'm sure that you'll agree.
    It's bigger on the inside
    but don't take it from me
    once you've felt it inside you will see.
     
    An evil nemesis we call The Master
    baits me into all kinds of disaster
    On Gallifrey or so I'm told
    He gazed into a gaping hole
    and ever since he's been an awful bastard
     
    And then of course we've got the Cybermen
    I hope I never see those things again.
    Who knows what they're packing there
    in their silver underwear
    When you see them, you should vacate
    your ass they wish to 'simulate'
     
    And you know it's...
    bigger on the inside
    It's bigger on the inside
    and once you've felt it inside
    I'm sure that you'll agree.
    It's bigger on the inside
    but don't take it from me
    once you've felt it inside you will see.
     
    And pray you never see a weeping angels
    cause though it seems like they are made of stone
    they're quantum locked and in a wink
    if you should turn your head or blink
    they'll get to you and chill you to the bone... er
     
    Those moving buckets there, they are the Daleks
    they whine so much you'd swear that they have colic
    it's DESTROY and EXTERMINATE
    I think I know why they're irate
    If they make it to the second floor
    I'll show then what that plunger's for!
     
    And you know it's...
    bigger on the inside
    It's bigger on the inside
    and once you've felt it inside
    I'm sure that you'll agree.
    It's bigger on the inside
    but don't take it from me
    once you've felt it inside you will see.
     
    They're asking, "Dr. Who?"
    What they should ask is "HOW?"
    I am so very well endowed
    I must admit, it's rather long
    If you think I mean my scarf you're wrong!
     
    You bloody pervs I meant this song!
     
    So if you think you'd like a sonic screw
    driver like I'm holding in my hand.
    you will have to let me in
    don't worry child it's not a sin
    Hold on to my temporal drive
    I'll take you for an epic ride!
     
    And you know it's...
    bigger on the inside
    It's bigger on the inside
    and once you've felt it inside
    I'm sure that you'll agree.
    It's bigger on the inside
    but don't take it from me
    ask Amy Pond!
    once you've felt it inside you will see.
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