{"id":397,"date":"2010-02-15T02:00:33","date_gmt":"2010-02-15T11:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.insidethe.com\/blog\/?p=397"},"modified":"2010-02-14T15:34:12","modified_gmt":"2010-02-15T00:34:12","slug":"the-doctor-doctor-who-just-the-doctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/the-doctor-doctor-who-just-the-doctor\/","title":{"rendered":"The Doctor. Doctor Who? Just, The Doctor."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This must be a\u00a0parapraxis\u00a0(a.k.a) Freudian slip posting because yesterday was Valentines Day and the object of this posting is to say how much I&#8217;ve enjoyed the Doctor Who series. The recent episodes, all be it a bit\u00a0bizarre\u00a0, have been clean and entertaining. Normally I associate British television with Monty Python which is nuts or something more\u00a0shoddy\u00a0and crudely cocked up (Was that too vulgar? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.effingpot.com\/slang.shtml\">I&#8217;m still trying to figure out the lingo<\/a>) like <em>A Clockwork Orange.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The entire 40+ years of Doctor Who extend beyond my life experience but based on the original and current episodes the stories are unique and clean science fiction entertainment. While the science isn&#8217;t as interesting or realistic as Star Trek the application and consequences of science and technology are portrayed in imaginative ways. Just to prove I&#8217;m not\u00a0completely\u00a0biased I will admit some of the episodes are low budget corny flicks but I appreciate the\u00a0imaginative\u00a0plots and clean content.<\/p>\n<p>For the record,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tom_Baker\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Baker<\/a> is my favorite doctor. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louise_Jameson\" target=\"_blank\">Louise Jameson<\/a> as Leela is my favorite companion, especially in <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Talons_of_Weng-Chiang\" target=\"_blank\">The Talons of Weng-Chiang<\/a>. <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christopher_Eccleston\" target=\"_blank\">Christopher Eccleston<\/a> did a great job at portraying the doctor as an adventurer and could have been my favorite but Tom Baker is just more.. well.. for lack of a better word, doctorly! <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Tennant\" target=\"_blank\">David Tennant<\/a> is another great doctor but he seems a bit too silly and internally conflicted to be a strong doctor.<\/p>\n<p>All opinions about favorite doctors are relative. If time and space can be relative in the TARDIS then I reserve the ability to change my mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This must be a\u00a0parapraxis\u00a0(a.k.a) Freudian slip posting because yesterday was Valentines Day and the object of this posting is to say how much I&#8217;ve enjoyed the Doctor Who series. The recent episodes, all be it a bit\u00a0bizarre\u00a0, have been clean and entertaining. 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