Proud Whovian
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puppetmakerOr whatever we are calling ourselves these days.
I have been a Doctor Who fan since I was a teenager so close to 30 years now if I am calculating correctly.
And after the end of this season, I am still glad to be a fan.
I am also glad that we have spin-offs of the original show to sustain us between seasons.
Recently many pockets of Doctor Who fandom have been down on RTD for various reasons most of which conflict with each other. (like More Rose vs. No More Rose factions).
Remember without RTD, we would still be telling our friends and children about this TV series that we grew up with and forcing them to watch Classic Who (which is not a bad thing in itself but still).
We have a whole new set of fans of the series and I welcome them to the fandom.
This year I have added another achievement to my list of things I have done in the realm of Who by having a short story published in a Big Finish anthology which makes me now a published Doctor Who author. Feels kind of funny to say still but I'm enjoying it.
I am grateful for all the wonderful things that have happened because I am a Whovian
I have been a Doctor Who fan since I was a teenager so close to 30 years now if I am calculating correctly.
And after the end of this season, I am still glad to be a fan.
I am also glad that we have spin-offs of the original show to sustain us between seasons.
Recently many pockets of Doctor Who fandom have been down on RTD for various reasons most of which conflict with each other. (like More Rose vs. No More Rose factions).
Remember without RTD, we would still be telling our friends and children about this TV series that we grew up with and forcing them to watch Classic Who (which is not a bad thing in itself but still).
We have a whole new set of fans of the series and I welcome them to the fandom.
This year I have added another achievement to my list of things I have done in the realm of Who by having a short story published in a Big Finish anthology which makes me now a published Doctor Who author. Feels kind of funny to say still but I'm enjoying it.
I am grateful for all the wonderful things that have happened because I am a Whovian
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Date: 2008-07-09 08:39 am (UTC)I've always loved Uncle Harlan's comment on the show: Star Wars is adolescent nonsense; Close Encounters is obscurantist drivel; Star Trek can turn your brains to purée of bat guano; and the greatest science fiction series of all time is Doctor Who! And I'll take you all on, one-by-one or all in a bunch to back it up!
What's interesting for me with that quote is that it's from when Next Gen was on the air, I believe, and before B5, the new Battlestar, Farscape, Firefly and other "recent" genre shows. I wonder if he would revise that statement or he thinks it still holds true.