I don't think it was change per se that bothered me - and I am someone who was only a fan when a child and am not A Fan now.
I didn't think it was funny because I thought the humour was way too heavy-handed and a splendid cast was wasted in the process. As for the gender/class issues - one of the things I loved about Dr Who as a child was the element of escapism which would have been ruined for me if half of it had been set on an inner city council estate like the one where I lived. I was emphaticvally neither posh nor a boy, yet it was definitely for me, not least because it didn't have romance. It had characterisation by the bucketful and subtle inferences about relationships that were a lot more interesting to pick up on than the banality of the Dr/Rose romance - and were drawn out over several episodes.
The focus on the importance of lurv and family life/values smacks to me of the syrupy 'moral' endings of American sci fi series. The obsession with Rose's parent really irritates me as I think it would put children off, if anything.
The pop culture references are so numerous that the stories seem to rely on them - and will date very quickly as a result.
I thought it was tacky, boring, unimaginative and played to an adult/fanboy audience - genrally a bit of an egowank for RTD.
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Date: 2006-06-19 11:20 am (UTC)I didn't think it was funny because I thought the humour was way too heavy-handed and a splendid cast was wasted in the process. As for the gender/class issues - one of the things I loved about Dr Who as a child was the element of escapism which would have been ruined for me if half of it had been set on an inner city council estate like the one where I lived. I was emphaticvally neither posh nor a boy, yet it was definitely for me, not least because it didn't have romance. It had characterisation by the bucketful and subtle inferences about relationships that were a lot more interesting to pick up on than the banality of the Dr/Rose romance - and were drawn out over several episodes.
The focus on the importance of lurv and family life/values smacks to me of the syrupy 'moral' endings of American sci fi series. The obsession with Rose's parent really irritates me as I think it would put children off, if anything.
The pop culture references are so numerous that the stories seem to rely on them - and will date very quickly as a result.
I thought it was tacky, boring, unimaginative and played to an adult/fanboy audience - genrally a bit of an egowank for RTD.