Here are Matt Smith and Karen Gillan singing the theme for Doctor Who. It is, as Topless Robot points out, absolutely terrible. HOWEVER. ALERT:

Starting next Monday, we’re gonna start doing weekly Doctor Who posts on Blogtown, with each post corresponding to the previous Saturday’s episode. They won’t be full-on recaps so much as a spot for everyone who watches Doctor Who (which, if the overflowing crowd at the TARDIS Room’s screening of the last weekend’s premiere was any indication, are legion) to gather around and talk about that week’s episode. Either myself or Bobby Roberts will kick things off with something like, “Here’s what was great and/or awful about this week’s Doctor Who!” and then everybody else can weigh in with their (probably incorrect) opinons about those things, or other things, or how much better David Tennant was than Matt Smith or whatever (like I said, they’ll probably be incorrect). We’ll talk about time paradoxes and sonic screwdrivers and Rory’s new haircut and the TARDIS and my undying, eternal devotion for Amy Pond which, if last week’s episode was any indication, will very likely be facing a very serious challenge with the introduction of this season’s new companion, who is rather fetching.

Moving on. So! That is that. I’m telling you now so that you can watch last week’s eggs-cellent season premiere if you haven’t already*, and then you can watch this Saturday night’s episode so we can talk about it on Monday. The episode we’re gonna be kicking this thing off with is “Dinosaurs on a Spaceship.” Dinosaurs! On a spaceship!

*at which point you’ll “get” my stupid “eggs-cellent” joke, insomuch as it can be “gotten,” at least, because oh man it is stupid. I can’t believe I even typed it out. And now I’m just making it worse oh god

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8 replies on “Heads Up, <i>Doctor Who</i> Fans”

  1. I grew to like Matt Smith (less so than previous Dr. Whats) but I feel like it’s time for a new Doctor. Glad we got a new companion finally, though. #tombaker4evah

  2. Talking smack on Matt Smith while professing love for Tom Baker is the Whovian equivalent of saying you were into being into cool things before it was cool. It doesn’t impress us, and makes you look like the douche you probably are.

    Matt Smith is the second greatest Doctor in the history of the show. And he is only second because his portrayal is very derivative of Patrick Troughtons interpretation of The Doctor.

    And you know what? I hate being that guy saying I liked things before it was cool.. but seriously, fuck off if you claim to love the show and don’t have much of any clue about the 45 YEARS of history the show had before 2005. I’d rather be watching Doctor Who alone in a basement like I used to then be surrounded by a bunch of neophyte scenester fuckheads.

  5. Heh, sorry.. I am prone to ranting barely on topic at the slightest provocation.

    My thought still stands though, Tom Baker was overrated, and Matt Smith is the best post-revival Doctor hands down. And while the idea of a singular official canon is absolutely ridiculous when it comes to Doctor Who, in my world Matt Smith is #2 Doctor of all time second only to Patrick Troughton.

  6. I still like Tom Baker the best. He was my introduction to the series as a stoned teenager in the mid 90s, back when PBS in Seattle used to air it on Thursday(?) nights, complete with Blake’s 7 afterwards (now there’s a show that needs a revival).

    Tom Baker + Leela Ward + K-9 = srs good times.

  8. I started with the relaunch. I’ve since gone back to watch Doctor 1. I like mean old man doctor a lot.

    But seriously. Mr. David and Donna Noble are my favorite of the relaunched series.

    Matt Smith is hot as hell though. So much so that I think jammie dodger should be a sex act.

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