3//The Unquiet Dead

Sorry for the hiatus, I recently moved into college and I've been busy packing and the like. I'm not sure what the frequency of these blogs are going to be, I think once class starts I'll have more time, but since this weekend I'm being forced to go to things about school pride and alcohol use, not sure I'll be posting again this weekend. Luckily, before I left I wanted a few episodes with my friend and I can talk about those. I left off with the Unquiet Dead.

I'm defiantly getting better at watching these and not cringing at the effects. The ghost people were slightly creepy, mostly the old lady rather than the other ones. I was slightly confused as to why the Doctor was so against being in Cardiff, can any Brits explain that to me? (Is this like the everyone hates Welsh people thing, I just don't understand.) My friend and I were very worried about Rose being Chloroformed by the creepy mortician. His assistant, Gwyneth, was a nice girl, her part was acted very well and even though she didn't have a huge part, her death was sad. One thing that bothered me was the conversation between her and Rose. I feel like a woman from 1869 would be much more appalled my Rose's observations of men's butts. Again, this is a TV show, I can't let my history nerd-ness get in the way.

I also want to mention the bond between the Doctor and Rose. I really enjoy their friendship. I know that Rose is the more "romantic" of the companions, but I like that they can have a platonic friendship. I'm a big believer in male/female friendships and I love seeing them portrayed in shows. If this changes, I'll be a little disappointed.

I really liked sassy Charles Dickens. I had my own personal dislike for the character, for the sole reason that I dislike Charles Dickens' writing. However, his sarcasm was wonderful. I can't help but think that the real Dickens would have been similar to the one in this episode. You'd have to be pretty angry to write such depressing books.

I'm off to bed to now. I'll try to post my review for the next episode, but I suppose I should socialize at college.

Till next time

Kay-Lee

2//End of the World

So first off I really liked this episode. It's probably my obsession with dystopian novels and culture that made me enjoy it so much. One of my favorite parts was how when Lady Cassandra came with classic items from earth like a jute box, which she called an Ipod, and played "classic" music. I find that interesting because when you think about what we learn in history classes, we have no idea whether any of that is true because naturally humans exaggerate and forget things. So for all we know something that happened in the middle ages could be completely fabricated by human error. I also liked seeing the other alien races and I agree with Rose they did look very, alien. One thing that bothered me was how Jade looked very humanoid while the other trees looked...well like trees. Was it because she was a girl? I don't know but I was sad when she died cause I did like her. She almost reminded me of the Ents from LotR.

It wasn't a surprise that the Adherents of the Repeated Meme were in on the scheme to kill everyone. They just looked kind of evil with the dark cloaks and the raspy voices. I was slightly surprised by Cassandra being a part of the plan but when it came down to it, she acted odd the entire episode being over dramatic about everything. I always think when you try to make yourself look not guilty you end up looking worse.

The relationship between Rose and the Doctor starting to form some more and I did like how they got frustrated at each other. Because of the situation in makes sense that Rose would get a little bothered by the whole situation, it would be overwhelming. I'm also really interested to hear more about the war that destroyed the Doctors world. I hope that is explained more in the future. Overall I think they was a good second episode and it defiantly made me want to continue watching and writing this posts.

Till next time

Kay-Lee

1//Rose

Since this is the very first episode I almost feel like there isn't much to talk about plot wise. So I'm gonna jump in and just discuss the characters. First off Rose. So far I don't have much of an opinion on her. Whenever I watch shows where weird things happen, like manikins coming to life, I think How can that person really think this is happening? Then I have to back up and remember that this is a science fiction show and that is how it works. That's what I was thinking about Rose at the beginning of the show. However that's a stupid thing to think and I hope once I watch more episodes I'll get more of an opinion on her.

Now let's get to the fun stuff, the Doctor. On Tumblr I always sees posts about 10 and 11 but I rarely see anything about 9. So for some off reason I had this assumption that 9 was a more serious doctor. I think Christopher Eccleston, who portrays 9, has a more formal look about him so maybe that's why I had this notion. However, I was very wrong. Everything from his very bouncy walk to his almost carefree attitude makes me really like watching him. His delivery is quick and the banter between him and Rose is very good. Overall, I really like him so far.

The other two bigger characters in this episode are Rose's mother, Jackie, and her boyfriend, Mickey. Neither are very likable, the mother being obnoxious and the boyfriend was just plain annoying (possibly the character itself or possibly the actor, I wasn't a fan of his acting skills.) Hopefully her mother will get less annoying and the boyfriend won't show up again.

At the end of the episode when she turned the doctor down, for some reason I actually believed that she wasn't going to go with him (at least at this time.) I liked how Rose almost called out her boyfriend for being useless (I really don't like him) and went with the Doctor. I like their pairing a lot and can't wait to watch more of them.

That's all for today, tell me what your first impressions were in the comments.

Till next time

Kay-Lee

An Introduction

I spend a lot of my time on the Internet. And when I'm not on the Internet I'm most likely reading or watching TV. I have gotten most of my television recommendations from different blogs or vlogs and some of them have turned out to be some of my favorite shows (hello Battlestar Galactic, way to be awesome.) Clearly, I'm a bit of a nerd. However there was one show that I hadn't seen. One show that everybody raved over that, for one reason or another, I never got around to watching. You can probably tell what that show is by the title of this blog, Doctor Who. I had never even heard of the show until I started watching vlogs on YouTube last year. At first I wasn't interested, however when the new season was on and my Tumblr dash exploded with Doctor Who post, I became intrigued. What was it about this show that everyone loved so much. So I watch the first episode and enjoyed it. Since I wanted to make sure that it wasn't a fluke, I watched the second. And liked it even more.

As I was thinking about this fandom (Nerdfighteria) I realized that most people in it are huge Who fans,or Whovians, as I think they are called. I'm a rarity, I had never seen a single episode. I wanted to share this experience with those who have and have not watched this series. Thus Meeting the Doctor was born. In this blog I'll be talking about my opinions on each episode from the very beginning. I have no rules to when I will watch and how long this will take, but I wanted to do it. I will be discussing each episode in detail so if you haven't watched the most recent episode I suggest waiting until you are finished because I will be talking about plot spoilers. On that note, I just have one rule, NO SPOILERS for episodes I'm not on yet. When you were first experiencing the series, you weren't spoiled. So I kindly ask that you don't spoil me in the comments. Thanks in advance.

I hope you enjoy this blog and join in on the experience with me. If you have never watched the show, take up the challenge. If you have watched the show, leave me comments telling me all the madness is worth it. I want this to be a community effort.

Till next time

Kay-Lee