Yes, I am that much of a nerd

Okay, I may have idly mentioned before that I started watching “Doctor Who” on Netflix recently.  No other reason than I wanted to see what all the hubbub was about.  And I do have to admit; I’ve gotten rather attached. 

I started with the 2005 season, of course. My nerd-dom may be growing by the minute, but I haven’t gone all the way quite yet.  And I grew rather attached to the Ninth Doctor during that season.  I knew his time was short, that actor (Christopher Eccleston) was only on for that one season.  And I dreaded the arrival of the “new” Doctor. See, The Doctor never dies but rather regenerates. It’s a handy way to shake things up and bring in new actors from time to time.  The new Doctor was to be played by David Tennant, an actor I vaguely knew from his having portrayed Barty Crouch Jr. in “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”.  I wasn’t at all sure of him at first but by the end of his inaugural episode, I was a fan. Tenth Doctor for the win!  

I had plenty of time to get used to David Tennant’s Doctor. He was the perfect mix of charisma, competence, quirkiness and intensity. But, again, I knew his reign would come to an end. And the closer I got to Tennant’s last episodes, the more morose about the whole thing I became. I didn’t want another Doctor. I didn’t like the looks of this Matt Smith guy.  I got kind of bratty about it, actually. I put off watching some of those last episodes as long as I could. And when I saw the Tenth Doctor’s final scenes I was very sad indeed. No!  Don’t go!  TAKE ME WITH YOU!!  

But go he did and in came Matt Smith. He’s not bad by any means. But… But he’s just not MY Doctor, you know?  I’m still getting used to him and it’s only been a few episodes. But I feel,as though the spark is gone. I know they’re trying to hook me with all this River Song nonsense, but it just makes me miss The Doctor and Rose even more.  

It doesn’t help that they’ve changed quite a few things about the show in addition to the new actor. The TARDIS is different, the theme music and opening sequence are different, the logo is different and even the sonic screwdriver is different. It’s just too much different. For old folks like myself, change should be introduced gradually and gently.  Otherwise we get bratty. 

Oh I’ll still watch, of course. But I’ll always miss David Tennant as Doctor. Maybe I can talk Kile into watching the series. He’d have to start back in 2005 of course, and then I’d get to watch David Tennant all over again.