Review of the new "Doctor Who" equated to Britney Spears [View All]

[Deja Q]

http://www.shockeye.org.uk/OnlineSpecials/Runbride_simon/index.html

It’s this celebratory attitude that has so endeared the show’s modern incarnation to the public… but of course, it’s what has also upset the more militant wing of Doctor Who’s geek fanbase. So it’s worth repeating that this is what Doctor Who was always been about, a TV show as POP as the Beatles, glam rock or Britney. It’s just now we have a writer who knows how to get that message across to people who would rather cut out their tongue than speak Klingon. This is sci-fi, Jim, but not as we know it, where the fate of the Earth lies in the hands of a secretary and even bit-part players get sparkling, relatable dialogue (what young actor wouldn’t kill for a cameo as good as the video guy to put on their showreel?)

That's the offending paragraph, but the whole article tries to justify this stuff! (and on another forum, www.outpostgallifrey.com, a lot of people are saying this is a good review.)

And, having seen all of the new series ('The Runaway Bride' excepted), the Brit comparison is warranted. Unfortunately, I don't think of her highly like that reviewer must do.

(nor did WHO start out as 'pop culture'... pop culture was never educational, which was the original thought behind WHO's creation in 1962 (the premiere aired in late 1963)