Are the newer fans going back and watching old Dr Who episodes or are they mainly focusing on the current show. Or does it depend on what kind of fan they are?
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askye - Jun 15, 2006 5:28:34 am PDT #1533 of 3486
Thrive to spite them
Frankenbuddha - Jun 15, 2006 5:32:47 am PDT #1534 of 3486
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
There is *so. much. fic* out there about how Sarah Jane and Reinette and all the other companions Just Don't Count compared to Rose.
Oh, as usual, dear.
Betsy HP - Jun 15, 2006 5:33:15 am PDT #1535 of 3486
If I only had a brain...
It depends. There are many people who focus solely on the romantic relationship and who don't go back and watch the old stuff. Old School vs. New School each have their different canonical crazy. The Old School crazy says "The Doctor is asexual and you can't convince me otherwise"; the New School crazy says "Rose is the Most Important Thing Ever and theirloveissoeternal."
Betsy HP - Jun 15, 2006 5:33:59 am PDT #1536 of 3486
If I only had a brain...
Every time New Who has showed the Doctor caring about somebody other than Rose, reams of fix-it fic pour out in which he reassures her that the other person wasn't really all that important.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 15, 2006 5:35:26 am PDT #1537 of 3486
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
So, what do we think the craxy will start sending the Beeb in order to get Rosie back (a lal blue gloves and apples)? And is this something they've had to deal with before?
Betsy HP - Jun 15, 2006 5:41:20 am PDT #1538 of 3486
If I only had a brain...
Well, most of them should have gotten the hint from Eccleston dying. But nooooooo.
Calli - Jun 15, 2006 5:41:48 am PDT #1539 of 3486
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
So, what do we think the craxy will start sending the Beeb in order to get Rosie back (a lal blue gloves and apples)?
Well, roses seem like a possibility.
I'll miss Rose, but yeah. The show's survived losing the lead 9 times now. The companions can certainly be expected to come and go.
Jessica - Jun 15, 2006 5:49:11 am PDT #1540 of 3486
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
And is this something they've had to deal with before?
Well, the last time Who was on the air for an extended period of time, online craxyfen didn't exist.
I wonder if there will be protesters outside my building, like when BBCA stopped running Eastenders. (Which was just kind of pathetic, as it was raining, and there were only 4 of them, and the BBCA offices weren't even in New York back then.)
Frankenbuddha - Jun 15, 2006 5:54:01 am PDT #1541 of 3486
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Well, the last time Who was on the air for an extended period of time, online craxyfen didn't exist.
I wasn't thinking so specifically of Dr. Who, just TV fandom in general. Given what you said in Lite about how the BBC doesn't seem to believe there's such a thing as spoilers, and the brevity of "seasons" in general, I'm just curious if fandom is significantly different over there as well.
askye - Jun 15, 2006 5:57:16 am PDT #1542 of 3486
Thrive to spite them
The new fans do know about the premise of the show -- regenerations and companions --- right? Are they just thinking that this go around is different and everything on the show will stay the same forever?
I haven't read a lot of Dr Who fic because I keep running into the craxyfans.