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"No but yeah but no but"
Oh is that where that comes from? I have a friend who quotes that occasionally, but I did not know it was a specific source. (Because I can think of a couple of British people I've met who would actually say that. For some reason American dithering just sounds different in my head.)
Robin, did you see the Comic Relief sketches? Very, very amusing. Celebrity cameos all over the shop.
imitating the inkeeper's "Ye-asss."
Hee! I love saying that. I also love saying "Eh Eh Eeeeeeehhhh!"
I just bought the Season 1 DVDs and I'm joyfully wallowing. And yay for Anthony Stewart Head!
For some reason American dithering just sounds different in my head.
Yeah, I think American dithering is more 'like' than 'but'.
We say "Eh eh ehhh" a lot too! I don't why that's so damn funny, but it is.
I still randomly say "the only gay in the village!" and nobody gets it but me.
I still randomly say "the only gay in the village!" and nobody gets it but me.
Heh. I'd get that. I liked the daft Scottish innkeeper too.
Okay, so I love the new Dr. Who. Russell T. Davies does it again. Much joy.
What I'm wondering is can a Buffy-informed community like this take a sci-fi show that's simply accepting exactly the gender stereotypes Joss set out to subvert? (In the opening scene, I kept expecting Rose to pull out a stake. Later, they found the bad guy in the sewer. Next question: is Joss a Dr. Who fan who pulled those elements from previous Doctors?)
I know I'll keep watching-- the whole family will be-- mostly for the laughs (I concur about RTD, btw), but also to keep spotting the influences (next week's episode trailer shows that it'll start with the world exploding. Familar to British sci-fi fans at all? )
I thought it was great. It absolutely hit the right balance between honouring the legacy and striking its own new tone. Ecclestone was perfect and Billie Piper didn't even annoy me that much. Loved the evil wheelie bin and the schtick with the London Eye.
Gender stereotyping here or there; the Doctor has always been an Alpha Male, I couldn't imagine him any other way, and his female companions haven't all been wimps. Rose looks as though she'll give as good as she gets.
Didn't I read that Joanna Lumley played a female Doctor once for Comic Relief or something? That would have been interesting to see.
On edit: the one thing I didn't like too much was how they'd messed with the theme tune. They sort of stuck it all on a synthesiser, so the depth was lost. Nothing can beat the Radiophonic Workshop original, I'm not sure why they didn't just use that one.
Didn't I read that Joanna Lumley played a female Doctor once for Comic Relief or something? That would have been interesting to see.
She did, in The Curse of Fatal Death. Though it was a short appearance. The primary actor playing the Doctor was Rowan Atkinson. (Richard E. Grant and Jim Broadbent also got a turn.)