Name that nerdy show!
You figure it out?
It's Doctor Who!
I'm a huge fan of this show. I asked for every DVD box set for Christmas and got 3 out of 6 making my aunt extraordinarily jealous :)
Anyway, the Doctor is a 900 year old Timelord from Gallifrey who travels through time and space in his TARDIS which is disguised as a blue Police telephone box from the 1960s in England. Oh. He regenerates. And is an absolute genius.
I love the aliens, the history references, and the generally crazy stuff that's on that show. What I love more than these, however, is that it is a witty and intelligent show with wonderful story lines. Plus, the actors who have been cast as the Doctor as of late are quite spectacular. Christopher Eccleston, who played the Ninth Doctor, portrayed a rather war-torn version of the Doctor, slightly intense but also very fun. David Tennant, who played the Tenth Doctor, was a very intense Doctor who fit very well with "burning through time" what with all of the passion displayed. Matt Smith, who is the Eleventh and current Doctor, is a much more mellow version compared with the last two. He's very fun, quirky, nerdy, much more humble, but also very confident and angry when it's necessary.
Actually, the whole purpose of this post today was just to update my reading list :)
The ones with the * are completed. If it has a ~ next to it, I'm currently reading it.
The Reading List:
*After by Amy Efaw
Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin
Extraordinary by Nancy Werlin
~The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney
Forever by Judy Blume
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
Never Let Me Go by Kazou Ishiguro
Lady Macbeth's Daughter by Lisa Klein
Red Riding Hood by Sarah Blakely Cartwright
Jay's Journal by Anonymous (A companion diary to Go Ask Alice)
Intrigues by Mercedes Lackey
Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
68 Knots by Michael Robert Evans
Red: The Next Generation of American Writers - Teenage Girls - On What Fires Up Their Lives Today edited by Amy Goldwasser
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
In my opinion, Matt Smith is more of a charming Doctor and he's quite fun to watch... his problem-solving is reminiscent of the BBC's new show "Sherlock". However, Tennant probably has done the best job out of the three in both the caliber of his acting and the believability of his character.
ReplyDeleteMaybe, but I still love Eccleston. Also, you've only seen Tennant and Smith to the best of my knowledge, am I correct?
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