Comments on: Home on the Strange

By: Cat's Staff

Cat's Staff — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 08:57:29 +0000

Good point Scott, I hadn’t thought of those as supernatural as much as natural things in a Sci-Fi sense that we don’t have any other way of explaining except using the supernatural (in the same way thunder would have been supernatural to someone 50,000 years ago). In the new series I remember hearing references to “God” and “Heaven”, by the Doctor Himself in a way that the original would never have done.

By: Scott Hamilton

Scott Hamilton — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:46:20 +0000

“Having only seen the first season of the new series (and all the old series) itâ€™s hard to sayâ€¦ I noticed more references to religion/God/heaven/supernaturalism in the new seriesâ€¦the old one didnâ€™t have any. Has anyone else noticed that trend?”

Didn’t have any? “The Daemons”? The whole seasons which revolved around the White and Black Guardians? “The Reign of Terror” and “The Crusades”? “Kinda” and “Snakedance”? The Doctor saying “I walk in eternity” in “Pyramids of Mars”? The Doctor falling off the telescope in “Logopolis” and saying, “It’s the end, but the moment has been prepared for…” before regenerating? And those are just what I can think of off the top of my head.

Doctor Who has always had a tendency to reduce the supernatural to scientific explanation, and the new series has continued that tradition.

By: CurtisP

CurtisP — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:33:16 +0000

I’m totally printing this out and posting it at work.

By: Tim G

Tim G — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:45:07 +0000

My local library (15 minutes roundtrip walk) has some Tom Baker era DVDs of Doctor Who. They also have some Red Dwarf DVDs which are more to my liking.

By: bonnie-ann black

bonnie-ann black — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:51:59 +0000

oh yes, shane! i have made that my little daily mantra. and then, like martha, i say “and I love him to bits!”

By: CarrieP

CarrieP — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:42:49 +0000

Ah! Thanks for reminding me Cat! Was going to do that and then got sidetracked.

And yes, they’ve got ‘em. Brilliant.

Thanks again for jump-starting my memory!

By: Cat's Staff

Cat's Staff — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:28:17 +0000

CarrieP… try your local library. I checked the first series out and have the second on reserve. They also have all the original Doctor Who DVD (the ones that have been released).

Having only seen the first season of the new series (and all the old series) it’s hard to say… I noticed more references to religion/God/heaven/supernaturalism in the new series…the old one didn’t have any. Has anyone else noticed that trend?