Poll of the Day > Does anyone else not give a damn about Doctor Who?

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GreenKnight127
09/24/18 3:40:29 PM
#1:


It's almost become a conspiracy at this point. Just how much god damn advertising and promotion this shitty show gets.

What the actual hell is going on here? Are the producers members of the Illuminati or something? Is there subliminal messaging in every episode that makes people want to go out and shop at Amazon or Wal-Mart or eat at Red Lobster? (or whichever company decided to shell out marketing money to have their ads digitally imprinted into flashing lights and binary subdermal audio frequencies that play during the show).

Because I've watched two episodes. At a friend's house. Against my will. And thought it was shit beyond shit. A turd sandwich wrapped in a crusted sheath of pubic lice, drizzled with that liquid that forms at the corner of a crackhead's mouth when he hasn't got his "fix" in 6 days.

Why is there always a fucking headline somewhere for this shitshow? Why so many youtube videos recommended/trending about the GLORY that is (apparently) Doctor Who? So many news articles. So many ads. So much promotion.

If the medical industry fought for a cure to cancer as much as Doctor Who gets promoted....we would be living in a god damn utopia.
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Mead
09/24/18 3:41:10 PM
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Why are you mad about so many things
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Andromicus
09/24/18 3:41:41 PM
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It's a garbage show for garbage babies made by garbage sjws
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Lokarin
09/24/18 3:42:34 PM
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i don't watch it 'cuz I don't care about TV - that's about it
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ParanoidObsessive
09/24/18 3:45:31 PM
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I used to care, but Steven Moffat did an incredibly job of erasing even the slightest amount of giving a shit out of me, in spite of it being a show I spent almost three decades being obsessed with.

Honestly, though, I'm not entirely sure it's just me. As much as it seems to be the default assumption that all geeks and nerds love the show, and being a nerd is "cool" now (so people talk about the show more than they used to 20+ years ago), I think the show has been less "popular" overall in the sense of people actually watching and caring about it ever since David Tennant left.


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GreenKnight127
09/24/18 3:49:00 PM
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Mead posted...
Why are you mad about so many things


I have a medical condition where my blood sometimes congeals into microscopic, sentient, rage demons.

The only way to calm my blood down is to make anonymous rage posts on a video game message board.

Don't mind me. It's just my blood talking.
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ReturnOfFa
09/24/18 3:49:41 PM
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I'm just not into it, I don't get upset about it.
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ernieforss
09/24/18 4:16:03 PM
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i only watch one season after matt smith left.

i'm pretty much quit after all the plot holes. i think the moon being a dragon egg was the final straw.
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Keebs05
09/24/18 4:17:36 PM
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Never watched a single episode or cared to.
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Lokarin
09/24/18 4:48:15 PM
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I saw several episodes of the old serials whne I was a kid... with the scarf guy.

The only episode I seen of the reboot is the End of the World one
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Questionmarktarius
09/24/18 5:04:27 PM
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Finally getting a decent budget sucked a lot of the fun out of the show.
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PMarth2002
09/24/18 6:01:00 PM
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I enjoy it, but its very hit or miss. I haven't kept up with it since the middle of matt smith's run.
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I_Abibde
09/24/18 6:18:47 PM
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PMarth2002 posted...
I enjoy it, but its very hit or miss. I haven't kept up with it since the middle of matt smith's run.


This is true for me, too. I prefer the Big Finish audio dramas, but I thought the show was fantastic up through the end of the Tenth Doctor era.
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Zeus
09/24/18 6:24:32 PM
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What the fuck is up with your topics?

GreenKnight127 posted...
It's almost become a conspiracy at this point. Just how much god damn advertising and promotion this shitty show gets.


Not enough?

GreenKnight127 posted...
Because I've watched two episodes. At a friend's house. Against my will. And thought it was shit beyond shit.


Try watching a different two episodes then. At least two episodes of every show are dicey, unless it's a six episode series or something (and even then sometimes).

GreenKnight127 posted...
Why is there always a fucking headline somewhere for this shitshow? Why so many youtube videos recommended/trending about the GLORY that is (apparently) Doctor Who? So many news articles. So many ads. So much promotion.


....what?

GreenKnight127 posted...
If the medical industry fought for a cure to cancer as much as Doctor Who gets promoted....we would be living in a god damn utopia.


Too bad your vociferous vitriol can't be used to cure cancer. Instead, it's toxic enough to cause health ailments.
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Smiffwilm
09/24/18 6:25:04 PM
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Who?

I'll show myself out.
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GreenKnight127
09/24/18 6:29:59 PM
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Zeus posted...
What the fuck is up with your topics?


I make them for you, Zeus.

You have always been my favorite deity.

I dedicate my life to you. Your glory. Your beauty. That flowing beard.

You honor me with your replies. Just to be recognized by you, even if it's your almighty annoyance and indifference....it gives me extreme pleasure.

I do it for you, Zeus.

I do it....*wipes away a tear*.....f-for youuuuu!!!
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Black_Crusher
09/24/18 6:31:15 PM
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I'm too busy watching CBS destroy my beloved Trek to watch Dr Who lately.
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Cruddy_horse
09/24/18 6:41:22 PM
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Dr. Who feels like a show people who think they're 'nerdy" watch. Also I've never known a fan of the newer series that wasn't a teenager.
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Entity13
09/24/18 6:47:26 PM
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I'm giving Chibnall's run of DW a chance because this new era deserves that much at least. All of the advertising is just BBC trying to call back the fans after the damage that Moffat had done. Should this run of DW fail, however, it might be the final (chib)nail in the show's coffin (again thanks to Moffat).

If you don't like or care for DW at all, fine, but don't expect everyone else to agree with your sentiment.
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DragonGirlYuki
09/24/18 6:51:36 PM
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I don't care about it.
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Zikten
09/24/18 10:18:43 PM
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the show is the longest running sci fi show in history. that's why. it's part of culture.
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wolfy42
09/24/18 10:22:05 PM
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Smiffwilm posted...
Who?

I'll show myself out.


Dammit, I was gonna post that!!
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SKARDAVNELNATE
09/24/18 10:31:28 PM
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I use to really like the show. It's completely intolerable now.
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Zeus
09/25/18 12:26:47 AM
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Cruddy_horse posted...
Also I've never known a fan of the newer series that wasn't a teenager.


Do you mostly just hang out with teenagers or something? >_>

Entity13 posted...
I'm giving Chibnall's run of DW a chance because this new era deserves that much at least. All of the advertising is just BBC trying to call back the fans after the damage that Moffat had done. Should this run of DW fail, however, it might be the final (chib)nail in the show's coffin (again thanks to Moffat).

If you don't like or care for DW at all, fine, but don't expect everyone else to agree with your sentiment.


The recent changes aren't exactly the kind of thing that's going to get me back into the series. Granted, I ad-block and rarely ever watch cable so I also haven't seen any of the ads.

Just out of curiosity, which seasons supposedly soured fans on the show?
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Questionmarktarius
09/25/18 1:10:10 AM
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Zeus posted...
Just out of curiosity, which seasons supposedly soured fans on the show?

Pretty much the entire Colin Baker run (1984-86), and the Clara nonsense (2012-15). Also the 1996 movie pissed off a bunch of fans.
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Foppe
09/25/18 1:44:12 AM
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We have a Super Crown Dr Who yet?
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Questionmarktarius
09/25/18 1:49:32 AM
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Foppe posted...
We have a Super Crown Dr Who yet?

Catherine Tate.
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Sarcasthma
09/25/18 3:24:27 AM
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GreenKnight127 posted...
Mead posted...
Why are you mad about so many things


I have a medical condition where my blood sometimes congeals into microscopic, sentient, rage demons.

The only way to calm my blood down is to make anonymous rage posts on a video game message board.

Don't mind me. It's just my blood talking.

I'm gonna need to see a doctor's note.
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KJ StErOiDs
09/25/18 9:27:04 AM
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Like so many others here: I don't care about it because I've never watched it.

The major promotion it gets doesn't bother me at all, probably because I DVR what I watch on BBC America (ST: TNG) and therefore can fast-forward through everything else.
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vocedelmorte
09/25/18 11:30:58 AM
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Keebs05 posted...
Never watched a single episode or cared to.
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Firewood18
09/25/18 2:16:08 PM
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My only exposure to it is that there is a car at work that has a bumper sticker that says "my other vehicle is a (picture of a London phone booth)"

I had to ask what it was, I was told it was from Dr Who and that I was late.
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Dikitain
09/25/18 3:01:03 PM
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The older ones (Doctors 1 - 6) are decent in a campy B-movie kind of way. I watched a couple of episodes from the David Tenant and Matt Smith era's and could never get into it.
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Black_Crusher
09/25/18 3:04:54 PM
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KJ StErOiDs posted...
Like so many others here: I don't care about it because I've never watched it.

The major promotion it gets doesn't bother me at all, probably because I DVR what I watch on BBC America (ST: TNG) and therefore can fast-forward through everything else.

Those TNG transfers are piss, if you can watch them on Netflix you'd be doing yourself a big favor as they look great and not like they were taped on VHS 30 years ago.
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adjl
09/25/18 3:05:02 PM
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I would guess the aggressive promotion is because they're trying to recapture the success it had during Tennant's days (after which its popularity has pretty sharply declined), coupled with having some extra budget money left for advertising from that success.
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Black_Crusher
09/25/18 3:05:39 PM
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Firewood18 posted...
My only exposure to it is that there is a car at work that has a bumper sticker that says "my other vehicle is a (picture of a London phone booth)"

I had to ask what it was, I was told it was from Dr Who and that I was late.

I can tell you that's the tardis.
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DarkKirby2500
09/25/18 3:09:35 PM
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Show went to crap after the 1st season of the 12th Doctor.

Sure, the show was always a bit inconsistent, but after the 1st season of the 12th Doctor it was consistently terrible.

Now they're running the gimmick that the Doctor is female now, but while I'm not wholly against the concept, I've given up on the show in general.
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I_Abibde
09/25/18 6:35:33 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
Pretty much the entire Colin Baker run (1984-86), and the Clara nonsense (2012-15). Also the 1996 movie pissed off a bunch of fans.


Eh, I can't get too mad at either the Sixth or Eighth Doctors. What their TV shows (or TV movie) lacked, they more than made up in the quality of their audio dramas.

Clara really made me switch off, though, and I'm usually very fond of Peter Capaldi. The Thick of It is quite possibly my favorite British TV show.
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brockcube
09/25/18 7:43:35 PM
#39:


Zero interest but it always seems to get made or rebooted, never understood why.
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Questionmarktarius
09/25/18 7:44:15 PM
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I_Abibde posted...
Clara really made me switch off, though, and I'm usually very fond of Peter Capaldi.

Doctor x Companion shipping rarely works, if ever.

It didn't work with Rose, it definitely didn't work with Clara, and it barely worked with River.
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Zeus
09/28/18 1:49:21 AM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
it barely worked with River.


I wouldn't say it even barely worked with River.
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Entity13
09/28/18 4:25:33 AM
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Zeus posted...
Questionmarktarius posted...
it barely worked with River.


I wouldn't say it even barely worked with River.


They had a few moments, particularly toward the end, that might pass as a couple. Ultimately, however, it just went to show Moffat's shortcomings as a writer when it comes to functioning relationships, or women in general.
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Blaqthourne
09/28/18 5:21:08 AM
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I think I watched part of one episode about 10 years ago.
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Yellow
09/28/18 6:00:31 AM
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I watched it a couple times. It was like a Power Rangers episode.
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JOExHIGASHI
09/28/18 7:11:46 AM
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I've seen a few episodes. I didn't like it
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