{"id":730,"date":"2014-08-22T23:33:12","date_gmt":"2014-08-23T07:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biz141.inmotionhosting.com\/~akweko6\/sacollins.com\/wp\/?p=730"},"modified":"2014-08-22T23:40:19","modified_gmt":"2014-08-23T07:40:19","slug":"keep-calm-the-doctor-is-near","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sacollins.com\/blog-wp\/?p=730","title":{"rendered":"Keep Calm, The DOCTOR Is Near…"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Keep Calm, I’m the Doctor…”<\/span><\/h1>\n

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\"KEEP<\/a><\/p>\n

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Yeah, I’ll confess it now: I’m a Whovian<\/em><\/span>.<\/h2>\n

I can’t help it.<\/p>\n

There’s no therapy that I know of to cure me of my plight. Well, except the love and adoration that happens when you’re surrounded by other Whovians \u00a0of the Doctor Who universe.<\/p>\n

And ya know what? \u00a0I don’t want a cure. No interventions required, thank you very much!<\/p>\n

The Doctor is absurd, it asks much of its audience to suspend disbelief, it strains the boundaries of standard narrative and a cohesive universe as we know it. But that doesn’t matter one jot.<\/p>\n

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Because the magic is what sustains us. The magic is in the writing<\/strong><\/em><\/span>. The magic in the characters, the worlds the beloved Doctor takes us to. The examining of our human condition and interpersonal relationships that only someone from the outside (who looks so much like one of our own) can hold a light and microscope to and let us see what makes us undeniably well, uh, human.<\/p>\n

There isn’t much of what goes on in that universe that I don’t love. And I get to share it with family and friends and co-workers alike. One big Whovian family.<\/p>\n

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\"FUwqR8Z\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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I came to the Doctor very late in life. My previous boyfriend was a Whovian from the classic era. I knew about it. I indulged his fascination with it (and in particular Tom Baker’s incarnation). \u00a0I only started to take note of Doctor Who with Chris Eccleston’s Doctor. I know. I know. Really late to the party. That isn’t to say I haven’t done some catching up either.<\/p>\n

The granddaughter and I have watched the early eps up on Netflix. Thank the heavens for Netflix. My Doctor’s are never far from reach.<\/p>\n

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\"whosliced\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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And tomorrow we’re gifted with our new incarnation. Peter Capaldi.<\/p>\n

Can’t wait…<\/p>\n

He won’t be Matt. No one can be. But it’ll be great to see what Capaldi does with him. He’s supposed to be darker, more brooding.<\/p>\n

Brooding is good. Don’t know if it’s sustainable over time. But it’ll be interesting to watch. Though I am not emboldened with some of the Whovian chatter about the chemistry disconnect between Jenna and Peter. That doesn’t bode well for the series if there’s any truth to it. It could just be Whovian fan drama stirring up what really isn’t there. But the picture opportunities at the world wide events have sort of bore this whole thing out. They seem a bit stilted together. Gone seem to be the youthful \u00a0exuberance. It’s now something unknown, darker – mysterious. Even Clara doesn’t quite know what she’s got.<\/p>\n

Neither do we.<\/p>\n

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\"timelords\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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In a very real way, I am bang over the moon on the sudden shift. We could’ve lapsed into complacency in Matt’s lovable turn as the Doctor. And like many I adore Matt Smith. You can’t help it. He just pulls that from you. It’s in the air – it just becomes electric.<\/p>\n

Capaldi is darker. His temperament isn’t quite clear. It’s British… in every way that a man can be – but that’s the Yank in me that’s talking there.<\/p>\n

Though Matt carried a certain air about him that had an American Cowboy swagger that even we Yanks could appreciate. Tennant was brilliant, as was Eccelston. But Smith was the real connection to the world for this character. HE threw the doors wide open.<\/p>\n

Capaldi’s gotta build on it. Darkness is okay. Darkness can be cool. But if the chemistry between Clara and our newest Doctor don’t jive, then Houston, we’ve got a\u00a0serious<\/em> problem.<\/p>\n

I hope it won’t come to that. I love this character (one of millions, I’m aware). I love this universe (it gave me Captain Jack Harkness for Chrissake and who doesn’t love a bit of John Barrowman goodness?).<\/p>\n

We’ll just have to see what’s in store for ep 1 later on today… crossed fingers that it’s gonna be a whopper!<\/p>\n

It’s all just timey-wimey stuff anyway.<\/p>\n

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