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But who knew? A surf of the Sci-Fi Channel, where the first season of the new "Doctor Who" had its American debut this spring, revealed the new "Who" with Christopher Eccleston as the good/bad Doctor to be a clever delight. | But who knew? A surf of the Sci-Fi Channel, where the first season of the new "Doctor Who" had its American debut this spring, revealed the new "Who" with Christopher Eccleston as the good/bad Doctor to be a clever delight. | ||
| − | + | All 13 episodes are now compiled on the five-disc "Doctor Who: The Complete First Season" ({{stars|3|3}}, BBC, $99.98, discounted in the $70 range). | |
If you have no "Who" history, the wikipedia.org capsule version goes like this: The longest running sci-fi series anywhere (it began in 1963 with new shows running annually until 1989) was styled as a family show with an educational component, since the mysterious, easily irritated alien adventurer (played by 10 actors over the course of the original show, explained by the fact he could regenerate his physical self) would generally set his equally cranky machine for interesting sorties into history, like the French Revolution or Caesar's Rome. | If you have no "Who" history, the wikipedia.org capsule version goes like this: The longest running sci-fi series anywhere (it began in 1963 with new shows running annually until 1989) was styled as a family show with an educational component, since the mysterious, easily irritated alien adventurer (played by 10 actors over the course of the original show, explained by the fact he could regenerate his physical self) would generally set his equally cranky machine for interesting sorties into history, like the French Revolution or Caesar's Rome. | ||
