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  1. 22nd November 2013, 07:58 PM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hursticon View Post
    Yesterday I checked out the 8th Doctor's 1st, and up until recently, last appearance via ABCiview - I really enjoyed it and can't see what all the negative fuss was about beyond, typically, general American audiences not grasping a concept that isn't... well... American.
    ?? What did Americans hate about it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Autocon View Post
    ?? What did Americans hate about it?
    It's not so much that they "hated" anything, more so that at the time they just didn't "get" what Doctor Who was/is - That feeling has changed a great deal since 2005 however.
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    As well as the half human thing, I think I've read that the Doctor kissing his companion, romantically, was also outrageous to the UK fans who didn't lie the Americans trying to make the Doctor into a typical US-style scifi hero.

    I remember watching it at the time, as a scifi fan not a Doctor Who fan, and thinking it was okay but nothing special. It wasn't until the Davies reboot that I became a fan.
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    The Last Day - another mini webisode.
    I also managed to clock the Google game in 9 min w/ 6 Doctors. I'm sure others could do better, but I'll be the first to admit that I'm not much of a gamer (anyone who's seen me get pwned on Fall of Cybertron can attest to this )

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    ABCiview has just posted their "Doctor Who: Viewer's Choice" episodes, comprising the most popularly voted Doctor & Story:

    Doctor Who: The Robots of Death (The 4th Doctor: Tom Baker)
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    Quote Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime View Post
    The Last Day - another mini webisode.
    I also managed to clock the Google game in 9 min w/ 6 Doctors. I'm sure others could do better, but I'll be the first to admit that I'm not much of a gamer (anyone who's seen me get pwned on Fall of Cybertron can attest to this )
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    I only got to the forth Doctor in that game, so went back just to kill myself to see the others.
    The weeping angels were the tricky bit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by griffin View Post
    The weeping angels were the tricky bit.
    Yeah, It took me 3 lives to realise facing them doesn't stop them moving.
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