Comments on: Is Doctor Who the most popular SciFi show today?

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:16:42 +0000

DR Who is the longest running Sci-Fi programme of all time. And as long as it continues to run, that title cannot be taken away either.

The main reason that DR Who is still going strong after almost 50 years and will continue to do so is because the format is so open and easy. With a Time-Travel Space Ship and an almost-immortal time-lord with 13 regenerations (allowing for the main actor to change when needed), you can pretty much accomplish any story in any time in any place! It really is that simple and that brilliant.

When the BBC first launched the programme in 1963 they could not have known how wise they were to leave the origins and details so open and vague, allowing for such a long and fantastic evolution of the programme over generations.

Compared to many Sci-Fi programmes today, DR Who is in a different league. Whereas programmes like Star Trek are relatively contained in their structure and as such usually have to resort to re-desigining previous story-lines, DR Who can just keep going in different places, times and even genres without risking any damage to the original format and feel of the show.

In a recent poll, one American site ranked DR Who as 8th out of 50 Sci-Fi shows and classed “Battlestar Galactica” as No.1. Do me a favour. It may be very popular right now and I’ll even accept it has a stronger following in its prime, but compared to the longevity, surrealism, imagination and downright continuity of DR Who it has absolutely nothing.

By: Kathy Matney

Kathy Matney — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:01:45 +0000

I Love the Doctor! This is the reason that I started watching the Sci-Fi
Channel. I started watching in the late ’70′s’ and I really hope they produce the entire series. David Tennant is the best Doctor and the HOTTEST yet.

By: Snowycat

Snowycat — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 04:51:24 +0000

The Doctor rocks! I’ve never missed an episode since the Sci-Fi channel started airing it.. I thought Christopher Eccelsson did a pretty decent job but David Tennant outshines and outacts him in every way.. Tennant has managed to create a character that, no matter how much he surrounds himself with his friends, exudes a deep lonliness and arouses a great deal of sympathy from his audience.. I sincerely hope he stays on as the Doctor for many years to come (although this is doubtful).. I’ve read that the series is only going to produce a limited number of specials for 2009 (4, I believe) and won’t be back for a full season until 2010.. I’m not sure why, but then again, I’m not sure why the Sci-Fi Channel feels they can only produce and show 5-6 episodes of ANY of their series before going into reruns.. Does anyone remember when a series used to last from Sept. til May or June before going on hiatus? Sigh, those were the good old days of TV.. ^^

By: Angie K

Angie K — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 04:09:18 +0000

My name is Angie, and I have been watching DR. Who for as long as I can remember. I started watching the original series when I was just a little kid, and I watched it every weekend on PBS. The new series has all the great enemies, all new companions, and, of course, the beloved savior of all time and space, The Great Doctor! The new series is so much more than the original, in that it has so much more special effects, but I have to tell u, the emotions are the same watching then and now! The Dr. Who series is still one of the best damn shows on TV, and I don’t care who u r or what u watch!!!!!!!!!!

By: HEXX77 Southern USA

HEXX77 Southern USA — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:00:30 +0000

My whole life I’ve been a huge Star Trek fan and a fan of most
all American scifi. But I have always been a bigger Doctor Who fan.
Ill take Doctor Who over every American scifi show ever made any
time any day. Or any British scifi show for that matter. Doctor Who always has and always will be #1 in my eyes.

British scifi is superior!
British scifi is supreme!
All hail the Brits!
Exterminate! Exterminate!
Exterminate! American SciFi!
Exterminate!

By: Buddy

Buddy — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 23:12:04 +0000

Being such a Tech savvy nation, the true fans in the US are simply downloading the episodes hours after they air. I have yet to see a full episode on Scifi. The downloads also include Torchwood and Sara Jane. The viewing numbers they really need to look at are the seeds and peer on torrent download sites. And Yes, Doctor Who is, and has always been, the most popular Scifi show in the world.

By: alexander

alexander — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 02:56:48 +0000

i looooooove doctor who i am the number one fan of the show and i realy think that it is unfair for the media circuits in the united states to short change doctor who because it is a british programme bad fish really, as the brits would say after all the united states practicly slam their tv shows down the throats of the british media with all the force of a piledriver and no one over there complians about it. Doctor who now and forever (I love you doctor)

By: Riley, Not O'Reilly

Riley, Not O'Reilly — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:32:11 +0000

At least we get Doctor Who here in the USA, albeit delayed. Still no sign of Torchwood or the Sarah Jane Adventures, though.

By: SFG

SFG — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 11:44:07 +0000

Your forgiveness is assured. I was just being picky. Besides, you were only one season out, I bet most people wouldn’t know there’s been 20-odd seasons of the show.

By: southerngeekygirl

southerngeekygirl — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 06:30:15 +0000

I totally meant 29! I am only a recent Who fan so you’ll have to forgive me:)

By: EelKat

EelKat — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 07:23:18 +0000

the new season isn’t airing here localy, but the older seasons are… and I have to agree, Dr. Who is by far the best sci-fi ever made

(that coming from the USA, too!)

~~EK

By: SFG

SFG — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 07:05:35 +0000

This new season of Doctor Who is actually season 29, not 30 like you report. *smile*
I agree with GrantTLC, when we don’t have to wait for the American TV and film output then you shouldn’t have to wait for ours.

By: southerngeekygirl

southerngeekygirl — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:20:53 +0000

I’m not sure where the US is up to, they’ve been showing series 2 on SciFi, don’t know when 3 will come. The UK just showed the first ep in series 3.

By: Edseverripit

Edseverripit — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 02:55:26 +0000

The rest of us in the Land of Oz are awaiting our fill What season are you guys up to, BTW?

By: southerngeekygirl

southerngeekygirl — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 23:08:25 +0000

I’m all for that! Maybe since so many corporations are going global now there is hope for the future. Meanwhile, we have Bittorrent.:)

By: GrantTLC

GrantTLC — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 17:24:57 +0000

Lol, Americans can get Doctor Who at the same time as us, as soon as they learn to start premiering their Hollywood movies/TV shows in the UK on the day of THEIR release.

No withholding your cake and eating ours, thanks.

By: make that 8.2 million and 1 « Southern. Geeky. A Girl.

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