the Village Knittiot

Last night Mr. Knittiot and I watched the last episode of season one of the all new Doctor Who series that aired in the UK earlier this year. A friend managed to *cough, cough* obtain *cough, cough* all 13 episodes prior to their release over here, and so we were treated to the blessed event a good year earlier than expected. All I can say is god (or whoever is in charge out there anyway) bless the BBC. They managed to snag Christopher Eccleston — who was just bloody brilliant — to play The Doctor (Doctor who? No, just The Doctor) and it was simply a fantastic romp of an adventure right from episode one. The mind blower was the last episode however, which resulted in me saying, “No, no, no, no, no!” for about ten minutes (and yes, even a whole 24 hours later I am still mumbling to myself).

They managed to add a little more sophistication to the classically campy effects, but maintained a somewhat unpolished feel that comes across as a brilliant homage to its humble beginnings. What I remember of earlier Doctor Who episodes comes from late night childhood explorations of a world that I suspected was meant to be traversed while under the influence of something a little harder than grape soda and sour patch kids. Nevertheless, they are fond memories and I was delighted to see such an excellent revival of the series.

According to the wikipedia article Doctor Who boasts an unbelievable 26 seasons. I’m not sure I’m up for that many episodes, but I am starting to wonder how many sweaters one could knit over the course of 26 seasons of Doctor Who…

Halfway through the season I realized that the reason Christopher Eccleston looked so damn familiar was because he was. He was in the one and only horror movie that I do not regret seeing, only he looked less like this

and more like a psychotic military leader intent on forcibly repopulationg a zombie ridden England through any means necessary in 28 Days Later. He also played the Duke of Norfolk in Elizabeth, but if you have ever seen 28 Days Later, you will understand why that is the image that sticks out in my brain.

I would link to the BBC site for the new Doctor Who, but it gives something away and I don’t want to ruin the surprise for you when it comes out on DVD. Because you are going to buy it, right? I mean, why wouldn’t you? At least promise me you’re going to put it in your Netflix cue. Go on, do it now, I’ll wait. *hums to self hmmm hmm hmmm* Right then, there you are. As I was saying, I would link to the site, but I don’t want to give away surprises.

So, there you go, my geekdom (once again) on display for the world. But as I am fond of reminding people, geek is the new black…

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