Why I'm Still Watching Doctor Who (I Think).

I've been thinking a fair bit about Doctor Who recently. I think because I'm so bothered by what I'm supposed to be supporting - by who I'm supposed to be rooting for. But...I still seem to want to watch. And I still really want to catch up with all the old series I haven't seen. So, I'm trying to work out why, how and if the new Doctor can be reconciled with the old ones, what it is I'm watching for. If the show still has the strengths that made me love it, in spite of its dodgy plot, acting and effects, when I first got into it, before the new series was even announced.

( So, reasons I've come up with that I still watch: )

That said, WHAT THE FREAKIN' HECK IS GOING ON WITH THIS SHOW'S ETHICS?!

I present for your edification the fantastic and fabulous moral code of the Tenth Doctor:

( Age of Steel Vs Love and Monsters )

Hmm, that bears saying outside the parenthesis and an LJ-cut. The Doctor's only character consistant trait seems to be that his current whim is guaranteed to have the moral high ground.

( Man In Big Blue Box SMASH! Oh, and Character Development )

Ugh. I'm stuck with this show. I love it, it's such great fun, but I also...eh. I'm really hoping the next series is better. I'm kind of interested to see who the new companion is, but the news that it'll be another young woman worries me. I really hope there's less of an overt proto-romantic relationship. We'll see.