I haven't lost my interest in our dear Mr. Armitage. It was just that I couldn't keep up with the intensity of it and well, there were other interests too... Not other actors! Oh no, I am still a one-man woman.
There is the wonder of Netfix though. For the last several summers I have spent a lot of it binge watching whole seasons of certain shows. Last summer it was Gilmore Girls. The summer before it was Wallander (the Swedish series) - more about that soon (I hope!). The previous summer it was Life on Mars (the English series - no, not the American one, sorry!). This summer it was, and is... Doctor Who! I have just started watching Matt Smith's version of the Doctor, and while I do miss David Tennant, I am still enjoying the show very much.
I first started watching Doctor Who many moons ago as a youngster when this guy was the Doctor.
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| Tom Baker - the Doctor from 1974-1981 |
I was curious when they resurrected the series in 2005 with Christopher Eccleston. I watched the first couple of episodes and enjoyed it, but somehow I lost track of it and never bothered about it again until the winter before last when I caught a Christmas special on cable tv - probably a rerun because it had Matt Smith in it then. It was quite enthralling, and there was another episode after that, then another, and on until around 3:00 in the morning I finally decided I needed to go to bed! Good thing this was during the Christmas holidays! So I caught the Who bug, you might say. But I didn't really do anything about it, until I Doctor Who showed up on Netflix. I think the original episodes were on first. I did try to watch the earliest ones - but couldn't get past the really amateur special effects. Then finally the new episodes showed up! I was savouring them at first, but then I got worried that Netflix might discontinue them before I could finish with them (like they did with MI-5). I still haven't seen all of season 6 (or was it 5?). Anyway, hence the summer binge watching!
As always, I would love it if my latest obsession could merge with my main one. If that would be so, my dream would come true and I would see something like this:
Not sure who to credit for this, if it is yours, please let me know!
I found it on the web page for Doctor Who Amino.
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I found this picture a couple of years ago and I have been waiting to share it.
Once again I wish I knew who created it.
I was pleased to discover someone has actually created a fanvid with Richard inserted into the show.
How did I miss seeing this for so long?
Link to Youtube
I hope all the fandom has a wonderful time this Armitage Day!
