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Surely Some Mistake...?
I think it's pretty much a truism of Doctor Who fandom that everybody's - everybody's - favourite story is some other fan's most hated. And the reverse, of course.
For me, this bit of news is yet more proof that that truism is, er, true. Once again I am given cause to reflect what a long shadow, for better or worse, the Ten/RTD era still casts over the series, even when we're literally only a couple of months away from moving on to Twelve. Best moment in science fiction, horror and fantasy? Best moment in Doctor Who? Best moment in the post-2005 series, even? Not even close, for me. Not even in my top twenty, if I had to compile one. Could possibly be in my bottom twenty, but I suspect there would be quite a lot of Series 2 moments in there, tbh.
When, oh when, will people stop disagreeing with me on t'internets???!! ;D
For me, this bit of news is yet more proof that that truism is, er, true. Once again I am given cause to reflect what a long shadow, for better or worse, the Ten/RTD era still casts over the series, even when we're literally only a couple of months away from moving on to Twelve. Best moment in science fiction, horror and fantasy? Best moment in Doctor Who? Best moment in the post-2005 series, even? Not even close, for me. Not even in my top twenty, if I had to compile one. Could possibly be in my bottom twenty, but I suspect there would be quite a lot of Series 2 moments in there, tbh.
When, oh when, will people stop disagreeing with me on t'internets???!! ;D
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I think they are trolling us. Surely!
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;D
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You're right, however; the Ten/RTD era does cast a long shadow. I hope it will shorten as time goes by. I bear neither of them any (or much, if I'm to be brutally honest about my response to Ten) ill will, but it will be a relief to be able to regain a bit of historical perspective about both the Whoniverse and the various genres the poll supposedly encompassed.
I do imagine Uncle Rusty would be among the first to roll his eyes at this result. Whilst giggling a bit, bless him, but yeah, he loves all those genres and probably knows at least five or six scenes off the top of his head that he'd happily admit surpassed Bad Wolf Bay.
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Which is putting it diplomatically, I think. ;)
I do wonder how long it will be before Ten adopts the position of "just another Doctor". It's been four years now, a bit more actually, and there still seems to be a large part of fandom devoted to Ten, and especially to the notion of Ten/Rose, to the extent that I would argue that Eleven was never really given a fair shake by a lot of fans. I think a lot of the criticism directed both at the Eleven era and at Moffat as showrunner continues to be influenced in part (not solely, but definitely in part) by the fact that they are not Ten and RTD.
Time will tell, anyway...
I'd like to think Rusty saw the funny side, definitely. He's alright, from what I see of him, and definitely has a sense of humour about this sort of thing. Also knows a lot about fandom and trolling it. ;)