It doesn't take itself serious period and as such it doesn't take the audience or its job serios - perhaps that is why its so much rubbish.

But I guess its emo, and it strikes a chord with so many people because when you get right down to it, most of them are emos.

But scifi, don't make me laugh.

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A simple concept for most people to understand. But yes, it does seem to be a collective problem most people have here. For all your sorry rantings and hot air, not one of you can answer a simple question. This is a 'discussion forum'.

You know what's even more ironic. All this sorry whining and stupid questions asking why I'm asking a question. Here's one for all of you, if you hate me so much because I don't like your rubbish little TV programme, why are you:

a) Reading this thread?
b) Replying to it?

EXACTLY. There are plenty of popular shows that I don't like but you don't see me going to a dedicated forum to say "why do you like such crap?" It's rude, frankly. You could easily have said "I like a lot of sci-fi but have never gotten into Doctor Who. Some have criticized it's quality of sci-fi (wobbly sets etc). I'm curious, why do you like it so much? What is the appeal?"

You see? Asks the question without the insulting framing of "why do you like crap?"

if you hate dr who so much...why are you posting in its fan forum????

I find it interesting that some people can't spot sarcasm unless it is highlighted and underlined for them with a .

Carry on making humourless put downs. You're clearly not capable of holding a pleasant conversation.

As for it "appealing to me so much" how on Earth are you so up to date with my individual tastes, likes and dislikes? Or are you, shock, horror, making a huge crass generalisation?

It is also interesting that you believe that your "simple question" actually requires an answer.

Question - "Why am I the only person in the whole world who thinks Doctor Who is terrible?"

Answer - "Clearly, with only a few seconds of thought it would be clear to you that you are not. Millions like it, millions do not. Just like every other television programme/food/music/book/colour/fashion/country/animal/woman in the world. It is not therefore remarkable in any way whatsoever."

Question answered. Happy now?

What is the point of that? Starting a thread saying how much you hate Doctor Who, and you even posted it in the Doctor Who section. I'm pretty sure most of the people who visit this section are fans of the show. If you don't like it then don't watch it.

Fair enough, you've turned my wicked ways around. What shall we recategorise it as, in place of scifi?

Whether you like it or not, its about time travel in space, aliens, etc. And I smell a no true scotsman argument. There's not 'real' scifi and 'fake' scifi. Its registered as the longest running scifi program in the world! Its gotta be doing something right for some people...

I just looked through his previous posts and all he does it go around this forum telling people he doesn't like this and that.

Oh here's something popular that I don't like. I better go tell everyone because they simply must know that I don't like the same things as them. You don't like Doctor Who. Why why why do you need to let us know?

Yes, it's an open discussion. You can and have posted that you don't like the show. I just don't understand your motivation. It's like you have a problem with us liking the show.

i was under the impression that a programme consisting of a time traveling alien with two hearts with the ability to regenerate into a new person....spending his time fighting various different alien species and saving the world, galaxy, universe, reality, etc was classified as sci-fi....i am now very confused

Either I need to be clearer with my sarcasm...

Or I need to recognise sarcasm better

BARROWMAN!! *shakes fist*

that one

Ooh, lets play

My best friend in the whole world hates Doctor Who with a passion. If I so much as mention a Dalek or say Gallifrey he gets a scary look in his eyes and I fear he will start screaming.

He thinks David Tennant is the worst actor ever. I intend to rectify this issue tomorrow by showing him the Hamlet "To be or not to be" speech compared to my my beloved Kenneth Branagh's version. Branagh best British actor of current times IMO but Tennant just blasted him away with one piece of monologue. But yeah, Tennant not the best actor.

He also thinks the plots are cheesy, the monsters not scary and the the programme as a whole is laughable.

However he loves Star Wars, more than anything on the planet. I personally believe Star Wars is an overrated pile of dog's business. I don't expect anybody to sit down and explain to me why a large amount of the population loves it. I like Alien more than Aliens as too and I don't really want me people to explain to me why that's wrong!

If you don't like it then fine, come bitch about it. Just don't expect me to explain why I adore it. I do because I do, end of. Just as I don't expect to go to ilovestarwars dot com and have people convince be that a gay gold robot is good. I will make people angry and go away feeling the same way as I did before.

Edited for a million typos :P

I'm going to respond your post as diplomatically and sincerely as possible because, according to your successive responses, you have yet to receive a satisfactory response to your initial post.

Obviously your "am I the only one..." comment isn't meant literally so I shan't reply to it accept to say it's down to personal opinions and taste - personally, I love a range of programmes: Doctor Who, anything by Charlie Brooker, 30 Rock, Lost, Life On Mars to name a few. Maybe not particularly highbrow but I'm sure you'd agree a fairly broad range of stuff.

The whole concept of Doctor Who is indeed fantastic - a hero with numerous lifelines, a universe of enemies and civilizations etc. At what point did you start watching? And when did you stop? The last two episodes certainly weren't the finest since 2005 but, for many, I think they were spectacular enough yet poetic to please hardcore fans and occasional viewers alike. Similarly, I wouldn't say it was Russell T Davies' finest writing either, but I think to say it's one of the worst things you've ever seen is a huge disservice to something that has been created with love, admiration and respect for it's 40-odd year history.

Might I ask why you say it is unoriginal? I don't watch too much sci-fi so the occasional accusations of "Buffy rip off" etc pass me by. I agree that the end of part one of End of Time lasted waaaay too long, and there have been a few times where poor editing decision have been made, but I think that the nearly 60 episodes of Doctor Who since 2005 have been a triumph - Blink, Girl in the Fireplace, The Stolen Earth, Turn Left, Midnight are just a few memorable episodes that I think rank as some of the best hours of TV.

On the accusation of unimpressive acting, I'd like you to name some examples of "impressive acting"? I don't tend to get too emotive whilst watching TV, but there have been a couple of times while watching Doctor Who that David Tennant's performances have made me shed a tear, left me heartbroken and filled me with joy - surely the mark of a great actor?

I think that when you say it's written by someone with no grasp of Sci Fi kinda misses the point. Any drama, any GOOD drama (be it period, soap or sci fi) is, essentially, about relationships - between a police officer and the killer he is hunting; the woman searching for her missing child; the family sharing their home with an alien. A good writer, a good drama, should transcend genre and allow the viewer to relate in some way to what they are witnessing. I may not entirely understand what a paradox machine is, or what Deus ex Machina means, but I DO understand how it feels to be torn away from someone you love, how you sometimes have to make a heartbreaking decision, or how good it feels to sometimes just escape. A good writer should connect with an audience regardless of genre.

I can't pretend to tell you why so many people watch Doctor Who, but I hope that my post explains in some way why I watch it and that, because I've given your original post some respect, you will do me the same.

Because you've intentionally come into a forum and started posting shit about how you hate the programe, and yu're whining responses are making it look as if it's US who's stormed onto your board and demanded we rape your family, you plank.

In response to your original question, I love Doctor Who because it is simply one of, if not THE BEST EVER long-running science-fiction programmes. The beauty with sci-fi is that it doesn't have to make sense, it can be as ludicrous as you want it to be, and you can still get a conceivable plot-line out of it.

The acting is sometimes amazing, and sometimes it's utter garbage. I think Tenant is the best portrayer of the doctor perhaps ever, if not very closely behind Tom Baker. He got everything right, in my eyes, and for his acting skills, he salvaged many scenes that would've sunk with other actors portraying the role, and made good scenes even better. Magical, even.

I love the villains. I love the companions. I love the history. I love the mystery of why he's called 'The doctor', and what really happened in the great time war.

I love the programme, because it gives me the opportunity to release myself from the stresses of everyday life for 45 minutes.

I love the programme because it allows me to escape from people like you.

I know it's easy to get riled, but you need to be careful mate - I think that kinda language can get people binned off here...? :-S

ANd yet you go on a thread you don't like and post on it?

Oh, is that what you were trying to do?


Oh, you were trying to hold a conversation were you?


Why else would you go into an emo rage over a simple quesiton?


I'd ask you to explain that, but I think you would have already if it wasn't anything other then another pointless remark.


If you read the whole post, and were capable of actually extracting what the driving question was, it was WHY DO PEOPLE LIKE IT? Doesn't surprise me that you missed that.

I want to know why anyone would think that pathetic excuse for entertainment is so brilliant. It's a simple enough question, which everyone here has shown to be incapable of answering. Maybe because it really is just a pathetic excuse for entertainment.

I've reported you for coming in here and clearly just arguing with people for no reason. It's up to DS staff if it's okay or not though as I'm unsure if it breaks a specific rule. I suggest nobody else bother responding to the guy.

No offence meant AT ALL.

Its because you are lacking in imagination.

you see it all depends on how old you are and how long you've been watching the show. You see this TV show is one of the longest running tV programs of all time and like james Bond, sherlock Holmes,its a british institution.

Its doesn't want to be start trek or BSG if it was it would have never had lasted as long as it does. The Character of the doctor has been with us since 1963 and will be remade and relaunched forever. My Doctor was Tom Baker although all media these days will suggest David Tennant has taken that crown I would contend that the majority of his fans are new fans since 2005 and didn't experience the full baker years ( The public was as upset about his regeneration into peter Davison)

Anyway Its a family show that you grow up with. Your children enjoy it and you remember being 8 years old wanting the doctor to defeat the enemy. Its much more than TV series its a rite of passage and remember its one of the only shows that have been brought back by public demand. I think the real appeal Of doctor who is that its acessible to all those people who don't like sci-fi. my wife used to ridicule me for loving the show but with its new incarnations she is crying like a baby at one doctor changing into another actor. You mother and father, grandfather and sister will sit down on xmas day and watch a man flying a police box. I can bet that no other TV sc-fi show would get the ratings whether it be star trek,BSG etc.

Basically, Doctor who is popular because its silly and fun. and you don't have to be a nerd to watch it. whereas many people who watch other more sci-fi like shows would consider the intrusion of popularity a curse anyway.

you see it all depends on how old you are and how long you've been watching the show. You see this TV show is one of the longest running tV programs of all time and like james Bond, sherlock Holmes,its a british institution.

Its doesn't want to be start trek or BSG if it was it would have never had lasted as long as it does. The Character of the doctor has been with us since 1963 and will be remade and relaunched forever. My Doctor was Tom Baker although all media these days will suggest David Tennant has taken that crown I would contend that the majority of his fans are new fans since 2005 and didn't experience the full baker years ( The public was as upset about his regeneration into peter Davison)

Anyway Its a family show that you grow up with. Your children enjoy it and you remember being 8 years old wanting the doctor to defeat the enemy. Its much more than TV series its a rite of passage and remember its one of the only shows that have been brought back by public demand. I think the real appeal Of doctor who is that its acessible to all those people who don't like sci-fi. my wife used to ridicule me for loving the show but with its new incarnations she is crying like a baby at one doctor changing into another actor. You mother and father, grandfather and sister will sit down on xmas day and watch a man flying a police box. I can bet that no other TV sc-fi show would get the ratings whether it be star trek,BSG etc.

Basically, Doctor who is popular because its silly and fun. and you don't have to be a nerd to watch it. whereas many people who watch other more sci-fi like shows would consider the intrusion of popularity a curse anyway.

I was going to respond, but I think you're right. So I'll just quote for emphasis. This is classic trolling.

Oh I see. You are trying to be superior and patronising.


One person says something. The other person says something. They repeat. Yup looks like it to me.


Again you claim complete knowledge of my frame of mind. Remarkable. The answer to this question is because the programme I was watching still had an hour to go and I was passing the time (and that programme wasn't even Doctor Who. I haven't bothered to watch that yet. Which is odd seeing as how you believe it "appeals to me so much").


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And yet I did answer that, as have many other people, and yet you seem to missed that. Which DOES surprise me because you even went to the trouble to quote my answer and yet still didn't apparently read it.

I shall try to set it out very clearly, since you obviously can't handle anything other than the simplest of language.

Some people like it, some do not. Whilst your vastly over-inflated ego would like it to be the fact that you are the only person in existance with the intelligence to see Doctor Who for the piece of trash that it is (I am sure you could be much, much better), this is not in fact the case. Even in the UK, let alone the rest of the world, there are far more people not watching Doctor Who than are. Just like there are more people not buying the number one single in the UK than are.

As with everything else in existance it's a matter of personal taste. One person cannot truly explain to another why they like Marmite / Tony Hancock / Escape to Victory / X-Factor / Cofee with three sugars / Salvador Dali / following Fulham / Doctor Who / Keira Knightley because the answer is "because I do".

If they gave more details such as the writing is great you would say no it isn't. If they said the humour made them laugh you would say no it doesn't. And so on and so on.

They are not right, and you are not right. Then again you would both be.

Reasonable, intelligent people understand that personal tastes vary. They also understand that they are not the centre of the universe and they may, on occassion, even find themselves in the minority.

Double post.