From Newsgroup: rec.arts.drwho.moderated
From Address: jphalt@aol.com
Subject: Re: jphalt's Doctor Who reviews

On Jan 21, 12:00 pm, John Hall  wrote:

> I know that some people turn their noses up at the SJA series, and I'm
> glad that you aren't among them. I must confess that I rather turned my
> nose up at it myself before I started watching it, thinking that it
> would be "kid's stuff". But when I overcame my prejudice and began
> watching, I found that it was very engaging, and sometimes incorporated
> some more imaginative story-lines than most of those in "Doctor Who"
> proper.
> --
> John Hall
>              "The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism
>               by those who have not got it."
>                                               George Bernard Shaw


I did, too, initially - largely because I found the pilot episode to
be overly frenetic and poorly-plotted.  The pilot episode seemed a
little too conscious that it was "for kids."

I only tried the show again when the 10th Doctor crossed over to "The
Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith/"  I braced myself for crap - and was
pleasantly surprised at just how enjoyable and well-performed the show
was.  After that, I went back and watched through the first two
seasons.  I still found the pilot to be pretty poor (some casting
changes made between pilot and series were VERY good choices), but it
took a surprisingly short time for the series proper to find its
footing.

I do still need to catch up with the last two seasons.  What I'll
probably do is just run through the full SJS series at some point,
adding it to my review rotation when I do.  But I'll leave that for a
later day.

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