I'm watching episode #4 of the 2005 Doctor Who series. I've heard good things about this, and for the umpteenth time I take the contrarian view. Either I or everyone else has gone crazy. I've stuck it out for four episodes, but I don't think I can take any more. I liked the character as a kid across the Pertwee, Baker and Davison versions. I like Eccleston as an actor (thought he was fantastic in 28 Days Later) and yet ... this show isn't doing it for me. Despite the larger budget and better effects, it does not interest me. Note that this is exactly the same way I feel about the modern Battlestar Galactica It looks better, is much slicker and yet feels empty, vapid and soulless -- and that seems to bother no one but me.

I tried to watch the 90's TV movie version about a year back, and erased it from the DVR after 30 minutes. I've stuck with this longer than that, but I'm hovering on the brink of erasing the season pass. Watching it feels like work, and I now feel like I've fulfilled my obligation to give it a fair shake. Luckily, I still have 10 episodes of Firefly to fall back on. God help me when I run out of those. Nothing like modern scifi TV to make you feel like you are on the desert island.

I see from the coming attraction that Daleks are in the next episode. I'll give it one more chance, if for no other reason to hear "Exterminate! Exterminate!" Don't screw this up, Doctor.

Update: Rogers does not agree. Honestly, I wish I liked this and am hoping the Daleks episode does it for me. If only for nostalgia's sake, it would be great to be enthusiastic about this show after almost 20 years away.