While I have “The Sontaran Experiment” and “Genesis of the Daleks” on video tape, last night I tuned in to public television at midnight to watch them.<\/p>\n
Why?<\/p>\n
Nostalgia. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
I grew up watching Doctor Who<\/i> on Saturday afternoons on public television. In high school I watched it late Saturday nights. Doctor Who<\/i> on public television at early hours of the morning–that<\/i>‘s a tradition. And who am I to buck tradition?<\/p>\n
I was disappointed. The stories, shown back to back, were episodic, not the movie compilations. For many Americans, the movie compilations are how Doctor Who<\/i> should be. It’s the episode format that’s odd.<\/p>\n
Either the episodes were sped up, or they were heavily cut. They ran about eighteen minutes in length, rather than twenty-five. Odd.<\/p>\n
Still, I got a nice nostalgia vibe off it. And lord, wasn’t that yellow outfit Sarah Jane wore in “The Sontaran Experiment” completely naff?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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