The glorious moment of being proved wrong about something terribly sad

[andrewducker]

There's a group of quotes here of people choosing the moments in Dr Who that most affected them. 

It was written in 2003 and therefore several of them are about realising that Doctor Who was never going to be back on the air, ever again, and how terribly sad that made them.

I'd _really_ like to have seen the look on these people's faces when its return was announced.

The moment that most affected me was probably the Doctor Who movie in 1996. For many reasons, it most affected me. Upon hearing that the movie was being made, right up to the point of actually seeing it, I thought Doctor Who was back, and better than ever. I had delusional dreams of Doctor Who lunchboxes, Doctor Who nightlights, Doctor Who blankets. Everybody saying Doctor Who quotes in regular society as much as people throw around Star Trek quotes…. But after hearing about the ratings, and realizing there was no chance of any new televised Doctor Who after that, all delusions were gone, and I came to the realization that Doctor Who was indeed dead. Oh sure, we have audio adventures, and we have novels but in a televised medium, Doctor Who is gone. Doctor Who will never be mainstream (in North America….) it will only ever be that British sci-fi show with the bad special effects and that guy with the scarf… And that is what made me realize that Doctor Who will forever be treated as, and viewed as, a bad British sci-fi series to the world, and the show I care about most will just fade away. And since then Doctor Who has pretty much faded away.

Comments

[thishardenedarm.livejournal.com]

i would imagine that the emotion you felt on seeing their faces would be the polar opposite of schadenfreude. If vicky was awake, we could coin the word. schaden equals damage, freude equals joy; so we are looking for something like repair/reparation joy; its a nice emotion to be yearning for.

but you kinda want to gloat about them being wrong too, dont ya?

[andrewducker]

Nope, I just want to see the look of relief wash over them, and 10 years of worn-in-stress seep out of their bones.

I just feel so sorry for people sometimes.

[thefirethorn.livejournal.com]

tonight's episode was amazing.

[balthial.livejournal.com]

Oh noes!

[laserboy.livejournal.com]

I'm looking forward to having that feeling when Star Trek triumphantly returns from the wilderness.

Hopefully it won't be for years yet, at least until it's more about the concept being cool-as-hell (which it is*) than Klingons and continuity, but I'm reasonably confident it'll happen.


(*If Enterprise had been made 10+ years from now, giving people ample time to forget or not care about perceived continuity, it would have been much more successful).