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>> > > > > afterwards I again felt blessed to have been a long-time fan of t=
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>> > > > > classic Who and refuse to watch it are really missing out on some=
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>> > > > > stuff.  Then again, perhaps these are the same kinds of people wh=
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>> > > > Well said. And they would probably watch it say something like "thi=
>s is so stupid. Look how cheap it was. Where the romance and action?"
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>> > > I thought Hartnell's Doctor putting down that thing Cameca (or howeve=
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>> > > you spell her name) in the temple and then shoving it into his pocket
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>> > There's plenty of subtle moments like that. However, the new instant gr=
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>> I think you're right.  What I liked about the final scenes of The Green
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>> gushing at the end of Doomsday was a bit over the top.

>Green Death was the first Doctor Who story I ever watched. Man, that was 30=
> years ago. Anyway, in Classic Who the tender, 'soap opera' moments were ve=
>ry rare, such as the scene at the end of Green Death, and are cherished by =
>fans. In the new series it's so commonplace it's lost its power to move us.