I guess they meant "The Women of New Who" . . .

[dbskyler]

Watching the BBC America special "The Women of Doctor Who" right now, and already I'm very disappointed because it's clear they're doing New Who only. It doesn't look like they're even going to mention Sarah Jane. Instead it was all Rose Rose Rose, and now that we're past the first commercial break it's Martha Martha Martha. I guess Donna will be up next, and then Amy, and then River Song, and the show will be over? Or maybe they'll do River Song, and then Amy. Ooh, suspense!

Wait a minute, Yvonne Hartman?! They're doing Yvonne Hartman now. Why? This makes no sense. Why Yvonne and not Jackie? Or Harriet Jones?

Okay, and now Idris?? I have no idea where they're going now. They haven't even done Donna yet. Are they saving Donna for later?

Okay, I guess I have to keep watching now just to see what they do next. It's still a disappointment, though. It would've been so much better if they'd started with Barbara.

ETA: Okay, they did just do Sarah. All the clips were from New Who, but they did slip in a couple of stills from the '70s.

Comments

[shadowturquoise.livejournal.com]

Gah! I'm glad I missed that. I learned last year to skip any BBCA-produced Doctor Who specials because they are embarassingly bad.

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Yeah, these BBCA "specials" are really not very special at all. They also all apparently follow the same format of clips interspersed with inane comments from people you've mostly never heard of. For some bizarre reason, this special did have some comments from Peter Davison, though -- BBCA must have cornered him somewhere. But overall, you didn't miss anything.

[shadowturquoise.livejournal.com]

Five is "my" Doctor, so I'm glad whenever Peter D shows up, but that makes no sense. Why restrict a show to New Who females and interview a Classic Who Doctor for it? * piles on more disgust for BBCA* I bet we still have to put up with that corny opening sequence again too this year.

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

It definitely made no sense. Well, Peter was fine -- he knew what he was talking about, and he had an opinion -- but it was "random actor whom you might recognize" talk; nothing was connected to Peter or his time on the show. Not even when they did a sequence on Jenny. I mean, come on, you've cornered Peter Davison with a camera, you're doing Jenny, have him talk about what it was like seeing his daughter on Doctor Who! But nope, there was no comment from him about Jenny at all. Maybe they were too embarrassed to ask him?