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The Classic Series vs The New Series
There's a curious discussion going on at teh OG just now (worry not, kids, this is nought to do with shipping or beloved companions) that's a general back and forth snarkorama over whether Classic or New Who is better. The answer, course, is that both are rather smashing and 'betterness' is so ridiculously subjective (and, indeed, Lambert is as different from Letts as Adams is from RTD, that viewing the whole Classic series as single entity is silly anyway) that it's an almost meaningless discussion.
Anyway point is that someone said that no-one who's got into Who through the New Series and then gone onto Classic will prefer the Classic one. So I was curious (and I'm pretty sure at least one person on teh flist has pretty explicitly stated that they do) and will thus discover truth by means of that Ultimate Skientific Test, the LJ poll.
[Poll #1041361]
I have reluctantly provided a cop-out choice. I will Totally Judge You for picking it.
Anyway point is that someone said that no-one who's got into Who through the New Series and then gone onto Classic will prefer the Classic one. So I was curious (and I'm pretty sure at least one person on teh flist has pretty explicitly stated that they do) and will thus discover truth by means of that Ultimate Skientific Test, the LJ poll.
[Poll #1041361]
I have reluctantly provided a cop-out choice. I will Totally Judge You for picking it.
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To put it another way, I think that in general the New Series strives for a higher standard (this is a gross generalization, of course). When it achieves this standard, it's fantastic. It often doesn't. The Classic Series, on the other hand, more often reaches its more modest goals.
So, yeah, there's stuff I love in both and stuff I am highly critical and judgmental about. I figure it evens out. Or will in a few years time when some of my bitterness fades.
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