DOCTOR WHO on TWITTER - Part One

DOCTOR WHO on TWITTER

After a random dip into the Twittersphere here is a selection of our favourite Doctor Who related Tweets on Twitter from the last few days (along with our comments) ... which all just goes to prove how much people are talking and Tweeting about the Doctor.

Not surprising that the Xmas Special gets a good mention ... also great to see a number of Tweets from outside the UK proving that Who is a universal family.

And speaking of family ... please note that some of the following Tweets use "adult" language.

Dr WHO TWEETS

@jsie : Just had a dream I was watching a Doctor Who film made for the American market. It was rubbish. :/

That may not have been a bad dream, it may have been the 1996 movie ... ?

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@IvyWolf : I think I just got infected with Dr. Who obsession :D

Join the club and don't forget to get your booster shot.

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@Esabuddha : Samantha Who? Doctor Who?

Oooh! Christina Applegate for the next Who Companion?

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@rizqkramadhani : successfully seducing my brother into watching Doctor Who. LOL

Hmmmm! Not too sure about this one. Who may be one big happy family but this is taking it too far.

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Dr Who - Wit and Wisdom of Russell T. Davies - Part One: The Pre-Dawn of Doctor Who the New Series.

THE WIT and WISDOM of
RUSSELL T. DAVIES

Part One: The Pre-Dawn of Doctor Who the New Series (2003-05)

On the 'Doctor Who' TV show -

"It's the best idea ever invented in the history of the world!"

Russell T. Davies on BBC Wales Today (2004)

In 2003, the BBC finally announced that Doctor Who would return to our TV screens. Almost as important a question as the identity of the actor who would follow in the new Doctor's time-travelling tracks after a 16 year hiatus, was which creative talent would be entrusted to oversee and spearhead this much-awaited revival.

As we know now, this proved to be Russell T. Davies [right]. An inspired choice as it turned out, but one the BBC never really had much doubt about, as Mal Young - Head of BBC Drama - confidently announced back in 2003, "We're thrilled to have a writer of Russell's calibre to take us on this journey."

And some journey it was. On the road to resurrection, Russell was to prove more than a mere pencil-pusher ... he was an envelope pusher. As executive producer / show-runner, he was the undoubted guiding light that brought a sadly faded icon back to our screens.

Much has been made of Russell's legacy after the fact of the show's global success, but what were his thoughts before the New Series was unleashed? The following dozen quotations make interesting reading in understanding his creative mindset before he knew what he had (re-)created ...

2003

"I want to make the Doctor the best character ever. He should be so fascinating he's radioactive. He's funny, clever, wild and fast. Your best friend times 500."

"None of us is talking about a reboot, it's the same old Doctor Who. I want the Doctor, at least one companion, whose name is probably Rose Tyler. I want the TARDIS, I want it to look like a Police Box, and I want them to fly through the universe and all its history, facing death and danger and braving it out with a fast and funny fighting spirit. That's Doctor Who, isn't it?"

in Doctor Who Magazine

2004

"I have a philosophy - I can do what I want. If we can think of the perfect story for him to fall in love then he will. The purists may be up in arms, but there are more things to worry about in life. There is no pure Doctor Who. He is 41 years old - it is the only way to do it, to change."

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