![]() And in never really stopped doing that, either. But when it came back with “Rose,” that first episode 10 years ago today, it was still very very British, and it made no bones about that. ![]() So it sort of lost something along the way. It felt like you were watching ER or something like that with the Doctor thrown into it. You know what I mean? When there was the Paul McGann movie – which I must admit I loved – it was really trying to be an American show. ![]() I don’t think i was surprised when it translated over to the States, and I think it’s because it didn’t try to be too American. So, I think it surprised everyone that it was going to be popular over here. And it was only when we got people like Christopher Eccleston that people really sat up and took notice. When it came back – it was amazing that it came back at all, because over here it was treated as a bit of a joke before its renewal when it came back in 2005. ![]() And you saw references every now and then, and it was really cool, where you’d pick up a Marvel comic and see a reference to Doctor Who and be able to say Oh look! They get it!” So it was always there, bubbling away underneath the culture. ![]() I know that when I started watching it, it was on in the States on PBS, and it had sort of a cult following. ![]()
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