Doctor Who : Deep Breath

So, I saw the new Doctor Who episode, "Deep Breath", and it felt a bit like the writers and actors telling the fans to take a deep breath and go with the flow. Which makes me wonder a bit about Doctor Who fandom, and wish the writers would pay far less attention to it - and more on the story. Actually - this is a long-standing pet peeve of mine, that is not restricted to Doctor Who - I honestly think "fans" should have 0 say in what happens in a tv show, movie, book series...they shouldn't tell the writer what or how to write it, or what the story should be. And if they do? The writer should blatantly ignore them. When it comes to Television, movies, and books? I want the fourth wall firmly in place. Theater - is where it can be broken, because theater is a live and organic art form, that twists and changes, and interacts with the audience directly. TV, Movies and books are static art forms - where you passively watch, critique and comment - but cannot effect them, because hello, it has been performed, written, filmed or published - long before you saw it.

The result of fan interaction with writers online - leads to metanarrative episodes like this one. Which has it's pluses and minuses. The minus being that it is hard to buy that Clara would have trouble accepting this new Doctor, considering she ended up interacting with five different versions of him in the anniversary special. Also, the number of versions of Clara that the Doctor has interacted with. So Clara's role as a stand-in for the audience did not quite work as effectively as Rose's did when Nine became 10.

That said? I do love Peter Capadili's take on the character. He's less frenetic. A little calmer, and more mature. I believe this guy has been around for 2000 years. He's less child-like and goofy. They appear to be going back to the William Hartnell version or earlier versions of the character.

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Verizon (Fios) or Cable Vision (Optimum)

So, the new area that I'm moving to does not have Time Warner, and I don't know which service provider to choose. Or if I should get a streaming box, or what type of streaming box? Rokio? Apple? Should I get Verizon? Optimum? What?

Advice on this question from those who have these services and know something about them, would be highly appreciated.


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