It reminds me of an action thriller version of ER with an addition of imagination and I am loving it so far.

Also http://www.FringeMystery.com has some pretty good news and information about the show.

Eccleston was so appalled with the new show that he was out the door within one season. His departure was announced after one episode had been broadcast, but he’d pulled the plug long before then. He’s a serious, talented actor who had better things to do than waste his time with that overrated hack Russell T Davies’ fart gags and constant repetition of the same cheap gags.

For all the film’s faults I’ve been driven to the point where I’d rather have seen a TV show based on the McGann movie than the dreadful hackwork of this show.

Any serious attempt at a new Doctor Who series that for four seasons completely ignores the huge talent pool of writers in the UK: Stephen Baxter, Iain M Banks, Alastair Reynolds, Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Clive Barker, to name a few, in favour of Russell T Davies’ drinking buddies deserves all the contempt in the world.

If someone like JJ Abrams had made Doctor Who, we’d have had a show that was interesting and at least faithful to its source!

Congrats to the entire cast and crew of “Fringe”. I thought the pilot was well-paced and intriguing. If I were to have a complaint, on first viewing it appears to me that the show’s timeline had sort of a “warp-like” zippiness between certain scenes.

For example, how long was Mark Valley’s character lying on the table while all this was playing out? When they came up with the idea for the transfusion, was his blood in the fridge upstairs? I seem to recall that at that point, there wasn’t much time left, but that seemed to stretch credulity a bit.

Of course, there might have been some explanation that I missed; but on the whole, a solid effort that will warrant multiple repeat viewings looking for all the easter eggs in the show, such as the Massive Dynamics Corporation logo on the jet engine intake area toward the beginning of the program.

I look forward to seeing how this plays itself out. Again, job well done!

Couldn’t diagree with you more. Doctor Who is great, especially the new series produced by Russell T. Davies staring Christopher Eccleston then David Tennant as the doctor .

The only saving grace is that the best writer on the new series is taking over in 2010. Wait for that series and avoid Russell T Davies’ overrated, overhyped, politically correct garbage. Alternatively pick up some of Tom Baker’s episodes from the mid-1970s on DVD to see how good Doctor Who can be with good writers.

Also, if you’re interested in watching something a touch oddball and creepy, try Sapphire and Steel. The whole of that series is available on DVD. Those 70s shows make up for lack of budget with great writing. Nowadays, they seem to think frenetic running around, loud music and shouting can cover up for plot holes a JCB could drive through!

I now await extermination by the nu-Who-Nazis who have banned any unfavourable comparisons with the original show! ;)