I know what you mean, but I suppose that if they were really to go to town on something different, so called "fans" would complain that it was too different. Half of them weren't even born when Doctor Who went off air, the other half, me included ( I was born about halfway through "Genesis of The Daleks" (No that doesn't make me a Dalek!!)) have slightly rose tinted memories of it. Basically think of Star Trek, most aliens were men in rubber suits or metal ones.

"The Moff" is also one of my current heroes, and I'll definately be watching his new series "Sherlock" tonight. Another modern day  set re-invention, but supposed to be a really good one (you can't do classic Holmes and Watson better than Brett and Hardwicke).

I actually quite like the new Dalek design except for the J-Lo butt. The previous ones were built to match the eyeline of Billie Piper, With Karen and Matt being taller, those ones would not have seemed as menacing, like they could just be shoved into an enclosed space by Richard Hurndall aka  Doctor 1.2

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