My Saturday with Space

Saturday Night I spent watching Space.  They showed the second half season Premiere of Doctor Who and premiered a new show: Orphan Black. The Doctor was up to his old tricks; searching for the answer to the "twice dead girl," in a monastery in 1207 he gets a call from Clara trying to figure out what happened to her Internet connection.  The premise for this one was really interesting; a computer virus swept the world, and when people clicked the link they would be uploaded.  This reminded me of a few earlier episodes where the Doctor, and Rose spent time on this space station where people pretty much lived in reality shows. From the first episode it has a clear overarching storyline this season, if you were watching there were a couple of ties to the Christmas episode.
Quote from the night: "3 hours ago you knew nothing about computers, and now you just made a joke about twitter."  The Doctor to Clara.  

Orphan Black I found kind of jarring.  I tuned in thinking; great another British Sci-fi series.  I'll give it a try.  Little did I know it opened with a scene that ends on top of a very familiar train platform at Union Station- one that I've crossed a few times as well on my way out of the station, and the train that hit a main character looked just like a GO Train. And that's just the start.  In one part of the episode, the character Sarah pulls out Canadian $20 bills, and an Ontario drivers license from the dead girl's wallet.  More scenery- the glass tower condos towering over Downtown Toronto; alleyways that look suspiciously like  the ones Rick Mercer delivers his famous rants in.  Added to that the two main characters Felix and Sarah both have British accents (both incidentally are Canadian actors).

Maybe the 'jarring' feeling is on purpose.  Maybe it, is meant so the audience get a feeling for these two characters who have fallen into a situation they have absolutely no idea what to do in.  I'm going to give this another couple of episodes because I'm a sucker for a good mystery.  

Doctor Who airs Saturdays at 8pm on Space, and Orphan Black airs at 9pm.  Catch up on both right now by visiting Space