Hope you give some of the better of the DW stories another shot one of these days. Do you also dislike ‘Blake’s 7’ and other British SF stuff the same way? Anyway I sort of like the ST episode that Harlan Ellison wrote. I went on a big HE kick years ago and watched that along with reading much other stuff. I’ve met him and he’s a fun guy provided you don’t piss him off. He hates ST and SW and loves DW. :)
I actually love a lot of British SF, Blake’s 7, Red Dwarf. It’s really just the Doctor that bugs me.
Harlan’s a trip. I’m not actually convinced he hates anything, he’s such a professional curmudgeon. It’s one of the signs of just how awesome Tom Snyder was as an interviewer, he could actually get Harlan to say nice things. I miss Snyder.
As for SW, I liked it but it would have been far better if Lucas had left the direction and final script to others as he did with parts 5 and 6.
I don't know if Ellison is still a leftist jerk like he was, but he's one helluva writer.
Are you familiar with his two episodes in the original Outer Limits?
Did you see this article from 2008? Read the first two paragraphs. :)