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@thane16

‘Mind as the monster.’

Better than a man in a rubber suit. Or actors with facial prosthetics, my problem with Stat Trek, though The Founders were well realised. And now quite scary. ‘Solids’ are chaotic and dangerous. Democracy is chaotic and dangerous (to whom?)

So, the reason why The Mara were so good. Badly realised in the early 80…[Read more]

@whohar

I am teasing.

‘Reusing’ faces, maybe it’s a phase Time Lords go through. 12 postulated there was a reason. Doesn’t really retcon for 6. 14 seems to indicate there is something wrong with that regeneration and 10: the metacrisis ‘human’ doc, a bit feisty, fond of the face in the mirror… though there’s always room for a small girl with…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent

Blink, The Doctor’s timeline.

Sally Sparrow gives The Doctor the Wester Drumlin file.

He either doesn’t read the file,

Or he does read it but goes to Wester Drumlins anyway to avoid a time paradox,

Or does, but goes there because the sun might (probably) get shut off,

Or does or doesn’t but The Tardis takes him and Marth…[Read more]

Well, I just re-watched this episode again, a year later.   I wrote down my lengthy comments on it, but reading this page, they’re almost exactly like what I said a year ago, so I won’t post them.   Just a couple of points that I didn’t mention before.

The Qurunx is new, and quite cool.  But *of course* the Doctor knows exactly what it is, as w…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u    Oops!  For ‘Laura’ read ‘Sarah’.   Dunno where I got that from.

I’m not querying the Doctor’s presence at Wester Drumlins, he may have been in pursuit of the Angels.   Just, how he knew to write ‘Duck’ on the wall – and then paper over it, unless some subsequent tenant did it? – and that Sally would uncover it just in time to save…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u

And oh she’s older! Tut, the shelf life of the female tv personality…

You’ve misunderstood my comment. I wasn’t commenting on BP’s age. As I’ve said elsewhere, she is a fine actor. And yes, she would probably do a great job as the Doc.

But, for the same reason I wasn’t a fan of Tennant coming back (and to a lesser extent RTD), I’m not…[Read more]

@thane16  syzygy   I’d agree, soaps are likely very difficult to write well.   Not least because they come out every night (some of ’em, at least).  How can anyone keep coming up with fresh original dialogue on that schedule?

And then, each of the half-dozen storylines gets cut up into 5-minute chunks which get screened intercut with the other…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u   Well I’m perfectly happy at the prospect of a Billie Doc.   And, as you say, she’s older – which is a good thing in my estimation.   A bit of maturity helps to enhance the Doctor’s credibility, as far as I’m concerned.  20-something Billie was great as Rose.   I think she would have been much too young to be the Doctor at that age…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent @whohar @janetteb

RTD2: we seem to be mid arc. Lots unresolved. The Disney money flushed away. The Susan tease…

Would Russ rather have Gatwa still in harness? Yes, the adjustment to Reality War seemed rushed. But Russ effectively shrugged his shoulders at Ecclestone’s departure. And even the most generous Gatwa fans must adm…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent and @psiloveyou…. (Oops)

I think that description of “the mind is the monster, any mind” is a great interpretation. I’m reminded of “not every ….statue but ANY statue.”

I also think “too clever” was a bitter throwaway at Moffat & I recall many mothers in the 70s yelling: “don’t be so clever” which may’ve meant arguing either very…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent

‘Duck. Sally Sparrow!’ Well the Doctor’s got Sally’s notes. Which presumably mention Wester Drumlins so The Doctor either had to go or set up a paradox, or he (more likely) he forgot. All Moffat’s first run of stories were super but Blink was genius level. The best thing you can say about Sally and Larry is it was downbeat,…[Read more]

@whohar    I don’t think it matters in the slightest that we don’t know who the ‘current’ Doctor is.   He’s a time traveller, can there even be said to be a ‘current’ Doctor?   As you said, the non-TV material is free to use any incarnation they wish.

Obviously, my viewpoint is totally different to yours.   But then, I was always an asynchro…[Read more]

@pa1l0v3y0u   I agree that some Who eps are plotted with perfect logic.   (I’ve never tried to analyse it episode by episode, I hope there would be a large number that do hold up).   As an example of excellence, Blink – in spite of its complications – fitted exactly.   (Well,  I’ve only found one loose end – when Sally Sparrow uncovers the Doct…[Read more]

@whohar  I agree it is a move borne out of desperation hopefully not a misstep but that is perhaps my eternal optimism at play. fingers crossed it will be well handled if and when Who returns.

cheers

Janette

@dentarthurdent

Whether deliberate choice or subconscious, the fact remains that the Doc’s new regeneration is (possibly, we don’t know for sure) the face of an old companion. And one to whom he had romantic feelings. And it’s not even the same face. It’s an older version. I find it odd, and I really don’t like it. I understand that there are…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent @nerys

I WAS being picky. ‘Eve’ is a worthy effort. Perhaps, if T’floox was itself an improvement but err… confused, Chris was learning, trying to up his game, maybe (in my mind) telling The Corp to back off: the notional post Moff straightjacket was too tight.

But not all Who falls apart upon inspection. And this was ok. Sally…[Read more]

@whohar   @janetteb   I don’t find the doctor’s revival as a Rose lookalike creepy at all.   It might possibly be so if the Doctor had deliberately chosen that appearance.  But do we know how the regeneration process decides on the look of the next iteration?  Does it randomly fish something out of the subject’s subconscious?   The Moment ch…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u     All those are valid points.   I have to admit I was unconvinced by the rapid romance between Sarah and weirdo can’t-ever-keep-a-girlfriend Nick.   I just didn’t poke at it too much.   Like a lot of things in this episode, it all starts to unravel if you start pulling at dangling threads.   (Same could be said of many episodes, o…[Read more]

@janetteb

Agree that Bille Piper would be good in the role. But the Doc taking one of his companion’s faces just seems a little bit…creepy maybe isn’t the right word here but it’s not far off.

Also, the decision to use a previous companion for the last 30 seconds of the current run, really muddies the waters in terms of what’s happening in the…[Read more]

@whohar I doubt Billie Piper would play the Doctor for long. I suspect she is a “filler’ as there is no certainty as to when the next series will be and she stepped in as a favour to RTD and the show, and fans. I do think she could be good and would like to see her run with the role for a couple of episodes then hand on the baton to the next…[Read more]