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Doctor Who: Coincidentally, the date which River's computer showed as being the start date of the cracks, the date of Amy's wedding, is also the transmission date of the last episode of this series .
Actually, I'm pretty sure it isn't a coincidence. I like it when they take the trouble like that.
Terry Pratchett says this about Doctor Who:
Doctor Who is ludicrous and it breaks most of the laws of narrative.
And more:
People say Doctor Who is science fiction. At least people who don’t know what science fiction is, say that Doctor Who is science fiction. ...
Doctor Who on the other hand had an episode wherein people’s surplus body fat turns into little waddling creatures. I’m not sure how old you have to be to come up with an idea like that. The Doctor himself has in recent years been built up into an amalgam of Mother Teresa, Jesus Christ (I laughed my socks off during the Titanic episode when two golden angels lifted the Doctor heavenwards) and Tinkerbell. There is nothing he doesn’t know, and nothing he can’t do. He is now becoming God, given that the position is vacant. Earth is protected, we are told, and not by Torchwood, who are human and therefore not very competent. Perhaps they should start transmitting the programme on Sundays.
I wonder how much the Weeping Angels are going to be. I suppose there's shipping costs involved....
I was mystified by the amount of people in this episode who were able to outrun a tiger.
handwave She was a "tame" tiger, probably used to people hanging around; if she'd really been mad that Chuck and Sarah were in her room, she wouldn't have fallen asleep with them there. So, that's why they could outrun her - she wasn't really trying to catch them, she was just playing chase. That's what I say.
That was a gorgeous and very calm tiger.
Doctor Who is ludicrous and it breaks most of the laws of narrative.
Duly noted. Seska, you read this?
(Translation for others: Seska and I started a mostly academic discussion on (what we feel as) the lack of narratives to tell a story in a way which represents a life).
So, that's why they could outrun her - she wasn't really trying to catch them, she was just playing chase. That's what I say.
But Morgan outran her? Going upstairs? Alright, alright, I'll join you in handwaving. Hard enough to cool off Philadelphia, but I'm waving my hands.
Of course, a tiger could have taken those stairs in one jump and munched Grimes as she flew past. It's almost as bad as people outrunning explosions. So, yeah. Wave harder, Morgana! Wave at the pretty kitty!
My only Who gripe is "Here's the big crack! Do you SEE it? IT'S RIGHT HERE!!!!!!"
Have a little faith in our nerdness already. Someone is going to screencap that shit within minutes of airing. We didn't miss the one on the oscilliscope thingy.
Then again, maybe when someone is very old and very kind and the last of their kind YOU NEED TO REPEAT YOURSELF OVER AND OVER.
Really though, my only complaint. So far I'm having a wonderful time. And it appears that Amy's timeline is broken. I hope the Doctor is the one who broke it by his galivanting late last season.
My only Who gripe is "Here's the big crack! Do you SEE it? IT'S RIGHT HERE!!!!!!"
Yeah. Bad Wolf at least started off subtly. And the "there's something behind the disapparating TARDIS" was cool once, in "The Girl In the Fireplace," but seemed old already the second time.
Wave harder, Morgana! Wave at the pretty kitty!
Hello, Kitty!