ETA: Anybody else suddenly have an urge to see this Doctor have a conversation with Jack Harkness?
Jack would still flirt like whoa. Could be fun.
Well, we may not have parted on the best of terms. I realize certain words were exchanged. Also, certain... bullets. But that's air through the engine. It's past. We're business people.
Mal ,'Serenity'
Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
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Calli - Aug 31, 2014 11:26:24 am PDT #25597 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
-t - Aug 31, 2014 11:56:52 am PDT #25598 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I can actually buy that as a post-Time War thing.
Kinda seemed like a decision he had come to right then after the Dalek saw hatred at his core, to me.
I liked this episode. The Doctor is still figuring out who he is which I find interesting, and this is the best I've like Clara. Not into the Mr. Pink story, really, but maybe that will get better.
Jon B. - Aug 31, 2014 12:10:51 pm PDT #25599 of 30001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Surely there's a real (and not just metaphorical) connection between Mr. Pink & Ms. Blue?
Theodosia - Sep 01, 2014 3:07:16 am PDT #25600 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I wondered that myself, Jon.
billytea - Sep 01, 2014 4:00:41 am PDT #25601 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Ben was an able seaman and might have corrected anyone who called him a soldier.
True, but still military. I'm assuming that's the basis of the Doctor's objection.
Jessica - Sep 01, 2014 4:11:15 am PDT #25602 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It definitely struck me as a reaction to the Time War, and having resurfaced memories of the War Doctor.
So, Defiance. I'm still a few eps from the season finale, but is the Casti-face thing ever addressed in a satisfactory manner that indicates the writers have at least heard of blackface and its associated history here in the real world? Because in the first ep where it came up, we had Alak at least paying lip service to the idea that dressing up as another race/species was creepy and offensive, but then in the very next episode he was apologizing and had apparently come around to the idea that actually wearing face-paint and a wig to look like another race/species was a great way to learn about their culture and NO NO NO. I mean, what the fuck, show?
§ ita § - Sep 01, 2014 7:10:47 am PDT #25603 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I didn't think it was like blackface, rather more like the very prevalent skin bleaching and hair straightening that goes on across India, Africa, the Caribbean and South America.
When you're painting up the ladder the vibes are very different.
billytea - Sep 01, 2014 5:19:02 pm PDT #25604 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
For my birthday I'm getting some Doctor Who DVDs. The set will include the Face of Evil, the Hand of Fear and the Brain of Morbius. I'm sensing a pattern here. Alas, I have yet to acquire the Head of Vecna.
Connie Neil - Sep 01, 2014 5:27:03 pm PDT #25605 of 30001
brillig
Leela was a fan of violence, body parts would be right up her alley. Hey, Fang Rock! Talons of Wang Whozit!
No, Brain of Morbius was Sarah.
billytea - Sep 01, 2014 5:53:02 pm PDT #25606 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
No, Brain of Morbius was Sarah.
As was the Hand of Fear. Those three eps occur within just two seasons (and include Sarah's last adventure and Leela's first one).