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Thoughts on the 2008
Doctor Who
Christmas Special:
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Steampunk!Who - lovely notion. It was all very picturesque and festive - yay for that. Dervla Kirwan's always good value for money, and I had mighty lust for her frock. David Morrisey ditto, although not so much with the frock. Rosita (don't know the actress's name) was likeable enough, as was BoySidekickGuy. And the "sonic" screwdriver was HILARIOUS. Also? That whole Doctor/Not!Doctor vibe was more than a little slashy, imho, which is for the win. In terms of storytelling...well, the whole 'It's the next doctor....or is it??!!?' thing didn't really work, because it was so clearly going to be a red herring. However, it was quite charming - I'm just sorry that we'd all been spoiled for it by the trailers, because if we'd come to it cold I think it would have been much more effective.
Obviously
Doctor Who
is frequently - almost invariably, in fact, really quite silly. But I confess I found this episode fell at the sillier end of the spectrum, which is a shame. Also it had moments of quite awful tweeness - not, at least, any recurrance of the whole
Jesus!Doctor
business Rusty Davies seems so fond of, but the whole
Tiny Tim Rescue scene
was well nigh as cringe-inducing.
Sigh.
So - yay for the Doctor, and yay for the pretty scenery, but it wasn't particularly wonderful, as an episode. IMHO. Although I'm not immune to the appeal of
Steampunk!GiantCybermanShipThing Versus Balloon,
as a concept.
Oh - and Tennant did deliver that whole
"....they break my heart"
line in such a way as to make me go 'Aaaaaw', even though I generally kind of want to be all 'Enough with the emo, already, writer guys!' But - yeah. Bless.
Overall I'd give it seven out of ten.
Thoughts on the new
Wallace and Grommit
movie:
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Fabulous wee comical details for the win! Grommit for the win - arguably the best acting ever seen from a small clay dog evah. Grommit getting some love interest - for the win! Fat lady being bitter and evil because she's fat... rather less for the win.
Who special now available for ahemmage.
Fay, I feel like I was waiting my whole life to see
a giant steampunk robot stomp on London.
It was a pretty entertaining romp, definitely better than last year's.
Very right, P-C.
The
Steampunk Robot
rocked.
Christmas Who: Oh, I really
enjoyed it. I loved David Morrisey, I thought he brought some much-needed warmth and anti-cynicism. I also enjoyed the Doctor having a companion who was not a younger female (I know Donna wasn't "younger" - it was one of the things I liked about her too - though technically they're all younger, but... oh you know what I mean)
.
Did anyone else
really like the Infoport thingy showing all the other Doctors? Given that the new series usually references the previous incarnations only obliquely, I loved that this was completely explicit
.
Does anyone know if/when the "Who" Christmas special will air here? Not a big one for aheming.
Also, am now fully caught up on "Battlestar Galactica." And ... wow. That's all I gotta say.
Neither SciFi or BBCA say anything about airing the Doctor Who special/s. Sciffy's schedule shows episodes of season 4 and season 2 airing through the end of January.
Well, last time we got Christmas in April. (I'm rewatching my tivoed BSG and seeing the Who promos.)
I'm so glad Who aired. Now to watch it myself. Also--I no longer have buyers remorse about the SG-1 set. Rewatching it has reminded me that it was some damn fine entertainment.
Also, am now fully caught up on "Battlestar Galactica." And ... wow. That's all I gotta say.
What a ride, eh?
