"The Empty Child" was similarly creepy, though in a slightly different way.
Same writer, not too surprisingly. I love the guy, but he is never EVER allowed in an elevator with me.
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Jessica - Mar 17, 2008 8:35:20 am PDT #5463 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Laga - Mar 17, 2008 8:36:44 am PDT #5464 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Some of those two part episodes I think could have been edited down into single episodes. There's a lot of repetition in "Empty Child" (I forget if it's the front or back half of that two parter) and even though I love the double episode that comes right after "Blink" (the one with "Family of Blood") I believe that one of the things that makes "Blink" great is that it tells a complete story in one episode. There is not one wasted moment in it.
Strega - Mar 17, 2008 8:42:38 am PDT #5465 of 10001
Hm, I think "The Empty Child" is when I gave up watching. I did catch "Blink" because people here raved about it, though, and it was fun. I think seeing it with ad breaks made it signficantly less nightmare-inducing, though.
Emily - Mar 17, 2008 8:44:00 am PDT #5466 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Some of those two part episodes I think could have been edited down into single episodes.
I agree. I liked the Captain Jack stuff, of which there was more in the second episode, but things are always tighter in single-episode stories. Well, almost always.
Kathy A - Mar 17, 2008 8:47:27 am PDT #5467 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
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msbelle - Mar 17, 2008 8:48:15 am PDT #5468 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
The Empty Child is one of the 2 dr. who eps I caught, but I think I caught part 2 so it was a little confused. Not terrifying though.
Laga - Mar 17, 2008 8:51:16 am PDT #5469 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Not terrifying
oh man, when The Doctor says I sent him to his room. This is his room. I get chills. I'm getting chills right now just thinking about it. Now I'm all twitchy and glancing behind me as I type.
Emily - Mar 17, 2008 8:55:36 am PDT #5470 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Not terrifying though.
"Are you my Mummy?" spooked me. I know it was kind of calculated to do so, but still. Eeeee.
Jessica - Mar 17, 2008 8:57:51 am PDT #5471 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The Doctor Dances (part 2) isn't quite so scary, but The Empty Child is creepy as fuck.
Kathy A - Mar 17, 2008 9:04:10 am PDT #5472 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
For me (a long-time DW fan), "The Doctor Dances" was not as creepy as "The Empty Child," but it was more satisfying, simply because the one big constant in just about every DW episode is death, and in "The Doctor Dances," as he says, "Everybody lives. Just this once, everybody lives!" His sheer delight in granting life instead of death is almost intoxicating to watch.
(Watching TDD always brings to mind the episode from classic Who when his companion Tegan Jovanka leaves because all the death and loss is just too much for her. For a show that's supposedly for the kids, it's really quite dark, even before it was revived.)