tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post106895544154773881..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Doctor Who #985: Thin IceSiskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-47013028046002070262017-05-07T05:59:13.196-03:002017-05-07T05:59:13.196-03:00I just saw episode four (the episode following thi...I just saw episode four (the episode following this one) and I've detected a theme: people being consumed by monsters. Thus far we've got a woman consumed by a puddle that detects her desire to travel, nanobots that consume people in trying to optimize joy, and people consumed by leviathans while they're partying on the ice. The fourth episode will continue the theme, and like episodes 1 and 2 it will hinge upon people consumed by monsters as part of trying to find a home of sorts. (Episode 3 doesn't fit the pattern quite as well.)<br /><br />Then there's the vault, what's in it? Will it be a monster that consumes the Doctor for trying to find where he belongs? Is there a slice of Gallifrey in there, figuratively or literally?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-44853789041074177482017-05-05T02:29:42.732-03:002017-05-05T02:29:42.732-03:00I double-checked - he said "Two times".I double-checked - he said "Two times".Toby'chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01298458468488781568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-91915176551137542082017-05-04T12:05:15.775-03:002017-05-04T12:05:15.775-03:00You didn't see the scene where the Doctor also...You didn't see the scene where the Doctor also slipped the fish pie monger a coin? I guess you didn't watch the All Pete All The Time cut.<br /><br />This episode seemed kind of pointless; I was scanning for season-wide themes but I didn't see much. The thing I think keeps coming up with Bill is, the future could be good or terrible, and she hopes for the one but also fears the other. I picked up some of that here.<br /><br />I think the Doctor asking Bill to command him was to get her to start seeing things from the Doctor's perspective: it's easy to gripe at the Doctor when people die, but having to actually make the choices is rough.<br /><br />Lastly, I still like to think the Doctor's real name is "Pete". That's what I was certain Drax said when he met #4, watching on a grainy low-power UHF station. It would make sense that, on a world of Romanas and Borusas, the Doctor would find "Pete" to be the ultimate embarrassing name. Combine that with what we know from the novels and his full name is "Pete Lungbarrow".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-53788739845699074622017-05-04T08:55:23.869-03:002017-05-04T08:55:23.869-03:00We can presume the fake ATM card was stealing from...We can presume the fake ATM card was stealing from EvilCorp or EvilBank though. And we usually let it slide because he doesn't seem to be carrying any money (the clothes in The Crusade is an early example). But in this case, they HAVE coins (Bill pays for hers) and are robbing a lower class man of his livelihood.<br /><br />I even felt for the yard manager who didn't know Sutcliffe's business was evil and who would soon be out of work.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-16949005556813037362017-05-04T08:46:39.706-03:002017-05-04T08:46:39.706-03:00Re: fish pies. It's perhaps a few decades to l...Re: fish pies. It's perhaps a few decades to late to worry about the Doctor being a thief. What about in The Long Game, when he uses the Sonic to give Rose & Adam an infinite ATM card? That money had to come from someone's account! Plenty of more examples out there, not the least of which is stealing the TARDIS itself...snellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181997862745538999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-31889466966209560492017-05-04T08:21:07.975-03:002017-05-04T08:21:07.975-03:00And don't forget Jane Austen's participati...And don't forget Jane Austen's participation!<br /><br />I don't actually think he says what number of times, but regardless, that does play havoc with continuity, giving the uncommon cold several reasons to exist.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-26712843481519734442017-05-04T06:26:00.813-03:002017-05-04T06:26:00.813-03:00I love the bit where Twelve mentions being at the ...I love the bit where Twelve mentions being at the Frost Fair two times before. One of those has to be as Eleven with River and Stevie Wonder (A Good Man Goes to War), but I like to think the other one is the Big Finish Companion Chronicle Frostfire (One, Vicky and Steven).Toby'chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01298458468488781568noreply@blogger.com