tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post2996359381310257946..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Doctor Who #887: Let's Kill HitlerSiskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-5070702879996639842014-08-13T18:51:26.860-03:002014-08-13T18:51:26.860-03:00"That, and dramatic possibilities lost in act...<i>"That, and dramatic possibilities lost in actually writing for a Doctor while knowing he's the last." </i><br /><br />Oh god, I've just realised what a horrible, horrible waste that was.LiamKavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01996095233681105682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-35594504019100302562014-08-13T15:55:31.084-03:002014-08-13T15:55:31.084-03:00Fair point. :-)Fair point. :-)Andrew Gilbertsonhttp://www.nolinecinemas.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-29483039431898877502014-08-13T13:45:08.704-03:002014-08-13T13:45:08.704-03:00Well, you can't exactly complain about the &qu...Well, you can't exactly complain about the "gotcha" line being too far from its original use AND the lack of mention for Adric here. ;)Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-63969208685666589832014-08-13T13:25:38.853-03:002014-08-13T13:25:38.853-03:00Adric was indeed missed. I know, continuity-phobia...Adric was indeed missed. I know, continuity-phobia, the audience wouldn't ge tit if they don't know the old series, but Adric was missed. For that matter, there are probably a LOT of people the Doctor would feel a LOT more guilty about than Martha. She, what, had a family that went through a rough time? Plus a job and a life that she's happy in?<br /><br />I did find the Amy-realizing Rory-loves-her scene in the past to be a highlight of an otherwise-goofy episode.<br /><br />I understood River's regeneration energy was used to coutneract/cleanse his body of the poison, and that used it all up, rather than granting him any. But in terms of 11's expectations (discounting that he was just faking and giving the silence what they expected with the light-show at Lake Silencia), this is just one of many episodes that become especially problematic with the ret-con of Time of the Doctor, which clearly was not intended to be the case up until Day of the Doctor production got underway. (Which is why I dislike that clumsy revision and would've much preferred they write off the 10th Doctor vanity-madness from Journey's End somehow and have made Capaldi the last regeneration of the 'original' cycle). That, and dramatic possibilities lost in actually writing for a Doctor while knowing he's the last.Andrew Gilbertsonhttp://www.nolinecinemas.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-82136290790323173262014-04-30T21:25:41.842-03:002014-04-30T21:25:41.842-03:00The Master died and kept on living (or animating h...The Master died and kept on living (or animating his body) because he's so determined. Presumably, there was this lethal accident that burned him to a crisp, but he had some kind of cheat for it (just like his possession cheats in The Keeper of Traken, the TV Movie and The End of Time). Doc11's body just grew old and died for the same reason Doc1's did.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-16626668371837984632014-04-30T07:17:14.450-03:002014-04-30T07:17:14.450-03:00If we take regenerations as aging then in that cas...If we take regenerations as aging then in that case the Smith and probably Tennant Doctors should be really old in Time Lord terms. The last and penultimate incarnations. I could argue both ways if their flippant and "youthful" behaviour and looks run counter to that or in fact support it.<br /><br />I forget, was the Master's ravaged look during the Baker years because he was on his last regeneration, or because he had tried to regenerate when he had none left? Has anyone ever offered a reason why the Eleventh Doctor doesn't look like burnt toast?<br /><br />Also, great episode. Really fun. I'm not quite sure we needed the "I'm going to deage to screw with people/correct a minor visual continuity headache", because I'm not sure Kingston looks that much younger in her earlier appearances than she does here, and because I think it's drawing attention to something that we had all collectively agreed to just pretend doesn't exist (same as Angel and Captain Jack).<br /><br />I think this is the episode that firmly made Rory my favourite companion of New Who. Although as Captain America has proven, it's hard to argue with a guy who has punched Hitler in the face.LiamKavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01996095233681105682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-34606611612590021252014-04-29T12:10:26.835-03:002014-04-29T12:10:26.835-03:00This and A Good Man Goes To War were my least favo...This and A Good Man Goes To War were my least favorite episodes of the revived series. They felt like they were doing so much to carry the seasonal arc that they didn't really have a plot of their own. Just enough to provide a context for the big reveals and plot twists of the episodes.F. Douglas Wallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06497140550892192807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-412404143917969792014-04-28T09:50:09.429-03:002014-04-28T09:50:09.429-03:00I'm with CiB with regard to the poison.
As to...I'm with CiB with regard to the poison.<br /><br />As to why the Doctor didn't know he was out of regenerations, perhaps it's not as simple as, say, counting the change in your pocket. Maybe it's akin to how, as you get older, you feel aches and pains you didn't as a kid, and you become more aware of your limitations and how those limitations get increasingly limiting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-90846932381179552992014-04-27T17:56:31.350-03:002014-04-27T17:56:31.350-03:00On the issue of the regenerations- the impression ...On the issue of the regenerations- the impression I got was that the poison used here was specifically designed to kill and not allow regenerations, and so all the incarnations that River "handed over" did was cure the poison (that is, she didn't give him extra incarnations, she used hers to save this incarnation of the Doctor)<br /><br />This means that he's still at the end of his regeneration cycle. As for why he thinks he might regenerate here- pass.CiBnoreply@blogger.com