tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post4599796754679528355..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Doctor Who #679: Remembrance of the Daleks Part 1Siskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-59640172608726076172013-10-02T18:29:34.766-03:002013-10-02T18:29:34.766-03:00Season 24 has modernized effects and uniform video...Season 24 has modernized effects and uniform video, but while there are a lot of elements we then find in the new series, Cartmell's series is still cooking and not quite ready to come out of the oven.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-12749865980727229122013-10-02T10:11:56.889-03:002013-10-02T10:11:56.889-03:00I haven't seen any of season 24 so this might ...I haven't seen any of season 24 so this might apply there, but I saw this episode after watching some late 70s/early 80s stuff, and what surprised me is how much more "modern" it felt. Talking about racism without going over the top, the Dalek turning up early rather than at the end of the episode, the fanwank (done well, especially if you compare this stuff to the Colin Baker Cybermen episode), having the cliff-hanger almost directly address the audience (see? They CAN go up stairs!) the fact that because the outside stuff is now on videotape there's no jarring studio/location jumps, the companion having agency of her own, a teaser...<br /><br />Sure, if you watch it in comparison to modern Who then it still has plenty of dated bits. But put it next to most of other classic-Who, and it shines. LiamKavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01996095233681105682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-32515165556830558542013-10-01T09:55:52.436-03:002013-10-01T09:55:52.436-03:00Yes. Pamela Salem is always wonderful.
- JasonYes. Pamela Salem is always wonderful.<br /><br />- JasonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-53629853037893397502013-10-01T09:21:36.353-03:002013-10-01T09:21:36.353-03:00Madeley: Now I won't be able to resist mention...Madeley: Now I won't be able to resist mentioning it when I get to Battlefield!<br /><br />David: Between this and Fenric (the first 2 DVD releases?), I had the same reaction. McCoy became an instant new favorite. And I usually put in him in the Top 2 and frequently in the Top 1.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-75096550783345513462013-10-01T09:00:25.114-03:002013-10-01T09:00:25.114-03:00I've been indoctrinating my son wit Classic Wh...I've been indoctrinating my son wit Classic Who. BBC America showed the complete showing and he decided that Sylvester McCoy was his favorite because of this episode. I am biased to Tom Baker, but who could blame him, this was a defining moment in Doctor Who.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208969934278199592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-24306945660122495042013-10-01T08:09:47.755-03:002013-10-01T08:09:47.755-03:00I absolutely love Remembrance, and it's got a ...I absolutely love Remembrance, and it's got a special place in my heart as the first Who story I can clearly recall watching as a child in the 80s (6th Doctor would have been the first Doctor I watched, but I only remember a handful of vague bits).<br /><br />I was watching the DVD extras on Battlefield recently, and it was fascinating to hear him talk about how Battlefield and Remembrance were meant to mirror each other, one about the Doctor's hidden past and the other about his mysterious future. Blew my mind a bit, I'd never thought of it like that before.<br /><br />Speaking of Aaronovitch, it's been nice to see him develop a successful latter-day career as a popular novelist, and hilarious to see him nominated for the UK's National Book Awards a couple of years ago for "New Writer of the Year".Madeleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-4144424794676251262013-10-01T07:24:06.249-03:002013-10-01T07:24:06.249-03:00My second favourite classic story after City of De...My second favourite classic story after City of Death - great action, great characters and so much quotable dialogue.Toby'chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01298458468488781568noreply@blogger.com