tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post614725482486037696..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Doctor Who #804: The Stolen EarthSiskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-42706545560533892792014-08-12T14:23:24.810-03:002014-08-12T14:23:24.810-03:00Well said Andrew. The End of Time's goodbyes a...Well said Andrew. The End of Time's goodbyes are very much "tacked on".Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-6116788970810699662014-08-12T12:54:28.180-03:002014-08-12T12:54:28.180-03:00"I'm not saying there aren't any perf..."I'm not saying there aren't any perfectly nice Tennant moments over the next year, but the Series 4 final two-parter feels like such a goodbye to an era, it's a shame that era should then continue and do those same beats, those same goodbyes once more. The Year of Specials is when I get a little sick of Doc10, and I think that may be in part because he's LITERALLY outstayed his welcome."<br /><br />This encapsulates my feelings on the Tennant era SO perfectly. At present, the 10th Doctor is my lest favorite, #11 of 11 (and unless Capaldi REALLY screws up, soon to be 12 of 12). And I know it wasn't that way when I was watching this season. I know back then, I didn't fully loathe him. (There are definite RTD-isms with the selfishness, the arrogance, the attitudes that pushed me that way once in a while, but not enough to fully hate the character as I do now.)<br /><br />And I think it was the Gap Year that did that... combined with this absurdity, it wore the Doctor so thin that instead of overlooking the flaws and faults in the writing, they started to become all I could see. And tonally, this finale- including review of past companions- was utterly appropriate, rather than the tacked-on redux of End of Time, which tries to bring in the same elements completely unorganiclly.Andrew Gilbertsonhttp://www.nolinecinemas.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-29749900601927422592014-02-04T11:40:36.416-04:002014-02-04T11:40:36.416-04:00Yeah. The giant Adipose and baby Blon Slitheen wou...Yeah. The giant Adipose and baby Blon Slitheen would have been keen.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-50723573073580438192014-02-04T11:32:30.246-04:002014-02-04T11:32:30.246-04:00My biggest problem with the episode is, and always...My biggest problem with the episode is, and always will be, the no-budget version of the Shadow Proclamation we got after years of references and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shadow_Proclamation.png" rel="nofollow">the original plan to show just about every alien from the series in one room</a>...Craig Oxbrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-77040640027936538252014-02-03T20:12:24.242-04:002014-02-03T20:12:24.242-04:00One thing I did like was the "To Be Continued...One thing I did like was the "To Be Continued" instead of a trailer, and the adverts all avoiding showing whether it was true or not. We knew it wasn't (partially thanks to people saying DT on location for the special) but still...Craig Oxbrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-76549049255773959992014-02-03T16:00:43.769-04:002014-02-03T16:00:43.769-04:00Nikolas: Glad to have you on board! Nice Bad Wolf ...Nikolas: Glad to have you on board! Nice Bad Wolf remarks too.<br /><br />Douglas: And you had Catherine Tate letting "the cat out of the bag" re: his departure, as if by accident, yeah.<br /><br />Anon: Sorry it doesn't work for you, not that you're wrong about the way exposition and MacGuffins are used in the story. And yet, it gives me all the feels. It talks to my heart if not to my head.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-36595360679545071052014-02-03T15:51:01.704-04:002014-02-03T15:51:01.704-04:00Nikolas -- I love that "Big Bad Wolf" id...Nikolas -- I love that "Big Bad Wolf" idea! Why the hell wasn't your girlfriend running the show?<br /><br />Siskoid -- I find this episode nearly unwatchable, the one after it as well. To me it really really plays out like poorly-edited fanfiction. Harriet Jones for instance: her conversation with Martha (I think it was Martha) reads more like a question-and-answer session where Martha is a stand-in for the reader and Harriet is articulating the author's justification for unexpected character behavior. A better fanfictioneer would rely more on show and less on tell, maybe dismiss the question altogether with Harriet saying "this isn't about me, this is about the survival of the earth".<br /><br />Is this the episode where Jackie blew a Dalek apart and then did a badass action hero pose? Ye gods.<br /><br />As one NSFW thought, it's a shame Peter Capaldi wasn't facing off against Davros, because wouldn't you love to hear the Doctor say exactly this to him:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9arSotadmYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-57204523640991416642014-02-03T11:43:00.964-04:002014-02-03T11:43:00.964-04:00It seems like this was the first of a couple of re...It seems like this was the first of a couple of regeneration fakeouts. I think rumors had started getting around that David was leaving, so they played with it as long as they could. First the fakeout regeneration here, then "The Next Doctor" as the title of that year's Christmas special.F. Douglas Wallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06497140550892192807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-56654954191584490992014-02-03T06:31:00.763-04:002014-02-03T06:31:00.763-04:00Love your blog! Found it a couple of months ago an...Love your blog! Found it a couple of months ago and have been devouring all Doctor Who related content since then. I haven't yet taken the plunge to Classic Who but I might do it during the long hiatus until season 8 and if that happens, I will be sure to read up on your thoughts for those eps as we'll.<br />Now, about the episode in question. I'd already watched all of NuWho before getting my girlfriend to do the same. She'd always been disappointed by how the whole Bad Wolf thing was handled but let me tell you, this 3-parter had her chomping at the bit! I had been let down when I watched this as well but I couldn't get why she was so upset until she explained her "She is returning" idea which I think blows RTD's out of the water:<br />In her desperation to get back to her Doctor, Rose is tearing down the walls of reality between her universe and his. We finally get some thematic reasoning behind the Bad Wolf name (huff and puff and blow your house down) because her reckless behaviour is threatening to destroy all reality and it's up to the Doctor to stop her with the help of all his previous companions (cue shot of all of them flying the TARDIS which is all that RTD wanted out of that episode anyway). <br />The way to end it after that IMO would be for Rose to go all Dark Phoenix. The Doctor regenerates while stopping her and we got into the Smith era without a couple of years of shuffling feet. You could even have him blasted into the past so he sees the true Rose one last time as in End of Time before doing the whole Oods in the snow scene.<br />If only.Nikolas Marinakishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18361977111653667981noreply@blogger.com