tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post7776407260751078828..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Doctor Who #983: The PilotSiskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-41739133920814017002017-04-25T00:20:31.845-03:002017-04-25T00:20:31.845-03:00One other thought: I wouldn't have minded if B...One other thought: I wouldn't have minded if Bill had worked out that the Doctor isn't "just" an eccentric professor, but doesn't know exactly how to interpret this apparently unaging character that seems to be able to step into a person's past (the photos). She eventually just took it in stride that he has a complex life and is (at least currently) devoted to sharing what he knows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-23381818775583889682017-04-20T10:02:33.426-03:002017-04-20T10:02:33.426-03:00Bill seems to be constructed roughly correctly to ...Bill seems to be constructed roughly correctly to be a companion, I'm happy with that.<br /><br />I like Nardole more than most people, apparently. Perhaps because I saw him on "QI" first and therefore he's not "just some guy". Turns out he's got some immune system ailment that leaves him hairless. Anyway, I like that he's a foil to the Doctor merely by virtue of understanding him and giving him honest input. My only complaint -- and it may be addressed next episode -- is that Bill doesn't assume the Doctor and Nardole are an old gay couple. That's how I'd read them if I were in her position.<br /><br />I like that this ia a Doctor who has been looking to his past for a long time. But as a "Due South" ologist, I have not forgotten that, when a man starts living in his past, it means he sees no future. ("The Man Who Knew Too Little") I guess maybe I'm happy that perhaps even the Doctor finds himself in those ruts sometimes, and that probably speaks to the value of companions. (The puddle didn't detect any wanderlust in the Doctor; you'd expect him to be the passengeriest passenger to ever passenger a passenger.)<br /><br />I do hope Heather is returned somehow. I watched the episode hoping that the liquid was a portal to a more traditional ship -- kind of like the time portals in "The Girl in the Fireplace" -- but the episode seems to be making like the liquid IS the ship or at least is capable of traveling on its own, and thus there's no way for a human body to survive absorption. Fair enough, but I do get a little sick of people being gratuitously killed, just because it's an easy way to establish a threat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com