tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post3879077954518018792..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Doctor Who #868: A Christmas CarolSiskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-24487452090729856402014-08-13T11:11:41.032-03:002014-08-13T11:11:41.032-03:00I don't dislike Runaway Bride, but Wardrobe wa...I don't dislike Runaway Bride, but Wardrobe was, for me, a whole lot of missed opportunities. But you'll get there.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-57414554666563953022014-08-13T11:02:48.545-03:002014-08-13T11:02:48.545-03:00I was very annoyed by the love given this one- bei...I was very annoyed by the love given this one- being a major fan of both Runaway Bride and The Doctor, The Widow, and the Wardrobe (two underloved specials) as the best Christmas stories. However, a rewatch (part of a chronoligcal rewatch of everything in prep for the 50th) did kind of bring me around. Not sure if this is my favorite- but it very well may be, and definitely the most Christmas-y of all the specials. This is the anti-Voyage-of-the-Damned. :-)Andrew Gilbertsonhttp://www.nolinecinemas.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-7098658803607857282014-08-01T07:04:48.205-03:002014-08-01T07:04:48.205-03:00Hahaha, thanks for the reminder! So many good mome...Hahaha, thanks for the reminder! So many good moments, the Christmas list would have been impossibly long!Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-40065490663044339412014-07-31T23:43:55.799-03:002014-07-31T23:43:55.799-03:00I know I'm posting this months later, but I ca...I know I'm posting this months later, but I can't believe no one mentioned my possible favourite 11th Doctor moment: when he burns out the psychic paper trying to get to reinforce his claim of being "widely regarded as a responsible adult."Moosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-12656579539881345172014-04-09T15:18:45.332-03:002014-04-09T15:18:45.332-03:00As with "Vincent & the Doctor," the ...As with "Vincent & the Doctor," the emotional content carried over any story problems. When Gambon's character rejected the Doctor I was crushed. The ending was properly Christmasy. Good stuff.<br /><br />- Mike LoughlinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-37344392142999818512014-04-09T13:37:49.759-03:002014-04-09T13:37:49.759-03:00Face it. If the Doctor used the full power of time...Face it. If the Doctor used the full power of time travel every time, he could stop every plot before it happened.<br /><br />But the question may be: "Who cares about Sardicktown?" No one. It's never been heard of before or since. It's probably a very loose unfixed point. Getting to Davros the same way would be impossible because the Daleks (and the Time Lords) screwed around with their own timeline so many times, it must be a tangled mess. Think of the knot in The Angels Take Manhattan. And you've also got a situation where everything is in the hands of ONE man. With Davros, the Daleks are perhaps inevitable. There's a centuries-long war on, for one thing, and even stopping Davros might cause worse developments in warfare, lead to more Skarosian deaths, etc. all things the Doctor might find distasteful.<br /><br />But the creation of the Daleks seems as fixed a point as there is likely to be. It would unravel too much of his personal timeline to change it, including the Time War. Impossible. With Sardick, it's much easier to say that it was all part of the original timeline, but that he repressed those memories. The Doctor goes above and beyond to REMIND him of his humanity, it's not like he's creating it from whole cloth. And in the end, he's just as stubborn as he was in the beginning, and one could say it's seeing his younger self that changes the old man (in the present) and not the other way around.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-57314849068903643132014-04-09T13:25:42.512-03:002014-04-09T13:25:42.512-03:00BUUUUUUUUUUTTTTT... why doesn't he just go in ...BUUUUUUUUUUTTTTT... why doesn't he just go in time and through Davros a birthday party?<br /><br />(I love this episode. I really do. Especially the twist with the "Ghost of Christmas Future". But I don't see how it doesn't break every future story.)LiamKavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01996095233681105682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-89282727283293138442014-04-09T11:09:30.406-03:002014-04-09T11:09:30.406-03:00This episode's a cracker, all right.
*Sunglas...This episode's a cracker, all right.<br /><br />*Sunglasses*<br /><br />A CHRISTMAS cracker.<br /><br />*YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH*Madeleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-34781826335496346422014-04-09T01:36:17.175-03:002014-04-09T01:36:17.175-03:00This is my all time favorite Christmas episode. Fu...This is my all time favorite Christmas episode. Full of great moments like when the Doctor is standing in the window waiting for the signal from the screwdriver.JeffJedihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06396911383619760117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-44281446506952510672014-04-08T18:08:22.357-03:002014-04-08T18:08:22.357-03:00Oh, I've been looking forward to this one! Al...Oh, I've been looking forward to this one! Also one of my all time favorites. It has literally been saved on my DVR ever since the original broadcast. It's become a regular part of my Christmas movie watching routine.<br />This also features my very favorite music in the whole series. Abigal song is simply gorgeous. A great, great episode.Pederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16979481342103258777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-56089660732239919272014-04-08T13:19:36.041-03:002014-04-08T13:19:36.041-03:00Agreed. This one hits all the points and comes out...Agreed. This one hits all the points and comes out a winner.Timothy S. Brannanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02923526503305233715noreply@blogger.com