tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post5325918580936905157..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Doctor Who #677: Dragonfire Part 2Siskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-88768306606585513422013-09-30T11:23:09.344-03:002013-09-30T11:23:09.344-03:00McCoy has been Merlin (in Doctor Who) and Radagast...McCoy has been Merlin (in Doctor Who) and Radagast (in The Hobbit), so those parallels aren't so out of left field.<br /><br />I think you may be right about Ace and her agency. New Who has often made the companion the protagonist, but the stories were still about other things. In Ace's case, Season 26 was almost entirely about resolving her personal story through the threat/adventure of the month.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-61367251127410789442013-09-30T05:04:32.352-03:002013-09-30T05:04:32.352-03:00I think it'll become more obvious in the final...I think it'll become more obvious in the final McCoy series, but one of the things I love about Ace is how, as her backstory is revealed, this era is HER story rather than the Doctor's. Rather than being a cypher meant to bring out characteristics of the Doctor, it's really the other way round. He's Gandalf in this, she's Bilbo.<br /><br />Or maybe she's the apprentice, actually, the teenage protagonist in a Harry Potter-esque fantasy. That's way more agency than any other companion got, even in the new series.Madeleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-25866693740295769622013-09-29T14:30:26.530-03:002013-09-29T14:30:26.530-03:00Anon: That's from the DVD, no worries, I'm...Anon: That's from the DVD, no worries, I'm flipping that thing this week.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-12625749085377829612013-09-29T10:34:12.678-03:002013-09-29T10:34:12.678-03:00That's true. But Iceworld looks to be set in t...That's true. But Iceworld looks to be set in the future, so... TIMEY-WIMEY!!!Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-5204822330100026092013-09-29T10:30:34.624-03:002013-09-29T10:30:34.624-03:00Didn't Mr Freeze only get that preoccupation w...Didn't Mr Freeze only get that preoccupation with saving his wife thing (as opposed to being a gimick) in the Batman animated series of the early 1990's? In which case, surely it's Mr Freeze who thinks he's Kane!CiBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-78092337967453538682013-09-29T10:03:57.225-03:002013-09-29T10:03:57.225-03:00A clip that may help explain the mysterious cliffh...A clip that may help explain the mysterious cliffhanger:<br /><br />http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=117034Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com