tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post7897953432965936345..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Doctor Who #700: The Curse of Fenric Part 4Siskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-78479660973389084002013-10-23T07:55:08.039-03:002013-10-23T07:55:08.039-03:00And I need to show it to people at public screenin...And I need to show it to people at public screenings!Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-71891898594452806782013-10-23T07:49:38.106-03:002013-10-23T07:49:38.106-03:00This is McCoy's Doctor at his very best and on...This is McCoy's Doctor at his very best and one of the best Doctor arcs ever. Damn. I really need to rewatch this one.Timothy S. Brannanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02923526503305233715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-27243019398965963632013-10-22T16:55:03.221-03:002013-10-22T16:55:03.221-03:00Thanks for the kind words, Madeley!
And that'...Thanks for the kind words, Madeley!<br /><br />And that's why the Target novelizations are canon only when we want them to be!Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-27229693292151302862013-10-22T15:48:51.426-03:002013-10-22T15:48:51.426-03:00This is great, Siskoid, a damn good overview of Ac...This is great, Siskoid, a damn good overview of Ace's (and the show's) development over the story.<br /><br />Coincidentally, I've just finished reading the Target novelisation myself. To be honest, it's not very good. Ian Briggs hammers home everything that's subtext in his script, unfortunately, and his prose is awful. It's a testament, actually, to the actors, director and script editor that they produced something with so much nuance from a pretty heavy handed source. For example, Millington is shown to be a homicidal madman from his first scene, intending to kill the Doctor and Ace as soon as they show up.<br /><br />That said, the story of the Doctor's first contest with Fenric is shown in the book as an extract from an Arabian Nights-type fable, and it's fantastic. Plus, in the epilogue with Dorothee, Briggs backpedals on the "before the dawn of time" thing, leaving it a bit more ambiguous what Fenric, and by implication the Doctor, actually are, which I thought was a nice touch.Madeleynoreply@blogger.com