tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post1478005520943007804..comments2024-03-26T16:25:34.559-04:00Comments on Longish: Doctor Who - Twice Upon a Time - A Mess of Sentiment and Self-IndulgenceHannah Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15529410255089707007noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-64426294271903207512018-01-06T23:43:47.997-05:002018-01-06T23:43:47.997-05:00Series 8 does seem to appeal to certain people. My...Series 8 does seem to appeal to certain people. My friend Varad is a great fan of the Series 8 Capaldi Doctor - he found his brusqueness hilarious. <br /><br />I'll admit that my sensibilities are shaped by the rest of the show - Capaldi is very unlike any of the other Doctors except the sixth Doctor. And we all know how that turned out. It's so at odds with the show's generally goofily optimistic ethos, which didn't help. The relationship between 12 and Clara was interesting, but so dysfunctional that I found it difficult to like either of them. Plus, Capaldi spent the whole season navelgazing and pondering his true identity. All these things combined to make me really hesitant to welcome Capaldi's Doctor. I do appreciate the season more in retrospect, but the issues still bother me.Hannah Longhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15529410255089707007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-37264600601668207052018-01-06T17:07:25.803-05:002018-01-06T17:07:25.803-05:00Great review, Always love hearing your responses t...Great review, Always love hearing your responses to episodes.<br />Interesting how you didn't like season 8. I really really liked season 8. It really worked for me, and I reckon its the best season of New Who ever. The whole single story-line format, with only one 2 parter at the end, the teasing of Missy plus the Doctor and Clara dynamic suddenely changing. And I thought season 9 and 10 went downhill from there. I loved how short and sharp the Doctor was. How grumpy he was, it was perfect. By hislater seasons I thought he became too much like the 10th and 11th Doctor sometimes. This whole "get the job done" attitude he had in series 8 was so refreshing and different to anything I'd really seen on Modern TV, where most characters have to be overtly sentimental and caring to be heroes. <br />Benjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09839632727920142743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-66513174377037685752018-01-01T00:53:51.059-05:002018-01-01T00:53:51.059-05:00Have tried to find a spam box unsuccessfully. Ther...Have tried to find a spam box unsuccessfully. There aren't any filters on my comments section so maybe it just ate it.Hannah Longhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15529410255089707007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-59964254375730039292017-12-27T18:26:55.173-05:002017-12-27T18:26:55.173-05:00Speaking of soft spots, I've been a huge fan o...Speaking of soft spots, I've been a huge fan of Mark Gattis since first seeing him in 'The League of Gentlemen", a dark sketch comedy program set in Royston Vasey. He was one of a team of three writers/actors who played all the parts. The other two have also appeared on DW in "Silence in the Library" Steve Pemberton as Strackman Lax and Reece Shearsmith in "Sleep No More" as Gagan Rasmussen. In looking up a few things I've learned that Mr. Gatiss has written a great deal with and without S.Moffat.John Sealockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07884143144388318003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-4521509874694108432017-12-27T09:58:09.780-05:002017-12-27T09:58:09.780-05:00Where's my comment? (Check Spam Box)Where's my comment? (Check Spam Box)Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277966379512526469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-83408112806557802352017-12-26T22:16:22.933-05:002017-12-26T22:16:22.933-05:00Agreed on Mummy on the Orient Express - it was the...Agreed on Mummy on the Orient Express - it was the first to attempt to explain why the new Doctor was grumpy and short - he's trying to be practical.<br /><br />As for Jodie's first scene, I was hoping for something more. Colin Baker started the trend of previewing the Doctor's character, shaking us up a bit. But I guess they're banking on the generous good will Jodie's already generated - and the relative ambivalence after Capaldi's mixed run - to keep their cards close to their chest.Hannah Longhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15529410255089707007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-69063410006186270412017-12-26T17:40:31.742-05:002017-12-26T17:40:31.742-05:00the First Doctor's naughty sexism
Kind of run...<i>the First Doctor's naughty sexism</i><br /><br />Kind of runs counter to their contrived rationalizations for a female Doctor--that's he's a two-thousand-year-old alien from a much more advanced civilization so human foibles/conventions don't apply.<br /><br />And having the new Doctor screw up within seconds (and with her first action) is something the critics would script. You would think that the Time Lords would have a system in the TARDIS to absorb the energy of regeneration. <br /><br />We don't know if Bill and Clara )or Nardole, for that matter) are dead in our timeline. The Testimony "alien" is from 12 million years out. Bill is some sort of energy creature like the PuddleGirl--apparently immortal. Clara exists between two moments in time with her immortal companion. Who know when they decided to call it quits or the pension ran out.Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277966379512526469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-62199621419343628822017-12-26T08:41:46.155-05:002017-12-26T08:41:46.155-05:00Thank you for a great article. I was willingly ta...Thank you for a great article. I was willingly taken in by all the sentimentality of the episode. Unfortunately, I had not watched the last three episodes of the season so I was unaware of the fate of Billy and what had lead to the Doctor's refusal to regenerate. When you think about it, those circumstances and his lives so far are a total contradiction to his pre-regeneration statement, "One more lifetime never killed anyone". <br /><br />We are in absolute agreement on the disaster that is Capaldi's first season for which I blame the writers. I think it is more accurate to refer to it as Moffat's disastrous Series 8. It is as if they had nothing thought out for the Doctor to say. It felt like they just gave Capaldi the instruction to just be rude and disagreeable. Okay, ACTION!!! Along with the insufferably long story arc of Clara staying or going or staying or going, the combination was hard to watch. The only genuine piece of character development seem to show up in "Mummy on the Orient Express" in which we see a pragmatic Doctor with little sympathy for the victims as they alone see their approaching death (NPR review). <br /><br />The two insights into the coming season 11 were the only word spoken by the first female Doctor in reaction to her "sex-change", "Brilliant" and the TARDIS litterally shaking out the Doctor and the contents of the TARDIS control room, books and all, as if to say "we are starting all over". The Doctor's first word was her eager acceptance of being a woman for the first time as opposed to #11's shock when he felt his long hair, "I'm a GIRL, NO!!!!!" and his relief when he found his adam's apple. Still no word on her disappointment on not being ginger.<br />John Sealockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07884143144388318003noreply@blogger.com