tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post3369946980114796296..comments2023-06-18T05:48:52.971-07:00Comments on Prefect Slog: WhotopiaSAFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654559289732417538noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post-22927310996801110862007-06-13T08:52:00.000-07:002007-06-13T08:52:00.000-07:00I'm waiting to comment on Blink until I watch it a...I'm waiting to comment on Blink until I watch it again since I was still jet-lagged first time round. It *seemed* brilliant, mind :)Stuart Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232782649771676547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post-8680307492019582402007-06-13T04:50:00.000-07:002007-06-13T04:50:00.000-07:00Stuart said: "Martha is worried it'll look like sh...Stuart said: "Martha is worried it'll look like she's stolen it if she's found in possession of a gentleman's fob watch?"<BR/><BR/>See now, that's the explanation I came up with for my own peace of mind - so it must be right ;))<BR/><BR/>I understand what Tim is saying and it's all reasoned out, but they do qualify as nits for me. There could, after all, be a bigger bridge than we imagine between the destruction of the Family's ship and their ultimate (respective) fates. There's no clear explicit evidence that it's easy to trap someone in a mirror. (Also the Family, I assume, are greatly weakened at this stage - bereft of their ship and - presumably - near the end of their three month lifespan.) In fact, I'd rather see it as the Doctor having gone to great great lengths to hand out those sentences. It magnifies his cruelty as he metes out his own justice - which raises other issues , but I'm hopeful of seeing some repercussions on that front in any case.<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, what of Blink? We're all in accord on that one, surely :)SAFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07654559289732417538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post-24864206046162235802007-06-13T04:22:00.000-07:002007-06-13T04:22:00.000-07:00Each to his own. I thought my case logically thoug...Each to his own. I thought my case logically thought through and well argued.<BR/><BR/>I didn't even start on the poorly directed resolution of the cliff-hanger or the ridiculous dispatching of the Family. Why has the Doctor never disposed of the Master or the Rani behind a mirror when it is obviously so easy to do? It's the same as suddenly being able to destroy a Cyberman with a gun, in "Attack of the Cybermen", when the Cybermen were previously shown, in "The Invasion", to be impervious to firearms.<BR/><BR/>The Doctor could've dispensed with Margaret Slitheen within his magical mystery mirror! Maybe even Captain Jack, releasing him on the odd occasion for a quick snog!! Obviously, anything goes and no plot point is of any consequence when praising to the hilt this, below par, fun piece of nonsense masquerading under the name of "Doctor Who"!!!TimeWardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853837867256272087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post-85058686350908577962007-06-13T01:20:00.000-07:002007-06-13T01:20:00.000-07:00Tim - could the nits you're picking be any smaller...Tim - could the nits you're picking be any smaller? The watch bit doesn't bother me (the Doctor doesn't think it's important - as explicitly stated in the script - and maybe he has to keep it near or Martha is worried it'll look like she's stolen it if she's found in possession of a gentleman's fob watch? As for the trenches scene - I presumed it was et in 1917 or 18 and there's nothing on screen (from the writer) to say otherwise.<BR/><BR/>I'm with Simon on this one - fantastic Who, I thought and on a different planet entirely from rubbish like Gridlock, 42 or the Dalek Disaster.Stuart Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232782649771676547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post-46994354529466209942007-06-12T22:44:00.000-07:002007-06-12T22:44:00.000-07:00Martha's carelessness through not taking better ca...Martha's carelessness through not taking better care of the watch, after specifically being told of its importance by the Doctor in the teaser, directly leads to the Doctor having to choose between his friend and lover at the climax of "Human Nature". Had Martha kept it about her person, Tim wouldn't have picked it up, opened it, and led the Family of Blood to the dancehall.<BR/><BR/>Paul Cornell should've found another way to reach the same cliff-hanger such as losing the watch. As it stands, it makes Martha look stupid when she must be anything but, considering her medical training! The negligence over something so vital is contradictory to her character and therefore poor writing. The plot collapses because of it, despite the subtext remaining intact. Remember how important it was to retain the time ring in "Genesis"!!<BR/><BR/>The narrative is also carelessly undermined at the end of "The Family of Blood" when Tim reminds Hutchinson, in the trenches, of the promise he made "all those years ago"! This scene is set in 1914, reaffirmed immediately afterwards by the Producer in "Confidential", while the bulk of the story takes place the previous year!! Now, if Tim had said "all those months ago"… but it just doesn't have the same dramatic punch!!! I'm of the firm opinion that this story is no better or worse than any other this season.TimeWardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853837867256272087noreply@blogger.com