Thoughts after some more Dr Who

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Two things about Russel T Davies the world did not need to know: he has issues with fat people and a real thing for maid uniforms. (I'm sure it's just a matter of time before Donna gets into one)



Torchwood Episode One: Spike/Angel slash (unsouled and souled respectively) made flesh, no wonder everyone recommends this season :)

Dr Who:

Christmas Special: Not everywhere on Earth celebrates Christmas!

Ooohhh...so you'll ask Kylie Minogue to travel with you pretty much the moment you meet her, but if it's some middle aged guy you'll just reject and abandon him in a snow covered field on an alien planet, huh? Nice.

Overall his preferences seem to go:
Timelord > Blonde > Redhead > Black/brunette >> balding middle aged man

With "I will tie you up and keep in my TARDIS for ever and ever" at one end and "I travel alone (yes even though I just asked someone else to go with me, she was prettier than you)" at the other.

Episode One: Yes, that's right, Martha was brilliant and you treated her like crap, NOW you realise it. Idiot.

OMG tiny little adorable monsters made of FAT. Did I mention the issues with fatness?

Episode 2: Ok, yes, she is theoretically in a toga, but it looks more like an empire line dress to me. Still, points for trying.

Episode 3: Stop the presses, slavery is bad. Who'd have thunk it? Still, how could he have been expected to notice that, he was distracted! By Stuff! It's a complex concept to grasp, ok?

In conclusion: If I wrote fanfic, I would totally do an AU about The Doctor and Mr Copper traveling the universe together. (With Bannakaffalatta and Astrid happily married on some distant more open minded planet)

Comments

[greteldragon.livejournal.com]

Torchwood Episode One: Spike/Angel slash (unsouled and souled respectively) made flesh, no wonder everyone recommends this season :)

My entire reason for watching the show :D

Also, is it just me or are all christmas specials (or holiday specials if you prefer the term) always lame.

[alias_sqbr]

No, it is not just you.

[wolfhound.livejournal.com]

just wait till you get to the end of s2 tw

[alias_sqbr]

Yeah, that's what people keep saying :)

[emma-in-oz.livejournal.com]

have only just wathed beginning of season 1. Notice Rose gets advice from sad, middle aged, male Who fan whotracks him through historical records and *clearly lvoes him more and would make a better companion*. But no.

[alias_sqbr]

It's been so long since I saw Season One I can't remember which episode you're talking about. And, looking through the list of episodes, I realise I missed one!! (Father's Day)

[dafwarg.livejournal.com]

You missed Father's Day? At least it wasn't a two parter... good episode though :)

[alias_sqbr]

I mean to get around the watching it a some point. And I can't figure out how I missed it!

[emma-in-oz.livejournal.com]

first ep of s 1 rose meets the dr and then he leaves/ she googles him and finds a fat middle aged man who runs a website about him and as accumulated much knowledge. i wpuld have liked him to be a continuing character

[alias_sqbr]

Oh, that guy! Yeah, I liked him and was sad to see him go, though he seemed a bit settled to be a companion, happy keeping his doctor watching as a hobby.

[emma-in-oz.livejournal.com]

Oh, and just watched the episode with the people from LINDA.

[alias_sqbr]

I am very proud of myself for not adding "And actually on the whole all the one-shot Dr Who experts seem to come to a sticky end" in my previous comment, but it really does seem to be true (I don't remember any more you actually get to know in the rest of the series)

[edible-hat.livejournal.com]

It's got to the point where I see "By Russel T Davies" in the opening credits and say "D'oh!"

Thank gord Steven Moffat becomes head writer in 2010.

[alias_sqbr]

I don't 100% mind his individual episodes, but I think the overall direction of the show could do with some changing. And Steven Moffat is awesome :)

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

Moffat's thoughts on women are a bit too =/ for me.

[alias_sqbr]

I know he's said some dodgy stuff in real life, but from what I've seen he doesn't seem too bad as a writer, apart from a tendency to do David Eddings like ueber women who run rings around hapless men with their smarts and feminine wiles. This isn't perfect, but is still a step up from RTD. Or have I missed something?

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

And then they fall in love with any dude who's lucky enough to be standing nearby and will end up happily ever after with him, goddamnit.

Coupling, Blink: GAAAAAAG.

[alias_sqbr]

Yes, sorry, forgot to add "..and fall in love with" to "run rings around".

I haven't found his "perfect women falling for lovable schlubs" schtick too annoying thus far, but I can see it getting annoying after a solid season if he let it interfere with the show (turning the doctor into an adorable schlub whose companion runs rings around him, for example. Blech)

Damn you, I was happy about this before! :)

[alias_sqbr]

Re this conversation and turning the doctor into an adorable schlub whose companion runs rings around him: I just watched "Silence in the Library" *rolls eyes at Steven Moffat*

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

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