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He talks to himself sometimes because he's the only one who understands
17 August 2006 @ 08:23 pm
11 July 2006 @ 07:30 am
Random observation: is the name of next year's Doctor Who companion, Martha Jones, (and if just her name is a spoiler for you, get a life) a combination of those two great comic book heroines Martha Washington and Halo Jones?
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curious
curious22 January 2006 @ 01:04 pm
So ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
pink_weasel finished her thesis and yesterday we got it printed and bound. Then we went shopping (3 for 2 books, and a couple of cheap-ish Doctor Who DVDs, stories I've either never seen or not seen since they were first broadcast) and then to the cinema to see Underworld Evolution which had lots of Kate Beckinsale's shiny bottom for the boys and lots of Scott Speedman's naked chest for the girls and not much in the way of a plot, but still quite fun. Today, we're off to Brixton for lunch and socialising.
pink_weasel finished her thesis and yesterday we got it printed and bound. Then we went shopping (3 for 2 books, and a couple of cheap-ish Doctor Who DVDs, stories I've either never seen or not seen since they were first broadcast) and then to the cinema to see Underworld Evolution which had lots of Kate Beckinsale's shiny bottom for the boys and lots of Scott Speedman's naked chest for the girls and not much in the way of a plot, but still quite fun. Today, we're off to Brixton for lunch and socialising.Very True Mood: 
chipper
chipper09 June 2005 @ 04:14 am
Mmmmm, Susan Ivanova.
Anyway, Boom Town. I wasn't expecting much from this based on the trailers but it turned out better than I expected. Not brilliant but certainly not terrible.
It was a collection of "greatest" hits from the series so far – Slitheen from AoL/WW3; the rift from tUD; incidental music from Rose; Mickey; reversing the teleport from tEoftW; some of which deserved a repeat performance more than others. It was also more than that.
It was a look at the Doctor's morality and whilst Russell T Davies is clearly against the death penalty (see his interview on Doctor Who Confidential) the episode was no where so clear cut, Margaret's arguments didn't really hold water when held against the lengths she was prepared to go to save herself, and the Doctor's attitude was a mixture of factors – part "leave local customs alone", part "Everything has it's time and everything dies" and part traumatised post-Gallifrey Doctor.
The moral debate would have been more interesting if a human had taken a larger part. Maybe we could have been spared some of the Rose/Mickey (non-)relationship and instead had them involved in the discussion between the Doctor and Margaret.
In the end the debate was rendered meaningless by a deus ex machina resolution. I liked the heart of the TARDIS and I wonder if it's foreshadowing something, possibly connected to regeneration?
7/10
And the Doctor notices the Bad Wolf at last. Just in time for this week's episode that looks like it could be very, very good and very, very bad at the same time.
( More Who... )
Anyway, Boom Town. I wasn't expecting much from this based on the trailers but it turned out better than I expected. Not brilliant but certainly not terrible.
It was a collection of "greatest" hits from the series so far – Slitheen from AoL/WW3; the rift from tUD; incidental music from Rose; Mickey; reversing the teleport from tEoftW; some of which deserved a repeat performance more than others. It was also more than that.
It was a look at the Doctor's morality and whilst Russell T Davies is clearly against the death penalty (see his interview on Doctor Who Confidential) the episode was no where so clear cut, Margaret's arguments didn't really hold water when held against the lengths she was prepared to go to save herself, and the Doctor's attitude was a mixture of factors – part "leave local customs alone", part "Everything has it's time and everything dies" and part traumatised post-Gallifrey Doctor.
The moral debate would have been more interesting if a human had taken a larger part. Maybe we could have been spared some of the Rose/Mickey (non-)relationship and instead had them involved in the discussion between the Doctor and Margaret.
In the end the debate was rendered meaningless by a deus ex machina resolution. I liked the heart of the TARDIS and I wonder if it's foreshadowing something, possibly connected to regeneration?
7/10
And the Doctor notices the Bad Wolf at last. Just in time for this week's episode that looks like it could be very, very good and very, very bad at the same time.
( More Who... )
Very True Mood: sniffly