tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20796873.post115316080441600260..comments2016-05-06T06:34:04.108+01:00Comments on Wouldn't It Be Scarier?: Late Doctor Who ThoughtsAndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15432543456476489561noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20796873.post-1154985418690479532006-08-07T22:16:00.000+01:002006-08-07T22:16:00.000+01:00Oh (sorry) I forgot to say I disagree that this se...Oh (sorry) I forgot to say I disagree that this season is not better than the last, but great post anyway.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14665193880104452715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20796873.post-1154985343909288212006-08-07T22:15:00.000+01:002006-08-07T22:15:00.000+01:00(Meandered here c/o wikablog- and saw the URL!)I e...(Meandered here c/o wikablog- and saw the URL!)<BR/><BR/>I enjoyed Love and Monstors, it's not telling "us" the fans to do or be anything, it's about the fans.<BR/>The way LINDA evolves from being narrowly focussed to doing other things is generally how fandom naturally evolves in the real world.<BR/><BR/>The defiant closing speach from Elton at the very end sums it up, you (the boring general public) may think we're freaks, but we've got a great life thank you very much.<BR/>It's very much in celebration of fandom rather than critical of or instrictive to it.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14665193880104452715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20796873.post-1153171017782890822006-07-17T22:16:00.000+01:002006-07-17T22:16:00.000+01:00Yeah. Looking back over my post, I've probably bee...Yeah. Looking back over my post, I've probably been a bit harsh to Girl in the Fireplace and Love and Monsters. I didn't dislike either of them, just found them flawed. Love and Monsters I quite enjoyed until the final five minutes or so, which for me was significantly less intelligent and compelling than the rest of the episode. For most of the way through it, I was thinking "this is pretty good", it was just, as I say, the final few minutes that marred it for me.<BR/><BR/>On Girl in the Fireplace, it's pretty good on the whole, and if I was to write the ranking again it might well be higher up. Again, it's simply a single thing that irritated me about that, namely Moffat's love of putting in suggestions about the Doctor's relationships seemingly just to wind up the fans. It's still a much more imaginative episode than, say, Fear Her or School Reunion.<BR/><BR/>I have no problems with the "RTD tendency", indeed I thought the last series was nigh on flawless. I am simply trying to place my finger on what it is about this series that makes me feel it was somehow... lesser. To my surprise, when I thought about it, the episodes I felt were most disappointing were those written by non-fans. I cannot emphasize enough: This is not some sort of ideological objection on my part, simply a pattern I noticed.<BR/><BR/>The "RTD tendency" is great, and has breathed a good deal of life and popular support into the old show. I have some reservations about RTD's approach getting, eventually, to be just as stale as any previous producer after an extended stay at the programme (JNT *cough*), but it's not anywhere near there yet.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15432543456476489561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20796873.post-1153169811848847392006-07-17T21:56:00.000+01:002006-07-17T21:56:00.000+01:00Interesting post. I'm a generic "fanboy" but not ...Interesting post. I'm a generic "fanboy" but not a particularly great fan of classic Who and I'm intrigued by how much we seem to disagree, aside from Fear Her being pony.<BR/><BR/>Girl in the Fireplace was, for me, the standout best episode of the season. While I wouldn't <I>rank</I> Love and Monsters highly, I did <I>rate</I> (although that's possibly because I'm more of an ELO fan than a Whovian). I considered the first Cyberman story as the most traditionally Doctor Who storyline, and yet I also considered it one of the weakest, for that very reason.<BR/><BR/>In short, much of what you appear to dislike about the RTD tendency is precisely what has made me a fan. It also appears to be why a lot of my non-geek friends like it as well. Although I've quite enjoyed the odd Big Finish audio, I for one am delighted the series has escaped that particular ghetto.James Graham (Quaequam Blog!)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00319089107820032874noreply@blogger.com