Doctor Who "Rosa" reaction post
So I don't know what the hell I just watched, but it wasn't Doctor Who.
Honestly, it was a lot closer to an episode of "Timeless," which was an entire television series about going into the past to stop other people from changing the past. However, at least on "Timeless" we actually understood why the history-changers wanted to change history. As far as I can tell, Krasko wanted to keep Rosa Parks from sitting on the bus because an asteroid killed his dog? I dunno, I'm kind of confused.
But seriously, are we supposed to believe that a criminal from the 79th century goes to 1955 Alabama to change history because he doesn't like black people? His motive for what he was doing made absolutely no sense. First off, how does keeping Rosa Parks from being arrested on this one night stop the American Civil Rights movement? It wouldn't have happened in some other way? Really? And even if you buy that premise, how does stopping the American Civil Rights movement get rid of black people in the 79th century, anyway? I mean, aren't all the black people in the 79th century British? (Just a little facetious meta-humor there, but hopefully you get my point.)
And as for Krasko himself, as the main antagonist to the Doctor, he was a pretty pathetic villain who should have been taken care of within the first five minutes of the Doctor meeting him. In fact, Ryan didn't have any trouble sending him packing, did he? So why the hell didn't the Doctor take care of him first? Because the best way of stopping Krasko isn't with all that ridiculous research to get Rosa Park's work address and bus route schedule, phone calls to Sinatra to set up fake lotteries, securing buses, and finally chasing old people down the street to try to get them to ride the bus; the best way to stop Krasko is by stopping Krasko. I mean, come on, guys. The "Timeless" crew would've had this one wrapped up by the first commercial break. And this is the Doctor? The Oncoming Storm? The Time Lord who used to save the whole world on a regular basis, who won the Time War, who once held the Key to Time in her hands? And when she meets Krasko she waves her sonic screwdriver at him and leaves? Because, what, she can't think of anything else to do?
Speaking of the sonic screwdriver, I am officially over the way the Doctor has to bring it out and use it every five minutes or so. Someone please tell Chibnall that it's actually possible to go through an entire episode without the sonic screwdriver being brought out. And that it's possible for the Doctor to gather information without it. And that it's possible for the Doctor to act like the Doctor without having the sonic constantly in her hand as a prop.
Now can we please get an episode where the villain isn't pants, the plot pantsier, and the Doctor strangely ineffectual? Is there an episode coming up that Chibnall had no hand in writing, pretty please?
This entry was also posted at https://dbskyler.dreamwidth.org/262022.html.
Honestly, it was a lot closer to an episode of "Timeless," which was an entire television series about going into the past to stop other people from changing the past. However, at least on "Timeless" we actually understood why the history-changers wanted to change history. As far as I can tell, Krasko wanted to keep Rosa Parks from sitting on the bus because an asteroid killed his dog? I dunno, I'm kind of confused.
But seriously, are we supposed to believe that a criminal from the 79th century goes to 1955 Alabama to change history because he doesn't like black people? His motive for what he was doing made absolutely no sense. First off, how does keeping Rosa Parks from being arrested on this one night stop the American Civil Rights movement? It wouldn't have happened in some other way? Really? And even if you buy that premise, how does stopping the American Civil Rights movement get rid of black people in the 79th century, anyway? I mean, aren't all the black people in the 79th century British? (Just a little facetious meta-humor there, but hopefully you get my point.)
And as for Krasko himself, as the main antagonist to the Doctor, he was a pretty pathetic villain who should have been taken care of within the first five minutes of the Doctor meeting him. In fact, Ryan didn't have any trouble sending him packing, did he? So why the hell didn't the Doctor take care of him first? Because the best way of stopping Krasko isn't with all that ridiculous research to get Rosa Park's work address and bus route schedule, phone calls to Sinatra to set up fake lotteries, securing buses, and finally chasing old people down the street to try to get them to ride the bus; the best way to stop Krasko is by stopping Krasko. I mean, come on, guys. The "Timeless" crew would've had this one wrapped up by the first commercial break. And this is the Doctor? The Oncoming Storm? The Time Lord who used to save the whole world on a regular basis, who won the Time War, who once held the Key to Time in her hands? And when she meets Krasko she waves her sonic screwdriver at him and leaves? Because, what, she can't think of anything else to do?
Speaking of the sonic screwdriver, I am officially over the way the Doctor has to bring it out and use it every five minutes or so. Someone please tell Chibnall that it's actually possible to go through an entire episode without the sonic screwdriver being brought out. And that it's possible for the Doctor to gather information without it. And that it's possible for the Doctor to act like the Doctor without having the sonic constantly in her hand as a prop.
Now can we please get an episode where the villain isn't pants, the plot pantsier, and the Doctor strangely ineffectual? Is there an episode coming up that Chibnall had no hand in writing, pretty please?
This entry was also posted at https://dbskyler.dreamwidth.org/262022.html.