DW 9.05. The Girl Who Died

[elisi]

Sorry this is so late, and scattered/basic. But it’s been a busy week... Mostly I'm just skimming the surface, picking out the main things I can see, without delving below in any kind of detail.

OTOH then Vikings/Norse mythology is stuff I am good with. (Nordic girl here.)

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[elisi]

Misplaced electric eels or no (I'm still not sure if the people at BBC think there are electric eels in Scandinavia, or if they just think all eels are electric)
They needed electric eels for the sake of the plot. Ergo there were electric eels.

this was a really good episode, but your analysis adds even more too it.
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I hadn't caught on to the Osgood=Asgautr thing
I kept meaning to look up her name, but never got round to it. UNTIL NOW.

(partly because I was too annoyed at them consistently mispronouncing "Ashildr" as "Ash-ildur").
I never worked out what her name was until I looked it up afterwards. I still read it differently to what they say. BUT WHAT CAN YOU DO!

Still, best viking episode since "Selfless".
True.

ETA: Reading "Osgood" as "creator of gods" and meshing it with "The Big Bang", there's something to be said for storytellers as being the source of gods.
I'm not sure exactly how the 'creator' part works, I *think* it's more 'a god who creates', but the other reading certainly fits Osgood better.

ETA2: And traditionally, the way you become a god is, step 1: Come back from the dead.
M-hm. I'm alll over that for the next ep.

The Davros-Odin parallel is brilliant, too - though Davros was never the wisest of creator gods, was he?
No, he is very tricksy, but not what I'd call *wise*...

ETA 2: Of course, Odin ended up being mostly displaced by his loud, boisterous, smash-everything-that-moves son...
Please, have you read Peter Madsen's Valhalla comics? I need to know someone else who sees the Nordic gods the same way I do.

So is the Doctor's purpose this season to seek the holy grail? (Aren't there mythological connections between the Fisher King and King Arthur?)
Hmmm. I'd say he has a grail already (see the Sisterhood of Karn), but I shall try to see what I can think of re. the Fisher King. (Presumably he will not go to Camelot as it is a silly place...)

And if so, is there any chance we'll get Alex Kingston in the role of identical twin sisters Zoot and Dingo? :)
Two of you. The mind races...

[beer_good_foamy]

Please, have you read Peter Madsen's Valhalla comics? I need to know someone else who sees the Nordic gods the same way I do.

I have, but a very long time ago. Can't say I remember much of them, sorry.

She puts on their face, but she also makes them see through her eyes. It's a two-way thing.

Yep. Seeing and being seen. (Or watching and being watched if you want to get really meta.)

I'd say he has a grail already

Yeah, but can you really have a grail? The point of a grail is to have people seek it. Once you have it, it's really just a fancy mug. What is the Doctor seeking, these days?

[elisi]

I have, but a very long time ago. Can't say I remember much of them, sorry.
Ah well. I just still can't get my head around the Avengers' version... In my mind, this is what Thor & Loki look like:



Oh, and here's Thor, dressed up as Freya (Loki is the taller bridesmaid):



/random over-sharing

Yep. Seeing and being seen. (Or watching and being watched if you want to get really meta.)
Oh getting really meta is always fun!

Yeah, but can you really have a grail? The point of a grail is to have people seek it. Once you have it, it's really just a fancy mug. What is the Doctor seeking, these days?
... fun?