Five thoughts after watching "Rebel Flesh"
1) OMG, y'all, I think I might be watching Doctor Who...! They're, like, in the future dealing with the ethical ramifications of advanced technology and urging peaceful reconciliation, and the Companions are off on side quests of their own devising, and there was a totally predictable and slightly cheesy but nevertheless tantalizing cliffhanger, and they've worked out a somewhat absurd reason for the TARDIS to be out of the picture for the time being...
2) I looked closely at the macro Magpie posted in the comments of last night's thoughts to confirm I wasn't just imagining this: they have absolutely made Matt Smith look older for this series. Like *older* older. Like, properly Doctorly older. I remember being SO distracted in the previous series by how young he looked, despite Smith's rather astounding ability to act three times his age. I had a stray flashback during this episode to him playing footie (don't ask what triggered it; I honestly do not know), which forced the realization that *I have been thinking of him as middle aged*. This has gone beyond Peter Davison looking like a weary old man in the body of a fresh-faced pook, this is Matt Smith apparently being outfitted with a chameleon circuit that prevents me from seeing his actual lack-of-age.
3) I also - for much more obvious reasons - flashed back to those (awful awful) Sontaran episodes from S4/30 and a certain element of Battlestar (link could potentially spoil you for both season two of BSG and this episode of Who).
4) "Rory. Rory! Always with the Rory!" It's because he's awesome, Doctor; just accept that.
4a) I have just realized with a chill that I will soon be subjected to lethal levels of adorable awesomeitude when both Rory Williams and Ben Wyatt* are in my weekly telly schedule. If I don't survive the experience, you guys get first dibs on my DVDs and books.
5) I love the wide variety of accents we've been getting. There wasn't anything wrong with sticking primarily with Londoners before, and you will never hear me complain about a Welsh accent, but it's luvly to hear northerners getting out and about in time and space. Lots of planets have them, after all.
PS: I really hope the movie/tv execs have been noticing that virtually every comment about Fright Night on the entire internet seems to be about how excited the commenter is about seeing David Tennant. You can give top billing to whomsoever you choose, but they don't seem to be the ones putting bums in seats. Imagine how much better it might have done if they had *advertised* that the movie had Who and BtVS cred, rather than expecting Colin Farrell's rep to carry ticket sales.
* BENJI!!!!!! A-*HEM*. Sorry about that.
2) I looked closely at the macro Magpie posted in the comments of last night's thoughts to confirm I wasn't just imagining this: they have absolutely made Matt Smith look older for this series. Like *older* older. Like, properly Doctorly older. I remember being SO distracted in the previous series by how young he looked, despite Smith's rather astounding ability to act three times his age. I had a stray flashback during this episode to him playing footie (don't ask what triggered it; I honestly do not know), which forced the realization that *I have been thinking of him as middle aged*. This has gone beyond Peter Davison looking like a weary old man in the body of a fresh-faced pook, this is Matt Smith apparently being outfitted with a chameleon circuit that prevents me from seeing his actual lack-of-age.
3) I also - for much more obvious reasons - flashed back to those (awful awful) Sontaran episodes from S4/30 and a certain element of Battlestar (link could potentially spoil you for both season two of BSG and this episode of Who).
4) "Rory. Rory! Always with the Rory!" It's because he's awesome, Doctor; just accept that.
4a) I have just realized with a chill that I will soon be subjected to lethal levels of adorable awesomeitude when both Rory Williams and Ben Wyatt* are in my weekly telly schedule. If I don't survive the experience, you guys get first dibs on my DVDs and books.
5) I love the wide variety of accents we've been getting. There wasn't anything wrong with sticking primarily with Londoners before, and you will never hear me complain about a Welsh accent, but it's luvly to hear northerners getting out and about in time and space. Lots of planets have them, after all.
PS: I really hope the movie/tv execs have been noticing that virtually every comment about Fright Night on the entire internet seems to be about how excited the commenter is about seeing David Tennant. You can give top billing to whomsoever you choose, but they don't seem to be the ones putting bums in seats. Imagine how much better it might have done if they had *advertised* that the movie had Who and BtVS cred, rather than expecting Colin Farrell's rep to carry ticket sales.
* BENJI!!!!!! A-*HEM*. Sorry about that.