Doctor Who 50th

[mr_orgue]

Spoilers. Indirect kinda.

Reposted from the NZDWFC board...It was very Moffat, of course, but unlike most of s5 and s6 it worked for me. I think the reason is that, unlike the last few seasons, he went into this story with a purpose. The time war was a wound at the heart of the show - and probably a necessary one, certainly a powerful and

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[anonymous]

(Nate here; I need to unblock my LJ account apparently. rar

[mr_orgue]

I liked it a good chunk more than 5 out of 10, but agree with everything else. Your description of Moffat's efforts so far is bang on. Go on now Moffat, move along!

[natecull]

Yay, I is unblock! Man, Livejournal really is the place. This was Facebook before it was cool

[mr_orgue]

Do you read TARDIS Eruditorium? You should take a look if not. I think your discussion here is really smart in the same way Philip S's essays are smart. http://www.philipsandifer.com/

(I hope I can come up with something useful to say in reply apart from that, but right now I must sleep!)

[natecull]

Heh. From Sandifer's feminism post on the fate of 1960s female companions: "One can only hope the refrigerator is bigger on the inside too." That's a great line.

He does have some interesting observations, and omg a whole lot of them too. I need someone to summarise the Gallifrey storylines for me sometime; I think I remember Deadly Assassin and not much else.