Dr Who - in which I unleash my inner geek.
I'm on call this weekend so rather tied to the local area and am spending this rainy afternoon doing cross-stitch with familiar DVDs playing in the background. Currently I'm "watching" the Doctor and Donna in "The Fires of Pompeii". It's made me realise how much I miss David Tennant as the Doctor. Much as I love both Matt Smith and Steven Moffat, I'm finding the latest series of Dr Who rather disappointing. The last two episodes failed to catch my interest at all and yet looking back at the David Tennant episodes, they never failed to disappoint (with the exception, perhaps, of "Midnight").
Torchwood: Children of Earth is being repeated on Watch at the moment and I've been re-watching it and loving it, in spite of the traumatic storyline. And in it, we're all shocked and horrified at the involvement of Captain Jack in the trade of children to the aliens in order to save the world. And yet, in "The Fires of Pompeii" we see the Doctor sacrificing Pompeii in order to save the world from the Pyroviles and the emotional response is to feel sorry for the Doctor. Why do we not initially feel as sorry for Jack as he sacrifices 11 children to save the world from a 'flu epidemic which would kill millions? The Doctor sacrificed thousands and yet we feel a thrill of joy as he saves just four from the volcano and very little blame.
PS I'm hoping to sate my thirst to see Catherine Tate and David Tennant in the same place again in August as I have tickets for Much Ado About Nothing..........yay!
Torchwood: Children of Earth is being repeated on Watch at the moment and I've been re-watching it and loving it, in spite of the traumatic storyline. And in it, we're all shocked and horrified at the involvement of Captain Jack in the trade of children to the aliens in order to save the world. And yet, in "The Fires of Pompeii" we see the Doctor sacrificing Pompeii in order to save the world from the Pyroviles and the emotional response is to feel sorry for the Doctor. Why do we not initially feel as sorry for Jack as he sacrifices 11 children to save the world from a 'flu epidemic which would kill millions? The Doctor sacrificed thousands and yet we feel a thrill of joy as he saves just four from the volcano and very little blame.
PS I'm hoping to sate my thirst to see Catherine Tate and David Tennant in the same place again in August as I have tickets for Much Ado About Nothing..........yay!