SJA + Children in Need
I love Sarah Jane Adventures. Partly it's a matter of expectation; the stuff that doesn't add up doesn't seem so serious when it's "meant" for children. But it's full of lovely people who don't totally fail at family. And the potentially trite light-sf plots are also about family and optimism and friendship. And so far, it seems to be trumping New Who in terms of consistency.
Though I have no idea how Alan and Chrissie were ever married. He's just way too awesome.
I've thought before about the fact that Sarah Jane seems to have "stopped" after the Doctor left her. She has no family, no "history" beyond what happened with him. And she dresses "young." I wondered if the potential psychologial weirdness was a strange side-effect of giving her a series and requiring her to fit into the world they've made.
But then I met Andrea Yates. And what's interesting about her is how she really seems to be stuck at 13. Her stolen life consists of parties and age-anxiety and centering things around her. Next to her, Sarah Jane looks merely young at heart. In fact... sort of the way I imagine myself at her age.
"The Lost Boy"
Oh please. The Slitheen? Again?
Then again, Mr. Smith being evil is great.
ETA the CIN special
Okay, so I did get a perverse pleasure out of seeing them together, because I love that sort of thing, even if Davison is all floppy, but... He's also forgotten who his Doctor was. It seems to me. And he's really very slow about figuring things out. Hasn't he done this sort of thing before? Of course, last time he met himself he fainted a lot. Maybe he doesn't have such great memories of that.
And what was that nonsense about Five being Ten's Doctor? Isn't that really, really overt self-insertion on RTD's part? Would no one bring the word "subtle" into that conversation?
Though I have no idea how Alan and Chrissie were ever married. He's just way too awesome.
I've thought before about the fact that Sarah Jane seems to have "stopped" after the Doctor left her. She has no family, no "history" beyond what happened with him. And she dresses "young." I wondered if the potential psychologial weirdness was a strange side-effect of giving her a series and requiring her to fit into the world they've made.
But then I met Andrea Yates. And what's interesting about her is how she really seems to be stuck at 13. Her stolen life consists of parties and age-anxiety and centering things around her. Next to her, Sarah Jane looks merely young at heart. In fact... sort of the way I imagine myself at her age.
"The Lost Boy"
Oh please. The Slitheen? Again?
Then again, Mr. Smith being evil is great.
ETA the CIN special
Okay, so I did get a perverse pleasure out of seeing them together, because I love that sort of thing, even if Davison is all floppy, but... He's also forgotten who his Doctor was. It seems to me. And he's really very slow about figuring things out. Hasn't he done this sort of thing before? Of course, last time he met himself he fainted a lot. Maybe he doesn't have such great memories of that.
And what was that nonsense about Five being Ten's Doctor? Isn't that really, really overt self-insertion on RTD's part? Would no one bring the word "subtle" into that conversation?