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csg1 June 22 2008, 09:24:48 UTC
Catherine Tate was brilliant. I love the way she showed us pre-TRB Donna, and the fact that she's always been a fiesty, fiery woman!

She was fantastic in this episode, she has to get some sort of award for this series. And go Catherine for proving everybody who thought she'd be terrible wrong!

the TARDIS dying (yes, very sad, but proof that Doctor/TARDIS is the ONLY ship that matters, heh!)

I nearly cried at that bit! *sniffle*

the reference to the labour camps and England for the English as if the BNP had taken over.

That really annoyed me that bit. The scene was fantastically played, but the fact that we'd suddenly turned into Nazis irritated me no end. And also, England for the English people? What happened to Britain? Why's it an attack on England?

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persiflage_1 June 22 2008, 09:52:29 UTC
She was fantastic in this episode, she has to get some sort of award for this series. And go Catherine for proving everybody who thought she'd be terrible wrong!

Indeed - she definitely deserves a BAFTA - and can you imagine her reaction if she got one? :D

I nearly cried at that bit! *sniffle*

Aw! *pets you*

That really annoyed me that bit. The scene was fantastically played, but the fact that we'd suddenly turned into Nazis irritated me no end. And also, England for the English people? What happened to Britain? Why's it an attack on England?

I presume that's Rusty's Anglophilia talking...

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csg1 June 22 2008, 10:06:07 UTC
Indeed - she definitely deserves a BAFTA - and can you imagine her reaction if she got one? :D

*nods* Definitely, she's just been so amazing this season. And Catherine would be beyond thrilled, bless her. :)

I presume that's Rusty's Anglophilia talking...

Okay, reading back, it sounds like I'm one of those people in that article who seriously overreacted to it. I'm not, honest. I just got into the story and got mildly indignant on my country's behalf. But I, unlike the people who wrote the article, know it is only a TV show. *eyeroll* ;)

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persiflage_1 June 22 2008, 10:13:25 UTC
*nods* Definitely, she's just been so amazing this season. And Catherine would be beyond thrilled, bless her. :)

She would...

Okay, reading back, it sounds like I'm one of those people in that article who seriously overreacted to it. I'm not, honest. I just got into the story and got mildly indignant on my country's behalf. But I, unlike the people who wrote the article, know it is only a TV show. *eyeroll* ;)

Which article?

Given Rusty's habit of insulting pretty much everyone, who wouldn't get indignant?

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csg1 June 22 2008, 10:22:22 UTC
http://www.thecep.org.uk/wordpress/2008/06/21/bbc-wales-anti-english-slur/

And there's other people's reactions to the article at

http://community.livejournal.com/doctorwho/3229458.html#cutid1

The consensus is that it is a complete overreaction, and for the bit about David being Scottish, I hardly think that's relevant, but you're right, RTD does have a tendancy to insult pretty much everyone, and there were enough racial stereotypes etc. in that episode to get most people angry, if everyone took it seriously.

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persiflage_1 June 22 2008, 10:31:46 UTC
Exactly. Just assume that Rusty hates everyone who's not a middle-aged gay male, and live with it... 'cos Rusty loves his stereotypes so much!

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mulder200 June 23 2008, 03:10:26 UTC
Make sure to add white into that too because he sure as hell can do dodgy racial subtext!

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persiflage_1 June 23 2008, 04:12:34 UTC
True - I'm not sure how I forgot that bit!

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