Doctor Who and Hockey
Spent yesterday over at Tim Miller's place watching the NHL Winter Classic (Philadelphia Flyers vs. Boston Bruins at Fenway Park.) Boston won in overtime. Which also brought up an interesting discussion of the level of excitment in Hockey compared to otehr sports. The tension and drama of Baseball slowly builds up over the 9 innings, and explains why everyone I know says they will go see a baseball game live, but won't bother to watch it on TV, you loose a lot of that watcing it from home. Basketball has a similardynamic, with really the last few minutes of play being the real determining factor. Football has short moments of tension, followed by several minutes of the teams setting up the next play. Which makes it great to watch on TV, but less fun in the stadium, from what I've heard.
That's where Hockey is different. Once the game starts, the puck is in constant movement and the tension stays high. They can score 10 seconds into the game or go a whole periood without scoring. All the time the teams are moving, trying to get control of the puck, and the actual scoring is more of a release of tension than a source in the game. I guess that's why I've been more inclined to watch a hockey game on TV than I would just about any other sport.
Of course, what everyone really came to see was the finale for Doctor Who...
So it turns out Timothy Dalton's Time Lord character is Lord Rassilon himself! I guess it makes sense. Rassilon was the greatest of the Time Lords, and would logically would have been called back to lead the Time Lords in their greatest hour of need. The fact that we have Total Bastard Rassilon™ who'se ready to screw the universe to save the Time Lords was a bit of an unexpected twist.
The fact that this whole story was just one big fake out leading up to the Doctor having to save Wilf from the radiation booth (very Star Trek II in that sense) and the Doctor having a big emo moment before accepting his fate. Though it's followed up by the Doctor having a long goodbye too all of his former companions (Mickey Smith and Martha Jones end up married? whoda thunk it?) and his run in with Rose (back in 2005 before she met his 9th incarnation) was nice and not the massive emo moment a lot of fans had worried about.
Meanwhile we have the first look at Matt Smith's first season....
That's where Hockey is different. Once the game starts, the puck is in constant movement and the tension stays high. They can score 10 seconds into the game or go a whole periood without scoring. All the time the teams are moving, trying to get control of the puck, and the actual scoring is more of a release of tension than a source in the game. I guess that's why I've been more inclined to watch a hockey game on TV than I would just about any other sport.
Of course, what everyone really came to see was the finale for Doctor Who...
So it turns out Timothy Dalton's Time Lord character is Lord Rassilon himself! I guess it makes sense. Rassilon was the greatest of the Time Lords, and would logically would have been called back to lead the Time Lords in their greatest hour of need. The fact that we have Total Bastard Rassilon™ who'se ready to screw the universe to save the Time Lords was a bit of an unexpected twist.
The fact that this whole story was just one big fake out leading up to the Doctor having to save Wilf from the radiation booth (very Star Trek II in that sense) and the Doctor having a big emo moment before accepting his fate. Though it's followed up by the Doctor having a long goodbye too all of his former companions (Mickey Smith and Martha Jones end up married? whoda thunk it?) and his run in with Rose (back in 2005 before she met his 9th incarnation) was nice and not the massive emo moment a lot of fans had worried about.
Meanwhile we have the first look at Matt Smith's first season....
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