Comments | matgb: Doctor Who: The Stolen Plot Device

matgb

Doctor Who: The Stolen Plot Device

Jun 29, 2008 12:10

So, watched it last night, then went to the pub, then came back, and watched it again as a few points were bugging me. There now follows a poll, and that poll does contain spoilers.

( SPOILER! (really, lots of spoiler) )

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Comments 35

el_staplador June 29 2008, 17:00:35 UTC

Assistants have really gone downhill, haven't they? I mean, back in the day there was none of this 'Daleks! We're all doomed, let's have an angsty moment and do sod all about it.' It was 'Daleks? Where? Let's hit them with a baseball bat and blow them up with grenades! Wheee!' Frankly, I expected better of Sarah Jane Smith. Liked Harriet Jones, though.

And yes, I would have thought having twenty-seven planets in such close proximity would mean instant squish, gravity being what it is. But perhaps there is some plot device going on there to cancel out the squish.

Just hope that everyone who's dead stays dead this time. I'm getting so sick of 'Everybody lives!'

rhythmaning June 29 2008, 17:19:33 UTC

Yes, I thought that: the Daleks show up and everyone rolls over and plays dead!

You'd have thought after beating the Daleks soooo many times in the last few series, they would have realised that actually they have a pretty high run rate. Or is it only something they can do with the Dr?

Twenty seven planets biscit June 30 2008, 15:39:02 UTC

I mean if you can accept twenty seven planets can be shifted just like that, it's not a big leap to a technology that can keep them all leaping towards each other.

I mean they're all stationary, so something must be keeping them in position.

Re: Twenty seven planets matgb June 30 2008, 17:54:36 UTC

Aye, it was Super!Sekrit!Davros!Tech-he probably cloned an anti-grav thing or sumat...

Thread 5

rhythmaning June 29 2008, 17:23:47 UTC

I rather enjoyed it, though I don't think it warrants watching again. I liked various plotlines coming together (bees! disappearing planets!).

I thought the Shadow Proclamation was a real cop-out: there nowhere to go... Oh yes there is!

And it was neat getting together all the former assistants left. (What I want to know is why have they not managed to resurrect Leela? Surely the best assistant they have ever had. Well, she was when I was 14...)

shakalooloo June 29 2008, 18:12:51 UTC

Oh yes, the bees leaving - not at all knocked off from the dolphins returning home in HHGTTG, no sir. Bah.

Good riddance to Russell T.

matgb June 30 2008, 17:57:06 UTC

I've now watched it 2.5 times (came in half way through SB watching it), and there are some subtleties that I'd missed, and some of the acting and dialogue is top notch.

But the bits that annoyed just got more annoying :-(

Might record it so I can watch it back to back with next weeks. Maybe.

rhythmaning July 3 2008, 17:46:50 UTC

I watched it again last night - prompted to see if it did warrant multiple views.

I thought it did actually - though I still think the Shadow Debating Society Proclamation is a real cop-out - although I can't believe they were just left sitting there: I am sure they (she?) will turn up again to fight the Daleks.

And Rose with a big gun is so very Buffy... (though not as cute, obviously).

Still, I think the subtleties probably passed me by!

uninvitedcat June 29 2008, 22:16:51 UTC

I think the very important key given to Martha by UNIT is going to turn out to be Very Important Indeed, but to be honest I was exasperated enough by that episode to not really care.

matgb June 30 2008, 17:59:18 UTC

Aye-it's some sort of reset switch or SuperDeathCannon, but while there were some really good bits overall I'm still a bit meh, and it's so obviously going to get reset.

yuxonomei June 29 2008, 23:32:42 UTC

*cries laughing*

Oh man, this poll has cheered me right up after the shittiest day ever.

matgb June 30 2008, 18:00:12 UTC

this poll has cheered me right up

Happy to be of service. I've been asked to do two next week, so I can't promise it'll be as good...

0ct0pus June 30 2008, 07:18:02 UTC

Dalek Kaan is Guilty Spark 343 on Halo.

The Key is DawnDonna. Or something like that...

Jack Harkness is not all that. Really, calm down people.

Good poll, thanks.

matgb June 30 2008, 18:05:33 UTC

Never played Halo, but it looks a bit like it, yes. I'm guessing the key is some genetic code to humanity or something, but that'd make sense.

Of course, the Donna Noble = Domina Nobilis = Roman Time Lord = Romana speculation might be a different answer, but that'd be too silly, even for Rusty. Actually, no it wouldn't, he'd love to pull that sort of stupid.

Jack Harkness is not all that

True, but I probably still would.