'not known, because not looked for'

[subtle1science]

Ha!  Look what I found!  The Thinking Tiger icon Silver Ink Pot made for me, oh, a long time ago on a website far, far away....I had forgotten I had it, although I always loved it (*tigers*); I stopped using it there because one of the expletives made a mockery of it....Whatever.  Those days are gone now, happily enough.  And I found the tiger

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[anonymous]

Yeah, I remember that tiger - nice one! :-) I don't remember the mockery of it, though (and maybe I should be glad not remembering - mockery of a TIGER?! Stupidity has no limits... *eyeroll*), but I have no doubt that was a time when it was good to have some extra claws on that website far, far away... ;-)

You're right that The Lodger gives the feeling there are several things deliberately missing. I don't believe we'll get many questions answered in the Christmas Special, even if I can't wait to see it... But most of all I'm looking forward to Series 6. The River Song theme intrigues me more and more - did you also read that "River Song" is not her real name?
/Nyctalus

[subtle1science]

Yeah...the not good old days. From what I hear, not a thing has changed--can't say that surprises me in any way.

I saw the bit about River's name....Apparently, it came in the same comment as Moffat's tongue-in-cheek suggestion that the Cybermen be made multi-colored, just as the Daleks were. So, was he also being satirical about River's name? It would be problematic, if it were not her name, since she specifically tells the Dalek who she is and to look up the name.....

I don't think that the Christmas Special will answer much, either--but I'm just glad that there's going to be a new DW and it signals the start of the new season. *happy* And all the reviews I've seen of the special laud Smith's peformance. *happier*

[suo_gan]

I always loved that icon! Glad to see the tiger back

[subtle1science]

As is the case with the majority of Rusty's writing: it isn't just that Wilf suddenly becomes a dithering twit and I don't like how Rusty wrote one of my favorite characters....it's that Ten's viciousness makes absolutely zero sense--the Doctor doesn't die; he regenerates. He loses nothing except his former appearance. Even Rusty's own canon emphasizes that: he has Nine state it...and, to prove that the Doctor himself doesn't change, Ten echoes Nine: "Barcelona

[suo_gan]

I hated the entire finale, both parts, as you know but what I resented more than anything else was how Rusty once again took a character who resonated so well with the audience and turned him on his ear, forcing him into actions that were out of character in order to advance a weak plot. Like Ianto

[subtle1science]

Poor Wilf became a bumbling fool--and Ten could then excoriate him and pitch the most massive hissy fit ever seen in DW.....over nothing, really, since he could save the old man and regenerate and come back and shake Wilf's hand. Typical Rusty--overblown and senseless....and, actually....inadvertently funny. Rather like Jack's instruction to the dying Ianto: "Save your breath." That makes the Ten hissy fit look good, in contrast.

What I love about the comedy of "The Lodger"--and Smith's performance, which depicts it--is that the Doctor views himself as perfectly normal; it's the humans who are quaint and eccentric. Everything the Doctor's doing makes sense to the Doctor; the young little humans don't know or understand and are better off that way, protected from whatever evil is upstairs. The only time things don't make sense to the Doctor is when he has to do something the human way--but he joins in with gusto and enjoys the weirdness of it....like playing football or working a job.

[rattlesnakeroot]

Yay! So glad to see the tiger back again!!! The way that started, as I recall, was that one day I told someone that if you were an animagus, you'd be a thinking tiger. ;) That fits you so well!

[subtle1science]

Thank you!!

I was so glad when I saw it again! And here I can use it quite freely and happily :)