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Doctor Who Resolution
So, tonight (at 7pm) we'll get the only Doctor Who of the whole of 2019.
I am trying very hard not to be negative, so here is a very positive review of The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos (and S11 in general).
However, when I started thinking about tonight's ep I figured the older girls will probably ask what happened in S11 (they only watched the first two episodes) and my answer will be: Nothing much, really.
Of course Doctor Who is by nature very accessible, you can hop on board pretty much anywhere, but the biggest development of S11 was Ryan calling Graham 'grandad'.
ETA: Knew I was forgetting something. My summary of S11:
And to go with that, I bring you something silly. From the comments of a post about Resolution (even the link is spoilery! Don't hover over!), here is a 'Leaked script extract':
DALEK 1 swings round to cover Ryan.
Dalek: You will be exterminated!
Ryan: That's not cool, bro.
Graham: Yeah, why d'you have to be so aggressive?
Doctor: 'E can't elp it. It's 'is genetic programming. Isn't that right, chuck?
Dalek: I - I - I -
Doctor: Come on, flower. Let it all out.
Dalek: (bursts into tears) They made me do it. The bad Daleks. Davros.
Yaz: Do I have anything to do in this scene?
Doctor: Come on, fam. Let's all make an inclusive space for Daisy, here.
Dalek: (hesitantly) Dai-sy? Is - is that my new name?
Graham: 'ere, just a minute, Doc. That thing tried to exterminate Ryan.
Doctor: If you are going to be aggressive again, Graham, you can't travel with me any longer.
Ryan: Fair do's, Grandad. (He and Graham fist bump)
Doctor: Now, come on, fam. Let's make the power hug circle.
(They all form a circle around DALEK 1 and sing Kum By Yah. In a quavering, metallic voice, the Dalek joins in. They all grin and ... crash in end title music.)
It's possible there was something else I meant to say, but I am 3/4 of the way through a Fifth Doctor story and would like to see how it ends. :) (I am watching Classic Who backwards. I saw the movie years ago and most of Seven. I have now watched the rest of Seven, all of Six (♥) and have now started on Five. It's all been far more engaging than S11. (Go on Chibnall. Prove me wrong!)
I am trying very hard not to be negative, so here is a very positive review of The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos (and S11 in general).
However, when I started thinking about tonight's ep I figured the older girls will probably ask what happened in S11 (they only watched the first two episodes) and my answer will be: Nothing much, really.
Of course Doctor Who is by nature very accessible, you can hop on board pretty much anywhere, but the biggest development of S11 was Ryan calling Graham 'grandad'.
ETA: Knew I was forgetting something. My summary of S11:
And to go with that, I bring you something silly. From the comments of a post about Resolution (even the link is spoilery! Don't hover over!), here is a 'Leaked script extract':
DALEK 1 swings round to cover Ryan.
Dalek: You will be exterminated!
Ryan: That's not cool, bro.
Graham: Yeah, why d'you have to be so aggressive?
Doctor: 'E can't elp it. It's 'is genetic programming. Isn't that right, chuck?
Dalek: I - I - I -
Doctor: Come on, flower. Let it all out.
Dalek: (bursts into tears) They made me do it. The bad Daleks. Davros.
Yaz: Do I have anything to do in this scene?
Doctor: Come on, fam. Let's all make an inclusive space for Daisy, here.
Dalek: (hesitantly) Dai-sy? Is - is that my new name?
Graham: 'ere, just a minute, Doc. That thing tried to exterminate Ryan.
Doctor: If you are going to be aggressive again, Graham, you can't travel with me any longer.
Ryan: Fair do's, Grandad. (He and Graham fist bump)
Doctor: Now, come on, fam. Let's make the power hug circle.
(They all form a circle around DALEK 1 and sing Kum By Yah. In a quavering, metallic voice, the Dalek joins in. They all grin and ... crash in end title music.)
It's possible there was something else I meant to say, but I am 3/4 of the way through a Fifth Doctor story and would like to see how it ends. :) (I am watching Classic Who backwards. I saw the movie years ago and most of Seven. I have now watched the rest of Seven, all of Six (♥) and have now started on Five. It's all been far more engaging than S11. (Go on Chibnall. Prove me wrong!)
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Wait, what? There won't be a new series this year? Are they trying to make sure that Thirteen won't have any chance of getting as many episodes as her predecessors? It's like they were trying to make the #notmydoctor wankers happy!
(and now I'm wondering if the christmas special was moved to New year to avoid completely skipping year, since Capaldi at least had an episode of Class and a Christmas special during his hiatus year)
Oh well, at least this means that I don't have to worry about spoilers for a while.
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Dunno why, but yeah, no proper series until next year. :(
(and now I'm wondering if the christmas special was moved to New year to avoid completely skipping year, since Capaldi at least had an episode of Class and a Christmas special during his hiatus year)
Apparently it was because they'd run out of Christmassy ideas, which I can understand. Whatever you can say about this ep, the whole 'New Year' theme worked quite well.
Oh well, at least this means that I don't have to worry about spoilers for a while.
Heh. I'm thinking I can just settle down and focus on the Classic show, which suits me fine.
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See, to me that makes no sense. There was nothing particularly Christmassy about Husbands of River Song or Doctor Mysterio, or most of the RTD era Christmas specials. They could have just put a paper crown on the Doctor and that would have been enough to call it a Christmas episode. I would have been much more understanding if Chibnall had said that he specifically wanted to write an episode set during New Year or that he didn't feel comfortable writing a Christmas-themed episode when there is a muslim character in Team Tardis.
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And you'll have a whole year to catch up on S11, so no rush...
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I want Chibnall to prove us wrong very much.
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Don't get me started... What kind of Companions do as they're told??? What kind of companions have zero curiosity about who the Doctor is???
(Everyone is *nice* and it's terribly dull.)
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And we also had another character highlighted as gay and then instantly killed off, not good.
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I wonder if the writers realiase that...
And we also had another character highlighted as gay and then instantly killed off, not good.
It's truly appalling. As one review said, they could easily have made the archeologists a gay or lesbian couple, thus improving representation AND avoiding using them as canon fodder.
I really want to like my show, but they are making it so very difficult.
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Basically, 'has potential but could do much better'.
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The prime counter example is Moffat who quite simply *forgot* to add any LGBT+ characters in S5 (except River), and who was truly ashamed when it was pointed out to him and then promptly brought us Canton, Jenny & Vastra in S6.
ETA: It may be that S12 will be full of rainbows, but I am very cautious now. :(
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I really hope one of the companions is revealed as LGBT in S12 as I have very little faith left in the team's treatment of secondary LGBT characters after S11. :/
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And owned up to it! 'I screwed up, I am sorry, I will do better.'
what's the point of having LGBT characters if you're just going to kill them off without giving them any development or depth? It's so tone deaf.
I don't like watching stuff, just WAITING for them to screw stuff up. And being relieved when they don't. :(
Downtime's review pointed out that calling the Dalek a refugee was pretty bad as well, since it then goes on to murder and wreck everything in sight.
Yes I saw, and a lot of other ppl picked up on it too. Language matters.
I really hope one of the companions is revealed as LGBT in S12 as I have very little faith left in the team's treatment of secondary LGBT characters after S11. :/
Same here. *runs back to Classic Who*
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