Update of things.

[elisi]

All hail the Moff and Twelve. DW magazine did a poll of best Doctor Who episodes, and well... go look!

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I posted Chapter 3 of All Breakages Must Be Paid For. <3

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The Netflix series of Avatar: The Last Airbender has an Official Teaser, and it looks incredible!

Watch on YouTube

(If writing/acting etc lives up to the visuals, it will be stunning.)

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I updated my Good Omens S2: The Big Tumblr Meta Post with yet more links! ^_^

Comments

[elisi]

Honestly...I kind of feel like the Doctor is irrelevant to “The Beast Below”? It’s not about the Doctor at all, it’s not even about Amy, it’s about us...and it’s about belief, and knowledge. And it’s BRILLIANT.
I shall both agree and disagree (as to whether or not it's about the Doctor). Or rather, I will offer a different viewpoint. Firstly I need to link to El Sandifer's review which is brilliant and that is probably the best thing ever written about that episode.

Secondly, to quote a quote from this meta, then I think that The Beast Below is the point where Moffat sets out who his Doctor is. Ten was The Lonely God, but Eleven describes himself differently, once more becoming the archetype he has traditionally occupied - that of the Trickster:

The Trickster is often not the protagonist or hero, but the other fellow--the catalyst or outsider whose unexpected arrival and unpredictable behavior turn the world upside down and get the story rolling. And sometimes even tell the story.

And we see this perfectly illustrated in The Beast Below. The characters on the Spaceship UK are in a holding pattern, unable to escape. It takes the Doctor's arrival to affect change. He, himself, does not change things, he is merely the catalyst for Amy to understand the deeper truth no one else could.

So it is very much about everything that you say, but also quintessential Doctor Who. :)

[maia]

link to El Sandifer's review which is brilliant and that is probably the best thing ever written about that episode.

Oh, thank you for the link! I read that a long time ago, just re-read it. It is brilliant!


And we see this perfectly illustrated in The Beast Below. The characters on the Spaceship UK are in a holding pattern, unable to escape. It takes the Doctor's arrival to affect change. He, himself, does not change things, he is merely the catalyst for Amy to understand the deeper truth no one else could.

Oh, that's an excellent point!


So it is very much about everything that you say, but also quintessential Doctor Who. :)

<3

[elisi]

Oh, thank you for the link! I read that a long time ago, just re-read it. It is brilliant!
I love it too much for words. <3 And can't quite understand how some people watch the show without concepts like 'narrative substitution' at the back of their mind.

Oh, that's an excellent point!
And a distinct break from Ten's heroics. Not that he always saved the day, but he was very much The Hero (and named so by Clara in Day of the Doctor) and generally radiated 'the White Man's Burden'.