Can it be Saturday, please?

[elisi]

Life is... far too busy (and generally blah-inducing), but this spoiler-free review (except the title) of the next episode of DW is making me all flaily.

Also HELLO to everyone's who's recently friended me! *waves* Have a cuppa and make yourselves at home. :)

Comments

[owlboy]

They actually have LESS money I believe...

[elisi]

Yes, you may be right. *tries to remember details*

And one of the things I remember from The Writers Tale is RTD talking A LOT about how they keep having to beg for more money...

[promethia_tenk]

Proof that constraints tend to do good things for creativity--in particular, it seems to have forced them to be very judicious in their use of CGI.

Plus there's definitely been that conscious aesthetic shift. Say what you will about the technicolor cartoon-y look of the RTD years, but that was something they chose.

[elisi]

Proof that constraints tend to do good things for creativity--in particular, it seems to have forced them to be very judicious in their use of CGI.
Darcy actually commented on this re. the sick bay in the latest ep - how it was obviously done quite cheaply, but it still looked very good! (He pays attention to this stuff...)

ETA: By the way, 'tricksy Doctor' made me almost break something in delight. Are they going out of their way to hit ALL my kinks?

[promethia_tenk]

The sickbay did look pretty nice, considering. Rest of the ship not so much, but if they're going to cut corners, might as well do it there!

ETA: By the way, 'tricksy Doctor' made me almost break something in delight. Are they going out of their way to hit ALL my kinks?
Yup. Better send them a fruit basket or something :) (I rather liked the way TIA/DotM was edging towards that--mysterious, clever, a bit dark.)

[elisi]

The sickbay did look pretty nice, considering. Rest of the ship not so much, but if they're going to cut corners, might as well do it there!
Well I can assure you that the children in the audience didn't care. :)

Yup. Better send them a fruit basket or something :) (I rather liked the way TIA/DotM was edging towards that--mysterious, clever, a bit dark.)
M-hm. Plus, the Doctor being... inaccessible. Just by focussing on the others.