On 16 March 2014 09:39, <ghib...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Saturday, March 15, 2014 8:38:18 PM UTC, ghi...@gmail.com wrote:
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>> On Friday, March 14, 2014 11:26:26 PM UTC, Liz R wrote:
>>>
>>> On 15 March 2014 08:18, <ghi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you're a Doctor Who fan, I'm reminded of a scene where the Doctor
>>>> responds adamantly to a suggested way to deal with a threat by saying "you
>>>> don't understand, I can't do that. I have rules that I live by"
>>>>
>>>> The other person responds with a slight contempt "You can't deal with
>>>> those who have no rules, with rules. You are a goody goody"
>>>>
>>>> The Doctor looks back darkly "The Good don't need rules"
>>>>
>>>
>>> As a Dr Who fan I would very much like to know which scene that is!
>>>
>>> (It reminds me of the "have I the right?" scene in "Genesis of the
>>> Daleks" in which Sarah Jane Smith tries to persuade the Doctor to stop the
>>> Daleks from ever having existed by blowing up an "incubation chamber" -
>>> which curiously enough IS blown up later, but doesn't seem to slow them
>>> down overmuch...)
>>>
>>
>> hi liz - I'm not actually a fan myself. I watched most of the david
>> tenant episodes and admired his creation of the role a lot. the scene I
>> paraphrased the guy just left actually...wasn't a fan but only because it
>> sort of crossed a bit far over to children's television with him. I expect
>> they've picked that one up and are about to unleash a major rebalancing.
>> Going grey gives a wink and nod that way.
>>
>
I had better rephrase. I'm a Doctor Who fan, but not the obsessive type who
knows who was the third extra from the left in episode 3 of "The Ear of
Doom" -- meaning I started watching it in 1964 and went off it when Douglas
Adams became script editor and started shoehorning in a load of
"Hitch-hiker" style jokes in around 1977. I have written reviews and gone
on (at length) about the strengths and weaknesses of both classic and New
Who on various forums. I consider Tenant to be the worst incarnation of the
Doctor, but only thanks to the appalling scripts by Russell T Davies.
Generally I think that now the show has been taken over by long-term fans
it has ceased to be the show I grew up with in anything but name. The
original was clunky and hackneyed, but at least it had sensible stories,
some passably believable characters, some strong women (yes, sorry, but
they were a lot better than the current lot who have to be "feisty" or
versions of Lara Croft - Barbara Wright and Sarah Jane Smith immediately
come to mind) lots of bad acting ("Nuffink in ze Vorld can stop me now!"),
a central character who hadn't turned into a cross between Harry Potter and
Superman, and who couldn't see off a variety of alien races merely by
shouting at them, and of course the Daleks before they were turned into
Tellytubby bumper cars who couldn't exterminate a paper bag.
But enough. If anyone wants to know my views on the most important TV show
in the universe ever, you can be amused and entertained at the following
links.
http://up211.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/a-night-at-the-optera/
http://www.pagefillers.com/dwrg/partingways.htm#9
there you go http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5JnqPSzSLo
>
Thank you! I might have guessed it was more grandstanding by the 11th
Doctor. Of course hope springs eternal, and in my case I'm hoping that
means the divine Peter Capaldi will ditch the sonic screw driver, become
properly scared of monsters, and generally make the whole thing edge of the
seat viewing once more.
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