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Planet of the Ood
It's been a busy evening of telly watching what with a repeat of the Top Gear American eppy, Doctor Who Confidential and of course,
Hmmm. Mixed feelings on this one. There were some nice moments; I especially loved the scene when Donna wanted to hear the Ood song then, having heard it, had to have it taken away. That was very nice. The chase sequence was very well done. I enjoyed Tim McInnerny peeling off his scalp and sicking up the tentacles (and did you see the art in his office? he had Oods of purest green ::giggle::). And the Doctor's song is coming to an end...? O:!
And... Urm... That's about it, really.
It wasn't a bad eppy, just a bit so so. The ebil corporation, hiding its wickedness behind a smoothly professional venir has been done to DEATH in New Who - it's the second time this season and we're only on episode 3! The vewy ebil Head of Corporation getting his comeuppance (you know, just like in real life) - whoa; didn't see that coming ::smothers a yawn::
It was all so visually disappointing. If it's the far distant future (what was it, 42nd century or something?) why did it look so very 21st? Everyone's in a suit! Men still worry about going bald? Those containers could have (and probably did) come right out of Cardiff Docks and The Moral of the Week was laid on with a bloody trowel.
Despite all the above, I did enjoy it; it was a standard Who romp- nothing wrong with that, but PotO is not one that'll live in the memory. After last week's brilliance, it was a bit of a let down and I really hope we're going to see something with a little more freshness and imagination next week because some of these storylines are getting really tired, IMO.
And... Urm... That's about it, really.
It wasn't a bad eppy, just a bit so so. The ebil corporation, hiding its wickedness behind a smoothly professional venir has been done to DEATH in New Who - it's the second time this season and we're only on episode 3! The vewy ebil Head of Corporation getting his comeuppance (you know, just like in real life) - whoa; didn't see that coming ::smothers a yawn::
It was all so visually disappointing. If it's the far distant future (what was it, 42nd century or something?) why did it look so very 21st? Everyone's in a suit! Men still worry about going bald? Those containers could have (and probably did) come right out of Cardiff Docks and The Moral of the Week was laid on with a bloody trowel.
Despite all the above, I did enjoy it; it was a standard Who romp- nothing wrong with that, but PotO is not one that'll live in the memory. After last week's brilliance, it was a bit of a let down and I really hope we're going to see something with a little more freshness and imagination next week because some of these storylines are getting really tired, IMO.
At first I was thinking it might be a veiled reference to a regeneration, or maybe (yawn) Rose (again) but...
The Ood song was a song of sadness, of captivity, of disconnection. If the Doctor's song of all the above is ending now, could this be another 'Gallifrey returning' reference? Or is that just my wishful thinking?
::Hmms and muses in a Bill Hartnell way::
And what's with all the bees? - second mention this series. Could it, perchance, be connected to the disappearing planets? Waves of timic distortion from the loss of Gallifrey and, presumably, the Eye of Harmony too? Whatever's keeping the TARDIS afloat? And what happened to the other eight Gallifreys? The ones put there for just this reason - a bolt hole in case anything bad happened to the original one?
Am I thinking far too much about this...?
The Ood song was a song of sadness, of captivity, of disconnection. If the Doctor's song of all the above is ending now, could this be another 'Gallifrey returning' reference? Or is that just my wishful thinking?
::Hmms and muses in a Bill Hartnell way::
And what's with all the bees? - second mention this series. Could it, perchance, be connected to the disappearing planets? Waves of timic distortion from the loss of Gallifrey and, presumably, the Eye of Harmony too? Whatever's keeping the TARDIS afloat? And what happened to the other eight Gallifreys? The ones put there for just this reason - a bolt hole in case anything bad happened to the original one?
Am I thinking far too much about this...?
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If you're talking about the song ending...?
Re: If you're talking about the song ending...?
Am I thinking far too much about this...?
I know that RTD and his team are all fans of Who from way back, but the audience that I presume they're aiming for now are people who haven't seen and
probablyperhaps wouldn't sit through an "original" Who episode. I'm not saying they're creating a new mythology, but that they may not revisit too much of the established mythology.I haven't put that very well, have I?
Re: Am I thinking far too much about this...?
I didn't mean to imply that RTD had taken any notice of the already established 8 canon when giving oh-so cursory thought to the time war (that would be WAY too much to hope) so much as musing on what the ending of the *song* meant (the song he hears 'all the time'). I think, in retrospect, it meant more than a regen which was my initial response. The rest is just me navel gazing on how things are supposed to work for the single TimeLord in the post-Gallifrey universe - I don't think Rusty's given it much thought at all, alas.