Who.

[whatho]

I watched an entire episode of Who for the first time this season, because I needed to be using the computer and it's in the same room as the telly, and though I don't actually like much discussing things that don't particularly do it for me, mostly I thought the following two things:


1. 'Does this thing work as a teleport? Because that would be extraordinarily happy for reasons of having condensed too much plot into far too little time.'
'Yes. Yes, it does.' I'm paraphrasing, but that really did seem to be the kernel of the exchange and... well... ever so slightly of every other exchange in the entire thing except where it was just blatant exposition. And I didn't think that sort of writing was allowed on telly.

2. Why are they all the same character? Both new doctors and the new master and, to a slightly lesser extent, Jack are all quirkily hyperactive pretty bouncy young people. I don't really like people like that, but that's not the point. It's a bit like in The West Wing when you could put a solid ruler over the character cues on a transcript and then you couldn't actually tell which bit of dialogue belonged to which character.

Possibly having been in it for the long haul would've made a difference possibly. Let's be assuming that quite massively.

Comments

[jekesta]

OH GOD IT IS SO SAD. nobody is allowed to be not like David Tennant unless they are in love with David Tennant in which case they are allowed to rescusitate people and flinch when we mention Rose. THAT IS THE LAW.

[whatho.livejournal.com]

I genuinely think I've never seen quite such a self-indulgent piece of writing. Certainly you're allowed to populate your fanfic with only the character type you personally enjoy and the worshippers of that character type, but then I think the rule is that you're supposed to post in on your LJ, and not on the BBC.

[alicamel.livejournal.com]

IAWTC. :)

[jekesta]

Alice - IAWTC. (Also, the people over the road are playing the Julian/Paul song that you songvidded, they seem to have it on repeat, it is making me sad for their BEAUTIFUL LOVE.)

Whatho - HEllo. I have quoted this comment in my journal and also linked people here and I just realised I didn't ask and I can not do that if you'd rather obviously I can do that, yes. Sorry. I just am a bit in love with people saying TRUE THINGS OH.

[whatho.livejournal.com]

HELLO. Yes, it's fine and lovely and hurrah. Thank you.

[peeeeeeet.livejournal.com]

This is my favourite livejournal thread ever.

[star-tourmaline.livejournal.com]

(Here via <lj user="jekesta".) I think this might be the best comment I've ever seen. Please may I quote it?

[whatho.livejournal.com]

Absolutely you may - thanks. Feel free to correct the errant 'in' to an 'it' or whatever it's supposed to be.

[star-tourmaline.livejournal.com]

Done, and thank you.

Here via jekesta (obv)

[spiralsheep.livejournal.com]

I love you very much for this. :-)

I have money on anvils shaped like the similarities between the tenth Doctor and Simm!Master raining down on the audience during the next episode.

Re: Here via jekesta (obv)

[whatho.livejournal.com]

Hee... it will be quite fun if he feels suddenly he has to explain his proliferation of David Tennants as some description of metaphor type thing. Oh, he should've just copied that episode of Star Trek when they split Kirk into good and evil and had William Shatner play both of them! I don't mean William Shatner should be playing the master. Well. Maybe I do.

Re: Here via jekesta (obv)

[spiralsheep.livejournal.com]

I think David Tennant should've played both the Doctor and the Master (y'know, if we have to have Tennant!Doctor at all) but as the Master he could've worn an eyepatch like alt!Brigadier in Inferno because it's a well-known skiffy FACT that evil twins always have either eyepatches or villainous moustaches or both.