It was a brilliant episode, and I had a heated exchange with people at Outpost Gallifrey about this. People going beyond criticism. I was rather testy. ;) But really if you didn't enjoy this and see it as a unique look at the Doctor and the effect he has I feel sorry for you, I really do. You cringed with embarrassment? Come ON! What right do you have to be EMBARRASSED? You made the programme? No, so why be embarrassed? And in any case . . . this embarrassed you? Seriously? I loved every second . . . I really did.
It was brave, it was adventurous, it was clever, it was funny, it was horrible - the monster was detestable, and a 10-year-old kid came up with that idea! The little bastard! Fantastic!
LInDA made me laugh. They made me like them, they were quickly-drawn yet utterly believable. Little things, like 'did you just kiss her on the cheek?' and the obviously budding, coy romance . . . the 'pizza, as mates' bit was lovely. The loneliness, yet acceptance of Jackie and her defense of not only her daughter but the Doctor, too.
The way the Doctor flits in and out of lives but we have never before seen the EFFECT he leaves behind like we have in RTD's era. This episode was charming, it was so much packed into 45 minutes. Timelash. Timelash! Time Lash pales next to this. ANY 6th Doctor story pales next to this. The 6th Doctor era was SHIT, pure and simple. THAT'S cringeworthy stuff.
Love and Monsters? Utterly brilliant TV . . and you know what?
Utterly brilliant Who.
I still love anyone like Tys and Puma who obviously won't agree with this post . . . but after the 'fan' reaction I saw this weekend on some forums, this post was bursting to get out of me.
What can I say? Fair enough - let's agree to disagree. :)
Like I said, there are a lot of things I could like about this, the teaser is brilliant, and it's a fair thing up until twenty minutes into the programme where I started asking myself when the episode would start. Maybe it's me being a humourless German, but although I know this was meant to be a "funny" episode, I couldn't laugh.
Maybe I'm taking this too seriously, but... ah well. I'm glad somebody liked it, anyway! :)
I think you are, I really do. And it was much more than a 'funny' episode. But hey, lots of fans agree with you, but I will say that Who was the top-rated programme that day in the UK. ;)
oh, and the ausidence steadily increased by over a million during transmission. Doesn't make your opinion invalid . . . let's jsut say it wasn't one for the traditionalists *l*
*L* No, that it definitely wasn't! What's strange about this is that with this post, YOU have defined ME as a traditionalist. What's weird about this picture? ;)
I liked it enough to watch it twice so far, but I just found it a bit of a disappointment after last weeks episode, hardly surprising though as last weeks was truly excellent! I don't know! Agree with you about the 6th Doctor era though, I've seen a few of them and they weren't all that good at all!
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Date: 2006-06-19 09:39 pm (UTC)It was brave, it was adventurous, it was clever, it was funny, it was horrible - the monster was detestable, and a 10-year-old kid came up with that idea! The little bastard! Fantastic!
LInDA made me laugh. They made me like them, they were quickly-drawn yet utterly believable. Little things, like 'did you just kiss her on the cheek?' and the obviously budding, coy romance . . . the 'pizza, as mates' bit was lovely. The loneliness, yet acceptance of Jackie and her defense of not only her daughter but the Doctor, too.
The way the Doctor flits in and out of lives but we have never before seen the EFFECT he leaves behind like we have in RTD's era. This episode was charming, it was so much packed into 45 minutes. Timelash. Timelash! Time Lash pales next to this. ANY 6th Doctor story pales next to this. The 6th Doctor era was SHIT, pure and simple. THAT'S cringeworthy stuff.
Love and Monsters? Utterly brilliant TV . . and you know what?
Utterly brilliant Who.
I still love anyone like Tys and Puma who obviously won't agree with this post . . . but after the 'fan' reaction I saw this weekend on some forums, this post was bursting to get out of me.
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Date: 2006-06-19 09:55 pm (UTC)Like I said, there are a lot of things I could like about this, the teaser is brilliant, and it's a fair thing up until twenty minutes into the programme where I started asking myself when the episode would start. Maybe it's me being a humourless German, but although I know this was meant to be a "funny" episode, I couldn't laugh.
Maybe I'm taking this too seriously, but... ah well. I'm glad somebody liked it, anyway! :)
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Date: 2006-06-19 10:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-19 10:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-19 10:10 pm (UTC)What's strange about this is that with this post, YOU have defined ME as a traditionalist. What's weird about this picture? ;)
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Date: 2006-06-19 10:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-19 09:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-20 09:09 pm (UTC)I liked it enough to watch it twice so far, but I just found it a bit of a disappointment after last weeks episode, hardly surprising though as last weeks was truly excellent! I don't know! Agree with you about the 6th Doctor era though, I've seen a few of them and they weren't all that good at all!
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Date: 2006-06-20 10:10 pm (UTC)Mmm, didn't I promise you Jubilee a while back? *blushes*
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Date: 2006-06-21 08:58 pm (UTC)The only Colin Baker ones I've seen are the trial ones