Doctor Who: Silence in the Library
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jackThis episode was very good. It was all of thought provoking, funny and creepy. Even Rilstone was positive about it :) (although my surprise was nothing to what Zero Punctuation had to say about Portal :)).
Nitpicks
Hm, nothing comes to mind. The doctor's flamboyant self rants are a little over the top, but only a little. I had the impression that the one trillion people were a saturation error in the software, which seems a strange value to saturate at, but certainly not impossible.
Best lines
"If you understand me, look very, very afraid."
"It's swollen shut" "Use the sonic.. thingy!" "I can't, it's WOOD"
1 trillion living beings. Total silence. "They can't be books. Can they?"
Ms Doctor
I'm surprised more people weren't screaming about this. The doctor meets a woman he's had a throughout-time relationship with, strongly portrayed as his lover (although that could be misdirection or my mistake: she could be a friend, or companion, or his daughter grown up, or other timelord somehow).
I'd dreaded this, as though I thought exploring the doctor's potential sexuality was an interesting aspect to explore, having three companions in love with him (four if you count Jack) was taking it too far, and an actual relationship would kill the magic forever. However, that was just assuming that it wouldn't work.
But it did work. I couldn't see it ever working with a companion, but someone else could be more complete in themselves, and be an anchor for him, and vice-versa, away from his normal life. River was affectionate but not over the top, and I really liked her. Even if the doctor is essentially asexual, it makes sense he finds a companion once.
Nitpicks
Hm, nothing comes to mind. The doctor's flamboyant self rants are a little over the top, but only a little. I had the impression that the one trillion people were a saturation error in the software, which seems a strange value to saturate at, but certainly not impossible.
Best lines
"If you understand me, look very, very afraid."
"It's swollen shut" "Use the sonic.. thingy!" "I can't, it's WOOD"
1 trillion living beings. Total silence. "They can't be books. Can they?"
Ms Doctor
I'm surprised more people weren't screaming about this. The doctor meets a woman he's had a throughout-time relationship with, strongly portrayed as his lover (although that could be misdirection or my mistake: she could be a friend, or companion, or his daughter grown up, or other timelord somehow).
I'd dreaded this, as though I thought exploring the doctor's potential sexuality was an interesting aspect to explore, having three companions in love with him (four if you count Jack) was taking it too far, and an actual relationship would kill the magic forever. However, that was just assuming that it wouldn't work.
But it did work. I couldn't see it ever working with a companion, but someone else could be more complete in themselves, and be an anchor for him, and vice-versa, away from his normal life. River was affectionate but not over the top, and I really liked her. Even if the doctor is essentially asexual, it makes sense he finds a companion once.
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