Doctor Who
Jun. 6th, 2005 04:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jackCool. I did wonder if rochveleth was disguising herself as RTD when the Doctor was (arguably) flirting with Jack again, and became certain when bondage was mentioned :)
Though I would point out that I can't remember Jack definitely responding to Dr's flirting at any point, it could be one way so far.
I was glad they kept Jack though. He was a bit annoying when he first appeared -- well, ok still is -- but is great to watch, and its good to have a companion who like knows alien tech stuff.
Ricky. He had a couple of good lines, and I feel for him because he's probably the most realistic self-insertion character, but he's just rather boring. And Rose doesn't seem to like him at all, even when she's saying she does; and just because he's boring on screen doesn't mean he's not a good boyfriend, he certainly tries, but neither of them seem to have any affection.
Slitheen. I liked what they tried to do, moral ambiguity always needs exploring. But you can go too far for the sake of humour: the doctor was all very smug about poison needles etc over dinner, but seriously, if he missed one of her tricks he'd likely be condeming the earth to being destroyed, starting with cardiff, so it was rather too blase. And Margaret was trying to change, but, like, step zero in changing is not wiping out planets; if it had been just cardiff that'd be a *bit* more plausible. Though the whole 'raised to it' thing was a good point. Another unexplored option would be to offer her a painless death if she was worried about being boiled.
The ending seemed a load of DEM, though.
Though I would point out that I can't remember Jack definitely responding to Dr's flirting at any point, it could be one way so far.
I was glad they kept Jack though. He was a bit annoying when he first appeared -- well, ok still is -- but is great to watch, and its good to have a companion who like knows alien tech stuff.
Ricky. He had a couple of good lines, and I feel for him because he's probably the most realistic self-insertion character, but he's just rather boring. And Rose doesn't seem to like him at all, even when she's saying she does; and just because he's boring on screen doesn't mean he's not a good boyfriend, he certainly tries, but neither of them seem to have any affection.
Slitheen. I liked what they tried to do, moral ambiguity always needs exploring. But you can go too far for the sake of humour: the doctor was all very smug about poison needles etc over dinner, but seriously, if he missed one of her tricks he'd likely be condeming the earth to being destroyed, starting with cardiff, so it was rather too blase. And Margaret was trying to change, but, like, step zero in changing is not wiping out planets; if it had been just cardiff that'd be a *bit* more plausible. Though the whole 'raised to it' thing was a good point. Another unexplored option would be to offer her a painless death if she was worried about being boiled.
The ending seemed a load of DEM, though.
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Date: 2005-06-06 05:32 pm (UTC)And hey! Lay off Rickey, I like him :) He's a damn good character. Shame he was all upset this week, but I thought he was particularly good in AOL/WW3. He's a better juxtaposition to the Doctor for humour than Jack is.
...it was rather too blase
Repeat after me, "This is *fiction*, Cardiff wasn't really going to disappear" :)
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Date: 2005-06-06 05:39 pm (UTC)Do I need to point out that I'm *not* slashtastic again? :)
Pay particular attention to "Yes, I need that on a T-shirt" :)
I I was masquerading as RTD you'd know, anyway, because I'd be in it and there'd only be two people involved in the flirting ;)
If you can disguise yourself as RTD I'm sure you could make yourself up as Rose or Jack on screen.
And hey! Lay off Rickey, I like him :)
I do like him, and he serves a useful purpose but he always feels a bit flat and boring somehow. I'm not sure why.
Cardiff wasn't really going to disappear" :)
Aww.
When Dad and I watched Warner Bros cartoons, we always used to have the conversations:
A: Why didn't they do foo?
B: I didn't even know ducks could talk!
And I know its fiction, but changing the pace too much can ruin the mood; if, say, they'd had someone there with a gun as a back up, or the doctor had attached the handcuff to the table or something it would have worked better. I know it doesn't really matter, and normally the series does a wonderful job of mixing humour and scare, but this just threw me for some reason.