Doctor Who
Apr. 2nd, 2013 12:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jackI haven't seen most of the most recent seasons, but I watched the first episode of the new season at Eastercon.
I was glad I did; watching with a thousand other fans does bring out the good aspects[1]. The funny bits were funny and the emotional bits were emotional and the awesome bits were awesome.
However it shared the problem which exasperated me with most of the seasons since it was first brought back, that the general incoherence of the premise-of-the-week undermines any sense of success or failure. I want to be sucked in, worried about what's happening and panicked, hoping the doctor can fix it. But when I know everything will be resolved with thirty seconds of technobabble, or not, according to the needs of the plot, there's no point rooting for him :(
[1] I often have a similar experience listening to authors talk about their intentions with their book, that it can make me go "ah, I see what you were doing and it was really interesting" rather than "how on earth are so many things wrong with this book?" :)
I was glad I did; watching with a thousand other fans does bring out the good aspects[1]. The funny bits were funny and the emotional bits were emotional and the awesome bits were awesome.
However it shared the problem which exasperated me with most of the seasons since it was first brought back, that the general incoherence of the premise-of-the-week undermines any sense of success or failure. I want to be sucked in, worried about what's happening and panicked, hoping the doctor can fix it. But when I know everything will be resolved with thirty seconds of technobabble, or not, according to the needs of the plot, there's no point rooting for him :(
[1] I often have a similar experience listening to authors talk about their intentions with their book, that it can make me go "ah, I see what you were doing and it was really interesting" rather than "how on earth are so many things wrong with this book?" :)