Dr Who

[andrewducker]

I actually liked it quite a lot - except for one bit.

I've basically plonked the Moffat Dr Who as "Well written kid's TV" - more obviously so than RTDs - and thus I don't require things to make _actual_ sense, just to be vaguely internally consistent to the same level as, say, fairy-tales.

This being the case I could have done with a bloody explanation of why having the android recall his human side would any effect on his blowing up! Spitfires in Space, though, I was fine with. Possibly this was because I'd seen them in the trailer though.

Julie, on the other hand, just wanted Ms Pond to stab the Dr with a flagpole and then steal the box to have adventures by herself. Heck, she could even pick up a companion of her own if she fancied it.

Comments

[broin.livejournal.com]

Yep. There were two spots where all they needed was two lines and I'd have been happy.

'We need to disconnect him from the Dalek network. He needs to believe he's human!' (because then the two approaches the Dctor and Amy took make sense, and you've a nice observation that the Doctor doesn't know what it means to be human, really. His method doesn't work. His emotional range is limited to nostalgia and loss).

'Well, I did have three prototypes built... but is three enough?' Or as has been suggested elsewhere, have Churchill send the android back in time to give him the time to make the Spitfires.

[andrewducker]

Yeah - it frustrates me more when there's a clear quick fix that could have gone in - because it means that nobody saw something that seems obviously wrong, or nobody spoke up to get it sorted.

[broin.livejournal.com]

I was just writing about iterative design... shame you don't get that for tv.

[andrewducker]

Maybe they'll fix it for the Director's Cut on DVD :->