New Who Review for "Boom Town" but first...

[puppetmaker]

Remember the rant about when you are a what? Judi Ward who is a brilliant doll maker and all over wonderful person came up with what I think is the best breakdown for doll makers which works pretty well for some of the other things I was talking about.

I think that anyone who successfully makes and sells dolls/doll patterns/classes online or in person, must be considered a professional. The reason I say "successfully" is because some try but don't have the ability to do those things and are there for a month or so, and then gone.

An Advanced dollmaker is to me a person who has made a lot of dolls and the quality is way up there... in the execution/sewing/ face and clothing. Often an advanced dollmaker will also design and make one of a kinds. Once selling on a regular basis starts, one must move from Advanced into the professional category.

An Intermediate dollmaker does a very good job, will have a lot of skills in place, but will have troubles with some. Often an intermediate level dollmaker is also still on the journey to creating the "look" that will tell the world who made the doll.

A beginner will have a lot of skills to learn and will have a difficult time with some until it "clicks" (IE, the ladder stitch) A beginner may have made several Raggedy Anne style dolls but has not ventured to more detailed dolls yet, or is just starting on the adventure. A beginner can have really good sewing skills and things may come easily in the dollmaking world, they just need to make more dolls.

At all levels of dollmaking skill, there are going to be categories that one person does very well and another that they don't do as well....so there is crossover too...

Dr. Who last night was "Boom Town" which is a rather alliterative title for what goes on in the episode. They bring back Margaret the Sytheen who gives the Doctor a moral dilemma on top of a world coming to an end crisis. And we have the echo of "Bad Wolf" becoming louder and louder. I have already stated that this was not one of my favorites episodes. We do get a better take on Captain Jack. The banter between him and the Doctor was great fun esp. "Only if you buy me a drink first." A bunch of fans have complained that Doctor is being used for a gay agenda because of Captain Jack's views of sex and sexuality but I really don't see it.

I am grateful for people who can put into words concepts that I had straight in my head but not on paper.

Comments

[readinggeek451]

Using those criteria, I'm probably an Intermediate bearmaker, and somewhere between a Beginning and Intermediate quilter. I don't count myself as a professional, even though I've sold some stuff, because (a) I'm not making any money at it (on the contrary!), and (b) I'm only selling sporadically. It's a hobby; therefore I'm an amateur.

I loved the scene in the restaurant with the Doctor and "Margaret."

[darkravenette.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine found this little tidbit in a chat with Steve Moffat.


I just got finished watching "The Dr. Dances", and there seems to be to very blatant statements that Captian [sic] Jack was Gay/BiSexual !?!??!
Do we really need this in Dr. WHO ?
I for one was apalled. -- a fan

Re:
Bisexual?? I too am appalled.

For Captain Jack, bisexual would be a strict diet. There's a whole universe out there. 82 percent of the developing life-forms in this galaxy alone have recently been proven to have Captain Jack's phone number.

Hooray for Captain Jack. But don't leave him alone with your sister. Or a nice shrub. --Steven Moffat


You CAN'T stop kids finding out about sex. You CAN at least make sure some of what they hear is sane and reasonable.

And as for alternative sexuality in Dr Who - oh for goodness sake!

There are kids watching out there, who already know they're gay. (I knew which sex I fancied from a very early age.) Doesn't it do them good to have a hero like a Captain Jack, who laughs in the face of straight and gay alike?

Captain Jack: he'll save your planet and shag anyone who lives there (but check your purse before he leaves.) --Steven Moffat

[querldox.livejournal.com]

Personally, I thought this was one of the better eps, in a somewhat quiet way. I liked a lot of the sharp dialogue ala "She's climbing out a window, isn't she?" and the dinner scene was the best since Dalek in terms of making it very clear that despite his jokes and grins, the Doctor is very deep beyond the surface. On the other hand, Rose and Mickey need to just cut bait in a big way. It's not fair to him for her to keep popping back up in his life, and he needs to actually move on already.