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puppetmaker) wrote2007-10-06 08:39 am
puppetmaker) wrote2007-10-06 08:39 am
New Who Review for "Last of the Time Lords"
Well that was the season ender which I think will be having the Doctor say "What?" a lot every year. This one had some fans up in arms and other fans wondering if they could put a statue of RTD in Cardiff and worship there.
Me, well I thought it had its good points and its bad points. A lot of strong acting all around and not a bad wrap up for all the loose ends that were created. Kudos to John Simm for some great acting. I loved how Martha's family came together as a family and put their petty differences aside. You can see where she gets her grit. The writing was not perfect but considering what had to happen, it was not bad.
I found out from other fans that RTD said that the two things he would cut from the US broadcast would be "I can't decide" and that seen with Martha's Mom confronting the Master towards the end so I can stop blaming SciFi for that. I also know that "I can't decide" didn't move the plot along but I really liked that sequence for a brief look at what had been going on in the gap.
Of course comments and anything after the break is spoilerific.
I am grateful that there will be another season of Doctor Who.
OK the last scene with the ring and the funeral pyre, does anyone else think that RTD is a Flash Gordon fan? I half expected to hear the Queen soundtrack. Of course he is not gone. It's the bloody Master we are talking about. If he can walk around as a living skeleton (Deadly Assassin) or as an a weird translucent cobra (The Fox Movie) then being burned to ashes Viking style is nothing to him.
We were debating if it was Doctor Yoda or Doctor Dobbie after the Master tissue compressed the Doctor. Ah the fond memories of the Master's tissue compressor. A rather horrid way to go if you think about it.
And the brilliance of the gun in four parts that can kill a time lord which brought Martha all over the world. The Doctor knows that the Master can't resist a count down (the Master says as much in the episode) and that there is this rather complex telepathic net out there that controls all cell phone signals and most of the human race. Peter said, "Let me see if I get this right. If you use a Bluetooth, you can be controlled by the Cybermen and if you use any kind of cell phone, then you can be controlled by the Master? What does RTD have against the Cell phone industry?" I have to agree and wonder if there is an explanation out there somewhere. But somewhere along the way I started flashing on Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the line, "I think this is getting needlessly messianic," and I started looking for two of white mice on the set. However the scene between the Doctor and the Master after the Master is shot was wonderful.
Then there is a reveal on the Face of Boe, Peter and I both want to sit down and watch all the FoB episodes to see if that was set up the first time we run across the FoB or only after the end of that season.
Overall I am not unhappy with the season. It was a little rough at first but the second half more than made up for it. "Utopia", "Blink", "Human Nature" and "Family of Blood" were the stand-outs for me this season. "The Runaway Bride", "Smith & Jones", "The Shakespeare Code", "Gridlock", "Sound of the Drums" and "Last of the Time Lords" amused me greatly and kept reminding me what it is to be a Doctor Who fan in a good way. "42" and "The Lazarus Experiment" were entertaining at parts but over all left me with a rather indifferent feeling towards them. "Daleks in Manhattan" and "Evolution of the Daleks" reminded me why I am a Doctor Who fan and not in the good way. Maybe it was because I am an American and I heard about the depression not only in school but from the people who lived through it. I also live in New York and know the city really well. I am sure that there are some shows that Americans have produced based on British history which have the Brits' teeth on edge.
I am debating about doing a NWR when the "Voyage of the Damn" airs and possibly as the series aired in the UK or waiting until it is shown in the US to do the reviews then.
Me, well I thought it had its good points and its bad points. A lot of strong acting all around and not a bad wrap up for all the loose ends that were created. Kudos to John Simm for some great acting. I loved how Martha's family came together as a family and put their petty differences aside. You can see where she gets her grit. The writing was not perfect but considering what had to happen, it was not bad.
I found out from other fans that RTD said that the two things he would cut from the US broadcast would be "I can't decide" and that seen with Martha's Mom confronting the Master towards the end so I can stop blaming SciFi for that. I also know that "I can't decide" didn't move the plot along but I really liked that sequence for a brief look at what had been going on in the gap.
Of course comments and anything after the break is spoilerific.
I am grateful that there will be another season of Doctor Who.
OK the last scene with the ring and the funeral pyre, does anyone else think that RTD is a Flash Gordon fan? I half expected to hear the Queen soundtrack. Of course he is not gone. It's the bloody Master we are talking about. If he can walk around as a living skeleton (Deadly Assassin) or as an a weird translucent cobra (The Fox Movie) then being burned to ashes Viking style is nothing to him.
We were debating if it was Doctor Yoda or Doctor Dobbie after the Master tissue compressed the Doctor. Ah the fond memories of the Master's tissue compressor. A rather horrid way to go if you think about it.
And the brilliance of the gun in four parts that can kill a time lord which brought Martha all over the world. The Doctor knows that the Master can't resist a count down (the Master says as much in the episode) and that there is this rather complex telepathic net out there that controls all cell phone signals and most of the human race. Peter said, "Let me see if I get this right. If you use a Bluetooth, you can be controlled by the Cybermen and if you use any kind of cell phone, then you can be controlled by the Master? What does RTD have against the Cell phone industry?" I have to agree and wonder if there is an explanation out there somewhere. But somewhere along the way I started flashing on Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the line, "I think this is getting needlessly messianic," and I started looking for two of white mice on the set. However the scene between the Doctor and the Master after the Master is shot was wonderful.
Then there is a reveal on the Face of Boe, Peter and I both want to sit down and watch all the FoB episodes to see if that was set up the first time we run across the FoB or only after the end of that season.
Overall I am not unhappy with the season. It was a little rough at first but the second half more than made up for it. "Utopia", "Blink", "Human Nature" and "Family of Blood" were the stand-outs for me this season. "The Runaway Bride", "Smith & Jones", "The Shakespeare Code", "Gridlock", "Sound of the Drums" and "Last of the Time Lords" amused me greatly and kept reminding me what it is to be a Doctor Who fan in a good way. "42" and "The Lazarus Experiment" were entertaining at parts but over all left me with a rather indifferent feeling towards them. "Daleks in Manhattan" and "Evolution of the Daleks" reminded me why I am a Doctor Who fan and not in the good way. Maybe it was because I am an American and I heard about the depression not only in school but from the people who lived through it. I also live in New York and know the city really well. I am sure that there are some shows that Americans have produced based on British history which have the Brits' teeth on edge.
I am debating about doing a NWR when the "Voyage of the Damn" airs and possibly as the series aired in the UK or waiting until it is shown in the US to do the reviews then.
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Btw, Neil Gaiman posted on his blog about recently running into John Sims for the first time at a party and how they were mutually geeking over each other for Sandman and Life on Mars/The Master respectively.
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Having said that, he won't be the showrunner forever because, well, there's no such thing as forever. *grin*