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Apr. 2nd, 2013 12:01 pm
scarfman: (scarfman)
scarfman: (drwho)

The fundamental difference between 20th century Doctor Who and 21st century Doctor Who is that in 20th century Doctor Who the Doctor did not need or want a family. A (grand)daughter surrogate, certainly, but not a whole family. Perhaps only because the Time Lords were still out there, but.

The fundamental difference between Davies Doctor Who and Moffat Doctor Who is that Davies seemed to believe the Doctor is not to be allowed to acquire a family and then keep them.

scarfman: (heroes)

No spoilers (nothing in-text is discussed in that much detail).

  • Is Tennant really that tall, or has Davison shrunk?
  • In the immediate wake of The Doctor's Daughter I saw a lot of people drawing comparisons between Donna and Adric, but there's really not that much similarity. Adric was good at maths and Donna is good at patterns.
  • I'm pleased to see the announcement that Stephen Moffat will be the Doctor Who showrunner starting with the season to air in 2010, not least because I thought Russell T. Davies was talking like he's not smart enough to get out while he's on top. But let us not forget that, while Moffat has won Doctor Who two Hugos, he's also the man who gave us Curse of the Fatal Death.
  • In elitist, stoic Time Lord culture, making lame excuses when caught out at something (as opposed to adamant stonewalling) is an act of intimacy. Manufacturing such circumstances just to make lame excuses is the height of public display of affection. That's what the button-holding business was about at the beginning of Age of Steel, though Mickey and Rose never understood. The only one of the Doctor's companions who ever understood was of course Romana, who of course never let on. And this is the most common reason the TARDIS never seems to land where it's meant to.
  • Sir Ian McKellen as the Doctor in flashbacks to the UNIT era y/n?

Crossposted to [livejournal.com profile] doctorwho.

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