If any of you saw Dr Who the other night, that was the moment Matt Smith BECAME The Doctor.
I only have one thing to say:
Oh Wonderful Mr Tennant, I loved you in Casanova. I loved you in Dr Who. But Matt's filled your shoes adequately so far. Long may it continue. And I think the "if you value you continued existence, there is one thing you never, ever put in a trap.... Me!" line that Matt's got coming up, plus the "Blink" angels, I think it'll continue for a while.
Well done Matt!
Labels: dr who, scifi
There are so many things I like about
the new Dr Who Trailer:
1. The statues from "Blink"
2. The line "if you want to live to tomorrow, there's one thing you never, ever want to put in a trap: Me" (not an exact quote, but close enough)
3. SPACE BATTLES! WITH SPITFIRES APPARENTLY!
4. Daleks
5. Cybermen
6. It starts in a few weeks!
Can. Not. Wait.
Will miss David Tennant a wee bit, but judging by the trailer, I think the new boy will be good.
Labels: dr who, sci-fi
Having finally visited the Dr Who exhibition in Kelvingrove today, I'm in the mood for re-watching all the revamped Dr Who's starting with the Christopher Eccleston one. I was reminded again of "Blink", and how fecking good an episode that was, and started to read around it on Amazon, IMDB, Wikipedia etc.
Turns out that Steven Moffat, who wrote Blink, also wrote:
1. "Silence In The Library" / "Forest Of The Dead" - the two episodes with the Vashta Nerada - the monsters that live in the shadows and consume anything that goes in them. And with Dr Who's ...wife?
2. "The Girl In The Fireplace" - the one where the Doctor met Madame De Pompadour.
and then two more episodes "The Empty Child", "The Doctor Dances", which I remember, but were quite a while ago.
With some of the best episodes written by him, maybe Russell T Davies' leaving will be a blessing in disguise?
Will miss David Tennant though.
Labels: dr who
Whether you watch Dr Who or Torchwood still, or whether you tried them and turned off, this is worth a shot. Some of the best sci-fi I've seen in a while. Even K liked it!
Labels: dr who, torchwood, tv
Just watched the last two episodes ("Meat" and "Reset"), and ... well, I'm just bloody disgusted.
The first one of the two had a strong plot element about Gwen (the Welsh bird) and Rhys (her non-Torchwood fiance), and ... get this.. they kept this bit hidden for a long time, didn't they... wait for it. Rhys is a "he". And Gwen is a "she". Which means it's a fucking
hetero relationship!!!
It gets worse!In "Reset" (no spoilers here), one of the Torchwood team asks out another one. And they're opposite genders as well. Hold on, one of them two also asked out another one of the team in "Adam", and that second person was also of the opposite sex.
That's three hetero encounters in three weeks. It's a fucking consiracy, I'm telling you!
Labels: dr who, torchwood, tv
Just catching up on the latest episode of Torchwood ("The one where Martha Jones visits"), and she's investigating a spate of sudden deaths in south Wales, being described as suicides.
A bit close to the bone given the recent teenage/young adult suicide trend in Wales, but I'm sure the program was written first. Spooky, though, eh?
Labels: dr who, tv
Now, as you'll know, I love the new version of Dr Who. I've said elsewhere on this esteemed blog how I absolutely loved the "Blink" episode, and rated is as some of the best television I've seen. As did The Fly.
So I started watching the spin-off Torchwood (variously described as "more adult", "with added sexuality", etc. Started watching it... wandered off... and came back for the finale of the first season, as it tied into the main Dr Who arc.
And so, with the second season just starting here in the UK, I popped over to Wikipedia to catch up on what I'd missed from the first season.
And it seems that every character is either gay, bisexual, or straight-but-strayed-the-other-way-once-or-twice.
The writer is openly gay, and I've heard that he'd gotten fed up with the big-chested, big-gunned "beer, cars, birds, and football" overly-hetero/over-testosteroned adventure series on TV.
I understand that. Not everyone (ie, the majority of the readers of this blog) are into beer, cars, birds, and football. Well, we're not evangelical about it, anyway.
But, dear writer, not everyone is alternately sexual either. I'm finding that the idea of yet another gay kissing scene is about as appealing as watching Dog The Bounty Hunter puff up his chest and pull in his old-man's belly yet again.
Tone it down, old boy. We've got the point. It's OK to be gay without ramming it down everyone's throat, so to speak. You don't really need to make everything a gay issue. Please.
Labels: dr who, torchwood, tv, tv sci-fi primeval
