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Post by Riff on Jun 4, 2006 16:04:48 GMT -5
I had a thought, watching Captain Jack (other than THAT thought). This assortment of Doctor/companions reminds me a bit of the Doctor/Tegan/Nyssa combination. With Captain Jack as the much more attractive and entertaining version of Nyssa (I loved Nyssa, I really wanted to BE her, when I was a girl, but she was a bit on the serious side, don't you think?) and Rose as a far less annoying Tegan. Jack has the knowledge of the future and time travel and technology and can thus function as a true assistant, while Rose provides the real companionship and human touch that the Doctor needs. And both, together, provide companionship and friendship for each other when the Doctor is just a tad too alien. *nods* Very true. I also liked Nyssa (though, you're right, she was very serious). She was the only companion of the Fifth Doctor I really did like. I suppose Peri was okay.
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Post by Riff on Jun 4, 2006 16:07:35 GMT -5
So...anyone who wants to come with the Doctor can? Being a Companion is sort of self selecting? Yeah; it's always sorta been that way. Well, except for a few who were downright kidnapped. Like, say, Susan's teachers in the very first episode. The Doctor just sorta picks up women (mostly women) who want to come along. Sometimes it's just because they'd die if he left them, or they're (through someone else's actions) light-years from home, but often it's just that he seems more interesting than their current lives. My sister was pointing out to me, the other day, that she thinks there was almost always a "thing" between the Doctor and his female Companions. At least, when the Doctor in question wasn't white of hair. She also pointed out that there's never, at least not for more than one episode, a male companion without there also being a female companion...which she thinks is telling of the relationship, without it being explicit on a kids' show. The superficial levels of the Doctor's personality change drastically from one reincarnation to the next. Perhaps some are more sexual than others?
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Post by Riff on Jun 4, 2006 16:10:35 GMT -5
I’ll bet none of you have noticed that the Daleks have been subtly redesigned. Basically, they are larger, chunkier and based around a design of interlocked metal plates. A large hood now projects from the dome to protect the eyestalk (“My vision is impaired! I cannot see!”). I’d like to draw your attention to this. Beneath the eyestalk is a small rectangle with an odd design of lines and circles (see the picture below). This is Dalek lettering of some kind and is individual for each Dalek. The lettering runs constantly on the Controller’s screen and was also cunningly seeded throughout the season, even appearing in the shop windows in the first ep. They’ve always been running things behind the scenes. Or have they? I will follow the example of the BBC at this stage last year and say now that the identity of the Bad Wolf has not been revealed to you yet…
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Post by Lola m on Jun 4, 2006 20:33:52 GMT -5
Ooh, it follows up to The Long Game. I liked that episode. Why isn't Captain Jack in the opening credits? I thought he was a regular. Anne Droid. *groan* The Defrabricator. Wish I had one of those. Seems like a lot of us would find that a handy device. **nods** That made me suspicious. Definitely. The chaos when the news went away. The way they all just . . . don't really fight the shows, being grabbed and (they think) being killed. In fact, they actually watch . . . He was a bit cavalier . . . "this will make everything go back to normal". But then again, that's not that unusual for the Doctor. Very nice. I really loved that bit. Quintessential Doctor. ;D #smirk# I found the fleet itself very scary, but as usual the Daleks themselves . . . well. It's their voices and how hysterical and overwrought they get. ;D
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Post by Lola m on Jun 4, 2006 20:37:24 GMT -5
What cracks me up is that the robots are shaped like the actual living stars of the show What Not to Wear! Hilarious! And the droids were all voiced by the shows' real presenters. The production team was surprised that Ann Robinson in particular agreed to do it, bearing in mind the "depth of the satire". Amusingly, by this point the BBC's competitors were doing everything they could to steal some ratings back ( DW is the most popular Saturday-night television here, gaining an average of 7.5 - 8 million viewers). They put up reality television against the show, and it failed miserably. Hooray! **snicker** and #claps# I mean, I like some reality shows, really I do. And I would never think the worse of anyone watching them. (Well, except for a few shows. ) But I hate that their relative cheapness and easiness to make has likely driven a lot of excellent drama off my screen. Not to mention that none of them are really "reality", but that's pretty much a given.
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Post by Lola m on Jun 4, 2006 20:39:03 GMT -5
Tubed up controller woman wants to die. She just wants to make sure her masters get theirs as well. She hid them in the game. Heeee!! Love the bit with handing the guy his gun. And he's all, can I set this down now? Yays! Rose not dead! Just a different transmat beam. So, where did the rest of the contestants go all these years?"There's a time and a place." ;D ;D ;D Who's been controlling and directing the human race for years. . . lurking out there, right on top of things but not seen . . . building up their strength . . . Hmmmmmmmm. Could it be . . . . . Daleks? Why yes! I just love the Doctor! "I'm gonna save Rose!" No weapons. No defences. No plan. Yeah, and doesn't that just scare you! Where, indeed? And also, why? I sort of figured it was a question someone should be asking.
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Post by Lola m on Jun 4, 2006 20:41:38 GMT -5
I’ll bet none of you have noticed that the Daleks have been subtly redesigned. Basically, they are larger, chunkier and based around a design of interlocked metal plates. A large hood now projects from the dome to protect the eyestalk (“My vision is impaired! I cannot see!”). I’d like to draw your attention to this. Beneath the eyestalk is a small rectangle with an odd design of lines and circles (see the picture below). This is Dalek lettering of some kind and is individual for each Dalek. The lettering runs constantly on the Controller’s screen and was also cunningly seeded throughout the season, even appearing in the shop windows in the first ep. They’ve always been running things behind the scenes. Or have they? I will follow the example of the BBC at this stage last year and say now that the identity of the Bad Wolf has not been revealed to you yet…Oooh, intriguing! The BBC came right out and told everyone that the mystery wasn't solved? Hmmmmm . . . .
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