The Tenth Doctor (Who)
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firecatI finished watching the David Tennant Doctor Who episodes. Should I put a spoiler cut even though all these shows aired 2006–2010? Might as well.
I liked the Tenth Doctor, but I kept thinking that he was like the kind of manager who ignores a problem until it's a huge problem and then gets his department to run around like a chicken with its head cut off to solve the problem and then gets a lot of kudos for it.
I also didn't like the constant emphasis on someone (usually a woman) dying to solve the problem.
I mainly kept watching because I thought so many of the female leads/guest stars/characters were great. Agatha Christie (though the story was dumb), Captain Brooke (though I didn't like the ending)...
Mostly I just liked little moments. The references to various Agatha Christie novels. The scene where a cell phone holds remnants of a dead woman's consciousness. People in Donna's family's temporary home singing "Bohemian Rhapsody." Daleks in German going around yelling "EXTERMINEIREN." Naming the Mars base Bowie Base One. The church with the little Tardis in its stained glass window.
I'm starting to watch the Eleventh Doctor now, but I'm worried because I don't trust Steven Moffat.
I liked the Tenth Doctor, but I kept thinking that he was like the kind of manager who ignores a problem until it's a huge problem and then gets his department to run around like a chicken with its head cut off to solve the problem and then gets a lot of kudos for it.
I also didn't like the constant emphasis on someone (usually a woman) dying to solve the problem.
I mainly kept watching because I thought so many of the female leads/guest stars/characters were great. Agatha Christie (though the story was dumb), Captain Brooke (though I didn't like the ending)...
Mostly I just liked little moments. The references to various Agatha Christie novels. The scene where a cell phone holds remnants of a dead woman's consciousness. People in Donna's family's temporary home singing "Bohemian Rhapsody." Daleks in German going around yelling "EXTERMINEIREN." Naming the Mars base Bowie Base One. The church with the little Tardis in its stained glass window.
I'm starting to watch the Eleventh Doctor now, but I'm worried because I don't trust Steven Moffat.
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Date: 20 Aug 2013 04:12 pm (UTC)Some one on my flist (sorry, can't remember who) said that she'd read somewhere that the first couple of 11 eps were meant for 10, and on the rewatch, I can see how they would have gone.
I've loved all the Doctors. Ten is the one I've mostly written (and Ten II) but I really love them all. I was sorry to see 9 go, and 10. I'll be sorry to see 11 go. It always seems too soon.
But, still, I'm very excited about Capaldi; he's just very good and I think he'll make an incredible Doctor. I can't wait to see how he'll play him.
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Date: 20 Aug 2013 06:13 pm (UTC)Ah! Of course! That makes sense.