Under The Lake/Before The Flood

[poliphilo]

I like it that two-parters are becoming the norm. I've always thought 40 minutes just wasn't long enough. And it's nice to have a cliff-hanger.

Under the Lake/Before the Flood was old-style Who. Weird situation with monsters- Doctor turns up- lots of running around- Doctor does something clever. In this instance it was something mind-bendingly clever. I don't really understand what was supposed to be going-on, but I like to think Toby Whitehouse does

I hadn't recognised Paul Kaye under all that make-up. He's always good value.

I think I rather imprinted on David Tennant's Doctor- and this led me to be unfair to his successors. I need to move on. I was quite snippy about Matt Smith when he was in office but now think of him fondly.  Bow ties are cool after all.  Capaldi is the least lovable of the recent Doctors but that's not a bad thing- not a bad thing at all. The Doctor is an alien; we mustn't lose sight of that.

Is it my imagination or is Capaldi deliberately channelling Tom Baker? There's something about the way he lopes...

Comments

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

The Doctor's sexuality remains somewhat mysterious- and that, I think, is how it should be. He is, after all, a
member of a highly advanced alien species. His otherness is part of his charm.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

David Tennant said the Doctor is asexual but he also isn't a monk so he does notice when someone is "attractive".

Doctor Who is a rarity compared to other shows where it's suppose to be a continuation from old who to new who, even with the hiatus it had. However the dynamics of what the show was about became altered after the Doctor went through the Time war.

Theres a message in the show that the Doctor depends on his champions more. The Doctor is more sexualised. I heard they stopped it with Peter Capaldi because he insisted on it.Although shows are more explicit then they were a few decades ago. Whats consistent is that the female champions are still sexualised in some way.

The point I want to make is I'd preferred it when the Doctor was impressed by a persons intelligence then being propositioned. I'm sorry if I'm getting too comprehensive.