The Doctor's Wife

[poliphilo]

Last weeks piratical malarkey was so poorly written I couldn't be bothered to notice it, but The Doctor's Wife is something else- one of the best episodes of any season; also a game changer- with Gaiman, the privileged outsider, delivering a number of tweaks to the mythos that every writer to come will be bound to take into account. 

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[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I guess we Whovians must like all that chasing through corridors. Someone says "Run!"- as they do at least once an episode- and we smile because it's all cosy and familiar- and has been going on like that for nearly 50 years.

I take your point about everything being rushed- but that's the way it's been since the show was rebooted. Back in the 60s things were different. I recently watched an episode from the Hartnell era in which the whole 25 minutes was taken up with the characters trying to get across a crevasse- a situation New Who would negotiate in 20 seconds.

I found the Dr's brief flirtation with the Tardis genuinely moving, but I suppose that's because I've been living with the show for most of my life. We've had hints dropped in the past about how the Tardis may be sentient- and now we know.

[michael john grist (from livejournal.com)]

Fair enough, and that's probably why I haven't been able to engage with the series since the reboot. 25 minutes negotiating a crevasse sounds more interesting to me than clearing it in 20 seconds. If its so easy that you can clear it in 20 seconds (no doubt using the sonic screwdriver somehow!) then why even have it in there at all?