Jules Verne: Sadly I'm not one of the fans...yet. It always looked really neat but I never got around to checking it out. On the list...
Albert's plan: The diamond was with them because Albert had always taken it along that route to get it recut, which fits well enough with his planning. As for not warning Vicki off...I see it as him thinking he could simply protect her on his own, and not wanting to worry her. As for why he wouldn't say 'don't go to this house', I think that's both because it WAS the house of a good friend of his, even before he knew of the wolf, and because he was planning the trap within the trap. If he'd stopped her coming to that house, the monks might have had to try and bring the wolf elsewhere--somewhere he and his buddy hadn't built a giant anti-wolf ray gun disguised as a telescope. *g*
Ninjas: Plot, schmott! NINJAS!
TARDIS arrival: The soldiers would've had to move fast, sure, but I still think there was enough time for them to get over and surround the TARDIS after it had landed. The plain was flat, but there might still be dips...it just seems to me like Occam's Razor would suggest they didn't see the arrival or they would've said something about it. *shrugs*
The overconfidence thing: Y'know, after starting to discuss this here with you and also checking out some of the opinions on both sides in the Outpost Gallifrey forum, I went back and rewatched the ep...and it really worked even better for me the second time. They really aren't being that cocky. The main place they get a little goofy is the bit about "Y'know what? Werewolf!" and the hug and the bad joke that follows, but when you really watch that...Rose is shaken, it's the kind of giddy giggle that is holding the panic down. The Doc isn't spazzing in return so much as helping her cope--and you'll note the thing he asks isn't "Isn't this cool?" but rather, "Are you okay?". And I actually became more impressed with the writing because while, yeah, it's still setting up a fall, it's actually got a lot of complexity to it, I'd say. It really isn't that overt...they're still clearly scared, and angry when people aren't listening to them and getting killed, and saddened when some of the men sacrifice themselves. I really think the things that set Queen Victoria off so are the things we in our time don't even think about. Rose & the Doc's familiarity with each other. The Doctor's rudeness. The Doc's crack about "your wife was away, I just thought you were happy". I think Queen Vic is calling them on the carpet because they don't behave at all like Victorians--even though it is the first hint of troubles to come.
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Date: 2006-04-26 05:27 am (UTC)Albert's plan: The diamond was with them because Albert had always taken it along that route to get it recut, which fits well enough with his planning. As for not warning Vicki off...I see it as him thinking he could simply protect her on his own, and not wanting to worry her. As for why he wouldn't say 'don't go to this house', I think that's both because it WAS the house of a good friend of his, even before he knew of the wolf, and because he was planning the trap within the trap. If he'd stopped her coming to that house, the monks might have had to try and bring the wolf elsewhere--somewhere he and his buddy hadn't built a giant anti-wolf ray gun disguised as a telescope. *g*
Ninjas: Plot, schmott! NINJAS!
TARDIS arrival: The soldiers would've had to move fast, sure, but I still think there was enough time for them to get over and surround the TARDIS after it had landed. The plain was flat, but there might still be dips...it just seems to me like Occam's Razor would suggest they didn't see the arrival or they would've said something about it. *shrugs*
The overconfidence thing: Y'know, after starting to discuss this here with you and also checking out some of the opinions on both sides in the Outpost Gallifrey forum, I went back and rewatched the ep...and it really worked even better for me the second time. They really aren't being that cocky. The main place they get a little goofy is the bit about "Y'know what? Werewolf!" and the hug and the bad joke that follows, but when you really watch that...Rose is shaken, it's the kind of giddy giggle that is holding the panic down. The Doc isn't spazzing in return so much as helping her cope--and you'll note the thing he asks isn't "Isn't this cool?" but rather, "Are you okay?". And I actually became more impressed with the writing because while, yeah, it's still setting up a fall, it's actually got a lot of complexity to it, I'd say. It really isn't that overt...they're still clearly scared, and angry when people aren't listening to them and getting killed, and saddened when some of the men sacrifice themselves. I really think the things that set Queen Victoria off so are the things we in our time don't even think about. Rose & the Doc's familiarity with each other. The Doctor's rudeness. The Doc's crack about "your wife was away, I just thought you were happy". I think Queen Vic is calling them on the carpet because they don't behave at all like Victorians--even though it is the first hint of troubles to come.