Doomsday: I suppose it could be read differently, but Rusty's "it takes an entire universe to split them up, mwa ha ha!" does not really equal "OTPForNow" to me. However, this is producer!wank, and not based entirely on what goes on within the episode, so it gets some points. Still. General atmosphere of irk, which is mostly what I had planned to rant about anyway.
SR: Was my favorite episode of the season before I got into Old Who, but now has gone up even further in my estimation. Does everyone not hate K-9? Huh. For some reason, I got the impression that no one liked him. Maybe I'm thinking of the actors? (I know someone--Mary Tamm?--complained about always having to bend down to be in the shot with him, and most of them seemed to think he was a bit useless quite a lot of the time.)
Alien planets: Oh, for God's sake, RTD: GO TO A QUARRY. IT WILL NOT KILL YOU. If the BBC suits complain, then go to a planet that looks exactly like 21st century Earth and is populated by beings who look like humans, but have a totally different society. Heck, that's the path to really good SF anyway, not what the people or places look like, so go for it! Or like alto2 says below, go to an alien planet and only go outdoors for the establishing shots; everything else can take place indoors. The set can't be much more expensive than the Torchwood set for the past two eps, or everything in "The End of the World," for example.
Historical companion: I have heard people say that RTD is of the school of "Must make the companion 'relateable' by making him/her from the viewer's time period," but have not actually read this view myself. I think that view's so much hogwash myself, but I'm not a PTB, alas. I'm glad Jack's coming back, although I really don't get the excessive excitement some people are displaying over it.
Time War: ...I would probably totally love Lungbarrow if I ever read it, actually, although I seriously doubt the Doctor is asexual, obviously (dunno if this is contradicted directly in the book). I love learning nitpicky details of off-the-wall made-up events or societies or whatever. More hints than we've got the past couple seasons, at least?
FCOL = For Crying Out Loud
I did know about the Adams novel. I may even read it one day. *g*
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Date: 2006-07-16 05:39 am (UTC)SR: Was my favorite episode of the season before I got into Old Who, but now has gone up even further in my estimation. Does everyone not hate K-9? Huh. For some reason, I got the impression that no one liked him. Maybe I'm thinking of the actors? (I know someone--Mary Tamm?--complained about always having to bend down to be in the shot with him, and most of them seemed to think he was a bit useless quite a lot of the time.)
Alien planets: Oh, for God's sake, RTD: GO TO A QUARRY. IT WILL NOT KILL YOU. If the BBC suits complain, then go to a planet that looks exactly like 21st century Earth and is populated by beings who look like humans, but have a totally different society. Heck, that's the path to really good SF anyway, not what the people or places look like, so go for it! Or like
Historical companion: I have heard people say that RTD is of the school of "Must make the companion 'relateable' by making him/her from the viewer's time period," but have not actually read this view myself. I think that view's so much hogwash myself, but I'm not a PTB, alas. I'm glad Jack's coming back, although I really don't get the excessive excitement some people are displaying over it.
Time War: ...I would probably totally love Lungbarrow if I ever read it, actually, although I seriously doubt the Doctor is asexual, obviously (dunno if this is contradicted directly in the book). I love learning nitpicky details of off-the-wall made-up events or societies or whatever. More hints than we've got the past couple seasons, at least?
FCOL = For Crying Out Loud
I did know about the Adams novel. I may even read it one day. *g*