Doctor Who - Waters of Mars
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ravenSo, Doctor Who! I liked it. I liked it a lot. The things that I liked:
-The orange spacesuit. I love how when the Doctor has to wear a spacesuit, it's always that precise shade of orange. Perhaps the BBC accidentally bought a job-lot in 2005. Also, the occasional remarks-as-punctuation - "Mars!" "Brilliant!" - to a companion who isn't there. Poor Doctor with no one to listen to his constant editorialising.
-The look of the thing was fabulous, wasn't it? The dome and the tunnels, the big empty space filled with greenery, the flames against the red surface. I suspect that they're enjoying using their budget on a year's worth of specials rather than a whole series.
-Adelaide Brooke. I loved her, I loved her: how she stands up and stands up and stands up, how she never stands down. I loved her.
-The continuing campaign by the BBC to make children afraid of everyday objects, see above re: scarecrows and statues and pepperpots, and now drinking glasses of water. Aha. (I also liked the references to The Ice Warriors - I've said this before, but I love how this show can make references in-canon to things that were on television forty-two years ago. Seriously.)
-Yuri's brother Mikhail's husband George, who thinks it's the thought that counts. I love background character detail, and also in general, I liked the level of background the characters were given in their short screentime. Stefi, the woman who's in the water at the end, and her daughter - that was a nice touch.
-The Doctor's value-adjusted view of the universe. It surprises me that anyone ever thought that the Doctor could do what he does for forty years - or nine hundred, depending on how you look at it - and not end up thinking he's a god. It makes sense to me.
(I was surprised, though, that they did go through with Adelaide's killing herself at the end - for a moment Shim and I both thought that it was him she was going to shoot, and I perversely thought that was the more likely option for a supposedly family-friendly programme, but.)
-Ood! They are about my favourite of the new Who aliens, and I did think that they hadn't been exhausted of possibility. And John Simm. I want more John Simm, yes.
In conclusion: I liked it. I really did. I'm looking forward to Christmas.
-The orange spacesuit. I love how when the Doctor has to wear a spacesuit, it's always that precise shade of orange. Perhaps the BBC accidentally bought a job-lot in 2005. Also, the occasional remarks-as-punctuation - "Mars!" "Brilliant!" - to a companion who isn't there. Poor Doctor with no one to listen to his constant editorialising.
-The look of the thing was fabulous, wasn't it? The dome and the tunnels, the big empty space filled with greenery, the flames against the red surface. I suspect that they're enjoying using their budget on a year's worth of specials rather than a whole series.
-Adelaide Brooke. I loved her, I loved her: how she stands up and stands up and stands up, how she never stands down. I loved her.
-The continuing campaign by the BBC to make children afraid of everyday objects, see above re: scarecrows and statues and pepperpots, and now drinking glasses of water. Aha. (I also liked the references to The Ice Warriors - I've said this before, but I love how this show can make references in-canon to things that were on television forty-two years ago. Seriously.)
-Yuri's brother Mikhail's husband George, who thinks it's the thought that counts. I love background character detail, and also in general, I liked the level of background the characters were given in their short screentime. Stefi, the woman who's in the water at the end, and her daughter - that was a nice touch.
-The Doctor's value-adjusted view of the universe. It surprises me that anyone ever thought that the Doctor could do what he does for forty years - or nine hundred, depending on how you look at it - and not end up thinking he's a god. It makes sense to me.
(I was surprised, though, that they did go through with Adelaide's killing herself at the end - for a moment Shim and I both thought that it was him she was going to shoot, and I perversely thought that was the more likely option for a supposedly family-friendly programme, but.)
-Ood! They are about my favourite of the new Who aliens, and I did think that they hadn't been exhausted of possibility. And John Simm. I want more John Simm, yes.
In conclusion: I liked it. I really did. I'm looking forward to Christmas.
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on 2009-11-15 08:59 pm (UTC)