Doctor Who Series 9 (Season 35): "What is happening?" "Same old, same old."

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Small Strange Bird: Sep 22, 2006; Merci, chaton!

Just realised that Missy subtextually used the "dogfucker" analogy.

I was in two minds about this episode. The good bits (the opening, anything intentionally dramatic, any bit with Davros) were very good, but the rest ranged from "silly" to "cringingly silly". Tonal whiplash, as has been said. And I'm still not a fan of Missy for the same reason I dislike Moffat's Moriarty - "how do I show that this person is a dangerous psychopath? I know, I'll write them as a LOLsorandom cross between the Joker and Robin Williams on a coke binge."

# ¿ Sep 20, 2015 08:58

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# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 08:36

Small Strange Bird: Sep 22, 2006; Merci, chaton!

computer parts posted:

And since when does "Hyperspace" exist? So generic and dull.

Well, it is a theoretical absurdity.

# ¿ Sep 24, 2015 22:47

Small Strange Bird: Sep 22, 2006; Merci, chaton!

I really loving hate the whole "play Missy as Robin Williams/Jim Carrey and do hyperactive wacky voices every other line" thing.

# ¿ Sep 26, 2015 22:31

Small Strange Bird: Sep 22, 2006; Merci, chaton!

And More posted:

I feel The Girl Who Died is a bit underappreciated here as far as terrible moments go. That episode had the Doctor translate for a baby for like three minutes, after all.

Having just had a baby, that was actually the most emotional moment of the whole series for me. The thought that a baby's cries would literally translate to it trying to tell its parents "I hear shouting, I'm afraid, I'm afraid" was absolutely gut-wrenching.

The rest of the series, though... Put it this way, it's the first time since the revival started that I not only missed episodes, but didn't care. (I stopped after the second Maisie Williams one and didn't come back until the finale.) Something about the show's... "attitude", for want of a better word, is rubbing me the wrong way. It's become way too smug and pleased with itself, all clever-clever banter and endless one-liners and stupid jokes, and what makes it worse is that there's almost always something really good and emotionally effective buried amongst the poo poo.

Still, at least Clara's gone, even if she was written out in the most transparent "we can bring this beloved character back for a guest spot at any time!" way. They gave her a loving TARDIS, seriously? gently caress Clara.

# ¿ Jan 8, 2016 20:51

Small Strange Bird: Sep 22, 2006; Merci, chaton!

Burkion posted:

Clara was a total mess of a character, if she could even be called THAT, in season 7, was a consistently terrible person in season 8, and went back to being kind of a giant mess and regressing in quite a few ways in season 9. Her best moments were always episode specific and some times contradictory.

Yeah, my dislike of Clara has nothing to do with her being a woman. It's because she was a perky vacuum as the Impossible Girl, and then The Author's Favouritist Character EVER who was going to be the one to teach the new Doctor about life. Which was largely done by making Twelve a colossal bell-end cross between Cosmo Kramer and, well, Malcolm Tucker who had to be reminded not to poo poo in his own hands before meeting someone for the first time.

# ¿ Jan 9, 2016 20:26

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