Doctor Who: A Response to Timey2Wimey

My response to Timey2Wimey concerning Doctor Who's annoying characters and my assessment of Doctor Who season 5.

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Entertainment

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• Doctor Who
• Tardis
• Daleks
• Cybermen
• Season 5
• Russel T. Davies
• Davros
• Stephen Moffat
• science fiction

[CaptainDisaronno]

Oh God, the magic space spitfires... my biggest "Wait, what?" moment of the entire series.

[ExaggeratedElegy]

@CaptainDisaronno

Yes, the story-teller in me spit its coffee across the carpet at that point. they hadn't even bothered to set up the explanation properly; just some throw-away line about pseudo-scientific magic bubbles created by the equally ludicrous "Living Bomb."

[tattooskin72]

I was almost going to disagree with you on the "pig men", but after you explained yourself it made sense why you feel the way you do.

I must say, I was going "wow" throughout this critique. You made me feel almost too lazy when it comes to my scifi viewing LOL. This isn't a bad thing actually... I should expect better, especially from scifi, since I've always seen it as being above most other genres.

great to see you again, been far too long.

[ExaggeratedElegy]

@tattooskin72

Michael!

The Pig Men were one of those instances where I felt the creators simply had the idea for a creature and decided to shoe horn it in for fun's sake, which is fine if it fits. If another race were responsible for creating them, then I could have taken it just fine. But the Daleks are racial and genetic supremacists; they actively abhor other life forms, so creating a new one simply doesn't sit right with their ethos.

Sci Fi...it's an odd term, really. What most...

[ExaggeratedElegy]

@tattooskin72

...people regard as such (Star Trek, Star Wars, Doctor Who etc) wouldn't classically be considered as such, as science fiction by definition deals with the possibilities and potential of science; it is Phillip K. Dick and Isaac Azimov and the like. Who, Trek, Galactica etc are more sci fantasy; mythic archetypes and traditional oral tales wrapped around in a sci fi motif. Either way, it's a meta-genre I love, from the pulpiest pulp sci fi to the high brow Blade Runner...

[ExaggeratedElegy]

@tattooskin72

...Ghost in The Shell stuff. I think it's a genre whose potential is enormous; it quite literally encompasses almost anything you can conceive of, and has a certain visionary quality that seems to attract writers who percieve far, far beyond the constraints of preconception most people operate under.

Regards,

George

[BoogiepopPrime]

... an ending which was a reset button ending, like you spoke about, but also managed to give some closure, like the Dark Tower series you mentioned. Plus I think it's a great series that I think might appeal to you.

All the best,

BoogiepopPrime

[BoogiepopPrime]

My word George, that was an excellent video! I'd definitely agree with you that this series has been the weakest of the revived series. I completely agree with you about about the series being inconsistent with it's own previously established mythology, in particular the part where the weeping angels MOVE IN FULL VIEW OF THE CAMERA! ARGH! Incidentally, have you ever seen the anime series Serial Experiments Lain? Because the ending of that series was, in my humble opinion, a good example of ...

[vengeance1701]

George, you are quite right.

Sci-Fi TV should NOT be about reality as much as RTD and to a lesser extent now Moffatt seems to think it should be.

I don't care about the companion, really. They are just there to be a sounding board. They are NOT the stars. Yet since even JNT's era, they've become even more important than the Doctor.

RTD set the tone for the new series....which is unfortunate.

[CaptainDisaronno]

@ExaggeratedElegy

Precisely. I mean, I am a fan of Doctor Who, and to an extent I will completely ignore a lot of what I call "magical science bullshit", but the magical space spitfires were just a step too far I think. The fact that it was the climax of the episode/the big solution made it worse. The fact that the pilot, who was from the 1930's, knew how to pilot a spacecraft IMMEDIATELY and wasn't totally in awe of the concept of going into space, was so stupid.

[GrannyGoddy]

@ExaggeratedElegy Oh, definitely. As I said, the whole build-up in the Eccleston series I really did enjoy. It's just that, since then, it seems that the Daleks are being used when they can't think of some other big bad evil to throw at the Doctor.

I suppose once, just once, I'd like there to be some big, powerful, ultimate race of doom, and for the good guys to not win. Granted, it'd remove the chances for a sequel/series, but even so... :-)

[ExaggeratedElegy]

@TheTempusFugitive

Tempus!

I agree completely. Matt Smith mesmerised me throughout this season; the fact that he kept me watching when i found the rest so ultimately disappointing is a testament to just how good he actually is.

George