28 December 2009 @ 03:02 am
End of Tennant, Part One (title changed)  

1. This will end in tears. When RTD crams so many ideas into a story, half of them end up blowing up in all our faces.

2. John Simm just won the Sexiest Insane Criminal In the Universe award. FOR LIFE.

3.  This thing careens from the superb (Time Lords are back and they are not the good guys) to the ridiculous (everyone becomes the Master).

4. John Simm with a red collar. WHOAH.

5. On that note, Simm and Tennant redefine intensity when they're in the same scene. No wonder the RPFers love them.

6. This will end in tears. Honestly. RTD is going for an unforgettable finale to his Doctor Who career -- and that usually means people will die. Or the story will.

7.  I want to weep for all the wonderful characters that SOB has created that he seems to have no idea what to do with. The next series is going to be all about cleaning this up -- which means all the people we have known and loved will be abandoned.  I will love the next Doctor too -- I don't seem to be able to help myself -- but I will miss all the people we leave behind. Thank God for fanfiction.

8.  I will remember the RTD Doctors as two of the most interesting characters ever created for television. Even when I wanted to strangle them I couldn't keep my eyes off them. The man is all about great characters that get screwed up by his odd take on relationships. He has all the finesse of a Latin American soap opera writer.

9. The Ood are as great a science fiction race as there has ever been on television outside of Babylon Five. RTD does good races (or do they come from his writers? No matter). Doctor Who does great races.

10. Did Imention John Simm? Blond? Scruffy? Red collar? Yeah.
 
 
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[identity profile] adira-tam.livejournal.com on December 28th, 2009 08:19 am (UTC)
yep I have to agree, watched it yesterday...love the Ood,
can't wait to see more of the Time Lords...and John Simm..yess
he and David together are dynamic
but RTD ...I don't know what to think...he makes these amazing characters, then destroys them
[identity profile] merucha.livejournal.com on December 28th, 2009 07:02 pm (UTC)
John Simm and David Tennant -- I'd pay money to see them on the stage...
[identity profile] nightporters.livejournal.com on December 28th, 2009 08:50 am (UTC)
B5 has never been equalled in their non-human races.
[identity profile] merucha.livejournal.com on December 28th, 2009 07:09 pm (UTC)
aker
B5 is my favorite television Science Fiction show of all time -- but I love Doctor Who with the passion of a kid who always had her head in the stars and suddenly had that right in front of her eyes...
[identity profile] nightporters.livejournal.com on December 28th, 2009 10:16 pm (UTC)
Re: aker
I am not, and never will be a Dr Who fan. I'm a Nine series fan. Not the same thing. B5 I adored until they wrapped up the storyline a series too early.
ext_41651: blam blam[identity profile] fide-et-spe.livejournal.com on December 28th, 2009 08:53 am (UTC)
Well it was Matrix reloaded, with an added Voldemort resurrection scene. So the Master can fly? Has lightening powers? WTF is that?

I just found it portentous incomprehensible crap really. I think the best thing absolutely is Bernard Cribbens. The best scene was in the cafe. It had subtlety which didn't really exist in the rest of that ep.

See I was cringing at John Simm, I hated the food eating, it was all too over the top for me, I kept covering my eyes when he was on.

Oh and the creepy Billionaire with the odd relationship with the daughter?

I loved Eccles. I think new season 1 was mostly great, it really did go downhill after that, with some brilliant eps thrown in. Tom Baker is still my Doctor.
[identity profile] aeron-lanart.livejournal.com on December 28th, 2009 10:54 am (UTC)
I loved Bernard too!
[identity profile] merucha.livejournal.com on December 28th, 2009 07:12 pm (UTC)
Lots of crack on this one, I agree, but I've always cut Doctor Who a lot of leeway on that. And I loved Simm getting his hands on a role he could NOT possibly overplay... And Bernard is, to me, one of those characters that was spot on. I'm terrified of what will happen in the second half.

I have a thing for Eccleston, but can't fail to recognize that it was Tennant who made Doctor Who viable again in the eyes of "mainstream" viewers.

"My" Doctor is Peter Davison... but I also love Tom Baker, for different reasons. I've always been able to love each Doctor.

Edited 2009-12-28 07:13 pm (UTC)
[identity profile] minimumstitch.livejournal.com on December 28th, 2009 09:06 am (UTC)
I liked it but I can't say that I loved it. I thought it was all just too over the top but there were some little gems of moments. I loved the conversation between Wilf and the Doctor, the emotional intensity was wonderful but the Master plot was ridiculous; as much as I love John Simm as the Master I have to admit that it was just too much.
[identity profile] merucha.livejournal.com on December 28th, 2009 07:15 pm (UTC)
I also thought the plot was ridiculous. But Simm carried it off... any other actor would have just flubbed it. I thought he carried it off with elan. And the scenes with Tennant were amazing.
[identity profile] aeron-lanart.livejournal.com on December 28th, 2009 10:55 am (UTC)
I think John Simm was channelling Ainley!Master at his most OTT sometimes, but this didn't really matter to me. I enjoyed it, but I did need to use crack!goggles at times.
[identity profile] merucha.livejournal.com on December 28th, 2009 07:00 pm (UTC)
Yeah, I think that was true for me. I kept getting these big whiffs of Ainley... but it was fun to watch him go over the top.
rhianona[personal profile] rhianona on December 28th, 2009 01:57 pm (UTC)
so I don't mean to be rude, but can you cut this? I've not seen it and am trying to remain spoiler-free. Thanks!
[identity profile] merucha.livejournal.com on December 28th, 2009 07:15 pm (UTC)
Sorry!!!!! Fix'd.
[identity profile] sarahjane6.livejournal.com on December 29th, 2009 12:41 am (UTC)
I'm afraid to watch...RTD has just about wrecked everything he had a hand in. I'm waiting and watching both parts together. Just saw Waters of Mars and it wasn't as bad as I expect.

How's that for a 'glowing' review "it wasn't as bad as I expected". Somehow, I expect more from the series. I'm afraid in the end I will only be a classic who fan and will have to retcon the RTD years.
[identity profile] merucha.livejournal.com on December 29th, 2009 03:48 am (UTC)
No, I wouldn't do that. Eccleston, Tennant, Barrowman, David-Lloyd... goodness gracious, no. The Ood, the Carrionites, Shakespeare in lust, Donna, Martha, Sarah Jane, Rose, the many christmas invasions, the slitheen, the Family of Blood. Jacobi, Simm -- it's been great... I shall selectively ignore what I don't like and that's that!
[identity profile] gingerlr.livejournal.com on December 29th, 2009 01:59 pm (UTC)
It was a mixture of WTF? and OMG! for me. Not sure if I'm looking forward to the next part or not.
[identity profile] merucha.livejournal.com on January 12th, 2010 03:37 pm (UTC)
I am. The more I think about it, the more I think I will love Matt.
[identity profile] faithharkness.livejournal.com on January 11th, 2010 08:10 pm (UTC)
"He has all the finesse of a Latin American soap opera writer." My computer screen now has a fine patina of Diet Pepsi. So worth it. I know, I wept, I cursed, I WTFBBQSauced!

Also, it seems I am even further behind on your verses than I thought. Must get internet at home so I can stop being bad friend.
[identity profile] merucha.livejournal.com on January 12th, 2010 03:36 pm (UTC)
But it's true! And don't worry. I've been keeping up with you and know how crazy life has been!