Doctor Who 2014

[Tonyblack]

A wonderfully silly radio story here, with Paul McGann - Situation Vacant.

 

[Jack Remillard]

Thanks, I haven't listened to that one.

 

[SpideyGirl]

My lad didn't enjoy it either Tony but we haven't given up on it just yet

 

[Sister Jennifer]

I liked ep3. I'd had a few glasses of red by the time it was on so that might have helped.

 

[Quatermass]

I'm lacking a bit of motivation to watch the stories on TV at the moment, so I'm keeping recordings for when I do get the motivation. Ditto with the Big Finish stuff. I'm feeling a bit apathetic at the moment.

On the plus side, I've just bought the 50th Anniversary Boxset on Blu-Ray. Not only does it have The Day of the Doctor and The Time of the Doctor, but it has The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot!

 

[janet]

I'd be more enthusiastic about watching your boxset, Q, than the current series after episode 3.....BUT, I'm always seeing the glass half-full and like the new doctor so will watch it again and try to feel positive.
Hey ho me hearties

 

[Jack Remillard]

My glass (of wine) is half full.

Looking forward to tomorrow!

 

[Tonyblack]

A radio show about Douglas Adams role in Doctor Who - really, really interesting.

The Doctor and Douglas

 

[Bouncy Castle]

Thought it was better than the first three - more Behind the Sofa, but I still kept watching the clock.

 

[mirandashell]

I was really into it until..... dahdah DAH! Mary Sue saved the day! Again!

<sigh>

 

[Bouncy Castle]

I thought it was very creepy with the back of the neck hair scenes, but it went down hill a tad after that.

 

[SpideyGirl]

Definitely better than last weeks, it being the Doctor's fear of the dark doesn't explain why they all saw the thing in the kids bed though? :

 

[DaveC]

It was option 1

 

[mirandashell]

No, it didn't. But that was more a way for Mary Sue to fix the doctor's supposed fear of the dark than anything important.

 

[Jack Remillard]

Can you define 'Mary Sue' in this context?

My understanding of the concept is that a 'Mary Sue' is an idealised character/author insert, and neither really seem applicable to Clara (as far as I can see anyway ). Clara is the Doctor's companion, and a lot of stuff in Doctor Who has always involved the Doctor's companion, and they often help to save the day. She's just a main character. A main character helping to save the day doesn't seem exactly unusual.

I think they saw the thing in the kid's bed because there was really something odd there. It wasn't all about the Doctor's 'fear of the dark', that was just making him seek these things out.

 

[Penfold]

I enjoyed that one a lot more than last week's but was left wondering whether it was the Doctor's time travelling psyche (for want of a better phrase) projecting his fear and causing the dreams to be had by young children and the very intelligent. I also couldn't help but think of Sir Terry's covering the 'bogey man' with a blanket solution in Rupert's bedroom scene for some reason.

 

[janet]

...... couldn't help but think of Sir Terry's covering the 'bogey man' with a blanket solution in Rupert's bedroom scene for some reason.

As above! It seemed to work too.....not that i understood that bit fully but I guess it was a way of expressing the kind of faceless, but very real, fear that most people have felt at some time.

 

[mirandashell]

Can you define 'Mary Sue' in this context?

My understanding of the concept is that a 'Mary Sue' is an idealised character/author insert, and neither really seem applicable to Clara (as far as I can see anyway ). Clara is the Doctor's companion, and a lot of stuff in Doctor Who has always involved the Doctor's companion, and they often help to save the day. She's just a main character. A main character helping to save the day doesn't seem exactly unusual.

That's true. But it's not normally the companion who is the reason the Doctor is the way he is. Moffatt turned Clara into the Impossible Girl who has interfered in the back story of all of the Doctors. She is wiser and kinder and smarter than all the Doctors. She is Moffatt inserting himself into the canon as Clara. He has trampled all over the back story and destroyed 50 years of continuity through this insert. He has inserted her into everything. Remember that little scene where she advised William Hartnell which Tardis to take?

That's why she's a Mary Sue. And that's why the Doctor is becoming a weaker and weaker character.

 

[Tonyblack]

This week's Doctor Who episode on the radio - Nevermore!

 

[The Mad Collector]

Liked the first half of this episode then it all fell apart