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DW again, Confidential 4x12
Jul. 4th, 2008 12:50 amI just rewatched the last few minutes of Doctor Who 4x12. And, yeah, that enormous "TO BE CONTINUED" stamp is pretty obnoxious--I do believe it was designed for maximum aggravation and snideness. But I guess they want to milk the drama while the cow is hot and bothered.
I've got to go check out the Confidential... I haven't watched any of those since the Confidential for Doomsday (2x13).
Wow, David Tennant's accent is slightly different. He slips back and forth when being interviewed between his Ten voice and his normal accent, which sounds Scotish to me.
( a villain old school Who question, spoilers for 4x12 )
A note on the Daleks and Whoverse villains: I have never, ever found the Daleks to be remotely threatening. When I first saw them in New Who episode 1x06, I thought they looked and sounded completely ridiculous. But I can tell from friends list commentary over the last three years and from the Confidentials that there is some kind of general reverence for them as villains. From fans and the new creators. They're always praising the Dalek design.
... Really? I think they look pretty stupid. But, you know, I'm not unhappy about that or anything because Doctor Who (2005+) is incredibly campy. It's only slightly less campy than Farscape, and that's mostly because Farscape was sillier, sexier,and nastier (oh man, imagine Captain Jack meeting the crew on Moya!) whereas Doctor Who is more family-friendly and more formulaic, and thus more light-hearted. I think that they designers deliberately go for more flamboyant "far out" designs than you'd get from a show like Battle Star Galactica. I laughed at the first Dalek, and the only reason I don't laugh at them this season is because if I laughed every time they were brought back in this show then I'd have a sore throat. The joke's a bit old. But the first time I saw the Dalek, in 1x06, I varried between a) laughing at the thing and it's ridiculously screetchy voice, and b) feeling intense sympathetic angst for the Doctor. Mostly because Christopher Eccleston was so serious when talking about genocide with a giant ugly coffee machine and he was such a great actor that I had to take him seriously. How could I not, when he pulls such agony across his face? But otherwise I totally laughed at them.
I realize this is very much a generational and a cultural thing, since I never watched DW as a child and doubly so becaue I'm not British. So the reverence of tradition just goes right over my head. I am honestly getting a bit bored with the Daleks as villains now.
How about an original villain? The closest thing we've had to an original Big Bad with this show is Bad Wolf, and that's not even a real villain. But all the Big Bads: Daleks, Cybermen, The Master, etc... they're all classic DW. Why not something new? Let's let the fifth season of New Who have a totally original Big Bad.
( Another thought from the 4x12 Confidential, Dr/R stuff )
I've got to go check out the Confidential... I haven't watched any of those since the Confidential for Doomsday (2x13).
Wow, David Tennant's accent is slightly different. He slips back and forth when being interviewed between his Ten voice and his normal accent, which sounds Scotish to me.
( a villain old school Who question, spoilers for 4x12 )
A note on the Daleks and Whoverse villains: I have never, ever found the Daleks to be remotely threatening. When I first saw them in New Who episode 1x06, I thought they looked and sounded completely ridiculous. But I can tell from friends list commentary over the last three years and from the Confidentials that there is some kind of general reverence for them as villains. From fans and the new creators. They're always praising the Dalek design.
... Really? I think they look pretty stupid. But, you know, I'm not unhappy about that or anything because Doctor Who (2005+) is incredibly campy. It's only slightly less campy than Farscape, and that's mostly because Farscape was sillier, sexier,and nastier (oh man, imagine Captain Jack meeting the crew on Moya!) whereas Doctor Who is more family-friendly and more formulaic, and thus more light-hearted. I think that they designers deliberately go for more flamboyant "far out" designs than you'd get from a show like Battle Star Galactica. I laughed at the first Dalek, and the only reason I don't laugh at them this season is because if I laughed every time they were brought back in this show then I'd have a sore throat. The joke's a bit old. But the first time I saw the Dalek, in 1x06, I varried between a) laughing at the thing and it's ridiculously screetchy voice, and b) feeling intense sympathetic angst for the Doctor. Mostly because Christopher Eccleston was so serious when talking about genocide with a giant ugly coffee machine and he was such a great actor that I had to take him seriously. How could I not, when he pulls such agony across his face? But otherwise I totally laughed at them.
I realize this is very much a generational and a cultural thing, since I never watched DW as a child and doubly so becaue I'm not British. So the reverence of tradition just goes right over my head. I am honestly getting a bit bored with the Daleks as villains now.
How about an original villain? The closest thing we've had to an original Big Bad with this show is Bad Wolf, and that's not even a real villain. But all the Big Bads: Daleks, Cybermen, The Master, etc... they're all classic DW. Why not something new? Let's let the fifth season of New Who have a totally original Big Bad.
( Another thought from the 4x12 Confidential, Dr/R stuff )
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