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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2024 14:14:57 GMT
Four to Doomsday, for me, was like the second-to-last gasp of the Christopher Bidmead era (even though he had nothing to do with it). Style-wise, Kinda saw an end to the slow and thoughtful approach of series 18 (which I enjoyed very much). After The Visitation, Eric Saward's style became more to the fore.
I liked the strange dream-like quality of it, the striving to do something different with a Doctor Who story, but I agree it became a bit sluggish in places. The Sapphire and Steel-like Persuasion and Enlightenment were excellent, I thought, and rather less interesting when their true selves were revealed. Same with the character of Bigon, although the revelation about him was rather good. A mixed story for sure, perhaps not quite sure what it wants to be. But it looked great, had a lovely cast and was notable for trying a somewhat different approach than 'the norm' (whatever that it!).
Thanks for reminding me of this story. It might well be next for a re-watch.
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Post by bethhigdon on Apr 16, 2024 15:44:45 GMT
Four to Doomsday, for me, was like the second-to-last gasp of the Christopher Bidmead era (even though he had nothing to do with it). Style-wise, Kinda saw an end to the slow and thoughtful approach of series 18 (which I enjoyed very much). After The Visitation, Eric Saward's style became more to the fore.
I liked the strange dream-like quality of it, the striving to do something different with a Doctor Who story, but I agree it became a bit sluggish in places. The Sapphire and Steel-like Persuasion and Enlightenment were excellent, I thought, and rather less interesting when their true selves were revealed. Same with the character of Bigon, although the revelation about him was rather good. A mixed story for sure, perhaps not quite sure what it wants to be. But it looked great, had a lovely cast and was notable for trying a somewhat different approach than 'the norm' (whatever that it!).
Thanks for reminding me of this story. It might well be next for a re-watch.
Oh I don't know, things like Snakedance and Enlightment kind of have a Bidmead feel to them as well.
The fifth doctor's era tends to swing widely between surreal 'art house' style mindf***s and 80s slaughterhouse action romps. It's not until we hit the sixth doctor's era where I feel Saward's ironic postmodern black comedy tone really takes over in full, and by then he's already halfway out the door.
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Post by Alastair on Apr 16, 2024 20:12:04 GMT
T. Baker Ranking
Favorite Story: K-9: "The Cambridge Spy" - It's just a really cute show. It reminds me of things like Power Rangers and Shining Time Station that I use to watch as a kid. Therefore it manages to be nostalgic even though I was an adult when it was made. As someone who checked out several minutes into the K-9 pilot, I’m grateful you made the Power Rangers comparison. It‘s just the Rosetta Stone I needed to accept the show as a novel product of its time. Until now I unconsciously thought of this as a relatively recent series; wild to realise it’s 15 years old, its original target audience now well into adulthood.
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Post by bethhigdon on Apr 16, 2024 20:20:59 GMT
T. Baker Ranking
Favorite Story: K-9: "The Cambridge Spy" - It's just a really cute show. It reminds me of things like Power Rangers and Shining Time Station that I use to watch as a kid. Therefore it manages to be nostalgic even though I was an adult when it was made. As someone who checked out several minutes into the K-9 pilot, I’m grateful you made the Power Rangers comparison. It‘s just the Rosetta Stone I needed to accept the show for what it is. I still think of it as relatively recent. It’s wild to realise it’s 15 years old and very much a novel product of its time. Yeah, it's not a masterpiece or anything. The SJA is far superior as children's shows go, but it's perfectly serviceable fare for the audience it's shooting for; that group of 5 to 9 year olds who love robots and aliens. Its certainly no less cheesy than the original TMNT or Ghostwriter. And believe me, there are far worse tv shows for kids out there. *glares dangers at Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure*
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Post by Alastair on Apr 16, 2024 21:57:37 GMT
*glares dangers at Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure* At the risk of derailing your thread: dare I ask? (Tangled is my daughter’s favourite movie, so I’m genuinely curious as to what I have ahead of me!)
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Post by bethhigdon on Apr 16, 2024 22:12:22 GMT
*glares dangers at Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure* At the risk of derailing your thread: dare I ask? (Tangled is my daughter’s favourite movie, so I’m genuinely curious as to what I have ahead of me!) The movie is great... the tv series has some of the worst writing I have ever seen in my life.
I did an entire review series detailing everything that is wrong with the show if you're interested in a deep dive, but the short answer is that the series showrunner was completely inexperienced in both producing and writing but refused to listen to anyone and basically made an arse of himself both behind the scenes and in front of fans. There was a massive walkout of the staff in the middle of production which forced a bunch of last min re-writes and the guy has been blacklisted by the industry due to abuse/bullying staff and fans.
The consequence of all of this is a show that has a lot of obvious talent behind it but no real direction and a bunch of plot lines that lead nowhere and twist that aren't built up to. Characters are assassinated left and right, and the entire point of the series even existing gets missed. But what's truly offensive is the pro-authoritarian messages that series tries to sell, because the previous showrunner is also a far-right nutcase on top of everything else.
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Post by Alastair on Apr 17, 2024 2:02:33 GMT
Thank you - that’s interesting (and duly disappointing) to hear. I’d love a link to your review series!
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Post by bethhigdon on Apr 17, 2024 3:50:02 GMT
Thank you - that’s interesting (and duly disappointing) to hear. I’d love a link to your review series! So it's a really long read, as I covered every episode, all the shorts, and the movie, and each individual review is posted on my Tumblr as it's own post. However, for each season I did two recaps and each recap has links to the reviews covered, so you should be able to find all of the reviews that way.
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Post by bethhigdon on Apr 17, 2024 14:41:05 GMT
Davison 2nd Review
The Ingenious Gentleman Adric of Alzarius - Short Audio
I am so glad that the Doctor Who fandom is moving past it's weird hang ups with Adric and trying to shit on him constantly to finally, finally putting in an effort into giving him good stories. Because this was lovely.
I'm always wary of Adric stories in the expanded universe because you can never know if what you're going to get will be insightful and heartbreaking, or just mean spirited BS. Thankfully this was the former.
As the title suggests, this is a homage to Don Quixote, with Adric as the faithful squire to the Fourth Doctor's gentlemen knight.
Yeah you heard right, the fourth doctor... except five is here too and no it's not a mutli-doctor story.
Confused yet?
I don't want to spoil too much as it's really a clever and heartbreaking twist. But just know that the story mixes fantasy, classic lit, and fascinating character studies all in one neat and tidy short story. Produced beautifully with a lovely soundtrack, and narrated superbly by Matthew Waterhouse.
I highly recommend checking this one out if you can.
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Post by bethhigdon on Apr 18, 2024 11:24:46 GMT
Davison 3rd Review
Earthshock: Cast Commentary - Behind the Scenes
I think fandom slightly over sold these Fifth Doctor cast commentaries to me.
Oh don't get me wrong, some bits were entertaining. I did laugh a few times and learned some new stuff. It also seamed like, despite their past, that the cast got along well now and everyone took the mickey out of everything, even themselves. Nothing felt mean spirited, as I feared it might.
However, I don't see myself coming back to this. I also don't feel any desire to seek out more of these types of commentaries. I would personally rather just re-watch Earthshock on its own.
So while I'm glad I took the time to check it out, I think overall I prefer the more serious behind the scenes commentaries, like director or writer commentaries and the like. Just in general even, not only for Doctor Who.
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Post by bethhigdon on Apr 19, 2024 13:24:10 GMT
Davison 4th Review
The Moderator - Comic
Well we've finally have moved away from the TV Comic and are now in the Marvel era for Doctor Who.
Marvel gave the tv show it's own on going comic series and with it a lot more page space and dedicated arcs.
So surely with such an upgrade the Marvel comics must be miles better than the TV comics, right?
Ehhhh......
Look this isn't a bad story, per-say, it's just underwhelming.
This was the Fifth Doctor's last outing in the comic before the switch over to the Sixth. But rather than being a culmination of his era in the comic, and a send off for the character, it feels more like a set up for future Sixth Doctor stories... right down to the tone.
The story is told out of order, partly in flashback, but the general plot is that the Doctor and his companion Gus, stumble upon a mining world and run afoul of the owner.
The greedy business mogul wants to buy the Tardis, but the Doctor refuses to sell it. After a confusing escape sequence, the tycoon hires a company mercenary to hunt them down.
Because the story is told out of order, with cut-a-ways to the bounty hunter scouting for them, there's not really enough page space to focus on the actual plot.
There's lots of ideas floating about, from a killer robot that quotes Shakespeare to the solar system being controlled by run away capitalism and billionaires, but you never get a real sense of the world building because the story keeps going back to the bounty hunter terrorizing random people for no reason.
In addition to that, some scenes just abruptly end, and then comes along the next scene and we've no idea what happened. There's no clear lead through from point A to point B.
Like, I still don't know how the Doctor and Gus got back to the Tardis after the office they were in exploded.
Speaking of Gus... He only exists to die.
He doesn't actually do anything in the story. He just complains about them not landing back on Earth and asks the Doctor questions.
That's it. I get no real sense of him as a person. I guess I'm supposed to remember his previous stories, but even having read those I still don't feel like I know him.
Same goes for the Doctor, who gets very little to do. But at least he gets to act defiant and show some personality. I suppose Gus's death has some ironic tragedy to it, given how he dies as soon as the Doctor finally gets him back home. And I suppose it fits the 'nice man against a nasty universe' theme that follows through the Fifth Doctor's era.
However, the rest of the comic is very much absurdist satire and dark comedy that this emotional beat doesn't really land.
Hence why I say this is really a Sixth Doctor comic as that tone fits his era more. In fact the entire point of the comic is to set up the business tycoon as a re-occurring villain in the Sixth Doctor's era.
The end result of all this is a few clever ideas, but nothing that really hangs together as a story.
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Post by bethhigdon on Apr 20, 2024 15:39:27 GMT
Davison 5th Review
Doctor Who: The First Adventure - Video Game
This had to be talked about.
It’s the very first Doctor Who video game ever made, and it is shit.
But, much like with Destiny of the Doctors, I have no plans on torturing myself trying to emulate a badly controlled game.
Instead I watched this brief lets play by Bonzilles Games on youtube. So many thanks to them and be sure to check out their channel. I have the video below if you want to watch it.
So what’s the story?
The Fifth Doctor must collect the Key to Time again to stop the universe from dying.
The first episode “The Labyrinth of Death“ is a poorly designed Pac-Man rip-off, with a badly laid out map, crap controls, and no way to protect your avatar even temporarily. It’s in this part of the game where you actually collect the pieces to the key to time.
Second episode is “The Prison.” The Doctor has to rescue an unnamed friend by storming a castle and blowing it up. It’s a Frogger rip-off with sea serpents in a moat instead of trucks on a highway. It’s also a complete eye-sore of a level.
And it looks even worse on the emulator.
“Terrordactyls” is the third episode and it’s a Space Invaders rip-off. You’re trying to make it back to the Tardis with your recently rescued friend, but pterodactyls are attacking your escape pod.
This looks like the most competent level. I mean it’s still a step backwards from Space Invaders with it’s clunky controls, but it’s at least visible.
The last level is “The Box of Tantalus“ and it’s basically Battleship but with confusing controls. You have to seek out and destroy all the hidden monsters that are invading the time vortex. You get only six torpedoes, and if you don’t find them all, you die.
So lets get the most glaring problem out of the way now...
There’s no music.
I mean, at the very start, during the title screen we get an 8-bit version of the Doctor Who theme song, which is cool, but after that, nothing. Just grating sound effects for each level.
Like yeah the controls sucked too, but it was a computer game from 1983 that ran on a cassette tape! I’m going to cut it a little slack. Plus you get 15 lives/regenerations. (Look, the BBC predicted Ncuti Gatwa 40 years early!) But good music is part of what compels people to keep playing repetitive game play.
Secondly, all of the mini games within are just rip-offs of better games that already existed and are easy to get a hold of even today.
There’s really no reason to ever play this other then out of historical curiosity. I recommend just downloading a good arcade game onto your phone instead.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2024 16:02:39 GMT
Davison 4th Review
The Moderator - Comic
Well we've finally have moved away from the TV Comic and are now in the Marvel era for Doctor Who.
Marvel gave the tv show it's own on going comic series and with it a lot more page space and dedicated arcs.
So surely with such an upgrade the Marvel comics must be miles better than the TV comics, right?
Ehhhh......
Look this isn't a bad story, per-say, it's just underwhelming.
This was the Fifth Doctor's last outing in the comic before the switch over to the Sixth. But rather than being a culmination of his era in the comic, and a send off for the character, it feels more like a set up for future Sixth Doctor stories... right down to the tone.
The story is told out of order, partly in flashback, but the general plot is that the Doctor and his companion Gus, stumble upon a mining world and run afoul of the owner.
The greedy business mogul wants to buy the Tardis, but the Doctor refuses to sell it. After a confusing escape sequence, the tycoon hires a company mercenary to hunt them down.
Because the story is told out of order, with cut-a-ways to the bounty hunter scouting for them, there's not really enough page space to focus on the actual plot.
There's lots of ideas floating about, from a killer robot that quotes Shakespeare to the solar system being controlled by run away capitalism and billionaires, but you never get a real sense of the world building because the story keeps going back to the bounty hunter terrorizing random people for no reason.
In addition to that, some scenes just abruptly end, and then comes along the next scene and we've no idea what happened. There's no clear lead through from point A to point B.
Like, I still don't know how the Doctor and Gus got back to the Tardis after the office they were in exploded.
Speaking of Gus... He only exists to die.
He doesn't actually do anything in the story. He just complains about them not landing back on Earth and asks the Doctor questions.
That's it. I get no real sense of him as a person. I guess I'm supposed to remember his previous stories, but even having read those I still don't feel like I know him.
Same goes for the Doctor, who gets very little to do. But at least he gets to act defiant and show some personality. I suppose Gus's death has some ironic tragedy to it, given how he dies as soon as the Doctor finally gets him back home. And I suppose it fits the 'nice man against a nasty universe' theme that follows through the Fifth Doctor's era.
However, the rest of the comic is very much absurdist satire and dark comedy that this emotional beat doesn't really land.
Hence why I say this is really a Sixth Doctor comic as that tone fits his era more. In fact the entire point of the comic is to set up the business tycoon as a re-occurring villain in the Sixth Doctor's era.
The end result of all this is a few clever ideas, but nothing that really hangs together as a story.
I got the impression, and I might be wrong, that all concerned were less concerned with giving The Fifth Doctor a good send-off than they were preparing for the exciting new Sixth Doctor - which if true, is a real shame. This is just an odd story, and would be even if not any kind of grand finale. It has some emotional weight, but we never really get to know Gus to properly grieve for him. On a personal note, I was sad artist Mick Austin didn't draw this - like Gary Haylock had a real knack for drawing Jon Pertwee all those years before, Mick had a real feel for Peter Davison's features. Not the worst thing I've ever read by any means, but just strangely unaffecting.
Thanks for choosing to review it
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Post by bethhigdon on Apr 20, 2024 16:25:18 GMT
Davison 4th Review
The Moderator - Comic
Well we've finally have moved away from the TV Comic and are now in the Marvel era for Doctor Who.
Marvel gave the tv show it's own on going comic series and with it a lot more page space and dedicated arcs.
So surely with such an upgrade the Marvel comics must be miles better than the TV comics, right?
Ehhhh......
Look this isn't a bad story, per-say, it's just underwhelming.
This was the Fifth Doctor's last outing in the comic before the switch over to the Sixth. But rather than being a culmination of his era in the comic, and a send off for the character, it feels more like a set up for future Sixth Doctor stories... right down to the tone.
The story is told out of order, partly in flashback, but the general plot is that the Doctor and his companion Gus, stumble upon a mining world and run afoul of the owner.
The greedy business mogul wants to buy the Tardis, but the Doctor refuses to sell it. After a confusing escape sequence, the tycoon hires a company mercenary to hunt them down.
Because the story is told out of order, with cut-a-ways to the bounty hunter scouting for them, there's not really enough page space to focus on the actual plot.
There's lots of ideas floating about, from a killer robot that quotes Shakespeare to the solar system being controlled by run away capitalism and billionaires, but you never get a real sense of the world building because the story keeps going back to the bounty hunter terrorizing random people for no reason.
In addition to that, some scenes just abruptly end, and then comes along the next scene and we've no idea what happened. There's no clear lead through from point A to point B.
Like, I still don't know how the Doctor and Gus got back to the Tardis after the office they were in exploded.
Speaking of Gus... He only exists to die.
He doesn't actually do anything in the story. He just complains about them not landing back on Earth and asks the Doctor questions.
That's it. I get no real sense of him as a person. I guess I'm supposed to remember his previous stories, but even having read those I still don't feel like I know him.
Same goes for the Doctor, who gets very little to do. But at least he gets to act defiant and show some personality. I suppose Gus's death has some ironic tragedy to it, given how he dies as soon as the Doctor finally gets him back home. And I suppose it fits the 'nice man against a nasty universe' theme that follows through the Fifth Doctor's era.
However, the rest of the comic is very much absurdist satire and dark comedy that this emotional beat doesn't really land.
Hence why I say this is really a Sixth Doctor comic as that tone fits his era more. In fact the entire point of the comic is to set up the business tycoon as a re-occurring villain in the Sixth Doctor's era.
The end result of all this is a few clever ideas, but nothing that really hangs together as a story.
I got the impression, and I might be wrong, that all concerned were less concerned with giving The Fifth Doctor a good send-off than they were preparing for the exciting new Sixth Doctor - which if true, is a real shame. This is just an odd story, and would be even if not any kind of grand finale. It has some emotional weight, but we never really get to know Gus to properly grieve for him. On a personal note, I was sad artist Mick Austin didn't draw this - like Gary Haylock had a real knack for drawing Jon Pertwee all those years before, Mick had a real feel for Peter Davison's features. Not the worst thing I've ever read by any means, but just strangely unaffecting.
Thanks for choosing to review it Thank the randomizer lol I have the Fifth Doctor comic ominibus and if given the choice I may have picked something else out. But I suppose a mixed bag gives me more to talk about.
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Post by bethhigdon on Apr 22, 2024 12:16:05 GMT
Davison 6th Review
Time Crash - Minisode
The Fifth Doctor’s and Tenth Doctor’s tardises collide and they have to find away to separate the two before the universe blows up.
You know I really enjoyed this when I first saw it, but I noticed a few things that bugged me this time around. One is the now overused Moffat trope of having a paradox be the solution to a time travel plot. I suppose that’s not the fault of the story itself as at the time he had only pulled this trick in Blink, and it is only a 7 min short. But still, it’s a bit tiresome. The second is the fact that no other incarnation would love being the Fifth Doctor. That’s bullshit!
This entire rambling gushing speech is the writer just using the Tenth Doctor as a mouth piece for his own fanjerk.
Like, I love Five. He’s my favorite Doctor, but his life suuuccckked! It sucked so hard. In fact that may be why I like him so much, because there’s so much angst there.
But the actual character of the Doctor is not going to look fondly back on the incarnation that got Adric killed.
That pushed Tegan away.
That very often couldn’t save the day no matter how hard he tried.
Six completely changed his personality in response to what he thought was Five’s failures. Seven hates Five so much that he keeps his conscious locked up in their mind, and has his companion knock him out when they meet in person.
But you’re telling me that guilt ridden, angst ball Ten is going to be overjoyed at meeting the one version of himself that got one of his own children killed!?
No.
The Doctor always hates himself. It’s a core character flaw that he hides his own low-self esteem behind narcissistic traits and bluster, and as soon as he gets the chance to take that self hatred out on another incarnation he does. Especially past incarnations that he knows has screwed up in some way.
The only exception to this rule is the First, because they, well they don’t like him, but sort of fear/respect him for some reason. (Also Gatwa's Doctor is apparently getting therapy)
However, despite these two minor niggles, it’s an overall fun short.
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Post by timleschild on Apr 22, 2024 13:31:00 GMT
Davison 6th Review
Time Crash - Minisode
The Fifth Doctor’s and Tenth Doctor’s tardises collide and they have to find away to separate the two before the universe blows up.
You know I really enjoyed this when I first saw it, but I noticed a few things that bugged me this time around. One is the now overused Moffat trope of having a paradox be the solution to a time travel plot. I suppose that’s not the fault of the story itself as at the time he had only pulled this trick in Blink, and it is only a 7 min short. But still, it’s a bit tiresome. The second is the fact that no other incarnation would love being the Fifth Doctor. That’s bullshit!
This entire rambling gushing speech is the writer just using the Tenth Doctor as a mouth piece for his own fanjerk.
Like, I love Five. He’s my favorite Doctor, but his life suuuccckked! It sucked so hard. In fact that may be why I like him so much, because there’s so much angst there.
But the actual character of the Doctor is not going to look fondly back on the incarnation that got Adric killed.
That pushed Tegan away.
That very often couldn’t save the day no matter how hard he tried.
That give their own life to save a companion
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Post by Star Platinum on Apr 22, 2024 14:26:49 GMT
Davison 6th Review
Time Crash - Minisode
The Fifth Doctor’s and Tenth Doctor’s tardises collide and they have to find away to separate the two before the universe blows up.
You know I really enjoyed this when I first saw it, but I noticed a few things that bugged me this time around. One is the now overused Moffat trope of having a paradox be the solution to a time travel plot. I suppose that’s not the fault of the story itself as at the time he had only pulled this trick in Blink, and it is only a 7 min short. But still, it’s a bit tiresome. The second is the fact that no other incarnation would love being the Fifth Doctor. That’s bullshit!
This entire rambling gushing speech is the writer just using the Tenth Doctor as a mouth piece for his own fanjerk.
Like, I love Five. He’s my favorite Doctor, but his life suuuccckked! It sucked so hard. In fact that may be why I like him so much, because there’s so much angst there.
But the actual character of the Doctor is not going to look fondly back on the incarnation that got Adric killed.
That pushed Tegan away.
That very often couldn’t save the day no matter how hard he tried.
Six completely changed his personality in response to what he thought was Five’s failures. Seven hates Five so much that he keeps his conscious locked up in their mind, and has his companion knock him out when they meet in person.
But you’re telling me that guilt ridden, angst ball Ten is going to be overjoyed at meeting the one version of himself that got one of his own children killed!?
No.
The Doctor always hates himself. It’s a core character flaw that he hides his own low-self esteem behind narcissistic traits and bluster, and as soon as he gets the chance to take that self hatred out on another incarnation he does. Especially past incarnations that he knows has screwed up in some way.
The only exception to this rule is the First, because they, well they don’t like him, but sort of fear/respect him for some reason. (Also Gatwa's Doctor is apparently getting therapy)
However, despite these two minor niggles, it’s an overall fun short.
Time crash is good, but I always felt that it didn’t really capture the essence of the fifth Doctor. He comes off as overly angry/annoyed in this special. While some of that is understandable as 10 frankly doesn’t shut up for the entire run time, it still feels rather off. As for 10 gushing about 5, once he brings 5 back, it almost feels like he breaks character and it’s really Tennant speaking. Though, I can see why he’d remember 5 fondly, with the characters more optimistic views, perhaps it’s his post time war view allowing him to look back at a time when things were somewhat simpler for him.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2024 14:40:29 GMT
This entire rambling gushing speech is the writer just using the Tenth Doctor as a mouth piece for his own fanjerk.
Like, I love Five. He’s my favorite Doctor, but his life suuuccckked! It sucked so hard. In fact that may be why I like him so much, because there’s so much angst there.
But the actual character of the Doctor is not going to look fondly back on the incarnation that got Adric killed.
That pushed Tegan away.
That very often couldn’t save the day no matter how hard he tried.
That give their own life to save a companion Indeed. And a companion that he had barely met (before Big Finish's retcons) - and a Doctor that, crucially, is appearing in a charity skit. I wouldn't dissect this with any more care than to ask why Colin Baker is travelling with Tegan in the infamous Fix With Sontarans.
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Post by bethhigdon on Apr 22, 2024 18:10:13 GMT
That give their own life to save a companion Indeed. And a companion that he had barely met (before Big Finish's retcons) - and a Doctor that, crucially, is appearing in a charity skit. I wouldn't dissect this with any more care than to ask why Colin Baker is travelling with Tegan in the infamous Fix With Sontarans. A companion who's life was only in danger because of the Doctor's carelessness.
I think the fifth doctor's arc is great. There's a lot of underling poetic irony and subtle character development, but the character of the tenth doctor is not the audience and wouldn't view or appreciate things the same way we would watching from home.
Basically, even in shorts I expect the characters to remain in character, unless it's a deliberate spoof/forth wall break. I don't think that's too big of an ask.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2024 18:42:56 GMT
I'd say having a short sketch which includes references from the Doctor to Time Lord wearing "Funny hats" (when in the series, he couldn't mention them without moping) and The Fifth Doctor thinking Tennant is "Oh no....a FAN" is very much a spoof and a fourth wall break. I'd think an intruder in the TARDIS would make him more worried than just someone being an admirer if it wasn't a spoof. Then add on Tennant going from being heartbroken over The Master dying to joking with Davison about "having a rubbish beard". It's clearly just fluff for charity. Most shorts are something more. This goes alongside Tennant appearing alongside Tate as Lauren in the joke stakes.o
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