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Doctor Who 29.7--"42" by Chris Chibnall
May. 20th, 2007 05:32 pmIt's funny. I've been sitting here for a few minutes, at a loss how to begin. So let me start with thanking ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ketina and ronelyn for the lovely birthday gift--they got me the box set of season2/28! (Which, for those of you keeping score, means I now have all of the new series--minus this season--on DVD.) Thanks, guys!
I suppose that gives me a bit of a segue into saying that, seven episodes in, this season is (I think) much stronger as a whole than the last one. With, as always, a few caveats: I very much hope that we'll someday have a season without broad story subplot "arcs," though I can understand the appeal. I've been reading interview excerpts from the first 18 years of the show (thanks to DWM's wonderful "In Their Own Words" specials; you should try to track them down if you can. 3 volumes, each covering a number of years) and the perspective is...interesting. I suspect, however, that going this direction would lead to a whole different post, so let's get back to "42."
Which was really good, by the way. And very definitely...different in some way that I can't quite put my finger on. On the one hand, it was (for the most part) a fairly conventional "Doctor Who plot." On the other hand, there was something...very different about it. I don't know whether it was the pacing, the acting, the direction (from Graeme Harper, who's been associated with the show in one way or another since the mid '70s)...I'm just not sure. One thing I am sure about, though, was whatever was "different" worked quite well.
Argh. I keep writing and deleting sentences, wondering whether I'm treading on spoilers or not. It's hard to say, because, as I said, the broad outlines of the plot are standard classic show tropes. But, I suppose, just in case I should say ( spoilers! )
Next week: Um, ok, I can honestly say that I wasn't sure exactly how to interpret most of that trailer, but it looked really exciting and had...evil scarecrows? Cool! It's part one of a two part story, "Human Nature" by Paul ("Father's Day" in the first season) Cornell!
Click here for my previous Doctor Who reviews.
ketina and ronelyn for the lovely birthday gift--they got me the box set of season2/28! (Which, for those of you keeping score, means I now have all of the new series--minus this season--on DVD.) Thanks, guys!I suppose that gives me a bit of a segue into saying that, seven episodes in, this season is (I think) much stronger as a whole than the last one. With, as always, a few caveats: I very much hope that we'll someday have a season without broad story subplot "arcs," though I can understand the appeal. I've been reading interview excerpts from the first 18 years of the show (thanks to DWM's wonderful "In Their Own Words" specials; you should try to track them down if you can. 3 volumes, each covering a number of years) and the perspective is...interesting. I suspect, however, that going this direction would lead to a whole different post, so let's get back to "42."
Which was really good, by the way. And very definitely...different in some way that I can't quite put my finger on. On the one hand, it was (for the most part) a fairly conventional "Doctor Who plot." On the other hand, there was something...very different about it. I don't know whether it was the pacing, the acting, the direction (from Graeme Harper, who's been associated with the show in one way or another since the mid '70s)...I'm just not sure. One thing I am sure about, though, was whatever was "different" worked quite well.
Argh. I keep writing and deleting sentences, wondering whether I'm treading on spoilers or not. It's hard to say, because, as I said, the broad outlines of the plot are standard classic show tropes. But, I suppose, just in case I should say ( spoilers! )
Next week: Um, ok, I can honestly say that I wasn't sure exactly how to interpret most of that trailer, but it looked really exciting and had...evil scarecrows? Cool! It's part one of a two part story, "Human Nature" by Paul ("Father's Day" in the first season) Cornell!
Click here for my previous Doctor Who reviews.
