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Comment on Review – The Impossible Astronaut by The Captain

The Captain — Tue, 17 May 2011 12:01:28 +0000

The season open was full of both very exciting moments and great disappointments for me.

During parts of it Moffat taps into that special something that made “Blink” one of the best new Doctor Who’s I’ve seen. However I rarely ever agree with the killing of a title character like that.

More often than not it’s a cheap ploy. This is not to say that I’m against making our characters mortal, Ka D’argo and Wash from their respective series had extremely powerful and meaningful ends, but that’s because the show was ending. So to kill The Doctor and make a huge deal out of how he is indeed dead is cheap like killing Superman every 3 years just to bring him back in some ridiculous fashion unless this is the shows last season.

I agree that the character of Rory is becoming a great addition. There are moments when he still seems like the “tin dog”, but then Moffat will remind us of exactly all of what he’s been through. I also like him because it takes us back to the human parallels that I like the companions to make instead of some unrequited love interest.

Conversely I love, love, LOVE Dr. River Song. She’s the new Captain Jack. The advanced, brilliant time traveler that while doing their best to roll with the Doctor is still sometimes confounded by him. The addition of this character with your standard companion sets up that beautiful dichotomy of the Doctor being alien but humanized.

Overall I’ve very excited for this season of Doctor Who. I expect there isn’t anything that Moffat will do to make the opening death of the Doctor seem a worthwhile story point, but I’m not closed to the possibility of being pleasantly surprised.

Comment on Review – The Impossible Astronaut by Captain Ted

Captain Ted — Sun, 08 May 2011 02:37:09 +0000

I think Moffat is really starting to become comfortable with being the dude. His episodes were always some of my favorite during the previous seasons, but it seemed to me with the first season of Matt Smith that he was trying to get the real feel of being at the wheel.

The opening credits kind of threw me, being from Amy’s POV, and at first I was honestly put off it. While the human companions are important part of any Doctor I just seemed like that were making Amy overly important. Maybe it’s just to drive her home more before possibly taking her away.

Over all it’s an exciting first episode and I agree it’s on par with my beloved Firefly.

Comment on Review – The Impossible Astronaut by Corvus1970

Corvus1970 — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:29:13 +0000

Thank you kaffyr. I appreciate your feedback, and I am glad you agree

Comment on Review – The Impossible Astronaut by kaffyr

kaffyr — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:19:23 +0000

Excellent review, and I wanted to say how much I agreed with the way you defined bravery, here: “He’s likable and brave, and he displays the reality of bravery: that it doesn’t mean you aren’t afraid, it means that you act in spite of your fear.”

Absolutely true!

Comment on Review – The Impossible Astronaut by Corvus1970

Corvus1970 — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:19:47 +0000

Good suggestion! Unfortunately I’ve not seen Leverage, so it sounds like an oversight I need to correct.

Comment on Review – The Impossible Astronaut by awa64

awa64 — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:59:47 +0000

I’m kinda shocked not to see “Leverage” included on your recap of Mark Sheppard’s filmography. It’s one of his best roles–so good, in fact, that whenever I see him show up on anything else I’m briefly excited and then disappointed that it’s not that character.

Comment on The TARDIS by O-Shen Christ

O-Shen Christ — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:40:11 +0000

Brilliant! Thanks so much

Comment on Review – Vincent And The Doctor by digby

digby — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 22:52:51 +0000

Hey! Just wanted you to know I was able to get to this website via a link in your signature on the Who NA forum!

Huzzah!

And yes, I teared up big time at the end of this one.
Long may Matt Smith reign.

Comment on Eleven Doctors Figure-Set revealed at last by digby

digby — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 10:48:02 +0000

This is the set I’ve been waiting for just to get McGann!! Going to be a very expensive figure …. ouch. But on the plus side I can finally get rid of that Oscar Wilde action figure I never got around to re-painting.

Comment on Classic TARDIS toy gallery by Corvus1970

Corvus1970 — Sun, 30 May 2010 13:54:25 +0000

Thank you!