Loading ...I gotta say, Silence in the Library was a kick-ass Dr Who episode. I’ve been waiting for it to air here, ever since it first aired, and was reviewed, in England. It was written by Steven Moffat, who also wrote Blink, and it featured Tubbs Tattsyrup… er… I mean Steve Pemberton. But really… he’ll always be Tubbs Tattsyrup to me.
The only thing I didn’t like was Donna emoting over those goddam imaginary kids. I suppose the kids were provided as an emotional anchor to the virtual world. As if every woman, deep down, is a nurturer who can’t resist the siren-call of mother-hood. Ack.
I’d be protesting. “Hey! You’ve got me in the wrong virtual reality here! Can I trade these imaginary kids for a motorcycle and a ham sandwich?”
My ideal virtual reality would be something adventurous. Where I could fight Cthulhu or summat. (or… er… worship Cthulhu). I don’t want to live in a virtual world that lacks a Cthulhu. Just sayin’. But note to the designers of reality. Do not stick me in a house in the suburbs with some jack-ass husband and a couple of brats.
Other than that, good show.
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Steven Moffatt is going to replace Russell T. Davies as Producer of Dr. Who in 2010. Lots of his shows are dark and Gothic (Remember those frightening face masks with kids saying “Are you my mommy?” from “The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances”? That was his. He also introduced Capt Jack into the Whoniverse.
The thing I didn’t like about The Library episodes, however, was that now the Doctor has become a sort of cosmic Lothario. He is now married (Again!) to River Song, but doesn’t live with her, and goes on to others?
ENOUGH! Stop indulging in this “I want to sleep with the Doctor!” stuff that is going on.
But another good atmospheric scary Who from its soon to be new producer.
The last time we had a gothic scary Who was the Tom Baker/Sarah Jane shows from producer Philip Hinchcliff, regarded as some of the best Whos ever. I hope Moffatt is a return to that!
Bah! I hardly think falling in love, more than once, in a very very very very very long lifetime makes one a lothario. I mean, if I were a Time-Lord, I’d be hooking up through space and time like crazy. I’d totally be attending some roman orgies. dionysian revels.
And so would you, Richard.
River Song was a pretty cool character. She had a nice presence, and wasn’t some young blonde bit of tottie. The doctor could do worse. And considering that the new generation of Who fandom includes a lot of women who DO want to sleep with the doctor, I’m not going to deprive the poor guy a bit of nookie now and then.
I’m not a big fan of romance, and I don’t like injecting it into my adventure willy-nilly, but the doctor is far more well-behaved in his romantic encounters than either of us have ever been, Richard. Who are we to be casting stones, eh?
True. True. And I would have slept with Ben and Jamie and Turlough if I were the Doctor. And the Brigadier. Sergeant Benton and maybe even Capt Yates. If Mojo were the Doctor he and Ian would have been going at it. I’d've been going after Ian too. Hell, in for a penny. I’d've slept with Steven, and even Harry.
All of the new male companions I’d've gone for, Adam, Mickey, Capt. Jack.
Hell, I’d've even slept with Grant Markham (kudos and slight embarrassment for those of you who know he is!)
And Fitz (I have to admit, Fitz’s introduction, sitting all naked on the floor was exciting to me — even if he only appeared in the books), and Hex, and Chris Cwej.
Okay, so I’m worse than the Doctor. No male companion would’ve left that TARDIS with his innocence intact!
But really! There is a limit. And I love Alex Kingston, so if anyone was going to be Ms. Who, it could be her, but it is ironic that a gay producer made the Doctor the most heterosexual that he has ever been!
Mmm. Thinking of a three way with Ben and Jamie.
No more Mary Sues in Doctor Whos!
That’s what I say.
AHA! I knew it. See… I was just playing devil’s advocate (because, really, I’m a big advocate of the devil) so you’d get riled up enough to admit that it isn’t the LURVE that you object to, its the heterosexual LURVE.
Personally, I don’t think the doctor should be gay or straight. He’s an advanced being, and everyone knows that the most advanced form of sexuality is the all embracing bi/pan sexual form. But, I’m not writing the damn show, so I’ll just enjoy it for what it is.
I don’t think River really qualifies as a “Mary Sue”
I totally agree with the not gay or straight. And if they are going to make him have a sexuality, then it should be bisexuality! How ’bout that!
But like you, i just have to get over it. After all in the very first show, he had a granddaughter (because the producer, ironically, didn’t want anyone to think the Doctor was having sex with a young female companion) so he had to get her somewhere.
But enough’s enough! Be creative. Tension isn’t just made from having sex with your castmates!
No. RIver isn’t a mary sue, but I think that everyone wanting to have sex with and fall in love with the Doctor may be a bitter Mary Sueish (in her original form) of the producer, Russell T Davies.
Mostly, he doesn’t Mary Sue it. Mostly he has produced fantastic and interesting shows. But the everyone wants to fuck the Doctor is a bit wish fulfilling on his part.
I mean, no one wanted to fuck WIlliam Hartnell when he was the Doctor!
Except perhaps Mrs. Hartnell.
Yeah well, maybe Russell T. Davies wants to fall in love and have sex with the doctor. And yeah, I do find it a bit annoying when people have to inject a love interest into everything, but I thought the plot with River was a little more interesting, a meeting of two people coming from different directions in time. And it wouldn’t have been as interesting if she’d been, ah’dunno, an old war buddy or someone who once sold the Dr a hot-dog on the street corner. So at least Steven Moffat took Davies’ wish-fulfillment and did something interesting with it.
Steven Moffatt has had some of the best scripts for the new series and I am excited about his tenure as producer (after next year’s pitiful dearth of new Whos! only 4 the whole year!!) And I like the idea of meeting people out of time. And I like Alex Kingston, who played River Song. But I’m tired of everyone loving the Doctor. I hope Rose doesn’t sleep with him when she comes back.
But if she does, she does.
Although I’d also like a story with the Doctor meeting a World War I hot dog selling War buddy!
Funny thing is, though. Moffatt also wrote Coupling, which is often not very good. I guess he needed Who to really shine. Although people say “Press Gangs” that he also wrote is fantastic.
Well, mebbe we could start a petition to get more people hating the Dr.
Conflict - always good.
Hot-dog selling ww1 war buddies. Also good.
Children, real or imaginary. Bad.
I haven’t seen coupling, (er… the show. I’ve seen actual coupling) so I can’t comment. But I do like Moffat’s writing on Who.
Ironically, or fittingly, the worst thing about Coupling was Steve Taylor, who is supposed to be Steven Moffatt (hello Mary Sue!). Some of the other characters were funny. The show was okay and sometimes good, it just seemed a bit . . . off. Like it just missed the mark.
Fittingly, Steven Moffatt always loved Doctor Who. the character Steve Taylor was named after first Doctor Companion Steven Taylor
Moffatt says it was a coincidence but I don’t believe him!
i’m officially in love with steven moffat, now. but i hate to mention that for fear of being accused of creating tension. =p i think you’re making a bit much of it. someone, somewhere, sometime, is gettin’ it on. on a show about the doctor, sometimes, somewhere, “someone” will be himself. *shrug* i can live with that.
actually, i was more aghast at d-d-d-d…d-d-donna’s man losing escapades. that was awful! i HATE it when that happens.
I guess we all have our own personal aghastments.
But yeah, I’m diggin’ the Moff-man. (not to be confused with Moth-man)
I wuz gonna respond to this, but I’m so VERY behind the curve, I’m just out of orbit.
I do like that in Che’s virtual reality, a motorcycle and a ham sandwich are totally reasonable trade-ins for virtual kids! ROFL…
To be honest, just the ham-sandwich is a perfectly reasonable trade. In fact, I’d prolly be willing to pay to get the imaginary children out of my imaginary home. But I’m not tellin’ them that.
Oh, go on Mojo. Jump in anywhere. Share your feelings about Sex and the Doctor.
So very true! Get that ham sandwich and run like the wind!
Oh, alright, I’d shag the Doctor to within an inch of regeneration, truth be told! I would also shag Ian, Jamie, and Ben without hesitation. Turlough’s also on the shag list, as are Sgt Benton and Capt Yates and more than a few of the red-shirt UNIT soldiers, past and present. Obviously, Captain Jack is on the list, and I’m partial to Ianto (on Torchwood) as well, though he can be a whiny bitch.
That about covers it, until I think of someone else. LOL.