Tonight's Dr Who (no spoilers)

[kniteracy]

Doctor: Look a shark!
Rose: Let's jump it!
Doctor: OK!
Both: GERONIMO!

*thunk*

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, that's ominous.

We've only gotten to see the first three episodes of Ten. (Well, premier and first three. Future hospital, Victoria, weird school.) And still, we're getting pretty disappointed. I miss Nine and Captain Jack, a LOT.

Let me try this again now that I'm logged in

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's ominous.

We've only gotten to see the first three episodes of Ten. (Well, premier and first three. Future hospital, Victoria, weird school.) And still, we're getting pretty disappointed. I miss Nine and Captain Jack, a LOT.

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

So I guess you didn't like it?

[luis-mw.livejournal.com]

OH SHIT! I totally forgot! Must Remember To Tape Sunday Repeat! Or I Will Be Dead!

[smallship1.livejournal.com]

I thought it was fun, and probably about as good as you can get when (a) you allow a nine-year-old kid creative input (I shudder to think what rubbish I was churning out at that age...well, and now, come to that) and (b) you have decided, presumably for good and sufficient reason, to make three episodes back-to-back. As swipes at fandom go, it was gentler than most.

Interesting that Billie Piper is leaving, if indeed she is (I haven't checked recently, but she's been leaving several times before, and as far as anything I've read hitherto was concerned, she was in for the long haul). Especially as they've built Rose up as the great love of the Doctor's life, and gone to great pains to establish all the domestic stuff and anchor the show and so on and so fifth. I can't see them starting again with all that (at least I hope not) so maybe the next series will be less "anchored" and more like it used to be.

[auryn29a.livejournal.com]

I've not seen the episode yet. I kinda felt like the shark got jumped with the Cybermen episode. It felt like such a letdown after the absolutely glorious episode about Madame du Pompodour (however you spell it).

[hrrunka]

...which reminded me of http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1093.html

[pbristow.livejournal.com]

Ah, but the marvel of Doctor Who is that it jumps the shark on a regular basis, and can always just jump right back. Time travel, dontcha know... =:o} (Although sometimes, you do have to wait a few years for a change of producer / script editor / whoever).

This week's one was very much a stand-alone oddity brought about by a combination of conflicting production requirements and a not-unreasonable desire to repay the show's long-standing debt to Blue Peter. While I did enjoy it in that vein, I hope it will *remain* a stand-alone oddity. And at least it was more original way of filling-in than a clip-show. =:o\

Alas, while RTD's interview on confidential sounded like he meant very much *not* to swipe at fans, it seems the director may have got the wrong end of the stick... =:o\

For comparison, what did you think of the previous 2-parter?

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

I actually reather liked it. It was different, and a nice palate clenser after the intensity of the previous 2 weeks.

[pdcawley.livejournal.com]

P'shaw! I thought it was excellent; a return to the form of the Girl in the Fireplace.

I didn't read it as a swipe at fandom, it read as an affectionate demonstration of why and how people form the kind of chosen families that are seen as a weird by outsiders of whatever stripe. The Author's Message at the end was a little bit overdone, but hey, the core audience is kids and families and sometimes it's good to promote subtext to text.

The series theme does appear to be all about the pain of parting though.