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07:56 pm - Face. Bothered?
Final episode of the New Doctor Who season 2: Doomsday

Owed quite a bit to the Subtle Knife didn't it? It even had The Dust. I think it seemed too rushed, but it didn't do anything wildly stupid: gave us some closure, but had to sprint a bit quick to get there. The Rose arc is a bit obvious, but I guess that's what people want.

ETA - on [info]white_hart's journal I saw two good points: 'Identify yourselves' owed a bit to Dad's Army 'What are your names?', 'Don't tell him Pike', 'Pike'. The insults between the two species were a bit like Newman and Baddiel 'History Today' (one of my favourite sketches ever)

Happy to see adorable Catherine Tate at the end.

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From:[info]white_hart
Date:July 8th, 2006 07:18 pm (UTC)
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I thought that Pullman really ought to have had a writing credit...
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From:[info]communicator
Date:July 8th, 2006 07:48 pm (UTC)
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I wonder if he'll complain?
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From:[info]getawaywithit
Date:July 9th, 2006 09:01 am (UTC)
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Well, I'm hoping they've asked him to write an episode or two for a future series, as I think he and Russell T Davies have a similar approach in the way they mix the mythological and the mundane. There are a lot of parallels in the journeys of Rose and Lyra throughout the series (as well as the obvious ones last night) though some of that is probably because they're borrowing from the same mythologies.
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From:[info]communicator
Date:July 10th, 2006 06:28 pm (UTC)
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I'm hoping they've asked him to write an episode or two for a future series

That would be great if they did. What parallels are you thinking of?

When is your Big Walk?
From:(Anonymous)
Date:July 8th, 2006 10:13 pm (UTC)
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Yup me too!
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From:[info]kerravonsen
Date:July 9th, 2006 09:12 am (UTC)
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Ah, I didn't realize that, not having read the Dark Materials trilogy.

Happy to see adorable Catherine Tate at the end.

And at least they didn't call the Christmas special "Another Christmas Invasion" and it doesn't appear to be set at Christmas time (phew).
"The Runaway Bride", eh? She seems to have run really far away to end up in the middle of the TARDIS... Ah well, we'll find out in 6 months or so...
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From:[info]communicator
Date:July 10th, 2006 06:25 pm (UTC)
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It seems too long
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From:[info]halimede
Date:July 10th, 2006 06:16 pm (UTC)
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but it didn't do anything wildly stupid

Considering that the devices the doctor sticks to the wall weren't electro magnets but gravity-negators, and that Torchwood seemed *just* the sort of place to have a lot of purpose-built restraints lying around and, failing that, some rope or chain, the 'let's stick these to the wall and hold on with our bare hands' seemed... slightly sloppy, plot-wise.
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From:[info]communicator
Date:July 10th, 2006 06:27 pm (UTC)
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I think sucking a baddy out of an air lock rip in space-time while you hang on to a hastily-contrived anchor with your bare hands is more or less compulsory in SF
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From:[info]halimede
Date:July 10th, 2006 07:21 pm (UTC)
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True, but usually they just don't have any rope handy, or it breaks (often helped along by a baddy with a knife or projectile weapon). I like to see the writers characters at least making an *effort*.

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