tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452303.post114519761859977861..comments2024-01-09T12:26:53.045+00:00Comments on Howeswho: Doctor Who - New EarthDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13752147546933122889noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452303.post-1145803755722813222006-04-23T15:49:00.000+01:002006-04-23T15:49:00.000+01:00In "Monsters and Villans", RTDwrites that no-one k...In "Monsters and Villans", RTDwrites that no-one knows why The face of Boe is so long-lived, and that al of his six children (Boemina) lived a natural span of 40 years. As for Chip being able to spot that Rose was a pure-bred Human: surely that was because he and cassandra were specifically looking for one so that Cassie could use her mind-swap machinery to jump into him/her and prolong her life? Her frame and circumstances looked less than ideal and she would be too much of a racist to want to inhabit anything "less" than Human, so her spiders were presumably set to look for human like signs? As for the film projector- I think that trying to portray a futuristic but old-fashioned image projecting method would have represented wasted effort from the production team: the story was set "in the future", and the nightclub scenes were "sometime long ago" so an easy visual cue for this would be to use a visual shorthand that would cue this for the viewer. Us fans can then construct elaborate theories as to the fashions and technology, but I saw it simply as an effective production shortcut...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452303.post-1145679035009081392006-04-22T05:10:00.000+01:002006-04-22T05:10:00.000+01:00Chip seems to have had some intelligence downloade...Chip seems to have had some intelligence downloaded into him, which gave him the ability to not only determine that Rose was a pure-blood human, but to know what a modern mobile phone was as well as knowing that Rose spoke with a Cockney dialect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452303.post-1145645670962292592006-04-21T19:54:00.000+01:002006-04-21T19:54:00.000+01:00I was utterly disappointed by the absolutely horri...I was utterly disappointed by the absolutely horrid body-swap plot device. One of the most tired, childish, cliched SF concepts in existence.Stewart M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10323720272841892113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452303.post-1145340559840865702006-04-18T07:09:00.000+01:002006-04-18T07:09:00.000+01:00As good as the flying car effects were in longshot...As good as the flying car effects were in longshot, when the Doctor and Rose are in closeup there wasn't a single one to be seen in the space above their heads which I thought rather destroyed the illusion!<BR/><BR/>Did you notice, at the start, the word Wolf was still visible on the ground even though attempts had obviously been made to scrub it out?!!<BR/><BR/>Why did the Doctor materialise so far from the hospital when it is clear that is his purpose for the visit? Shades of "Revelation". These days there isn't time to spend a whole episode walking to the heart of the action!!!<BR/><BR/>TimTimeWardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853837867256272087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452303.post-1145252765228588202006-04-17T06:46:00.000+01:002006-04-17T06:46:00.000+01:00Just saw the episode. I had the same problem with ...Just saw the episode. I had the same problem with this that I had with THE LONG GAME. I think the story consepts are bigger than the 45 minute time frame allows them to be (GAME with the great concept of a piece of meat controlling television and the resistance to that, NEW EARTH with the concept of killing one creature so another can live). That said, the episode was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed it. I just wish they would have gotten into the Cat Nun plot and morals of that more. <BR/><BR/>-ErikAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452303.post-1145216551502067252006-04-16T20:42:00.000+01:002006-04-16T20:42:00.000+01:00Not at all ... but if you're from a race which liv...Not at all ... but if you're from a race which lives for a long time then this does seem strange. Usually offspring outlive their parents. But of course, yes, Baby Boemina could have died in the interim.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13752147546933122889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452303.post-1145210409091109662006-04-16T19:00:00.000+01:002006-04-16T19:00:00.000+01:00Is it really so inconceivable that the Face of Boe...Is it really so inconceivable that the Face of Boe, a giant floating telepathic head in a tank, painted as this creature of legend, one of the oldest living things in the universe, has simply <I>outlived his own offspring</I>?Penelopecathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463050977618922374noreply@blogger.com