tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452303.post1567442700615960007..comments2024-01-09T12:26:53.045+00:00Comments on Howeswho: Doctor Who - Partners in CrimeDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13752147546933122889noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452303.post-83026070361080297942008-05-03T19:11:00.000+01:002008-05-03T19:11:00.000+01:00I'm in total agreement with you David. "PiC" was l...I'm in total agreement with you David. <BR/><BR/>"PiC" was light on incident let alone true drama. I am not particularly Tatephobic but I do wish RTD had written a very different character for her as Donna is one of those loud knownothings who torment everyone on public transport.<BR/><BR/>The adipose are cute but do resemble John Prescott clones. But the Nanny really was a lame opponent. (I'm sad enough to listen to the commentaries on BBC 3 & CT does speculate that there will be adipose pillowcases in stores by this December.)<BR/><BR/>I feel the series needs to get far more serious, the following story, shows that Who CAN challenge & entertain.<BR/><BR/>RTD can write good stories like "Utopia" but I feel his input isn't always for the good in terms of storylining a series. Compare Who to "Heroes" & you will see that threading Bad Wolf, Torchwood or Y.A.N.A throughtout a series doesn't cut it nowadays.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452303.post-86825793299406879842008-04-23T06:29:00.000+01:002008-04-23T06:29:00.000+01:00I really liked this episode. The miming through th...I really liked this episode. The miming through the windows scene was brilliant, and it amused me that when Miss Foster fell, she didn't actually start to fall until she looked down, like in Road Runner. Although it seems to me that there really was no real reason to have Miss Foster as evil, she could have just continued to only collect the babies when people shed them as fat, so she could have been helping people lose weight and made all the babies, rather than going homicidal, which I think would have been nicer, to have a villain not really being a villain.<BR/><BR/>(I would post my name as Matthew, but the javascripty thing doesn't work as I'm using a proxy in China, so it's Matthew.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452303.post-42931711279905143192008-04-21T12:29:00.000+01:002008-04-21T12:29:00.000+01:00To be honest, this episode leftme with a "meh" fee...To be honest, this episode left<BR/>me with a "meh" feeling.The plot<BR/>was full of holes (when the Doctor<BR/>and Donna were hanging off the<BR/>building, why didn't the<BR/>villainess' goons just shoot<BR/>them?). I hated the silly<BR/>"gurning thru the window"<BR/>scene, and I find Tate <BR/>unconvincing as an actress.<BR/>I half-suspect the only<BR/>reason Tate was brought <BR/>back was to spite the<BR/>show's online critics RTD is<BR/>ALWAYS going on about<BR/>in interviews.<BR/><BR/>I agree with your comments<BR/>about the Adipose-RTD's DW is now <BR/>resembling those 80s cartoons<BR/>(He-man,Transformers,Care Bears)<BR/>whose main function was to sell<BR/>toys to kids rather than be<BR/>good TV. Every episode now<BR/>seems to emphasis flashy <BR/>special effects, the <BR/>casting of light entertainment<BR/>figures rather than actors,<BR/>and endless self-aware <BR/>pop-culture references.<BR/><BR/>The truth is, I gave up <BR/>watching Doctor Who after "Last of <BR/>the Time Lords" (shudder).<BR/>I missed the Xmas special<BR/>(seems I was lucky) and<BR/>after PIC I don't think<BR/>I'll be watching RTD's <BR/>Who again, except for the Moffatt two-parter.<BR/><BR/>To be brutally honest,I<BR/>think RTD is the show's<BR/>biggest liability-he has<BR/>too much control over<BR/>all the show's aspects<BR/>(Cornell pointed out<BR/>he re-writes all the<BR/>scripts extentsively) and<BR/>I think the show badly needs a<BR/>new showrunner, someone<BR/>who understands good TV and<BR/>is from outside<BR/>"Who" fandom (David Renwick<BR/>or Matthew Graham would<BR/>be excellent).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com