tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452303.post5742636918212903160..comments2024-01-09T12:26:53.045+00:00Comments on Howeswho: Doctor Who - The Unicorn and the WaspDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13752147546933122889noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452303.post-62427927233255095912008-05-26T17:39:00.000+01:002008-05-26T17:39:00.000+01:00Firstly, I must congraulate Steven Moffat for beco...Firstly, I must congraulate Steven Moffat for becoming the big chesse for "WHO". Hopefully plots will be tighter and a new broom will sweep away the self-indulgence that afflicts the show at present. <BR/><BR/>I think that to consolidate the show's popularity it needs a new voice with new ideas; for example do we really need a Dalek's story every year ? Do we need a creaking deux es machina plot resolution for each end of series story? <BR/><BR/><BR/>Secondly, I must thank RTD; he has made a monumental comtribution to the history of the series in his role in regenerating the alien in the box into a modern critical & popular success. If at times I have been dismayed by his scripts: the series openers / closers in particular, Credit is due to him. I just feel the immense strain of the job has drained him of ideas for "Who" & his editorial judgement has suffered. The gap year year will allow Moffat and crew to really a get a grip of the scripts so that we needn't endure the likes of "The Long Game", "The Idiot's Lantern, "Partners in Crime", "Fear Her" or the recent Sontaran muddle.<BR/><BR/>I do worry that that Beeb's losing confidence in the show's appeal. Note: the DVD release policy -dog's like Arc/Timeflight" & "Timelash" mixed with the expensive limited edition "Key to Time" / Davros boxsets.<BR/>Yes, milk the poor old cow before she keels over seems their strategy.<BR/><BR/>One possible shadow on the horizon is the possilbility of David leaving the show but hopefully if this occurs they will secure the services of an actor who loves the show & is a top notch performer .... like DT!<BR/><BR/>Please don't let us endure the humillation of casting an actor who will be running for the exit after a few shows as the Ninth did; sorry Chris ... but it was! <BR/><BR/><BR/>I really enjoyed "The Unicorn & the Wasp" despite is pantoesque pastiche of the country house whodunnit. <BR/><BR/>It was fun & will probably be the lightest & least grim show of the remainder of the series. A series that has been very dissapointing so far.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452303.post-75046795948695554292008-05-20T18:35:00.000+01:002008-05-20T18:35:00.000+01:00Yes I saw that today. Good news.Yes I saw that today. Good news.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13752147546933122889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452303.post-33225632369265865282008-05-20T18:23:00.000+01:002008-05-20T18:23:00.000+01:00I didn't see this episode,so Ican't comment. But w...I didn't see this episode,so I<BR/>can't comment. But with regards to<BR/>Moffat, did you know he is replacing<BR/>Russell T. Davies as showrunner<BR/>in 2010?<BR/>See today's Guardian Media:<BR/>http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/may/20/bbc.television2<BR/><BR/>I'm quite pleased-I loved Press<BR/>Gang and Jekyll and all Moffat's<BR/>"Who" episodes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com