tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452303.post7226395372041008078..comments2024-01-09T12:26:53.045+00:00Comments on Howeswho: Doctor Who: Forest of the DeadDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13752147546933122889noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452303.post-10272306552208782062008-06-13T22:18:00.000+01:002008-06-13T22:18:00.000+01:00I agree with you, yet again, David. While I felt t...I agree with you, yet again, David. While I felt the pacing of the episode was a bit erratic, I enjoyed it hugely.<BR/><BR/>I am slightly suprised that some comments on your review have disagreed with your belief that the show is at heart a horror show.<BR/>Surely the Hinchcliffe/ Holmes golden era showed that Whovians love good scares as well as improbable plots.<BR/><BR/>Arguably, when Who is at its most whimsical,"Invasion of Time" etc ..., it is at it most poor. (Rewatch "Partners in Crime" and disagree with me.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452303.post-11930811287639025462008-06-08T21:53:00.001+01:002008-06-08T21:53:00.001+01:00But I suppose each fan hashis/her own vision ofDoc...<I>But I suppose each fan has<BR/>his/her own vision of<BR/>Doctor Who...</I><BR/><BR/>Quite right, Mr or Mrs Anonymous. But only <B>my</B> vision is the right one ;)<BR/><BR/>On the whole, an excellent review and I whole-heartedly agree with your comments about the general malaise afflicting the majority of two-part stories. I, too, especially liked the scenes of Donna's alternate life. She is a fine actress, for sure.<BR/><BR/>I reckon that the show is at it's best when being scary, but it can't and shouldn't be scary all the time. We need the light relief to emphasise the darkness - whether that relief is within the scary story or a separate story on its own is an argument for another day.Kopichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14593823987164944416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452303.post-50873116292999642042008-06-08T19:14:00.000+01:002008-06-08T19:14:00.000+01:00I did find it a little strange that the largest ha...I did find it a little strange that the largest hard drive ever had somehow managed to run out of space, and how did the Doctor not get that when the computer kept saying they were saved but 0 survivors it meant they were saved in the hard drive. I realised that really early in the first episode, it seemed fairly obvious to me, especially as the "largest hard drive ever" was bigged up fairly often.<BR/>The way I understand it, the computer didn't just store their personality and memory, but their entire configuration. After all, where does the body go when it's being transported? Presumably stored in some sort of pattern buffer (Star Trek I know), so rather than immediately transporting it, it was just stored indefinitely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452303.post-25347807957068807402008-06-08T16:58:00.000+01:002008-06-08T16:58:00.000+01:00A very interesting review,Mr.Howe, and certainly i...A very interesting review,Mr.<BR/>Howe, and certainly in line with<BR/>the feedback from other DW<BR/>review sites like Digital Spy,<BR/>the Anorak Zone and Behind<BR/>the Sofa. I agree with your<BR/>comments about Alex Kingston's<BR/>excellent performance, and<BR/>Colin Salmon and the actress<BR/>playing the little girl<BR/>were also superb.<BR/><BR/>However,I have to take issue<BR/>with "Remembering that Doctor Who is, at its heart, NOT a science fiction show, but a horror show, plundering the depths to bring us thrills and scares in equal measure."<BR/><BR/>I always considered Doctor Who<BR/>to be a science-fiction show-<BR/>not a "techie" one like Star<BR/>Trek, but using the device of <BR/>the Doctor and the Tardis to<BR/>place the characters within<BR/>sci-fi stories. Some of those<BR/>stories would be horrific ones<BR/>("Spearhead from Space",<BR/>"Pyramids of Mars") some of<BR/>them would be comedies ("The<BR/>Romans","City of Death" "Delta<BR/>and the Bannermen") some would <BR/>be action-adventure stories (like <BR/>"Earthshock"). We tend to forget<BR/>that there was often a lot of<BR/>humour in the "horrific" Hinchcliffe years as well (The "I'll kill him with my deadly jelly <BR/>baby!" scene in Face of<BR/>Evil, for instance).<BR/><BR/>The scarey bits are an<BR/>important part of Doctor<BR/>Who,but I don't believe<BR/>they're the show's heart.I<BR/>think that comes from exploring<BR/>and meeting new ideas (even<BR/>during the earth-bound<BR/>Pertwee era, the<BR/>Doctor was always meeting <BR/>interesting alien cultures<BR/>like the Silurians).<BR/><BR/>But I suppose each fan has<BR/>his/her own vision of<BR/>Doctor Who...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com