tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893243361859349666.post2039072463025535228..comments2023-04-03T11:31:04.910+01:00Comments on Steve Does Dr Who: The Doctor's Wife. Review.Steve W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893243361859349666.post-67390795688954375252011-10-03T14:51:47.980+01:002011-10-03T14:51:47.980+01:00best Doc Who story ever. but hose of you without t...best Doc Who story ever. but hose of you without taste would find fault with it because it was better then you expected and now you want to tear down Neil. you are all so wrong......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893243361859349666.post-56729291205025713732011-05-19T10:09:51.009+01:002011-05-19T10:09:51.009+01:00Hello, Phantom. Welcome to the site.
I've alw...Hello, Phantom. Welcome to the site.<br /><br />I've always had a lot of sympathy for Sylvester McCoy. There were always glimmerings that, given a decent script, he could've done the business but, sadly, he was nearly always lumbered with terrible scripts and terrible directing. He's the one former Doctor I'd like to see make a return appearance in an episode, if only to give him a decent story to get his teeth into.Stevehttp://stevedoesdrwho.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893243361859349666.post-76068197879298558362011-05-19T09:16:43.875+01:002011-05-19T09:16:43.875+01:00I trailed over here from the Glass W. Stick to rea...I trailed over here from the Glass W. Stick to read your review. Poor Sylvester McCoy! Some stories let him down, but he could be dark and brilliant. The whole episode was a conceit, a metaphor, something you might find in a play. Possibly it needed a bit more development. It might have been more fun as a two parter. Corridors! How nostalgic, and I thought there was a chill with the whole Rory got abandoned for years idea, but it just didn't get finished. I found myself sidetracked by your iceberg comment though. People have argued that veering to avoid the iceberg did more damage than it would have done to steer the Titanic straight for it. Certainly I'm willing to see where the story arc goes before I give up on a whole season. As for Matt, I can't imagine the amount of energy the Doctor's character needs in order to be convincing. It's exhausting just thinking of it.phantom_tigernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893243361859349666.post-33358815907066595122011-05-18T21:01:17.533+01:002011-05-18T21:01:17.533+01:00I do wish people would put a name, even if it'...I do wish people would put a name, even if it's a false one. Otherwise how're we all to know if it's the same "Anonymous" each time or if it's a whole horde of different ones?<br /><br />I've now found out my sister agrees with me on the episode, and I take great strength from this.Stevehttp://stevedoescomics.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893243361859349666.post-6262586924265325252011-05-18T19:50:03.561+01:002011-05-18T19:50:03.561+01:00Nah, Steve - they don't mean that. Otherwise t...Nah, Steve - they don't mean that. Otherwise they wouldn't be too embarrassed to put their names to it.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893243361859349666.post-53337812450858177702011-05-18T12:05:16.437+01:002011-05-18T12:05:16.437+01:00I really doubt that you have read much Gaiman base...I really doubt that you have read much Gaiman based on your review and I wonder if you saw the same show as me.<br /><br />This was an excellent episode in it's own right and I wonder can we even view the doctor at the controls of the TARDIS in the same way again?<br /><br />For me the storyline was strong and packed an emotional punch with that word "Hello". Smith really is fast becoming a great Doctor and I think Gaiman's script allowed him to show a bigger range than usual. Gaiman also wrote some great humorous pieces including the "pull sign", "bunk beds" etc<br /><br />I don't agree with your view on this series either, personally I think it's shaping up well so far.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893243361859349666.post-24009252674234528432011-05-17T17:43:01.465+01:002011-05-17T17:43:01.465+01:00I'm with M D Jackson. I thought this was a br...I'm with M D Jackson. I thought this was a brilliant episode in so many ways. Of course the tardis is the love of the Doctor's life, his most constant companion. What a brilliant idea to turn it into a woman. I think this episode adds to the mythology of Doctor Who. That's why I am reading reviews - something I've never done before (so what do I know!) I may be biased, I love Neil Gaiman's work. But like Alistair Robb, I also felt that Matt Smith has finally become The Doctor in his own right. My favourite bit:<br />Idris: "Are all people like this?"<br />Dr: "Like what?"<br />Idris: "Bigger on the inside."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893243361859349666.post-41103401892335220082011-05-16T09:09:31.837+01:002011-05-16T09:09:31.837+01:00Kid; you're right. I had five followers. Then ...Kid; you're right. I had five followers. Then I had four. Now I have five again. It's a regular roller coaster ride of popularity/unpopularity.<br /><br />M.D; I'm just hoping I like next week's episode. I'm getting fed up of having to say negative things about my favourite show.<br /><br />PS. I loved <i>Vincent and the Doctor</i> too.Stevehttp://stevedoesdrwho.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893243361859349666.post-52919816018325234442011-05-16T05:54:21.759+01:002011-05-16T05:54:21.759+01:00Oh, come on Steve, you big party poop! This episod...Oh, come on Steve, you big party poop! This episode was brilliant!<br /><br />Okay, well, we'll just have to agree to disagree, because I gather you didn't like NEVERWHERE either, which I thought was an absolutely brilliant series hampered only by poor production values.<br /><br />True, the episode was long on characterization and short on story, in that it was similar to VINCENT AND THE DOCTOR which eschewed a complex plot in favour of examining the relationship which formed between The Doctor, Amy and Vincent VanGogh. Still and all I would put that episode up against almost any other in the Matt Smith seasons.<br /><br />But what a genius idea, to make the TARDIS into a person and have it be her who felt like she stole the Doctor rather than the other way around. And to have the doctor not even recognize her for who she is until almost halfway through. Brilliant!<br /><br />I'm not going to try to change your mind (I have too much respect for your opinion to do that) but I am absolutely unapologetic in my liking for this episode.M. D. Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13820831338678743992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893243361859349666.post-43695086375763344282011-05-16T01:19:08.509+01:002011-05-16T01:19:08.509+01:00Didn't you have five followers recently, Steve...Didn't you have five followers recently, Steve? Has one just done a runner?Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893243361859349666.post-50303626523518828602011-05-16T00:04:29.594+01:002011-05-16T00:04:29.594+01:00Matt Smith's performances are a strange thing,...Matt Smith's performances are a strange thing, veering wildly between the flippant and the dark - sometimes in the same sentence. Generally I approve but would like to see him tone down the hyperactivity a little in places.Stevehttp://stevedoesdrwho.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893243361859349666.post-91644527755031151502011-05-15T22:49:44.883+01:002011-05-15T22:49:44.883+01:00You hit the nail on the head - McCoy. It felt like...You hit the nail on the head - McCoy. It felt like an episode from the days when the series had disappeared up its own backside. RTD knew that Who would only work if it was aimed at a mainstream audience. Any more episodes as baffling (and silly) as this and the viewing figures will drop off a cliff.<br /><br />Visually, this was a stunning episode and it got quite exciting towards the end, but as far as the plot was concerned, I think most people were scratching their heads.<br /><br />And what happened to the claim that Matt Smith's youth was belied by the fact that he was the only actor in the auditions who behaved as if he was 900 years old? So far, he seems more like a flippant teenager. Less of the 'spacey-wacey' jokes and more gravitas please.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893243361859349666.post-21051366205553939452011-05-15T21:47:15.669+01:002011-05-15T21:47:15.669+01:00Steve, trust me (I'm a Doctor) - you were righ...Steve, trust me (I'm a Doctor) - you were right.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893243361859349666.post-21237904418605035792011-05-15T19:06:08.410+01:002011-05-15T19:06:08.410+01:00Hi, Alistair. Nice to hear from you.
I watched th...Hi, Alistair. Nice to hear from you.<br /><br />I watched the episode twice before reviewing it because I'm aware that my first opinions on shows aren't always my final ones. While I enjoyed the episode more on second viewing than the first, I still found my attention wandering badly once we got to the TARDIS building and the corridor scenes, and the climactic sequence felt somewhat flat and empty to me.<br /><br />I certainly wouldn't accuse Neil Gaiman of not being able to write. When I first started writing short stories, he was one of my early influences and the first story I ever had published was partially influenced by the style of his Sandman tale, <i>The Sound of Her Wings</i>. However, all writers have their strengths and all have their weaknesses and I just feel his strengths and weaknesses lend themselves better to the more stylised medium of comics than to television. Horses for courses and all that. <br /><br />In the end, I think I'm just going to have to accept that my tastes are simply not in line with those of the rest of the world when it comes to certain things, and that this episode is one of those things.Stevehttp://stevedoesdrwho.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893243361859349666.post-78694740761144554112011-05-15T17:50:17.848+01:002011-05-15T17:50:17.848+01:00Steve, here's something I wrote over on a yaho...Steve, here's something I wrote over on a yahoo group I'm a member of, I really think you should go back and watch the episode again. Also, while I believe everybody has the right to an opinion ( especially on their own blog!), I do beleive that Neil has had a number of international bestsellers so it's a bit harsh to state that he can't write (Yes...yes I know Dan Brown and all that, but I think you get what I mean :D ).<br /><br />Please keep in mind that the following was an email and not a review. cheers...great blog by the way.<br /><br />"I think it was a particularly strong episode that built on the Doctor from series 1 to 4, certainly stronger than the first 3 episodes of series 6 so far. The thing that has always been great about the series has been its ability to take elements from previous series and incoporate them into each new incarnation, which Moffat didn't do with series 5 and has moved even further from in the current series, giving us a programme that is being tailored for the American market and away from its British fantastical roots. RTD even brought in the 90s Doctor, even though we didn't get to see the regeneration, it was at least acknowledged as part of the canon.<br /><br />What we have with Moffat's Doctor, is an attempt at internationalising the concept, which is exactly the wrong thing to do, it has had a British fantasy sensibility from the get go and Neil certainly brought that back in with his episode. I won't say that this is the best story ever, it certainly isn't, but it certainly was more akin to the Doctor in series 1 through 4. Perhaps, more tellingly, it was the first time I actually enjoyed Matt Smith as the Doctor.<br /><br />The quicker that Moffat gets away from trying to Americanise the concept, the longer the series is going to stay with us. After all, isn't that what attracted foreign viewers to the series in the first place? I presume so."alistair robbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893243361859349666.post-7322204373899406522011-05-15T15:42:54.431+01:002011-05-15T15:42:54.431+01:00I am getting a bit worried about this. Before I re...I am getting a bit worried about this. Before I reviewed it I deliberately went out of my way not to find out what anyone else thought of it, so my opinions wouldn't be tainted by any kind of received wisdom. As we all know, I like to avoid wisdom of every kind. Then, after I'd reviewed it, I discovered that almost everyone else in the world thought it was a masterpiece.<br /><br />Because I don't enjoy not liking my favourite show and I don't like slagging off writers, in case I ever have to borrow money from them, I wish I could see what it is about this episode that everyone loved but, to me, as I was watching it, it just felt like a self-indulgent irrelevant mess from a show that now seems to have wilfully disconnected itself from anything that actually matters.Stevehttp://stevedoesdrwho.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893243361859349666.post-11634683619475725822011-05-15T14:45:28.030+01:002011-05-15T14:45:28.030+01:00Ehh, I disagree.Ehh, I disagree.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893243361859349666.post-80405404953503153452011-05-15T13:42:02.480+01:002011-05-15T13:42:02.480+01:00You've hit the nail on the head, Stevey-boy. I...You've hit the nail on the head, Stevey-boy. I'm fast losing the will to watch it. It almost seems that it couldn't get any worse, so let's just hope that it can only get better.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.com