Zoot wrote:Martha Jones - freedom fighter? Give me a BREAK. When she waddles ashore from that boat at the beginning, can you honestly say that she inspired you like Linda Hamilton in Terminator? Get a grip, people, she was just not believeable.
No, I can't say that... which was sort of my point. If we'd had two or three episodes showing the back-story to her becoming "legendary" there would have been an opportunity to develop her character away from The Doctor. We would have seen her turn from a character that relies on The Doctor to solve things into someone more independent and resourceful. Instead we just got a few minutes of exposition about how she's walked the earth and inspired people. And seeing her become more independent would have added more weight to her decision to turn her back on The Doctor and take control of her life.
Besides which, I mentioned "Martha Jones: Freedom Fighter" with my tongue firmly in my cheek to refer to the two or three part story I was talking about - not to imply that she was much of a freedom fighter in the actual broadcast episode.
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The Daily Mail jumped the gun a bit and posted an announcement that isn't due for release yet. They've removed it but its partially cached on some search engines.
Singer and actress Kylie Minogue will this month be getting her teeth into some out of this world filming when she joins Dr Who. The BBC has confirmed that the Aussie songbird is teaming up with the Doc in a major lead role in an hour long special this Christm...
HGFB wrote:The Daily Mail jumped the gun a bit and posted an announcement that isn't due for release yet. They've removed it but its partially cached on some search engines.
Singer and actress Kylie Minogue will this month be getting her teeth into some out of this world filming when she joins Dr Who. The BBC has confirmed that the Aussie songbird is teaming up with the Doc in a major lead role in an hour long special this Christm...
I am getting a bit tired of the stunt casting
Bring back the old Doctor Who with unknown Actors such as Honor Blackman ,Burt Kwouk, John Cleese and Alexi Sale
Baggypants wrote:Bring back the old Doctor Who with unknown Actors such as Honor Blackman ,Burt Kwouk, John Cleese and Alexi Sale
I know. I'm whinging but I really, really don't like Kylie. If RTD wasn't so gung-ho about creating a self-contained christmas showpiece they'd probably introduce the new companion there.
Hmm. I think that's probably what's annoying me most. Having to wait until series 4 to see the new companion when the Christmas special would be the perfect time.
Baggypants wrote:Bring back the old Doctor Who with unknown Actors such as Honor Blackman ,Burt Kwouk, John Cleese and Alexi Sale
I'll ignore Alexi Sale since he actually helps my case but the rest of the stories the others were in weren't sold on the back of their casting. You didn't see City of Death being touted around the media as starring John Cleese like it was a major selling point.
Like I said in my othe post. I get the feeling Kylie got the part because she's Kylie (and RTD is gay)
grue wrote:Let's see Pullman's work killed and spat at in the movie.
We'll have to find that one out at the end of this year. The previews show some promise, and at least Pullman has been closely linked to the making of the film, and he praises what he has been privy to so far.
grue wrote:Let's see Pullman's work killed and spat at in the movie.
We'll have to find that one out at the end of this year. The previews show some promise, and at least Pullman has been closely linked to the making of the film, and he praises what he has been privy to so far.
Hasn't Pullman said he's happy to have all the references to religion taken out of his movie? I lost all respect for him when I heard that. Still. I'm sure he's content sleeping on his huge pile of money
Yep, just about to post the obvious but I'll post it anyway, gay icon time. At least if the story is crap there's some eye-candy whatever your sexual bent
(Supresses images of her leaning over the tardis controls...)
grue wrote:Let's see Pullman's work killed and spat at in the movie.
We'll have to find that one out at the end of this year. The previews show some promise, and at least Pullman has been closely linked to the making of the film, and he praises what he has been privy to so far.
Hasn't Pullman said he's happy to have all the references to religion taken out of his movie? I lost all respect for him when I heard that. Still. I'm sure he's content sleeping on his huge pile of money
Pullman's trilogy sans-religionreferences is making my heart ache.
xav wrote:No, I can't say that... which was sort of my point. If we'd had two or three episodes showing the back-story to her becoming "legendary" there would have been an opportunity to develop her character away from The Doctor. We would have seen her turn from a character that relies on The Doctor to solve things into someone more independent and resourceful. Instead we just got a few minutes of exposition about how she's walked the earth and inspired people. And seeing her become more independent would have added more weight to her decision to turn her back on The Doctor and take control of her life.
But thank fuck we didn't, because it's called Doctor Who and, with rare exceptions like Blink, when it's not about the Doctor it's boring shit, particularly since RTD took charge.
