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Bedazzled said:
Didn't like that one, lots of potential in a Western setting but found it quite boring. Ah well, you can't please all the people all the time... I'll enjoy the next one as Rory's dad is back!
I agree. The plot was also blindingly obvious from about ten minutes in...The next one looks good as it might actually have some interesting ideas in it.
Justin Cyder said:
Before we go any further, may I issue the weekly reminder that it is intended for children. Of all ages.
Right then, carry on.
I rather suspect this week's episode would have been too abstract for the younger kids. Without giving the plot away, how many of them would we even want to understand the actions that were alluded to?Right then, carry on.
Presupposing that kids need to understand it in exact detail is beside the point in my experience. My five year old watches it with rapt attention & understands little of the arc or the detail in an individual episode. What she does understand is a thrilling battle of good versus evil, engaging characters & several moments of mortal danger per episode.
I took her to the Doctor Who experience in January, you should have seen the demographic.
I took her to the Doctor Who experience in January, you should have seen the demographic.
Edited by Justin Cyder on Sunday 16th September 09:10
Somebody must have noticed that the "Doctor Who" logo changes every episode? The Doctor has aged as well. He was 903 in the Impossible Astronaut and 1,103 as the "Doctor"/Teselecta. He's now 1,200 Years old. The Pond's are also getting further "out of time" and we appear to be somewhere between 2015 and 2018 in the Pond's timeline. As the Ponds spend time with the Doctor and keep returning to where thy were picked up, the Pond's are worried about how they are ageing faster than their friends. It looks like the Pond's wanting to leave will be down to "practical" issues.
Most of the theories about "Angels in Manhattan" have Rory or Amy "Stranded" there by the Angels in the same way that Kathy Nightingale was put back to the early 1900's in "Blink". I have a problem with this. In that episode the "Doctor" and Martha were also pushed back to the 60's but could return once the Tardis arrived to pick them up. Hence these are not big time events that cannot be reversed. Something will have to happen to make Rory or Amy want to stay.
Most of the theories about "Angels in Manhattan" have Rory or Amy "Stranded" there by the Angels in the same way that Kathy Nightingale was put back to the early 1900's in "Blink". I have a problem with this. In that episode the "Doctor" and Martha were also pushed back to the 60's but could return once the Tardis arrived to pick them up. Hence these are not big time events that cannot be reversed. Something will have to happen to make Rory or Amy want to stay.
im said:
Whats starting to concern me is the amount of episodes being set in the US.
...and its growing. Its disproportionate, massively, and the show seems to be pandering more and more to its growing American fan base.
Daleks in New York, Westerns, the upcoming Manhattan show to name but 3.
I would have thought it was reasonably big there anyway, as its been referenced a few times in the simpsons....and its growing. Its disproportionate, massively, and the show seems to be pandering more and more to its growing American fan base.
Daleks in New York, Westerns, the upcoming Manhattan show to name but 3.
The central character has the universe and eternity to play with - surely setting so many episodes on Earth is parochial enough, without setting them all in the UK.
Besides, if the writers are looking for cinematic tropes viewers will recognise, spaghetti western is pretty obvious. A lot of our popular culture is set in America. I don't think setting an episode in renaissance Venice or ancient Rome is particularly pandering to the Italian market.
Besides, if the writers are looking for cinematic tropes viewers will recognise, spaghetti western is pretty obvious. A lot of our popular culture is set in America. I don't think setting an episode in renaissance Venice or ancient Rome is particularly pandering to the Italian market.
98elise said:
im said:
Whats starting to concern me is the amount of episodes being set in the US.
...and its growing. Its disproportionate, massively, and the show seems to be pandering more and more to its growing American fan base.
Daleks in New York, Westerns, the upcoming Manhattan show to name but 3.
I would have thought it was reasonably big there anyway, as its been referenced a few times in the simpsons....and its growing. Its disproportionate, massively, and the show seems to be pandering more and more to its growing American fan base.
Daleks in New York, Westerns, the upcoming Manhattan show to name but 3.
http://www.thegallifreytimes.co.uk/2012/09/doctor-...
Not a big number, but as it turns out the demographic for BBC America is the one people want to advertise to, so I assume the adverts pay quite a lot.
The Wild West is something that appeals globally - everyone who has seen a TV will understand it - so it makes sense to use it as a base for an episode. In any case, the Doctor made a joke about The Archers, which was parochial enough for me.
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