Comments on: That Dr. Who Episode Was Poop http://www.ianmacleod.net/2009/12/29/that-dr-who-episode-was-poop/ Occasional text by Ian Macleod, often lacking context. Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:16:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Bottle Imp http://www.ianmacleod.net/2009/12/29/that-dr-who-episode-was-poop/comment-page-1/#comment-4763 Bottle Imp Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:51:25 +0000 http://www.ianmacleod.net/?p=724#comment-4763 Colin, I had no idea you'd gotten into Who enough to watch the old stuff. Is this something you had liked before that I didn't know about? I watched the old Baker stuff on PBS, but never got into it at the time. And yes, when I am feeling more charitable, Davies is not about the plot, he's about the Gee Wiz, and the Deus Ex, and the sly wink, but he's not always on his game, no one ever is. I just don't think enough people were willing to tell him when he wasn't on his game. Colin, I had no idea you’d gotten into Who enough to watch the old stuff. Is this something you had liked before that I didn’t know about? I watched the old Baker stuff on PBS, but never got into it at the time.

And yes, when I am feeling more charitable, Davies is not about the plot, he’s about the Gee Wiz, and the Deus Ex, and the sly wink, but he’s not always on his game, no one ever is. I just don’t think enough people were willing to tell him when he wasn’t on his game.

]]> By: Colin http://www.ianmacleod.net/2009/12/29/that-dr-who-episode-was-poop/comment-page-1/#comment-4761 Colin Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:59:31 +0000 http://www.ianmacleod.net/?p=724#comment-4761 C'mon, not poop. Just a little farty. Davies is never really the plot one anyway. He's got the occasional good joke and then he strings together a bunch of moments. Some of them are good, some, not so much. There were a few good moments in that one, although I can't really remember them, which is maybe telling. I liked part two better. Really, the most gratifying part of any Doctor Who episode is when David Tennant fixes a spaceship, grins, and says something self-aggrandizing. That part was good. Also I really like Wilford or whatever his name is. And I have to say, Matt Smith made me laugh, so that's a good sign, right? Also, critical rule: <strong> Never watch <em>Doctor Who Confidential</em>.</strong> It will make you hate every one and every thing about the show. At least that is what it nearly did to me, and I only saw twenty minutes of it. For a curative, I recommend a strong dose of Tom Baker. The Pirate Planet is a good one. Or the one with the Loch Ness Monster. C’mon, not poop. Just a little farty.

Davies is never really the plot one anyway. He’s got the occasional good joke and then he strings together a bunch of moments. Some of them are good, some, not so much. There were a few good moments in that one, although I can’t really remember them, which is maybe telling.

I liked part two better. Really, the most gratifying part of any Doctor Who episode is when David Tennant fixes a spaceship, grins, and says something self-aggrandizing. That part was good. Also I really like Wilford or whatever his name is.

And I have to say, Matt Smith made me laugh, so that’s a good sign, right?

Also, critical rule: Never watch Doctor Who Confidential. It will make you hate every one and every thing about the show. At least that is what it nearly did to me, and I only saw twenty minutes of it. For a curative, I recommend a strong dose of Tom Baker. The Pirate Planet is a good one. Or the one with the Loch Ness Monster.

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