Me too. Sob. And you're right about the end. I thought setting the whole thing in 1913, with all the moral ambiguity about children being trained to fight, and the foresight of what was to come, was sheer genius.
We watched both parts back yesterday and blubbed all over again. Also, there was a thunderstorm building all the way through 'Family of Blood', in perfect synch with the scarecrow attack and then the bombardment on the village - gave me chills.
Doctor Who hasn't done a WW1 story before, and this really has done the period justice.
Also, I kept on thinking "Tolkien!" whenever I saw sensitive John Smith and his wandering imagination and scribbled notebooks.
Oh, the scarecrows were *scary*. Mind you, have you seen last week's, "Blink", yet? You just wait. Absolutely flippin' terrifying. Thank you, Steve Moffat, that's me with nightmares for a week again (he did it with Empty Child in the Eccleston series too...)
Matthew will presumably love it, since it's a brilliantly creepy ghost story without a spaceship in sight.
Has Who really never done WWI before? That surprises me enormously...
'Blink' was fantastic, Steven Moffat at the top of his game. (Unlike Jekyll, which made me nod off.)
And as for this week's episode: *does bow-y scrape-y thing at RTD*
IWRC, there was a WW1 setting in Troughton's last story ('The War Games'), but it isn't actually WW1 at all - and we couldn't think of another instance.
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momijizukamori
Family of Blood
Date: 2007-06-04 09:23 pm (UTC)Very different Who, and very thought-provoking.
Azalais
Re: Family of Blood
Date: 2007-06-04 11:03 pm (UTC)Doctor Who hasn't done a WW1 story before, and this really has done the period justice.
Also, I kept on thinking "Tolkien!" whenever I saw sensitive John Smith and his wandering imagination and scribbled notebooks.
Re: Family of Blood
Date: 2007-06-15 09:15 pm (UTC)Matthew will presumably love it, since it's a brilliantly creepy ghost story without a spaceship in sight.
Has Who really never done WWI before? That surprises me enormously...
Cheers,
Azalais
Re: Family of Blood
Date: 2007-06-18 09:24 am (UTC)And as for this week's episode: *does bow-y scrape-y thing at RTD*
IWRC, there was a WW1 setting in Troughton's last story ('The War Games'), but it isn't actually WW1 at all - and we couldn't think of another instance.