I know you have to fly, but I just wanted to say I think the two episodes so far have crammed more cultural references and echoes into an hour and a half than I thought possible
I noticed a lot of posts saying that each episode was 'an obvious reference to x' but everyone had picked a different x.
I can't remember them all but for the best below - Cities in Flight, Discworld, Hitchiker's guide, 2000AD, Demon Headmaster, Omelas, It, Futurama for example
And Winnie the Pooh, with Tigger repeatedly getting his favourite food wrong!
(I will read the essay eventually, but in the meantime - A Matter of Life and Death! Of course! I spent about ten minutes of a taxi ride trying, with gerald and a not-very-enthusiastic taxi driver, to remember the title, and didn't get any further than Heavenly Creatures, and I knew that was wrong!)
If you have to fly, to extend the metaphor I hope you don't encounter any clouds of volcanic dust. :)
That was a very interest article, though I felt that some of it was a bit of a stretch. I especially loved one quote from Steven Moffat that I hadn't seen before: Although it is watched by far more adults than children, there’s something fundamental in its DNA that makes it a children’s programme and it makes children of everyone who watches it. If you’re still a grown up by the end of that opening music, you’ve not been paying attention.
Really appreciate you pointing out these academic pieces on DW. I've posted a bit of stuff myself about the different styles of SM and RTD and some fantasy references I spotted in TEH and TBB.
Have a good trip, hope the dust doesn't affect your flying plans.
I have a feeling that you're the person who directed me to it (sorry, I'm a bit stressed and spaced out at the moment), so thank you for that. The whole site is gold.
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Date: 2010-04-15 04:24 pm (UTC)I can't remember them all but for the best below - Cities in Flight, Discworld, Hitchiker's guide, 2000AD, Demon Headmaster, Omelas, It, Futurama for example
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Date: 2010-04-15 09:55 am (UTC)That was a very interest article, though I felt that some of it was a bit of a stretch. I especially loved one quote from Steven Moffat that I hadn't seen before: Although it is watched by far more adults than children, there’s something fundamental in its DNA that makes it a children’s programme and it makes children of everyone who watches it. If you’re still a grown up by the end of that opening music, you’ve not been paying attention.
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Date: 2010-04-15 10:03 am (UTC)Have a good trip, hope the dust doesn't affect your flying plans.
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