Doctor Who: Season 24
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mraltariel: Well. What a lot of changes. This is an even bigger upheaval then the last Tom Baker season - because that still had Tom Baker in it!altariel: I agree. This story is still shit, though. mraltariel: Yes, it is. Everyone struggles with it, but it still just about beats them.altariel: There's one episode of material.mraltariel: And the rest is padding.altariel: Sylv is fresh and funny from the start, though.Paradise Towers
mraltariel: Oh God, I love this story. The only negative note is (most of) Richard Briers's performance. But otherwise this is just superb.altariel: This is the story that marks my adult interest in Doctor Who. It is streets ahead of anything we've seen in ages.mraltariel: Funnier. And more imaginative.altariel: And not pompous.Delta and the Bannermen
mraltariel: Oh God, I love this story. People do it down, but Ken Dodd is great, Goronwy and his BEES are wonderful.altariel: People who dislike this are Beyond Wrong. Tellingly, the deaths are shocking.mraltariel: Especially all the non-speaking tourists on the bus.altariel: Also, people are heroic in small but crucial ways, like Ray giving up on the love of her life, Mr Burton looking after his staff...mraltariel: And Goronwy sacrificing his honey collection.altariel: It is all smashing.Dragonfire
mraltariel: Who'd have thought we'd see Glitz again?altariel: Daft, but likeable. Ace is awesome immediately.mraltariel: Yes. I also like the dragon costume. I keep forgetting that there's a person in there, despite the awful balancing job they have to do.altariel: Isn't that Sylvia Daisy Pouncer? It is great how her story echoes Ace's. A potential trajectory. Beware signing up with fascinating strangers.mraltariel: You don't have to tell me!Ranking
Paradise Towers and Delta and the Bannermen
Dragonfire
Time and the Rani
mraltariel: Not the strongest season we've ever had, but they've really refreshed the show and taken off in a new direction.altariel: Ramshackle season of delights.
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Date: 2011-04-01 10:10 am (UTC)TATR is utter crap, Sylv is rubbish, the music excruciating... You get the idea.
PT is the best/smartest/funniest/cleverest script in *years*.... killed stone fucking dead by casting and production. Except for Clive Merrison, who is brilliant
DATB is a confused mess - lots of good ideas chucked in at random with lots of useless padding (hello Stubby Kaye and friend) chucked in equally randomly to mess it up. Ray is good though.
DF is probably the best of a bad bunch - better casting and tighter direction.
Bonnie Langford is ill-used throughout (she's much better in the audios, where they actually write Mel as the character she's supposed to be, rather than asking her to scream in the key of the musical sting at the end of the episode) and Sylv just *isn't* the Doctor.
I must do one of these rewatches myself... I wonder if
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Date: 2011-04-01 10:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-01 11:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-01 12:41 pm (UTC)It's been great fun. We have an episode every morning with our porridge/bagels/weet-bisks.
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Date: 2011-04-02 04:38 am (UTC)Actually, I can understand why people thought this wasn't "real Doctor Who" back in 1987... but now that the 2005 show has been a roaring success on a solid foundation of all the best ideas of the McCoy era, what excuse do they still have?!
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Date: 2011-04-02 09:17 am (UTC)