Comments on: 12 days of Christmas – Day 4

By: Foo

Foo — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:31:21 +0000

Damn, you guys are all coming up with the answers I would give e.g. the no Time Lords / no rules or the inclusion of time paradoxes. Is the reason that time paradox stories now occur due to the fact that there are no Time Lords?

Hmmm, one thing I do like is the attempt of linking between stories ala Bad Wolf, Torchwood, Saxon, bees…wait, hear me out! I think it was done rather poorly all things considered, but I admire them for trying something new (idea better than the execution). What I would like to see is linking in this way but in a more subtle manner so that we don’t realise the importance until much later on. I wonder if they will have something like this next year? Maybe some unanswered threads left dangling, to be resolved when we least expect it.

By: Alden

Alden — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:13:39 +0000

I’m going to say the Impossible Planet time period, just because I really like the design aesthetic, and the semi-realistic view of humans wandering around the galaxy like idiots, which is totally what would happen.

By: the_other_dave

the_other_dave — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:38:31 +0000

Hmmm,

Ok, how about open season on causality – the wibbly wobbly timey whimey. While I don’t think they have dealt with it very well in most cases, it is nice to see a time travel series that actually now has the occasional paradox story (Father’s Day, Blink & Turn Left deal with time pretty well).

Like the banner too…

By: Al

Al — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:06:56 +0000

You’ve nicked mine again, Peter!
OK, if I can’t have the ‘last of the time lords’ angle I’ll go for the psychic paper (admirably fulfilling it’s purpose of reducing the ‘who are you – lock them up’, routines and allowing us to get on with the story).
Also: the ‘fob watch gubbins’, purely for allowing us to have Jacobi and his brilliant performance(s) in Utopia.

And that banner’s a cracker…

By: Peter A

Peter A — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:31:02 +0000

First!!!

And I’ll say simply: No More Time Lords. Survivor angst expressed the Doctor’s isolation so much better than the later ‘lonely angel’ thing whihc always struck me as a bit… emo.

That said, the angst itself could never last…