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And so, it’s all over until Christmas for another year. Jono is away resting for the big review of episodes Twelve and Thirteen, but before he wakes up, let’s – just quietly – talk about the week that’s been. Shhh – he’s sleeping! He’ll need it.<\/p>\n
Ah, look at him – so peaceful. You and I on the other hand may well have woken blinking in the bright glare of the triple-whammy of the season closing, the now-traditional Christmas Special lead-in scene, and news of who would be riding shotgun with the Doctor for 2008. Truth be told it’s been a funny last couple of weeks. That finale, eh? So much promise. Was Jack underused? Did you think the Toclafane were supposed to be something other than what they were revealed to be? Should Martha have taken the long walk? We’ll let Mr Park tell us what he thinks. For me, I was bewildered, a little disappointed, a fair bit nonplussed. To varying degrees it seems to be a common complaint, although I’ll stop short of invoking Divine Intervention<\/a>. But that last scene. The Titanic<\/em>, Russell? Really<\/u>? I can’t decide whether the idea genuinely defies creativity, or whether an implied storyline of aliens\/time meddling versus a real life catastrophe isn’t a bit… bleurgh. And not very Christmassy<\/a>. But for the moment it’s just a scene and a few casting notes, not a storyline just yet. Ghostbusters 2<\/em> managed to have the Titanic<\/em> in it without welding it to the main plot, and I may yet see those Ice Warriors I predicted for this year’s The other ‘wait and see’ of course is Ms Tate – Donna as a companion. When I heard that the place was open I suggested her to a mate as a joke. Not many people laughing, I see. Not good news for a comedienne, and again – what’s the plan Russell? Will she go serious? Will she be there to lighten up a Doctor who she first saw as cold and distant and who we’ve seen grow steadily so in recent stories? Or is it more of the same wakka-wakka until the mid-season kicks in and familiar faces are brought back? Ah again – wait and see. He’s playing a cruel game, this one.<\/p>\n So all we’re sure is, we’re none of us certain of where this is all going. Rusty may have calculated that such a combination of marmitey elements would keep tongues wagging for another six months and we’ll all come back clamouring for more. Or it might be enormous double-hulled hubris. We can’t know. It’s too soon.<\/p>\n Don’t send Mister Winkler out on those waterskis<\/a> just yet, it’s just another round of waiting, debating, speculating. Really, the months ahead are the moments we’re really<\/em> fans for. The young fans out there have their episode memories, the magazines, the playground games to tide them over; but our<\/em> playground has just re-opened promising flights of fancy that could be on the ball or wildly off-target, mad, sad, delirious, irate or hilarious. Real fandom starts as soon as the show stops. Get in amongst it.<\/p>\n PA<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" And so, it’s all over until Christmas for another year. Jono is away resting for the big review of episodes Twelve and Thirteen, but before he wakes up, let’s – just quietly – talk about the week that’s been. Shhh … Continue reading panto<\/strike> family special. Wait and see, I guess.<\/p>\n