Comments on: Doctor Who 4.1: Partners in Crime

By: Keith

Keith — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:08:22 +0000

I loved your review of the new episode. Doctor Who has become one of those shows you watch because you have always watched it – Saturday Night Live & The Simpsons. Youth has passed and I am now in my thirties. Dr. Who is a show geared towards a family audience, so it can’t give the complete thrill the adult desires. I will watch this – although I’m hating Davies these days – since this is the last full season for the forseable future. Will read your thoughts on future episodes.

By: Jasmine Johnston

Jasmine Johnston — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:41:19 +0000

Sublime DW! Yes, totally! …There are moments even in series three–e.g. Family of Blood. I’m thinking there are some dem fine writers working on DW and that a lot of the stupidity stems from an outmoded take on How Sci Fi TV Works.

Let’s make a list illustrating this world view versus some newer perspectives: Holier than thou Star Trek TNG versus Battlestar Galactica (the new series); X Files versus Torchwood (at least people get to have sex even if the monsters aren’t as almost-possible-don’t lift-the-toilet-lid); let’s not forget the total disintigration of Enterprise in pursuit of the ‘we THINK this is what adolescent guys are like’ demographic; and let us not forget Firefly, Fox’s ridiculous waste of the most poetical dialogue ever.

Anyways. Also I think you’re right about Rose. She was a huge part of what made Eccleston and Tennant’s incarnations and peregrinations so cool. “Her apotheosis was more than I ever expected from a cheezy SF show.” I still haven’t watched that episode. I will. But not yet.

By: Gwyn Raven

Gwyn Raven — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:17:56 +0000

Wow, Cat. You summed up everything I wanted to say so much more beautifully than I could ever have said it. I have been purposely not reading much in the way of spoilers, so I'm not quite sure what RTD has planned for Rose, but I am intensely worried. I will be happy only if she comes back as a permanent companion, preferably without either Martha or Donna in the way, although Jack or another male companion probably wouldn't upset the dynamic too much. I am intensely terrified that RTD will stage one of those famous angstful reunions that everyone knows will not last and find *some* reason why Rose cannot stay this time around, culminating in another excruciating goodbye. I'm not entirely sure my Doctor can take any more vanishing.