Tomb of the Cybermen . . .

[dbskyler]

. . . is on my television right now! Hooray for part 2 of the BBCA retrospective!

It was preceded by a special on the Second Doctor that was pretty good. I especially liked the comments from David Tennant, Steven Moffat, Wendy Padbury, and Frazier Hines. (Frazier: "The Second Doctor is my favorite." Not surprising, but nice to hear it stated. *g*)

But my favorite part was when Moffat introduced Tomb of the Cybermen: "It doesn't really make sense, but then it's not the only Doctor Who episode you can say that about . . ." LOL!! ". . . Still, it's creepy, and it's atmospheric, and it's absolutely brilliant." You know, I think I could say exactly the same thing about The Pandorica Opens. :D

ETA: It's Bitey! The first time the Doctor encounters a cybermat! :D :D :D Okay, I am unreasonably fond of cybermats. Sorry, it's a thing. Carry on with the episode now.

Comments

[eve11]

Bitey! Yes indeed, I do like that episode. There is random boolean logic thrown in the middle.

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Random boolean logic always makes for a good episode!

[eve11]

Indeed :) Hey, I have been meaning to ask you, when is the next fic rush? I almost got myself into a writing mood last night...

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

It hasn't been set yet. Watch the main comm fic_rush. There is usually a poll around the beginning of the month, and then lolmac announces the fic_rush weekend.

[taiamu.livejournal.com]

Cybermats are adorable! Is there anywhere a non-BBC America blessed individual might see the Two retrospective?

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

BBCA isn't making it available on their website, unfortunately, so I think you'll have to stalk youtube and see if some kind soul uploads it there.

The retrospective isn't a "can't miss" kind of thing though, truthfully. It's a nice little special -- especially compared to BBCA's usual offerings -- but it's basically fluff.

[thisbluespirit]

:-)

I think Tomb is quite an influence on Eleven-era Who, really - both Matt Smith's love of it and Troughton and that that's Steven Moffat's Doctor too.

(Your love of Cybermats is sort of endearing really! ♥)

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Actually, Steven Moffat talked about that. While Matt was researching how to play the Doctor, he watched Tomb of the Cybermen and called SM up to rave about Patrick Troughton's performance. I definitely see similarities between Two and Eleven, and apparently they're very deliberate. :D

David Tennant and SM also both said that while Hartnell started things off, it's really Troughton who set the template for every Doctor who would come after him.

I'm glad I'm not too odd in loving Cybermats! Or that my oddness is endearing. I'll take that. *g*