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happy Saturday
It's a beautiful Saturday here -- sun in the sky, roses outside the window, and Doctor Who on tonight! I'm really looking forward to seeing River again, and it should be very interesting to see how the Doctor reacts to her. Based on "Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead" there should have been some unbroadcast encounters between River and Ten (picnic at Asgard, etc.), so this should not be the first time the Doctor has seen her since those episodes. Of course, the question is whether Moffat cares about that continuity or not.
(Of course, most -- all? -- of you reading this already know the answer, having seen tonight's episode already. Is it boring to have me post about two-weeks-old speculation? Or do you just laugh in your superior knowledge?)
I missed PBS' broadcast of "Hamlet" but found it on their website, so I've been watching it. It's really good, and David Tennant is absolutely amazing as Hamlet. He really is a great actor, isn't he? The rest of the production is also top-notch, as you would expect from the Royal Shakespeare Company. It's at first a little jarring to see people in modern clothes -- t-shirt and jeans, for example -- and spouting Shakespeare, but after getting used to it I really like the approach. I saw an interview with Patrick Stewart where he says the modern clothes help to bring the audience in and make the story more contemporary and accessible, and I think he's right. And besides, the play itself -- what happens in it -- is still very modern and relevant even if the language is hard to understand sometimes. So if you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend it.
In other Doctor Who news, I saw "The Time Meddler" for the first time. It was my first introduction to Vicki and Steven, and I liked them both, and it was nice to see more of the First Doctor, too. I loved the Doctor's introduction of the TARDIS to Steven -- "That is the dematerializing control, and that over yonder is the holilondral hold. Up there is the scanner, those are the doors, that is a chair with a panda on it, sheer poetry dear boy! Now please stop bothering me." It was so very . . . Doctor, if that makes any sense. It was also interesting to see the very first introduction of a renegade Time Lord (well, aside from the Doctor himself -- although perhaps Susan qualifies, too?). The Meddling Monk was a little disappointingly ineffectual, though, and I didn't quite get the point of his interference -- did he just want to meet King Harold or something? -- but from a historical point of view it was still very interesting to see the first example of the premise that would later lead to the Master and the Rani. Speaking of which, I wonder if we'll ever see the Rani again?
(Of course, most -- all? -- of you reading this already know the answer, having seen tonight's episode already. Is it boring to have me post about two-weeks-old speculation? Or do you just laugh in your superior knowledge?)
I missed PBS' broadcast of "Hamlet" but found it on their website, so I've been watching it. It's really good, and David Tennant is absolutely amazing as Hamlet. He really is a great actor, isn't he? The rest of the production is also top-notch, as you would expect from the Royal Shakespeare Company. It's at first a little jarring to see people in modern clothes -- t-shirt and jeans, for example -- and spouting Shakespeare, but after getting used to it I really like the approach. I saw an interview with Patrick Stewart where he says the modern clothes help to bring the audience in and make the story more contemporary and accessible, and I think he's right. And besides, the play itself -- what happens in it -- is still very modern and relevant even if the language is hard to understand sometimes. So if you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend it.
In other Doctor Who news, I saw "The Time Meddler" for the first time. It was my first introduction to Vicki and Steven, and I liked them both, and it was nice to see more of the First Doctor, too. I loved the Doctor's introduction of the TARDIS to Steven -- "That is the dematerializing control, and that over yonder is the holilondral hold. Up there is the scanner, those are the doors, that is a chair with a panda on it, sheer poetry dear boy! Now please stop bothering me." It was so very . . . Doctor, if that makes any sense. It was also interesting to see the very first introduction of a renegade Time Lord (well, aside from the Doctor himself -- although perhaps Susan qualifies, too?). The Meddling Monk was a little disappointingly ineffectual, though, and I didn't quite get the point of his interference -- did he just want to meet King Harold or something? -- but from a historical point of view it was still very interesting to see the first example of the premise that would later lead to the Master and the Rani. Speaking of which, I wonder if we'll ever see the Rani again?
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And did you note that THIS episode IS part of the continuity River mentioned to Ten back in the Library??
I saw The Time Meddler a while ago - it was pretty amusing in places. And yes, the Meddling Monk was a bit ineffectual - I think the only renegade Time Lord who's actually consistently good at his meddling is the Doctor!
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Okay, don't tell me, I'll find out next week -- or find out next week that we don't find out. It is really interesting to speculate, though. I just hope she doesn't turn out to be his wife, because I like to think that the answer is far more interesting than that.
I'll probably do a full-on reaction post later. After disliking the last two episodes, I am really happy I enjoyed this one so much!
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