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shadowhive(So I started writing this out before heading out, but of course when I got back dreamwidth hadn’t saved it ugh! So this is a rewrite)
So it’s time for the weekly thoughts on Doctor Who as I continue watching the season 10 boxset. Last night was Frontier In Space. Unlike the other two of the season this was a 6 part part story. An issue with old Who stories is that sometimes they could be overly long. This was especially true for the stories that were 6+ parts, but Frontier seemed to hold up better then most.
The story, basically, is that the two great empires of the galaxy, Earth and Draconia, are on the brink of war. Someone is trying to start a war between them, by attacking ships and making people think it’s the other side doing it.
As a story it holds up pretty well (certainly more than I remember). It’s the first of a two story arc, which are loosely connected. It’s only in the last part of the story that the connection to the next story (planet of the Daleks) becomes obvious, with Daleks showing up.
This story is very much a Master one, even though he doesn’t show up until about half way through. He very much owns the scene whenever he’s on screen. Unfortunately this ends up being the last Master episode for several years, as the original actor that played him died suddenly a few months after the episode. (From the booklet included with the boxset, there was a ‘final confrontation’ planned between the Doctor and Master the following year.)
Jo again was pretty good. She even resisted the Master’s hypnosis successfully! (Has anyone else done that?) she’s probably one of my favourite companions, and I realised last night that my favourite ones from old Who follow on from each other (Jo-Sarah Jane-Leela).
It’s a shame that the Draconians didn’t appear in another story after this one. Their design is pretty good and I think it’d be nice to see them in new Who. (To be honest I’d really like to see more eps with humans and aliens co-operating. Too often episodes set in the future are human-centric and I’d love something with humans/hath/ice warriors/Judoon/Silurians etc working together. Please someone give it to me!) It would’ve been nice if the space ships were a bit more distinctive though. (And I liked that the president of Earth was a woman.)
Anyway, it was a pretty good episode and I’ll see the follow-up next week (and then there’s only one The Green Death left before I switch seasons.)
Now to snuggle and try to read some.
So it’s time for the weekly thoughts on Doctor Who as I continue watching the season 10 boxset. Last night was Frontier In Space. Unlike the other two of the season this was a 6 part part story. An issue with old Who stories is that sometimes they could be overly long. This was especially true for the stories that were 6+ parts, but Frontier seemed to hold up better then most.
The story, basically, is that the two great empires of the galaxy, Earth and Draconia, are on the brink of war. Someone is trying to start a war between them, by attacking ships and making people think it’s the other side doing it.
As a story it holds up pretty well (certainly more than I remember). It’s the first of a two story arc, which are loosely connected. It’s only in the last part of the story that the connection to the next story (planet of the Daleks) becomes obvious, with Daleks showing up.
This story is very much a Master one, even though he doesn’t show up until about half way through. He very much owns the scene whenever he’s on screen. Unfortunately this ends up being the last Master episode for several years, as the original actor that played him died suddenly a few months after the episode. (From the booklet included with the boxset, there was a ‘final confrontation’ planned between the Doctor and Master the following year.)
Jo again was pretty good. She even resisted the Master’s hypnosis successfully! (Has anyone else done that?) she’s probably one of my favourite companions, and I realised last night that my favourite ones from old Who follow on from each other (Jo-Sarah Jane-Leela).
It’s a shame that the Draconians didn’t appear in another story after this one. Their design is pretty good and I think it’d be nice to see them in new Who. (To be honest I’d really like to see more eps with humans and aliens co-operating. Too often episodes set in the future are human-centric and I’d love something with humans/hath/ice warriors/Judoon/Silurians etc working together. Please someone give it to me!) It would’ve been nice if the space ships were a bit more distinctive though. (And I liked that the president of Earth was a woman.)
Anyway, it was a pretty good episode and I’ll see the follow-up next week (and then there’s only one The Green Death left before I switch seasons.)
Now to snuggle and try to read some.
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Date: 2019-08-06 04:31 pm (UTC)Hope you got some good snuggling and reading done.
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Date: 2019-08-07 05:59 pm (UTC)Yeah I’ve done a bit of reading which yay!💜
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Date: 2019-08-11 08:18 pm (UTC)Roger Delgado is the BEST Master! He's so suave and evil and as you say, totally owns every scene he's in. It's such a pity he died in that car crash.
Jo is awesome when she resists the Master. And that the first thing she does when put in that cell is start digging her way out!
I would have loved to see the Draconias in another adventure. They were so cool.
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Date: 2019-08-11 08:25 pm (UTC)Oh yeah, he’s so good at it! I’m hoping more of his episodes get released on blu ray. It really was so awful that he did
Yeah! She really is so awesome, so quick thinking!
Same here! Maybe they will in the new series atsome point