Doctor Who: The Stolen Plot Device

[matgb]

So, watched it last night, then went to the pub, then came back, and watched it again as a few points were bugging me. There now follows a poll, and that poll does contain spoilers.

[Poll #1213113]Overall, I enjoyed the show, but I enjoyed the penultimate show last season as well. This is Rusty's last ever finale, and I refer my honourable friends to the opinions expressed this time last year.

ETA: My friend the astrophysicist says: Basically, doing this with a planet will screw it up but he still enjoyed it.

Comments

[davidnm.livejournal.com]

The thing I didn't like with this one was the Shadow Proclamation. It seemed a bit of a letdown, really. Other then that I did quite enjoy this episode, and the giggling Dalek was actually a bit creepy, too. I liked the idea of the disappearing Earth, although as I noted on my own post on it, I do have some practical issues with it...

Indiana Cribbins and the paintball of doom

[hazeljnutt.livejournal.com]

"Nice try but they're Super!Space!Daleks so it won't work"

See, I thought it would've been a nice nod to original Who, if this did work! Of course, it would take everyone in the world having two paintball guns each and being a crack shot for it to have been any help, but it still would've been a nice stalling device.
*reminisces of daleks you could throw a blanket/scarf over or run up stairs to get away from*

[redatt.livejournal.com]

"There was something on your back." Both because that's what it sounded like and because Donna replied, "How do you know that?" And not, "No, no, it's gone. It has. Hasn't it? OH.MY.GOD. IS.IT.BACK? Is it, isn't it? DOCTOR!!!!"

[pickwick.livejournal.com]

Re first death another black woman: assuming they're casting colourblind just now, would you rather they only cast white women in the role of first cannon fodder?

(I can't actually remember who the first victim was, so this could be totally irrelevant.)

Also, we're shooting the Doctor "on site"? Easier than when he's somewhere else, I guess ;)

[paulgregory.livejournal.com]

I thought it was "there IS", which makes sense because the Shadow Proclamation aide appears to default to present tense and has to correct herself to past/future references. I'll double check when I watch it a third time.

I did particularly like the combining of plot devices (rift, Mr Smith) to boost the phone signal.

Regeneration:
Theory 1: David Tennant will regenerate into David Tennant again (prompting heated argument on internet as to whether he is subsequently the 10th or 11th Doctor) because that hand in the jar is there. (This differs slightly from "a la Jenny", because I believe all Jenny's regenerations are clones).

Theory 2: David Tennant will regenerate into Noel Clarke (which would be a hilarious way to end the Rose plotline) but then Martha will activate her key thing which will turn out to be a big reset button. Which would retrospectively ruin 4x12.

[el-staplador.livejournal.com]

Assistants have really gone downhill, haven't they? I mean, back in the day there was none of this 'Daleks! We're all doomed, let's have an angsty moment and do sod all about it.' It was 'Daleks? Where? Let's hit them with a baseball bat and blow them up with grenades! Wheee!' Frankly, I expected better of Sarah Jane Smith. Liked Harriet Jones, though.

And yes, I would have thought having twenty-seven planets in such close proximity would mean instant squish, gravity being what it is. But perhaps there is some plot device going on there to cancel out the squish.

Just hope that everyone who's dead stays dead this time. I'm getting so sick of 'Everybody lives!'

[rhythmaning.livejournal.com]

I rather enjoyed it, though I don't think it warrants watching again. I liked various plotlines coming together (bees! disappearing planets!).

I thought the Shadow Proclamation was a real cop-out: there nowhere to go... Oh yes there is!

And it was neat getting together all the former assistants left. (What I want to know is why have they not managed to resurrect Leela? Surely the best assistant they have ever had. Well, she was when I was 14...)

[uninvitedcat.livejournal.com]

I think the very important key given to Martha by UNIT is going to turn out to be Very Important Indeed, but to be honest I was exasperated enough by that episode to not really care.

[yuxonomei.livejournal.com]

*cries laughing*

Oh man, this poll has cheered me right up after the shittiest day ever.

[0ct0pus.livejournal.com]

Dalek Kaan is Guilty Spark 343 on Halo.

The Key is DawnDonna. Or something like that...

Jack Harkness is not all that. Really, calm down people.

Good poll, thanks.