Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 394527" data-attributes="member: 8">I don&#039;t have enough knowledge about Doctor Who to say what does and doesn&#039;t make sense, or what kind of things would betray the origins.To me it looks like a series in which nothing is carved in stone, and if a story explains why Davros can walk or why he looks less horrific then I would simply take it at face value. And maybe I don&#039;t mind the political correctness itself as long as I&#039;m not too aware of it.Unfortunately&nbsp; I stumbled upon Russell Davies&#039; statement and I thought, this looks like Doctor Who plotline - a writer possessed by the evil spirit of Mary Whitehouse.But anyway, I&#039;m not there yet so it&#039;s not going to spoil my fun, and there&#039;s a lot of fun in the two-part premiere of series 9, which is about.....Davros!And he looks&nbsp;&nbsp; healthy and he can&nbsp;&nbsp; walk, but that&#039;s the boy version of Davros, long before he became one of TV&#039;s most monstrous arch-villains.It takes some events to set up the story; Master Missy has got the Doctor&#039;s confession thing, well, it looked like a thing but I guess it&#039;s the same idea as the deathbed priest.Clara needs to get involved in the most convoluted way and after that we see the Doctor playing a rockstar who introduces the word &quot;dude&quot; to medieval language.The confession device returns briefly at the end of the story only to be dismissed with a Doctor joke (and could this really be the end of the sonic screwdriver?).The actual story begins with the arrival of the fabulously frightening creature Colony Sarff.[ATTACH=full]52311[/ATTACH]And he isn&#039;t even the main villain.Missy has become sort of a frenemy, and I think the only reason she&#039;s in the camp of the heroes is because she won&#039;t let anyone destroy the Doctor unless she does it herself. There are shades of River Song except that she&#039;s can&#039;t be trusted of course.Michelle Gomez portrays Missy brilliantly but combined with the madness of the other Time Lord it would be too much goodness to have her in every episode.[ATTACH=full]52312[/ATTACH]The Doctor/Davros dynamic almost makes it look like the very final episode but at the same time I didn&#039;t believe that the Daleks would never return again.They are&nbsp;&nbsp; defeated in this episode but they have been defeated before so that doesn&#039;t mean much in the grand scheme of things.I think it mostly serves as a reminder of both the cleverness and the wholesomeness of the Doctor, it&#039;s the kind of story that makes me feel like having my cake and eat it.It&#039;s another great series opener for the Twelfth Doctor that will likely rank in the top 5.[MEDIA=youtube]RonRqUTfvfI[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 394527, member: 8"] I don't have enough knowledge about Doctor Who to say what does and doesn't make sense, or what kind of things would betray the origins. To me it looks like a series in which nothing is carved in stone, and if a story explains why Davros can walk or why he looks less horrific then I would simply take it at face value. And maybe I don't mind the political correctness itself as long as I'm not too aware of it. Unfortunately I stumbled upon Russell Davies' statement and I thought, this looks like Doctor Who plotline - a writer possessed by the evil spirit of Mary Whitehouse. But anyway, I'm not there yet so it's not going to spoil my fun, and there's a lot of fun in the two-part premiere of series 9, which is about.....Davros! And he [I]looks[/I] healthy and he [I]can[/I] walk, but that's the boy version of Davros, long before he became one of TV's most monstrous arch-villains. It takes some events to set up the story; Master Missy has got the Doctor's confession thing, well, it looked like a thing but I guess it's the same idea as the deathbed priest. Clara needs to get involved in the most convoluted way and after that we see the Doctor playing a rockstar who introduces the word "dude" to medieval language. The confession device returns briefly at the end of the story only to be dismissed with a Doctor joke (and could this really be the end of the sonic screwdriver?). The actual story begins with the arrival of the fabulously frightening creature Colony Sarff. [ATTACH type="full"]52311[/ATTACH] And he isn't even the main villain. Missy has become sort of a frenemy, and I think the only reason she's in the camp of the heroes is because she won't let anyone destroy the Doctor unless she does it herself. There are shades of River Song except that she's can't be trusted of course. Michelle Gomez portrays Missy brilliantly but combined with the madness of the other Time Lord it would be too much goodness to have her in every episode. [ATTACH type="full"]52312[/ATTACH] The Doctor/Davros dynamic almost makes it look like the very final episode but at the same time I didn't believe that the Daleks would never return again. They [I]are[/I] defeated in this episode but they have been defeated before so that doesn't mean much in the grand scheme of things. I think it mostly serves as a reminder of both the cleverness and the wholesomeness of the Doctor, it's the kind of story that makes me feel like having my cake and eat it. It's another great series opener for the Twelfth Doctor that will likely rank in the top 5. [MEDIA=youtube]RonRqUTfvfI[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

Verification

What month follows July?