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In view of the relaunch of Doctor Who – with the wonderful Matt Smith – we thought it was about time that we discussed some of the moments that excited us during Russell T Davies tenure at the helm.
As odd as it sounds – coming from us at least – there were a few incidents that reminded us of classic Who and offered a glimmer of hope that things might have gotten better.
They were few and far between but it’s only fair that we list them. This shouldn’t take too long… Continue reading ‘There Once Was Hope…’
This is the first in a number of posts about the disastrous climax of series two of the new Doctor Who, the episode in question – Doomsday – contains what is possibly the worst dialogue ever broadcast. Not only that but some of the ideas it contains, and the implementation of those ideas, are beyond ridicule.
Enough of all this spiel, let’s get on with the curious case of Void material…
In Doomsday we discover that anyone that’s been in the Void gets covered in Void Material. The longer you’re in, the more gets stuck to you. Simple. How do you detect if you have any of this Void material on you though?
Well the only way to detect Void material is by the use of a complex series of detectors that unravel all the tightly knotted dimensions of space that surround the target and count the number of positive hits from the particles of Void material as they struggle to return to their own dimension.
Either that or just put on a pair of cheap 3D glasses.
This is yet another example of Davies’ piss-poor writing for Doctor Who and his lack of imagination. He just goes for a very cheap and unsatisfying gimmick that runs the length of the show until the disappointing reveal at the end.
It’s as if we’re supposed to sit there watching The Doctor running about in 3D specs and think that it’s just The Doctor being all whacky and out-there.
The problem with that is that we always know that if The Doctor is doing something whacky and out-there, sooner or later it’s going to become a plot point. It never actually is The Doctor being a little eccentric, every time he does it, it’s being done with a higher – albeit entirely unfathomable – purpose.
Remember when he used to eat Jelly Babies? There was no particular reason for that other than plain old eccentricity. Continue reading ‘Doomsday: Void Material’
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