Doctor Who: Hide...Spoilers
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rabid1stWhere to begin...where to begin...?
Well, that was creepy. And not because of the spooky things in the night. No. It is creepy because I posted a story with the Doctor in a pocket universe, well, bubble universe...and...here we have pocket universes. And...love stories in them. And...well...I feel all sorts of portents looming. But they irk me no end. Stop doing this to me, muses! Stop it!
So, if the Victorian coat and such was the First Doctor, I was expecting something for the Second Doctor and it seemed more Three, to me. Of course the Ice Warriors are from Two...was Boffin a symbolic Two? The blue crystal is from Three...the Green Death and Planet of the Spiders. And that scientist fellow (yes, I did it again...it's Dougray Scott, yeah?) was Unit and the Third Doctor's gizmos all rolled up into one. But he didn't have that flashy style Pertwee personified. Quite a plain man. And, now I've learned he was based on Quartermass. Well, the toggles and big wheel recording devices are still very 70's Doctor Who. The assistant was more Zoe to me than Jo Grant and Sarah Jane. Maybe some Liz Shaw to her. Apparently, the actors didn't feel there was any basis for romance in the actual script, so they had to work hard to insinuate one...sounds about like a Moff-style overlay of an idea to me, something he asked the original writer to toss in, as a handy parallel for Doctor/Companion relationships.
Obviously, there is a definite parallel of lovers separated and companions who you want to be with, but can't mention your feelings to, already. And, well, breeding, to be frank about it. Rose trapped in another universe, and the Doctor keeping his love for her. We had four years of it. However, I can more easily see Moff just copying that epic, than completing it...as it should be completed. Yes, even with the casting spoilers we have, I do not believe that we will have a reset. More's the pity. So, we are foreshadowing...River calling to Eleven...or the woman in white, who is the real wife from Gallifrey, and trapped, too. Or even, the TARDIS, since she has a Clara Avatar. BTW, I think that was her saying Clara doesn't really exist.
But, you just can't escape the huge honking parallel with the romance between the assistant and the scientist who has killed one too many people. She makes him better. They long to be together, but can't work it out. Hello, Rose. River isn't really an assistant. Sarah Jane never qualified as a love interest, despite RTD's rewrite. Also, the great, great Xn2 grandchild lost in time angle returns. Susan, again.
I do believe the Doctor is trapped, in a sort of pocket universe...or an alternative reality or mindscape...he is not real...and someone is his lantern. Clara is the obvious choice...blood calling to blood...so, a grand-daughter...or an avatar of that person. She is calling him home. I do think it would be the best of all possible surprises to go back to the TARDIS exploding, and the whole, "There is still time to save the Doctor!" And have had all of Eleven's run be in bubble universes. Only a minute or three having passed in real time, while he explored the possibility of being a God and such with River.
What irks me is to have the canon parallel my ideal solution, the antidote to all of the things I hate about Moff's run. It is like he is mocking me with a similar theme, because, of course, he won't deliver anything I will enjoy in the end. I know this. In the end it will just be Moff trying to reinvent the Poptart and calling it genius. Pfft! Yes, he will tell us, the Doctor loved Rose or River or Sarah Jane, but they were only reflections of his true feelings for HIS ideal partner. YADA-YADA.
How dare they insist that love can survive when they trapped Rose in an alternative reality with a facsimile Doctor? You can't reboot the epic love with every new companion. That's just silly.
However, that said, I did enjoy the hot potato reaction he had to hugging Clara. Definitely not a romance at work there...something else...something more like a grandchild? Or, he's just being cautious since he doesn't know what she is.
Spotted the Impossible Planet spacesuit. Hard to miss it, really. Another reference to Boffin...Boffins, actually. We have a real lonely scientist motif going on this season. Also, the TARDIS is behaving very oddly indeed. Last week she ran off on her own, week before that she locked Clara out, and this week she talked to Clara directly. Can't recall her ever talking to people directly. And, next week, she's in some real trouble.
Idle & Blessed Chapter 4 has been sent to the beta. YAY!
Well, that was creepy. And not because of the spooky things in the night. No. It is creepy because I posted a story with the Doctor in a pocket universe, well, bubble universe...and...here we have pocket universes. And...love stories in them. And...well...I feel all sorts of portents looming. But they irk me no end. Stop doing this to me, muses! Stop it!
So, if the Victorian coat and such was the First Doctor, I was expecting something for the Second Doctor and it seemed more Three, to me. Of course the Ice Warriors are from Two...was Boffin a symbolic Two? The blue crystal is from Three...the Green Death and Planet of the Spiders. And that scientist fellow (yes, I did it again...it's Dougray Scott, yeah?) was Unit and the Third Doctor's gizmos all rolled up into one. But he didn't have that flashy style Pertwee personified. Quite a plain man. And, now I've learned he was based on Quartermass. Well, the toggles and big wheel recording devices are still very 70's Doctor Who. The assistant was more Zoe to me than Jo Grant and Sarah Jane. Maybe some Liz Shaw to her. Apparently, the actors didn't feel there was any basis for romance in the actual script, so they had to work hard to insinuate one...sounds about like a Moff-style overlay of an idea to me, something he asked the original writer to toss in, as a handy parallel for Doctor/Companion relationships.
Obviously, there is a definite parallel of lovers separated and companions who you want to be with, but can't mention your feelings to, already. And, well, breeding, to be frank about it. Rose trapped in another universe, and the Doctor keeping his love for her. We had four years of it. However, I can more easily see Moff just copying that epic, than completing it...as it should be completed. Yes, even with the casting spoilers we have, I do not believe that we will have a reset. More's the pity. So, we are foreshadowing...River calling to Eleven...or the woman in white, who is the real wife from Gallifrey, and trapped, too. Or even, the TARDIS, since she has a Clara Avatar. BTW, I think that was her saying Clara doesn't really exist.
But, you just can't escape the huge honking parallel with the romance between the assistant and the scientist who has killed one too many people. She makes him better. They long to be together, but can't work it out. Hello, Rose. River isn't really an assistant. Sarah Jane never qualified as a love interest, despite RTD's rewrite. Also, the great, great Xn2 grandchild lost in time angle returns. Susan, again.
I do believe the Doctor is trapped, in a sort of pocket universe...or an alternative reality or mindscape...he is not real...and someone is his lantern. Clara is the obvious choice...blood calling to blood...so, a grand-daughter...or an avatar of that person. She is calling him home. I do think it would be the best of all possible surprises to go back to the TARDIS exploding, and the whole, "There is still time to save the Doctor!" And have had all of Eleven's run be in bubble universes. Only a minute or three having passed in real time, while he explored the possibility of being a God and such with River.
What irks me is to have the canon parallel my ideal solution, the antidote to all of the things I hate about Moff's run. It is like he is mocking me with a similar theme, because, of course, he won't deliver anything I will enjoy in the end. I know this. In the end it will just be Moff trying to reinvent the Poptart and calling it genius. Pfft! Yes, he will tell us, the Doctor loved Rose or River or Sarah Jane, but they were only reflections of his true feelings for HIS ideal partner. YADA-YADA.
How dare they insist that love can survive when they trapped Rose in an alternative reality with a facsimile Doctor? You can't reboot the epic love with every new companion. That's just silly.
However, that said, I did enjoy the hot potato reaction he had to hugging Clara. Definitely not a romance at work there...something else...something more like a grandchild? Or, he's just being cautious since he doesn't know what she is.
Spotted the Impossible Planet spacesuit. Hard to miss it, really. Another reference to Boffin...Boffins, actually. We have a real lonely scientist motif going on this season. Also, the TARDIS is behaving very oddly indeed. Last week she ran off on her own, week before that she locked Clara out, and this week she talked to Clara directly. Can't recall her ever talking to people directly. And, next week, she's in some real trouble.
Idle & Blessed Chapter 4 has been sent to the beta. YAY!
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Date: 2013-04-21 12:57 pm (UTC)The Doctor just waves aside the TARDIS not liking people, claiming she's a cat. But she never has been too actively involved with people, before this. She didn't care for Jack, according to Ten. And she has responded to Rose, twice...or felt a need to help her locate the Doctor, at least. That was another completely new idea for the series. Moff has done a lot to personify the TARDIS, leaping off of The Doctor's Wife. And here we see more of the same. I wouldn't mind the TARDIS having a communication interface, since I have one in Disheveled, and it was born out of early canon...but it is still taking liberties. And, if he's doing all of this to rescue River from the library, than I'm going to be irked.
Even though, it all fits in nicely with Idle and Blessed. Sometimes I can't believe how closely I parallel canon without any sort of spoilers. It is very much like we all draw from the same well of ideas. However, I think my icon says it all. LOL
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Date: 2013-04-21 01:25 pm (UTC)