tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735644144263744003.post1213246360349520289..comments2024-03-13T06:23:10.057-04:00Comments on Of Dice and Pen: Doctor Who - The Time of the DoctorMichael Ray Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15651916698207855060noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735644144263744003.post-43317907674665678262014-01-16T15:07:41.194-05:002014-01-16T15:07:41.194-05:00Yeah, I agree. Clara is a nobody. She's just t...Yeah, I agree. Clara is a nobody. She's just there to do whatever the plot requires of her at the moment. She doesn't behave like a real person at all.Michael Ray Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15651916698207855060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735644144263744003.post-76747710566156202912014-01-16T14:32:53.482-05:002014-01-16T14:32:53.482-05:00Clara. Who is Clara? She is a zero character. Zero...Clara. Who is Clara? She is a zero character. Zero motivation, zero ability, zero personality. Zero. She didn't even need to be in the episode in the first place. There was no need. Going back and forth in the Tardis, crying a little bit... anybody could have done it. I wish she never came up in the show. At least Amy had minimum agency and personality traits.<br /><br />I hated this episode so much, it was a huge disappointment. Okay, the final scene was beautiful and Matt Smith was great... but the rest was a piece of rubish. Too many holes and as you said, no losses. Suddenly the Time Lords are very nice and kind people who just happend to hand away some regenerations...<br /><br />Peter Capaldi could have been the last one. Because, as you said, if the Doctor had known all along he could actually die this time, then all his actions would have been different. When you know you're dying it's different. He could be a better or a worse man because of that, but he would be different. That's for sure.<br /><br />And how the hell Tasha knew how to pilot the Tardis? That was ridiculous.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15079618341831534037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735644144263744003.post-72057391718011187182013-12-30T08:43:14.323-05:002013-12-30T08:43:14.323-05:00I wrote a comment, but it proved too long for the ...I wrote a comment, but it proved too long for the comment form to accept, so I published it on my own blog instead.<br /><br />http://stevenbritton.com/2013/12/30/the-time-of-the-doctor-episode-review/<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735644144263744003.post-7476117855772722462013-12-29T11:42:39.687-05:002013-12-29T11:42:39.687-05:00This largely mirrors alot of my views. It had a v...This largely mirrors alot of my views. It had a very 'Moffet' tone but ended in a way that felt... different? It all felt rushed and confused and like a five-year old was telling a story connected by endless 'and then....'. "and then the doctor find out the planet is Trenzelore and than the Severed Cyberman Head tells him it's Galifrey and than the Daleks attack the Papal Mainframe and than..." etc. It lacked... coherence. <br /><br />The actual end of the Doctor was kind of neat.... to a point. The whole thing with the crack and the Time-lords was confusing, and I can only imagine how confusing it was to people who aren't versed in Doctor Who lore. I mean to them we just suddenly learn there is a regeneration limit and than magic happens and there isn't... But the aged Doctor was quite nice. Though I felt it would be more poignant for either him to defeat the Dalek's using some plan he's been building for centuries(given that narrative thrust in the 50th anniversary special it's where I thought it was going) or die, get new regenerations and have the new Doctor destroy the Daleks because his fresh perspective lets him or something. Even after the episode I'm unclear on why the Doctor doesn't just bring the time-lords through. I mean the Dalek's are already out there, what effect is bringing the time-lords back suppose to be having? <br /><br />The ending just made me keep yelling 'Too Late!' at the Screen. Too Late to try and make Clara a complex character. Too litttle, far too late to make me sad that they suddenly remember his first episode and the contrast between the little girl Amy was and the woman she became. I mean if that had been a central Narrative theme of Amy's character... a... heaven forbid 'Arc', than It would have felt poignant. I'm sure for those to whom 11 was 'their' Doctor is probably did so I'm willing to grant I have a little curmudgeon going on there. Though that bit all felt... it felt like you said, like it should have been a great and perfect cap to some-ones time as the Doctor and I wanted to see the Stories with that Doctor that warranted this level of emotion.<br /><br />That and the sudden 'snap' to the new Doctor was awesome. It was great to see them 'mix it up' a bit and that suddenness was beautifully Jarring. It made me interested for the next season to see the evolution of this Doctor(presumably into 'angry eyebrows' that we got in the 50th).Christopher Ritchienoreply@blogger.com