Article about Doctor Who...

[fajrdrako]

Thanks to rivier, who posted to this lovely article from Times Online about Doctor Who, specifically the last couple of episodes and the excitement about the season's last episode. Such clock-watching, such antici-pation, such excitement in Trafalgar Square.

It’s quintessential to being British. says Caitlin Moran, in surge of patriotic Doctor Who fervour, while I scratch my head over some of her references. Bread and cheese I know, but who/what is Jolene? Who is Keyser Söze?

I agree with her about the comparison of seasons. Season 2 was heart-wrenching, but season 3 has a dynamic build that enthralls me in quite another way. It's perpetual motion. Not a roller coaster ride at all, more like climbing Everest at a run. Running, always running.

What Caitlin Moran doesn't mention, and which has filled my week with joy, is the sudden surge of fanfic triggered by the plotline, the appearance of the Master two weeks ago, and the complicated relationship possibilities. All those permutations of Doctor/Jack/Martha/Saxon/Lucy. For the first time in months, I have plenty to read.

I did like Moran's line, "The people working on it have a passion for it, unlike any other show on Earth." I think this is true, especially if you factor in the passion and excitement of the fans who are watching. I've never seen anything like it; a shared cultural experience that might more be compared to the coming of The Beatles than to Star Trek or other TV shows.

Comments

[rosiespark.livejournal.com]

So did your mother actually enjoy "Oliver's Dream"?

She enjoyed Geoffrey's Return rather more, and is looking forward to watching the rest of the series. *g* I enjoyed it too - there was a bit more Geoffrey, which is always a Very Good Thing. And he was splendidly Mad when trying so hard to come across as perfectly sane and rational to the undertaker brothers during the discussion about removing Oliver's head and "rendering" it. *sigh* I love Geoffrey.

And Ellen - I'd forgotten that we see her in floods of tears in the Green Room (with the chamaeleon!) right after she comes face to face with Geoffrey for the first time in the corridor outside her dressing room. Oh Ellen!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Ellen is such fun. And yes, I loved the scene with the undertakers. In fact I love the role Oliver's skull plays in the whole series.