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fajrdrakoMany things here to love. The 1920s setting, the inclusion of an author admired by the Doctor in the fine tradition of Dickens and Shakespeare, and some charming satire of the English manor murder tradition.... With the Doctor looking especially cute. Just my cup o' tea.
- I thought Fenella Woolgar was terrific as Agatha Christie. Very convincing.
- Loved the old cars. I kept expecting the Doctor to come across Mrs. Bradley and George, and encounter his doppelganger as Max Valentine. Ah well.
- Loved the references to Agatha Christie titles - managing to avoid most of the Shakespeareans ones, which they'd already covered in "The Shakespeare Code". Quite nicely done!
- Gareth Roberts and/or Russell T. Davies and/or whoever conceived this likes Agatha Christie's writing more than I do, but that's fair.
- No reference to freedom of choice that I could see, in terms of killing, unless at the end when the Wasp let Agatha Christie live? No reference to terraforming.
- Loved it that they included a gay couple.
- My favourite scene: when the Doctor was poisoned with arsenic and did his charades with Donna. A reverse of the mime-sequence when they first met again in "Partners in Crime".
- This episode made me laugh quite a bit.
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Date: 2008-05-19 04:59 am (UTC)Laughter is good ... it may help your foot heal faster.
I'll have to see this episode with you (again) sometime. Who was the "unicorn" -- was it a ref to Christie herself? Is the "Wasp" another time-traveling alien, or something more prosaic?
Curious (and Doctor-loving) minds would like to know. :-)
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Date: 2008-05-19 06:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-19 07:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-19 07:45 pm (UTC)Hope so! I am (uncharacteristically) watching more comedies than usual. (Since I usually watch none!)
Who was the "unicorn" -- was it a ref to Christie herself?
Nope. The Unicorn was a jewel thief's pseudonym. The "Wasp" was - not a time-traveller, but a half-alien hybrid and a killer. Not prosaic at all!
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Date: 2008-05-19 06:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-19 07:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-19 03:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-19 07:48 pm (UTC)I am surprised, since I thought he was even more manic than usual... well, maybe about par for this season. For some reason I find that easier to tolerate than the more 'reasonable' version of the Tennant Doctor. But then, he doesn't normally irritate me - even if his actions do.
wasn't Donna's bronze dress fab?
I loved it. And I love the way she enjoys changing clothes all the time. let me think, has she changed her clothes in every episode? Probably not, but it happens more often than not.
I don't like 'sleeveless' either but it was true to the style of 1926.
I am astounded how much I have come to like Donna.
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Date: 2008-05-19 06:01 pm (UTC)A direct reference to Dorothy L. Sayers' Strong Poison? I love it!
(Agatha Christie must have used arsenic at least once, but I can't actually remember where. Cyanide yes, arsenic no.)
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Date: 2008-05-19 07:50 pm (UTC)Probably, though the direct verbal reference is to Sparkling Cyanide. I am sure Agatha Christie used arsenic, because I remember first reading about arsenic in her books - but I don't recall which one.
When do you want to come over and see it?
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Date: 2008-05-19 08:07 pm (UTC)Here's the commentary:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/listenagain/sunday/
Btw, no new DW next week. It's Eurovision time.
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Date: 2008-05-20 02:01 am (UTC)What a great description! Yes, that's exactly what it was!
It as also very brave of them to deal with her disappearance, considering the different POVs on it and the fact that her relatives are still alive.
Yes. But I thought they handled it well, and it wasn't as if she did anything bad - she was quite heroic.
I think she was just so pissed at Archie she wanted to get back at him, but who knows?
Who knows, indeed! Seems to me that wanting to be alone for a bit is a very sensible reaction.
Thanks for the commentary!
no new DW next week. It's Eurovision time.
Faugh. This does not make me happy. But if I can't handle a week without Doctor Who, how'm I going to handle the many months till the next Christmas Special? And beyond?
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Date: 2008-05-20 02:51 am (UTC)Perhaps, you could use the time to catch up on Classic Who eps.
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Date: 2008-05-20 02:53 am (UTC)That's a thought. They're showing them at a fair pace on BBCK - three or four hours each weekend, I think. They're currently showing Tom Baker episodes.
Or I could finish some stories that remain half-written.
New DW Trailer
Date: 2008-05-24 09:14 pm (UTC)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z3CvRyKyUU
Re: New DW Trailer
Date: 2008-05-24 09:40 pm (UTC)That looks terrifying. In a good way.
The Darkness. Daleks. Rose. My goodness.
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Date: 2008-05-28 07:18 pm (UTC)http://www.gallifreyone.com/news.php
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Date: 2008-05-28 07:29 pm (UTC)Unicorn & Wasp Confidential
Date: 2008-06-03 12:32 am (UTC)http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Doctor+Who+Confidential+S04E07&search_type=
Re: Unicorn & Wasp Confidential
Date: 2008-06-03 01:25 am (UTC)