Doctor Who: The Unicorn and the Wasp... (4x07)

[fajrdrako]

Many 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.

1. I thought Fenella Woolgar was terrific as Agatha Christie. Very convincing.
   
   
2. 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.
   
   
3. 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!
   
   
4. 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.
   
   
5. 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.
   
   
6. Loved it that they included a gay couple.
   
   
7. 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".
   
   
8. This episode made me laugh quite a bit.
   

Comments

[raissad.livejournal.com]

It was Gosford Park on acid -- I loved it! 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. Personally, I think she was just so pissed at Archie she wanted to get back at him, but who knows?

Here's the commentary:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/listenagain/sunday/

Btw, no new DW next week. It's Eurovision time.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

It was Gosford Park on acid --

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?

[raissad.livejournal.com]

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?

Perhaps, you could use the time to catch up on Classic Who eps.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

you could use the time to catch up on Classic Who eps.

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.