Doctor Huh?
So, I just watched the new Doctor Who...
...and I really don't know what to say about it. At all. Mostly because I have no idea what the hell is going on. The whole thing feels very much like an exercise in "just be patient, and it will all make sense eventually." Which is okay, I guess, although I do have to say it would be easier for me to just relax into that mindset if I had more trust in Chibnall as a storyteller. But I will attempt to just hang on and go along for the ride, I guess.
A few extremely scattered comments:
Yaz has gotten really, really competent at stuff, hasn't she? Especially the technological stuff. It's implied they've had a bunch of adventures we haven't seen, so I guess she's had the chance to learn a lot. Kind of wish we could actually have seen it, though.
The new companion is... fine? He seems fine. Not super interesting, though, I have to admit, although he did at least do a reasonable job of staying calm when kept in a glowy cage by a space dog, which I'm sure will be helpful for him in the future. Otherwise... eh. Although I did like his response to being handed his own shrunken house: "I can't live in that." Don't know why, but that gave me a real laugh.
The dog guy was kind of an interesting character, I think mainly due to some pretty good acting that had to be conveyed almost entirely by voice. But the dog people with personal obligations to save individual humans makes no sense to me at all. Like, where were they during the last seventeen apocalypses? Just for starters?
Yet another reason I don't like the whole Timeless Child thing: you'd think the Doctor really, really, really ought to have encountered plenty more people who remember her when she doesn't remember them. Admittedly, that's very minor next to the other reasons why I don't like it, but still.
The bad guy does have a decent "scary Halloween monster" vibe, I'll give him that.
That "Oh, no the universe is ending!" cliffhanger was clearly trying to be unbelievably tense, but it's really, really hard to respond to that properly when you're still in "waiting patiently for someone to explain what the fuck is going on so I can start actually being invested in it" mode.
And that's all I've got. Honestly, it's more than I thought I had. Really doubt I'll be able to form an actual coherent opinion about any of it until I've seen more of the story. Or possibly all of the story. Who knows. This entry was originally posted at https://astrogirl.dreamwidth.org/1015501.html. Comment here or there, whichever you like.
...and I really don't know what to say about it. At all. Mostly because I have no idea what the hell is going on. The whole thing feels very much like an exercise in "just be patient, and it will all make sense eventually." Which is okay, I guess, although I do have to say it would be easier for me to just relax into that mindset if I had more trust in Chibnall as a storyteller. But I will attempt to just hang on and go along for the ride, I guess.
A few extremely scattered comments:
Yaz has gotten really, really competent at stuff, hasn't she? Especially the technological stuff. It's implied they've had a bunch of adventures we haven't seen, so I guess she's had the chance to learn a lot. Kind of wish we could actually have seen it, though.
The new companion is... fine? He seems fine. Not super interesting, though, I have to admit, although he did at least do a reasonable job of staying calm when kept in a glowy cage by a space dog, which I'm sure will be helpful for him in the future. Otherwise... eh. Although I did like his response to being handed his own shrunken house: "I can't live in that." Don't know why, but that gave me a real laugh.
The dog guy was kind of an interesting character, I think mainly due to some pretty good acting that had to be conveyed almost entirely by voice. But the dog people with personal obligations to save individual humans makes no sense to me at all. Like, where were they during the last seventeen apocalypses? Just for starters?
Yet another reason I don't like the whole Timeless Child thing: you'd think the Doctor really, really, really ought to have encountered plenty more people who remember her when she doesn't remember them. Admittedly, that's very minor next to the other reasons why I don't like it, but still.
The bad guy does have a decent "scary Halloween monster" vibe, I'll give him that.
That "Oh, no the universe is ending!" cliffhanger was clearly trying to be unbelievably tense, but it's really, really hard to respond to that properly when you're still in "waiting patiently for someone to explain what the fuck is going on so I can start actually being invested in it" mode.
And that's all I've got. Honestly, it's more than I thought I had. Really doubt I'll be able to form an actual coherent opinion about any of it until I've seen more of the story. Or possibly all of the story. Who knows. This entry was originally posted at https://astrogirl.dreamwidth.org/1015501.html. Comment here or there, whichever you like.