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calapine

Doctor Who: The Crimson Horror

May 04, 2013 20:22

Bloody hell, Mark Gatiss, BLOODY HELL. It is a bit like he had a list of all the things I judge about his eps and decided SOD IT I AM GOING TO PROVE YOU WRONG, RANDOM INTERNET PERSON. PS I SHALL BE DOING IT WHILE STICKING TO MY TRIED AND TESTED FORMULA OF PRETENDING I'M WRITING SEVENTIES WHO.

( The Crimson Horror )

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Comments 15

elisi May 4 2013, 19:34:34 UTC

ALL OF THIS! ♥

ETA: 1 - No/very few women - Five main female characters in this ep, plus two minor ones.
Plus, all the men (bar the Doctor & the human doctor, who was mostly there for exposition - did he even get a name?) were there to be victims, or faint. I thought that a rather neat reversal. :)

neadods May 5 2013, 01:21:48 UTC

I enjoyed the fainting very much; it was such a gender role reversal.

nonelvis May 4 2013, 19:36:53 UTC

I enjoyed the hell out of this episode, which is genuinely not something I thought I'd ever say about a Gatiss episode. It's possible it's just my ridiculous love for Diana Rigg and the Paternoster Gang talking, but I don't care, because they were all put to great use here.

MORE LIKE THIS, PLEASE, MR. GATISS.

iamrman82 May 4 2013, 19:43:01 UTC

So much awesome in this episode. Jenny and Strax both got their time to shine. Strax wasn't as comic relief-y this time and actually got to do away with the villain. I would have liked to see Vastra do more as well.

The Doctor's attempt at a Yorkshire accent was pretty funny as well. 'Trouble down t'mill'.

Also, was I the only one thinking that the whole human mannequin thing was a little similar to Carry on Screaming. The only thing missing was the villain screaming 'FRYING TONIGHT!!'

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stick_poker May 4 2013, 19:57:39 UTC

That was somehow, despite being on paper a serious episode about serious issues, one of the most fun episodes there's been in ages. And you're spot on with all the Gatiss issues being blitzed. And the stiff-walking acting was terrible, but I think that was the point where I realised that this episode was going to be so silly I'd love it.