Comments | jeanne_dark: the day of the doctor

jeanne_dark

the day of the doctor

Nov 24, 2013 12:07

On the whole, I rather enjoyed it. There were parts where I rolled my eyes and went, "Of course Moffat wrote this" because there are some beats that he is very much in love with, but, along with The Night of the Doctor, it's nice to know that he can still write a story I can enjoy for the most part

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rhipowered November 24 2013, 21:34:20 UTC

Indeeeeed so much of this!

captainsblog November 24 2013, 22:05:01 UTC

Have I got it right that Nine wasn't in this solely because C.E. didn't want to be in it? Because after Eight in "Night of," One's story in "Adventure" and the other live Five(ish) in the after-show, I thought they did a thorough job of including everyone.

jeanne_dark November 24 2013, 22:55:31 UTC

Yeah, as far as I know, it was down to CE not wanting to be in it. I heard that he and Moffat actually had a meeting, but nothing came out of it. Which sucks because, like I said, Nine is very much MY Doctor and his non-appearance was very much apparent, but I guess nothing could be done about it.

livii November 25 2013, 04:53:40 UTC

We think alike still! So glad someone else noticed Ten's face in that scene...my viewing partners didn't, and I was flipping out.

jeanne_dark November 25 2013, 15:55:05 UTC

Ugh, I had to rewind the part with Ten's face because I was like an I seeing what I think I'm seeing?!? It was amazing!

tardis_stowaway November 26 2013, 22:25:19 UTC

(here via who_daily)

I totally agree about John Hurt. He gave a great performance, but I wish that character hadn't been created. I would really have loved to have seen my Doctor, Nine. I would also have been very happy if, instead of a 7-minute webisode, Paul McGann got to be the Doctor who fought the Time War and appeared in the 50th.

I was also so relieved that the War Doctor had to forget Rose's face so she was spared being made into (as you so aptly put it) one of Moffat's magical mystery girls. I would have liked if the Moment showed herself to Ten and Eleven at the end so we could have seen Ten interacting with Rose's likeness, but this is definitely better than the potential for screwing up that could have happened under Moffat. And Billie gave such a good performance!

jeanne_dark November 28 2013, 20:08:38 UTC

I would also have been very happy if, instead of a 7-minute webisode, Paul McGann got to be the Doctor who fought the Time War and appeared in the 50th.

Yeah, much as I liked Hurt, I would have loved for the role to go to McGann. Big Finish has gone a long way to making the transition from movie!Eight to pre-War!Eight very believable and he would have been amazing to watch on screen again, beyond the seven minutes of the special.

frankiethirteen December 9 2013, 11:30:14 UTC

Much as McGann could have been great in the special (and I wish they had used him in that final sequence instead of archival footage), I think it's best he just had the prequel short. It gave him a chance to stand on his own in an legitimately good episode (regardless of length, and ancillary media notwithstanding) as opposed to just being one of many. McGann is pretty much the sole reason I'd have wanted to see the '96 movie spin off into a series, so it's great to see him get his own sendoff.

gwynevere1 November 28 2013, 22:05:30 UTC

I would really have loved to have seen my Doctor, Nine. I would also have been very happy if, instead of a 7-minute webisode, Paul McGann got to be the Doctor who fought the Time War and appeared in the 50th.

THIS! You concisely captured exactly what I've been thinking about the episode after re-watching it.