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Who do you love? 14: The Crusade
A thing to love about The Crusade: I suppose what I love most is the scene where Ian's staked out in the desert to be eaten by ants, because you have to love a show that commits to a scene where someone's staked out in the desert to be eaten by ants.
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Who do you love? 13: The Web Planet (or: Fuck you, we can do anything)
Six things to love again!
1) Barbara and Vicki in the TARDIS at the start talking about going to Space School. Compare this to the wearisome TARDIS crew banter in The Sensorites or The Reign of Terror, which doesn't advance the drama, doesn't reveal character, and isn't entertaining in itself. Maybe it's Maureen O'Brien's charisma (and she is very ( Read more... ) -
Interesting Links for 04-05-2013
- 102 hours in pursuit of Marathon bombing suspects : Metro : The Boston Globe
Nice bit of reporting, bringing out the gruesome slapstick of that Thursday in Watertown.
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- 102 hours in pursuit of Marathon bombing suspects : Metro : The Boston Globe
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Who do you love? 12: The Romans
Several things to love about The Romans: I love the slave who helps out the TARDIS crew because secretly he's a Christian. And I love that we're in a crazy farce where three weeks ago we were in a war story. And I love that Ian and Barbara are clearly, finally, getting it on, which is leading to Ian being a lot more relaxed than he has been in ( Read more... ) -
Who do you love? 11: The Rescue
One thing to love about The Rescue: Sandy the sand beast. And, though this is Phil Sandifer's observation, it is really cute that the villain, who looks like a man in a rubber suit, is actually within the story a man in a rubber suit. And! first appearance of Vicki, who it will be clear is the anti-Susan - she's smart, she's funny, she's normal, ( Read more... ) -
Who do you love? 10: The Dalek Invasion of Earth
A thing to love about The Dalek Invasion of Earth:
This time, six things!
1. It's the first time the show properly goes on location, and boy do they go on location. As a shift in perspective, it's Bob Hoskins going into Toon Town, it's Will Smith walking into the base in Men In Black, it's Bob Dylan going electric. The show's world doesn't just ( Read more... ) -
Interesting Links for 30-04-2013
- Google bans self-updating Android apps, possibly including Facebook’s | Ars Technica
Good policy change. Closes a loophole.
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- Google bans self-updating Android apps, possibly including Facebook’s | Ars Technica
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Who do you love? 8: The Reign of Terror
A tricky one, this, as this is pretty much the only straightforwardly dull story until The Celestial Toymaker. So let's just love that it has Napoleon in it.
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Who do you love? 7: The Sensorites
Two things!
First, there's the Gattaca-esque way the astronauts in episode 1 wear very nice suits. In fact, if you choose to believe that The Sensorites and Gattaca take place in the same universe, it makes both of them even better. (See this TARDIS Wikia page for a good picture of Captain Maitland wearing a nice suit and not looking very bright).
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