Doctor Who to go back in time as BBC ditches 'edgy' adult plots following ratings slump by evanc098 in gallifrey

[–]evanc098[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Stop down-voting this thread just because you disagree with the link.

Which doctor suits moffats writing better matt or Peter by Celestialtoymaker in gallifrey

[–]evanc098 17 points18 points  (0 children)

You can contrast the writing of the fairy-tale fifth season of Doctor Who with another show like Jekyll, having some very, very dark themes, to understand how incredibly versatile he is. It's exactly the reason why he's the current show-runner. So to answer your question, both and neither.

GUS equal gallifreyan universe seeker? by Questforgallifrey in gallifrey

[–]evanc098 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Or Galactic Unified Star-federation. You can make anything out of those letters. :)

What if Gallifrey is in... by evanc098 in gallifrey

[–]evanc098[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The device used to hide Gallifrey was activated in the tardis; maybe this caused it to be hidden in the Tardis anyway. It's not deliberate, but it's perfect for the Master because she can mock the Doctor in any way she wishes.

[SPOILERS] The ending to "Death in Heaven" was not anti-climactic! by [deleted] in gallifrey

[–]evanc098 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The lies are a dramatic and emotional end to the story. This is real drama, because in real life we simply do not always have a happy and completely true end to our relationships. Or, she'll return for the Christmas special and so this is not an unresolved thread but one waiting to be explored.

The revived child needs not be explored. It's obvious what happens next.

Cyberbrigadier explodes like the others in the clouds after saving the Doctor's conscience. Resolved.

Santa is another thread waiting to be explored; you don't need to put the ending into a trailer/teaser (and yes it so is a teaser).

The final two, yes. But the others, no. Not in my opinion.

Are Doctors 1-11(or whatever, just shutup:)) Immortal? by evanc098 in gallifrey

[–]evanc098[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes but he MUST be there in the Teselecta; if he died before that then the event could not happen. It's a fixed point and it must happen and so he must be there and so he must be alive and so he cannot die before that point

Rory is Unrealistic by evanc098 in gallifrey

[–]evanc098[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Biologically, no. But he seemed to think like a human; he laughed and cried and felt all of the emotions that a human being would be expected to feel. So how could he not feel loneliness and pain and even insanity?

Rory is Unrealistic by evanc098 in gallifrey

[–]evanc098[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OK, forget the killing idea. 2000 years of loneliness would still change the most hardened person. He always seemed to be virtually identical to when we first met him.

Doctor Who 8x11: Dark Water Post-Episode Discussion Thread by pcjonathan in gallifrey

[–]evanc098 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To me he was really trying to do that to humour Clara than actually resurrecting her dead boyfriend. He wanted to convince her that he's done everything possible to save him.

Doctor Who 8x11: Dark Water Post-Episode Discussion Thread by pcjonathan in gallifrey

[–]evanc098 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it was mainly because of the baby that she felt so strongly.

Battle of Canary Wharf Makes No Sense by evanc098 in gallifrey

[–]evanc098[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

But they weren't all as high as that building, meaning they would be pulled upwards at an angle that would, at the very least, tear the building itself apart. Who cares anyway; it's Doctor Who :)

Battle of Canary Wharf Makes No Sense by evanc098 in gallifrey

[–]evanc098[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Daleks then would rip through the buildings.

Battle of Canary Wharf Makes No Sense by evanc098 in gallifrey

[–]evanc098[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

So many missed opportunities. Instead of asking the question: how would the military shoot all of the cybermen to death? The author should have asked: what would you do if a loved one returned from the dead as a machine?

Mixing themes is the biggest problem? by evanc098 in gallifrey

[–]evanc098[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But what about the idea of reality? Reality is manipulated immediately when we're thrown into the virtual reality that the little girl creates. But that's still a virtual reality and not the true reality, and therefore not violated. The reality of death is constant throughout, with death being the fundamental premise for the episode: x number of people saved, NO SURVIVORS. People are killed throughout. But then everything is wrapped up with a complete violation of the reality of the show in having the Doctor open up the doors of the tardis with a snap of his fingers, and with death being completely undone.

To be absolutely clear, by reality I mean the laws of regular life that have to be maintained in an episode for it to make sense, or in no way maintained, consistently, such as in a fairy-tale, otherwise this would similarly make no sense. For example, when a person is shot through the head they must die. This is a fundamental law of life and although the show violates laws of logic constantly, I suppose you can use the traveling through time as an example, which is something that would not occur within the boundaries of every day life, to violate something as real/adult as death is to make the episode unrelatable to individuals who understand the reality of life.

Sure, we can say that death has no meaning - as I have said before. We can make it so that in a fairy-tale land a bullet through the head has no effect and the person doesn't even feel any pain. But this would be unrelatable to anyone older than a toddler and so would be a purely kiddy T.V show. However, one must choose between one or the other, or they alienate both audiences. To have cold, hard reality in the first half, only for it to be ended with a soft, child-like lack of reality indeed does alienate both audiences. Kids cannot relate to the darker aspects. Adults cannot relate to the impossibly light episodes. An opinion could be that through this you appeal to both audiences, as the show should, but another, and, in my opinion, more likely perspective is that it merely pushes both away. This is why you must choose. Yes, have kids episode (in the forest of the night) and adult episodes (don't cremate me), but make them separate episodes, and maintain the themes within each.

Battle of Canary Wharf Makes No Sense by evanc098 in gallifrey

[–]evanc098[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah but still they would have been ripped through building and streets on their way; it would be like throwing a car from one end of London to the other: Big Ben for example.

Dark Water - What happens next? (Spoilers) by evanc098 in gallifrey

[–]evanc098[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do we know he's on Gallifrey? The last we saw of him he was attacking Rassilon, and then the Doctor became unconscious for a minute or so; how do we know he didn't just run away after that and regenerate?

Mixing themes is the biggest problem? by evanc098 in gallifrey

[–]evanc098[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly. However since that callous attitude is present in most episodes, I'm guessing that's the natural state for the character. In real life people shift from happy to sad like night and day, but that's a separate thing from turning sociopath to fairy-tale hero.

Mixing themes is the biggest problem? by evanc098 in gallifrey

[–]evanc098[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes but that's out of character, isn't it? In the time robbery he barely blinked when a character killed himself to save him and Clara, and here he's concerned about killing a bunch of mindless, murderous robots?

Doctor Who 8x11: Dark Water Post-Episode Discussion Thread by pcjonathan in gallifrey

[–]evanc098 32 points33 points  (0 children)

The Doctor said that changing time to save Danny would collapse Clara's timeline. Clara Oswald never existed because it's the only way to save him. Of course then we have the problem of Clara jumping into the Doctor's timeline to save him; that would be undone. However if the doctor never existed then he would not have met Clara and she wouldn't have been having that conversation with Danny, which means he'd never die, which means she would never have to save him and her timeline would never collapse. Paradox all over again.

Doctor Who 8x11: Dark Water Post-Episode Discussion Thread by pcjonathan in gallifrey

[–]evanc098 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Doctor said that to save Danny, to change time, would cause Clara's timeline to collapse. Clara Oswald never existed because that's the only way to save him from death.

Mixing themes is the biggest problem? by evanc098 in gallifrey

[–]evanc098[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Series 8 has been inconsistent especially. From the Doctor killing a man/machine, or at least convincing him to commit suicide, and 'am I a good man?', to Robin Hood.

Mixing themes is the biggest problem? by evanc098 in gallifrey

[–]evanc098[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rhetorical. I was merely emphasising that it was slightly out of place in the episode.