tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post7318319986339886554..comments2024-03-28T15:33:02.296-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Doctor Who: Father's DayBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-42953571932705753132022-09-30T15:24:30.864-04:002022-09-30T15:24:30.864-04:00I'm going to be an outlier here, judging by th...I'm going to be an outlier here, judging by the reviews and prior replies, and say I felt this one was more of a mess than good. I did like the Doctor telling those people that claimed they weren't important that certainly were, and that are consequences for mucking about with your own timeline like Rose did with her dad, but not much else worked for me; especially the 'wishing the TARDIS key into existence' thing. <br /><br />It's not awful, but it didn't 'click' like it must have for others, so it's a bit below average for me.Morellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08852528242739450099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-79559900181538384512021-10-13T02:48:12.938-04:002021-10-13T02:48:12.938-04:00Hi from the future! Invest in Zoom, hand sanitizer...Hi from the future! Invest in Zoom, hand sanitizer, and hoard toilet paper. HOARD IT! (Wrong show, mea culpa)<br /><br />So in anticipation of RTD coming back I've decided to rewatch his era which I liked well enough at the time but haS been overshadowed in my affections by Moffat's era.<br /><br />The first time I saw this episode I really loved it and I think it's what truly hooked me on the series.<br /><br />NOW, I still love it, maybe more. The "science" makes no sense, there is just no way to square this episode with the larger DW canon and the reapers looked terrible but it was such a great episode. Rose grates at time (please don't kill me) but here she was so earnest, just a 19 year old girl who wants her dad. You totally feel for her when she inadvertently sets off the apocalypse because she is so young and all she wanted was to meet her father. So well done. I didn't even mind Jackie that much. The Doctor yelling at her was fun; he clearly enjoyed it as well.<br /><br />Points for Eccleston's "I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed" face.sunbunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08553429350476841139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-51470017029857700962013-06-09T10:11:07.118-04:002013-06-09T10:11:07.118-04:00Just watched this again after many years - episode...Just watched this again after many years - episodes like this are why Doctor Who survives. It's the change of scale to the seemingly mundane that draws you back in.<br />Btw I had blue eyes as a baby (and blonde hair!) but now they are both brown - the hair a little greying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-24551281634138150972013-02-20T04:25:45.534-05:002013-02-20T04:25:45.534-05:00My heart will never heal.My heart will never heal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-52213032557471755882009-08-30T00:00:46.957-04:002009-08-30T00:00:46.957-04:00Your comment about the potential soapiness of the ...Your comment about the potential soapiness of the episode were right on, and you were absolutely right about the power of the episode. It's my favorite of the first season, and if I remember correctly, both Eccleston and Piper, at one point (in separate interviews) named "FD" as their favorites also.<br /><br />The issue of the Reapers is an interesting one. I am not sure the Reapers appear because Rose is with the Doctor when her past changes - 9 changes Rose's past with the red bicycle, and that's assumedly during the time Rose is with him (after he meets her and before his regeneration).<br /><br />At the same time (something someone else mentioned in a post), crossing one's own timeline may not cause Reapers automatically either. We can't know if the Reapears first appeared if Rose ran past herself - the Doctor only says it's a bad idea but doesn't seem to know about the Reapers until much later - or because Pete didn't die. We know the one inside the church didn't appear until Rose touched her baby self - simply being in the same spot with herself didn't cause the Reapers. <br /><br />Of course, the Doctor comes in contact with himself all the time without setting off Reapers, though one could argue that that's a different situation.<br /><br />I've heard it also suggested that perhaps Pete's death was a fixed point, not unlike Pompeii, and it had to happen. The question is whether a fixed point is, by definition, a fixed point for all universes or for one particular one.<br /><br />Anyway - I enjoyed your review very much. :-)Sammienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-22777213372392282092009-08-04T11:17:23.830-04:002009-08-04T11:17:23.830-04:00I believe I've figured it out after a couple v...I believe I've figured it out after a couple viewings: there is nothing wrong with changing time. The doctor can and does change time constantly and nothing bad happens.<br /><br />The problems only happen when you interfere in your own timeline. If on the first attempt, Rose had ran out and saved her father, nothing too bad would have happened. It's because she went back the second time.<br /><br />The doctor even said that it was very dangerous to have two sets of the same people near each other. She was not supposed to let the previous versions even see them. Instead she ran right past them saving her father thus creating the paradox.<br /><br />Because from the view of the first, her father was saved, she didn't have to go back the second time. You'll notice that the previous versions blink out of existence once they notice her. That is what caused the problems.<br /><br />It's the same reason the doctor can't go back and save his people. He was the cause of their destruction so would have to come into contact with himself, setting off a paradox that could wipe out everything anyways.Josephnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-10883944599628840082009-06-16T10:47:46.684-04:002009-06-16T10:47:46.684-04:00Thanks for that Lindsey. Just goes to show what I ...Thanks for that Lindsey. Just goes to show what I know about babies. Can you tell I have no children? ;-)Paul Kellynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-15963217780960980722009-06-15T13:14:17.632-04:002009-06-15T13:14:17.632-04:00I'm really enjoying reading your backlog of Wh...I'm really enjoying reading your backlog of Who reviews. I started at the very beginning, so I am not very far yet, but stay-at-home moms have multiple opportunities for coffee breaks throughout the day.<br /><br />In answer to your last "bits and pieces" bit (or was it a piece?)- my brother had blue eyes as a baby and now has brown (he's 27) so it's not impossible. In fact, I think most Caucasian babies have blue-ish eyes at birth.Lindsey in ALhttp://homesteadblogger.com/lindseyinalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-18207256878221265622009-05-24T09:10:06.254-04:002009-05-24T09:10:06.254-04:00I cried my eyes out at this episode :-(I cried my eyes out at this episode :-(Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02755644501115519583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-40454055158035591492009-05-21T17:26:52.504-04:002009-05-21T17:26:52.504-04:00Well, I do have a thing for red heads :)Well, I do have a thing for red heads :)Mark Greighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12984193299389764649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-46266237127198065932009-05-21T16:27:16.782-04:002009-05-21T16:27:16.782-04:00Hi Mark,
One thing I will say for Classic Who DVD...Hi Mark,<br /><br />One thing I will say for Classic Who DVD's is they're usually value for money. Far better than New Who (yoo hoooo!!!). 70 quid for 14 episodes and a disk of cut down "Confidentials"? I think not!<br /><br />As for BL, I think secretly you're in love with her ;-)Paul Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01979646022056755322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-71052291002000316162009-05-21T15:30:56.312-04:002009-05-21T15:30:56.312-04:00Classic Who DVDs usually drop off in price after a...Classic Who DVDs usually drop off in price after a few months. I should’ve held out but I’m a weak buyer. I needed it now, dammit!!! :-)<br /><br />And yeah, it was a terrible thing to say (but 100% true). I’m dreading reviewing Delta and the Bannermen, three whole episodes of Bonnie Langford. Still not sure how I made it through Trial of a Time Lord without succumbing to the urge to punch the telly.Mark Greighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12984193299389764649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-52916787373568762382009-05-20T18:55:31.031-04:002009-05-20T18:55:31.031-04:00Hi Mark,
Yeah, I read your review of Earthshock. ...Hi Mark,<br /><br />Yeah, I read your review of Earthshock. I only vaguely remember that story....but what a terrible thing to say about Mel (despite me agreeing 100 percent...lol). I read your review of The Deadly Assassin a while ago and might speculate a few quid on that title. Providing I can pick it up for a fiver, naturally ;-)<br /><br />PKPaul Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01979646022056755322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-18692921700194964662009-05-20T17:41:42.785-04:002009-05-20T17:41:42.785-04:00Goes straight for the heart strings and gives them...Goes straight for the heart strings and gives them a good hard tug. This is one of the series all time bests. Great performances from the entire cast (‘specially Billie Piper and Shaun Dingwall) and an emotional script from Paul Cornell. Just thinking about it now makes me tear up…sniff…sorry, I’ve just got something in my eye…sniff… <br /><br />P.S. I’ve just posted my latest classic series DVD review, feel free to check it out: http://markgreig.blogspot.com/2009/05/doctor-who-earthshock-dvd-reviews.htmlMark Greighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12984193299389764649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-87087530992339828922009-05-20T11:10:24.636-04:002009-05-20T11:10:24.636-04:00Excellent review but this episode didn't do it for...Excellent review but this episode didn't do it for me when I first watched it, a bit too soapy.<br /><br />However it's one that I have enjoyed more on rewatches and judging how well you rated this episode, I can't wait for your reviews on Human Nature/The Family Of Blood.<br /><br />I don't get daughter/father vibes from Rose/Doctor. If this had been Ace, then sure but not Rose.<br /><br />The reapers were good villains, special effects wise.shawnlunn2002https://www.blogger.com/profile/14242367250345323622noreply@blogger.com