Don't think about the giggle loop.
I think it's based on his and Sue Virtue's early relationship, obvious comparisons there, but he said he's more like Jeff than Steve, I think I read anyway.
6.5X09 Night Terrors (Grading/Discussion) (SPOILERS)
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Don't think about the giggle loop.
I think it's based on his and Sue Virtue's early relationship, obvious comparisons there, but he said he's more like Jeff than Steve, I think I read anyway.
They did a gag with this in "The Idiot's Lantern." (Also by Mark Gatiss, natch!)
"What does that say?"
"That I'm the King of Belgium, apparently."
Personally, I like the pre-Psychic Paper Doctors who could just act so confidently they'd bluff there way into doing things. He probably could have done that in this episode. Just "Hello, I'm the Doctor. I'm here about your son." Then the guy would be like "Oh, a doctor, I didn't realize my wife was going to call someone tonight" or something like that.
Not that it makes a difference in any way, but still.
Not that it makes a difference in any way, but still.
You fool, to even mention the giggle loop is to become part of the giggle loop!
for God's sake don't mention the melty man...oops!
When the writers remake the worst episode of their own series and get away with it, you know there's no reason to watch anymore.
And to think I waited two months to see this $#!*
And to think I waited two months to see this $#!*
When the writers remake the worst episode of their own series and get away with it, you know there's no reason to watch anymore.
And to think I waited two months to see this $#!*
arrivederci
This one was just boring for me. It took me three sittings to get through it, and even then I kept on checking how much time was left. From the start it was completely obvious that everyone was ending up in the cupboard, and the resolution (the father must embrace his "son" with unconditional love) wasn't much of a pay-off.
I'm watching DS9 right now, and even with the lousy episodes, at least you've got a B-story that's kind of entertaining most of the time. This just wasn't TV that I wanted to watch.
Each time the Doctor brags about how old/wise/awesome he is, I reach for the remote. Happened twice in this episode. The first time I actually said "I need a break" and turned it off.
For me this season has just gotten progressively less watchable. It's not even from a qubbling fanboy perspective, either--I just haven't found the show very entertaining. I really want to like the show, but it's just not happening for me right now.
I'm watching DS9 right now, and even with the lousy episodes, at least you've got a B-story that's kind of entertaining most of the time. This just wasn't TV that I wanted to watch.
Each time the Doctor brags about how old/wise/awesome he is, I reach for the remote. Happened twice in this episode. The first time I actually said "I need a break" and turned it off.
For me this season has just gotten progressively less watchable. It's not even from a qubbling fanboy perspective, either--I just haven't found the show very entertaining. I really want to like the show, but it's just not happening for me right now.
Well there's really no reason to watch anything that you don't enjoy. Me, I only have the time to watch one TV show every week, and it's Doctor Who.
arrivederci
Grazie tanto!
Not leaving yet, though! I'm way too curious to see where's this cupboard thing heading to. Should we expect a cupboard story arch?
Am I the only one who finds this "cuckoo child agenda" slightly unsettling? It ain't a child, it's a alien changeling... erm... thing. Embrace? More like kill it, with fire or something, nah?
I was wondering whether it or its real parents might be responsible for the couple's infertility problems - we don't want any competing siblings, do we.
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its been used in SJA as well, however in that case the kid wasnt loved,Am I the only one who finds this "cuckoo child agenda" slightly unsettling? It ain't a child, it's a alien changeling... erm... thing. Embrace? More like kill it, with fire or something, nah?
and was taken by Robot Ketchup and Robot Mustard to be the King of his home planet.
Ive seen one review who says the plot is a bit SJA, and I agree with that the episode could well have been a SJA plot.
There are the problems of whether these humans would be able to actually raise this incredibly powerful child, but within the scope of the episode, the conclusion is a dramatic let-down because the problem is solved when the dad tell the boy he's been raising for 8 years that he loves him and won't abandon him. That really shouldn't be much of a dilemma. Despite whatever some wacky fake social services guy told him five minutes ago, it's still the same child he's been caring for since he was born.
Who he had thought about giving up to foster care previously, even before he thought he was an alien.
Foster care? Did they say that? (I don't remember either way.)
This episode was a bore, almost fell asleep halfway through.
Not that I remember, they were going to send him for "help" though. Whether that means they were going to have him put in a mental health facility or have him see a psychiatrist I don't know.
Magic alien becomes child, forgets is magic alien, has a specific magic that makes stuff enter his doll's house, man suddenly realises he can't have had a child, accepts magic alien as child...
Fucking bollocks. And yet it's still miles better than the Hitler abomination.
Fucking bollocks. And yet it's still miles better than the Hitler abomination.
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