Well, I'l be Dr Who'd
Dec. 25th, 2007 08:03 pmOk, my viewing was disrupted by taking the goose out to rest., carving the goose, serving the goose, and eating the goose. But I thoroughly enjoyed it. I want to read what ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
altariel says about it ... and more importantly, see it again while sober.
Asdeadbrowalking members would observe, if you are Black, you die. And I observe: if you are disabled, you die. Or it makes you evil. Or evil (I mean, what else can you do if you are in a society where 'cyborgs are despised'), and you will die. But despite such unthinking, there was much that was marvellous: the use of tropes from pantomime and cliches from science fiction were spot on.
I am really sorry that Astrid seems to be ruled out for next year's Christmas special (for one wonderful moment I deluded myself with the thought she could be the next companion (hastily squashed by the thought 'no she can't: she's a pop star, and has got her own line of knickers').
altariel says about it ... and more importantly, see it again while sober. As
deadbrowalking members would observe, if you are Black, you die. And I observe: if you are disabled, you die. Or it makes you evil. Or evil (I mean, what else can you do if you are in a society where 'cyborgs are despised'), and you will die. But despite such unthinking, there was much that was marvellous: the use of tropes from pantomime and cliches from science fiction were spot on. I am really sorry that Astrid seems to be ruled out for next year's Christmas special (for one wonderful moment I deluded myself with the thought she could be the next companion (hastily squashed by the thought 'no she can't: she's a pop star, and has got her own line of knickers').
