DW: "The Snowmen"; also the trailer
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I watched "The Snowmen" earlier today and my brain wouldn't leave me alone until I posted about it, so. I really wanted to enjoy it, and there was lots I did like, but overall it left me a bit cold, alas.
- There was a lot going on, and none of it really gelled for me: there was Vastra and co, introducing Clara, her double life, whatsisname and his children, oh and the actual plot with Richard E. Grant. Those last two threads in particular were treated in a fairly perfunctory way, and I wanted more Vastra and Jenny (SO GREAT), and more Clara.
- NEW CREDITS. GIANT DOCTORFACE. YES. Ending with the TARDIS doors opening was a little cheesy, but I'm on board with the spirit of it, and I will forgive a lot for GIANT FACE ACTION.
- Clara is magnificent. I adore her.
- HOWEVER, I am sad that we are getting a modern day version of her, not Victorian Clara or far-future Oswin. Woe! (I'm also a little worried about the overarching plot, since I mostly hated how the last one turned out.)
- I do love Moffat's clever, sarcastic, adventurous heroines. But Amy was the girl who waited, and Clara looks like she might be shaping up to be the woman who died, and I like that a lot less. :(
- The new console room seems cool, though it looked a little computer generated: is it an actual built set, does anyone know? The staircase into the sky was magical.
- I could not stop rolling my eyes at the Doctor's mopeyness. Is this obligatory now? Can't we just accept that he was sad offscreen for a bit? Or better still, let's have some overlapping companions so the seemingly inevitable sads seem less manpainy. (Also the whole "Pond" thing made no sense, why would Clara choose that word? Unless this is part of the indication that there is more to her than meets the eye. *hopes* The rest of that sequence was cool, also.)
- As you know, Bob, I love a Classic Who reference, but these ones seemed a little heavy handed. I do love that the Doctor has a London Underground lunchbox, though. ♥
- "Only a whole family crying on Christmas Eve could melt away the snow!" ...um.
- The Snowmen were nicely creepy.
- ETA oh, and I really hated the memory wiping thing, thus really loved that it turned out to be a terrible idea!
Re. the trailer: ...is that more Vastra and Jenny I spy? YES PLEASE. It also looked to me like we might possibly be getting multiple versions of Clara/Oswin, maybe? Just as long as this doesn't mean she dies in every episode or anything.
I think it is now officially way past my bedtime, oops.
- There was a lot going on, and none of it really gelled for me: there was Vastra and co, introducing Clara, her double life, whatsisname and his children, oh and the actual plot with Richard E. Grant. Those last two threads in particular were treated in a fairly perfunctory way, and I wanted more Vastra and Jenny (SO GREAT), and more Clara.
- NEW CREDITS. GIANT DOCTORFACE. YES. Ending with the TARDIS doors opening was a little cheesy, but I'm on board with the spirit of it, and I will forgive a lot for GIANT FACE ACTION.
- Clara is magnificent. I adore her.
- HOWEVER, I am sad that we are getting a modern day version of her, not Victorian Clara or far-future Oswin. Woe! (I'm also a little worried about the overarching plot, since I mostly hated how the last one turned out.)
- I do love Moffat's clever, sarcastic, adventurous heroines. But Amy was the girl who waited, and Clara looks like she might be shaping up to be the woman who died, and I like that a lot less. :(
- The new console room seems cool, though it looked a little computer generated: is it an actual built set, does anyone know? The staircase into the sky was magical.
- I could not stop rolling my eyes at the Doctor's mopeyness. Is this obligatory now? Can't we just accept that he was sad offscreen for a bit? Or better still, let's have some overlapping companions so the seemingly inevitable sads seem less manpainy. (Also the whole "Pond" thing made no sense, why would Clara choose that word? Unless this is part of the indication that there is more to her than meets the eye. *hopes* The rest of that sequence was cool, also.)
- As you know, Bob, I love a Classic Who reference, but these ones seemed a little heavy handed. I do love that the Doctor has a London Underground lunchbox, though. ♥
- "Only a whole family crying on Christmas Eve could melt away the snow!" ...um.
- The Snowmen were nicely creepy.
- ETA oh, and I really hated the memory wiping thing, thus really loved that it turned out to be a terrible idea!
Re. the trailer: ...is that more Vastra and Jenny I spy? YES PLEASE. It also looked to me like we might possibly be getting multiple versions of Clara/Oswin, maybe? Just as long as this doesn't mean she dies in every episode or anything.
I think it is now officially way past my bedtime, oops.
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Date: 30 Dec 2012 10:47 (UTC)This is very much my worry too! And I was also hoping we'd get a Victorian-era companion - I wouldn't mind a twenty first century one, except that there have been so many.
But Jenny and Vastra were wonderful, and I loved the TARDIS in the clouds, even if I hated the mopey main-apin Doctor parts. I think the new console hearkens back to Classic who a lot? Which is lots of fun. I want to see more of it, definitely.
But the Jenny/Vastra/Strax team was just brilliant. Could watch them all day.
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Date: 30 Dec 2012 19:24 (UTC)But the Vastra and Jenny bits were GOLD! And if they get to be featured in the rest of the season there will be epic happy-dances!
Victorian Clara's accents were cute and she would have been brilliant or Vasta and Jenny as the companions a la Amy/Rory except not. Just, it would be great if New Who had permanent alien companions for once. Is that so much to ask for??
Also, there's a rumor/thought that the woman Actual Companion Clara/Oswin (seriously, what do we actually CALL her??) is with in the cemetery is Mel, as in Amy's BFF Mel. Which would be fantastic!
If he does keep killing Clara/Oswin...it'll get a bit old fast, I mean, we already had Rory, do we need more dying-a-lot characters??
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Date: 30 Dec 2012 23:02 (UTC)I REALLY don't want that to be how the show defines her. :(
I wouldn't mind a twenty first century one, except that there have been so many.
Exactly - I just want some variety!
I think the new console hearkens back to Classic who a lot?
Me too, especially when it's all lit up. I love it. And I always want to see more of the TARDIS interiors!
But the Jenny/Vastra/Strax team was just brilliant. Could watch them all day.
Yes! I really want them to have a spin-off...
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Date: 30 Dec 2012 23:06 (UTC)The rest of the season leading up to a spin-off is what I would like! :D They'd be cool companions too, though something I read yesterday pointed out that Vastra sort of takes the Doctor's place in the narrative, so would maybe be less awesome if she were a companion? But if the writing were good enough, it could get around that, I'm sure.
Ooo, that would be interesting! Not sure if I'd entirely want that, since I'm not really a fan of how that storyline went, but it would be fun to see more of Mel.
Ahaha, seriously!
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Date: 30 Dec 2012 11:37 (UTC)I'm not reading the fan press. But has anyone pointed pointed out that the time rotor looks a lot like the one that was in the attic of the lodgers apartment? And the one the Silence had? Well it did to me, but as Moffat has already done the TARDIS breaking a part that seems a little strange.
Looking forward to what happens next with Clara Oswin Oswald.
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Date: 30 Dec 2012 22:59 (UTC)I've not read much either, but I haven't seen anyone mention that yet, good point... hmmm, that is a plot point that could still come back...
Me too, if a little nervously!
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Date: 31 Dec 2012 02:01 (UTC)no subject
Date: 1 Jan 2013 15:42 (UTC)I kind of like the idea of the Doctor trying to track her down across time and space and different versions of her, but not if it means she keeps dying in every episode.
That's my worry too! It would be fun, but I don't want her to be the woman who died. :(