Dr. Who Christmas Special 2011

[Tez3]

Yay! another ripping yarn! Enjoyed it.

 

[Scott T]

SPACE airs ir in about 3 hours. I'll be watching!

 

[Sukerkin]

It was indeed a most excellent tale - enjoyed it greatly. The only thing I don't like in the present story-telling arc is the subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) denigration of the Doctor. I can understand the modern need to shy away from a deus ex machina type of character but it still grates. Most especially the "the Doctor lies" thread from the Spaceman arc. That really gets my blood pressure up for what sort of message is that to pass on to the kids in the audience? I can only think that it is tied up in the 'weave' of the story that lead his friends to think that he was dead.

The essence of the Doctor is that he encourages us all to be better than we are and, if we fail in that, he is there to nudge things back onto the path they should be.

In this Christmas's story tho', I was pleased to see the hint that he had got his 'soul' back, his ability to feel real emotion once again after the numbness he inflicted on himself after what happened to Rose.

 

[Tez3]

Mark you obviously see more in stories than I do, from watching the very first Doctor episode ( yep I'm that old lol) right through to the present I've only ever seen it as a story, not something to teach children anything. Children know adults lie and they also know the reasons why, as in the mother in the story lying to her children who may not have understood at the time but those children watching would know why she did it and share in the sadness. Children are far more perceptive than generally supposed.
I'm trying not to give anything away on the story even though I posted as a tease lol!

 

[Ken Morgan]

Just watched it. It was an entertaining episode, though sadly, yet again, there was no Kylie Minogue in this one....
Oh well, maybe next year!

 

[Sukerkin]

This is where she was instead, Ken ...

http://kylieonline.org/wordpress/?p=1128

 

[Sukerkin]

Oh and I do have to agree that, altho' is she is not 'my type' {as if that mattered at all in a rational universe :lol:} she is indeed pint-sized perfection.