All the Whos down in Whoville, the tall and the small..."We are here! We are here!"Doctor Seuss, Horton Hears A Who.
Hello to the fellow Whovians in the audience - twenty minutes to the fiftieth anniversary broadcast of Doctor Who: are we all ready? Have you gone to the toilet? Have you put on your fez, scarf, or sprig of celery, depending on your favourite Doctor? Do you have your sonic screwdriver in hand?
One of the key reasons for the longevity (no pun intended) of Doctor Who is the flexibility of the concept. Each of the actors who has portrayed the renegade Time Lord has brought something different to the role: the Doctor has been a father figure, a comedian, a sage, a scientist - and today, if the intriguing online prequel episode is a reliable guide, we meet the Warrior.
The Doctor has always had a sort of fragile, contradictory covenant with the concept of non-violent solutions - he won't even accept the phrase "we'll kill them" as a metaphor for success at football - but he is also responsible for ending the Time War, apparently by wiping out both sides of the conflict, the Daleks and his own people, the Time Lords of Gallifrey. I'm hoping that today's episode will shed some light on how all of that came about, how the Doctor was able to reconcile all the elements of his character in order to commit genocide - twice.
Ooops, nine minutes to go, off to the telly - more to follow.
- Sid
I just saw the episode yesterday as I was waiting for a friend to be able come over and watch it too. I liked the triumphant return of Rose Tyler aka Bad Wolf. It was an acceptable episode if a little reflective. Liked the appearance of Tom Baker too!
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