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Slice of SciFi #457: Slicers in Black
Slice of SciFi #457: Slicers in Black Watch the video edition of Slice of SciFi #457 Welcome to weekend-eve and the Friday installment of Slice of SciFi! It’s time for some listener feedback. This mean we’ll comment on your comments about our comments. Yes, circular logic does make you dizzy, but at least there [...]
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that made me laugh pretty good.
Loved it.
It sure was nice to see that Capt. Jack's mood has improved. "His name is Alonzo."
Really didn't like the first part - way to disjointed. 2nd part saved it for me...
Great last line - 'I dont want to go...' >sob<
Sorry Rob, i disagree with the last line. A resigned 'Allons-y' lets get on with it, stiff upperlip and all that would have been better, but I can guarantee that I am in the minority.
Loved it, especially the wrap up at the end when he visits with his old companions. A touching farewell.
There were, perhaps, four or five *BRILLIANT* scenes over the course of the entire two-parter, all of them being either Ten talking to Wilf or Ten coping with his imminent regeneration. The rest of the script was complete and utter tripe. Bad plot, bad dialogue, silly and one-dimensional characters--and all the stuff at the end? Every cameo, reference, prop and leftover costume was just so jarring, so shoddily incorporated into the episode that it almost completely took all the energy out of the regeneration.
It was OK. The ending did drag a bit, but we've had instances where the Doctor recalled his companions from an era before during a regeneration. He's not gone to visit them all one last time, but then again the classic series wasn't as character focused and driven as the new show.
I still don't quite get why the Master had X-Men like powers, except to confront and battle Rassilon in the end. That needed a bit more reasonable explanation other than--well, we have to have it later to end the story.
Some of the final scenes nodded toward other Sci Fi I like. How many saw the bar scene and didn't think of Star Wars? Then, an almost Vulcan hand gesture, and later, the whale's thoughts from the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Over all, it was a good episode, but the ending could have been trimmed down.
I loved it. The series of visitations at the end was, admittedly, quite self-indulgent for both the character and the writer, but not untrue to this incarnation or his journey. The Doctor's getting sentimental in his old age, he's just lost his entire civilization for the second time, and is about to regenerate. If that's not a reasonable excuse for a little face time with old friends, I don't know what is.
@Ian -- Yes! I totally got a Douglas Adams-y vibe from Smith's introduction.
I feel for the new Doctor he has a tough act to follow
I thought that Doctor Who: The End of Time was very well done. They did something that I don't think they have ever done before -- which is they gave the current Doctor a chance to say good-bye to all his particular companions before he transformed. This was a very nice touch and goes a long way to providing unity to the series. I loved John Simm as the Master and Timothy Dalton as the Lord President. As much as I will miss David Tennant, I am looking forward to see what Matt Smith can do as the eleventh doctor.
Rumor is a few dollars more would have allowed another season with Tennant. He'll be a tough act to follow. We'll see what Smith can do with it. Hope he can run!