tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139769202527811820.post1093334213089726590..comments2024-01-01T23:38:43.414-08:00Comments on The Oncoming Hope: Doctor Who and the Rings of Clara-khenatentheoncominghopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03471519506797609837noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139769202527811820.post-14702426962046075922014-02-09T20:16:26.901-08:002014-02-09T20:16:26.901-08:00Just wanted to say I only just discovered your blo...Just wanted to say I only just discovered your blog and I love it. I used to be really into Doctor Who, but I had some really big problems with the Moffat era so I let it go.<br />But I've been troubled. What's wrong with me? I love science fiction, I should love Moffat's version. Am I completely wrong and everyone else is right?<br /><br />Then I started reading your articles and it expressed what I had felt so clearly, thank you. You saw the interesting parts of the bizarre yet sincere Akhaten (which so many others reviled), you even recognized the ugly flaws in a supposedly intelligent God Complex.<br /><br />Reading your articles has been really encouraging for me. And I'd be curious to know what you thought of Nightmare in Silver, the last series' other bizarre yet strangely sincere episodeJackat Harbornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139769202527811820.post-26284613348388458682013-04-13T06:37:55.233-07:002013-04-13T06:37:55.233-07:00I loved that she was unphased. I think it makes fo...I loved that she was unphased. I think it makes for a different, less paternal dynamic. She clearly has her own life, and understands her place in it, so she can just enjoy her travels for what they are, a dazzlin adventure.theoncominghopenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139769202527811820.post-73237133643950188952013-04-08T12:53:25.672-07:002013-04-08T12:53:25.672-07:00I don't have time to go back and watch all the...I don't have time to go back and watch all the other companions' first real offworld/ alien encounters, but did it seem to you like Clara was maybe a bit too unphased? I know though that it is boring to see people be all scared for a bit and maybe too formulaic. Also I am just assuming that the motorcycle was a psychic one that just flys where you think it to, as that makes it possible for anyone to drive it.<br /><br />I was minorly confused by the plot (not paying attention), is it that the queen of years is always sacrificed or is she just a failsafe who might be sacrificed should the beast wake up??<br /><br />All in all liked this episode but I think it could have been slightly improved by a couple of small tweaks. The creepy teleporting dudes felt a little bit superfluous for example. And I think we could tone it down about 20% with the doctor superfluities in the whole Moffatt era generally.<br /><br />My absolute absolute favourite part was the arrival on the new planet/rock where I really think it succeeded in putting across a sense of wonder and spectacle. I really appreciated getting to see the beauty and magic of one of these places the doctor takes someone to for a while before all hell broke loose! Maybe that's down to Clara, after all the companion is supposed to be our way in to processing what's going on, so if she is full of wonder and excitement and not of fear, maybe we see the whole world she is in a different way!Tom Gnoreply@blogger.com