Sunday, June 01, 2008

Vashta Nerada


It's hard to think of a sci-fi TV franchise more patchy and troublesome than Dr Who. In the BBC's hands it's been created, deleted, ignored, developed and finally has matured into it's current mildly compulsive form and been a mega-earner for spin of products and other series. Having said that it remains on a constant pivot point between absolute crap and brilliance, maybe that is the secret of it's survival. A great idea that is both enhanced and pillaged on a weekly basis, slave to rubbish acting, BBC contract players and dodgy production values ultimately saved by now and again good scripts, modern CGI and some kind of intrinsic x-factor that holds it all together. Perhaps it's the (good) Time Lords themselves that actually maintain it as a future-proof PR stunt. The producers of Lost, Heroes and the like must look at it and think WTF.

Thanks to Sky Plus we watched Saturday's show this evening (Sunday) after a heavy curry and a few glasses of wine, this seems to have had the desired effect on the quality and credibility of the episode, roll on next week's undoubtedly spiky conclusion.

3 comments:

  1. Anonymous1:31 AM

    I reckon you've got more than a week to wait for a spiky conclusion. They could spin this one out for 3 weeks if they're careful. Chuck a Dalek in and it's a 4 weeker. x

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  2. Anonymous1:32 AM

    I reckon you've got more than a week to wait for a spiky conclusion. They could spin this one out for 3 weeks if they're careful. Chuck a Dalek in and it's a 4 weeker. x

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  3. Anonymous4:12 AM

    TiVo the season, ring up your mates and have a Dr. Who party every weekend for a month.

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