Doctor Who: The Caretaker (spoilers, rants)

[mme_hardy]

So. We have:

• A paternal figure and a boyfriend fighting over a woman, with the men's conflict as the center of the plot.
• An older man trying to direct a younger woman's love toward a proxy for himself.
• A black man being demoted by an authority figure from an intellectual role to a physical role.
• Repeatedly.
• THE MILITARY IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT THIS SEASON. REALLY.
• The Doctor going way beyond the line in being an asshole. Way beyond.
• Goddamned Paradise.
• Again.

On the plus side we have:

• Several good laugh lines.
• Chris Addison being evil.

To summarize, in my household we kept shouting "This is really badly written!" at the screen.

Shape up, show.
 

Comments

[muccamukk]

And he used to have horrendous fights with the Brig, Bambrera et al back in the day, but 30-FOOT-HIGH NEON!

Plus, as snarky as he'd get, it was never as bad as almost refusing to speak to Journey Blue, and calling Danny stupid what fifteen times in a row?

As mentioned above, if he's pissed at himself, I'd rather THAT was the point made abundantly clear, and the rudeness to random people who have nothing to do with the topic could go die.