Doctor Who – Series 1 – Aliens of London/World War Three – Written by Russell T. Davies
Category: Nerd Flowering
The Stiffs Are Getting Lively
Doctor Who – Series 1 – The Unquiet Dead, Mark Gatiss
The one where we get some great words. The scene opens in a funeral home, and the camera shows a young man’s “grand-mama,” who has recently passed away. She is lying peacefully, until her face turns blue and she grabs her grandson’s throat. No peace there. Unintelligible voices in the background seem to be related to this interesting turn of events. An employee of the funeral home tries to shut the old lady into her coffin and he yells for back up: “We’ve got another one!” The old lady throws him off her and walks out and away from the building like a zombie, moaning and shuffling through the snow. That is not going to help the grandson’s grieving process, you know.
Not The Best First Date
Doctor Who – Series 1 – The End of the World. Written by Russell T. Davies
The first episode of Doctor Who wasn’t bad, so I kept watching the second. The episode opens up with the Doctor asking Rose “I’ll have another” Tyler where she’d like to go. Then a flirtatious back and forth ensues during which she throws out years and he brags about where he’s taken her. Finally, she twinkles at him, “You think you’re so impressive.” He says, with mocking indignance “I am so impressive. Alright, you asked for it.” and he spin spin spins the TARDIS knobs. When she lands, Rose and the Doctor spill out onto a bland platform and he opens a screen so we can all see the earth before us. He tells us it’s 3.3/apple/26. 5 billion years from 2005, and this is the day the sun expands. “Welcome to the end of the world.” He finishes credits begin. Dude, that is sooo not how you flirt with a girl.
What Do You Mean The Doctor? Doctor Who?
For the past few months, one of my most visited posts is about what I consider to be the Top 10 Doctor Who monologues.. There must be a lot of Whovians out there! On a blog I used to mostly keep for myself, I included recaps of Doctor Who episodes. I have officially shut that blog down and will share the recaps here.
I tried to write them in the spirit of the now-defunct Television Without Pity website which was started to hate on Dawson’s Creek and had some of the finest writing I’ve ever come across. (In fact, the night I found it, I was a night supervisor at a homeless shelter, and I was howling so loud and hard I kept the residents awake.) So, beginning with the 9th Doctor:
Doctor Who – Series 1 – “Rose” Written by Russell T. Davies
I Didn't Just Wake Up This Morning With A Craving 