'City of Death' - Classic Doctor Who Review [Ville de la mort - Docteur Who Revue Classique]
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- čas přidán 19. 08. 2024
- The Doctor goes to Paris! I wonder if he'll visit the Mona Lisa, or stop by a bakery for croissants, or stop an evil alien from messing with time?
Who knows!
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Le Docteur va à Paris ! Je me demande s'il visitera la Joconde, s'arrêtera dans une boulangerie pour des croissants, ou empêchera un extraterrestre maléfique de jouer avec le temps ?
Qui sait!
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I like City of Death
Fun fact for Scaroth, he is played by Julian Glover who was in Doctor Who before as King Richard the Lionheart in The Crusade, he was also Donovan in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and, for me more noticeably, General Veers, the AT-AT Commander in The Empire Strikes Back.
I've blocked The Crusade from my mind. If I had to pick a least favorite serial, that would probably make my bottom 3.
But I should have recognized his from Empire and Raiders, I'm such a fool!
I absolutely LOVED this one. I thought the pacing was great, each episode flows really well, the story just flies by. Romana had a lot more to do in this one, much more than Mary Tamm got to do in a whole season. Lalla Ward's chemistry which Tom Baker is great, although I've heard it completely falls apart next season when their marriage broke up. I loved the soundtrack, the best since Tomb of the Cybermen. There was a great balance between comedy and drama, Tom Baker was on top form showing the Doctor change between having fun and being in control of the situation. The directing really took me by surprise, great use of location and beautiful, unique shots that really add a lot to the atmosphere of this story, stuff I really didn't expect from classic who. I'm honestly really surprised theres no omnibus edition of this one as it felt like it really could be a movie. I probably wouldn't say its in my top 3 of all time, but definitely my top 3 4th doctor stories. Easily my favourite from the Graham Williams era so far.
Surprised you didn't mention Julian Glover of Indiana Jones renown as Count Scarlioni. Maybe you haven't seen it. Also, the writer for this, David Agnew, doesn't actually exist, being a nom de plume of Graham Williams, Douglas Adams and David Fisher; producer, script-editor and writer of the script this was based on respectively.
I don't know if you remember, but I mentioned in a previous comment - probably Image of the Fendahl - about an outrageous moment in an upcoming story. The Creature from the Pit is that story and I look forward to your thoughts on the moment in question.
Merci Google Traduction. Vous avez été très utile. Maintenant, où est mon hamster ?
Did you find the hamster? It's not in Australia. They're not allowed here, rabies risk I think.
Non.
Hi, it's me. I'm the one who said they hated it with a burning passion. I do. They skrew around in paris doing absolutely nothing interesting for way too long. It's like I'm watching an 80s ad trying to attract tourists. I get it. City of love. Restaurants, architecture, the louvre. Sooo interesting. I get that it was a big deal at the time that they could film in Paris, but the writers are just way too smug about it. Then the plot kicks in and the writers think themselves so soo cleaver. This man is doing experiments with time travel so he steals the Mona Lisa to fund it but he has a bunch of copies he made DaVinci paint but he can't time travel yet but that's fine because he's spread across time so he can do that. Oh and of course he's trying to travel back in time to stop himself from blowing up his ship at the beginning of life on earth and he guides the entirety of human history so it's advantageous to him. SO WHY DIDN'T HE LITERALLY JUST GIVE HIMSELF ALL THE MONEY HE NEEDED TO BUILD THE TIME MACHINE IN THE FIRST PLACE???????? Also, we're going to casually remove agency from the people who made every single important choice throughout history and maybe turn all life on earth into his (admittedly largely unwitting) creation. What the actual F@**#@/k!
I felt like Emperor Palpatine reading that.
*"Good, gooood, let the hate flow through you"*
I'm glad I softened up on this and managed to find worth in it, which sometimes I really struggle with.
But there is still a part of me that doesn't want to cut it any slack and focus on the stupidity.
Also, is that confirmed what you said about the baddie guiding Earth's history? Coz I didn't get that at all. I just assumed he had different versions of himself spread across different eras, not necessarily in positions of power.
But if that's true, then my goodness that's dumb.
I can give him the benefit of the doubt since he's an alien with no experience with Earth history, let alone time travel.
But no excuse for the amount of time spent aimlessly wandering.
this has similar status to Blink, and tbh both are overrated....
i think it's popular coz it's the season where douglas adams is showrunner, and everyone is foolishly super hyped about that and this seems to be the only story that has humour approximating what one might expect from douglas adams.
FINALLY, another casual 'Blink' enjoyer! As opposed to the sea of 'Blink' die-hards-who-will-cuss-you-out-if-you-dare-have-different-opinions.