tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974616.post5215739196454623266..comments2023-10-02T14:33:18.136+01:00Comments on The Very Fluffy Diary of Millennium Dome, Elephant: Day 2365: DOCTOR WHO: The Sound of DrumsMillennium Domehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430269096817934037noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974616.post-27930125311035795612007-11-24T14:03:00.000+00:002007-11-24T14:03:00.000+00:00Hi! Not quite sure now how my Saturday morning Goo...Hi! Not quite sure now how my Saturday morning Google-fest led me here, but I read your very thorough review, and spotted something amiss:<BR/><BR/>"... and some ran away, and he never stopped them."<BR/><BR/>I think you've misunderstood the line there. The Doctor mentions the three responses his people had to "meeting" the vortex. Some were inspired, some ran away.. and some went mad.<BR/><BR/>Martha asks: "What about you?"<BR/><BR/>Doctor: "Oh... [EMBARASSED, EXAGERATED SHRUG] ... The ones who ran away! I never stopped."<BR/><BR/>I.e., the Doctor's habits of a lifetime have been shaped by that moment just as much as the Master's were. He runs away from Gallifrey; He tries to run away again when they catch up with him; He tries repeatedly to escape his exile rather than be tied to one planet; He runs away from his UNIT responsibilities after his regeneration; He runs away from facing Sarah again after having left her in "South Croydon" (Aberdeen); He *always* rejects any offer to "stay with us"; And most recently, he's run away from a life of commitment with Rose.<BR/><BR/>Paul B. =:o}pbristowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688650731764988732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974616.post-34678972576501268642007-06-30T19:59:00.000+01:002007-06-30T19:59:00.000+01:00I look forward to your analysis of tonight's epi...I look forward to your analysis of <I> tonight's </I> episode!Onlinefocus Teamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04380208481112766609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974616.post-82368756589330513512007-06-27T15:27:00.000+01:002007-06-27T15:27:00.000+01:00I thought the drumming might be representative of ...I thought the drumming might be representative of a Time Lord heart(s)beat as heard by an unborn child. A human (if it could remember) would hear a boomp-boomp noise, a timelord foetus would presumably hear boomp-boomp-boomp-boomp. How this all fits in with what's going on though I'm not so sure. I'm pretty sure that the toclafane are children, so it's all mixed in there somewhere. Recent series of Dr Who have had an overriding theme to the stories. This one seems to be about the Doctor losing his uniqueness - perhaps we'll see a return of the timelords? I'm also a little concerned that the toclafane look a little dalek-y, particularly like some of the Spielberg concept drawings before they used the Master in the 199something movie.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18242407186355070473noreply@blogger.com