tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974616.post5795049159046494013..comments2023-10-02T14:33:18.136+01:00Comments on The Very Fluffy Diary of Millennium Dome, Elephant: Alex & Richard's Doctor Who 52: 01. The Ark in SpaceMillennium Domehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430269096817934037noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974616.post-24970308312636133642015-11-25T13:06:13.772+00:002015-11-25T13:06:13.772+00:00Very interesting, thanks for posting that. I alway...Very interesting, thanks for posting that. I always enjoy reading people who have written about something they love (or indeed hearing people talk about something they love).<br /><br />I do wonder, though ... imagine this:<br /><br />"At one point Clara is trapped in the piping surrounded by monsters and Peter Capaldi tells her how useless she is. Outraged she struggles through, intent on biffing him on the supercilious nose. Of course, he knew that that would be her response and it was the best way to inspire her. This speaks to the closeness of their relationship, their mutual trust and affection, and also to how human Clara is, fallible, foolable, and how indomitable."<br /><br />Would we accept that now? Would we find it stirring? Patronising? Just plain naff? And if we'd receive it differently now from how we received the same scene in 1974, is it because Peter and Jenna are different from Tom and Liz? Or because we're different people from who we were in 1974? Or because the world itself has changed?Mike Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06039663158335543317noreply@blogger.com