I agree, I get a real sense of joy and passion from Doctor Who and, what's more, I also get the feeling that it's a lot darker, in some ways, than Smallville, which I like. It's a lot more intelectual. The basic 'ideology' of Smallville is very black and white, which is godo in a way but also bad because it has this wonderfully grey character of Lex, who would work really, really, well in a slightly moraly ambiguous show. But because Smallville is about Superman, and thus to an extent, must be a very black and white show, Lex is made... er... evil. Which does't quite suit the character. Erm... am I making sense here? At any rate; Doctor who doesn't really have this problem. Yeah, it's a very positive show, yeah it's optomistic and hopeful and about this guy, this wonderfully humanitarian alien who's all about saving the world and who has this basic love and adoration for the human race. But at the same time it's about lonlieness, it's about the idea that, once you've experience so much, you'll never be the same again. It's about doing what has to be done, being that bit dark and that bit ruthless. It's about the idea that, for all it's beauty, Space does contain so much suffering and pain as well. And for all his humanitarion tendences the Doctor is still an alien, still alone, still utterly, completely and irredemably different.
Er... I'll stop ranting now...
I'd love to see some more of the Doctor Who confidentials, especially of this season, but I don't know where to watch them except from the short, five-ten minite vertions on the BBC website, which really isn't enough. So if you could tell me where I could pick them up from... especially if they're streamed...?
That said; if you have time do check out some of the audio commentaries on the BBC website. Especially those of Gridlock, Girl in the Fire Place and Family of Blood. They're very good and there's some interesting musings going on there.
Also, the more I hear David Tennant and Russel T Davis the more convinced I am that I want to hug them. Because they both actually come across as really nice blokes, especialy RTD.
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Date: 2007-06-21 07:00 pm (UTC)The basic 'ideology' of Smallville is very black and white, which is godo in a way but also bad because it has this wonderfully grey character of Lex, who would work really, really, well in a slightly moraly ambiguous show. But because Smallville is about Superman, and thus to an extent, must be a very black and white show, Lex is made... er... evil. Which does't quite suit the character.
Erm... am I making sense here?
At any rate; Doctor who doesn't really have this problem. Yeah, it's a very positive show, yeah it's optomistic and hopeful and about this guy, this wonderfully humanitarian alien who's all about saving the world and who has this basic love and adoration for the human race. But at the same time it's about lonlieness, it's about the idea that, once you've experience so much, you'll never be the same again. It's about doing what has to be done, being that bit dark and that bit ruthless. It's about the idea that, for all it's beauty, Space does contain so much suffering and pain as well. And for all his humanitarion tendences the Doctor is still an alien, still alone, still utterly, completely and irredemably different.
Er... I'll stop ranting now...
I'd love to see some more of the Doctor Who confidentials, especially of this season, but I don't know where to watch them except from the short, five-ten minite vertions on the BBC website, which really isn't enough. So if you could tell me where I could pick them up from... especially if they're streamed...?
That said; if you have time do check out some of the audio commentaries on the BBC website. Especially those of Gridlock, Girl in the Fire Place and Family of Blood. They're very good and there's some interesting musings going on there.
Also, the more I hear David Tennant and Russel T Davis the more convinced I am that I want to hug them. Because they both actually come across as really nice blokes, especialy RTD.