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trinityvixenCity of Death, the latest Doctor Who disc to come to me via Netflix, might be my favorite thing since salt and vinegar chips. I popped it in and was immediately taken with the dialogue. The old-skool Who mostly sets up for the Doctor to make some snarky comment or a silly face here and there, but this one was rat-a-tat-tat with the zingers, and not only from the Doctor.
I watched it through wondering if, maybe, 'cause he was script editor, Douglas Adams had anything to do with the plethora of dry-satire wisecracks and insanity that went on. At the end, I checked the special features which had an "information text" option, put it on and watched. Sure enough, Adams rewrote entirely a previous script that had to be redone because of shooting/budget problems. Heee! This fills me with as much glee as I get reading Hitchhiker's and Who crossover stuff with none of the shame because it's real! Not fanfic! Woo!
I watched it through wondering if, maybe, 'cause he was script editor, Douglas Adams had anything to do with the plethora of dry-satire wisecracks and insanity that went on. At the end, I checked the special features which had an "information text" option, put it on and watched. Sure enough, Adams rewrote entirely a previous script that had to be redone because of shooting/budget problems. Heee! This fills me with as much glee as I get reading Hitchhiker's and Who crossover stuff with none of the shame because it's real! Not fanfic! Woo!
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Date: 2007-01-26 04:27 pm (UTC)Romana: Shall we take the lift, or fly?
The Doctor: Let's not be ostentatious.
Romana: All right, let's fly then.
The Doctor: That would be silly... We'll take the lift.
Oh, and I've been watching "State of Decay." When Romana mentions the "emergency manual found in Type 40 time vehicles" and the Doctor just goes, "Psst...you are wonderful." That smirk. That look. Sigh.
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Date: 2007-01-26 05:13 pm (UTC)But "City of Death" is better than even that, it's just wall-to-wall silly.
The Doctor: Duggan, why is it that every time I start to talk to someone, you knock them unconscious?
Heee!! You can hear the Adams, I tells you.
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Date: 2007-01-26 08:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-01-26 10:09 pm (UTC)