a, I never said it was a full list! b, it was somewhat tongue in cheek! But yes , actually, I do think there is an issue here about boys and characterisation - a lot of the responses seem to indicate that character = must be about Doctor and Rose (or other regulars) because these are the people we know well enough to have got into their characters - whereas I thought these unknown people we met for one week only, were brilliantly fleshed out with great concision and equally great affection - come on , haven't we all MET people like Elton, Ursula etc? And it made you realise how off on his own planet (ha) the Doctor is for all his "oh I love humans" speeches.
The fact that in one sense (ie looking at the Doctor as the inevitable focus) the episode did indeed have monsters, aliens, no characterisation and no emotional development is what makes it such brilliant satire..
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Date: 2006-06-19 12:11 pm (UTC)But yes , actually, I do think there is an issue here about boys and characterisation - a lot of the responses seem to indicate that character = must be about Doctor and Rose (or other regulars) because these are the people we know well enough to have got into their characters - whereas I thought these unknown people we met for one week only, were brilliantly fleshed out with great concision and equally great affection - come on , haven't we all MET people like Elton, Ursula etc? And it made you realise how off on his own planet (ha) the Doctor is for all his "oh I love humans" speeches.
The fact that in one sense (ie looking at the Doctor as the inevitable focus) the episode did indeed have monsters, aliens, no characterisation and no emotional development is what makes it such brilliant satire..