I take (and have previously taken) your point generally, that Dr Who was escapism from the normal for many of us when we were kids, and perhaps especially for girls, from the convention of all girl drama being about teen romance fixations. But this was an ep that didn't have Rose in at all, practically, so most the above seems to be a coment on the RTD series generally, not this ep. Nor did this ep have a fixation on fathers or family values (which I am also fed up with, believe me, but not nearly as fed up as I am with the Doctor pontificating about how neat the human race is - for chrissakes he's a Time Lord that travels the universe - being this keen on humans is either akin to Aspergist zoo-keeping, or racism against all the OTHER intelligent races in the universe.. anyway..) I think it did play to an adult fan audience, yes - and unashamedly being one, I enjoyed it, lots. I'm not surprised you didn't. But I don't think it was just for boys (whatever RTD said, he's gay innHE!) - indeed my straw poll is I think that more women than men have enjoyed it of the LJ-fan coterie (tho with some clear exceptions.)
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Date: 2006-06-19 01:01 pm (UTC)But this was an ep that didn't have Rose in at all, practically, so most the above seems to be a coment on the RTD series generally, not this ep. Nor did this ep have a fixation on fathers or family values (which I am also fed up with, believe me, but not nearly as fed up as I am with the Doctor pontificating about how neat the human race is - for chrissakes he's a Time Lord that travels the universe - being this keen on humans is either akin to Aspergist zoo-keeping, or racism against all the OTHER intelligent races in the universe.. anyway..)
I think it did play to an adult fan audience, yes - and unashamedly being one, I enjoyed it, lots. I'm not surprised you didn't. But I don't think it was just for boys (whatever RTD said, he's gay innHE!) - indeed my straw poll is I think that more women than men have enjoyed it of the LJ-fan coterie (tho with some clear exceptions.)