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redfiona99I'm aware that some of the early Doctor Who episodes have issues, and that the 'Talons of Weng Chiang' has issues above and beyond "just ignore the rat." I had my little rant about 'The Impossible Planet' two-parter over here (http://redfiona99.livejournal.com/895400.html), so I shall rant about 'Tooth And Claw' instead.
There were good things about 'Tooth And Claw', the werewolf was better than anything that Warner Brothers came up with in Harry Potter. And the actor playing the owner of the house does a bang up job, as does Pauline Collins as Queen Vicky. The opening bit with the werewolf host is suitably eerie. Other than that ... not so much.
The plot doesn't make any sense. The history is off in oh so many ways (guess who got tasked with making a timeline about Queen Victoria when she was 11). The logic behind the werewolves is iffy.
This is all stuff I can happily and easily forgive.
What I can't forgive is how callous Rose and the Doctor seem. Now Who has done silly before, it's done silly and people dying before, but those deaths aren't treated with levity (examples would be Karensky's death in 'City of Death' or Lamia's death in 'The Androids of Tara'), here everything seems to be geared to getting the "I am not amused" punchline and it grates. I'm fine with the Doctor being unsympathetic (hello, 3 is my Doctor) but there's a different between unsympathetic and having a callous disregard for the people around him. And Rose, Rose who is supposed to be the audience proxy/surrogate, Rose who is supposed to be nice (because that's quite often what the companion's job is, to stand as a contrast to the alien doctor, which is one of the many reasons why the Ponds are interesting [as is Turlough. I don't think Turlough would have worked with the more alien Doctors but he works with 5.]), Rose is doing the same thing.
I can't entirely blame Queen Victoria for how she is at the end, and I think it's less a sign of having been bitten by a werewolf than basic human decency.
Day 01 - Your Favourite Quote
Day 02 - Your Favourite Classic Series Episode
Day 03 - Your Favourite New Series Episode
Day 04 - Your Favourite Doctor
Day 05 - Your Favourite Companion
Day 06 - Whatever Tickles Your Fancy - The Thing Is, Who Is My Family's Fandom
Day 07 - Your Favourite Piece of Music
Day 08 - A Who-Related Photo That Makes You Happy
Day 09 - A Who-Related Photo That Makes You Angry/Sad
Day 10 - A Who-Related Photo That You Took
Day 11 - Your Favourite Season (Classic or New)
Day 12 - Whatever Tickles Your Fancy - Plenty of Planets Have A North
Day 13 - Your Favourite Villain
Day 14 - The Villain Who Scared You The Most
Day 15 - Favourite Who-Related Tumblr
Day 16 - Your Favorite Who-Related FanFic
Day 17 - A Piece of Who-Related Fan Art
Day 18 - Whatever Tickles Your Fancy - The Daleks
Day 19 - The Scene That Made Your Cry the Most
Day 20 - The Character Who Is Most Like You
Day 21 - Your Doctor Who OTP
Day 22 - A Who-Related Fansite
Day 23 - A Who-Related Youtube Video
Day 24 - Whatever Tickles Your Fancy - The Ood
Day 25 - Your Favourite Who Actor
Day 26 - Your Favourite Who Actress
Day 28 – An Episode Idea You Created Yourself
Day 29 – Who You Think Should Be the Next Doctor
Day 30 – Whatever Tickles Your Fancy
There were good things about 'Tooth And Claw', the werewolf was better than anything that Warner Brothers came up with in Harry Potter. And the actor playing the owner of the house does a bang up job, as does Pauline Collins as Queen Vicky. The opening bit with the werewolf host is suitably eerie. Other than that ... not so much.
The plot doesn't make any sense. The history is off in oh so many ways (guess who got tasked with making a timeline about Queen Victoria when she was 11). The logic behind the werewolves is iffy.
This is all stuff I can happily and easily forgive.
What I can't forgive is how callous Rose and the Doctor seem. Now Who has done silly before, it's done silly and people dying before, but those deaths aren't treated with levity (examples would be Karensky's death in 'City of Death' or Lamia's death in 'The Androids of Tara'), here everything seems to be geared to getting the "I am not amused" punchline and it grates. I'm fine with the Doctor being unsympathetic (hello, 3 is my Doctor) but there's a different between unsympathetic and having a callous disregard for the people around him. And Rose, Rose who is supposed to be the audience proxy/surrogate, Rose who is supposed to be nice (because that's quite often what the companion's job is, to stand as a contrast to the alien doctor, which is one of the many reasons why the Ponds are interesting [as is Turlough. I don't think Turlough would have worked with the more alien Doctors but he works with 5.]), Rose is doing the same thing.
I can't entirely blame Queen Victoria for how she is at the end, and I think it's less a sign of having been bitten by a werewolf than basic human decency.
Day 01 - Your Favourite Quote
Day 02 - Your Favourite Classic Series Episode
Day 03 - Your Favourite New Series Episode
Day 04 - Your Favourite Doctor
Day 05 - Your Favourite Companion
Day 06 - Whatever Tickles Your Fancy - The Thing Is, Who Is My Family's Fandom
Day 07 - Your Favourite Piece of Music
Day 08 - A Who-Related Photo That Makes You Happy
Day 09 - A Who-Related Photo That Makes You Angry/Sad
Day 10 - A Who-Related Photo That You Took
Day 11 - Your Favourite Season (Classic or New)
Day 12 - Whatever Tickles Your Fancy - Plenty of Planets Have A North
Day 13 - Your Favourite Villain
Day 14 - The Villain Who Scared You The Most
Day 15 - Favourite Who-Related Tumblr
Day 16 - Your Favorite Who-Related FanFic
Day 17 - A Piece of Who-Related Fan Art
Day 18 - Whatever Tickles Your Fancy - The Daleks
Day 19 - The Scene That Made Your Cry the Most
Day 20 - The Character Who Is Most Like You
Day 21 - Your Doctor Who OTP
Day 22 - A Who-Related Fansite
Day 23 - A Who-Related Youtube Video
Day 24 - Whatever Tickles Your Fancy - The Ood
Day 25 - Your Favourite Who Actor
Day 26 - Your Favourite Who Actress
Day 28 – An Episode Idea You Created Yourself
Day 29 – Who You Think Should Be the Next Doctor
Day 30 – Whatever Tickles Your Fancy
