The Family of Blood
3 June 2007 @ 9:27
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A lot of people of the Points of View site, as well as the Geek Girl, seem to have love The Family of Blood story on Doctor Who but I really didn’t get on with it. Not because it wasn’t “like Who” or whatever, but just because it was so bloody boring. It seemed to go on forever, and could’ve been a one-parter I reckon. I didn’t find the family that scary, the scarecrows were a rip-off from Batman and the family themselves seemed to be Slaveen knock-offs with slightly more staring and less maniacal laughing. I am getting completely fed-up with the human sidekicks falling in love with the Doctor. Don’t get me wrong, the Doctor turning human and falling in love is fine (if predictable) but why oh why do we have to have this romantic crap going on with Martha? First Rose fell for him and now her. I mean, I can understand falling for Mr Tennant, but, surely - as was empathised in this episode - the Doctor is not a very nice person and very detached from emotion. One final thing: surely giving the lad the watch to save himself meant that the Doctor altered the course of history, didn’t it? Rant over, but I don’t know if I will bother with next weeks episode. There’s an article of the telly just now about the rise of Wicker. There are wizen conservative church types decrying how wicker can lead to Satanism. What?! I think I might think on this and have a rant later. But I am interested in the idea that women are empowered by wicker, whilst most Christian religions are male-dominated. We are, after all, merely a spare-rib according to Christianity… More later, perhaps. Had a quiet day yesterday, on the PS2/computer and had a trip in to town. Not sure what we’ll do today, but maybe a cycle or walk. |
