Comments on: Doctor Who and The Amazing Adventure of the Wooden Sidekick http://popvultures.com/2007/12/31/doctor-who-and-the-amazing-adventure-of-the-wooden-sidekick/ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:09:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Cindy http://popvultures.com/2007/12/31/doctor-who-and-the-amazing-adventure-of-the-wooden-sidekick/#comment-1378 Cindy Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:43:39 +0000 http://popvultures.com/2007/12/31/doctor-who-and-the-amazing-adventure-of-the-wooden-sidekick/#comment-1378 Forget hitting the teleport bangle again. Why not just...JUMP OFF the forklift?!?!? The doctor yelled "He cut the brake line!" The thing would have just coasted over the edge with disembodied Max! Fin. Forget hitting the teleport bangle again. Why not just…JUMP OFF the forklift?!?!? The doctor yelled “He cut the brake line!” The thing would have just coasted over the edge with disembodied Max!

Fin.

]]> By: Third Time's the Charm for the Doctor | Pop Vultures http://popvultures.com/2007/12/31/doctor-who-and-the-amazing-adventure-of-the-wooden-sidekick/#comment-1322 Third Time's the Charm for the Doctor | Pop Vultures Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:26:24 +0000 http://popvultures.com/2007/12/31/doctor-who-and-the-amazing-adventure-of-the-wooden-sidekick/#comment-1322 [...] thing, while responsible for some of this series’s most affecting moments, is, as I said in my Christmas Special round-up, part of an increasingly annoying theme in the new Who. Although I felt for Martha in her attempts [...] […] thing, while responsible for some of this series’s most affecting moments, is, as I said in my Christmas Special round-up, part of an increasingly annoying theme in the new Who. Although I felt for Martha in her attempts […]

]]> By: Anna http://popvultures.com/2007/12/31/doctor-who-and-the-amazing-adventure-of-the-wooden-sidekick/#comment-405 Anna Tue, 01 Jan 2008 15:45:07 +0000 http://popvultures.com/2007/12/31/doctor-who-and-the-amazing-adventure-of-the-wooden-sidekick/#comment-405 <i>she can’t figure out when she’s plunging into the fiery shaft that she should then hit the bracelet again and teleport her way out?</i> Excellent point! I didn't think of that myself. <i>Bring back Sally Sparrow, say I.</i> Say I, too! She was one of my favourite characters in the last series. I like Carey Mulligan in general, and she was great in that episode. <i>I find it a little irritating that the Doctor keeps passing over people that could make for more interesting companions, at least for a while - doesn’t always need to be younger women.</i> I know! Why not an older woman, or a man of any age? At least, for all her faults, Catherine Tate is over 30 (which is old by the standards of the last two companions). she can’t figure out when she’s plunging into the fiery shaft that she should then hit the bracelet again and teleport her way out?

Excellent point! I didn’t think of that myself.

Bring back Sally Sparrow, say I.

Say I, too! She was one of my favourite characters in the last series. I like Carey Mulligan in general, and she was great in that episode.

I find it a little irritating that the Doctor keeps passing over people that could make for more interesting companions, at least for a while - doesn’t always need to be younger women.

I know! Why not an older woman, or a man of any age? At least, for all her faults, Catherine Tate is over 30 (which is old by the standards of the last two companions).

]]> By: Carrie http://popvultures.com/2007/12/31/doctor-who-and-the-amazing-adventure-of-the-wooden-sidekick/#comment-404 Carrie Tue, 01 Jan 2008 13:57:08 +0000 http://popvultures.com/2007/12/31/doctor-who-and-the-amazing-adventure-of-the-wooden-sidekick/#comment-404 I actually quite liked it, for what it was, an enjoyable bit of xmas TV fluff. Nice way to pass the time. Kylie didn't annoy me, I thought she did all right with what she was given. I liked that it was part Poseidon Adventure as it's one of my fave films. I got quite invested in the characters which is rare these days in one offs. The only thing I had a problem with was the end where Kylie drove the forklift in a vague 'Get away from him you bitch, er, cyborg' way. Thought that was really badly done and cheesy. They could have killed her off in a better way that wasn't so unintentionally hilarious. I actually quite liked it, for what it was, an enjoyable bit of xmas TV fluff. Nice way to pass the time. Kylie didn’t annoy me, I thought she did all right with what she was given. I liked that it was part Poseidon Adventure as it’s one of my fave films. I got quite invested in the characters which is rare these days in one offs. The only thing I had a problem with was the end where Kylie drove the forklift in a vague ‘Get away from him you bitch, er, cyborg’ way. Thought that was really badly done and cheesy. They could have killed her off in a better way that wasn’t so unintentionally hilarious.

]]> By: Nine http://popvultures.com/2007/12/31/doctor-who-and-the-amazing-adventure-of-the-wooden-sidekick/#comment-400 Nine Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:52:06 +0000 http://popvultures.com/2007/12/31/doctor-who-and-the-amazing-adventure-of-the-wooden-sidekick/#comment-400 But corgis are always good! You forgot the bit with Bannakaffalatta proposing to Kylie, which I just found very embarrassing and cringey. But corgis are always good!

You forgot the bit with Bannakaffalatta proposing to Kylie, which I just found very embarrassing and cringey.

]]> By: Dave http://popvultures.com/2007/12/31/doctor-who-and-the-amazing-adventure-of-the-wooden-sidekick/#comment-398 Dave Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:50:10 +0000 http://popvultures.com/2007/12/31/doctor-who-and-the-amazing-adventure-of-the-wooden-sidekick/#comment-398 I liked it, though it really could've done with some bits being edited out - like the whole Queen and corgis bit. I find it a little irritating that the Doctor keeps passing over people that could make for more interesting companions, at least for a while - doesn't always need to be younger women. I like Catherine Tate though, when I've seen her doing proper acting rather than some of the overrated comedy. I liked it, though it really could’ve done with some bits being edited out - like the whole Queen and corgis bit.

I find it a little irritating that the Doctor keeps passing over people that could make for more interesting companions, at least for a while - doesn’t always need to be younger women. I like Catherine Tate though, when I’ve seen her doing proper acting rather than some of the overrated comedy.

]]> By: Tracey S. Rosenberg http://popvultures.com/2007/12/31/doctor-who-and-the-amazing-adventure-of-the-wooden-sidekick/#comment-397 Tracey S. Rosenberg Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:32:36 +0000 http://popvultures.com/2007/12/31/doctor-who-and-the-amazing-adventure-of-the-wooden-sidekick/#comment-397 Astrid's plucky and intrepid enough to figure out a multi-faceted plan involving teleportation and a forklift (she TRIIIIED to kill me with a forklist, ole! /mst3k), but she can't figure out when she's plunging into the fiery shaft that she should then hit the bracelet again and teleport her way out? The whole episode echoed emotional notes that, as you pointed out, have been done over and over. RTD's obsessions are becoming tiresome. Bring back Sally Sparrow, say I. Astrid’s plucky and intrepid enough to figure out a multi-faceted plan involving teleportation and a forklift (she TRIIIIED to kill me with a forklist, ole! /mst3k), but she can’t figure out when she’s plunging into the fiery shaft that she should then hit the bracelet again and teleport her way out?

The whole episode echoed emotional notes that, as you pointed out, have been done over and over. RTD’s obsessions are becoming tiresome. Bring back Sally Sparrow, say I.

]]> By: moz http://popvultures.com/2007/12/31/doctor-who-and-the-amazing-adventure-of-the-wooden-sidekick/#comment-396 moz Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:44:26 +0000 http://popvultures.com/2007/12/31/doctor-who-and-the-amazing-adventure-of-the-wooden-sidekick/#comment-396 Interesting story. Interesting story.

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