I've been lurking here for quite a while now and I'm enjoying your Doctor Who posts immensely. (They really brightened some of my days last month!)
I just watched the Christmas Special and want to add a very big THIS to everything you wrote in your last two posts.
To pick just one thing: I mean, we're asked to believe that Karzan, admittedly a bit of a git, is inhumane enough to allow 4003 people to die just because he doesn't feel like helping them. That is exactly the thought I had during the episode. I just didn't buy it and for something like that to feel like a plot device, when it's a crucial element of the story and one of the central characters? Not good.
PS: I linked to your post in my own rather short entry about the special, I hope you don't mind?
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I've been lurking here for quite a while now and I'm enjoying your Doctor Who posts immensely. (They really brightened some of my days last month!)
I just watched the Christmas Special and want to add a very big THIS to everything you wrote in your last two posts.
To pick just one thing: I mean, we're asked to believe that Karzan, admittedly a bit of a git, is inhumane enough to allow 4003 people to die just because he doesn't feel like helping them. That is exactly the thought I had during the episode. I just didn't buy it and for something like that to feel like a plot device, when it's a crucial element of the story and one of the central characters? Not good.
PS: I linked to your post in my own rather short entry about the special, I hope you don't mind?