DW talk

[jedi_of_urth]

So, thinking about Doctor Who lead me to this


A Small Thing That’s Bothering Me, Or a Sign of Something Worse:

You know with all the things I’ve been spending far too much time yacking about when it comes to season three of Doctor Who, there’s one thing I haven’t had a chance to mention but is bothering me. The TARDIS is being unnervingly precise. They have *once* gotten pulled off course by a distress beckon and never just landed in the wrong place/time.

I think it might be a symptom of the darker season, that even the fun of TARDIS gone wrong is gone. Like licking things. Like faith in the human race. Like every light in his world and his guiding star. Joy is gone from the world, the TARDIS goes where it has to, the Doctor does what he has to, it’s not about fun anymore.

Comments

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to remember how they wound up on the ship in 42, but can't.

But you're right. We haven't seen the Doctor screw up on times this year, other than to not have an exact date in his head. No "1979...oh...1879." Or "Um, this is London, you dingbat, not New York." Or the Doctor parking the TARDIS so they couldn't get out, and having to redo it. But it could be about them playing down the fun of it all, like you said. I really think it's the same with him not licking a single thing. That over-the-top exuberance is gone.

[jedi_of_urth]

Like I said, pulled off course by the distress beacon in 42. I'm not convinced they had a course set in yet anyway, so they got pulled in by the SOS. Alright, the TARDIS didn't pick a great place to land, in the middle of the heat vent, which didn't bring the fun of landing in a closet in Impossible Planet did.

This season hasn't made time travel seem like nearly as much fun as it seemed in the first couple season.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Oh, you did! I missread. D'oh! But I think you're right - everything has been sort of muted and greyed this series, including the quirky stuff.

[misssara11.livejournal.com]

My theory is the TARDIS hates Martha and is trying to get rid of her. By getting exactly where they are supposed (like dead center of her flat?) to go or the one time it's off course, she's put into a deadly situation. When Rose was there, there was always romantic "mood" lighting. Now, lights bright white and up all the time.

And the biggest evidence came the past two weeks. The Doctor told Martha that the TARDIS would pick the time, place and situation and that she'd just have to adapt. They ended up in a place that life was miserable for her. TARDIS ain't feeling Martha at all. Wants her gone.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

[jedi_of_urth]

Well, Martha still thinks it's silly to be talking to a machine and hasn't noticed that the TARDIS is translating alien languages for her, so I can see why the TARDIS might not be fond of her. Between that and the Doctor not being all that fond of her, our good old ship doesn't have much reason to warm up to Martha. That and she misses Rose and thinks Martha's a bitch just like we do.

So I'll take your story I suppose.