ccrobinson
Active Member
Both Derek Jacobi (Professor Yana) and John Simm were brilliant as the Master.
Don, if you can, find a way to see Last of the Time Lords the way it was aired in the UK. They chopped quite a bit out of the story in order to fit it in Skiffy's timeslot. Here's a list of things you missed.
Tom and Martha had more to say, including the fact that she was seen as a legend around the world.
The Master entered the command deck of the Valiant singing and dancing to a song called "I Can't Decide". If you ever hear it, it's very catchy. I couldn't get that song out of my head for like 2 weeks after LotTL. The lyrics are very fitting. Here they are.
I can't decide whether you should live or die
Oh you'll probably go to heaven
please don't hang your head and cry
I wonder why my heart is dead inside
cold and hard and petrified
Lock the doors, pull the blinds we're going for a ride
Oh I could throw you in the lake
or feed you poisoned birthday cake
I won't deny I'm gonna miss you when you're gone
Oh I could bury you alive but you might crawl out with a knife
and kill me when I'm sleeping that's why
I can't decide whether you should live or die
Oh you'll probably go to heaven
please don't hang your head and cry
I wonder why my heart is dead inside
cold and hard and petrified
Lock the doors, pull the blinds, we're going for a ride
You also missed the Master kissing his wife when he first came on deck, and he was singing that song to her. You also missed the fact that she's a battered wife (she has a black eye). Unless you know she's a battered wife, it doesn't make sense for her to chant "Doctor" when he starts being restored.
BTW, I don't think I mentioned it when LotTL first aired, but the relationship between the Master and Lucy was written and acted brilliantly by both of them.
Another thing you missed was where the Doctor was forced to live for a year. He had a tiny little tent on the command deck that had straw on the floor and a dish labeled "dog" outside the tent.
You missed Jack's line about his "hotel accommodations". "That's the last time I book over the Internet." Snerk.
Somebody on Skiffy's Doctor Who forum, who didn't like LotTL and was complaining about it, said that he would have liked to have seen some of what happened during the year that the Master was in control. I have to say that I couldn't disagree more. We had enough of a glimpse as it was, and it was more than enough for me. The Master had beaten the Doctor and spent the year humiliating him. Who wants to see more of that. I saw enough as it was, thanks. BTW, why did the Master make Japan burn?
"You're the only one to get out of Japan alive."
Anyway, I'm sure it wasn't hard for Martha to figure out that she needed to stay. I'm sure her family had nightmares about the year that wasn't. I was so into the story that I had nightmares about the Toclafane in the week between SoD and LotTL.
Now, it's time for some speculation about Voyage of the Damned.
Kylie Minogue plays a waitress on board the Titanic. Do you what the name of her character is? It's Astrid. What's that an anagram of and what do you think it all means?
In my last post, I linked to an article about the Sontarans coming back in S4. As you may or may not know, the Sontarans are an all male race who populate by cloning. Here's something to think about. Is there a more perfect way for Davros to recreate the Dalek Empire than to steal the Sontaran's cloning technology and clone Dalek Caan? I doubt this would happen, but it's an interesting idea, no?
Don, if you can, find a way to see Last of the Time Lords the way it was aired in the UK. They chopped quite a bit out of the story in order to fit it in Skiffy's timeslot. Here's a list of things you missed.
Tom and Martha had more to say, including the fact that she was seen as a legend around the world.
The Master entered the command deck of the Valiant singing and dancing to a song called "I Can't Decide". If you ever hear it, it's very catchy. I couldn't get that song out of my head for like 2 weeks after LotTL. The lyrics are very fitting. Here they are.
I can't decide whether you should live or die
Oh you'll probably go to heaven
please don't hang your head and cry
I wonder why my heart is dead inside
cold and hard and petrified
Lock the doors, pull the blinds we're going for a ride
Oh I could throw you in the lake
or feed you poisoned birthday cake
I won't deny I'm gonna miss you when you're gone
Oh I could bury you alive but you might crawl out with a knife
and kill me when I'm sleeping that's why
I can't decide whether you should live or die
Oh you'll probably go to heaven
please don't hang your head and cry
I wonder why my heart is dead inside
cold and hard and petrified
Lock the doors, pull the blinds, we're going for a ride
You also missed the Master kissing his wife when he first came on deck, and he was singing that song to her. You also missed the fact that she's a battered wife (she has a black eye). Unless you know she's a battered wife, it doesn't make sense for her to chant "Doctor" when he starts being restored.
BTW, I don't think I mentioned it when LotTL first aired, but the relationship between the Master and Lucy was written and acted brilliantly by both of them.
Another thing you missed was where the Doctor was forced to live for a year. He had a tiny little tent on the command deck that had straw on the floor and a dish labeled "dog" outside the tent.
You missed Jack's line about his "hotel accommodations". "That's the last time I book over the Internet." Snerk.
Somebody on Skiffy's Doctor Who forum, who didn't like LotTL and was complaining about it, said that he would have liked to have seen some of what happened during the year that the Master was in control. I have to say that I couldn't disagree more. We had enough of a glimpse as it was, and it was more than enough for me. The Master had beaten the Doctor and spent the year humiliating him. Who wants to see more of that. I saw enough as it was, thanks. BTW, why did the Master make Japan burn?
"You're the only one to get out of Japan alive."
Anyway, I'm sure it wasn't hard for Martha to figure out that she needed to stay. I'm sure her family had nightmares about the year that wasn't. I was so into the story that I had nightmares about the Toclafane in the week between SoD and LotTL.
Now, it's time for some speculation about Voyage of the Damned.
Kylie Minogue plays a waitress on board the Titanic. Do you what the name of her character is? It's Astrid. What's that an anagram of and what do you think it all means?
In my last post, I linked to an article about the Sontarans coming back in S4. As you may or may not know, the Sontarans are an all male race who populate by cloning. Here's something to think about. Is there a more perfect way for Davros to recreate the Dalek Empire than to steal the Sontaran's cloning technology and clone Dalek Caan? I doubt this would happen, but it's an interesting idea, no?
raying: Actually it would be the perfect occasion to feature the first ever time the Doctor fires a gun...