Green Tea & Fendahl

+++RANT WARNING!+++
I am sitting here with a full stomach after dinner...a cup of green tea & watching The Image Of The Fendahl and thinking 'why can't they write Doctor Who like this for Series 5?' Please, Mr. Moffat, get Chris Boucher or Terrence Dicks back for one last outing to write a classic story. This isn't a review, this is just me rambling after dinner...whilst watching the story.
Anyways, back to the story.......
A combination of gothic horror/science fiction....in the vein of H.P.Lovecraft. Alien interference in human evolution has always been a persistent theme in the show, this story pulls it off with style & atmosphere that i'm sure even HPL would have been proud of! (If he was a Doctor Who fan....)
An 8 million year old glowing skull as the embodiment of death? BRILLIANT! A nice Quatermass feel to this story too...which is apparently what inspired the story.
A nice combination of occult themes & gothic horror...I hope we see more stories like this in the show's future!

Re: How about injecting some magic and surrealism back into the show?

Gallifrey Base: How about injecting some magic and surrealism back into the show?


When it comes to Doctor Who, I prefer hard science fiction with lots of technobabble, since this is originally the subject the program was supposed to deal with when it started (alongside history) as educational entertainment...the word of quantum physics is all about possibility, a lot of strange things can (& do) happen on a sub-atomic scale which opens up a lot of room for stories set in a fantasy setting to be explained (i.e; the weeping angels have a quantum lock on them, taking in to account the act of observing in quantum physics and it's effects on what is being observed).
I don't think RTD appreciates Science Fiction at all, he's more of a 'Family Drama' guy, whereas I think Moffat is a little more clued up, judging from his stories so far. You just have to look at the terrible ending of The Last of the Time Lords with it's RTD cliche 'Jesus-supehero' ending, wrapped up too quickly with no proper explanation as to how the human race chanting the Doctor's name could give him his powers back...that borders on mysticism not science. I do seem to recall the Third Doctor in The Daemons mentioning that all magic (or 'magick' for you occultists) has a scientific explanation. Or maybe after the Time War that with no higher authority like the Time Lords that the universe has become a stranger place?
I think we need more hard sci-fi themes, but with a degree of silliness to keep it fun.....hey, the universe by nature is absurd anyway, and I think Doctor Who & The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy have dealt with this better than anything out there! Peace.

Doctor Who RPG Stuff Announced!

Link: Aliens And Creatures Coming For The Doctor Who RPG...
Cubicle 7 has today revealed, via ICv2, its forthcoming boxed set supplement for the Doctor Who Roleplaying Game, which should hit shelves in December - a month after the main game.

New Doctor Who Logo Revealed!

From the BBC Website:

When the new series of Doctor Who begins in 2010 there'll be a new Doctor, a new companion and a new logo - as seen above.

Before that we have three fantastic specials to look forward to, beginning with The Waters of Mars.