To be honest, I'd like it if the sonic screwdriver took a break entirely - no shades, no sonic anything. The first doctor never had one, and neither did Sylvester McCoy, the seventh.
The Maisie Williams character I'm not at all interested in. Hell the actress is only 18, and she's supposedly playing an un-ageing timeless entity - let's guess how long that will last shall we? It seems like a complete rehash of the Jack Harkness storyline. Perhaps Moffat really is just channelling RTD, but in an obviously inferior way. I mean really, why do we see Maisie Williams the first time, and then in the very next episode see her again but "hundreds of years later"? Classic Who never relied on pushing events together like that, they would simply build on events from past episodes in past series - and achieved it very well.
I wasn't at all convinced that she would "forget her name" either. I mean, her parents called her by her name, hell even my dumb cat knows his name. It gets hard-wired into your brain - if you hear your name in a busy environment like a shopping centre it captures your attention, even if it's not directed at you or spoken by someone you know.
And as for Osgood's retcon next episode- fucking stick by your decision Moffat. You want to kill-off a character than do it and be done, retconning undermines the principle of mortality like nothing else.
The Maisie Williams character I'm not at all interested in. Hell the actress is only 18, and she's supposedly playing an un-ageing timeless entity - let's guess how long that will last shall we? It seems like a complete rehash of the Jack Harkness storyline. Perhaps Moffat really is just channelling RTD, but in an obviously inferior way. I mean really, why do we see Maisie Williams the first time, and then in the very next episode see her again but "hundreds of years later"? Classic Who never relied on pushing events together like that, they would simply build on events from past episodes in past series - and achieved it very well.
I wasn't at all convinced that she would "forget her name" either. I mean, her parents called her by her name, hell even my dumb cat knows his name. It gets hard-wired into your brain - if you hear your name in a busy environment like a shopping centre it captures your attention, even if it's not directed at you or spoken by someone you know.
And as for Osgood's retcon next episode- fucking stick by your decision Moffat. You want to kill-off a character than do it and be done, retconning undermines the principle of mortality like nothing else.
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
