More Who
So, I think I just watched the Hugo winner for short form for next years Hugo’s. BLINK was _incredible_!! Yes, Tennant wasn’t in the episode much, but it didn’t matter. It was the first episode that has ever truly explored the issues and games you can play with a time traveller. Moffit is a genius writer. I stand in awe. If I ever got a show on the air I would try to lure him over from Britain.
I also loved the actress playing Sally Sparrow. She played smart and independent and brave, and it was a pleasant change from the normal run of the mill Dr. Who females. Actually this new version of the show is much better about that. The woman The Doctor fell in love with in Family of Blood was also a strong, self-realized woman.
Despite the slow start to this season it is deliving in spades now.
Melinda
September 15th, 2007 at 1:22 pm
Yep, that’s about what I thought on watching that episode as well. Clever timey-wimey stuff, interesting villians, clever female protagonist, clever resolution, clever denouement. I was most impressed by the re-use of the doctor’s dialog in the beginning of his “Easter Egg” bit. Having that fit so well with the “present” character’s dialog on at least two occasions was amazing.
September 17th, 2007 at 2:12 pm
Len also said that he had just watched the short-form Hugo winner afte he saw the episode. He’s insisting that I watch it.
September 18th, 2007 at 8:41 am
I swear, I also had the same thought as the credits rolled: “Wow.
That’s next year’s short-form winner.” If it doesn’t win, there’s something
wrong with the world.
Then again, who knows. The Hugos are best viewed as a giant ball…