tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000895280655907241.post5750652856985497803..comments2024-02-16T03:35:27.972-05:00Comments on The World According to Quinn: Doctor Who Meets the Draka, With a Helping of LovecraftMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04691270309993277160noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000895280655907241.post-56858744333002497472010-12-08T11:44:46.597-05:002010-12-08T11:44:46.597-05:00A fair point.
I was mostly going for the whole &q...A fair point.<br /><br />I was mostly going for the whole "his actions and motives are incomprehensible to lesser minds" Lovecraftian thing, but your explanation provides a real-life basis.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04691270309993277160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000895280655907241.post-28872257562532165772010-12-08T10:58:26.250-05:002010-12-08T10:58:26.250-05:00Continuing my point from your other post: I think ...Continuing my point from your other post: I think a lot of the problems like this arise because Doctor Who is ultimately aimed at a "family" audience, whatever precisely that means, and thus can't show harsh reality all the time. It's also written by multiple writers, some of whom are willing to be dark and others who unfortunately prefer to make political points about the War on Terror or the Falklands War or whatever in a sci-fi series dealing with different issues.Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18031205050102532156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000895280655907241.post-28880597692404606232010-12-07T09:28:48.003-05:002010-12-07T09:28:48.003-05:00It's inconsistent. He does some very nasty, q...It's inconsistent. He does some very nasty, questionable things, and then starts moralizing about Harriet Jones ordering the retreating Sycorax starship blasted with a giant laser.<br /><br />Never mind that they're probably off to go enslave and terrorize some other species or the possibility some other Sycorax leader will take power, decide he isn't bound by the results of the prior leader's duel with the Doctor, and go back to Earth for revenge.<br /><br />Nope--apparently humans are the real monsters, not an entire civilization of slavers like the Sycorax.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04691270309993277160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000895280655907241.post-67271642907230714472010-12-07T08:55:18.658-05:002010-12-07T08:55:18.658-05:00The Doctor can be extremely harsh.
It's one o...The Doctor can be extremely harsh.<br /><br />It's one of his charms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com