tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post1728375539166868434..comments2024-03-28T18:01:28.997-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: Doctor Who: Word playAlan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-22571689247213658492007-07-16T07:24:00.000-04:002007-07-16T07:24:00.000-04:00I kinda groaned when I saw that they would be goin...I kinda groaned when I saw that they would be going to the Globe Theatre and meet the Bard, but it actually worked and was fun. Nice.<BR/><BR/>Interestingly, there seemed to be two competing theories of time travel in the episode, the first being the referenced "Back to the Future" theory, where the time traveler is a new addition to the timeline which already proceeded once without him or her. Then, when QEI showed up at the end, and we learned that Dr. Who was fated to meet her sometime in his subjective future but her subjective past, it seemed to contradict what had been said before. After all, if the time traveler is a new addition to the timeline when he appears, then Dr. Who would not yet have subjectively met, meaning that it would not have happened for her either and she would not know him in this episode. But, if she -had- met him even though he had not met her, then he is fated to meet her in her subjective past and his subjective future, which is somewhat contrary to the Back to the Future model.<BR/><BR/>My head hurts from thinking about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-64301069464191662492007-07-15T18:18:00.000-04:002007-07-15T18:18:00.000-04:00I thought the concept was utterly ridiculous and t...I thought the concept was utterly ridiculous and the villians embarassingly bad....but it was so fun, I didn't care. That's Doctor Who for you!Ratchethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05119767091037781443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-4538969267718533572007-07-14T02:07:00.000-04:002007-07-14T02:07:00.000-04:00"57 academics just punched the air" made me giggle..."57 academics just punched the air" made me giggle. A lot.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06938845007461521372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-89893120295777655302007-07-14T01:58:00.000-04:002007-07-14T01:58:00.000-04:00I'm assuming that the script stayed true to most o...I'm assuming that the script stayed true to most of the events of that period with just the right amount of tweaking for the story - for instance, the death of the man who built the Globe theatre. And I liked how this gave a good sci-fi reason as to why "Love's Labors Won" is forever lost.Toby O'Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06999037844031101965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-7221567797650744912007-07-14T00:58:00.000-04:002007-07-14T00:58:00.000-04:00Believe it or not, that was the kid's name. (Or pe...Believe it or not, that was the kid's name. (Or perhaps you knew that and were just imitating Martha.)Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-8932823388999678122007-07-14T00:29:00.000-04:002007-07-14T00:29:00.000-04:00Ham-net?<I>Ham-net</I>?par3182https://www.blogger.com/profile/03647653154201086767noreply@blogger.com