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I've always wondered what the quote in the title was about, because although the Doctor does things that can change lives for the worse, or even end them, I'd never say they were cold. "Cold" means "heartless", and the Doctor's got two.
This weekend, on my fourth watch of an episode I thought I didn't like, everything began to make sense.
When I first saw Let's Kill Hitler, I was too excited to think straight anything, all BOUNCE BOUNCE BOUNCY. The second time I watched it, I realised what I felt: the same way I did when I read the last Harry Potter book; too much of Underplot, not enough of Overplot. It was a very *functional* episode, but too functional. Like a Swiss army knife that's got so much on it you can't use it properly because it's too big. The third time, I watched it with my sister as entertainment: something I'd watch if it was just, y'know, on. During the fourth viewing, when she was more awake, she said, "What does he do in that change?"
That made me start thinking about what actually happens in this episode.
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This weekend, on my fourth watch of an episode I thought I didn't like, everything began to make sense.
When I first saw Let's Kill Hitler, I was too excited to think straight anything, all BOUNCE BOUNCE BOUNCY. The second time I watched it, I realised what I felt: the same way I did when I read the last Harry Potter book; too much of Underplot, not enough of Overplot. It was a very *functional* episode, but too functional. Like a Swiss army knife that's got so much on it you can't use it properly because it's too big. The third time, I watched it with my sister as entertainment: something I'd watch if it was just, y'know, on. During the fourth viewing, when she was more awake, she said, "What does he do in that change?"
That made me start thinking about what actually happens in this episode.
( Read more... )