tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post2542173871714685421..comments2024-03-17T11:05:22.464+00:00Comments on The Life And Opinions of Andrew Rilstone: Fish Custard [16]Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-30804170514523497292010-07-23T16:45:56.910+01:002010-07-23T16:45:56.910+01:00It seems worth pointing out that The Curse of Fata...It seems worth pointing out that <i>The Curse of Fatal Death</i>'s duel between two parties, each of whom repeatedly goes back in time to thwart the other's preparations, is straight out of the climax of <i>Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey</i>.Dr Ploktahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09875119296048013137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-55124703908751397992010-07-22T09:57:22.532+01:002010-07-22T09:57:22.532+01:00Interpreters of Rilstone vary as to whether he mea...Interpreters of Rilstone vary as to whether he meant that the Virgin and Big Finish stories were written by people who had grown up as fans of the series, and therefore had a different, more fan-fiction "aesthetic" than any TV episode; or whether he made a punctuation error and intended to say "fan creation like the Stranger -- and Virgin and Big Finish stories."Andrew Rilstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16934052271846235431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-11458199956325688112010-07-22T09:42:13.071+01:002010-07-22T09:42:13.071+01:00While the Stranger videos were certainly a fan cre...While the Stranger videos were certainly a fan creation, the novels, CDs and comic books were just as official as <i>The Curse of Fatal Death</i>, so unless your point is that <i>Doctor Who</i> isn't <i>Doctor Who</i> unless it's on television (in which case James Bond and Sherlock Holmes aren't James Bond and Sherlock Holmes unless they're in prose, and so on), I'm not sure what you're getting at there.<br /><br />Though the general point that the climax to Moffat's series is <i>The Curse of Fatal Death</i> -- only better, because it manages to do the 'the universe needs the Doctor' bit <i>without</i> Amy needing to make a teary speech to that effect, and therefore layers it in subtext rather than forcing it down our throats -- is one I agree with, having made it myself...SKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102522819364312684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-54630466216375100782010-07-21T20:37:57.617+01:002010-07-21T20:37:57.617+01:00"A cosmos without the Doctor scarcely bears t..."A cosmos without the Doctor scarcely bears thinking about."<br /><br />-- The Master in The Five Doctors, the story where the Master was offered a new cycle of regenerations by the High Council of the Time LordsAndrew Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13453328821252013152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-61509528017356401752010-07-21T17:48:56.101+01:002010-07-21T17:48:56.101+01:00On the 'only 13 regenerations' thing: I ha...On the 'only 13 regenerations' thing: I haven't watched much old Who, but I remember some bits about somebody stealing regenerations from somewhere, or the Master being granted additional regenerations. To me, this implies that the limit is a legal one, not a biological one; more than 13 are possible, but only with the permission of the Time Lord High Council. Now that all the other Time Lords are dead, though...nemrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05567528569551474414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-80659799572896608502010-07-21T16:52:25.522+01:002010-07-21T16:52:25.522+01:00To nitpick pointlessly, Morpheus has his dream-due...To nitpick pointlessly, Morpheus has his dream-duel with Choronzon, not Lucifer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com