tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post9111059414988298391..comments2024-03-17T11:05:22.464+00:00Comments on The Life And Opinions of Andrew Rilstone: Hide [7.10]Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-77633848346848341342013-05-19T19:00:19.357+01:002013-05-19T19:00:19.357+01:00It's interesting to consider how this episode ...It's interesting to consider how this episode might have been different if the guest scientist had been (as the author intended) Quatermass, rather than an allusion.<br /><br />It's disappointing to consider that it might not have changed much.<br /><br />It's telling that the most original character interaction is between Clara and the TARDIS.Tynamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04194533074418360239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-1460261157438877572013-05-16T15:48:54.129+01:002013-05-16T15:48:54.129+01:00Ken: actually, it's a reference to Shirley Jac...Ken: actually, it's a reference to Shirley Jackson's novel <i>The Haunting of Hill House</i>, on which the Wise movie was based. I read it years and years ago, and the "Who's hand was I holding?" moment is still the one that sticks in my mind.Abigail Nussbaumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08562462228380637583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-90934233827873811822013-05-10T18:02:20.843+01:002013-05-10T18:02:20.843+01:00I found one of the weaknesses of this episode to b...I found one of the weaknesses of this episode to be an inconsistency of tone. It seemed unsure whether it wanted to be genuinely scary or just a cartoony dash through all the Scooby Doo tropes. Actual-spectral-scary-stuff doesn't go well with people running round an old house going "waaaaaah!"<br /><br />Of course with <i>'the Chase'</i> they couldn't decide whether that was an actual haunted house or not. I expect that proves something or other.Gavin Burrowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347163260510316959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-40052956810790468422013-05-10T12:19:44.892+01:002013-05-10T12:19:44.892+01:00In all fairness, that "I'm not holding yo...In all fairness, that "I'm not holding your hand" moment is an homage to a similar - but, it has to be said, much more powerful moment in Robert Wise's "The Haunting".Ken Shinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628179410603027076noreply@blogger.com