Well, those have made it be that I can no longer watch it, so I guess at least I had warning (previous creepy episodes resolved that which made it creepy in ways that meant they _stopped_). *wry*
Ah. I'm sorry to hear that. I personally am rather a fan of Steven Moffat's style - he also did The Girl in the Fireplace, Blink (The angels have the blue box!), and The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances (which was also creepy, but it introduced Jack Harkness!)
He also created/wrote/produced Coupling, which is just about the first sitcom I ever actually liked, and a few other random cool things.
Moffat will be taking over from Russel T Davies as head writer/executive producer in 2010.
May I ask what about this that made it creepy did not resolve?
Girl in the fireplace did not, oddly, creep me out. The others did.
Also, I hate Coupling, because I dislike intentionally emotionally uncomfortable situations in TV. There's enough of those in reality for me. :)
It did not resolve because, unlike in empty child and blink, the creepy things were not neutralized. The child got resolved and fixed. The angels got stuck staring at each other. The damn darkness things just have a result of 'run', which is no solution at all.
Ah, but that makes it a plot arc! They will be building from it, and it's a connector, not an unfinished loose thread. Like the random appearances of Rose throughout the season.
As far as Coupling, I actually severely dislike those situations, too, and can't stand run of the mill sitcoms (or even romantic comedies). Coupling overcame that objection entirely by means of sufficient quirk-level of characters, and good writing. The only other relationship sitcom that has measured up for me thus far has been How I Met Your Mother.
plot arc: indeed! And the Rose aspect of it is just fascinating. Unfortunately, the way my brain works, creepy unresolved is problematic for me. *shrug*
Coupling is _indeed_ fabulous. Coupling is what Friends wants to be when it grows up. Wispfox, if you would like to borrow it, I will gladly push it on you.
Never, ever, watch the (appropriately) aborted American version. American actors somehow lack the subtle timing and delivery that the show requires.
Seconded. Although I do understand the reluctance, and I'd be the last person to do the "try it, you'll like it" approach. All I can say is that I don't hate it, myself (although I only watched it until the point that Jeff got replaced, and haven't gone to the trouble of tracking down the later seasons because what's the point without him.)
And agreed about the US atrocity. (It appears that Moffat has cloned the series in Greece last year. I am vaguely curious how that went.)
But previous ones were done so that the creepy factor was resolved by the end. In this case, it was not, and thus I am no longer able to watch any more new Doctor Who.
The show is supposed to do that. Generations of Brits remember growing up and watching the show from _behind_ the couch, because it could creep them out so much.
It's not the during the show creepy that gets to me so much, it's the fact that it sticks in my head and makes me have nightmares and fail to sleep and have it periodically come back to haunt me later that bothers me.
If you do decide to continue to watch it, perhaps ensure to have the rest of the season on hand before going on, and marathon through them until the season end?
I replied to the wrong subthread, I guess. Yes, it'll get as resolved by the season finale as any season thus far has been. The darkness will not be left hanging.
Huh. Alright, I'll tough it out through the season finale. :)
We'll see if I decide it's still too creepy for me to continue watching after that point (delayed resolution, as I'm unlikely to watch all of the remaining ones at once, may mean that it is).
I actually managed to marathon the last 3-4 episodes in one night. Which would have been fine, except that I unwisely started this around 10pm, but I felt grossly disinclined to stop after 3rd-to-last, and then the last two are a two-parter.
I hate hate hate "Blink" - it really creeped me out. Yeah, it got resolved, but it's still really creepy.
I've learned not to watch Dr. Who right before bedtime, just as there are other shows I don't take a chance on right before bedtime. Sometimes I have to watch them while it's still light outside, even.
And I loved Coupling, but that doesn't mean that everyone will love it, especially if they've already watched it and know their tastes.
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Date: 2008-09-09 01:49 pm (UTC)He also created/wrote/produced Coupling, which is just about the first sitcom I ever actually liked, and a few other random cool things.
Moffat will be taking over from Russel T Davies as head writer/executive producer in 2010.
May I ask what about this that made it creepy did not resolve?
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Date: 2008-09-09 02:01 pm (UTC)Also, I hate Coupling, because I dislike intentionally emotionally uncomfortable situations in TV. There's enough of those in reality for me. :)
It did not resolve because, unlike in empty child and blink, the creepy things were not neutralized. The child got resolved and fixed. The angels got stuck staring at each other. The damn darkness things just have a result of 'run', which is no solution at all.
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Date: 2008-09-09 04:00 pm (UTC)As far as Coupling, I actually severely dislike those situations, too, and can't stand run of the mill sitcoms (or even romantic comedies). Coupling overcame that objection entirely by means of sufficient quirk-level of characters, and good writing. The only other relationship sitcom that has measured up for me thus far has been How I Met Your Mother.
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Date: 2008-09-09 02:13 pm (UTC)Never, ever, watch the (appropriately) aborted American version. American actors somehow lack the subtle timing and delivery that the show requires.
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Date: 2008-09-09 04:08 pm (UTC)And agreed about the US atrocity. (It appears that Moffat has cloned the series in Greece last year. I am vaguely curious how that went.)
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Date: 2008-09-09 05:17 am (UTC)::...AND GLOWS::
Gah! I feel your pain o.O
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Date: 2008-09-09 02:11 pm (UTC)I love it.
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Date: 2008-09-09 04:03 pm (UTC)*shrug*
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Date: 2008-09-09 04:10 pm (UTC)Knowing that would be enough to make me not just stop here.
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Date: 2008-09-09 07:27 pm (UTC)We'll see if I decide it's still too creepy for me to continue watching after that point (delayed resolution, as I'm unlikely to watch all of the remaining ones at once, may mean that it is).
Good to know!
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Date: 2008-10-07 01:59 am (UTC)I've learned not to watch Dr. Who right before bedtime, just as there are other shows I don't take a chance on right before bedtime. Sometimes I have to watch them while it's still light outside, even.
And I loved Coupling, but that doesn't mean that everyone will love it, especially if they've already watched it and know their tastes.