While I still don't care all that much for VOTD in and of itself, and still think it wasn't the best choice for a Christmas special ("rocks fall, almost everyone dies" isn't very good for instilling a mood of holiday jollity), as RTD's tenure on DW continues, I'm seeing more and more that all this time he's been telling *one big* story, of vast scope, and some stories or plot elements that seem somewhat weak when taken on their own (e.g. VOTD) have actually been important building blocks in that greater story. I also think a lot of folks in fandom are too focused on the individual stories as isolated episodes to see the mosaic image that's forming, which is too bad.
I'm really crossing my fingers for the remaining specials. If they work, if RTD pulls it all off, it will be breathtaking. Either that or it'l be epic crash and burn (*winces at the thought*).
Either way, I think we'll see Tennant pulling off some performances that'll make playing Hamlet look like a walk in the park.
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Date: 2009-11-02 12:47 am (UTC)I'm really crossing my fingers for the remaining specials. If they work, if RTD pulls it all off, it will be breathtaking. Either that or it'l be epic crash and burn (*winces at the thought*).
Either way, I think we'll see Tennant pulling off some performances that'll make playing Hamlet look like a walk in the park.
*Is excited nao.*